4 Amendments of Chrysoula PALIADELI related to 2009/2002(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets in particular the Council's cuts of funds under heading 3b, as such funds contain many of the EU's support activities that directly affect citizens, thereby making the EU more visible and bringing it closer to citizens;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Eexpresses its concern about the lack of indecrease in overall voter turnout at the most recent European Parliament elections, considers that part of the responsibility lies with the national governments and emphasises the need for joint, coordinated and sustained efforts, in particular in the area of communication policy, to counter this trend; calls on the Commission to provide further information on how it intends to use the additional requested funds in the area of communication policy in order to achieve European cohesion;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the Commission in its efforts to improve cooperation between the EU and the United States and Canada in the area of education and vocational training and considers budget cuts in this area to be the wrong political signal to send to its transatlantic partners;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the Commission's efforts towards the European Year of Volunteering 2011, taking into account the thousands of organisations and volunteers who called on the European institutions to support voluntary work, stressing its important social and economic role;