1 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries in the framework of the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance to support economic growth and employment and also as a geopolitical priority, especially in the context of Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which resonated strongly across the region, but insists on the conditionality requirements regarding rule of law for every euro committed in the 2023 budget; in this context, calls on the Commission to use a share of the additional funding for the Erasmus+ programming for increased funding to institutions of higher education such as the College of Europe for the purpose of a new scholarship program for students of Western Balkan countries; believes that such a scholarship program would allow a new generation of students from this region to be trained in European studies and bring the Union and the Western Balkan closer together;