Activities of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Decides to increase to the levels set up in the MFF interim report of November 2018 the fifteen flagship programmes identified in its resolution of 23 July 2020 (Horizon Europe, InvestEU, Erasmus+, the Child Guarantee, the Just Transition Fund, Digital Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, LIFE+, EU4health, the Integrated Border Management Fund, Creative Europe, the Right and Values programme, the European Defence Fund, the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and humanitarian aid, as well as relevant EU agencies and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office); decides further to base its reading on the MFF ceilings proposed by the Commission in the DB; considers that any increase for the flagship programmes should be accompanied by the corresponding rise of the ceiling of the given MFF heading; decides to reinforce funding for Parliament’s priorities inter allia in the fields of energy, digital and transport interconnectivity, security, migration, fundamental rights and, external action and tourism;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the 2021 Union budget to ensure that the InvestEU Programme delivers on both its long term objective by providing more investment capacity aimed at supporting sustainable infrastructure, research, SMEs, and social investments and its new short term mission to support the economic recovery via strategic investments and to support the solvency of companies established in the Member States and operating in the Union;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility in fostering the development of a high-performance trans- European network, supporting energy project and interconnectivity, supporting transport and energy projects across Member States in the shift towards a climate- neutral economy with security of supply, and buttressing the digital transition, including the up-skilling and re- skilling of Union workers; proposes therefore major increases, in particular for the digital, transport and energy strands;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Reminds that tourism and the hospitality sector were severely and particularly hit by the consequences of the COVID-19; recalls, in this regard, its request for the introduction of a specific allocation for sustainable tourism in the interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 - Parliament's position with a view to an agreement; believes, furthermore, that the pandemic increased the need for the European Commission to put forward a specific programme on sustainable tourism in the EU.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Highlights the particularly difficult socio-economic circumstances in the Union’s outermost regions, compounded by the impact of the Corona crisis; against this background, proposes a top-up for the budget line covering the POSEI programme for the maintenance of the agricultural activity and for the supply of food and agricultural products in the outermost regions, which must be provided with adequate resources; furthermore, underlines the importance of taking in account the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions when designing EU programs and funds in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021- 2027 and in the Next Generation EU.