2020/2087(INI) Review of the European Union Solidarity Fund
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Lead committee dossier:
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2021/05/17 more...
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading 2021/03/24
- Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2021/03/16
- Amendments tabled in committee 2021/02/03
- Committee draft report 2020/12/17
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | REGI | OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL) | SCHMIEDTBAUER Simone ( EPP), CARVALHAIS Isabel ( S&D), PEKKARINEN Mauri ( Renew), D'AMATO Rosa ( Verts/ALE), KRAH Maximilian ( ID), KRUK Elżbieta ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | RESSLER Karlo ( EPP) | Henrike HAHN ( Verts/ALE), Mauri PEKKARINEN ( RE), Silvia MODIG ( GUE/NGL), Bogdan RZOŃCA ( ECR), Hélène LAPORTE ( ID), Elisabetta GUALMINI ( S&D) |
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2021/03/24
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2021/03/16
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2021/02/03
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2020/12/17
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2020/07/15
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2020/05/27
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2020/05/11
EP - RESSLER Karlo (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
2020/02/20
EP - OMARJEE Younous (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
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2020/2087(INI)
2020/06/26
BUDG
21 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Points out that due to climate change, natural disasters will become more and more violent and more and more recurrent; questions, however, whether the fund is adequately adapted to the future consequences of climate change, while stressing that the EUSF is only a curative instrument and that climate change requires primarily a preventive policy in line with the Paris Agreement and the Green Deal;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Requests that the Commission propose a revision of the Regulation, which should enter into force as early as
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights that the use of the EUSF has encouraged policy learning in national and local authorities to assess their larger disaster risk management;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Notes the significant potential synergies between the EUSF and other Union funds and policies; asks that these synergies are used to their full extent;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Requests the Commission to put into place mechanisms to implement EUSF interventions in line with the “Build Back Better” principle for disaster risk management, according to which the recovery phase is seen as a determinant opportunity to maximise resilience to natural disasters and upgrade infrastructure to contemporary standards, rather than simply restoring the conditions which were in place prior to the occurrence of the event;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Calls on the Commission to modify Article 3 of EUSF Regulation 2012/2002, as amended by Regulation 661/2014, to allow the reconstruction and rebuilding to newer and more robust standards, as well as to improve the functionality and resilience of the assets affected by the disaster;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Asks the Commission to set up and manage a network of EUSF coordinators from the Member States with the aim of sharing good practices and practical advice on the submission of applications;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Deplores the fact that the EUSF is not very well known by citizens; urges the Commission to boost public media coverage of the Fund and to assess the possibility of providing guidelines on visibility to beneficiaries to increase awareness about the very real benefits that the EU has already brought to millions of citizens through the Fund;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Notes that the EUSF is the most concrete and tangible manifestation of the support that the EU can give to regions and local communities in case of natural disasters; nevertheless, points out that on the basis of the evidence elicited through Eurobarometer surveys, only 15% of the EU population is likely to be fully aware of the use of the Fund at country level; therefore, reiterates the importance of communicating to the public the tangible benefits brought about by the EUSF and calls on the concerned regional and local authorities to implement communication strategies or initiatives to clearly highlight to citizens the specific cases in which support against the effects of natural disasters is provided by the EUSF;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Asks the Commission, in the framework of the revision of the Regulation, to provide for an obligation for the beneficiary country to communicate on the EU support for the implemented operations;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Stresses that due to climate change, islands and coastal regions are particularly at risk of being affected by natural disasters; questions, however, whether the current EUSF is appropriately focused on climate adaptation for those particularly fragile territories;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Calls on the Commission to step up communication efforts to improve the public awareness of the interventions done with the financing under the EUSF;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Stresses that the awarding, management and implementation of the EUSF grants should be as transparent as possible, and that the grants need to be used in line with the principles of sound financial management.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes, while acknowledging that the EUSF is not an instrument for rapid intervention in disaster situations, that aid disbursement has speeded up since the 2014 reform; requests, nevertheless, that the Commission provide technical assistance to the national authorities in the application process, ensure that the assessment of applications is done in a timely manner and accelerate payments;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines that rapid disbursement of funds via the introduction of advance payments, as part of the 2014 reform, has proven to have a beneficial impact on effectiveness of the EUSF, in particular in regions and municipalities with limited alternative funding sources;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the recent reform of the advance payment system, which raises the level of advances from 10 % to 25 % of the expected contribution and from a maximum of EUR 30 million to EUR 100 million; questions, however, whether the reform addresses all the hurdles that are currently keeping Member States from requesting advance payments, in light of the low application rate; asks the Commission to reflect on additional ways to promote this option, in a dialogue with Member States authorities; urges the Commission to disburse advance payments for COVID-19 applications as fast as possible;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of 27 May 2020 to increase the maximum annual amount of the EUSF under the next long-term budget to EUR 1 billion (at 2018 prices), which has been Parliament’s position from the outset; questions, however, whether this amount will be sufficient to cover all of the eligible applications in 2020, taking into account the Fund’s widened scope and the rapid evolution of climate change, which makes natural disasters more frequent and unpredictable;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of 27 May 2020 to increase the maximum annual amount of the EUSF under the next long-term budget to EUR 1 billion (at 2018 prices), which has been Parliament’s position from the outset; questions, however, whether this amount will be sufficient to cover all of the eligible applications in
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Notes the enormous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economies and public health systems of the Member States; believes that the next MFF and Next Generation EU should entail a further increase in the amount allocated to the EUSF, which may not be sufficient to cover all the 2020 eligible applications, due to the COVID-19 crisis; therefore, requests the Commission to increase the maximum annual amount of the EUSF to EUR 2 billion (at 2018 prices); underlines that such an increase would be essential for rapidly assisting people affected by a major public health emergency, including by providing medical help, and preventing, monitoring or controlling the spread of disease;
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