Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2016 draft budget PDF (906 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission Draft General Budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 reinforces those priorities and proposes to step up EU support for investment, knowledge, jobs and growth-orientated programmes, and in particular for an emblematic mobility programme such as Erasmus+; is satisfied that, in addition to duly expected increases throughout Heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) and Heading 4 (Global Europe), the Commission is taking up the challenge of responding to new developments such as the crises in Ukraine, Syria and the Mediterranean by responding to the EU's and Member States' needs in the area of security and migration and by demonstrating strong political willnotes that the Commission is taking up the challenge of responding to new developments such as the crises in Ukraine and Syria while unfortunately putting the wrong emphasis in the field of external acmigration;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Deplores in particular the knock -on effects on in particular research funding, underlines that Energy, SMEs, Climate and Environment, Social Sciences, Science in Society are hit particularly hard, while joint initiatives with large industry players remain un-touched;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. regrets that the funding for ITER is only slightly reduced, and coupled with an announced offsetting in 2018-2020. In the light of the recent affirmation by amongst others the German government that neither the timetable nor the - already revised - spending plan are realistic, as well as the critical analysis of the Court of Auditors, underlines the importance of phasing out funding for this unviable project;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Welcomes the first steps of the greening of the EU Budget and points out the need to further accelerate the pace in respect thereof;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its backing for the enhancement of the EU's means and the development of a culture of fair burden- sharing in the areas of asylum, migration and the management of external borders, and therefore praises the increases in commitment appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and for the Internal Security Fund; welcomes the Commission proposal to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument with EUR 124 million in order to respond to the current crisis in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Questions the significant raise in the budget for FRONTEX before having in place the mandate Search & Rescue as called for as a response to the crisis in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Stresses that the significant increase for the EUROPOL budget is not justifiable considering the lack of additional or new tasks;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28 c. Regrets that EASO – the European Asylum support office - remains underfunded;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28 d. Welcomes the significant increase in the budget to support the development of CEAS – for solidarity and responsibility sharing – but highlights the risk that Member States might not want to cooperate or develop a system of solidarity;