Activities of Petra KAMMEREVERT related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for 2020 - all sections (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020
Amendments (4)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges to maintain and secure the Commission’sCalls on the Commission to improve its external communication activities and its outreach to the citizens in order to tackle fake news and miscommunication about the Union; therefore urges the Commission to secure and increase the draft budget for 2020 for multimedia actions,; including the budget of the Euranet+ network within the multimedia actions budgetary line that regard calls for additional commitments appropriations of 1 036 600 EUR (a 5% increase) on that budget line to secure the crucial work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that inwhich highlights that Euronews is now 85% owned by private investors and only 15% by Union and non-Union broadcaster and local public authorities, that Union financial support to Euronews lacks transparency and accountability, that monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are insufficiently robust and that Euronews is not accessible to most or all Union citizens; is particularly concerned by the finding that, following the 2018 revision of the Financial Regulation, which scrapped the re is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews.ference to the notion of bodies pursuing a general Union interest, grants for Euronews are provided under points (c) and (f) of Article 195 of the Financial Regulation (de facto monopoly/specific technical competence) and not under Article 180 of the Financial Regulation (actions intended to support a Union policy objective/body forming part of or supporting a Union policy), thus implying that Euronews no longer pursues a general Union interest at all; in light of the above considerations, urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews at the end of the current MFF; considers, furthermore, that no additional funds, beyond what is included in the 2020 draft budget, should be allocated to Euronews under the Multimedia Actions budget line;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Points to the potential of Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs); believes that the pre-assessment of PPPAs by the Commission leaves very limited time for opinion-giving committees in the European Parliament to address the ratings and comments; regrets, furthermore, that in some instances the ratings and comments provided by the Commission are not entirely objective, and appear to have been influenced by institutional or personal preferences; recalls that failure to enact a PPPA inside the Commission can never be a reason for a low assessment grade; calls therefore on the Commission to consider revising the procedure on pre-assessment in order to give the committee adequate time to address the Commission pre-assessment results; furthermore, invites the Commission to provide feedback on the implementation of the committee PPPAs with a focus on successful and unsuccessful projects;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, which highlights that Euronews is now 85% owned by private investors and only 15% by EU and non-EU broadcaster and local public authorities, that Union financial support to Euronews lacks transparency and accountability, that monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are insufficiently robust and that Euronews is not accessible to most or all EU citizens; is particularly concerned by the finding that, following the 2018 revision of the Financial Regulation, which scrapped the reference to the notion of bodies pursuing a general Union interest, grants for Euronews are provided under Article 195 (c) and (f) of the Financial Regulation (de facto monopoly/specific technical competence) and not under Article 180 (actions intended to support a Union policy objective/body forming part of or supporting a Union policy), thus implying that Euronews no longer pursues a general Union interest at all; in light of the above considerations, urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews at the end of the current MFF; considers, furthermore, that no additional funds, beyond what is included in the 2020 draft budget, should be allocated to Euronews under the Multimedia Actions budget line;