Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2011/2020(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2012 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls, once more, that the EU budget should in no way be perceived and evaluated as a simple financial item added as a burden to national budgets but, on the contrary, is to be understood as an opportunity to gear up those initiatives and investments that are of interest and of added value to the EU as a whole, most of them co- decided by Parliament and the Council and thus legitimised also at national level;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Further increases the overall level of commitment appropriations for the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework programme (CIP - Intelligent energy and CIP - Entrepreneurship and Innovation) compared to what was initially foreseen, as a matter of delivering on the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy; hopesis sure that this increase will contribute to improving the access of SMEs to this programme and to developing specific programmes and innovative financial mechanisms; recalls, in this context, the key role played by SMEs in boosting the EU economy and supports, in particular, the CIP-EIP programme as an indispensable tool of recovery from the crisis;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Also increases support for the Lifelong Learning programme, given its high European added value and also because ofs well as its strong contribution to the flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘Innovation Union’; is convinced that this programme is a strong contribution to reduction of EU unemployment rate, especially among the youth;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Reiterates that funding for education- oriented programmes, initiatives and bodies should be increased in view of their contribution to the completion of EU 2020 strategy's flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and 'Innovation Union'; intends in particular to further increase funding for the "Youth in action" programme, in order to ensure awareness for necessary increased job mobility;