5 Amendments of Damien ABAD related to 2010/2002(BUD)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that, in spite of an extremely high profile and a very high implementation rate – reaching between 95-100% every year over the period 2007- 2009 – the increase in appropriations proposed in the DB for the key youth instruments and programmes, such as Lifelong Learning, Youth in Action and Erasmus Mundus, is rather symbolic; considers that this increase does not allow the EU to adequately address this priority and therefore intends to provide further support for these programmes; recalls, in this context, that these programmes have an indisputable European added value, concrete implications in the European citizens daily life and greatly contribute to the creation of a strong European civil society, despite the modest financial allocation that they receive;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that the priorities for 2011, with a view to the EU2020 strategy, will be financed mainly from this heading, and that the EU competences stemming from the entry into force of the Treaty are likely to have budgetary implications; emphasises that space policy, seeking towhich constitutes a concrete example of an European industrial policy promoteing European scientific, technological and environmental progress andwhilst reinforcing industrial competitiveness, requires both the EU and the Member States to make a realfurther financial effort within the context of the GMES;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission's Youth on the Move initiative seeking to enhance the performance and international attractiveness of Europe's higher education institutions and raise the overall standard of education and training in the EU; stresses that this initiative should not focus exclusively in higher education mobility; wishes to stress the importance of ensuring sufficient funding for an ambitious policy in the area of education and training, which plays a crucial role in the EU2020 strategy; stresses that the EU will bring all its resources to bear in meeting this ambitious challenge, which creates an unprecedented momentum for the development of a comprehensive EU youth policy; stresses, nevertheless, that the launch of such an over-arching flagship initiative covering a number of distinct and well-established EU programmes in this area should not lower the profile of the individual programmes;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that the Milk Fund adopted under the 2010 bBudget to mitigate the consequences of the dairy crisis was supposed to be a one-off action; asks the Commission to forward its evaluation of this measure, together with proposals for a permanent approach for all agricultural sectors and concrete proposals for dealing with price volatility in this sectoreir markets;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Reiterates that coordinated and multidisciplinary investment in youth must be started without delay as a cross-policy theme, and that an increase in youth policy instrument funding should accordingly be proposed; deplores the lack of ambition shown by the Commission in failing properly to address this priority and confirms its intention to amend the draft budget in order to provide appropriate funding for this priority; in this context, the "Youth in Action" programme should be considered as a priority;