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9 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2018/2024(BUD)

Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Remains committed to the fight against unemployment and against youth unemployment in particular; believes in this respect that the YEI should be further strengthened, in spite of the complexities involved in reprogramming YEI and ESF programmes in case of modifications of the YEI envelope; reiterates its position that the Union needs to step up its funding to achieve the Pillar of Social Rights; believes that the proposal for the European Labour Authority is an important first step in this direction, considers however that it needs to be financed by additional resources rather than redeployments from existing programmes in the area of social affairs;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 50 #
11. Agrees that migration remains a top Union priority in 2019; deems it crucial to maintain spending in this area at a high and stable level; considers that the needed solidarity among Member States to manage the flow of migration, in particular once the Dublin regulation revision will be adopted, has to be reflected in the EU budget;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that several important legislative initiatives under negotiation or in the early stages of implementation, such as the revision of the Dublin Regulation, the establishment of the Entry/Exit System and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, the upgrading of the Schengen Information System and the initiative on interoperability of EU information systems for security, borders and migration management are expected to have significant budgetary implications for the 2019 budget, and underlines the importance of adequate financing to match the Union’s ambition in these areas; encourages the Commission to engage in an open, proactive dialogue with the budgetary authority on these in order to allow it to adjust allocations where necessary, and without prejudging during the annual budgetary procedure on the outcome of ongoing legislative procedure;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Disapproves of the Commission’s proposal for the funding of the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT); supports the continuation of the FRT, but maintains that, as also proposed by the Commission on 14 March 20186 , the EU budget should contribute to its financing to the sum of EUR 1 billion, with Member States contributing EUR 2 billion by means of bilateral contributions, in order to leave sufficient margins under the MFF special instruments for unforeseen events in the last two years of the current MFF, as well as the financing of other priorities; also maintains that as the FRT has been a new initiative within this MFF, it should be funded by fresh appropriations; notes with concern that the Parliament has not been involved in negotiations on the financing of the FRT and that some Member states seem to assume that the Parliament accepts whatever the Council agrees to; informs those Member states that the Parliament has every right to assume its role as one arm of the budgetary authority of the Union and that it will do so, as already announced on previous occasions; deplores that the Council was unable until now to find a common position on the financing of the FRT despite the humanitarian urgency; _________________ 6 OJ C 106, 21.3.2018, p. 4.
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes with concern the ongoing discussions on the financing of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), which confirm Parliament’s fear that new initiatives may again come at the expense of existing well-performing programmes; calls on theregrets that Council is noto showing a more constructive approach, and acceptdoes not accept in the context of the legislative procedure, that a greater part of this initiative should be financed through fresh appropriations;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Welcomes the increase in commitment appropriations for the Food and Feed programme, which should allow the Union to manage effectively any outbreaks of serious animal diseases and plant pests, including the recent epidemic of avian influenza that hit several Member States in recent years;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Recalls Parliament’ support for the Rights, equality, citizenship and Justice programmes; underlines that the EU must maintain its commitment enforcing women and LGBTI rights;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the effective margin is EUR 575.2 million under the ceiling after the offsetting of EUR 253.9 million for the use of the contingency margin mobilised in 2018; considers the margin to be important in nominal terms, and believes it reflects the efforts made by the Commission, in particular to freeze the evolution of non- salary expenditure; believes that an additional effort to stabilize or reduce Commission's administrative expenditure could lead to postponement of important investments or jeopardize the proper functioning of the administration;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. Expects the negotiations on the 2019 budget to be based on the principle that both branches of budgetary authority commit themselves to promptly start the negotiations at the earliest possible stage and are ready to provide its counterpart positions for this negotiations from the first day of the Conciliation period;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG