8 Amendments of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes into account the decrease of 1,9% in commitments in Heading 3 on security and Citizenship compared to the 2014 budget, mostly due to the end of the Schengen Facility for Croatia, in accordance with its Treaty of Accession and welcomes the increase of 12,2% in payments, which will contribute to ensure that payment appropriations are sufficient to implement the policies in this area; notes, however, that the commitment appropriations in the titles Home Affairs and Justice increase by 3,27% and payment appropriations by more than 57% compared to 2014; regrets that the budget allocations for asylum, migration and integration policies and for the Justice, fundamental rights and citizenship sector increase very slightly and are not in line with the challenges the Union and the Member States are facing in order to meet the increasing number of asylum seekers and refugees, the Union objectives regarding legal migration and integration of migrants, the promotion of the rule of law and the respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and access to and exercise of the rights of residents within the area of freedom, security and justice;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts that the increased budget of the EASO will be sufficient, as this Agency is crucial to address pressing asylum issues and will have a reinforced role in promoting the uniform application of the Asylum package and therefore requests that the budget be increased as this Agency is crucial for the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, the convergence of best practices as regards asylum and the cooperation between Member States ;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the very low budget increase of FRA; underlines that this increase is insufficient to take into account the extension of its competences and the degradation of the situation of fundamental rights and freedoms in the Union and the Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the increase of the budget lines "Ensuring the protection of rights and empowering citizens" and "Promoting non-discrimination and equality", implementing the programme Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014 - 2020; notes however that these appropriations are insufficient to meet the challenges the Union and the Members States are facing in order to respect, promote and facilitate the access to fundamental rights and freedoms of all Union residents;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is satisfied withRegrets the increase in the budget of Frontex as it must reinforce its operational assistance in particular to Member States facing strong pressure at the external borders and to increase its reactivity to rapid evolutions in migration flows; considers that Frontex should have additional staff to fulfil its tasks and implement the EUROSUR systemthe measures taken by the Agency are still not in line with its obligations to respect human rights, the principle of non-refoulement and the right to international protection in the context of its operations;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeRegrets the Commission's proposal to increase Europol’s annual budget; considers that the Agency's establishment plan should be adjusted to allow it to recruit additional personnel, in particular cybercrime experts, criminal analysts and IT experts so that the EC3 and Europol ICT capabilities can keep up with the rising demand for support in the fight against cybercrime and serious international crime and terrorismagrees with the objective to fight against different risks, such as cybercrime, serious international crime, and terrorist threats, but underlines that the budget allocation for these measures should be based on an independent and contradictory assessment and analysis of these risks and not only based on the strengthening of security measures;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. SuppDeplortes the high increase of the budget of eu.LISA in order to ensure secure and well-functioning IT systems in Home Affairs; supports the further development of the Agency in view of possible further tasks such as the entry-exit system and the registered travellers programmeas adopted reforms and various proposals regarding data and information exchange systems between law enforcement authorities of the Member States raise serious concerns as regards the compliance with Union laws on personal data protection and privacy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Questions the existence of the budget line "Setting up new IT systems to support the management of migration flows across the external borders of the Union" even though the "Smart Borders" package has yet to be adopted by the co- legislators; underlines that no specific funding has been allocated to that budget line since its creation; calls on the Commission to establish budget lines for such actions only after the co-legislators have approved those actions through the appropriate legislative act;