Activities of Derek VAUGHAN related to 2016/2326(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Building blocks for a post-2020 EU cohesion policy
Amendments (3)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that inover the last few yeardecades cohesion policy has become the main EU investment policy and a tool for attaining the general political objectives of the Union in addition to the specific goals enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that cohesion policy post 2020 should continue to serve this purpose andgoal, as well as remaining a policy for all Member States and regions; considers, therefore, that its share in the total EU budget should be maintained in the future and not weakened by siphoning off means to pay for new challenges;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes the shortcomings of the financial planning and implementation system that led to the accumulation of unpaid bills and the build-up of an unprecedented backlog that rolled over from the last MFF to the current one; is increasingly concerned about the slow start-up of the implementation of the 2014- 2020 operational programmes, which may lead to the same situation in the future; calls on the Commission to come up with a structural solution to solve such problems before the end of the current MFF and to prevent them from happening againspilling over into the next MFF;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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3. Underlines the increasing need for flexibility in the EU budget in general, including in cohesion policy; encourages the Commission to explore different solutions that would enable the policy to be readily adapted to new challenges during a programming periodimplementation of the EU budget as a whole, including in cohesion policy in order to address new challenges during a programming period; encourages the Commission to explore different solutions in this respect; considers the creation of a reserve at EU level an interesting option in this context; believes, however, that efforts in this regard should be made both at EU level and at national and regional levels; calls for more flexibility for Member States, while in supporting the shared management implementation method;