Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections
Amendments (4)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that it should be ensured that the budgetary line devoted to the Union's trade policy area should provide for sufficient appropriations for the Commission to efficiently and effectively pursue its ambitious trade agenda, contributing directly to growth and jobs across all EU Member States; moreover, considers that the appropriations should be complemented by adequate reallocations and redeployments of resources and staff, if necessary;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the continuing fiscal difficulties experienced by some Member States in their on-going attempts to bring their fiscal situations onto a more sustainable footing; recalls in light of these well-known constraints that the EU budget must reflect, as core principles, the need for effectiveness, efficiency and added value;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the decrease in the appropriations for the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI); points out that such a decrease willmay undermine the EU's capacity to stabilise and assist its neighbouring countries, including those with whom the Union has already concluded deep and comprehensive free trade agreements (DCFTAs) as well as with those it is currently negotiating;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the EU business centres in Asia will be funded by the Partnership Instrument (PI); points to its well established concerns regarding the way these business centreseffectiveness and questionable added value of these business centres and the manner in which they carry out their activities, in particular in terms of outreach to SMEs, sustainability, and complementarities with existing public and private structures of the EU and of Members States; encourages, therefore, that a significant reserve of the payment appropriations for these centres will be set aside until such time that these concerns have been adequately addressed.