2016/2120(BUD) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
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1. ~~Not~~Welcomes the ~~use of the Flexi~~Commission's proposal for an additional EUR 1,8 billity Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million and recalls that this amount is the maximum one that can be mobilised in 2017 with this instrument with the current MFF rules;on to tackle the humanitarian and migratory challenges in the Union, above the amount initially been programmed for 2017; stresses, however, that the Commission proposes to finance this reinforcement through the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 for EUR 530 million, thereby fully exhausting the funding available for 2016; reiterates that budgetary flexibility has its limits and can only be a short-term solution.

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the financial impact of the current refugee, migration and internal security crises was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; stresses that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used according to the purpose for which it was created, for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered bunprecedented level of funding of the current humanitarian and migratory challenges was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; acknowledges that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; regrets that the Commission did not use the opportunity of the~~r Union budgetary resources~~ MFF mid-term revision to adjust the ceiling of heading 3 accordingly;

Amendment 11 #

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2. ~~Acknowledges~~Points out that the financial impact of the current refugee, migration and internal security crises was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; stresses that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used according to the purpose for which it was created, for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered by other Union budgetary resources;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the financial impact of the current refugee, migration and internal security crises was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 20143; ~~stresse~~recalls that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used ~~according to the purpose for which it was created,~~ for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered ~~by other Union budgetary resource~~within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
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Amendment 14 #

Daniele VIOTTI

Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the financial impact of the current refugee, and migration ~~and internal security cris~~challenges was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; stresses that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used according to the purpose for which it was created, for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered by other Union budgetary resources;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding according to priorities, full transparency, accountability and wise spending;deleted

Amendment 16 #

Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Draft opinion
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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding ~~according to priorities~~taking into account the burden that the migrant and refugee influx is placing on countries of first entry such as Greece or Italy, full transparency, ~~accountability~~state supervision and wise spending;

Amendment 17 #

Emil RADEV

Draft opinion
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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding ~~according to priorities,~~, particularly to make the EU's external borders more secure and to support the Member States along the external borders, with full transparency, accountability and wise spending;

Amendment 18 #

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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding according to priorities (with particular attention being paid to the needs of Member States of first arrival), full transparency, accountability and wise spending;

Amendment 19 #

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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of ~~funding according to priorities,~~ fully transparen~~cy,~~t and accountab~~ility and wise spe~~le funding;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
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1. Notes the use of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million and recalls that this amount is the maximum one that can be mobilised in 2017 with this instrument with the current MFF rules; stresses, however, that this amount is insufficient to meet the growing challenges;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
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3. ~~Not~~Emphasises that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding according to priorities, full transparency, accountability and wise spending;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
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Amendment 22 #

Daniele VIOTTI

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Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes, the proposals of the Commission ~~to create~~in the context of the MFF mid-term revision which aim to increase the capability of the budget to react quickly and adequately to unforeseen events; points in particular to the proposal for the creation of a new European Union cCrisis rReserve to be financed from de- committed appropriations, as ~~part of the MFF mid-term review; with regard to the doubling of the annual amounts, which can be mobilised with~~well as the doubling in size of the Flexibility Instrument and the eEmergency aAid rReserve~~, requests the Commission to clarify the source of the financing in the interests of budgetary stability and predictability~~; stresses that the changes introduced in the MFF revision should secure the budgetary stability and predictability for the remainder of the MFF 2014-2020.

Amendment 24 #

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Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes, the proposal of the Commission to ~~create a new~~introduce a special instrument for setting up a European Union cCrisis rReserve, to be financed from de-committed appropriations, as part of the MFF mid-term reviewsion; with regard to the doubling of the annual amounts, which can be mobilised with the Flexibility Instrument and the emergency aid reserve, requests the Commission to clarify the source of the financing in the interests of budgetary stability and predictability.

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
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4. ~~Welcom~~Notes, the proposal of the Commission to create a new European Union crisis reserve to be financed from de-committed appropriations, as part of the MFF mid-term review; with regard to the doubling of the annual amounts, which can be mobilised with the Flexibility Instrument and the emergency aid reserve, requests the Commission to clarify the source of the financing in the interests of budgetary stability and predictability.

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
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4 a. Reiterates its belief that Union funding for reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers should be substantially increased, as opposed to the priority which is given today to border control and other costly security measures, such as administrative detention, which have not shown their effectiveness and often contravene the rights of migrants; calls on the Commission, primarily, to allocate additional resources for earmarked specific actions to Member States that volunteer for actions focusing on the reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers, as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2016 Budget 1b ;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
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4 b. Recalls that the fair and transparent distribution of funding between the different objectives of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (Fund) was a priority for Parliament during the negotiations leading to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a , which established the Fund; calls on the Commission to increase the number of budget lines under the Fund accordingly, in order to facilitate a better readability and transparency of how the financial resources allocated to the different objectives and thus to those budgetary lines will be spent; calls on the Commission, in particular, to separate expenditure on enhancing fair return strategies from expenditure on legal migration and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals in all future draft budgets as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2015 Budget 1b ; _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168). 1b §12 of EP budget opinion 2015.

Amendment 3 #

Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS

Draft opinion
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1. Notes the use of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million ~~and recalls that this amount is the maximum one that can be mobilised in 2017 with this instrument with the current MFF rules~~;

Amendment 4 #

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Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
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1. Notes the ~~use~~proposed mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million and recalls that this ~~amount is the maximum one that can be mobilised in 2017 with~~translates to the full amount available for this instrument ~~with~~in 2017 under the current MFF rules;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
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Amendment 7 #

Daniele VIOTTI

Draft opinion
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1. Notes the use of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million and re~~call~~grets that this ~~amount~~ is the maximum ~~one~~amount that can be mobilised in 2017 with this instrument ~~with~~under the current MFF rules;

Amendment 8 #

Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS

Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the financial impact of the current refugee, and migration ~~and internal security crises~~situation was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; ~~stresses that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used according to the purpose for which it was created, for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered by other Union budgetary resources;~~

Amendment 9 #