2019/2028(BUD) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that PP-PAs should receive adequate funding throughout their life cycle, so that they can achieve their full potential and prepare the ground for the adoption of future measures.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that 21,0 % of the total commitments in the draft budget for 2020 (2020 DB) are climate-related; regrets that the Union budget trend would deliver only 19,7 % for the current multiannual financial framework ~~(MFF)~~ period; stresses that every effort should be made to ensure that the overall EU budget target will be reached by the end of 2020; reiterates its call to have more ambitious climate mainstreaming, improved climate action tracking methodology and proofing in the next MFF period and to ~~its~~their alignment with the Paris agreement and EU climate action goals;

Amendment 4 #

Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 5 #

Pascal CANFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that 21,0 % of the total commitments in the draft budget for 2020 (2020 DB) are climate-related; regrets that the Union budget trend would deliver only 19,7 % for the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) period; stresses that every effort should be made to ensure that the overall EU budget target will be reached by the end of 2020; reiterates its call to have more ambitious climate mainstreaming in the next MFF period and to its alignment with the Paris agreement; insists that the next MFF should rely on robust methodology, set up in line with internationally established methodologies, in order to track climate action fundingand to avoid the risk of overestimation of climate action; believes that green budgeting of the next MFF is key to achieve our climate objectives;

Amendment 6 #

Stanislav POLČÁK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that 21,0 % of the total commitments in the draft budget for 2020 (2020 DB) are climate-related; ~~regre~~objects that the Union budget trend would deliver only 19,7 % for the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) period; stresses that every effort should be made to ensure that the overall EU budget target will be reached by the end of 2020; reiterates its call to have more ambitious climate mainstreaming in the next MFF period and to its alignment with the Paris agreement;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes ~~that~~with concern that only 8,3 % of total commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity again, despite the unprecedented and accelerating species extinction rate observed; calls for sufficient and traceable resources to be allocated to ensure the long-term and coherent protection of biodiversity across the Union;

Amendment 8 #

Bas EICKHOUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Deplores that only 8,3 % of total commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity which is the lowest ratio since 2015; calls for sufficient ~~and traceable resourc~~increases to be allocated to ensure the long-term protection of biodiversity across the Union;

Amendment 9 #

Pascal CANFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that 8,3 % of total commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity; calls for sufficient and traceable resources to be allocated to ensure the long-term protection of biodiversity across the Union; insists that the next MFF should rely on a robust methodology, set up in line with internationally established methodologies, in order to track biodiversityand avoid the risk of overestimation of action towards biodiversity;

source: 639.804

2019/07/25 IMCO 29 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the internal market remains one of the Union’s greatest and most tangible achievements, bringing benefits to businesses, consumers and citizens across Europe; further deepening the Sin~~gle Market and developing the Digital Single Market should be prioritised in the 2020 Budget~~ternal market should be prioritised in the 2020 Budget and particular attention should be paid to the completion of the Digital Single Market, for the continued competitiveness of EU business and the protection of consumers throughout the Union;

Amendment 10 #

Eugen JURZYCA, Adam BIELAN, Beata MAZUREK, Carlo FIDANZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of a robust and efficiently executed consumer policy that gives protection and predictability to consumers both offline and online, and confidence to businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market;

Amendment 11 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of a robust consumer policy that gives real protection and predictability to consumers both offline and online, and confidence to businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of appropriately financing the transition to a fully automated customs operation, in the interests of greater ~~efficiency~~competitiveness for European companies and streamlined protection for consumers;

Amendment 13 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of appropriately financing the transition to a fully automated customs operation, in the interests of greater efficiency for European companies, of a fair competition and streamlined protection for consumers;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of appropriately financing the transition to a fully automated customs operation, in the interests of greater efficiency for European companies and streamlined protection for consumers; to this end, it is essential to increase the funding of the Customs 2020 programme which contains cooperation mechanisms that allow customs authorities and officers across the union to exchange and share information and best practices and to ensure funding for purchase and maintenance of up-to date, efficient Customs control equipment;

Amendment 15 #

Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of a budget increase on information and communication technologies to complete the Digital Single Market in order to boost Europe's competitiveness;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of single market for services; calls on the EU to commit additional funding to the completion of the internal market in services and encourage the development of new and innovative services;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for the 2020 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European Semester, specifically, to deliver high- quality investment and reforms that increase competitiveness and the productivity of businesses, including small and micro businesses, and to continue to deepen the Single Market and further develop the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the fact that in its Draft Budget the Commission has allocated an appropriate budget to most of IMCO’s main priorities ~~and invites the Council to confirm~~, including the internal market for goods and services, support to SMEs, consumer protection and competitiveness, and invites the Council and the Parliament to agree these appropriations; in the 2020 budget;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the increase in appropriations for “operation and development of the internal market of goods and services” (budget line 02 03 01), for the purpose of market surveillance and the establishment of the EU Product Compliance Network, as well as for “improving access to finance for SMEs” (budget line 02 02 02), and for “support expenditure for COSME” (budget line 02 01 04 01), as thoese three actions are crucial for boosting economic growth in the Union; strongly regrets the Council’s reduction in budget lines 02 03 01 and 02 02 02;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the internal market remains one of the Union’s greatest and most tangible achievements, bringing benefits to businesses, consumers and citizens across Europe; further deepening the Single Market and developing the Digital Single Market should be prioritised in the 2020 Budget; in this context stresses that it is important to systematically monitor advances, detect emerging issues and provide policy recommendations for the further development of the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 20 #

Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of an ambitious approach of the EU budget on the business services sector which accounts for two-thirds of the total EU labour force;

Amendment 21 #

Pascal ARIMONT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Highlights in this respect that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in job creation throughout the Union and sees the need to create and further promote an SME-friendly business environment; underlines therefore that improving SMEs’ access to finance remains a key priority for IMCO in the 2020 Budget;

Amendment 22 #

Pascal ARIMONT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Stresses that the Programme for Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) is a crucial tool for encouraging entrepreneurial culture, supporting existing SMEs and ensuring competitiveness, sustainability and growth; calls in particular for a strengthening of the European Innovation Council’s Accelerator (SME instrument) as it provides decisive support for SMEs with radically new ideas and marketable innovative solutions; considers that the Union budget and access to finance backed by it, is a key tool in making start-ups, microenterprises and SMEs more competitive, more innovative, and fosters the spirit of enterprise in the Union;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reminds that the Commission and the Member States have already accumulated delays in the scheduled implementation of the Union Customs Code, and consequently strongly regrets the reduction in the budget appropriations for “supporting the functioning and modernisation of the customs union” (budget line 14 02 01), which could lead to further delays, and hamper the functioning of the internal market; recalls that the full and uniform implementation of the Code is essential to better protect citizens and the financial interests of the Union and e-customs constitutes a priority policy for the better functioning of the internal market;

Amendment 24 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Svenja HAHN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reminds that the Commission and the Member States have already accumulated delays in the scheduled implementation of the Union Customs Code, and consequently strongly re~~gre~~jects the reduction in the budget appropriations for “supporting the functioning and modernisation of the customs union” (budget line 14 02 01), which could lead to further delays and undermine the enhancement of the efficiency of custom controls throughout the EU;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to finance all pilot projects and preparatory actions endorsed by IMCO, including to the pilot project 'Web inclusiveness: access for all'.

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient resources for the financing of and investment in micro and small businesses, and of transparent communication to EU consumers;

Amendment 27 #

Eugen JURZYCA, Adam BIELAN, Beata MAZUREK, Carlo FIDANZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Proposes to introduce, systematically monitor and regularly evaluate the Value for Money principle with aim to improve efficiency of all European expenditures which will contribute to higher effectiveness and bigger added value for European consumers as has been reiterated also by the Court of Auditors on many occasions; the European Union shall emphasise this principle within the budgetary process and EU funds absorption;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Welcomes the support for research and innovation dedicated to the digitalisation of the Single Market and European businesses, particularly micro and small businesses; points out that it is essential to ensure appropriate financial support through the InvestEU programme and the Single Market programme and SMEs in order to stimulate innovation and the uptake of smart solutions, including in overcoming barriers to the Single Market;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Recalls the need for the consumer protection system to be properly underpinned by proportionality and sustainability criteria for different business types, particularly with regard to the nature and structure of micro and small businesses;

Amendment 3 #

Eugen JURZYCA, Adam BIELAN, Beata MAZUREK, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the internal market remains one of the Union’s greatest and most tangible achievements, bringing benefits to businesses, including micro and small businesses, and to consumers and citizens across Europe; further deepening the Single Market and developing the Digital Single Market should be prioritised in the 2020 Budget;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 5 #

Eugen JURZYCA, Adam BIELAN, Beata MAZUREK, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Carlo FIDANZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the internal market remains one of the Union’s greatest and most tangible achievements with actual impact on economic growth in the Member States, bringing benefits to businesses, consumers and citizens across Europe; further deepening the Single Market and developing the Digital Single Market should be prioritised in the 2020 Budget;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that household consumption accounts for 54.4% of EU GDP (in 2017), hence the importance of a robust consumer policy that gives protection and predictability to consumers both offline and online, and confidence to businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market; stresses that consumer challenges remain, both in the digital and physical spheres, and therefore it is of utmost importance to increase the education and awareness of consumers and citizens;

Amendment 7 #

Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of a robust consumer policy that gives protection and predictability to consumers both offline and online, ~~and~~safeguards their interest, safety and information, improves the confidence tof businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market, and ensures market surveillance and compliance with, and enforcement of, EU and national law;

Amendment 8 #

Peter JAHR, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of a robust consumer policy that ~~give~~brings protection ~~and~~, predictability to consumers and fights against unfair commercial practices both offline and online, and confidence to businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market;

Amendment 9 #

Markus BUCHHEIT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of a robust consumer policy that gives protection and predictability to consumers both offline and online, and confidence to businesses to provide their goods and services across the internal market, while also keeping the bureaucratic burden for SMEs to a minimum;

source: 639.809

2019/07/29 AGRI 53 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Insists that there should be no further cuts to the agricultural budget, especially given the fact that the agricultural sector is frequently affected by crises that require a budgetary response;

Amendment 10 #

Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; in this regard, the Commission should ensure that the payments for this sector will not be reduced; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;

Amendment 11 #

Daniel BUDA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Siegfried MUREŞAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain, as the farmers will be directly affected; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;

Amendment 12 #

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Krzysztof JURGIEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector and suggests allocating funds in the section 'Other measures for pigmeat, poultry, eggs, beekeeping, other animal products' of EUR 25 million to support the poultry sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;

Amendment 13 #

Peter JAHR, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion ~~with Ukraine~~;

Amendment 14 #

Giuseppe MILAZZO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Regrets the lack of compensation for the reduction of appropriations proposed by the Commission for fruit and vegetable producers in the Union, a sector facing a serious crisis, due to phytophagous or pathological agents such as the Tristeza virus for oranges, the Mal secco for lemons, Tuta absoluta for tomatoes and Xylella fastidiosa for olive trees; asks, therefore that, despite the reductions in appropriations, a citrus funding plan is envisaged in order to support the costs of reconversion of the current citrus and olive groves with varieties of the same plants that are more resistant allowing a real relaunch of the sector;

Amendment 15 #

Daniel BUDA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Siegfried MUREŞAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector and other sectors in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur;

Amendment 16 #

Peter JAHR, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s potential withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur;

Amendment 17 #

Elsi KATAINEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jérémy DECERLE, Irène TOLLERET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; ~~is concerned that that sector~~stresses that United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union will also have a significant negative impact across several agricultural sectors in the European Union; is concerned that Union producers will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur;

Amendment 18 #

Anne SANDER, Mairead McGUINNESS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that th~~at secto~~e trade agreement between the Union and Mercosur will ~~fac~~create additional stress f~~rom the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur~~or these agricultural sectors and asks therefore the Commission to set out in detail by the end of 2019 the content of the EUR 1 billion Union support plan announced on 28 June 2019, aimed at enabling sensitive agricultural sectors in the Union to cope with the potential negative impact of this agreement, in the event that it is ratified;

Amendment 19 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the beef sector in Ireland in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; ~~is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur~~asks the Commission to propose a support plan for all the Union agricultural sectors likely to be affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and extend this plan to affected Member States according to their degree of exposure; considers that, in order to be effective, this plan must include structural measures aimed at strengthening the organisation of the sectors and promoting the diversification of trade flows;

Amendment 2 #

Elsi KATAINEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jérémy DECERLE, Irène TOLLERET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Notes that budgetary year 2020 is the last one of the current MFF period and therefore stresses the importance of preparation and smooth adaptation to the new financial period, in which a fair standard for living of farmers must be ensured;

Amendment 20 #

Clara AGUILERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes~~Considers that the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur; should be extended to all sectors concerned and all Member States in order to face market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union and the additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur; with regard to the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur, considers that a proper impact assessment, sector by sector and Member State by Member State, should be carried out before the entry into force of this trade agreement and that safeguard measures, including a budgetary contingency plan, should be established;

Amendment 21 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the Irish sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur. Nevertheless, asks the Commission to consider additional allocations for other Member States whose beef exports would be affected by Brexit;

Amendment 22 #

Ivan DAVID, Gilles LEBRETON, Maxette PIRBAKAS, Angelo CIOCCA, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur; insists that, to ensure coherence with climate objectives, support for livestock sectors should not be without condition, and should prioritise those production methods that benefit the climate, environment and biodiversity, such as extensive, pasture-based livestock production;

Amendment 24 #

Bert-Jan RUISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 25 #

Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the budgetary inefficiency in supporting sensitive sectors whilst at the same time opening them up to further competition and risk of market instability, in particular through bilateral free trade agreements; notes in addition the long-term erosion of traditional own resources in the Union budget, caused notably by the decrease in customs duties as a result of free trade agreements;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Takes note of the proposal of the Commission to assist farmers with a financial support package of up EUR 1 billion in the event of market disturbance from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur. Insists that those funds should not be extracted from any existing agricultural budget line;

Amendment 27 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Asks the Commission to also consider additional support for other sectors, such as wine or fruits and vegetables, to help them overcome the trade damages linked to Brexit, and to boost the promotion campaigns in third countries in order to open and to consolidate new market opportunities;

Amendment 28 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Is concerned by the current crisis in the sugar sector following the elimination of the quota system and by the recent announcement of eight factory closures in the Union; therefore urges the Commission to support private storage in order to contribute to the improvement of the market situation and to consider the possibility of introducing accompanying measures for farmers and processors affected by those closures;

Amendment 29 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Regrets the lack of funds allocated to support the sugar sector currently in great difficulty; considers that, in the absence of intervention by the public authorities, private actors must be allowed to take private initiatives for regulating production; proposes in this context that the Commission assess in the light of the new production campaign the possibility of triggering budget neutral measures, available under Article 222 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a authorising farmers and their organisations to enter into collective agreements in order to withdraw from the market, store or reduce their production in a concerted manner; ____________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

Amendment 3 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Is deeply concerned about the budgetary consequences of a non-deal Brexit and, since farmers need to plan their activity in advance, strongly opposes any unexpected cut of CAP allocations in 2020 in case there is no agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom;

Amendment 30 #

Paolo DE CASTRO, Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Welcomes the increased funding proposed by the Commission for promotion measures, which confirms the effectiveness of the improvements made by the last reform; considers that promotion measures are crucial to expand the share of Union exports on markets across the world;

Amendment 31 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Is of the opinion that the Commission should keep on reinforcing the promotion campaigns to open new markets for quality products;

Amendment 32 #

Elsi KATAINEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Jérémy DECERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)

4h. Regrets the absence of support to farmers for measures, in particular in milk and dairy sector, which face continuing market difficulties due to the Russian embargo;

Amendment 33 #

Bert-Jan RUISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)

4i. Recalls that for the last five years European agricultural sectors are still suffering from the effects of the Russian embargo; stresses that any additional effects on agricultural trade flows linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union might cause further disturbance, and asks for additional appropriations for exceptional measures where needed;

Amendment 34 #

Peter JAHR, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)

4j. Notes the adverse weather conditions that European agriculture has faced over recent years, and which are forecast to become more frequent and intense due to climate change; calls for the mobilisation of the agricultural crisis reserve, to support farmers affected by drought this year; stresses, however, that derogations from environmental requirements are likely to prove counterproductive, as they may increase susceptibility to drought;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the Union can make a vital contribution to the promotion of healthy eating habits, especially among children, and therefore considers it essential to make full use of the ceilings provided for in relation to the Union school schemes in the current regulation; therefore calls on the Member States to strengthen their national programmes to ensure full utilisation of the maximum available allocations (EUR 250 million) by establishing less bureaucratic programmes;

Amendment 36 #

Daniel BUDA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Siegfried MUREŞAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the Union can make a vital contribution to the promotion of healthy eating habits, especially among children, and therefore considers it essential to make full use of the ceilings provided for in relation to the Union school schemes and to develop alternative schemes for sustainable consumption in the current regulation; therefore calls on the Member States to strengthen their national programmes to ensure full utilisation of the maximum available allocations (EUR 250 million);

Amendment 37 #

Elsi KATAINEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jérémy DECERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions ~~in the agricultural and rural development sectors.~~, in particular through agroecological research, with a whole agroecosystem approach, in the agricultural and rural development sectors; underlines the importance of practical applicability of results at farm level and the role of agricultural extension services; highlights that research policy should maintain coherence with environmental, climate, biodiversity, health and welfare policy objectives, and incentivise and support initiatives tailored to the needs of smallholdings without economies of scale, so that they may benefit from new technologies;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high quality food and food security; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors.;

Amendment 39 #

Daniel BUDA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Siegfried MUREŞAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 4 #

Peter JAHR, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Notes that Union budgetary support for environmentally-damaging forms of agriculture leads to externalised costs, which then have to be borne by other public funds; stresses that this does not constitute an efficient use of the budget; notes that whole-system approaches such as agroecology lead to fewer negative externalities and represent a more efficient use of the budget in this respect;

Amendment 40 #

Bert-Jan RUISSEN

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to provide sufficient financial support for the further uptake of smart and innovative solutions in the agricultural sector, given their proven environmental benefits and need for greater agricultural efficiency; considers that precision farming and the use of digitisation should be further analysed and promoted;

Amendment 42 #

Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

6b. Taking into account that the Union remains vulnerable to outbreaks of animal and plant diseases, deplores the 60 % reduction in the appropriations of the fund for emergency measures related to animal and plant health;

Amendment 43 #

Ivo HRISTOV, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Notes with serious concern the severe impact of the spread of African swine fever to several Member States and the great number of outbreaks registered since the beginning of 2019; is concerned that big pig holdings have been affected with tens of thousands of animals being culled; is therefore of the opinion that the Fund for emergency measures related to animal and plant health should be increased;

Amendment 44 #

Daniel BUDA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Asim ADEMOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Regrets the lack of allocations for preventing and combating African swine fever, underlining that the Union budget for 2019 allocated EUR 28 million for this purpose; stresses that at least a similar allocation should be included in Union budget for 2020;

Amendment 45 #

Ivo HRISTOV, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Takes note that third countries have invested in research for developing a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF); is of the opinion that the Union should be investing in research and development of a vaccine, which would help eradicate the spread and occurrence of ASF in the shortest possible time;

Amendment 46 #

Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Encourages Member States to increase the support for establishingt young farmers, in line with the objective of a better contribution to the generational renewal of farmers in the Union;

Amendment 47 #

Elsi KATAINEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jérémy DECERLE, Irène TOLLERET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Highlights the importance of rural development commitments and spending for agri-environmental measures and the wider rural economy, particularly the importance of initiatives to target and support young farmers;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

16h. Notes that the European Council and the European Parliament endorsed the mainstreaming of climate action throughout the current MFF 2014-2020; recalls the 2016 ECA report1 on climate expenditure, which states that, “in the areas of agriculture and rural development there has been no significant shift towards climate action, and not all potential opportunities for financing climate-related action have been fully explored”; Or. en https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR16_31/SR_CLIMATE_EN.pdf

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6i. Stresses that climate mainstreaming requires consistency and coherence, both within the CAP itself, and between the Union’s agricultural and trade policies; notes that CAP payments, in particular voluntary coupled support for livestock production, should be subject to the necessary conditions to ensure that payments support only those production methods which are positive for climate, environment and biodiversity;

Amendment 5 #

Martin BUSCHMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Underlines that the Union budget must be coherent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6j. Calls for the CAP budget to allocate further funding for the measures for improvements in agricultural sector in the fields of socio-economic and environmental sustainability, animal welfare and biodiversity; calls for a creation of measurable milestones on these improvements, with regular monitoring by the Commission and reporting to Parliament;

Amendment 51 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6k. Welcomes the funding of new pilot projects which are essential for reflection on the future of the common agricultural policy, namely projects to develop a toolbox for integrated pest management for farmers, to promote 'Smart Villages' and to set up an operational programme in the livestock sector;

Amendment 52 #

Martin BUSCHMANN, Anja HAZEKAMP, Petros KOKKALIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6l. Calls for the CAP budget to stop supporting breeding of bulls for bullfighting;

Amendment 53 #

Paolo DE CASTRO, Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6m. Asks for the maintenance of the appropriations for POSEI programmes at the maximum levels laid down in Union law, underlining the relevance of those programmes for the resilience of the agricultural producers and highlights the fragile economic situation of the outermost regions, which are still strongly hit by the crisis.

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Recalls that, in March 2017, ECOFIN called on Member States to spend a higher amount of the Union budget during the remaining current MFF period on climate financing, given the additional commitments entered into at COP 21 in Paris; expresses concern for this failure to increase spending, given both the Union’s Paris Agreement commitments and the European Parliament’s own target for 30 % climate- related expenditure in the next MFF 2021-2027;

Amendment 7 #

Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Recalls that, according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA), there is a serious risk that the target of at least 20 % climate-related spending in the Union budget for 2014-2020 will not be achieved; regrets that, with the draft general budget for 2020 as currently proposed, despite its allocation of 21 % for climate-related spending, the Union budget for 2014-2020 will only have achieved 19,7% climate-related spending; notes that this represents a EUR 3,5 billion shortfall in climate-related expenditure compared to the target;

Amendment 8 #

Clara AGUILERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Re~~gre~~jects the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;

Amendment 9 #

Ivan DAVID, Gilles LEBRETON, Maxette PIRBAKAS, Angelo CIOCCA, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Regret~~Strongly opposes the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;

source: 639.812

2019/08/14 AFCO 7 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Mairead McGUINNESS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the proposed increase in funding for communication actions by 1,9% in commitment appropriations and 2,2% in payment appropriations, as compared to the 2019 budget. Communication with citizens should be fostered in order to ensure a broad public debate and citizens’ involvement in the discussion on the future of Europe; recalls the benefits demonstrated by similar citizen consultation events already held in EU member states including Ireland.

Amendment 2 #

Pascal DURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises the need to continue efforts to fight fake news and disinformation with proper and independent levels of financing for these activities.

Amendment 3 #

Pascal DURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the proposed increases of 3,1% in commitment appropriations, but regrets the decrease of 3,8% in payment appropriations for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme; condemns the Council for its position to reduce by 4,4% the commitments appropriations for that aim considering that it was one of the key institutional demands of the Parliament. Welcomes the 5,3% increase in commitment appropriations and 21,3% in payment appropriations for the “Rights, Equality and Citizenship” programme but regrets the Council position to reduce by 3,5% the commitment appropriations. Welcomes the fact that a dedicated amount is allocated for the budgetary line of the European Citizens Initiative (ECI).

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)

4a. Underlines the urgent need to provide the Joint Transparency Register Secretariat with sufficient and adequate administrative and financial means in order to fulfil its tasks, as it plays a key role in ensuring fair and transparent activities of interest representatives.

Amendment 5 #

Mairead McGUINNESS

5. Calls on the Commission to make the necessary proposals to fund the proposed Conference on the Future of Europe; notes the importance of a well- funded Conference to ensure the participation and engagement of a broad range of citizens including young people.

Amendment 6 #

Pascal DURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to make the necessary proposals to fund the proposed Conference on the Future of Europe in order to guarantee its institutional independence.

Amendment 7 #

Antonio TAJANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)

5a. Considers that the EU needs to build more knowledge and trust among citizens in the EU budget and its added value, by providing budgetary analysis for every new programme and new task in terms of savings made at national level and added value generated at the EU level. By doing so, we can win the support of the EU citizens and Member States, change the mind-set regarding the EU budget contributions and contribute to furthering the European project.

source: 639.934

2019/08/28 PECH 62 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that appropriate financial measures are needed to guarantee a viable fisheries sector, points out that the objectives of the CFP can only be achieved if there is a sufficient budget; points out that that budget is concentrated in Section III and Title 11, ‘Maritime Affairs and Fisheries’; recalls that the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the compulsory contributions to regional fisheries management organisations and sustainable fisheries agreements rightfully make up most of the budget;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that important efforts have been made up to now to increase sound scientific knowledge of marine biological resources. Although knowledge has improved, we are still far from optimum in order to provide for an appropriate assessment; considers that Union funds must therefore be increased for both international and Member States’ scientific research organisations to further improve the evaluation of stocks.

Amendment 11 #

Francisco José MILLÁN MON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that more than half of the Union’s supply of fisheries products come from international waters and the exclusive economic zones of third countries; stresses that the promotion, by the EU, of sustainable fisheries in third countries’ waters is essential for the EU fleet and for the prosperity of EU and third countries’ coastal communities, for the conservation of the fishery resources and the marine environment, the development of local industries, the employment generated by fishing, processing and trade, and the contribution of fishing to food security; recalls the strategic importance of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements and, more broadly, the external dimension of the CFP; considers that adequate and reliable budgetary provisions must be calculated in the annual budget for 2020 and that the current budget should not be cut in order to comply with the international fisheries agreement obligations and ~~developing~~to ensure the Union's participation in regional fisheries management organisations. ;

Amendment 13 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that more than half of the Union’s supply of fisheries products come from international waters and the exclusive economic zones of third countries; considers ~~that~~it essential for adequate and reliable budgetary provisions ~~mus~~to be calculated in the annual budget for 2020 in order to comply with the international fisheries agreement obligations and developing the Union's participation in regional fisheries management organisations.

Amendment 14 #

3. Points out that more than half of the Union’s supply of fisheries products come from international waters and/or the exclusive economic zones of third countries; considers that adequate and reliable budgetary provisions must be calculated in the annual budget for 2020 in order to comply with the international fisheries agreement obligations and developing the Union's participation in regional fisheries management organisations.

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that the EU is party to international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals – including Goal 14 on the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development – and that it must keep to its commitments when developing its policies, including the common fisheries policy;

Amendment 17 #

Giuseppe FERRANDINO, Ivo HRISTOV, Pietro BARTOLO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that one of the CFP objectives is to contribute to ensuring food security in the EU; recalls that a substantial share of fisheries products consumed in the EU are imported; stresses that aquaculture is becoming an important element in achieving theat objective ~~to cope with increasing consumption~~and reduces the EU's dependence on imports of fisheries products ~~in the Union.~~;

Amendment 18 #

4. Recalls that aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union, and that its further development can provide a sustainable alternative to fishing, as aquaculture already employs 85.000 people throughout the European Union.

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union. considers that the Union must ring-fence more funds, as aquaculture is an innovative economic sector and the fastest growing food production activity;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that a balance should be struck between environmental priorities and social and economic stability in order to achieve a sustainable blue economy, particularly for communities that depend on small-scale coastal fishing;

Amendment 20 #

Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that both marine and freshwater aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union and helps to achieve the goal of sustainable and ecological fishing.

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that, in environmental terms also, sustainable aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union.

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union and a sustainable approach to it must be taken.

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that aquaculture is becoming an important element in the objective to cope with increasing consumption of fisheries products in the Union and preserve maritime resources.

Amendment 24 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that special importance should be granted in the 2020 budget to the financial resources designated ~~to help the fleet to a smooth implementation of~~needed to support the fishing sector while the landing obligation schemes are implemented.

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that special importance should be granted in the 2020 budget to the financial resources designated to help the fleet ~~to a smooth implementation of the landing obligation schemes.~~comply fully and more easily with landing obligation provisions, all of which are now in force;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that special importance should be granted in the 2020 budget to the financial resources designated to help the fleet to a smooth implementation of the landing obligation schemes, especially through specific aid for small-scale coastal fishing fleets.

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income.; recalls that the outermost regions' fleets are mainly artisanal and require particular attention, given these regions' specific geographic characteristics;

Amendment 28 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of ~~coastal and~~funding for small artisanal fleet ~~emphasises that sector~~s that represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and employ nearly half of ~~all employment~~those working in the fisheries sector; ~~notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income.~~calls for an increase in funding earmarked for these activities;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the core objectives of the CFP should balance the viability of a sector of strategic importance for the European Union with the need to preserve marine ecosystems by developing economically and environmentally sustainable fisheries.

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income. considers, therefore, that the Union must ring-fence more funds for this category of fisheries;

Amendment 32 #

Pietro BARTOLO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector meaning that it is an important factor not only economically, but also socially, in many coastal communities; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income.;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector, particularly in the outermost regions; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal, island and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income.

Amendment 35 #

Giuseppe FERRANDINO, Ivo HRISTOV, Pietro BARTOLO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of coastal and small artisanal fleet; emphasises that sector represents nearly 75 % of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fisheries sector; notes that operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are dependent on ~~healthy~~sustainable fish stocks for their main source of income.

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to help communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their economies into other maritime activities such as tourism, marine conservation, data collection and research, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities.

Amendment 37 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to help communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their economies into other maritime activities such as tourism, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities. by providing the necessary incentives for example;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~help~~provide funding for communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their economies into other maritime activities such as tourism, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities.

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to help communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their economies into other ~~maritime~~complementary activities such as tourism, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities.

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that important efforts have been made to increase sound scientific knowledge of marine biological resources. Although knowledge has improved, we are still far from optimum in order to provide for an appropriate assessment; considers that Union funds must therefore be increased for both international and Member States’ scientific research organisations in order to further improve the evaluation of stocks, and to increase marine knowledge, including by studying the impact of climate change and pollution on stocks; more broadly, considers that fishermen must be encouraged to contribute to marine knowledge and funding for on-board measuring instruments should be provided for that purpose.

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to help communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their ~~economies into other maritime activities such as tourism~~sources of income into other sectors of the blue economy, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to help communities that depend on fisheries to diversify their economies into other maritime activities such as tourism, if necessary, and help them to add more value to their fishing activities.;

Amendment 42 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Remarks that the adoption of the current multiannual plans and the implementation of new technical measures to contribute to achieving fishing at sustainable levels requires a robust control policy supported by adequate funds. considers, therefore, that the Union must ring-fence more funds for the preparation and implementation of multiannual plans;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Remarks~~Emphasises strongly that the adoption of ~~the current~~new multiannual plans ~~and the implementation of new technical meas~~(MAP), accompanied by restrictions for the protection of fisheries resources ~~to contribute to achieving fishing at sustainable levels requires a robust control policy supported by adequate funds.~~(e.g. reduction of fishing days, geographical and temporal limitations etc.), requires significant injections of funding to keep undertakings afloat and prevent job losses;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Remarks that the adoption of the current multiannual plans and the implementation of new technical measures to contribute to achieving fishing at sustainable levels requires a pro~~bust~~portionate control policy supported by adequate funds., especially for the small coastal fishing fleets;

Amendment 45 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls the vital importance of social and economic measures to accompany management decisions to curtail fishing activities, so as to maintain adequate levels of sustainability;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) plays a fundamental role in coordinating and implementing the CFP; points out that ~~this should be reflected in its budget.~~it must be given an appropriate budget, in view of the European coast guard functions that it carries out in cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA);

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) plays a fundamental role in coordinating and implementing the CFP, as does the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in its pollution-prevention and maritime-safety work; points out that this should be reflected in ~~its~~their budgets.

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) plays a fundamental role in coordinating and implementing the CFP~~; points out that this should be reflected in its budget.~~ and that funding should accordingly be maintained at current levels;

Amendment 5 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that important efforts have been made to increase sound scientific knowledge of marine biological resources~~. A~~ and that, although knowledge has improved, we are still far from optimum in order to provide for an appropriate assessment; considers that Union funds must therefore be increased for both international and Member States’ scientific research organisations to further improve the evaluation of stocks.budget appropriations under Section III, Title 11 should be kept at the same level for this purpose;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Highlights~~Points out that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) plays a fundamental role in coordinating and implementing the CFP~~; points out that this should be reflected in its budget.~~ and that funding should accordingly be maintained at current levels;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) plays a ~~fundamental~~n important role in coordinating and implementing the CFP; points out that this should be reflected in its budget.

Amendment 52 #

Francisco José MILLÁN MON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights the problem of plastic marine litter; believes that additional efforts should be made and that adequate resources should be secured in order to ensure the implementation of the relevant rules on reducing the impact of plastic products at sea;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Draws attention to the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the Union, which will have an impact on the implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF; points out that “Brexit” means that the utmost importance needs to be given to the establishment of a new financial budgetary framework for the period 2021-2027; considers that a higher degree of additional flexibility of the Union budget is necessary to cope with the new situation; remarks that in no case shall Brexit lead to a decrease in funds with respect to the current EMFF (2014-2027); on the contrary, requests that the 2021-2027 budget should be increased so that operators are able to cope with the serious consequences of Brexit.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Draws attention to the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the Union which will have an impact on the implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF; points out that “Brexit” means that the utmost importance needs to be given to the establishment of a new financial budgetary framework for the period 2021-2027; considers that a higher degree of additional flexibility of the Union budget is necessary to cope with the new situation.; takes the view that "Brexit" must not be used as an opportunity to cut the Union budget;

Amendment 55 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Draws attention to the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the Union which will have a certain impact on the implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF; points out that “Brexit” means that the utmost importance needs to be given to the establishment of a new financial budgetary framework for the period 2021- 2027; considers that a higher degree of additional flexibilityconsiders that greater flexibility of the Union budget, accompanied by adequate support measures to offset the adverse impact of Brexit ofn the ~~Union budget i~~fisheries nsec~~essary to cope with the new situation.~~tor will accordingly be necessary;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

Amendment 57 #

Richard CORBETT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Draws attention to the ~~decis~~current intention of the United Kingdom to leave the Union which will have an impact on the implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF; points out that “Brexit” would means that the utmost importance needs to be given to the establishment of a new financial budgetary framework for the period 2021-2027; considers that a higher degree of additional flexibility of the Union budget is necessary to cope with ~~the new~~such a situation.

Amendment 58 #

Diane DODDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Draws attention to the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the Union which will have an impact on the implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF; points out that “Brexit” means that the utmost importance needs to be given to the establishment of a new financial budgetary framework for the period 2021-2027; considers that a higher degree of additional flexibility of the Union budget is necessary to cope with the new situation.; resolves that the most effective vehicle for avoiding disruption to the EMFF and future funding is for EU negotiators to find pragmatic alternative arrangements to the backstop in the draft withdrawal agreement which commands mutual support in the European and UK Parliaments."

Amendment 59 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Highlight~~Notes that, six years after the adoption of the current Fund, the level of implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF is still very low and that ~~Commission and Member States must speed up~~it is therefore necessary to simplify the marranagements a~~nd control processes and alleviate the administrative burdens~~s much as possible, while maintaining effective control over public expenditure to ensure appropriate and timely benefits to the sector. and implement the CFP more effectively;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 60 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights that, six years after the adoption of the current Fund, the level of implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF is still very low and that Commission and Member States must exercise control over the national payment agencies, speed up the management and control processes and alleviate the administrative burdens to ensure appropriate and timely benefits to the sector.;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Draws attention to the need to step up funding for the Advisory Councils, given their greater commitment under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 to regionalisation policies, which are figuring more prominently in the multiannual management plans, as well as in the new regulation on 'technical measures';

Amendment 62 #

Rosanna CONTE, Valentino GRANT, Annalisa TARDINO, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Recalls the role played fishermen as 'guardians of the sea' and calls on the Commission to earmark adequate funding for measures to promote a combination of fishing and environmental conservation activities such as collecting plastics at sea, taking water samples or having researchers on board, thereby further reducing the impact on stocks;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

source: 639.923

2019/09/06 EMPL 60 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Stéphane BIJOUX, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that effective and carefully considered employment policy enhancements reflecting demographic and automation challenges, accompanied by well-targeted investment strategies and responsible fiscal policies, continue to be an important precondition for sustainable growth which is the key factor leadsustainable growth, well-targeted investment and fiscal policy are the key to creation of quality jobs and increased prosperity for all and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds and investments more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, reducing to inequalit~~y employment~~ies and boosting upward social convergence;

Amendment 10 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Benoît LUTGEN, Kris PEETERS, Pascal ARIMONT, Anne SANDER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the 2020 budget should contribute towards achieving the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area, which seem to be within reach as regards the employment rate target but remain far from being achieved as regards the target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion; stresses, in this regard, the need for comprehensive policy reforms and integrated approaches that combat youth and long-term unemployment and the often neglected issue of elderly employability;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the 2020 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area~~, which~~; notes that these targets seem to be within reach as regards the employment rate target but remain far from being achieved as regards the target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion; stresses, in this regard, the need for comprehensive policy reforms and integrated approaches that strengthen social inclusion and combat youth and long-term unemployment and the often neglected issue of elderly employability;

Amendment 12 #

Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the 2020 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area, which seem to be within reach as regards the employment rate target but remain far from being achieved as regards the target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion; stresses, in this regard, the need for comprehensive policy reforms and integrated approaches that combat youth and long-term unemployment and the often neglected issue of elderly employability; highlights the need to progressively align the strategic orientation of EU policies and programmes with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the social agenda outlined by the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), which should be fully integrated into the programming provisions of the EU Funds and the European Semester;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 14 #

Sandra PEREIRA, Marc BOTENGA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recognises the crucial role of~~Considers that the various funds promoting employment such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Guarantee (YG), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) play only a minimal role and cannot resolve structural problems; notes in this regard that, in structural terms, the ESF is entirely taken up with administrative procedures and achieves little by way of actual results; points out that the extensive and complex administrative requirements to be met by small organisations are very labour- intensive and time-consuming; highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets and that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the crucial role of the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Guarantee (YG), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets and that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings in mitigating the adverse effects of an integration project such the European Union for the most vulnerable, for workers and at grass-roots level, especially in the Member States that have been the most weakened in economic and social terms; urges, therefore, that resources for these funds and programmes be stepped up; highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets; stresses, however, that many of the activities and measures supported by these funds and programmes are being compromised by the restrictions resulting from European economic governance;

Amendment 16 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Stéphane BIJOUX, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recognise~~Underlines the importance of adequate funding for the programmes and initiatives within the 2014-2020 MFF that seek to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and especially those aimed at the most disadvantaged in society, such as the crucial role of the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Guarantee (YG), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets and that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings;

Amendment 18 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the crucial role of the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth ~~Guarante~~Employment Initiative (YGEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets and that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings; underlines the importance of a real culture of “result orientation” aimed at optimising the use of funds, analysing the reasons leading to low-performance programmes and pushing for measures for improvement;

Amendment 19 #

Jana TOOM, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that effective and ~~carefully considered~~socially inclusive employment policy enhancements ~~reflecting~~need to take into account the demographic and automation challenges and the challenges posed by the EU’s commitment to decarbonisation; stresses that such enhancements, accompanied by well-targeted investment strategies and responsible fiscal policies, continue to be an important precondition for sustainable growth which is the key factor leading to quality employment and boosting upward social convergence;

Amendment 20 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Leszek MILLER, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 21 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Leszek MILLER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates that programming funds in the social and employment area should create synergies to help reduce social divergences and inequalities to make sure that no one is left behind in the process; stresses in this regard that the realities of the small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, including the outermost regions as referred in Article 349 of the TFEU, must be taken into account when it comes to the financial contributions under these funds;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights that the programming funds in the social and employment area should create synergies to help reduce social divergences and inequalities that have been exacerbated by the crisis; warns that any reductions in the budget for these areas will only create difficulties for these policies to be effective and reach their targets;

Amendment 23 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Leszek MILLER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that the lack of future opportunities for young people is a very real social emergency in some regions and that this requires innovative and focused solutions, which can be promptly implemented, in order to bring concrete improvements in the short term; therefore expects the 2020 budget to continue demonstrating great ambition to fight youth unemployment;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses in particular the role of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) as an essential tool to fight youth unemployment, which remains unacceptably high and with significant disparities across the Member States; welcomes the commitment by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines to strengthen the Youth Guarantee by turning it into a permanent instrument with an increased budget and regular reporting; with regard to this, takes note of the Commission proposal to increase YEI allocations in 2020 by EUR 116 million, but considers such a figure insufficient; calls therefore for an increase of YEI payment appropriations by EUR 600 million;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights that despite the positive trends towards a decline in youth unemployment rates in the European Union, young people are still at a higher risk of poverty and social and economic exclusion; reiterates the importance of programming funds that promote measures tackling inequalities and youth unemployment and calls for continued, increased and timely funding for young people through the Youth Guarantee, the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fund (ESF);

Amendment 26 #

Sandra PEREIRA, Marc BOTENGA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Believes that in this regard the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) must also reflect the realities of the small labour markets and small Member States' markets, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs, and when the redundancies and job displacements have a serious impact on the employment rates and on the local or regional economy the provisions of that fund should come into effect;

Amendment 27 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Benoît LUTGEN, Kris PEETERS, Pascal ARIMONT, Anne SANDER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to allow for the necessary flexibility in the implementation of the Union programmes for 2020, in particular the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, to cover the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on workers and entities established in the Member States; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission proposal to amend the scope of the current EGF programme to enable support to workers displaced as a result of disruptions caused by a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Acknowledge~~Rejects the forthcoming rationalisation of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ ~~as of~~scheduled to run from 2021; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes it comparable with performance information; ~~expresses concerns on~~disagrees with the substantial decrease (byof EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council onfor the PROGRESS axis of ~~EaSI~~the EaSI and recommends that its budget be at least equal to that proposed by the the European Commission; stresses, in this ~~regard~~context, that all legislative and budgetary revisions ~~should be~~must be justified and based on ~~evidence,~~an understanding of their ~~impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditor~~repercussions;

Amendment 29 #

Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Acknowledges the forthcoming rationalisation of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ as of 2021~~Notes that the Commission is continuing to pursue this very policy regardless; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes it comparable with performance information; ~~expresses concerns on~~notes the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, understanding of their impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that effective and carefully considered social and employment polic~~y enhancements reflecting~~ies, reflecting socio-economic, demographic and automation challenges and macro-economic imbalances among Member States, accompanied by well- targeted investment strategies ~~and responsible fiscal policies~~, continue to be an important precondition for sustainable growth which is the key factor leading to quality employment and boosting upward social convergence;

Amendment 30 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges the forthcoming rationalisation of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ as of 2021; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes it comparable with performance information; expresses concerns on the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, and on understanding of their impacts ~~and~~, should be in line with the better regulation agenda, ~~as well as~~should require quantifiable and comparable results evaluation rather than simple output measurements, and should be based on all related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

Amendment 31 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Benoît LUTGEN, Kris PEETERS, Pascal ARIMONT, Anne SANDER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges the forthcoming ~~rationalisation~~streamlining of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ as of 2021; reiterates its position to increase the ESF+ to EUR 120 457 000 000 in current prices under the MFF 2021-2027; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes it comparable with performance information; expresses concerns on the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, understanding of their impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

Amendment 32 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges the forthcoming ~~rationalis~~integration of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme ~~under~~within the ESF+ as of 2021; calls on the Commission to present financial information ~~in a manner that makes it comparable~~and budgetary allocations in a manner that makes ESF+ figures and thematic concentrations comparable with the current envelopes of the above mentioned programmes, as well as with performance information; expresses concerns on the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, understanding of their impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

Amendment 33 #

Sandra PEREIRA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges the forthcoming ~~rationalisation~~merger of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ as of 2021; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes itperformance comparable ~~with performance information; expresses concerns on~~between current programmes and the subheadings in ESF+; rejects the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, understanding of their impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Expresses its concern at the low take-up of EU funds and programmes; considers that it would be significantly leveraged if support was stepped up for public structures providing technical assistance, if co-funding was increased and if public investment financed by EU funds and programmes was excluded from budget deficit criteria;

Amendment 35 #

Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Strongly encourages all investments in the adoption of new technologies in all sectors of the economy and industrial production with a particular attention given to specific programmes aimed at accelerating timely transition of the workforce and restricting the potentially harmful side effects of such transition, such as structural unemployment, growing income inequality or regional and territorial disparities;

Amendment 36 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that the principle of European added value should represent the cornerstone of all future expenditure; stresses that Union funding should, therefore, reflect a performance-based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by measurable objectives and outputs; underlines, in this respect, the importance of accountability and transparency for bodies that receive EU funding;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges efforts to make the procedures to claim the funds in the 2020 budget more transparent and accessible; emphasises, in this regard, that more work has to be done, in particular, to improve access to funds for the overseas countries and territories, which are often overlooked and which possess limited administrative resources and expertise due to their special status and size;

Amendment 38 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, ~~it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills~~which should be overcome with an ambitious investment strategy to re-launch the European economy in the aftermath of the economic crisis, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, especially when it comes to policies capable of supporting sustainable economic growth and quality employment creation, such as future skills policies, vocational and educational training (VET), upskilling and reskilling policies and measures to support labour market ~~transition~~s and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by improved integration of ~~potentially~~ vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market;

Amendment 39 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Stéphane BIJOUX, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills policies and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by improved integration of potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market; calls, therefore, on the Member States and the Commission to make the fight against youth unemployment their priority, and to make full use of financial instruments, such as the Youth Guarantee and EU programmes such as Erasmus+, to promote the employment and employability of young people;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills policies, vocational education and training and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by improved integration of potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 44 #

Jana TOOM, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to adopt measures aimed at reducing the gender pay and employment gap;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Deplores that more than a quarter of all children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; stresses the importance of Child Guarantee to ensure that living conditions and opportunities of millions of children in Europe would improve considerably; calls for a pilot project to remedy the situation of Roma children by helping schools to become engines of their social inclusion;

Amendment 46 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Leszek MILLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Awaits the publication of the feasibility study on the Child Guarantee; calls on the Commission to fully take into consideration the proposals for implementation of the Preparatory Actions on the Child Guarantee, adopted in the annual budgets 2017, 2018 and 2019, which go beyond the feasibility study and which have a level of funding which will allow the implementation of a proper experimental phase of the Child Guarantee in the next programming period 2021-2027; with regard to this, welcomes the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's commitment in her Political Guidelines to create the European Child Guarantee in order to help ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic set of rights like healthcare and education;

Amendment 47 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Leszek MILLER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Call for adequate funding for EURES operations to be ensured in 2020, in particular stresses that the entry into force of the European Labour Authority (ELA) should not result in a reduction of resources and capabilities for EURES, which plays a pivotal role in facilitating labour mobility of Union citizens and offers services and partnerships for jobseekers and employers, Public Employment Services (PES), the social partners and the local authorities; insists that the ELA, being a new body, requires fresh resources to run smoothly; highlights therefore the need for maintaining clear and separate budget lines for both ELA and EURES;

Amendment 48 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Recalls that the EU is in a context of near-stagnation and insufficient wage growth and that both the Commission and the ECB recommend a general increase in wages and an improvement in the quality of employment; stresses, furthermore, that the budget lines supporting the European social dialogue and measures for the social partners are of prime importance when it comes to strengthening the social partners’ involvement, for example in the European Semester and in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and therefore calls for increased appropriations as regards industrial relations and social dialogue; highlights that well-functioning industrial relations systems have a positive impact on productivity, employment creation and maintenance, jobs quality and decent wages;

Amendment 49 #

Johan DANIELSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that in an environment of stagnating wages, taking into account that both the Commission and the ECB have recommended a general increase in wages and a general improvement in the quality of employment, it is key to further strengthen social dialogue across Europe to balance industrial relations; stresses that workers' participation and inclusion in company matters have a significantly positive impact on productivity, employees’ health and well-being, jobs quality and decent wages;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 51 #

Jana TOOM, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the policy developments in the area of employment and social affairs during the 8th legislature, but emphasises that the policy initiatives need proper and timely funding to become operational; reminds of the creation of the European Labour Authority, which is expected to begin operating in 2019; highlights the need to provide for additional funding to ensure that sufficient financial resources are set aside for its establishment; insists that this funding cannot be accomplished by redeploying allocations from the other employment and social affairs agencies;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the policy developments in the area of employment and social affairs during the 8th legislature, but emphasises that the policy initiatives need proper, adequate and timely funding to become operational;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the important contribution of the agencies in dealing with a wide range of employment, social issues and data collection; stresses that their tasks are developing and hence they must be given the necessPoints out that the overlapping powers and responsibilities of the various agencies regarding employment issues, working conditions and vocational training are not particularly ~~resources to fulfil them~~effective; therefore calls for a thorough assessment of the ~~new~~ tasks assigned to the agencies and of their overall performance, with a view to ensuring appropriate and efficient budgetary allocations only;

Amendment 54 #

Brando BENIFEI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Nicolas SCHMIT, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the important contribution of the agencies in dealing with a wide range of employment, social issues and data collection; stresses that their tasks are developing and ~~hence~~growing constantly and that they must therefore be given the necessary resources to fulfil the~~m; therefore calls for a thorough assessment of the new tasks assigned to the agencies and of their overall performance, with a view to ensuring appropriate and efficient budgetary allocations only~~ir tasks and ensure the best possible results in support of EU legislative and policy objectives;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are very valuable tools to initiate new activities and policies in the fields of employment and social inclusion and ~~could be used for data and evidence collection in order to improve future Union employment policies~~that several ideas of the EMPL Committee have been implemented successfully in the past as PPs/PAs; encourages the full use of the margins available under each heading;

Amendment 56 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs), if they are carefully prepared, are very valuable tools to initiate new activities and policies in the fields of employment and social inclusion and could be used for data and evidence collection in order to improve future Union employment policies;

Amendment 57 #

Jana TOOM, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are very valuable tools to initiate new activities and policies in the fields of employment, in particular enhancing youth employment, and social inclusion and could be used for data and evidence collection in order to improve future Union employment policies;

Amendment 58 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission, when assessing pilot projects and preparatory actions, to place emphasis on their originality and the possibility of their subsequent adaptation;

Amendment 59 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that it is paramount for Parliament to be given regular updates on the various stages of the implementation of pilot projects and preparatory actions by the Commission, including proper evaluation of the results and their added value to the European citizens.; emphasises the importance of a transparent approach by the Commission when assessing pilot projects and preparatory actions;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Reiterates the importance of vocational education and training in the age of digitalisation and welcomes the increased funding for the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; calls on the Commission to explore further opportunities to support vocational education and training programmes, especially in the areas of software development and information technologies;

Amendment 7 #

Sandra PEREIRA, Marc BOTENGA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Rejects any reductions to the budgetary programming for the employment, social affairs and inclusion lines and recalls that a proper balance between commitment and payment appropriations must be found in order to allow these policies to reach their full potential;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the 2020 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area, which seem to be within reach as regards the employment rate target but remain far from being achieved as regards the target of reducing the number of people at risk of the creation of jobs with rights and decent working conditions, better earnings and stable and regulated employment relationships and the fight against poverty or, social exclusion and inequalities; stresses, in this regard, the urgent need for ~~comprehensive policy reforms and integrated approaches that combat youth and long-term unemployment and the often neglected issue of elderly employability~~EU programmes and funds to prioritise projects that go in this direction; warns, however, that this is insufficient without a new strategy focusing on social progress and social justice and geared to economic, social and territorial cohesion, breaking away from right-wing policies and the restrictions imposed by the EU on the peoples of its Member States;

Amendment 9 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to afford proper technical assistance to the national authorities of the Member States so that they can take up the amounts allocated;

Amendment 10 #

Corina CREȚU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates its call to have a separate budget line for the Daphne-specific objective, which is part of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme, in order to show the commitment of the Union which is aimed at combating violence against women and girls; calls for increased resources in this budget line and to reverse the decrease of funds dedicated to Daphne objective during the 2014-2020 period; suggests that in the next MFF the budget for the new Justice, Rights and Values Fund which will include as well the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme to be increased; calls on an steady effort to raise the awareness of the grants included in the Daphne-specific objective along with measures to make its related administrative procedures more user friendly;

Amendment 11 #

Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Subheading 5 a (new)

Security and Defence 12a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a separate heading for Security and Defence, in order to grant a more transparent scrutiny;

Amendment 12 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights the significant budgetary and organisational risk associated with major expansion of agencies such as that proposed under the 2021-27 MFF for Frontex. To manage this budgetary risk, urges the development, reporting and scrutiny of a detailed, phased expansion programme within the legal basis approved for the next MFF from which budgetary arrangements over the coming years will follow and, with regard to 8 (above), be held to account.

Amendment 13 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Points out that pooling resources from the European Development Fund, the Union budget and other donors in trust funds should not have as consequence that money flagged for development and cooperation policy does not ~~reach its normal beneficiaries or~~ pursue its original objectives, such as the eradication of poverty and the promotion of fundamental rights;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that trust funds should be established only when their use is justified and the required action is not possible through other existing financing channels; further calls on the Commission, in line with the principle of budget unity, to consider putting an end to trust funds that are unable to attract a significant contribution from other donors or that do not provide an added value when compared to ‘traditional’ Union external instruments;

Amendment 15 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that trust funds should be established only when their use is justified and the required action is not possible through other existing financing channels; further calls on the Commission to consider putting an end to trust funds that are unable to attract ~~a significant~~ contribution from other donors or that do not provide an added value when compared to ‘traditional’ Union external instruments;

Amendment 16 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Believes that the operation and accountability of Union Trust funds is best achieved by their being transparently managed as part of the General Budget of the Union.

Amendment 17 #

Jean-François JALKH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

~~17. Insists that the European Public Prosecutor Office (EPPO) has to be adequately financed and staffed; points out that the EPPO has to be operational already as from November 2020;~~deleted

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

17. Insists that the European Public Prosecutor Office (EPPO) has to be adequately financed and staffed; points out that the EPPO has to be operational already as from November 2020; stresses the importance of having a clear division of tasks and good coordination between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and OLAF;

Amendment 19 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Recalls the importance of the Youth Employment Initiative in promoting the participation and integration of young people into the labour market;

Amendment 2 #

Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the fact that the Union budget is not allowed to run on deficit and that the growing payments backlog in fact represents a financial debt;

Amendment 20 #

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that in the draft budget for 2020 the Union contribution amounts to a total of EUR 8 372 000; recalls that the Office shall be a key actor in combatting crimes against the EU budget and therefore considers more realistic that the contribution be increased by EUR 1,8 million and that 15 additional posts should be made available in order to cover infrastructure and operating expenditure and to start the development of the EPPO case management system, taking also into account that EPPO was established under the enhanced cooperation procedure and may operate in more member states in the future than currently foreseen.

Amendment 21 #

Jean-François JALKH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that in the draft budget for 2020 the Union contribution amounts to a total of EUR 8 372 000; considers more realistic that the contribution be increased by EUR 1,8 million and that 15 additional posts should be made available in order to cover infrastructure and operating expenditure and to start the development of the EPPO case management system.

Amendment 22 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Corina CREȚU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Recalls the importance of granting adequate resources and staffing to OLAF, Europol and Eurojust, in order to ensure their ability to cooperate effectively with the EPPO and fulfil the common mission of protecting the EU financial interests. In this regard, expresses concerns about the decrease in staff reported by OLAF in its Annual Report 2018, while the workload of the Office has structurally increased.

Amendment 3 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Subheading 4 a (new)

Climate change 10b. Points out that the European Union has committed to making 20% of its budget climate-related; calls on the Commission to develop research, development and innovation in order to achieve this 20% target;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Subheading 5

Migration and Border Protection

Amendment 5 #

Corina CREȚU

Draft opinion
Subheading 5

Migration and Human Rights

Amendment 6 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission, for management and reporting purposes, to establish a way of recording Union budgetary expenditure that will make it possible to report on all funding related to the refugee and migration ~~crisi~~issues, as well as for the future Union policy on management of migration flows and integration;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Subheading 5 a (new)

Horizon 2020 11a. Points out that the Horizon 2020 Programme enjoys the political support of the Member States; notes that research is a form of direct investment into smart, sustainable and inclusive growth that fosters employment; 11b. Considers that only by adopting an ambitious budget will the Union be able to develop scientific leadership to meet the challenges facing society in terms of employment, energy transition, digitalisation and medical and pharmaceutical research;

Amendment 8 #

Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that there is an humanitarian element to every migration crisis which by necessity will usually involve emergency measures; invites the Commission to find quick ways to respond to the migration crisis and the humanitarian situations which lay behind;

Amendment 9 #

Raffaele FITTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to provide more resources for front-line Member States dealing with the migration and refugee crisis, in order to respond more effectively to that migration crisis;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement, ratified by the European Union on 5 October 2016,

Amendment 10 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Is convinced that negotiations for the 2020 budget should proceed in parallel with a discussion on the reform of the EU own resources system, which aims to establish a basket of new own resources that are better aligned with and incentivise progress in major EU policy priorities, such as the fight against climate change and the realisation of a fairer internal market, and that the outcome of this discussion should be reflected in a joint statement accompanying the final agreement on the annual budget;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Acknowledges the important role that Euronews plays in bringing impartial news from a European perspective to audiences in the EU and beyond, both on television and through digital platforms; takes note that Euronews is known by over half of EU citizens, is distributed in almost 400 million homes across 160 countries, including 67% of European Union homes, and that it has reached the goal set at its inception to become the number one international news channel in Europe; remarks that Euronews has undergone 8 audits and evaluations since 2014 asked for by the European Commission and performed by independent organisations, which show that it offers excellent value for money; notes that its editorial independence has never been put in doubt; recognises the need for the EU to continue to support an independent European media where most of its competitors receive State subsidies; takes note that Euronews has undergone an editorial transformation to offer more European content than ever on each of its 12 language editions, that despite the difficulties faced to find European investors and irrespective of who its shareholders are, Euronews continues to fully satisfy both criteria contained in Article 195 (c) and (f) and Article 180 of the Financial Regulation to benefit from EU funding; therefore asks the European Commission to maintain at least the same level of funding for Euronews during the next Framework Partnership Agreement for at least four years to promote independent journalism, to give Euronews visibility to continue its vital mission to deliver European news, and to pursue its transformation, including its digital transformation which aims at reaching new younger audiences;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the need for the EU budget to contribute more to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the countries covered by the Development Cooperation Instrument and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; recalls the importance of mobilising innovative financial instruments, including the EU's external investment plan, to support the preparation and the financing of climate-related development projects in Africa;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the need for the EU budget to contribute more to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the countries covered by the Development Cooperation Instrument and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; calls for the need to match the climate emergency with a substantial increase in the number of funds dedicated to climate objectives and climate diplomacy;

Amendment 104 #

Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the need for the EU budget to contribute more to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the countries covered by the Development Cooperation Instrument and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; points out the ability of the EU budget to provide financial assistance for disaster risk reduction, such as forest fires, around the world;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Proposes a sizeable increase on the line 'Human development', which should aim at compensating the recent decision by the USA to cut funding for global development, especially for NGOs working in the field of reproductive health;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Proposes an substantial increase in funding for the Western Balkans countries under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, especially in the areas of functioning democratic institutions, rule of law, good governance and public administration; underlines the importance of a meaningful financing in view of the numerous challenges that the EU together with Member States will need to face in the European Neighbourhood for supporting political reforms and to align with the acquis in the Western Balkans;

Amendment 107 #

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recalls that, given the persisting security threats and the deterioration of the security environment at the EU’s Eastern ~~borders~~and South-eastern borders, the Eastern Mediterranean sea, as well as the challenging reforms Eastern European partners are confronted with, it is important to provide sufficient funding in support of defence capacity, crisis/conflict prevention, stability, democracy and confidence-building and to step up efforts to support poverty reduction and economic development in the region; further recalls that the countries of the Southern neighbourhood are facing enormous pressure, including the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the rise of extremism and the related refugee and migrant movements;

Amendment 108 #

Alfred SANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recalls that, given the persisting security threats and the deterioration of the security environment at the EU’s Eastern borders as well as the challenging reforms Eastern European partners are confronted with, it is important to provide sufficient funding in support of stability, democracy and confidence-building and to step up efforts to support poverty reduction and economic development in the region; further recalls that the countries of the Southern neighbourhood are facing enormous pressure, including the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the rise of extremism and the related refugee and migrant movements, that equally needs to be countered by sufficient funding;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recalls that, given the persisting security threats and the deterioration of the security environment at the EU’s Eastern borders as well as the challenging reforms Eastern European partners are confronted with, it is important to provide sufficient funding in support of stability, democracy and confidence-building and to step up efforts to support poverty reduction and economic development in the region; further recalls that the countries of the Southern neighbourhood need additional financial support, since they are facing enormous pressure, including the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the rise of extremism and the related refugee and migrant movements;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Reiterates its call to have more ambitious climate mainstreaming, to be set at 40 %, improved climate action tracking methodology and proofing in the next MFF period, and their alignment with the Paris Agreement and Union climate action goals; insists that the next MFF should rely on robust methodology, set up in line with internationally established methodologies, in order to track climate action funding and to avoid the risk of overestimation of climate action;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Calls for enhanced EU support for the viability of a two-state solution, the Palestinian Authority, civil society in both Israel and Palestine and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA);

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Points out the need to prioritise the stability of EU Neighbourhood and continue to support countries such as Ukraine, Moldova, Tunisia and Georgia which all have shown significant progress that should be acknowledged and supported;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

Amendment 114 #

Robert BIEDROŃ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, the wellbeing of Maronites wishing to resettle and that of all enclaved persons as agreed in the 3rd Vienna Agreement, and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, thereby promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities; stresses the need for sufficient funding to combat violence against refugee women and girls and other vulnerable groups such as LGBTQI people; calls for inclusion of gender dimension in migration and asylum polices and for adequate resources to implement it;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Believes that given the serious and persistent deficits in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Turkey, it is justified to ~~further reduce~~cut the allocations for Turkey under the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance; decides therefore not to reverse Council’s cuts to the funding for Turkey, to reduce that funding by additional EUR 5 million, and to put EUR 100 million of the funding into reserve;

Amendment 116 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Believes that given the serious and persistent effort of Turkey to compromise regional stability with aggressive behaviour against Member States, as well as its deficits in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights ~~in Turkey~~, it is justified to further reduce the allocations for Turkey under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance; decides therefore not to reverse Council’s cuts to the funding for Turkey, to reduce that funding by additional EUR 5 million, and to put EUR 100 million of the funding into reserve;

Amendment 117 #

Jens GEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Notes with concern last year's decision of the United States to withdraw as a donor to UNRWA; notes that this decision makes the European Union the single most important donor to UNRWA; believes that, in the spirit of a 'stronger Europe in the world', as envisioned by the President-elect of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Union should step up its financial contribution to UNRWA in 2020 in order to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and support UNRWA in fulfilling its task;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Deplores the limited role the European Parliament has in the supervision and governance of the EUTF; considers it fundamental that the European Parliament is able to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee and calls on the Commission to provide detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committee and ensure that the European Parliament is represented at its meetings;

Amendment 119 #

Niclas HERBST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Is particularly concerned that school curriculum and textbooks authorised by the Palestinian Authority contain hate speech and violent depictions; recalls that all teaching and training programmes that are financed from Union funds should reflect common values and comply with UNESCO standards for peace and tolerance in school education;

Amendment 12 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the Council’s position on the DB, cutting EUR 1,51 billion in commitment appropriations compared to the Commission’s proposal; considers that the Council’s cuts flatly contradict the Union’s priorities, are not justified by absorption capacity and are meant to revert all the specific increases requested and obtained by Parliament in and calls for an effective spending review in order to preovious budgetary years; decides therefore, as a general rule, to restore appropriations on all lines cut by the Council to the level of the DB, for both operational and administrative expenditure, and to take the DB as the starting point to build its position upondes as much savings as possible on projects that, to date, have not shown a real added value;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Restores DB levels for administrative expenditure lines, including administrative and research support expenditure in Headings 1 to 4; considers that all the admistrative expenditures related to the European Institutions should be reduced as much as possible through an efficient and economical optimization of the EU costs and asks to renegotiate the current EU Institutions' rent contracts in order to reduce the costs; proposes an increase of EUR 5,5 million in commitment appropriations above DB related to a Conference on European Democracy/Future of Europe.

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Restores DB levels for administrative expenditure lines, including administrative and research support expenditure in Headings 1 to 4; proposes an increase of EUR 5,5 million in commitment appropriations above DB ~~related to~~for a Conference on European Democracy/Future of Europe and ensure the participation of a vast array of stakeholders, from citizens to civil society.

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Recalls the importance of pilot projects and preparatory actions (PP-PAs) as tools for the formulation of political priorities and the introduction of new initiatives that have the potential to turn into standing Union activities and programmes; stresses, in this regard, for those paving the way for new programmes supported by the current Commission President and the European Parliament such as the Just Transition Fund, that the European Commission should pay particular attention to implement them in the form that would gather the widest support from the European Parliament; having carried out a careful analysis of all the proposals submitted and taking fully into account the Commission's assessment of their respect of legal requirements and implementability, adopts a balanced package of PP-PAs that reflects Parliament’s political priorities; calls on the Commission to swiftly implement PP- PAs and provide feedback on their performance and results delivered on the ground;

Amendment 123 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Asks not to increase the commitment appropriations in the Budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is defined;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Increases two lines above the DB, due to new elements impacting the transitional allowances for 2020 budget, which it was not possible to prevent: the higher non re-election rate following the European elections (63 %, whilst the average of 50 % served as the calculation base) and the postponement of Brexit until 31 October 2019; increases also the line on European political foundations, since their work is crucial in promoting democracy and fighting fake news and disinformation and on artificial intelligence in promoting a coordinated approach to the human and ethical dimension of artificial intelligence to create a sustainable business model;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Calls for a reduction of 20 % of Members' monthly salaries that would represent an ethical signal to European citizens, considering the huge gap between the privileges of those who are engaged in politics and the difficult economic and social moment which ordinary citizens are facing;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 1 a (new)

- on the basis of the principle of equal treatment in matter of purchasing power between EU officials irrespective of their place of employment, calls for a specific corrective coefficient to be put in place in Luxembourg city as is done for other European capitals such as London, Paris, Warsaw, Dublin;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 1 b (new)

- reiterates its calls for a transparent decision-making process in the field of buildings policy; disagrees therefore, with the on-going practice of the year-end 'mopping up Transfer' to contribute to current building projects, which takes place systematically on the same chapters, titles and, often, exactly on the same budgetary lines; considers that the building policy should be financed in a transparent manner from budgetary lines dedicated to it;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – subparagraph 1 (new)

- reiterates its request to the Secretary General for detailed estimations and coast breakdown of the preparatory technical works in the SPAAK building in view of renovation, projected at EUR 12,4 million;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 5 a (new)

- reiterates its call, given that the 2020 budget includes final instalments of substantial investments started back in 2006 with a view to significantly improve Parliament security, for a detailed summery of all expenses linked to the buildings security since 2016;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Takes note of Council’s position on the DB, cutting EUR 1,51 billion in commitment appropriations compared to the Commission’s proposal; considers that the Council’s cuts flatly contradict the Union’s priorities, are not justified by absorption capacity a~~nd are~~ s they are not based on a real assessmeant ~~to revert all the specific increases reque~~of needs; considers that the cuts need to be accompanied by a spending review to avoid wasted and ~~obtained by Parliament in previous budgetary years~~funding for projects that do not have any real economic, environmental or social added value; decides therefore, as a general rule, to restore appropriations on all lines cut by the Council to the level of the DB, for both operational and administrative expenditure, and to take the DB as the starting point to build its position upon;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 5 b (new)

- reiterates its call on a greater use of videoconferences and other technologies in order to protect the environment and to save resources, in particular to reduce staff duty travel between the three places of works.

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 5 c (new)

- reiterates its request to the Secretary General for detailed information on the budgetary envelope of five new Europa Experience centres in Liaison Offices, which would cover not only the exhibition infrastructure but also the exhibition areas, including rental charges and possible transformation works;

Amendment 132 #

Jens GEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. notes that Members of the Parliament are faced today with ever- growing legislative tasks and that citizens‘ expectation to be in dialogue with their representatives have increased; believes that this increase of workload for individual MEP offices needs to be met with additional financial resources. Invites therefore the Parliament Bureau to modify the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members to allow an increase of the expenses for parliamentary assistance;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Notes that the 2020 DB reflects in the main the estimates of the various institutions falling within the other sections of the budget and therefore matches, with some exceptions, their financial requirements; considers that the cuts proposed by the Council would therefore have a deleterious effect on the working of the institutions concerned and consequently on the vital contribution they make to the functioning of the European Union; on that account, proposes to restore the levels of the 2020 DB in almost all cases, including with regard to the establishment plans of the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European External Action Service; decides not to restore the level of the 2020 DB concerning the Council and European Council, as they didn't submit a request;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point c

c) in relation to the European Ombudsman, to add two AD posts above the 2020 budget~~, combined with minor cuts to three budget lines, in order to balance the amounts restored to two other lines~~;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point c a (new)

c a) d) in relation to the European Data protection Supervisor to cut one budget line (200 - Rents, charges and buildings expenditure);

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. e) in relation to the EEAS to cut also one budget line (3001 - External staff and outside services);

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, especially when it comes to policies capable of supporting sustainable economic growth and quality employment creation and measures to support well-functioning labour markets and better adjustment to demographic change, supporting the promotion of gender equality; emphasises the need to continue its efforts to fight fake news and disinformation with proper levels of financing for these activities, while ensuring adequate interinstitutional cooperation;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that boosts employment and strengthens competitiveness; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;deleted

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that boosts employment, reduces inequalities and strengthens competitiveness while using the resources most efficiently and effectively to meet the EU's obligations under the Paris Agreement; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending ~~in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure~~towards reaching, amongst others a fully renewable based, highly energy efficient energy system, energy efficiency and a sustainable transport infrastructure in line with the EU's target to reach a carbon- neutral economy by 2050 at the latest;

Amendment 17 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge and the protection of the environment in a way that boosts employment and the creation of new jobs, strengthens competitiveness and ensures social prosperity; underlines the key role of new and emerging technologies in achieving this objective; stresses the need for the Union to lead by example and inspire other countries around the globe to follow on the same pathway and invest further in climate related expenditure; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to ~~rise to th~~tackle climate challenge in a ~~way that~~ll its dimensions, as boostsing employment ~~and~~, strengthensing competitiveness, protecting biodiversity and promoting sustainable development inside and outside the Union; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that promotes prosperity for all, builds sustainable growth, boosts employment ~~and~~, strengthens competitiveness and addresses a range of social needs including education, health, social protection while tackling poverty; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

Amendment 2 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Nils TORVALDS, Luis GARICANO, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

- having regard to the Landscape review of the European Court of Auditors, entitled 'EU action on energy and climate change' (2017)

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that boosts ~~employment~~sustainable growth investing in R&D and innovation; is convicted of the need to support SMEs as a vector of jobs and to strengthens competitiveness; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

Amendment 21 #

Alfred SANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a socially responsible way that boosts employment and strengthens competitiveness; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that boosts employment and strengthens competitiveness; ~~welcome~~recalls the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and ~~the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure~~believes that such powerful calls should be followed by equally powerful actions by the representatives of the Member States when sitting in Council;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls that in 2013 the EU made a commitment to spend 'at least 20 %' of the 2014-2020 MFF on climate-related spending; regrets that at the end of that period that target will be missed if no further action is taken; recalls that the shortfall to bridge the climate spending gap is estimated at EUR 3,5 billion;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate-expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020;deleted

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020 not only as a matter of climate emergency but also to give a strong political signal for the negotiations of the next MFF in line with the European Green Deal, as presented in the political guidelines of the next European Commission; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020; believes moreover that a biodiversity mainstreaming target should be introduced in the upcoming MFF in order to achieve optimal progress in halting and reversing biodiversity loss and ecosystems degradation in the new EU biodiversity strategy;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020; highlights however that these amounts fall far short of meeting the needs for investment in this area as recalled by the European Commission, which estimates it between EUR 175 and 290 billion per year;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 250 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the end of the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that budget 2020 has to be considered in the wider context of the current climate challenges that need to be addressed in the swiftest way; regrets that, under the current MFF, this budget has scarce resources; underlines that the EU needs to make all necessary efforts to fulfil its commitments pledged under the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication 'A Clean Planet for all - A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy' (COM (2018) 773),

Amendment 30 #

Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Luis GARICANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Supports the extension of funding in areas that can contribute to the competitive advantage of the Union in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, especially in exponential technologies like AI, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, and Biotechnology inter alia;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that youth remains an overarching priority for the Union budget. Highlights that despite the positive trends towards a decline in youth unemployment rates in the Union, the lack of future opportunities for young people is a real social emergency in certain parts of the Union, with significant disparities across the Member States and regions; decides therefore to reinforce the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) above the level proposed by the Commission, also in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in the next MFF; also reinforces the financial resources to meet future demand for Erasmus+, the primary programme for education and training, including vocational education and training, youth and sport in Europe; recalls its commitment to triple the funding for Erasmus+ in the MFF 2021-2027, while also recalling the need to secure opportunities for older people, building bridges between generations through Erasmus+, which should be more available for seniors through increased financial resources and promotional campaigns;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that youth remains an overarching priority for the Union budget. Highlights that despite the positive trends towards a decline in youth unemployment rates as well as the persistently low rates of youth entrepreneurial activity in many areas in the Union, the lack of future opportunities for young people is a real social emergency in certain parts of the Union, with significant disparities across the Member States and regions; decides therefore to reinforce the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) above the level proposed by the Commission, also in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in the next MFF; also reinforces the financial resources to meet future demand for Erasmus+, the primary programme for education and training, including vocational education and training, youth and sport in Europe; recalls its commitment to triple the funding for Erasmus+ in the MFF 2021-2027;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Reinforces the financial resources to meet future demand for Erasmus+, the primary programme for education and training, including vocational education and training, youth and sport in Europe; stresses that Erasmus+ is a key flagship programme of the Union that is widely known among its citizens and has delivered tangible results with a clear European added value; stresses the capacity of the programme to absorb immediately any additional resources allocated granted in next year’s budget, due to its very high implementation rate; recalls its commitment to triple the funding for Erasmus+ in the MFF 2021- 2027; emphasises, in this context, the need to continue and further reinforce the DiscoverEU preparatory action, in view of its programmed integration in the 2021- 2027 Erasmus+ programme;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to other budget lines related to Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SMEs, digitalisation, cancer research, security and justice cooperation~~, migration and external policy~~;

Amendment 36 #

Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to other budget lines related to Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SMEs, digitalisation, ~~cancer research, security and justice cooperation, migration and external policy~~artificial intelligence, cancer research, rare and orphan diseases, security and justice cooperation, migration and external policy including the financing of development aid and humanitarian aid in developing countries;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to other budget lines related to Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SMEs, digitalisation, cancer research, funds for the One Health Action Plan, security and justice cooperation, migration and external policy, nuclear safety;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Considers that an efficient fight against corruption, tax evasion and tax avoidance practiced by multinational companies and the richest individuals would make it possible to return to the national budgets of the Member States an amount estimated by the Commission at EUR 1 trillion per year; notes that there is in this matter a real deficit of action from the EU; stresses in this regard the urgent need to establish a European authority empowered to combat tax fraud and fiscal evasion;

Amendment 4 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Recalls~~Takes note that, in its resolution of 14 March 2019 on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2020 budget, Parliament defined clear political priorities for the budget 2020 to be a bridge to the future Europe and provide European added value; reaffirms its strong commitment to those priorities and sets out the following position to ensure an appropriate level of financing to deliver on them;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses the need to allocate an adequate amount of resources to reinforce the external dimension of migration and to guarantee an adequate protection of the Union's external borders, in order to support the reception, sheltering and integration of asylum seekers and migrants in the Member States, resettlement programmes, and to respond to emergency assistance needs of Member States hosting large numbers of asylum seekers and/or of first arrivals;

Amendment 41 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Endorses, as a general rule, the Commission's estimates of the budgetary needs of decentralised agencies; considers, therefore, that any cuts proposed by the Council would endanger the proper functioning of the agencies and would not allow them to fulfil their tasks; proposes targeAsks for a complete revision of the role of the European agencies questioning if their tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the European Commission or by Member Stateds in~~creases to the level of appropri~~ order to prevent duplications of ~~agencies which will be dealing with additional tasks or which are confronted with increased workload~~roles and costs and also improving transparency due to emerging challenges;

Amendment 42 #

Niclas HERBST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Endorses, as a general rule, the Commission's estimates of the budgetary needs of decentralised agencies; considers, therefore, that any cuts proposed by the Council would endanger the proper functioning of the agencies and would not allow them to fulfil their tasks; proposes targeted increases to the level of appropriations of agencies which will be dealing with additional tasks or which are confronted with increased workload due to emerging challenges; recalls that besides the additional GSA’s (European GNSS Agency) tasks related to securing the reliability and integrity of Galileo services all over the world, protecting Galileo operational centers against any cyberattacks and ensuring Galileo/EGNOS market uptake and impact on EU industrial footprint, GSA faces a further increase in tasks related to the new activities;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing the pressing priorities expressed above, and considering the very tight or inexistent margins under certain Headings in 2020, the Flexibility Instrument and the Global Margin for Commitments need to be fully mobilised; adds that given the climate emergency and the fact that the failure to deliver on the 20% climate-related was all but expected, the Contingency Margin needs to be partially mobilised, and the possibility to re-use de-commitments for research laid down in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation needs to be used in full; also recalls that flexibilities set out in the MFF Regulation will lapse at the end of this period;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing the pressing priorities expressed above, and considering the very tight or inexistent margins under certain Headings in 2020, the Flexibility Instrument and the Global Margin for Commitments need to be fully mobilised, the Contingency Margin needs to be ~~partially~~ mobilised, and the possibility to re-use de- commitments for research laid down in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation needs to be used in full; also recalls that flexibilities set out in the MFF Regulation will lapse at the end of this period;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing the pressing priorities expressed above, and considering the very tight or inexistent margins under certain Headings in 2020, the Flexibility Instrument and the Global Margin for Commitments need to be fully mobilised, the Contingency Margin needs to be partially mobilised, ~~and the possibility to re-use de-commitments for research laid down in Article 15(3) of~~while part of it also remains available for the Ffinanci~~al Regulation needs to be used in full~~ng of unforeseen events that may occur in the course of next year; also recalls that flexibilities set out in the MFF Regulation will lapse at the end of this period;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Stresses the need to fully re-use decommitments for research as laid down in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; strongly regrets that the Council rejects again the application of this legislative provision that the Commission proposed to activate partly in the DB; declares its intention to insist on its position that reflects both the letter and the spirit of the Financial Regulation; intends to resolve this issue in this year’s budgetary conciliation; proposes to fully reuse these decommitments to reinforce four budget lines of the Horizon 2020 programme with the highest level of climate-related research activity;

Amendment 47 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Sets the overall level of appropriations for the 2020 budget (all Sections) at EUR 170 971 519 973 in commitment appropriations, representing an increase of EUR 2 699 813 994 compared to the DB; decides in addition to make available an amount of EUR 280 700 000 in commitment appropriations further to de-commitments under Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; sets the overall level of appropriations for the 2020 budget (all Sections) at EUR 159 146 168 195 in payment appropriations;

Amendment 48 #

Bogdan RZOŃCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation~~, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future~~; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de-committed in 2018 as a result of non-implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future; regrets however the uneven geographic distribution of these funds and bemoans the fact that those regions in the Eastern part of Europe that most need innovative solutions to transition are those that attract less such funds; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de-committed in 2018 as a result of non-implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects, and calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the fair geographical distribution of these funds;

Amendment 5 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses the fact that the Union budget is not delivering concrete answers to the political priorities which citizens are facing; highlights that Member States continue to face numerous challenges and is convinced that Union citizens expect the Union budget 2020 to be more efficient, transparent, performance-based providing concrete reductions of administrative expenditure and granting an efficient and accountable use of taxpayers’ money; underlines also the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to ensure full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of, digital and technological innovation, acceleration of technology transfer, and skills-building, green technology and climate- and environment- friendly innovation, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as ~~digitalisation~~AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de- committed in 2018 as a result of non- implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;

Amendment 51 #

Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future and reductions of emissions to match committments of the Paris Agreement; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de-committed in 2018 as a result of non-implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation, supporting the shift towards a more circular economy so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de-committed in 2018 as a result of non-implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation, artificial intelligence and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de- committed in 2018 as a result of non- implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Is convinced that the fight against cancer should be an absolute priority for the Union, and that significant efforts need to be stepped up in this direction; underlines the fact that cancer research is an important pillar in this process; adopts, therefore, an increase of financial resources to be earmarked for cancer research under the relevant budget lines of Horizon 2020 that also demonstrate a very high budgetary execution; stresses that research intensifies in this field without any delay, also in view of more substantial investments anticipated in the next MFF;

Amendment 55 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Recalls that Europe's position as a leading provider for information and communication technologies (ICT) depends on the resources for developing and testing new ICT technologies as well as providing assistance to start-ups and technology enterprises in order to augment market relevant capacity; in this regard reiterates the need to provide additional funding to European research facilities and SME businesses with a focus on developing and advancing technologies such as search engines, translation services and similar ground- breaking technologies;

Amendment 56 #

Erik BERGKVIST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development of a high- performance trans-European network that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and ICT infrastructure and significantly contributes to the transition towards a climate-neutral society; proposes therefore to increase the funding for CEF-Transport and CEF- Energy by a total amount of EUR 545 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels; underlines the importance of tackling rising societal and environmental challenges in the green transition; consequently, proposes to increase the budget line 'Achieving a European transport system that is resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, safe and seamless' by a total amount of EUR 28 million above DB levels; proposes to restore the budget line 'Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability' to DB levels;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development of a high- performance trans-European network that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and ICT infrastructure and significantly contributes to the transition towards a climate-neutral society; considers that funding should focus on goals that guarantee real added value for the Member States, especially at social and environmental level, bearing geographically disadvantaged areas in mind as a priority, and should not be used to fund projects known to be controversial; proposes therefore to increase the funding for CEF-Transport and CEF- Energy by a total amount of EUR 545 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development of a high- performance trans-European network that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, with a special focus on the rail network including night trains, energy and ICT infrastructure and significantly contributes to the transition towards a climate-neutral society; proposes therefore to increase the funding for CEF- Transport and CEF- Energy by a total amount of EUR 545 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels;

Amendment 59 #

Bogdan RZOŃCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the strategic development of a high- performance trans-European network that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and ICT infrastructure and significantly contributes to the transition towards a climate-neutral society; proposes therefore to increase the funding for CEF-Transport and CEF- Energy by a total amount of EUR 545 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates Parliament’s view that the 2020 Union budget should pave the way to the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and provide a solid starting point for the launch of the new generation of EU programmes and policies; recalls, moreover, that 2020 is the last year of the current MFF and, therefore, the last chance for the Union to come closer to meeting the political commitments set for this period, including towards reaching the EU climate target and implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); ~~underlines that the budget 2020 should prepare~~recalls that in 2011, José Manuel Barroso, the former President of the European Commission, presented a 2014-2020 MFF including 'at least 20 %' of climate-related spending over the financial period; recalls that according to the European Commission we are around 19,6 % of climate related spending over that period and that additional EUR 3,5 billion climate-related spending would be needed in 2020 in order to reach the 20 % target, and more to go beyond, in line with the orignal proposal of 'at least 20 %'; underlines that 21,0 % of the total commitments in the draft budget for 2020 are climate- related; stresses that every effort should be made to ensure that the overall Union budget target will be reached by the end of 2020; proposes, therefore, that margins should be used in the budget 2020 in order to achieve the EU climate targets; underlines that the budget 2020 should play a crutial role in preparing the Union for an even more ambitious climate target in the 2021-2027 MFF;

Amendment 60 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses the importance of completing the construction of large infrastructure projects already underway, including cross-border projects such as the Turin-Lyon high-speed section and the Brenner base tunnel; reiterates in this regard the importance of completing the work on time without further delay;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the Subheading; points in that regard to SMEs, which are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in job creation in all Member States; adopts, in this context, an increase to the COSME programme, in order to further boost the programme's potential in promoting entrepreneurship, improving the competitiveness and access to markets of Union enterprises, and calls for emphasis to be placed on the digital transformation of SMEs; recalls that the proposed allocation in the DB for COSME was even below what was foreseen in the financial programming and adopts an increase of EUR 50 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels; emphasises that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme, with a volume of applications that far exceeds the funding available, and that it helps foster a strong sense of shared European identity; adopts, therefore, an increase of EUR 123,4 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels, in order to fight the low success rates and allow for more people to benefit from this programme;

Amendment 62 #

Robert BIEDROŃ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the Subheading; points in that regard to SMEs, which are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in job creation in all Member States; emphasises that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme, with a volume of applications that far exceeds the funding available, and that it helps foster a strong sense of shared European identity; highlights the EU commitment in promoting gender equality and equal opportunities on the job market; calls for the full use of EU funds to enhance women's entrepreneurship, as well as their potential in male-dominated industries and occupations;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the Subheading; points in that regard to SMEs, which are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in job creation in all Member States; underscores that market resources (e.g. VCs and PE funds) to funding should not compromise a firm's status as SME; emphasises that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme, with a volume of applications that far exceeds the funding available, and that it helps foster a strong sense of shared European identity;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the Subheading; points in that regard to SMEs, which are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in delivering excellent quality investment and job creation in all Member States; emphasises that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme, with a volume of applications that far exceeds the funding available, and that it helps foster a strong sense of shared European identity;

Amendment 65 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Expresses its concern for the increasing centralisation of competences and responsibilities of the agencies in the transport sector which could lead to increased costs for the EU budget; recalls that according to an opinion of the Court of Auditors the costs for the EU budget could be reduced by centralising the activities of the European Railway Agency (ERA) in a single location;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for adequate resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their new tasks; emphasises that especially EBA should receive adequate funding in order to be able to fulfil its newly assigned role in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing;

Amendment 67 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Highlights the key role of the European Labour Authority in promoting fair labour mobility and intends therefore to provide this agency with sufficient resources to make it capable of performing its tasks in an efficient manner;

Amendment 68 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Reiterates its view that the European Commission should exclude the gross contributions of Member States to the EU budget -based on GNI - from the calculation of the structural deficit;

Amendment 69 #

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Recalls that sustainable growth and well-targeted investment are the key to creation of quality jobs and increased prosperity for all and that it is therefore necessary to direct the structural funds and investments more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, reducing inequalities and boosting upward social convergence;

Amendment 7 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the importance of reinforcing the employability of young people and that the fight against youth unemployment requires substantial financial efforts; is determined to ensure ~~the proper~~additional funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF~~; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies~~ in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) programme in the next MFF ; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

Amendment 71 #

Erik BERGKVIST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the importance of reinforcing the employability of young people and is determined to ensure the proper funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF; underlines that the level of youth unemployment in some regions of the Union is still all too high, thus the fight against youth unemployment must be intensified since it is of strong European added value, and therefore underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. UGiven that youth unemployment remains unacceptably high, at 14.2 % in April 2019, underlines the importance of reinforcing the employability of young people and is determined to ensure the proper funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the importance of reinforcing the employability and entrepreneurial capacity of young people and is determined to ensure the proper funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the importance of tackling inequalities and reinforcing the employability of young people and is determined to ensure the proper funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

Amendment 75 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Stresses that social policy initiatives should come primarily from the Member States since they are best placed to meet citizens’ expectations, and recalls that the solutions to the problems of citizens cannot be found by imposing any additional EU constraints;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Calls for the EU to increase its efforts to boost cohesion and social convergence in Europe; proposes that the European Social Fund budget, and notably the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) be doubled to overcome poverty in Europe;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Considers that sufficient means should be provided in the EU budget for the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the outermost regions of the European Union (OR) as well as for specific measures in these regions provided for by Article 349 TFEU, in line with the objectives and principles set out in the Commission communication of 24 October 2017 (COM(2017)0623) on ‘A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU’s outermost regions’;

Amendment 78 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Stresses that public investments are the key factor to fight against youth and long-term unemployment; underlines that the creation of quality jobs could only be realised by leaving Member States to invest in their priorities and needs;

Amendment 79 #

Robert BIEDROŃ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Steps up funding for technical assistance, to address the complexity of project management procedures, from the preparation of applications to financial management and impact monitoring, which is a major obstacle to a better absorption of 'Structural Funds'; stresses the importance of cohesion policy in the EU development and growth and in reducing disparities between Member States and regions; calls for adequate allocation of this unique EU solidarity policy;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Steps up funding for technical assistance, to address the complexity of project management procedures, from the preparation of applications to financial management and impact monitoring, which is a major obstacle to a better absorption of 'Structural Funds' and thus help to reduce the divide between Member States in Europe;

Amendment 81 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Emphasises the role of sport in promoting social inclusion and equal opportunities; welcomes the decision to hold the 2026 winter Olympic and Para- Olympic games in Europe, in Italy, and points out the importance that this event can be financially adequately supported by the European funds;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. INotes with concern that only 8,3 % of total commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity again, which is the lowest ratio since 2015, despite the unprecedented and accelerating species extinction rate observed; calls for sufficient increases and traceable resources to be allocated to ensure the long-term and coherent protection of biodiversity across the Union; insists that the next MFF should rely on a robust methodology, set up in line with internationally established methodologies, in order to track biodiversity and avoid the risk of overestimation of action towards biodiversity; therefore, in line with the overall priority to tackle climate change, focuses substantial increases worth EUR 233 million in commitment appropriations on budget lines pertaining to the LIFE+ programme in titles 7 and 34; expects the Commission to warrant the necessary absorption capacity for an effective use of these additional means;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. In line with the overall priority to tackle climate change, focuses substantial increases worth EUR 233 million in commitment appropriations on budget lines pertaining to the LIFE+ programme in titles 7 and 34; expects the Commission to warrant the necessary absorption capacity for an effective use of these additional means and ensure a fairer geographical distribution of such environment-friendly funds as will be the case in the programmes of the next MFF;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Highlights the budgetary inefficiency in supporting sensitive sectors affected in particular through bilateral free trade agreements; notes a decrease of traditional own resources in the Union budget, caused by the reduction in customs duties as a result of free trade agreements;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Proposes necessary increases for selected budget lines, in particular for the financing of measures to address the impact of African swine fever in several Member States; notes a severe impact and a big number of outbreaks registered since the beginning of 2019, with tens of thousands of animals being culled; notes that third countries have invested in research for developing a vaccine against ASF and the Union should be investing in research and development of a vaccine, which would help eradicate the spread and occurrence of ASF in the shortest possible time;

Amendment 86 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Proposes necessary increases for selected budget lines, in particular for the financing of measures to address the impact of African swine fever in several Member States and for supporting the beekeeping sector;

Amendment 87 #

Bogdan RZOŃCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Stresses the importance of support measures to enhance the role of farmers in the supply chain, as well as ways of encouraging farmer organisations; restores therefore the allocations for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector made in the DB;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Intends to provide the European Environment Agency with additional resources, given the pivotal role of this agency to support sustainable development and measurable improvement in Europe's environment;

Amendment 89 #

Olivier CHASTEL, Nils TORVALDS, Luis GARICANO, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. In summary, increases commitment appropriations by EUR 267,3 million in Heading 2 (excluding pilot projects and preparatory actions), to be financed using the available margin under the ceiling; stresses that there should be no further cuts to the agricultural budget, since the agricultural sector is frequently affected by crises that require a budgetary response;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 90 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and FrontexTakes note of the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration ~~and fundamental rights~~, respect of the rule of law and fundamental rights in order to promote non-discrimination, equity, equality, and to combat gender-based violence; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation; underlines that it is of paramount importance for an effective work to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex; stresses that EPPO must have the means to investigate and prosecute cross-border terrorism;

Amendment 92 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security~~, migration and fundamental rights~~; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III RegulationInternal Security Fund (ISF); underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of ~~migration,~~ security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security ~~and~~, border control and the respect of fundamental rights, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO ~~and Frontex~~, Frontex and the Fundamental Rights Agency;

Amendment 94 #

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex and as such to ensure their ability to further work effectively and fulfil the common mission of protecting the financial interests of the Union;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) ~~and Internal Security Fund (ISF)~~ and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million inof this programme commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation as it would forbid its use for the purpose of serving a human management of the migrant flows; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex;

Amendment 96 #

Hélène LAPORTE, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Underlines the failure of European policies on preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and IntegrationFund (AMIF) in the management of the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Proposes, following the agreement on the appointment of the new European Chief Prosecutor, to endow her office with significant financial means and staff so that the EPPO be fully operational as it takes office in 2020;

Amendment 98 #

Jens GEIER, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently create a fund aimed at supporting search and rescue operations in order to guarantee a strong SAR presence in the Mediterranean;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, which highlights that Euronews is now 85% owned by private investors and only 15% by EU and non-EU broadcaster and local public authorities, that Union financial support to Euronews lacks transparency and accountability, that monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are insufficiently robust and that Euronews is not accessible to most or all EU citizens; is particularly concerned by the finding that, following the 2018 revision of the Financial Regulation, which scrapped the reference to the notion of bodies pursuing a general Union interest, grants for Euronews are provided under Article 195 (c) and (f) of the Financial Regulation (de facto monopoly/specific technical competence) and not under Article 180 (actions intended to support a Union policy objective/body forming part of or supporting a Union policy), thus implying that Euronews no longer pursues a general Union interest at all; in light of the above considerations, urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews at the end of the current MFF; considers, furthermore, that no additional funds, beyond what is included in the 2020 draft budget, should be allocated to Euronews under the Multimedia Actions budget line;

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2020/01/28 CULT 56 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Dace MELBĀRDE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Erasmus+ programme is a strategic investment inthat, primarily for Europe’s young generation, supports education and training opportunities across Europe, helps increase social cohesion and building of a European sense of belonging; reaffirms that a substantial increase in the budget for the Erasmus + ~~programme is critical and highly expected by citizens~~is of vital importance in order to align it better with the demand for the programme, as demonstrated by the volume of applications received, which exceeds by far the available funding; calls therefore for an adequate increase of the funding over the draft budget for 2020 across all Erasmus+ budget lines; reiterates Parliament’s support for a tripling of the budget for the Erasmus+ programme in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and its intention to stand up for that increase; highlights that Erasmus+ is a one of the most well known Union programmes, whilst its budget is relatively small, constituting less than 2 % of the current MFF; notes, therefore, that tripling of the budget would not undermine the priorities set for the next MFF and is also compatible with the moderated spending aims of the Council;

Amendment 1 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the need for the EU budget to adequately contribute to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the objective of eradicating poverty as stipulated in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); stresses that the SDGs must be a strategic priority and that its implementation has to cut across the EU internal and external policies, in all policy areas and phases; stresses that in order to be a credible global actor, the Union must take on a leading role in achieving the SDGs and step up its Policy Coherence for Development (PCD); stresses the importance of dialogue, inclusive local involvement and ownership, and for the Union's aid reaching the people; underlines that the SDGs are interlinked and indivisible, but highlights that SDG 3 on health, SDG 4 on education, SDG 5 on gender equality, SDG 13 on climate action, and SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions must be more clearly reflected in the EU 2020 budget;

Amendment 10 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to use the attention generated by the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) to build a coherent long-term strategy on promoting and safeguarding cultural heritage in Europe and to allocate necessary funds for this purpose in 2020 and beyond; calls, in that regard, for dedicated funds to be made available through relevant MFF programmes, including research and publications on the common European cultural heritage, memory and history;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Expresses serious concern at the way in which the EUTF for Africa is being used. Notes in particular that the priority awarded to funding migration and border management is often removed from the objectives of reducing poverty and tackling the root causes of migration, and that this can have adverse effects. Considers it inappropriate, for example, to use this instrument to fund the Libyan Coast Guard without showing consideration for the very serious human rights violations being committed in Libya;

Amendment 11 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to use the attention generated by the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) to build a coherent and sustainable long-term strategy on promoting and safeguarding cultural heritage in Europe and to allocate necessary funds for this purpose in 2020 and beyond; calls, in that regard, for dedicated funds to be made available through relevant MFF programmes;

Amendment 11 #

3a. Underlines the rights-based approach in development and the principle of leaving no one behind; insists that Union policies and programmes must ensure human rights standards and help combatting the persisting global inequalities and discrimination based on factors such as income, ethnicity, sex, age, disabilities, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity; stresses the need of support to non-discrimination and protection of human rights defenders;

Amendment 12 #

Iuliu WINKLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to also address the overseas territories of the Member States, in which more than 5 million Union citizens are residing, considering that the sport component of the Erasmus+ programme has been a successful endeavour, contributing to the cohesion and development of a common European society;

Amendment 12 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Deplores the limited role the European Parliament has in the supervision and governance of the EUTF. Considers it especially vital that the European Parliament be able to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee and calls on the Commission to provide detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committee and ensure that the European Parliament is represented at its meetings;

Amendment 13 #

Iuliu WINKLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Calls in this regard for a realistic increase of the budget lines under the 2021-2027MFF for the distance bands on the sport chapter, including towards transnational meetings within the Erasmus+ sport programme, accounting also for distances larger than 3000 kilometres;

Amendment 13 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Insists on the need of advancing SDG 5 on gender equality and calls for more concrete action in the Union’s external policy, including targeted actions and measures for gender equality; insists on the need to combat violence against women and girls and to promote access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;

Amendment 14 #

Iuliu WINKLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Considers therefore important an increased effort towards adapting the travel fees for the distance band of more than 3000 kilometres, in accordance with the budget of key action 1 in the Erasmus+ programme;

Amendment 14 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses that an active, diverse and independent civil society is central for inclusive and empowered societies, and in order to adhere to the principle of leaving no one behind; remains highly concerned about the shrinking space for civil society; calls for improved dialogue and cooperation with a diversity of civil society groups and organisations, including organisations for more vulnerable groups such as the LGBTI community, people with disabilities, and children;

Amendment 15 #

Petra KAMMEREVERT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Urges to maintain and secure the Commission’s~~Calls on the Commission to improve its external communication activities and its outreach to the citizens in order to tackle fake news and miscommunication about the Union; therefore urges the Commission to secure and increase the draft budget ~~for~~ 2020 for multimedia actions,; in~~cluding the budget of the Euranet+ network within the multimedia actions budgetary line~~ that regard calls for additional commitments appropriations of 1 036 600 EUR (a 5% increase) on that budget line to secure the crucial work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF;

Amendment 15 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Underlines SDG 16 and support for democracy, good governance and the rule of law; draws attention to the importance of supporting dialogue, inclusive local ownership, and for creating a supportive environment for citizen participation; underlines the importance of young people and women as key agents of change; stresses the importance of including women in peace- making and conflict resolution;

Amendment 16 #

Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges to maintain and secure the Commission’s draft budget for 2020 for multimedia actions, including the budgets of the Euranet+ network and Euronews within the multimedia actions budgetary line; underlines that such institutions are helpful in developing a common european public space;

Amendment 16 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Stresses the importance of supporting civilians in conflict areas and re-building societies emerging from conflict situations; draws attention to the situation of groups of Kurdish, Yazidi, Christian and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East; stresses the importance of UNRWA being functional and receiving sufficient support in times of reduced support from other global actors;

Amendment 17 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges to ~~maintain and secure the Commission’s draft~~increase the budget for ~~2020 for~~ multimedia actions, ~~including the budget of the Euranet+ network within the multimedia actions budgetary line~~targeting this increase to other platforms and communication outlets such as the Euranet+ network; it is urgent that this multimedia actions budgetary line is made transparent by clearly setting the different projects benefiting from the funds deployed; a new set of budgetary lines should be proposed according to the actions;

Amendment 17 #

Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Draws attention to the ongoing sectorial budget support payments to Myanmar (21 02 02 Asia); recalls the UN report stating that the killing of more than 10.000 Rohingya people and the mass exodus of more than 700.000 Rohingya people from Myanmar was a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”; considers that under such circumstances, the budget support to the government should be suspended and the money should instead be spent through other channels (such as international organisatSupports the Commission's intention to clarify the doctrine it will apply in the area of development cooperation with states that violate the principles of the European Union's ~~and NGOs) in order to reach the poorest~~external policy;

Amendment 18 #

Petra KAMMEREVERT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, ~~stating that in~~which highlights that Euronews is now 85% owned by private investors and only 15% by Union and non-Union broadcaster and local public authorities, that Union financial support to Euronews lacks transparency and accountability, that monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are insufficiently robust and that Euronews is not accessible to most or all Union citizens; is particularly concerned by the finding that, following the 2018 revision of the Financial Regulation, which scrapped the re ~~is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews.~~ference to the notion of bodies pursuing a general Union interest, grants for Euronews are provided under points (c) and (f) of Article 195 of the Financial Regulation (de facto monopoly/specific technical competence) and not under Article 180 of the Financial Regulation (actions intended to support a Union policy objective/body forming part of or supporting a Union policy), thus implying that Euronews no longer pursues a general Union interest at all; in light of the above considerations, urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews at the end of the current MFF; considers, furthermore, that no additional funds, beyond what is included in the 2020 draft budget, should be allocated to Euronews under the Multimedia Actions budget line;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the urgent need of addressing climate change and SDG 13, and points out that climate change may affect the already vulnerable more severely and could lead to a backtrack of the progress of today with combatting poverty and hunger; is concerned that climate change may have multiplying negative effects leading to more humanitarian crises, e.g. through increasing conflicts and wars;

Amendment 19 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Eva KAILI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Is alarmed by~~Takes note of the conclusions of the Rapid cCase rReview of the European Court of Auditors on ~~Euronews, stating that in~~“How the Commission monitors the EU support to Euronews”; remarks that Euronews’ funding is based, according to the Financial Regulation ~~there~~, both on its ~~no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with~~support to Union policy in the field of information and its de facto monopoly for covering Union affairs with a European perspective on television and a strong specialisationin this field; notes that, as this is still the case and that all independent reports have always clearly shown that Euronews provides a service which can be considered value for money, Euronews should continue to receive funding from the Commission, especially in a context where unbiased information on the Union is more than ever needed; calls however on the Commission to answer all of the concerns raised by the Court of Auditors on its monitoring of the funds awarded to Euronews.

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that the 2020 development budget should more consistently reflect the EU's focus on countries that are the least developed in the areas of education and youth employment, girls and women experiencing gender-based violence and universal access to water;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Erasmus+ programme is a strategic investment in Europe’s young generation, social cohesion and building a European sense of belonging, and therefore is an investment in the future of the Union; reaffirms that a substantial increase in the budget for the Erasmus + programme is critical and highly expected by citizens, as demonstrated by the volume of applications received, which exceeds by far the available funding; calls therefore for an adequate increase of the funding over the draft budget for 2020 across all Erasmus+ budget lines; reiterates Parliament’s support for a tripling of the budget for the Erasmus+ programme in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and its intention to stand up for that increase;

Amendment 2 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the need for the EU budget to adequately contribute to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); recalls that, according to the UN, the financial gap in the implementation of SDGs is estimated at around USD 5-7 trillion; stresses that the SDGs must be a strategic priority and that ~~its~~their implementation has to cut across the EU internal and external policies; and must be carried out in line with the policy coherence for development principle.

Amendment 20 #

Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Is alarmed by~~Takes note of the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews~~, stating~~; notes with concern that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; ~~therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronew~~is of the opinion that all the current media under the multimedia action budgetary line are of great essence to European citizen's everyday life by promoting multilingualism and a common european public space; therefore urges the Commission and Euronews to answer to the concerns raised by the Court of Auditors on its monitoring of the funds awarded to Euronews; urges the European Parliament to organise a public hearing on the matter inviting all relative stakeholders.

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the importance of promoting the creation of more, decent and green jobs in line with SDG 8; draws attention to the links between trade and development, calls for the Union to better support countries to participate in, and fully benefit from, international trade; stresses the importance of promoting dialogue between the social partners, in this respect, highlights initiatives like the Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth; underlines the importance of ensuring labour rights in global value chains and of promoting decent work on the basis of the ILO labour standards;

Amendment 21 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Is ~~alarm~~concerned by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore ~~urge~~asks the Commission to ~~end its cooperation with Euronews~~conduct a full-scale review of the MultimediaActions budget line for Euronews in 2020, as requested in the CULT Committee’s opinion on the 2019 budget, and put forward a solution to the situation according to the legal framework.

Amendment 21 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that action must be taken to tackle humanitarian crises, with a particular focus on prevention, resilience building and cooperation with stakeholders, so as to find a solution to the global funding shortage for humanitarian action; points out that cooperation should be stepped up between governments, civil society and the private sector; Insists on a significant funding increase for humanitarian aid budget lines in order to be prepared for new disasters and catastrophes instead of only covering ongoing crises; recalls that the state of emergency can sometimes last for several years;

Amendment 22 #

Laurence FARRENG, Judith BUNTING, Irena JOVEVA, Shaffaq MOHAMMED, Bernard GUETTA, Eva KAILI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; ~~therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews.~~

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists on a significant ~~funding increase for~~increase in the funding allocation for the humanitarian aid budget lines in order to be prepared for new disasters and catastrophes instead of only covering ongoing crises~~; recalls that the state of emergency can~~, while at the same time ensuring sufficient funding for more long-term development cooperation for strong, resilient and inclusive somcietimes ~~last for several years~~; points out that crises are not likely to decrease, and that they are becoming more protracted; stresses the importance of good linkages between humanitarian aid and development cooperation;

Amendment 23 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to ~~end its~~reassess its approach of the cooperation with Euronews.

Amendment 23 #

Beata KEMPA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists on a significant funding increase for humanitarian aid budget lines ~~in order to be prepared for new disasters and catastrophes~~ so that the EU can contribute to the fight against long-term humanitarian crises (Yemen, new outbreaks of the Ebola virus, Eastern Ukraine), and so that it can more effectively (thanks to better coordinsate~~ad of only covering ongoing crise~~d and financed projects) tackle, prevent and resolve problems arising from sudden and natural disasters; recalls that the state of emergency can sometimes last for several years;

Amendment 24 #

Dace MELBĀRDE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to ~~end~~reassess its cooperation with Euronews.

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of maintaining payment appropriations in the humanitarian aid chapter at least at the same level as commitment appropriations., in order to avoid delayed payments that may have substantial negative effects on people and on implementing partners;

Amendment 25 #

Petra KAMMEREVERT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Points to the potential of Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs); believes that the pre-assessment of PPPAs by the Commission leaves very limited time for opinion-giving committees in the European Parliament to address the ratings and comments; regrets, furthermore, that in some instances the ratings and comments provided by the Commission are not entirely objective, and appear to have been influenced by institutional or personal preferences; recalls that failure to enact a PPPA inside the Commission can never be a reason for a low assessment grade; calls therefore on the Commission to consider revising the procedure on pre-assessment in order to give the committee adequate time to address the Commission pre-assessment results; furthermore, invites the Commission to provide feedback on the implementation of the committee PPPAs with a focus on successful and unsuccessful projects;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the pivotal role of skills training, especially for young people, to increase their chances for employment and avoid an uprooting from their homes; stresses the need to enhance funding for vocational education and training programmes to achieve SDG 4 on quality education and SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Acknowledges that the European society needs strong and independent journalism that provides news, information and documentations from a European perspective and thus helps building a European identity; acknowledges massive technical developments as well as significant changes of consumers' habits in the area of media and broadcasting, and therefore urges the Commission to consider alternative ways of strengthening the media providing independent and comprehensive European information to European viewers.

Amendment 26 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for the Commission to ensure that the funding of climate change adaptation activities and other climate- related activities in third countries complement the funding of activities from development cooperation instruments;

Amendment 27 #

Laurence FARRENG, Judith BUNTING, Irena JOVEVA, Shaffaq MOHAMMED, Bernard GUETTA, Eva KAILI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. calls on the Commission to monitor more transparently and diligently the funds it grants to Euronews, while regularly verifying the independence of the journalistic production of this media; also encourages the Commission to consider further ways of strengthening the media providing independent and comprehensive European information to European viewers.

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Insists that the Union cannot backtrack as a force for multilateralism and global cooperation, and calls for a sufficient funding allocation for development cooperation and humanitarian aid within the frame of the new MFF;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Urges the Commission to take the necessary steps to a proper transparent internal monitoring of the way funding is given to Euronews, and ensure the independence of its journalistic production as well as a workable framework for multimedia actions in general, acknowledging that it is crucial to base the service contract between the Commission and Euronews on the results of such a monitoring; urges the Commission to evaluate whether Euronews is a reasonable solution for the future of European information broadcast with regards to the goals stated in paragraph 8a.

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to incorporate an incentive-based approach to allocating development aid, thus rewarding States that make progress towards achieving the SDGs according to performance-based indicators and cooperate with the Union on issues such as migration and allocating less money to those that do not.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Erasmus+ programme is a strategic investment in Europe’s young generation, social cohesion and building a European sense of belonging; reaffirms that a substantial increase in the budget for the Erasmus + programme is critical and highly expected by citizens, as demonstrated by the volume of applications received, which exceeds by far the available funding; calls therefore for an adequate increase of the funding over the draft budget for 2020 across all Erasmus+ budget lines; reiterates Parliament’s support for a tripling of the budget and beneficiaries for the Erasmus+ programme in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and its intention to stand up for that increase;

Amendment 3 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the core aim of EU development policy is the eradication of poverty as outlined in Articles 3 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 208 TFEU;

Amendment 4 #

Dace MELBĀRDE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the cuts proposed by the Council to the Creative Europe programme, which would further undermine its ~~rol~~objective in supporting the Union’s cultural and creative sectors and audiovisual works, thus fostering a European sense of belonging, social cohesion, jobs and growth; insists that funding levels should match the ambitions of the programme and recalls that ~~it has been chronically underfunded~~the programme’s budget has been very small and inadequate; consequently, in opposition to the cuts, asks for the budget lines corresponding to the Creative Europe programme to be restored and reinforced in order to boost the efforts to reinforce the creative and cultural sectors; reiterates Parliament’s support for a doubling of the budget of the Creative Europe programme in the next MFF and its intention to stand up for that increase; calls on the Commission to continue to support the multilingual offer of European quality cultural TV programming across Europe through the Creative Europe programme;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, reconfirmed in 2015, to raise their official development assistance (ODA) to 0,7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to present binding timelines for progressive increases towards this level; recalls the Union’s collective commitment to provide the least developed countries (LDCs) with 0,20% of GNI allocated to ODA; reiterates the commitment made by the Commission to dedicate at least 20% of its total ODA to human development and social inclusion; highlights the need to promote and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
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2. ~~Deplore~~Condemns the cuts proposed by the Council to the Creative Europe programme, which undermine its role in supporting the Union’s cultural and creative sectors and thus fostering a European sense of belonging, social cohesion, jobs and growth; insists that funding levels should match the ambitions of the programme and recalls that it has been chronically underfunded; consequently, in opposition to the cuts, asks for the budget lines corresponding to the Creative Europe programme to be restored and reinforced in order to boost the efforts to reinforce the creative and cultural sectors; reiterates Parliament’s support for a doubling of the budget of the Creative Europe programme in the next MFF and its intention to stand up for that increase; calls on the Commission to continue to support the multilingual offer of European quality cultural TV programming across Europe through the Creative Europe programme;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, reconfirmed in 2015, to raise their official development assistance (ODA) to 0,7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pre~~sent binding timelines for progressive~~pare and present a concrete plausible plan for a gradual increases towards this level; recalls the Union’s collective commitment to provide the least developed countries (LDCs) with 0,20% of GNI allocated to ODA; reiterates the commitment made by the Commission to dedicate at least 20% of its total ODA to human development and social inclusion;

Amendment 6 #

Evin INCIR, Patrizia TOIA, Rory PALMER, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Marc TARABELLA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Draft opinion
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3. Acknowledges that the interinstitutional agreement on the funding of the European Solidarity Corps has been respected and an adequate budget for the functioning of the programme has been allocated; considers that the European Solidarity Corps should have considerably more funding in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, including for its promotion;

Amendment 6 #

Beata KEMPA

Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States ~~must~~should honour their collective commitment, reconfirmed in 2015, to raise their official development assistance (ODA) to 0,7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to present ~~binding~~ timelines for progressive increases towards this level; recalls the Union’s collective commitment to provide the least developed countries (LDCs) with 0,20% of GNI allocated to ODA; reiterates the commitment made by the Commission to dedicate at least 20% of its total ODA to human development and social inclusion;

Amendment 7 #

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
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3. Acknowledges that the interinstitutional agreement on the funding of the European Solidarity Corps has been respected and an adequate budget for the functioning of the programme has been allocated; acknowledges that the volunteering strand of the programme has triggered great interests from participants and organisations;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
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3. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil ODA criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the importance of ensuring human rights standards in all cooperation under the DCI and insists that in order to successfully combat poverty in the long- term, the Union must address the causes of poverty and inequalities; reaffirms its support for budgetisation of the EDF and insists on sufficient parliamentary scrutiny over the Union’s development funding; is concerned by recent allocations under the DCI (21 02 04 Cooperation with the Middle East) to develop a dialogue and cooperation with Iran; recalls that Iran is an upper middle income country and should therefore receive funding from the Partnership Instrument;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
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3. Acknowledges that the interinstitutional agreement on the funding of the European Solidarity Corps has been respected and an sufficient, yet not really adequate budget for the functioning of the programme has been allocated;

Amendment 8 #

Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
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Amendment 9 #