4 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the necessity to develop leadership in innovation and in disruptive technologies; requests, therefore, that the Commission respect the breakdown of Horizon 2020 budget as described in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council and welcomes the proposed increase of 8,5 % in commitment appropriations for the 2019 general budget; notes with deep concern the strong underfunding of Horizon 2020 under the MFF 2014-2020 resulting in a lower success rate for applications than in the previous MFF period which means that fewer high-quality projects in the field of research and innovation are receiving Union funding; reiterates, therefore, its deep concerns about the unambitious level of funding for Horizon Europe as proposed by the Commission for the next MFF and intends to secure a bare minimum of EUR 120 billion in 2018 prices for this programme during the upcoming MFF 2021-2027 negotiations;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the importance of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); but recalls that, in order to secure additional funding for EFSI, Horizon 2020 and CEFthe interlinking mechanism had to be reduced; stresses that the general budget of the Union should not be financing new initiatives to the detriment of existing Union programmes and policies; intends to deliver on the commitment made by Parliament during the EFSI negotiations to reduce insofar as possible the impact on those programmes and to increase appropriations for the affected lines for 2019;calls for it to make use of existing margins, coupled with the flexibility instrument and thereby offset the budgetary impact on those programmes during the 2019 financial year.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that, as the United Kingdom has stated that it will contribute to the 2019 and 2020 budgets, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union is not expected to directly impact programmes under ITRE-remit in the current financial year;
Amendment 37 #
7. Stresses that a failure by the Union to deliver on its legal and political commitments on payment appropriationbudgetary commitments would seriously harm its reliability and have a serious negative impact on trust in the ability of Union institutions to fulfil their role,; emphasises that this is enhanced by the fact that the Union approaches the end of the current MFF and that therefore the implementation of the multiannual programmes needs to be advanced quickly.