15 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2022/2046(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget plays in delivering on the Union’s political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, promoting sustainable and inclusive growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support for small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward convergence, ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the rule of law, EU values and fundamental rights, contributing to greater opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that there is a clear consensus among the institutions that, in the wake of the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the EU should provide the strongest possible social, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine, while addressing the economic and social consequences of the crisis within the Union and delivering the necessary support to its citizens; underlines, in this context, the shared Union goals of delivering on the European Green Deal and the digital transition and the European Pillar of Social Rights, scaling up defence cooperation and coordination, improving its strategic autonomy and energy independence and security, ensuring food security, and addressing the challenges caused by high inflation; ; recalls that, in an ever-evolving world with new emerging challenges and threats, EU-wide solutions are needed to ensure a level playing field for all Member States in their capacity to support citizens, households and businesses, thereby preserving the integrity of the internal market and preventing its fragmentation or distortion;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia’s decision to cut gas supply have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries; calls, in this very specific context, for a temporary revision of the deflator to reflect the significant derivation of the inflation compared to the 2%-deflator hypothesis;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that the principle of unity, whereby all items of the Union’s revenue and expenditure are shown in the budget, is both a Treaty requirement and a basic precondition for accountability, democratic legitimacy and the transparency of the EU’s public finances; stresses the need for an upscaled MFF to ensure a stronger and more agile EU budget which meets the highest standards of transparency and democratic accountability; requests, therefore, an increase in the MFF ceilings, as well as an increase in and redesign of budgetary flexibility and significantly greater parliamentary control over all EU spending, including by integrating the existing off-budget instruments, funds and common borrowing and lending programmes in the MFF with the corresponding adjustments in terms of ceilings, revenues and expenditures;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that, contrary to Parliament’s position, it was decided that the costs of EURI borrowing and the repayment of debt be included as a budget line under Heading 2b, alongside flagship programmes such as Erasmus+, EU4Health, Creative Europe and Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values; stresses that interest costs and debt repayment depend on market developments, are not discretionary spending, do not follow the logic of caps on spending and should never compete with programmes under the same ceiling; notes with concern the steeply rising inflation interest rates that affect sovereign issuers and cautions that the costs of funding have recently increased significantly due to the challenging market conditions and that massive uncertainties on the long-term interest landscape are expected; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the situation and to regularly inform the budgetary authority; recalls that all payments of financial contributions to Member States should be made by 31 December 2026, as established under the EURI and RRF Regulations, but acknowledges that changes to this deadline might be needed soon; underlines that such change require amending both the RRF and EURI regulations, accordingly ; recalls that any activation of the Emergency Support Instrument also depends on the availability of an unallocated margin under the ceiling of this heading; insists, therefore, that the status quo presents significant risks to programme spending and that the repayment line be removed from Heading 2b and counted over and above the MFF ceilings;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Deplores the fact that, even prior to the war against Ukraine, funds available under Heading 6 were woefully inadequate and that pressure has since increased substantially; underlines that the continued funding for the needs of refugees from Syria, Iraq and other countries was not factored into the MFF or NDICI-Global Europe negotiations and should therefore have been financed by fresh appropriations with a corresponding increase in the ceiling of Heading 6; highlights that, owing to the risk of default on MFA loans provided to Ukraine, a far higher rate of provisioning than the standard 9 % is likely to be required as further loans are rolled out; underlines that additional needs in Ukraine must not lead to money being diverted away from other geographic regions in need; notes the rapid deterioration of the international context after the entry into force of this MFF, in neighbouring countries and worldwide as a result of the food, energy and economic crises, and the consequences of climate change in the world, which have dramatically increased pressure on the Heading 6; recalls that in a rapidly changing world, security challenges and threats have become more complex, multidimensional and fluid and demand greater EU presence, preparedness and coordination with member states; insists, therefore, on an increase in the ceiling for Heading 6 to fully cover the current and projected future needs of the Union’s external action, which have dramatically increased both in neighbouring countries and worldwide as a result of the food, energy and economic crises;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Stresses the need for continuous work towards the achievement of climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets laid down in the IIA and asks for increased efforts in the 2024-2027 Union budget to achieve these levels of spending; recalls the biodiversity-related spending targets of 7.5% from 2024 and 10% from 2026 onwards of the MFF; stresses that all efforts should be made to reach 10% biodiversity-related spending as soon as possible ; calls on the Commission to publish the amounts and shares of expenditure that will contribute to both targets per programme when presenting the draft budget; calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the DNSH and to take necessary corrective measures if and when needed;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Reiterates that programmes and activities should be implemented to achieve their objectives while promoting equality between women and men as well as rights and equal opportunities for all; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission's work on a new classification to measure the gender impact of Union spending and calls on the Commission to ensure that this classification focuses on accurate and comprehensive representation of the impact of programmes on gender equality; moreover calls for an extension of that classification to all MFF programmes; stresses, in this regard, the need for systematic collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Stresses the need for a significant improvement and tightening of climate and biodiversity mainstreaming ("tagging") methodologies in the 2021- 2027 MFF to avoid greenwashing and ensure a genuine climate and biodiversity additionality of resources dedicated to respective minimum spending targets, in line with the concrete proposals of the European Court of Auditors and the European Parliament;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Highlights that new own resources are a key enabler for the Union to implement its policy priorities; stresses that the introduction of such new own resources would assure sustainable financing of the EU budget on a long- term basis in order to avoid new EU priorities being financed to the detriment of existing EU programmes and policies, thus avoiding cuts to Union programmes in the future that would undermine the very purpose of long-term planning; underlines that, in compliance with the principle of universality of revenues, new own resources constitute general income to the EU budget; believes that introducing new own resources as agreed in the legally binding Inter Institutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 would achieve lasting benefits, not only in the delivery of Union policies, but also in ensuring the Union’s standing as a credible and smart debt issuer; calls, therefore, on the Member States to move as swiftly as possible and speed up the negotiations of the first basket of the so called new generation of EU Own resources based on the EU Emissions Trading System, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Pillar I of the OECD presented by the Commission on 22nd December 2021; urges the Council to approve the first basket of own resources before the end of 2022;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Notes, however, that the estimated proceeds from these three own resources would not suffice to cover for the NGEU borrowing debt; reiterates, therefore, its demand to the Commission to make a proposal for the second basket of new own resources before December 2023 in order to ensure sufficient resources for NGEU debt repayments while underlining the legally-binding roadmap established under the Interinstitutional Agreement and also in view of recent economic challenges; asks the Commission to be even more ambitious and to not exclude adding innovative, new and preferably genuine own resources, such as an EU solidarity tax, a wealth tax, a taxon cryptocurrencies, a windfall profits tax or other revenues flowing into the EU budget, including revenues coming from EU borrowing or lending operations;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27 c. Notes that windfall profits from sectors that received EU funding and investments are not being taken into account to finance a sustainable and resilient social and economic EU recovery, notably from pharmaceutical and energy sectors; calls on the Commission to assess and inform the Budgetary Authority how windfall profits from such sectors can duly contribute to an European recovery and to mitigate crisis impact on people, households and SME’s and to follow this up with a concrete proposal; further calls on the Commission to consider including profit sharing clauses in its contracts;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Recalls that the European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) has proved to be successful in fighting unemployment as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic; is convinced that in order to prevent unemployment and underemployment stemming from the effects of the war against Ukraine, further employment support measures in the Member States will be required; calls for expanding the scope, continuing, refinancing and making SURE a permanent instrument to support work schemes and workers in the Member States;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Believes that ensuring long-term crisis preparedness also means sustainable and predictable funding for measures related to employment protection and income compensation; in this respect, calls for the introduction of a permanent instrument in the form of a European Unemployment Reinsurance Scheme to support employment measures in the Member States, protect employment and fight against unemployment, including the preservation of jobs and workers’ income in situations of external shocks;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Insists that, beyond a reinforcement of the existing special instruments, it is necessary to establish a permanent fiscal capacity and common crisis instrument as an additional special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings so that the EU budget can better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic effects; ; highlights that this instrument is indispensable in ensuring crisis preparedness and in strengthening the Union’s ability to quickly provide common EU wide responses to unpredictable or unforeseen challenges and threats; underlines that such an instrument will ensure transparency and calls on the Commission to include a relevant proposal in the context of the MFF revision;