Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2015/2353(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for adequate financing in order to implement the Commission’s ambitious trade policy agenda, contributing to the stability and prosperity of the EU and thirdbut recommends that a stop be put to the widespread negotiation of free trade agreements which are destroying jobs and industry in the great majority of European countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the migration and refugee crisis has revealed significant shortcomings in the inconsistencyies of EU action in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood and in Sub-Saharan AfrMember States’ and EU foreign policay; calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity of the MFF revision to launch a fundamental reform of the policy strategy towards the EU’s partners with a view to increasing its impact and tackling migration causes effectivelyEuropean Union not to intervene further in the Member States’ foreign and migration policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to assess and improve the various initiatives under the Partnership Instrument supporting SME internationalisation, in relation to private and Member State initiatives, with a view to ensuring complementarity and European added-valuelet the Member States act in the interests of their SMEs, with a view to efficiency and a return to national economic sovereignty;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotDeplores the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the EU budget to respond to multiple crises despite budgetary constraints; deplores the various cuts in Heading 4 in order to provide funding for the newly created Trust Funds for Syria and Africa and the Turkey Facility; insists that such funding instruments must remain an exception and should eventually be included in the budget;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the valuable support under the EU’s Macro-Financial Assistance mechanism to partner countries facing severe economic difficulties must be reflected in the EU budget; deplores the fact that the ‘structural reforms’ required of countries in return for such assistance impose on them what is in some cases an unwanted economic model; deplores the fact that the assistance to Ukraine is disbursed via a corrupt government with links to dangerous political milieus, and ultimately favours the division of the country, torn as it is between its Russian and European interests;