Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern the Commission proposal for more than a half a billion euro decrease in both commitment and payment appropriations for Heading 4 expenditure (Global Europe); stresses that an ad hoc one-year increase, such as that in 2017, can hardly be considered sufficient in view of the pressing needs for stronger EU external actionsuch decrease should not be at the expense of poverty eradication and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, civil conflict solution and mediation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, arms control, disarmament and the non-proliferation regime or fair trade and should favour balanced economic relations, and humanitarian and development aid;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the proposed appropriations forStrongly rejects the proposed amendment to the scope of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) return to their pre-2017 levels and are further strengthened in view of new capacity building tasks which should result from the ongoing revision of the IcSP regulin order to finance also training and equipment for military; highlights in this context the importance of providing sufficient funds to civilian conflict resolution and prevention and civil measures that contribute to the building of peace, development and poverty eradication;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of stimulating cooperative defence research in Europe for addressing key capability shortfalls at a time when international developments increasingly require Europe to step up its efforts on defence; fully supports the increased allocation for the Preparatory ActionIs highly concerned about the current proposals subsumed under the European Defence Union, such as cooperative defence research in Europe; rejects the increased allocation to the Preparatory Action on defence research and the use of the EU budget for military implications; recalls the obligation pursuant to Article 41(2) TEU, whereby "expenditure arising from operations having military onr defence researchimplications are not to be charged to the Union budget";