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PURPOSE: presentation of the draft EU budget for 2022 by the European Commission.
CONTENT: the draft budget 2022 reflects the Union's priorities under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027. It is reinforced by additional funding from NextGenerationEU (NGEU), an exceptional instrument set up on a temporary basis to provide the EU budget with the additional firepower to launch essential response measures to the COVID-19 crisis.
The draft budget for 2022, reinforced by NGEU, will mobilise investments to stimulate economic recovery, preserve sustainability and create jobs. Priority will be given to green and digital spending to make Europe more resilient and better prepared for the future. A significant part of the funds will therefore be dedicated to combatting climate change, in line with the target to spend 30% of the long-term budget and the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument on this policy priority.
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS (at current prices)
The draft budget 2022 sets appropriations of EUR 167.8 billion in commitments , and EUR 169.4 billion in payments , including special instruments. NextGenerationEU, which will provide an additional EUR 807 billion in current prices over the period 2021-2023, will reinforce the key programmes by an additional EUR 143.5 billion in commitment appropriations as assigned revenue to the 2022 budget.
Overall, in 2022, EUR 311.3 billion will be available in commitment appropriations, complemented by up to EUR 194.8 billion in loans to Member States.
DRAFT BUDGET 2022 BY MFF HEADINGS 2021-2027
The Commission proposes to allocate the following amounts (in commitment appropriations):
Heading 1 - Single market, innovation and digital: EUR 21.6 billion
- EUR 13.1 billion for research and innovation, including EUR 12.2 billion for Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research programme. This could benefit from an additional EUR 1.8 billion from the NGEU;
- EUR 5.5 billion for European strategic investments, including EUR 1.2 billion for the InvestEU programme, EUR 2.8 billion for the European Interconnection Facility and EUR 1.2 billion for the Digital Europe programme. The InvestEU programme could benefit from an additional EUR 1.8 billion from the NGEU;
- EUR 905 million to ensure the functioning of the single market, including EUR 584 million for the single market programme and almost EUR 200 million for work on anti-fraud, taxation and customs;
- EUR 2.1 billion for spending dedicated to space.
Heading 2 - Cohesion, resilience and values: EUR 56.1 billion
- EUR 118.4 billion in NGEU grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of the EU's recovery instrument, to mitigate the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and to prepare EU economies and societies for the challenges posed by the green and digital transitions;
- EUR 36.5 billion for regional development and cohesion. 10.8 billion from NGEU to support crisis response and post-crisis damage repair;
- EUR 17.9 billion for investment in human capital, social cohesion and values, including EUR 13.3 billion for the European Social Fund Plus, EUR 3.4 billion for Erasmus+, EUR 401 million to support creators across Europe and EUR 253 million to promote justice, rights and values;
- EUR 789 million for the EU Health Programme to provide a comprehensive health response to citizens' needs, and RescEU could benefit from an additional EUR 680 million from the NGEU.
Heading 3 - Natural resources and environment: EUR 56.1 billion
- EUR 53.0 billion for the Common Agricultural Policy and EUR 972 million for the European Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) could benefit from an additional EUR 5.7 billion from the NGEU;
- EUR 1.9 billion for environment and climate action, including EUR 708 million for the LIFE programme to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, and EUR 1.2 billion for the Just Transition Fund (JTF). The latter could benefit from an additional EUR 4.3 billion from the NGEU.
Heading 4 - Migration and border management: EUR 3.1 billion
- EUR 1.3 billion for migration-related expenditure, including EUR 1.1 billion for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) which will contribute to the effective management of migration flows and the development of the common asylum and migration policy;
- EUR 1.9 billion for the protection of external borders and the harmonised implementation of the common visa policy, including EUR 780 million for the Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF) and EUR 758 million for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
Heading 5 - Security and defence: EUR 1.8 billion
- EUR 600 million for security, including EUR 227 million for the Internal Security Fund (ISF) to fight terrorism, radicalisation, organised crime and cybercrime;
- EUR 1.2 billion to address defence and common security challenges, including EUR 950 million to support capacity building and research under the European Defence Fund (EDF), and EUR 232 million for military mobility.
Heading 6 - Neighbourhood and the World: EUR 16.7 billion
- EUR 12.5 billion for the Neighbourhood, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation Instrument - Europe in the World (NDICI), whose priorities for 2022 include responding to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including support for vaccination efforts and for economic recovery and stability in partner countries.
- EUR 1.9 billion to assist candidate and potential candidate countries in meeting the requirements of the EU accession process, mainly through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III).
Heading 7 - European public administration: EUR 10.9 billion
The European public administration has demonstrated its remarkable capacity to adapt to the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure quality and continuity in the face of unprecedented challenges.
The draft budget proposal for 2022 puts the focus on investments in information technology and transitioning into more collaborative working spaces, made possible by reducing the costs related to missions. The transition to more flexible working arrangements should be accompanied by a rationalisation of the building stock, which will be implemented over the coming years.
Documents
- Committee opinion: PE693.876
- Committee opinion: PE693.910
- Committee opinion: PE696.302
- Committee opinion: PE693.812
- Committee opinion: PE695.063
- Council position on draft budget: 11352/2021
- Council position on draft budget published: 11352/2021
- Committee opinion: PE692.880
- Commission draft budget published: EUR-Lex
- Commission draft budget published: COM(2021)0300
- Committee opinion: PE692.880
- Council position on draft budget: 11352/2021
- Committee opinion: PE695.063
- Committee opinion: PE693.812
- Committee opinion: PE696.302
- Committee opinion: PE693.876
- Committee opinion: PE693.910
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Amendments | Dossier |
563 |
2021/0227(BUD)
2021/07/15
PECH
19 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the increase in the EMFAF Budget 2022; reiterates that, for small-scale fisheries and sustainable aquaculture to continue to be viable and competitive, appropriate funding for these sectors is needed; believes that the budget for these sectors must be entirely consistent with the EU objectives, notably those set out in the Green Deal, the new industrial strategy, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, the New approach for a sustainable blue economy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving these goals;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; welcomes the introduction, in the new EMFAF, of the possibility to trigger
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by offshore windfarms, which have and will keep affecting the fisheries sector in a negative way; calls for the introduction of compensation for the disruptions and losses caused by offshore windfarms; reiterates that, for the fisheries sector to continue to be viable and competitive, appropriate funding and compensation for this sector is needed;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the approvals by the Commission of Member states recovery plans; stresses out the importance of Member States using these resources to
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the necessity to improve scientific and technical knowledge to ensure the most reliable research-based solutions for all marine biological resources in line with the requirements of the CFP; reiterates the importance of ensuring sufficient financial resources for the collection, management, use and exchange of data in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the necessity to improve scientific and technical knowledge to ensure the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Is concerned that less than 50 % of EMFAF operational programmes are expected to be adopted in 2021, while the remaining programmes will be adopted only in 2022. Asks the Commission to publish a detailed report on the re- programming of unspent EMFAF allocations; draws particular attention to the fact that 3 457, 6 million EUR amount on outstanding commitments related to the EMFF programme in the period 2014 – 2020 was not paid or reimbursed as the 1 January 2021; invites the Members States and the Commission to adopt the operational programmes under the EMFAF urgently; asks the Commission to improve the process of implementation, approval and application of the funds;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of control in securing the objectives of the CFP;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls that EFCA budget should also assure the necessary means to assist the uniform implementation and organisation of the operational coordination of control activities by Member States for the implementation of specific control and inspection programmes, control programmes related to IUU fishing and international control and inspection programmes, including in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations convention areas such as NAFO, IOTC and others;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under- represented groups, particularly women, to join the sector; highlights that generational renewal can contribute to the achievement of Green Deal objectives, since younger generations are more prepared and open to the green and digital transitions, which are fundamental for the sector;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Considers that support measures for the sector should be strengthened, in particular by: - reinstating EMFAF funding to support the renewal, upgrading of the fleet or the purchase of new vessels, under the conditions already proposed by Parliament; - the establishment and operation of a system of minimum prices for first sale, with the aim of safeguarding the income of fishermen and the continuity of the supply of fish to the public, if necessary with the intervention of public bodies to ensure that operational expenditure — which may be financed by the EMFAF — and the disposal of fish in emergency situations are covered; - the possibility for the EMFAF to finance a Wage Guarantee Fund, which supports the income of fishermen, based on the previous average income of each professional; - ensuring that temporary support for the cessation of activity is not limited to six months, as currently provided for in the EMFAF, and can be extended beyond that period, including small-scale and medium-scale seamen and aquacultures; - storage aid financed by the EMFAF; - specific support for investments on board vessels or in personal protective equipment related to specific needs in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; The simplification of the administrative procedures;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the increase in the EMFAF Budget 2022; reiterates that, for fisheries and aquaculture to continue to be viable and competitive, appropriate funding for these sectors is needed; believes that the budget for these sectors
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for attention to the fact that the blue bioeconomy can be an important element in taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impact. Fisheries, aquaculture and algae culture are crucial to increase sustainable aquatic food production in EU. The development of water-based food production systems resilient to climate change requires more research and innovation prior to their deployment. Algal biomass is a potential important aquatic resource that can be used as feedstock in a wide range of uses;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should make it possible to: - increasing the maximum EU co- financing by up to 100 %, eliminating the national counterpart, in exceptional situations, including actions to promote crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; - the relaxation of the use by Member States of financial resources under the EMFAF, with the possibility of transferring between headings and priorities, in the wake of financing new justified needs in the context of the outbreak; - the modification of the financing system in access to EU funds through the implementation of a pre-financing system, which removes the difficulties arising from the need for the existence and advance of equity capital;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that, as a result of the Brexit, the EU fishing sector is suffering considerable economic loss; considers therefore, as a matter of priority, that the Commission secures compensation commensurate with the damage suffered by the sector and the fishing communities, taking into account all consequences, direct and indirect, of the Agreement; highlights the difficulties for the sector to obtain fishing authorisations in the 6-12 nautical miles and in Guernsey and Jersey waters; urges the Member States, in this regard, to fully use all of the resources under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in order to mitigate the direct and indirect negative impacts of the Agreement, and to avoid discrimination between the European fleet affected by Brexit, whether they fish in UK waters or not;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that, as a result of the Brexit, the EU fishing sector is suffering considerable economic loss; considers therefore, as a matter of priority, that the Commission secures compensation commensurate with the damage suffered by the sector and the fishing communities, taking into account all consequences, direct and indirect, of the Agreement; highlights the difficulties for the sector to obtain fishing authorisations in the 6-12 nautical miles and in Guernsey and Jersey waters; urges the Member States, in this regard, to fully use all of the resources under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve for the benefit of the fishermen affected;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that, as a result of the Brexit, the EU aquaculture sector is also suffering considerable economic loss; considers therefore, as a matter of priority, that the Commission secures compensation commensurate with the damage suffered by the sector, taking into account all consequences, direct and indirect, of the Agreement and of the UK now being a third country; highlights the difficulties for the import of shellfish from so-called class B and C areas from the UK to the EU and the prohibition of the purification of these shellfish in the EU; urges the Commission, in this regard, to make an exception and to allow for shellfish of class B and C areas from the UK to be brought to the EU in sealed trucks to be purified in EU member states at special depuration centers that meet the required capacity;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard in 2020; welcomes the introduction, in the new EMFAF, of the possibility to trigger measures for the aquaculture and fisheries sectors in case of exceptional events generating a significant disruption of markets as well as temporary cessation in case of sanitary crisis; believes that the inclusion of such provisions better protects the sector in case of a new sanitary crisis;
source: 695.341
2021/07/20
FEMM
74 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union, in all its activities, shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, thereby promoting the principle of gender mainstreaming in all of its policies, including via gender budgeting at all levels of the budgetary process;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the Union budget for 2022 should play a key role in the economic recovery of the Union, paying
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas women remain under- represented in leadership and decision- making positions, while being overrepresented in low-paid sectors such as care and service work, whereas they devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care responsibilities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas women remain under- represented in the digital economy and the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sectors in terms of education, training and employment, whereas resources supporting women ́s and girl’s empowerment through digital inclusion could lead to advancing gender equality in the digital age;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas women
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the cases of the domestic violence have surged due to the pandemic of COVID 19 and following measures such as the lockdown or teleworking1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2020/659333/EPRS_BRI(20 20)659333_EN.pdf
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) D b. whereas the new strains of COVID 19 have been spreading through Europe imposing a threat of new lockdowns in the EU Member States; stresses therefore the importance of an on-going impact assessment framework on the consequences and effects of the occurring COVID 19 pandemic on women to possibly alleviate the outcome of a new pandemic breakout;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union, in all its activities, shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, while respecting their mutual differences and complementarity;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms its strong request to implement gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting throughout the budgetary procedure; recalls in that sense the European Court of Auditors report 2021 on the Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget and its main recommendations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms its strong request to implement gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting with gender impact assessments throughout the budgetary procedure, including the European Semester;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Is concerned about the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors’ report “Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action” as well as its internal spending review of the Union programmes, which revealed that gender mainstreaming had not been mainstreamed across the Union budget in the same way as other policies, regrets that there is no methodology in place to track the spending dedicated to gender equality;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Refuses to accept the EU’s misguided efforts to require the collection of data in line with so-called intersectional criteria based, in particular, on sexual orientation or origins; is concerned, on the one hand, about the desire to split the population into opposing categories, and on the other about the potentially excessive costs of collecting data according to those criteria;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls for more funding from the European Union for Member States to strengthen the protection of maternity, paternity and paternity in labor legislation, in particular by increasing corresponding leave and guaranteeing 100% pay, as well as reducing working hours during the period of breastfeeding and taking steps to ensure this protection, but also investing in providing a free public network of early childhood care and education services, long-term care services; Notes that unavailability, prohibitive costs and lack of sufficient infrastructure to provide quality childcare services remain a significant barrier to women's equal participation in all aspects of society, including employment;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Expresses its concern at the interrelation between the attacks on the rule of law and the backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, recalls that the budgetary conditionality applies in context of women rights in the same way as in other policy areas, calls on the Commission to address this issue through the Article 7 procedure against Member States concerned;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds do not support any projects, investments and programmes that contribute to segregation, discrimination or social exclusion; urges the Commission to prevent potential or current private beneficiaries, practising inequality policies or social and labour dumping, with ongoing collective dismissal processes and/or relocation processes, to access EU fundings;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Expresses its concern at the low take-up of EU funds and programmes; considers that it can be significantly leveraged if support is stepped up for public structures providing technical assistance, and if co-funding rates were increased and if public investment financed by EU funds and programmes was excluded from budget deficit criteria;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) A a. whereas this Parliament has repeatedly urged the Commission to promote and implement the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and to conduct gender impact assessments in all the Union policy areas, whereas the European Court of Auditors confirmed this has not been achieved;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Stresses, however, that many of the activities and measures supported by the funds and programmes aiming at addressing inequalities problems are being compromised by the restrictions resulting from the European economic governance framework;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the assessment of the national recovery plans, to provide specific recommendations stressing the need for investments and reforms to address gender equality and to facilitate women’s full participation in the labour market in order to include a gender perspective in the response to the crisis to ensure benefits for everyone;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the assessment of the national recovery plans, to provide specific recommendations
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the assessment of the national recovery plans, to provide specific recommendations stressing the need for investments to
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the assessment of the national recovery plans, to provide specific recommendations stressing the need for investments to facilitate
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates the need for the EU budget to increase its funding to close the gender pay gap, strongly applying the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, not just through legislation and measures to combat pay discrimination , but in order to promote collective bargaining; calls, furthermore, for measures to combat discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion decisions; calls for measures to increase social protection in maternity, unemployment, illness, work accidents and occupational diseases;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls for the collection of gender disaggregated data and the use of gender- relevant indicators, and impact assessments to evaluate the measures included in the recovery plans;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that all budget appropriations under the 2021-2027 MFF respect the principle of equality between men and women and promote it in all European Union policies;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of a methodology, in close cooperation with Parliament, to measure relevant
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to increase the budget of the EIGE in order to promote gender equality across the Union, particularly in the light of the impact of the
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure an adequate increase of the budget of the EIGE in order to promote gender equality across the Union, particularly in the light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women and of the valuable information provided on the gender dimension of the crisis;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to increase the budget of the EIGE in order to promote gender equality across the Union, particularly in the light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women and to ensure adequate human resources to develop its tasks;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that, before the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, most women already had precarious or part-time jobs, and that this trend was exposed and reinforced by the worsening economic situation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Reiterates its call for more investment to defend the rights of women and girls; calls for budget allocations to support women's economic independence through EU programs and funds; advocates a more strategic application of the ESF, capable of promoting equality between men and women, improving access to and reintegration into the labor market, combating unemployment, poverty, social exclusion and all forms of discrimination; asks the Commission to propose proactive measures through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to support women's employment in rural areas;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Stresses that in the last decade, with the onset of the economic and financial crisis, economic, social, labor and gender inequalities within and between Member States have become more acute; recalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality in understanding the extent and causes of inequality between men and women in the EU; calls, therefore, for the budget, staff and independence to be strengthened, as well as for an increase in the budget under the heading "Promotion of non- discrimination and equality";
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for sufficient funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), for the Rights, Equality and
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates its request to assign an
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates its request to assign an independent budget line to the objective in the CERV Programme dedicated to promote gender equality; reaffirms its request to increase resources
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Re
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Re
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate additional resources to the EU4Health Programme in particular to ensure continued and timely provision of accessible SRHR services as well as to support actions aimed at addressing health issues related to gender-based violence and supporting victims of gender-based violence, including by ensuring that adequate appropriations are allocated for women’s rights organisations, especially those working on promotion of SRHR;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Reiterates the need for the EU budget to play a more active role in the pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; calls, therefore, for it to support measures and projects aimed at eradicating female and child poverty, promoting greater and better integration in the labor market, eliminating labor and wage inequalities between men and women, and improving accessing and providing health care or combating violence against women, children and young people;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Reminds the requirement to allocate at least 40% of the funds dedicated to the Equality, Rights and Gender Equality strand and to Daphne strand to activities to prevent and combat at all levels all forms of gender-based violence and at least 15 % to activities promoting women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work- life balance, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to revaluate the Daphne Initiative and dedicate the appropriate resources to this program in order to properly support victims of violence and combat the violence against women;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Stresses the need to increase European Union funding so that Member States can provide public social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, with psychological and social support, staffed by specialized professionals, and implement policies social and economic policies aimed at helping vulnerable women and girls to leave prostitution, namely through the guarantee of jobs that effectively lead to their social inclusion;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Welcomes the conclusions of the negotiations on the MFF 2021-2027 and the subsequent allocation dedicated to the programme on Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values and the strands for ‘Equality, Rights and Gender Equality’ and for ‘Daphne’;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for sufficient funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), for the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (CERV) Programme and for
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities, as well as financial arrangements enabling women to choose between working life and family life;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds to promote
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds to promote investments aimed at boosting gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, through investing in care infrastructures, including childcare and long-term care facilities;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of using
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for further increase of resources in the European Social Fund Plus (EFS+) to allow inclusion in the labour market and adapted training, as the COVID-19 crisis affected women’s employment disproportionally, in particular women working in the informal economy, many of whom may not be able to undertake formal employment as they are performing childcare duties, women in precarious working conditions, part- time contracts and in some heavily impacted and highly feminised sectors such as health, retail and care structures and services;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses that, even taking into account the balance of personal, family and professional life, the Union budget should include an increase in investment in public services for the provision of high quality care, namely public networks of nurseries, day care centers and public services free time activities for children, a public health care network, as well as the defense of public, accessible and quality health systems and a public Social Security system, ensuring its universality;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses the crucial role of investments in high-quality public services, including healthcare and social infrastructure, for achieving economic recovery, coping with the social and health crises, building social resilience and combating inequalities;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Notes that the economic situation aggravated by the COVID 19outbreak favours harassment and violence in all its forms, as well as prostitution, which women are victims of, and violation of human rights; insists on the need to increase public, financial and human resources, to intervene with groups at risk of poverty and at risk situations for children and young people, the elderly, or people with disabilities, as well as those designated homeless;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Higlights that subcontracting services often put workers, mainly women, in an extremely vulnerable position; urgently calls for the revision of the working conditions and status of workers providing services at the European institutions and to explore alternative solutions like the internalisation to improve their working conditions;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative, without however introducing positive discrimination schemes or quotas, which run counter to the principle of merit.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas most of the activities organised under the Daphne programme – the aims of which are to combat violence against women and children in Europe and to protect victims – are essential, and whereas needs in the area concerned have been increased by the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, in
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the budget to improve education and training, and to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative.
Amendment 72 #
7. Calls for the budget to
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 74 #
7 a. Demands that the creation of job offers based on precarious employment must be rejected; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote collective bargaining, wage appreciation, the promotion of open- ended contracts and the regulation of working hours;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy, whereas the Union budget for 2022 should play a key role in the economic recovery of the Union paying special attention to those sectors, heavily feminised, that have been essential during the pandemic or have been severely affected by the subsequent economic crisis;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the Union budget for 2022 should play a key role in the economic recovery of the Union paying special attention to those sectors,
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Calls for the 2022 Union budget to deliver on the ambition of the European Green Deal and to be aligned with the Union climate commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support the economic recovery in the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and to support EU priorities; calls for an inclusive Union budget that helps Europeans to deal with the digital and just green transitions, improves access to and quality of education and healthcare across the Union, enables the creation of high- quality jobs, offers life prospects for young people, integrates seniors and disadvantaged communities and delivers on our global commitments;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Supports the “whatever it takes” approach taken by European Institutions and Member States, supported by both monetary and budgetary tools; highlights that businesses and households have received needed financial support since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The magnitude of the COVID-19-related emergency measures is sizeable, at an estimated 4% of GDP in both 2020 and 2021 in the Union as a whole, including emergency investment in health-care to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and other measures like transfers to firms and workers most hit by the crisis; considers that such support will remain necessary until the spread of the pandemic is not fully under control and in order to support Member States’ efforts to recover from the crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Welcomes the activation of the general escape clause to suspend the Stability and Growth Pact; calls for that general escape clause to remain active for as long as necessary; calls for the repeal of the Stability and Growth Pact and its replacement by a Sustainable Development and Employment Pact that will promote fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, high-quality employment and environmental protection before the deactivation of the general escape clause;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) represents a significant decision in the area of the Union budget. Only efficient use of funds can lead to the success of that instrument. Recalls that approval of the national plans is only the beginning of the process, and requests the Commission to guarantee that only projects consistent with NGEU will be financed.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that the role of the Union budget is to achieve EU strategic objectives such as cohesion, reducing the disparities between and within Member States and upward convergence, high- quality employment and up-skilling and re-skilling of workers, green economy and innovation, education and healthcare;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls for the implementation of the EU Digital Education Policy and of the European Education Area in order to deliver the digital skills objectives; calls upon the Commission to make available to the European Parliament a full report on the criteria upon which a minimum of 20% from the Recovery and Resilience Facility was allocated for the digital transition and how this target has been reached by each Member State; underlines the need to meet the digital skilling targets and make digital education accessible for all; calls upon the Commission to make available to the European Parliament a full report on how the Recovery and Resilience Facility is enabling to deliver on the European Pillar for Social Rights, specially with regards to education, healthcare and social policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Welcomes the European Green Deal as one of the main pillars for the transformation of the Union economy to a fair, inclusive, sustainable, resilient and carbon-neutral economy; calls for adequate funding to allow economic, social and environmental challenges related to sustainable development to be met, including through the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan; recalls the commitment of at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget to support climate objectives; calls on the Commission to advance the work on an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology to provide 7,5 % in 2024 and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of the EU budget to biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Requests a more proactive approach by the Commission in the fight against the misuse of the Union funds, including against wrongdoings and conflicts of interest. Significant improvement is needed to maintain the credibility of the key principles of EU budgetary policy, including solidarity. Expresses concerns about insufficient progress made especially in spending in the area of Common Agricultural Policy, where there is less transparency and the role of the Commission in controlling the proper use of Union funds is inferior to other parts of the Union budget.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls for the timely and quality implementation, within the Union budget, of the Child Guarantee and of theYouth Guarantee, and underlines the importance of education and life-long learning in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the importance of sufficient
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the 2022 Union budget to
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the importance of sufficient resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies, anti-money laundering, countering financial crime and for enforcement of the economic governance framework; stresses in particular the need, in light of the findings of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report 13/2021, to immediately allocate adequate resources to strengthen the capacity of the Commission to ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of the existing AML/CFT legislation across the Union; believes that additional budgetary resources should be put on reserve until the Commission has complied with all the relevant ECA recommendations in this regard;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the importance of sufficient resources for the coordination
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources is essential to meet the financial needs to support the recovery and the Union priorities; recalls that the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (IIA) includes a detailed and legally binding roadmap for the introduction of new own resources; regrets that the Commission has failed to meet the deadline to put forward legislative proposals for the introduction of a digital levy as well as for a carbon border adjustment mechanism and an own resource based on the EU Emissions Trading System; warns that further delays would constitute a breach of the terms of the IIA; calls on the Commission to respect its legal commitments undertaken in the IIA;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Insists on its calls for European Court of Auditors, the European Anti- Fraud Office and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to have sufficient financial and human resources to scrutinise the unprecedented size of the Union expenditure; is concerned that the Commission and the Council have proposed only minimal increases to budgets of those institutions and bodies;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the necessity to boost fair, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, while pursuing sustainable and socially-balanced reforms to modernise European economies and enhance
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the necessity to boost a sustainable and inclusive economic
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the necessity to boost sustainable economic growth, while pursuing reforms to modernise European economies and enhance their competitiveness, as well as facilitating access to finance for SMEs; recalls the challenges related to sustainable development during a climate crisis and highlights the opportunities generated by the European Green Deal; calls for the 2022 Union budget to facilitate access to funding that supports companies to achieve the Union objective of climate neutral economy;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the necessity to boost sustainable economic growth, while pursuing reforms to modernise European economies and enhance their competitiveness, as well as facilitating access to finance for SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the adoption of the InvestEU program which includes EUR 26 000 000 000 guarantee aiming at levelling up EUR 372 000 000 000 of investments and hope to fully enable further risk-taking in fulfilling the Union policy priorities; insists that in 2022, InvestEU Fund should prioritise a facilitated access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as financing social investment and skills to maximize the Fund's contribution to a sustainable recovery, oriented towards greening and digital transitions; stresses that InvestEU should strive to address regional disparities, namely those resulting from long-term investment deficits and geographical disadvantages, and enhance economic and social convergence and cohesion;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the key priorities o
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that SMEs constitute the backbone of the European economy, representing almost 99 % of all businesses and providing around three-quarters of all jobs; stresses their vital role in job and growth creation while being the key drivers of innovation; underlines that SMEs have been severely hit by the COVID-19 crisis, which has seriously deteriorated their economic turnover and their access to finance; underlines the importance of adequate funding to effectively support SMEs;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for the support of the initiative for the creation of one million new start-ups at European level in the Union budget; underlines the importance of education for entrepreneurship and youth entrepreneurship in the development of the Union economy and the planning of the Union budget;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Welcomes the extension of the State Aid Temporary Framework until 31 December 2021 in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; calls for reinforced resources to ensure full and fast application of the Union competition policy; encourages Member States and the EU via its new recovery instrument, Recovery and Resilience Facility, to make full use of the State Aid Temporary Framework regarding the directly COVID-19-related financial needs; expects that the Commission would also monitor all schemes approved under the Temporary Framework and their impact on the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Underlines that the cultural and creative sectors, as well as tourism, cultural tourism and education, are and will continue to be among the main sectors that bear the burden of the COVID-19 crisis the Union is facing; calls for additional measures within the Union budget for those sectors and an additional funding for the related Union programmes, notably the Creative Europe Programme;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Reiterates the need for the Union to respect its international commitments and regrets the Council proposal to reduce the funding for external action programmes; recalls the importance of using the Union budget actively in order to help our international partners affected by the pandemic and to remain active and visible in the neighbouring regions, especially in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for the budget to contribute to fulfilling economic policy priorities like the completion of the Capital Markets Union, with aim to improve fostering an investment environment and access to finance for all market participants, but particularly SMEs and start-ups, while granting further investment possibilities for retail investors, namely in sustainable areas;
Amendment 36 #
5. Calls for the budget to contribute to fulfilling economic policy priorities like the completion of the Capital Markets Union, with aim to improve fostering a
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Underlines the importance of pilot projects and preparatory actions in the framework of the Union budget and calls upon the Commission to show more flexibility in evaluating and reassessing the proposals made under the Union budget; calls for a bigger allocation to such initiatives by integrating part of the C evaluated projects considered important by the European Parliament;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls upon the Commission to come up with a more rigorous approach towards decommitments and to reallocate and reuse the unspent funds to finance the priority objectives and areas agreed upon at interinstitutional level, especially in areas related to the pandemic management, education, healthcare, innovation and social policies;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European Semester and for its spending associated with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to contribute to significantly address Member States’ country-specific recommendations; in this regard, calls for the Commission to make RRF payments to Member States only if relevant milestones and targets have been met;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Reconfirms the support given by the European Parliament for the allocation of Union funds in order to make COVID-19 testing widely available for Union citizens and underlines the importance for the Commission and the Council to deliver on this objective as fast as possible in the context of a potential fourth wave; calls upon the Commission and the Council to speed up vaccination, dissemination of accurate information about the vaccination and the preparations in order to prevent and manage any potential new COVID-19 wave;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers deriving from the revision of the ESA Regulations (by Regulation (EU) 2019/2175); highlights that developments in the fields of sustainable finance, fintech, anti-money laundering, cyber resilience, payments and non-bank financial intermediation have or will entail new competences and tasks for the ESAs, which should be matched by adequate resources; points out in particular that the adoption of legislation pertaining to EU central clearing counterparties (CCPs) has resulted in upgraded mandates and tasks for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), but has not been mirrored by additional budget, which could put a strain on ESMA’s ability to deliver on its CCPs supervisory and regulatory agenda; takes further note of the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) second mandate to build a database on anti-money laundering supervision, expected to be developed in 2021, and to enhance cooperation and exchange of information across European authorities and calls on resources to be adequately provided; highlights that both the ‘Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets' (MiCA), the DLT pilot regime Regulation and the ‘Digital Operational Resilience Act' (DORA) would likely generate new competences for the ESAs;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers deriving from the revision of the ESA Regulations (by Regulation (EU) 2019/2175); in light of the shortcomings identified by the ECA in its Special Report 13/2021 as regards EBA action in the area of AML/CFT, considers that a part of the budget should be put in reserve until the EBA ensures full compliance with the recommendations outlined in the ECA report and adopts of a clear strategy to effectively use all its tools for AML/CFT in its 2022 work plan;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes that the Council shares the opinion of the Commission on the financing of the ESAs. Stresses, that acceptance of the proposed budget should lead to clear progress in the areas where some responsibilities are given to the ESAs and where the current situation is dissatisfactory, especially in the area of anti-money laundering.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that funding to accounting entities and tax authorities should continue, in particular to support them in the fight against tax fraud
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that funding to accounting entities and tax authorities should continue, in particular to support them in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, and to promote transparency and certainty
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Underlines the need for adequate resources for producing and disseminating high-quality statistics in Europe; stresses that, despite some progress, important weaknesses and gaps still exist in terms of usability, coverage and accessibility in the statistics produced and prompt action is required; considers therefore that part of the budget should be put on reserve until Eurostat has put forward an ambitious action plan to substantially increase the user friendliness of its website, ensure the accessibility to data and information in all EU official languages and develop new statistics and indicators contributing to the implementation of Union policies and priorities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls for more transparency in the work of the Commission when evaluating pilot projects submitted by the European Parliament, as some can be beneficial for the functioning of the Union. Current working methods lack transparency and clarity, which results in several important and feasible proposals, that could have added value, being refused.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that all organisations receiving Union funding must behave in a politically neutral and unbiased way; notes that this also applies for organisations that are supposed to provide independent financial expertise as well as for organisations providing research in the area of taxation;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Welcomes the launch of the EU Tax and Financial Crimes Observatory as a preparatory action; considers such Observatory as a useful contribution to both the needed democratic debate and to decision makers; calls on the Commission to make proposals to perpetuate the Observatory after 2022;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Underlines the importance of adequate resources to support the development of robust and reliable financial and non-financial reporting and auditing standards globally and across the Union; believes however that part of the allocated budget should be put on hold until the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have adequately followed up on the relevant demands made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 7 June 2016 on IAS evaluation and the activities of the IFRS Foundation, EFRAG and PIOB1a; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5201 6IP0248&from=EN
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources was integrated into the Interinstitutional cooperation on a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources; Insists that a carbon border adjustment mechanism and a digital levy should be adopted and implemented within a timeline allowing to contribute to NextGenerationEU; considers that a Financial Transaction Tax and a share of a future “Business in Europe, Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)” should also rapidly be included into the new basket of EU own resources;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources is essential to meet the financial needs of supporting the Union sustainable recovery and the green transition; calls on Member States to swiftly adopt the upcoming Commission legislative proposals for a redesigned digital levy, the carbon border adjustment mechanism and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and conclude the negotiations on a financial transaction tax under the enhanced cooperation procedure by the end of 2022.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European Semester, in the European Pillar for Social Rights and the ones agreed upon during the Porto Social Summit;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Regrets the cuts proposed by the Council to the 2022 Union budget and recalls the need to keep the commitments agreed upon for the MFF at the interinstitutional level; underlines that any set-backs could put into danger the fragile consensus and reminds the Council and the Commission that the year 2022 should be a full implementation year for the Union budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility; calls upon the Commission to speed up the implementation of the Union programmes and recommends that Member States accelerate the preparations and deployment of the initiatives and projects funded by the Union;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support the sustainable and inclusive economic recovery in the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and to support EU priorities in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support the social and economic recovery in the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and to support EU
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. Whereas the Union transport and tourism sector
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 2(1)(c) of the Paris Agreement, finance flows should be made ‘consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’; deplores the lack of attention given to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest report, for radical action to catch up with the ecological transition, in the light of their warning that CO2concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly out of control; is convinced that the current COVID crisis should not undermine the ambition of moving towards the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, requiring a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared with 1990 levels by 2030;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. Whereas ensuring widespread sustainable rural mobility is crucial both to meet the socioeconomic needs of a large proportion of the Union territory while contributing to the European Green Deal and achieving the emission reduction targets needed for climate neutrality;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the recovery funds which are devoted to support agri-food operators in their efforts to adapt to climate change and to provide European consumers with sustainable and local products; stresses that special attention must be paid to the quality agri-food products hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. Whereas the transport and tourism sectors are among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis and will be key to the recovery of the internal market and EU economy; whereas transport has proven vital to ensuring the continuous flow of goods and the distribution of vaccines across the EU during the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States in 2022 to focus on projects that safeguard existing jobs in the agriculture sector and create quality jobs with labour rights, stable and regulated pay and working conditions, in order to effectively and incisively combat poverty and social exclusion in rural areas;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. Whereas the transport and tourism sectors, and the jobs generated by these sectors are among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis and will be key to the recovery of the internal market and EU economy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the need for a strong contribution of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and EAFRD to the Union objective of mainstreaming climate and biodiversity in the budget 2021-2027; highlights the preliminary estimates showing that their contribution to climate mainstreaming reaches over 20 % of the Union target while their contribution to biodiversity mainstreaming represents over 60 % of the Union objective, thus estimated to compensat
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. Whereas the EU’s Vision Zero objective sets the goal to reduce road deaths by 50% until 2030 and achieve zero fatalities by 2050; whereas investments in road safety are a key element of the EU’s Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety; whereas the persistent high road fatality numbers suggest that more investment should be provided to guarantee road and user safety;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the contribution of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and EAFRD to
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in boosting EU recovery and advancing towards the green and digital transition; calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools - CEF, RRF, Cohesion Fund, InvestEU, ERDF - in an articulate and
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the establishment of the new digital Europe programme to address the current digital investment gap; emphasises that the digital Europe programme will enhance essential EU digital capabilities by focusing on key areas of artificial intelligence, cyber security, advanced computing, infrastructure, governance and data processing and their interoperability, development and optimal use in critical sectors, including agriculture and the environment;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in boosting EU recovery and advancing towards the green and digital transition; calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools - including, but not limited to CEF, RRF, Cohesion Fund, InvestEU, ERDF - in an articulate and complementary way to maximise their effect on recovery while ensuring adequate long-term funding of EU transport projects, including the projects aiming at the reduction of transport- related environmental impact, such as air pollution monitoring;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Takes note of the EUR 54 117 million in commitments and EUR 55 859 million in payments for agriculture; takes note of the Council's mandate and the absence of further cuts to the Commission's draft budget; nonetheless calls for an increase of the budget considering the amount of challenges that the agrifood sector has faced this year and still need to tackle in 2022;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that appropriate funding for transport and infrastructure projects will be instrumental in boosting EU recovery
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Recalls that the lack of convergence of external direct payments distorts the conditions of competition in the EU’s common market; calls to ensure a fairer distribution of funds by the end of 2022;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls in that respect that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of EU economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role of the EU transport and infrastructure policy and investment in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Welcomes the fact that heading 3 - natural resources and environment - is to provide around half the total budget resources earmarked for combating climate change in the period 2021-2027; stresses that appropriations under this heading are earmarked for investments in a sustainable agricultural and maritime sector, seeking to ensure safe and high quality food supplies through the adoption of updated agricultural and maritime policy objectives;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights the need to use EU financing for information materials and training of transport workers, particularly truck drivers, in order to enable them to react to safety threats;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Questions the cost-benefit analysis of the current crisis reserve which has remained unused despite several demands for support during the COVID-19
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Highlights the importance of in depth expertise and sufficient resources available at local and regional levels for the technical assistance and drafting of transport and infrastructure projects and elaborating the choice, implementation and evaluation of measures in advancing towards the green and digital transition; stresses that new environmental, socio- economic, technological developments faced by transport sector require significant investments in new mobility models, digitalisation, research and innovation, alternative energy sources andenergy efficiency; underlines in this respect the need to raise the awareness ofthe available funding, technical expertise with resources and flexible pathways adjustable to local and regional realities and needs;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Questions the cost-benefit analysis of the current crisis reserve which has remained unused despite several demands for support during the COVID-19 pandemic; reiterate its request to use this reserve in case of possible new markets disruption or sectorial crisis linked to the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies are only possible if mobility and transport policies are in place that focus on improving and promoting the use of public transport systems;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the importance of transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strong contribution to the European Green Deal and ensure a smooth and harmonious transition to the new provisions; points at the
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission to dedicate additional resources to the fight of cargo theft, the theft of vehicles and other criminal activities putting in danger the lives of transport workers;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that in view of the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade and the existence in our trading partners of different production standards, environmental practices and animal welfare rules, it is imperative to strengthen border controls; calls on the Commission to monitor existing trade agreements with countries where there are serious doubts about compliance with Community rules and which have been the subject of complaints made to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Regrets in this regard the decreased funds for technical assistance available under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) reduced by EUR 4 million and lower appropriations for technical assistance within the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) reduced by EUR 28,7 million;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that agriculture plays in avoiding a food crisis by providing safe, high-quality, nutritious and varied food at affordable prices;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Underlines that poor transport quality contributes to severe under- investment, regional disparities and inclusion gaps that adversely affect the business environment and jeopardise cohesion efforts; insists therefore that investment is particularly needed in areas where transport infrastructure is in a precarious condition; highlights that infrastructure underdevelopment is often caused by poor local institutional capacity and therefore the investment should be accompanied by substantial technical assistance and supervision from the EU;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that agriculture plays in avoiding a food crisis by providing safe, high-quality food at affordable prices;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure; considers that in order to ensure the timely completion of crucial missing links of the TEN-T core network within its due date of 2030, a frontloading of the allocated funding under CEF for transport connectivity projects would be desirable; regrets in that regard the proposed reduction of the CEF-transport budget in 2022 compared to 2021 and to the levels observed in the previous Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that future food sovereignty relies on generational renewal in the agricultural sector; Calls on the Member States to strengthen existing support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges; Calls on the Council and Commission to maintain levels of support for young farmers in the General Budget 2022; stresses the need to facilitate access to land and farm succession as a key prerequisite to enable young and new farmers to enter the sector;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure; highlights the need to enhance the component supporting the development and upgrade of regional and local secondary links, and not just links between major EU economic centres; regrets in that regard the proposed reduction of the CEF-transport budget in 2022 compared to 2021 and to the levels observed in the previous Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for the priority treatment of rural areas; notes, however, that rural areas are undervalued in the distribution of funds under cohesion policy and the Regional Development Fund; calls, therefore, on the Commission to give higher priority to the funding of rural areas under the Regional Development Fund and cohesion policy;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable, safe, multimodal, interoperable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure; regrets in that regard the proposed reduction of the CEF-transport budget in 2022 compared to 2021 and to the levels observed in the previous Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Asks the European commission to implement in the budgetary year 2022 exceptional measures to help farmers overcome the Covid-19 crisis, which has strongly hit some agricultural sectors, including flowers, wine, cheese and some meat producers; is of the opinion that the EU should dedicate for that purpose the margin of 340 million euro that will remain after assigned revenues;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights that the CEF is the main instrument to finance infrastructure development with highest EU-added value in terms of economic, social and territorial cohesion and connectivity, in particular cross-border connections and missing links, mainstreaming the Green Deal and digital objectives while fostering competitiveness; reiterates that the CEF is vital for investment in sustainable long- term growth, innovation, cohesion, competitiveness and job creation in the EU
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Encourages Member States, under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments, as amended, to channel direct payments under their national ceilings into the voluntary scheme for small farmers;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and related national plans in stimulating the recovery in the transport and tourism sectors; insists on the need for proper parliamentary scrutiny of its implementation; in full cooperation with regional and local authorities and all related stakeholders;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes with concern that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development finances certain expenses not related to agriculture, e.g. construction of public roads, investments in sewage systems, establishment of non- agricultural business activities; stresses that they should be financed as part of cohesion policy in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty, while CAP funds should be strictly aimed at agriculture and farmers; calls on the Commission, therefore, when implementing the Long- term Vision for the Development of Rural Areas, to draw an appropriate distinction, in line with the Treaty, between funding for rural areas under agricultural policy and under cohesion policy, taking into account the specific objectives of each of these policies as set out in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. [05 03 03] Welcomes the increase in the Cohesion Fund allocation to the CEF for transport in 2022; notes however, that it is far from compensating the sharp decrease observed in 2021; reiterates the essential role the Union transport policy and investment play in enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the Union;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Reaffirms the significance of the Union's school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to help children follow a healthy diet; therefore cannot agree with the Commission's proposal to reduce support for the school scheme by almost 10 percent, particularly given the varied but often detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people's food security, their dietary habits and financial resources; invites Member States to fully use their allocations and prioritise sustainable, local and high- quality production;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas urban mobility systems should help reduce commuting times (travel between work and home), ensure interoperability, make public transport more attractive for people and reduce the prevalence of private transport, thus furthering environmental and climatic sustainability and the development of society;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the importance of transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strong contribution to the European Green Deal; points at the possible strong repercussions of the negotiated compromises on the budget structure; welcomes the reinforcement of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by EUR 5,7 billion from Next Generation EU (NGEU) in 2022; highlights that NGEU support is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to the Union’s ambitious environmental targets; ; highlights therefore the need for a strong EAFRD and swift operation of the Next Generation EU funds in 2022, taking into account Union commitments from that new recovery instrument;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. [09 03] Welcomes the important funding of the Just Transition Fund under the Just Transition Mechanism for 2022 to ensure a fair and inclusive transition to climate neutrality; highlights the role of the Mechanism and its public sector loan facility in investing in safe, sustainable and resilient transport and tourism infrastructure in the regions that are the most affected by transition challenges such as rural and sparsely populated, disadvantaged regions and environmentally vulnerable territories and in promoting affordable and accessible mobility services for all passengers, including those with disabilities and reduced mobility; stresses the need to support the up- and reskilling of workers and jobseekers in the transport sector, as well as productive and sustainable investment in SMEs;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; calls for a drive to finance local and regional transport infrastructure; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructure in outlying countries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe funds to the agri-food sector to support research and innovation in food, agriculture and rural development
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that, given the diversity of public transport modes in EU metropolitan areas (some of which have disjointed transport systems and disorganised ticketing, which makes travel more expensive), the 2022 budget should seek to point out the issues arising from complex public transport ticketing and support the introduction of an action plan to implement a single multi-modal ticketing system;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe funds to the agri-food sector to support research and innovation in food, agriculture, bioeconomy and rural development in order to accommodate the ambitions of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to ensure that the results reach farm level; recalls the importance of proper advisory services for farmers to integrate state-of-the-art technologies, including cultivation and breeding methods, and improve the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Highlights the fact that a number of EU cities with free public transport systems have seen an increase in passengers and a substantial decrease in road traffic; calls for studies to assess the impact of these systems on passenger numbers, travel times and the number of traffic accidents and casualties, as well as the impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should feed into action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls for a specific POSEI transport programme to be established as an additional support to compensate for the disadvantages and losses resulting from the cost of transporting passengers and goods to the outermost regions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Regrets the conclusion of the Court of Auditors’ opinion n° 10/2021 that the Commission does not yet have a fully effective framework in place for supporting gender mainstreaming in the EU budget; stresses the importance of gender analyses and gender monitoring and evaluation in the agricultural sector to adjust for inequalities; calls on the Commission to develop specific actions to implement the new 2020-2025 Gender Equality Strategy in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. [02 02] Notes with satisfaction the strong increase in the InvestEU budget from 2021 and its important reinforcement from NextGenerationEU in 2022; recalls the Commission that adequate funding of InvestEU beyond the operation period of NGEU and through the MFF 2021-2027 is key to foster sustainable and safe infrastructure, mobility solutions and equipment and for the deployment of innovative technologies and alternative fuels;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Considers that the CAP funds should not support bullfighting; Urges Member States to exclude the possibility of farmers receiving CAP voluntary coupled support for cattle whose final destination is the sale for activities related to bullfighting;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for EU funds to be redirected towards public investment in transport infrastructure; is opposed to the use of the EU budget to bolster public-private partnerships or to promote privatisation and open up the sector, as advocated by InvestEU, the CEF and other instruments;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Considers that the CAP funds should not support bullfighting; Urges Member States to exclude the possibility of farmers receiving CAP direct payments for cattle whose final destination is the sale for activities related to bullfighting, by proportionally excluding the number of heads of cattle from those payments;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. [13 04]
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Fragile agricultural sectors play an important role in economic, social or environmental terms; takes the view that voluntary coupled support to those sectors should be maintained at the same level; therefore opposes to the reduction of 13 million euros proposed in the 2022 draft budget;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. [13 04]
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Underlines the need to firmly support generational renewal in the agricultural sector in order to reverse the aging trend which risks jeopardizing the EU agricultural sovereignty; therefore rejects the reduction of 5 million euros proposed in the draft budget for the young farmers' payments;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. [13 04 01] Notes with satisfaction, despite the drastic reduction of its ambitions in the MFF negotiations, the slight increase in the military mobility budget in 2022 which aims to adapt parts of the TEN-T networks for a dual use of the transport infrastructure with a view to improving both civilian and military mobility;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the conditions of access to regular flights and maritime transport from and to the outermost regions infringe rights to mobility, place a heavy financial burden on residents, and are damaging to local economies and harmful to the public interest; whereas these disadvantages violate the principle of territorial continuity, making the case for alternative solutions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the importance of transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates Parliament’s urgent and repeated request for the creation of a specific programme on sustainable proximity and peri-proximity tourism at European level and the creation of a specific budget line with an allocated amount that reflects both the importance of the tourism sector in the EU economy and its needs in the aftermath of the COVID-19
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Welcomes financing under the REACT-EU across economic sectors, such us tourism, as it supported SMEs in job maintenance and job creation, among others, as well as in their green and digital recovery;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. [02 10 02] [02 10 03] Requests alignment of the funding of European transport agencies with the level of their responsibility and their role in the transition towards decarbonisation of transport modes; welcomes in that regard the increase in the budget contribution to the European Maritime Security Agency (EMSA) and the European union Agency
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. [02 10 02] [02 10 03] Requests alignment of the funding of European transport agencies with the level of their responsibility and their role in the transition towards decarbonisation of transport modes; welcomes in that regard the increase in the budget contribution to the European Maritime Security Agency (EMSA)
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. [02 10 01] Notes the slight increase of the EU total contribution to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed for 2022; reminds that EASA is classified as a “European Strategic Investment” Agency, and in2018 received significant new core tasks with the adoption of its new Basic Regulation in 2018. This was not accompanied by a commensurate increase in resources.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. [02 10 01] Notes the slight increase of the EU total contribution to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed for 2022; reiterates that adequate financing of EASA is needed in line with its role as “European strategic investment” agency and its new core tasks received in 2018: recalls EASA’s contribution to the green recovery of the EU’s aviation industry;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Requests that funding is earmarked for the launch of research by EASA to (i) limit the spread airborne infection disease in the air transport environment and (ii) the definition of new health safety measures
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls, for an adequate budget of the EASA in order to equip it with the necessary resources for its tasks; Underlines the role of the Agency in the Green Deal through its work to improve the environmental impact of aviation, among others through the development of CO2 standards, the concept of an Eco Label programme to inform passengers and in support of the green renewal of airlines' fleet and the engagement into the certification of sustainable fuels; underlines the need to reinforce EASA capability to prevent the aviation security risks
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. [01 02 02 51/52/53/54] Salutes the establishment of the Clean Aviation, Europe’s Rail, Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research Joint Undertaking 3 (SESAR 3) and Clean Hydrogen partnerships; calls for adequate funding of these joint undertakings so that they can play their role in boosting innovation and research and in improving the transport sector’s performance, safety and sustainability;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. Whereas transport will be key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 in a technologically neutral way, while making sure it remains affordable; whereas sufficient investment is needed to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility for all means of transport in line with the Green Deal
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. 02 02 99 12 Recalls that the EFSI was established in order to contribute to highly innovative market-based projects, and therefore sees it as an essential instrument to help SMEs in the transport sector develop new mobility solutions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the completion of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and to increase assistance to SMEs and start-ups when preparing such projects;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. [02 20 04 01] Recalls the importance of communication activities on EU transport policy such as transport security or Passenger rights to raise awareness and respond to citizens’ demands, particularly in the context of the European Year of Rail and the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. [13 01 03 74] Welcomes the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), officially replacing INEA, and highlights its important role in continuing to support sustainable, safe and smart transport services and infrastructure projects;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. Whereas transport and tourism will be key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050; whereas sufficient investment is needed to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility in line with the Green Deal;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the importance of the transitional
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. Whereas transport sector is one of the largest employers in Europe; whereas challenges it faces must be tackled in a way guaranteeing positive effects on jobs; whereas all measures ensuring that transport contributes to reaching the EU emission reduction targets should follow comprehensive impact assessments detecting economic, environmental and social consequences as well as be science- based with transport projects and products determined by measuring life-cycle emissions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas throughout the European Green Deal there is no mention of promoting and improving public transport systems or of shifting mobility trends towards collective public and soft modes of transport;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the reinforcement of the EAFRD by some EUR 5,7 billion from NGEU in 2022; recalls that NGEU funds will be available as external assigned revenue not subject to the annual budget procedure; highlights that NGEU support is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to Europe’s ambitious environmental targets; calls therefore on the Commission for the swift deployment of the NGEU;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. Whereas tourism is an essential sector for the EU economy, as its fourth largest export industry, and plays an important role in fostering its competitiveness, employment and social well-being; whereas Europe’s tourism sector has been severely hit by the COVID crisis, registering an investment gap of EUR 161 billion in 2020, with drastic impacts across the entire system, notably for the 27 million of workers employed directly and indirectly in the tourism sector;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that a reformed and modernised Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will support the transition towards a fully sustainable agricultural sector and the development of dynamic rural areas, in line with the ambitious objectives of the European Green Pact and its related strategies, namely the 'farm-to-fork' and biodiversity strategies;
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2021/08/02
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54 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Finds the proposed reduction in the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) by 0,5 % very
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Is deeply concerned that gender equality is suffering from continuous backsliding across the EU and it has been exacerbated due the COVID-19 pandemic; proposes, therefore, to reinforce the funding and human resources of EIGE to support the work of the Agency in the promotion of gender equality in order to counteract this worrying trend and to ensure gender mainstreaming in all EU policies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned with
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned with the serious and repeated allegations made against European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) related to pushbacks at external borders
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned with the serious and repeated allegations made against European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) related to pushbacks at external borders and the conclusions reached by the investigations of the Frontex Management Board, the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman and the Frontex Scrutiny Group in the European Parliament; takes note of the ongoing investigation OLAF; is disappointed to note that, according to the Court of Auditors, Frontex has not managed to implement its mandate from 2016, let alone its updated mandate of 2019, and that serious and multiple deficiencies regarding its effectiveness have been identified; stresses that substantial budget and staff increases for Frontex are conditional on its accountability and transparency, on its commitment to Union law, and on its fulfilment of its mandate; proposes, therefore, to make the budget allocations
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned with the serious and repeated allegations made against European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) related to pushbacks at external borders and the conclusions reached by the investigations of the Frontex Management Board, the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman and the Frontex Scrutiny Group in the European Parliament; takes note of the ongoing investigation OLAF; is disappointed to note that, according to the Court of Auditors, Frontex has not managed to implement its mandate from 2016, let alone its updated mandate of 2019, and that serious and multiple deficiencies regarding its effectiveness have been identified; stresses that
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is extremely concerned
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the estimate made by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that it will process 3 000 investigations in 2022; emphasises that EPPO is a prosecutorial body with mandatory competences and obligations to investigate irrespective of budgetary provision; is concerned that the funding proposed for 2022 does not include a meaningful increase as compared with 2021; considers that last year budget was already falling short compared to the workload anticipated and a potential extension of the EPPO mandate covering environmental offences will require sufficient budgetary means, especially for the establishment of a EPPO Green Prosecutor with a special environmental crime unit; stresses that a substantial funding increase to EUR 55,7 million, a
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the estimate made by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that it will process 3 000 investigations in 2022; emphasises that EPPO is a prosecutorial body with mandatory competences and obligations to investigate irrespective of budgetary provision; is concerned that the funding proposed for 2022 does not include a
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the estimate made by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that it will process 3 000 investigations in 2022; emphasises that EPPO is a prosecutorial body with mandatory competences and obligations to investigate irrespective of budgetary provision; is concerned that the funding proposed for 2022 does not include a meaningful increase as compared with 2021; stresses that a substantial funding increase to EUR
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls the estimate made by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Finds the proposed reduction in the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) by 0,5 % very disappointing; calls instead for a budgetary increase of EUR
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the need at least to maintain the funding as per Commission proposal, and to reinforce the staff of the EDPS in order to allow the EDPS to carry out all the tasks it is entrusted to and to cope with the increase in workload; considers the work of the EDPS crucial to ensure there is compliance with EU data protection rules, especially in the context of digitalisation, including the increased use of AI and the risks it entails, the conclusions of the Schrems II judgement and the new mandates of some JHA Agencies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights that the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is a cornerstone of the EU Security Union Strategy and plays an ever greater role in the fight against terrorism, radicalisation, organised crimes and environmental crimes, in line with the Agency’s Strategy 2020+; expects an intensification of tasks for Europol to fight criminal infiltrations in the legal economy and prevent fraud to the EU recovery budget; therefore, welcomes the budget increase of 11,2% and the additional 71 Temporary Agents for the Europol; however, regrets that the grade of 14 staff in the draft proposal does not reflect Europol’s request for 2022; therefore requests a reclassification of 14 staff from AST to AD grades; also stresses that EUR 15 987 100 million is put in reserve until the revised mandate of the Agency is adopted, corresponding to the amount required for the recruitment of the 71 additional Temporary Agents; considers that a smaller amount should be put in reserve to allow the recruitment of new staff from early 2022, in order to complete preparatory actions for the implementation of the upcoming revised mandate; recalls that the Agency didn't benefit of any staff increase in 2021;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Regrets the increase in commitments to Europol; stresses that Europol should not receive any increase in budget until the evaluation mandated in section 68 of the Europol Regulation to assess the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of Europol and of its working practices is carried out;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets the small funding increase of 1,5 % proposed for the European
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the proposed budgetary increase for the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) which contributes to the EU Security Union policy; is disappointed that the proposed establishment plan would reduce the number of members of staff by two, from 207 staff in 2021 to 205 in 2022; considers that increasing Eurojust’s budget while reducing its personnel sends a conflicting signal on how to handle the challenges faced by Eurojust with its ever increasing caseload; stresses that a staff increase is necessary for the Agency to carry out existing and future tasks, in particular as regards to the digitalisation of Justice, the implementation of new instruments in the field of judicial cooperation such as e-Evidence or the fight against environmental crimes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the increase of 44,2 % in commitment appropriations and the increase of 39,1 % in payment appropriations for eu-LISA; re
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the decrease of 3,3 % in commitment and payment appropriations for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the decrease of 3,3 % in commitment and payment appropriations for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and requests rather additional funding of EUR 750 000 and additional five posts in the establishment plan, which would contribute to support CEPOL in providing effective fundamental rights and anti- racism trainings to law enforcement officials; considers it essential to address police violence and institutional racism in law enforcement;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Finds the proposed reduction in the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) by 0,5 % very disappointing; stresses that the FRA’s tasks of collection and analysis of reliable information on fundamental rights compliance in the Member States are expected to increase in the future; calls instead for a budgetary increase of EUR 27,1 million and for the addition of two temporary agents at AD grade and two contractual agents to function group IV in the establishment plan to allow FRA to continue to operate effectively;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the decrease of 3,3 % in commitment and payment appropriations for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and requests rather additional funding of EUR 750 000, including for specific appropriations for training programmes tackling the rise of environmental crime, and additional five posts at AD grade in the establishment plan;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the decrease of 3,3 % in commitment and payment appropriations for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and requests rather additional funding of EUR 750 000 and additional five permanent posts in the establishment plan;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes the slight reduction in payment appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) compared to 2021; further takes note of the substantive increase in commitment appropriations to get that new fund up to cruising speed as quickly as possible;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes the slight reduction in payment appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) compared to 2021; further takes note of the substantive increase in commitment appropriations to get that new fund up to cruising speed as quickly as possible; calls, in the light of the proposed New Pact on Migration, for a further 10 % increase in commitment and payment appropriations for the Common European Asylum System and the solidarity objectives of the AMIF; considers that the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey should be funded with new contributions from Member States and any redeployment to this end of EU budget funds be avoided;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes the slight reduction in payment appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) compared to 2021;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes the slight reduction in payment appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) compared to 2021; further takes note of the substantive increase in commitment appropriations to get that new fund up to cruising speed as quickly as possible; calls
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is deeply concerned by the continuing loss of lives in the Mediterranean Sea, which have increased 56,6 % with respect to last year; considers that the Commission should
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is deeply concerned by the continuing loss of lives in the Mediterranean Sea, which have increased 56,6 % with respect to last year; is of the opinion that a more long-term approach to search and rescue (SAR) operations is necessary as SAR cannot be exclusively left to non-state actors; considers that the Commission should present a legislative proposal to set up a Search and Rescue Fund to support search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea; proposes, therefore, the creation of a new budget line for such a fund to encourage the saving of lives and to show solidarity among Member States in the carrying out of SAR operations in accordance with international law and fundamental rights, including the right to life and the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is deeply concerned by the continuing loss of lives in the Mediterranean Sea, which have increased 56,6 % with respect to last year;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is deeply concerned by the continuing loss of lives in the Mediterranean Sea, which have increased 56,6 % with respect to last year, representing at least 1146 people who lost their life on maritime routes to Europe between January and June 20211a; believes that search and rescue is a state responsibility that cannot be left only to non-state actors; considers that the Commission should present a legislative proposal to set up a Search and Rescue Fund to support search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea; proposes, therefore, the creation of a new budget line for such a fund; _________________ 1a Migrants deaths on maritime routes to Europe in 2021, GMDAC and IOM: https://missingmigrants.iom.int/sites/mmp /files/Mediterranean_deaths_Jan- Jun_2021.pdf
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is deeply concerned by the continuing loss of lives in the Mediterranean Sea, which have increased 56,6 % with respect to last year;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Welcomes the 47% increase in commitment appropriations and the 20% increase of payment appropriations of the Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF); considers that this programme will provide essential operational support to Member States in the areas of external border surveillance, common visa policy and customs controls;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Is concerned by the redeployment of funds from the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (BMVI) to finance the expansion of Europol´s mandate; recalls the Parliament’s long- standing position that EU funding instruments should not be used to fund decentralised Agencies which enjoy their own budget lines;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Reiterates its call for the creation of a separate budget line per specific objective set out in the legal bases of AMIF and the
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Reiterates its call for the creation of a separate budget line per specific objective set out in the legal bases of AMIF and the Instrument for Border Management and Visa Policy (BMVI); believes that a separate budget line per specific objective would help ensure adequate funding for all objectives of AMIF and BMVI, and would contribute to better budgetary scrutiny;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Reiterates its call for the creation of a separate budget line per specific objective set out in the legal bases of AMIF and the Instrument for Border Management and Visa Policy (BMVI); believes that a separate budget line per specific objective would help ensure adequate transparency and funding for all objectives of AMIF and BMVI;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Reiterates its call for the creation of a separate budget line per specific objective set out in the legal bases of AMIF and the
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Welcomes the 29,3% increase in commitment appropriations and the 33,3% increase of payment appropriations of the Internal Security Fund (ISF); stresses that this programme is a strong tool to implement the EU Security Union Strategy, by support cooperation and efforts of law enforcement authorities to strengthen cybersecurity, combat terrorism and organised crime in Europe;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes the proposed increase in commitment appropriations for the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme; highlights the importance of that programme
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Recalls that independent and qualitative investigative journalism is an essential component of a well-functioning democracy, by bringing quality fact-based information, combating disinformation, raising awareness to citizens, and revealing wrongdoings or crimes; stresses that journalism across Europe faces strong challenges, in particular the lack of financial resources, hence threatening their independence or survival; calls for ambitious funding programmes in the European budget in this field;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Urges the Commission, the Council and Member States to implement gender budgeting in all public expenditure; recalls that gender budgeting should be an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and budget lines;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Notes with regret the decrease in commitment and payment appropriations of 6 % and 16,9 % respectively for the Justice Programme, in particular in the field of support to judicial training; recalls that Justice is a key component of a Security Union; proposes rather to maintain the funding in 2022 at the level of the 2021 Budget;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Notes with regret the decrease in commitment and payment appropriations of 6 % and 16 % respectively for the Justice Programme; proposes rather to maintain the funding in 2022 at least at the level of
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Regrets that Member States still provide an insufficient amount of Seconded National Experts (SNE) to EU agencies in the field of Justice and Home Affairs; highlights the importance of such exchanges to support EU agencies’ human resources, but also to develop a European culture in this area and common understanding between national administrations.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the proposed increase of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office by 11,2 %; calls for adjustments to the establishment plan as regards the distribution of posts across different grades to enable reclassification needs and for the publication of planned posts for 2022; emphasises that the latter will not impact the total budget or the total number of staff proposed; requests in addition 28 additional posts, and the related budget, in order to implement new activities in 2022 stemming from the new mandate of European Union Agency for Asylum;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the proposed increase of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) by 11,2 %; considers that the continuous challenge of migration and asylum management calls for strong support from the agency to strengthen the implementation of the a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), enhance practical cooperation, provide operational and technical assistance and stimulate information exchange as well as convergence in the assessment of protection needs between the Member States; stresses that the interinstitutional agreement reached on June 29th 2021 on the transformation of EASO into the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA) requires additional human resources which were not foreseen in the Commission’s draft budget; underlines in particular the need to recruit from 2022 new staff at AD and AST positions for the function of Fundamental Rights Officer, the Asylum Support Teams, the Liaison Officers in Member States or to strengthen legal and training teams; also calls for adjustments to the establishment plan as regards the distribution of posts across different grades to enable reclassification needs and for the publication of planned posts for 2022; emphasises that the latter will not impact the total budget or the total number of staff proposed, set aside the additional staff required for the implementation of the EUAA;
Amendment 9 #
2. Welcomes the proposed increase of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office by 11,2 %; calls for adjustments to the establishment plan as regards the distribution of posts across different grades to enable reclassification needs and for the publication of planned posts for 2022; emphasises that the latter will not impact the total budget or the total number of staff proposed; further calls for 46 additional staff which are necessary to carry out all the tasks the Agency is entrusted to and to effectively operationalise the transition towards an European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and the new Regulation once it enters into force, as expected later in 2021; stresses, however, that further additional human resources and budget will be required once the Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) enters into force;
source: 696.349
2021/08/16
AFCO
15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the proposed 18% increase in commitment appropriations and 104% increase in payment appropriations of the 2022 Draft Budget as compared to the 2021 budget for the ‘Promoting citizens engagement and participation in the democratic life of the Union’; recalls that the participation in the democratic li
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Stresses that the role of the EU budget is to achieve EU strategic objectives such as cohesion, reducing the disparities between and within Member States and upward convergence, high- quality employment and up-skilling and re-skilling of workers, green economy and innovation, education and healthcare;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Underlines the risks of politicization of EU funding and calls upon special supervision of potential government-led politicization of EU funds;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Reiterates the need for the EU to respect its international commitments and regrets the Council proposal to reduce the funding for external action programs; recalls the importance of using the EU budget actively in order to help our international partners affected by the pandemic and remain active and visible in the neighbouring regions, especially in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership areas;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Underlines the importance of pilot projects and preparatory actions in the framework of the EU budget and calls upon the Commission to show more flexibility in the evaluation and reassessment of the proposals made by the EU budget; calls for a bigger allocation to such initiatives by integrating part of the 'C' evaluated projects considered important by the European Parliament;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) 3 h. Calls upon the Commission to come up with a more rigorous approach towards decommitments and to reallocate and reuse the unspent funds to finance the priority objectives and areas agreed upon at interinstitutional level, especially in areas related to the pandemic management, education, healthcare, innovation and social policies;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 i (new) 3 i. Reconfirms the support given by the European Parliament for the allocation of EU funds in order to make Covid-19 testing widely available for EU citizens and underlines the importance for the Commission and the Council to deliver on this objective as fast as possible in the context of a potential fourth wave; calls upon the Commission and the Council to speed-up vaccination, the accurate information about the vaccination and the preparations in order to prevent and manage any potential new Covid-19 wave;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the proposed 18% increase in commitment appropriations and 104% increase in payment appropriations
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights the importance of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme for the promotion of European citizenship education and calls for a budget line on demonstrative and voluntary primary and secondary curriculum for EU and global citizenship education;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Disagrees with the Council’s position to reduce by 3,6% funding proposed on the draft budget for the line on ‘Commission Representations’; proposes a 5% increase for this line as compared to the Commission’s proposal in the 2022 Draft Budget and deems this increase necessary for the purpose of encouraging proactive dialogues on EU matters with citizens in the Member States, including virtual and hybrid formats, organising events in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe as well as developing communication activities to fight
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Insists on the importance of an adequate increase in payment appropriations for taking into account the goals of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as set out in the European Parliament’s position;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regards as insufficient the proposed levels of increase by 0.9% in commitment appropriations and by 3% in payment appropriations for ‘Communication services for citizens’ compared to the 2021 budget; consequently, opposes the Council’s position to reduce by 3,1% funding for this budgetary line; points out that communication services for citizens ought to be state of the art in order to reach EU citizens and engage with them through different communication channels, substantially rendering the Union’s policies more visible; therefore proposes a 5% increase compared to the 2022 Draft Budget levels for ‘Communication services for citizens’ inter alia in view of funding awareness raising and information activities on the European Citizens’ Initiative in cooperation with the Commission Representations and local Europe Direct Centres in the Member States; underlines the importance of involving smaller NGOs, local authorities and stakeholders in communication strategies and actions; calls for making content available in all EU languages and provide native language content to Europeans living in other EU countries;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls for the financing of a specific strategy and initiative focused on citizenship and civic education; calls for the creation within the 2022 EU Budget of a new Agency focusing on citizenship and civic education;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls for an EU inclusive budget that helps Europeans deal with the digital and just green transitions, improves access and the quality of education and healthcare across the Union, enables the creation of high-quality jobs, offers life prospects for young people, integrates seniors and disadvantaged communities, and delivers on our global commitments;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) source: 695.276
2021/08/25
EMPL
83 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. Whereas the next years will undoubtedly be characterised by an economic and labour market crisis with high levels of unemployment and consistent labour shortages particularly for sectors with traditional shortages aggravated due to the pandemic, but also newly emerging shortages, related to COVID-19 as well as the transition to the digital age and a climate neutral economy;1 whereas the green and digital transitions are a priority, consideration of fairness and ongoing learning priorities in light of these transitions should be included in support for short-time working, including the EU SURE initiative;2
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for people, particularly young people, families, workers and businesses, particularly SMEs; highlights in this regard the crucial role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for all people,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for people, families, workers and businesses; highlights
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help adapting to the imminent labour market changes, create quality employment, reduce poverty and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and increase
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and social exclusion, in particular affecting children and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help preserving and creat
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and has worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities, as the Cohesion Policy must remain one of the priorities in the post-COVID recovery;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Agrees with the European leaders that, with unemployment and inequalities increasing due to the pandemic, it is important to channel resources where they are most needed to strengthen our economies and to focus our policy efforts on equal access to quality services in order to improve equal opportunities, quality job creation, entrepreneurship, up- and reskilling and reducing poverty and exclusion; stresses that the extraordinary resources made available to support Europe’s recovery are a chance that cannot be missed;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. 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 Member States’ economic, social and labour policies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses, however, that many of the activities and measures supported by the funds and programmes aiming at addressing social and labour problems are being compromised by the restrictions resulting from the European economic governance framework;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition progress in technologies and innovation, and to strengthen the competitiveness of our economies by making sure everyone in our societies has the right skills to find a job and bring their talents to fruition, especially in the context of the
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and long-standing trends; insists on the need
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for
Amendment 27 #
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for lifelong learning and up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration into the labour market of women and the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount to create a fair and socially just and inclusive society;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the post-COVID recovery of the economy and the labour market must remain a priority; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount; emphasises the importance of lifelong learning in this regard;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital C (new) Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration, with rights and on equal footing, into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds do not support any projects, investments and programmes that contribute to segregation, discrimination or social exclusion; urges the Commission to prevent potential or current private beneficiaries, practising social and labour dumping, with ongoing collective dismissal processes and/or relocation processes, to access EU funding;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve high employment levels,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve high employment levels, particularly creating better opportunities for young people, adequate social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy; welcomes the transfer from REACT-EU of an additional EUR 10,8 billion to cohesion in 2022, of which 30 % will be allocated to the ESF +; urges the Member States to quickly deploy these resources to mitigate the social impacts of the crisis;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Action Plan to implement the 20 principles of the EPSR will help to address the challenges facing Europe such as digitalisation, green transition and demographic change and will help alleviate the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, employment, social and economic aspects; stresses that adequate resources should be allocated to fund the implementation of the Action Plan and until the economic effects of the pandemic are visible be complemented by the General Escape Clause supported by coherent ECB policies, as well as Stability and Growth pact that aim at an overall well-being of people, labour market inclusiveness, and worker’s protection;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Expresses its concern at the low take-up of EU funds and programmes; considers that it can be significantly leveraged if support is stepped up for public structures providing technical assistance, and if co-funding rates were increased and if public investment financed by EU funds and programmes was excluded from budget deficit criteria;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital D (new) D. Whereas the COVID-19 crisis and the unintended consequences of lockdown measures risk to jeopardise decades of gains achieved in gender equality with tangible risks of women disengaging from the labour market and of developments reinforcing gender roles; whereas due to the sectoral and occupational segregation, with women being overrepresented in low- paying jobs and part-time work and in sectors highly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, women are more at risk than other groups of suffering the employment and social fallout of the crisis.6
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Reiterates that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) must contribute to implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in order to create stable quality jobs, social cohesion and inclusion and stresses that social objectives should be mainstreamed in all relevant legislation and regulations and implementing plans linked to Next Generation EU; stresses that the reforms from the national plans should be in line with the Porto objectives and with the European Pillar of Social Rights and that the Member States should increase investments in area of the social dimension in line with their social reforms in the labour market, education and skills, social protection and social housing, in particular in those MS where there is an increased need for social measures within the CSRs;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recalls that social dialogue and social partners must be a cornerstone of the Recovery Plan and contribute to the implementation of the EPSR, both at national and EU level, and be systematically involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of national and European Recovery and Resilient Plans; Calls on all the Member States to invest at least 0.25% of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of social partners and civil society organisations, including in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the obligation by Member States with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people not in employment, education or training to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Members States to make the best use of the directly managed strand of the ESF+, the Employment and Social Innovation strand for investment in social innovation and for s
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the obligation by all Member States to use the Youth Guarantee, especially those with a higher share than the average
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that Member States
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the adopted European Child Guarantee aimed at ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to free healthcare, education, early childhood education and care as well as decent housing and adequate nutrition; Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee; highlights, in this regard, the importance of Member States’ investment of EU funds in combatting child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee; strongly encourages Member States to go beyond the minimum requirements of the ESF+, in view of the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion throughout the Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital E (new) Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF will offer temporary, one-
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF will offer one- off assistance to dismissed workers to find another job as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; Underlines the importance of the revised application requirements and eligibility criteria in the EGF Regulation, lowering the minimum threshold of workers made redundant or of self-employed persons from 500 to 200; recalls that the support from EGF should be gradually accessible to all companies including SMEs;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF will offer one- off assistance to dis
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF will offer direct one-
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the EGF will offer one- off assistance to dismissed workers to find another job as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls the important role the revised European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers (EGF) can play in supporting and reskilling workers made redundant as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis; believes Member States should make use of the Fund and widely disseminate information on the possibilities for support to workers and their representatives;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Takes note that the level of EGF commitment appropriations in reserve for
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Regrets the fact the annual budgetary answer is financial constrained by a Multiannual Financial Framework that is far from being the adequate financial answer to the population and workers’ needs;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the JTF provides support
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital F (new) F. Whereas Eurofound Covid-19 survey shows that mental well-being has reached its lowest level across all age groups since the onset of the pandemic over a year ago and this is especially prominent among young people and those who have lost their job;8
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour market as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of education and social inclusion,
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; highlights that the JTF must focus on the needs of individuals and social well-being and lead to social sustainability by supporting the creation of quality and sustainable jobs, reskilling of workers, and creating social infrastructure so no one is left behind; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour market as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of education and social inclusion, including investments in social infrastructure for the purposes of training centres, in training and retraining social service providers, child- and elderly-care facilities and the possibility to support investments in large enterprises in ’assisted areas’ pursuant to regional State aid guidelines, if such support is necessary for quality and sustainable job creation in the identified territory;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers with and without disabilities, and irrespectively of their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; highlights that JTF is a key tool for supporting territories most affected by this transition and plays a key role in preventing an increase in regional disparities; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour market as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of education and social inclusion, including investments in infrastructure for the purposes of training centres, child- and elderly-care facilities and the possibility to support investments in large enterprises in ’assisted areas’ pursuant to regional State aid guidelines, if such support is necessary for job creation in the identified territory;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) has been integrated in ESF+ and welcomes that, in 2022, at least 3 % of the ESF+ budget shall be spent on food aid and basic material assistance, together with accompanying measures for the most deprived persons, with a co-financing rate of 90% since the current crisis hits the most deprived the hardest;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Acknowledges that the EU Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis level of quarterly output by the end of 2022; warns that for the recovery to be sustainable, it is essential that quality jobs are created also for the medium and low skilled workers and especially for women, as it has been shown that they are essential for the resilience of our societies and economies, that the wealth distribution is fairer and more equal and that increases of income and consumer spending capacity/purchase power for the lower earners are also consolidated;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Recalls that women are more widely affected by the pandemic in terms of health risks, pre-existing employment inequalities and care responsibilities and strongly promotes gender responsive budgeting and increased funding to support measures for the promotion of equality and equal access to the labour and to have comprehensive systems to monitor and measure gender budget allocations; acknowledges that most of the sectors which have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis were feminised and essential sectors, many of which have precarious working conditions, and that special efforts should be made during the recovery period to improve employment conditions in those sectors;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs, digital jobs and gender perspective and on a systems of quality and green job creation conditionalities for companies accessing public funds; stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium and low skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common project; insists that more investment is needed in research and innovation, zero- carbon technologies;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Highlights that addressing the socio-economic dimension of environmental policy and climate action not only constitutes basic fairness, but also creates opportunities to realise broader wellbeing gains for all and create virtuous circles rather than negative feedback loops; believes that, if well designed, green and digital investments have a great potential for quality job creation and reduction of inequalities and that the transition to a new distribution of care needs to be added; demands that, in order to achieve this potential, social conditionalities are attached to companies accessing RRF funds for green and digital investments, in the form of quality job creation targets and collective agreement coverage;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Demands the Commission and the Member States to ensure a fair distribution of the benefits and profits of the green and digital investments, and that this aspect is also monitored in the scoreboard, in order to ensure that they benefit the most vulnerable communities and regions and the most affected by climate change as well as the gender impact; stresses that the expected social return of green and digital investments should be defined ex ante in the NRRPs in order to ensure the maximum impact;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital G (new) Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Calls on the Member States for the greater mobilisation of ESF+ and Just Transition Fund (JTF) resources and to combine them with national and local investment in order to tackle social exclusion, energy poverty, and material deprivation, to effectively counter the digital gap and digital exclusion, especially in rural areas and among the young, the elderly and persons with disabilities, and to secure access to digital tools and programmes and to affordable communication infrastructures;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 g (new) 10g. Recalls that COVID-19 pandemic has once again exposed the lack of policy responses to the impact of demographic change in the EU, such as the lack of adequate and affordable housing, quality care facilities and sufficient care and support services; stresses that the budget 2022 should underline the importance of safeguarding and promoting the dignity of the elderly and their fundamental rights in the EU; calls, furthermore, for sufficient funding to support investment in housing in order to tackle effectively the growing problems of a lack of affordable housing, poor housing conditions, housing exclusion and homelessness;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for EU citizens, the focus should be put on evidence-based and future-proof policymaking;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for EU citizens, the focus should be put on evidence-based policymaking; recalls that gender budgeting is key to ensure a sustainable, just and inclusive economy.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Strongly believes that gender and disability inclusive budgeting must be mainstreamed in the 2022 general budget to better align policies and activities that promote the equal participation of women and people with disabilities in the labour market and to have comprehensive systems to monitor and measure such budgetary allocations in line with the EU’s commitments under the European Gender Equality and Disability Rights Strategies and the UNCRPD;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Recalls that it is important that local administrations are able to receive and manage a significant part of EU funds, as they are the public entities closest to European citizens;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are important tools to test new policy initiatives in the fields of employment and social inclusion, including through data collection that has already translated into a number of successful initiatives; recalls that the assessment of their implementability is formally anchored in the Interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013 and in practice, is meant to ensure that Parliament adopts PPs/PAs that are legally and technically implementable; highlights, therefore, that the evaluation must be thorough
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are important tools to test new policy initiatives in the fields of employment
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that the agencies and especially the ELA play an important role in providing Union institutions and countries with specialised knowledge notably on employment and social issues and facilitating fair labour mobility; stresses that they must be given the necessary resources to fulfil their tasks which are evolving.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the social and employment related c
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that the agencies play an important role in providing Union institutions and
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that adequate financial means should be made available to ensure the correct and ambitious application and enforcement of occupational safety and health strategic framework; to this end calls for an increased funding for EU- OSHA to cope with the new challenges and to fulfil the new tasks; reiterates that labour inspectorates should be strongly involved, both in enforcement of OSH measures aimed at preventing Covid-19 infection as well as in developing guidance and assistance to employers and workers and that particular attention should be given to high-risk sectors, such as healthcare, services, education and transport;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses that during the pandemic there is a significant risk of suffering mental health problems and poor mental well-being that would be exacerbated by both job loss and job insecurity and is of the opinion that people will need extra support in getting back to normal and in coping with the issues brought on by the pandemic and calls on the Member States to pay attention to ways of mitigating mental health risks in the case of further waves of the Covid-19;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Recalls that the transition to a digital economy, which delivers for decent working conditions and fully respect labour rights, will require investments to adapt industrial production facilities, improve related infrastructures, connectivity, network security, and the future organisation of work, as well as investment in new ways to deliver social and organisational support to workers; calls in this regard for adequate resources to ensure the right to disconnect for all workers in the EU as well as adequate teleworking conditions including psycho- social and ergonomic rules;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for people, families, workers and businesses; highlights in this regard the crucial role of the European funds and financial instruments including the Recovery and Resilience facility, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the main driver for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable recovery, as well as of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF); stresses that these funds and instruments should support activities of all relevant stakeholders including non-governmental and charitable organisations;
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70 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Insists that the budget for the Common Foreign and Security Policy should focus on priority areas, both geographically and thematically, and on areas where EU action can bring most added value;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries and the countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support reforms and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, but also to support areas such as media freedom, the fight against corruption and organised crime, human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, and reforms of the political, legal and economic systems;
Amendment 11 #
4. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries and the countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support reforms, including the empowerment and protection of women and girls, LGBTQI people, indigenous people and minorities, and recovery from the COVID- 19 crisis;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries and the countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support reforms, support all the sustainability objectives of the Green Deal, including the energy transition, and recovery from the COVID- 19 crisis and its long-term economic consequences;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries and the countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support comprehensive political and socio-economic reforms and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. On Palestine, emphasizes the need to increase funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in light of the crucial role it plays in protecting and ensuring the essential needs of Palestine refugees as well as contributing to their human development; takes good note of the recent findings of the EU-funded external study of Palestinian textbooks, which largely disproves allegations of widespread incitement to hatred and violence; takes good note of the Commission’s vigilance on this matter; calls on the Commission to ensure that its funding to the Palestinian Authority counters the negative trends and growing inter-Palestinian division, contributes to promoting pluralism and accountability and supports Palestinian civil society;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Believes that to ensure cross- cutting implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security agenda, the EU and its bodies should mainstream YPS in policymaking, programming, funding, and monitoring; calls for the creation and opening up of existing dedicated funding instruments for YPS initiatives that are flexible and accessible to all youth, including those who face multiple forms of marginalisation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Points to the numerous challenges in the EU’s neighbouring regions to the East and South and emphasises the need to ensure adequate funding for crucial areas such as democracy support, civil society and the rule of law; calls in particular for continued support to Belarusian human rights and democracy activists;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for increased funding to UNRWA in order to allow the Agency to fulfil its mandate and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of vital services such as health and education to millions of Palestine refugees;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. On Israel, insists on the need to ensure that EU bilateral assistance to Israel complies with international and EU law; calls on the Commission to strengthen its assistance to Israeli civil society, notably to those advocating for equal rights and documenting human rights violations and to enhance EU assistance to Palestinian rights and livelihoods in Israel, in the annexed territories and in the isolated enclaves; deplores the continued destruction and confiscation of EU-funded humanitarian assistance in the West Bank; notes that according to EU sources, Israeli authorities demolished or seized 97 122 structures in 2020 at a loss of EUR 300,000, that had been built with EU or Member States’ funds; is concerned by the lack of resolve of the EEAS and the Commission, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors, to secure compensation from the Israeli authorities, as requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of September 2018; requests the Commission to deduct in the next draft budget under which EU-Israel programmes are funded the amount corresponding to the cost of demolished EU-funded projects;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the majority of external action spending is concentrated under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI-Global Europe) and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) and insists on supporting agreed priorities under those external financing instruments, including those decided during the NDICI-Global Europe high level geopolitical dialogue; reiterates its previous demand for a differentiated budget nomenclature for the new external financing instruments, notably by including at least one budget line for each third country receiving significant amounts of EU assistance; stresses that in the context of a more streamlined set of instruments, the budget structure needs to be sufficiently detailed to allow Parliament to carry out its budgetary functions effectively and fulfil its oversight role;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Reiterates its firm believe that in countries of specific strategic interest for the EU, particularly the accession countries and the associated countries of the Eastern Partnership, a closer link between the European Parliament and the respective national parliament should be established, and therefore calls for adequate funding to ensure the required level of parliamentary cooperation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Considers that the human rights situation in Egypt requires a revision of the Commission’s budget support operations and requires the prioritisation of EU aid to primarily supporting democratic actors and civil society; calls for more transparency on all forms of financial support or training provided by the EU, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank to Egypt;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes stronger conditionality related to democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls on dedicated budget lines for Turkey and the Western Balkan countries under IPA III, which should support Turkish civil society and areas such as media freedom, the fight against corruption and organised crime, human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, and reforms of the political, legal and economic systems in the Western Balkan countries;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes stronger conditionality related to democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes stronger conditionality related to democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls on dedicated budget lines for Turkey under IPA III,
Amendment 27 #
5. Welcomes stronger conditionality related to democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls on dedicated budget lines for Turkey under IPA III, which should support Turkish civil society and people-to-people contacts;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in welcoming refugees from Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian and other refugees and host communities in Turkey by means of a mix of longer-term, predictable, fully transparent, and rapidly deployable funding under instruments established for the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and potential contributions from the Member States as external assigned revenue, taking into account all financial instruments provided under the Financial Regulation; stresses that, any flexible funding mechanism established in the framework of the NDICI-Global Europe should comply with the thematic spending targets defined in the Regulation; insists on the need to ensure that the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework is accompanied by a robust human rights framework for the identification, implementation and monitoring of future migration cooperation programmes; calls for a fully-fledged human rights impact assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with fundamental rights as part of its implementation;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that from 2022 onwards the activities funded by the EU Trust Funds will be largely programmed and implemented through NDICI-Global Europe; insists on full involvement of the Parliament in decisions including contributions to the EU Trust Funds from the Union budget; insists on ensuring that the FRT funding will not come at the expense of the newly adopted financing instruments IPA III and NDICI-Global Europe (including the cushion); advocates for the funding of any such initiative through fresh appropriations;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the majority of external action spending is concentrated under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI-Global Europe) and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) and insists on supporting agreed priorities under those external financing instruments, including those decided during the NDICI-Global Europe high level geopolitical dialogue; calls for a more ambitious budget in the human rights components of the instrument, in order to address the increasing challenges to human rights in the world, which face unprecedented pressure further compounded by the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Reaffirms that the EU must continue to provide effective and monitored aid to Syrian refugees in Turkey, ensuring that its funds are directly and in full transparency channelled to non-governmental organisations; insists that the European Parliament will be fully informed about the types of expenditure financed and the channels used to reach all beneficiaries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recognizes the essential role played by UNRWA as unique provider of vital services for millions of Palestine refugees in the Middle East and calls for an increase in the EU financial contribution to the Agency, as an investment towards security, stability and development in the region and beyond;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights the EU’s global support efforts for refugees and calls for continued financial support in this field, including a continuation of financing for Syrian refugees via a successor programme of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT);
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Reiterates that any successor to the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) shall not be financed at the detriment of the newly adopted financing instruments such as IPA III and NDICI- Global Europe; requests that any successor of the FRT shall be financed by fresh appropriations and if necessary by contribution from the Member States; underlines that the European Parliament must be fully involved in the decision- making process for the establishment of any FRT successor in full respect of the role of the budgetary authority;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that the protection and promotion of democracy and human rights globally continues to be of core interest for external actions of the Union; underlines the importance of strengthening the budget for election observation missions, given their role in consolidating democratic institutions and bringing stability in fragile countries, as well as to reinforce the budget for the preservation of human rights and the support to civil society organisations including the ones committed to women and girls empowerment;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that the protection and promotion of human rights globally continues to be of core interest for external actions of the Union; highlights that the EU should strictly refrain from budget support as a modality to provide assistance in countries that grossly fail to meet international standards in the field of human rights and democracy, or that fail to demonstrate their commitment to fighting corruption; highlights the importance of election observation missions, notably by local civil society groups, and calls for an appropriate level of funding;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that the protection and promotion of human rights and democracy globally continues to be of core interest for
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that the protection and promotion of human rights globally continues to be of core interest for external actions of the Union; stresses in this connection the importance of adequate funding and support for the recently appointed Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief outside the EU;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that the protection and promotion of human rights globally continues to be of core interest for external actions of the Union; encourages a thorough application of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) and extension of its scope to acts of corruption;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for greater transparency regarding human rights-related provisions in financing agreements and a clarification of the mechanism and criteria for the suspension of such agreements in the event of a breach of human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law and in serious cases of corruption; calls on the Commission to strictly refrain from using budget support to third countries’ governments as an operational modality in countries witnessing widespread violations of human rights and repression of HRDs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. At a time where democracy is more and more under threat around the world, reiterates its support for funding dedicated to elections observation missions, including local observers, and calls for an appropriate level of funding; underlines that the need for democracy and election support, including EOMs, was further amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Insists that all funding for the civil society organisations in Afghanistan will be allocated directly to these organisations without using the Taliban government as an intermediary; calls for special attention to be focussed on the support of women and children in Afghanistan;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Insists that the room for external action expenditure given by the MFF ceiling for Heading 6 'Neighbourhood and the world' and the rules for the mobilisation of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve must be fully utilised; reiterates that the balance between the resources assigned to the different external action instruments through the respective regulations must be preserved; emphasises that the future funding for the needs of the Syrian refugees was not factored in the MFF or NDICI-Global Europe discussion sand it should therefore not be borne by the programmed instruments; furthermore, as the expected Syrian refugees package is not responding to a new crisis or unforeseen needs, stresses that any funding from the emergency cushion of NDICI-Global Europe towards this should be limited; calls instead on Member States to make available additional "fresh funds" for this package;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. While condemning any attack against religious minorities, in particular Christians, around the world, emphasises that adequate funding for actions to protect persecuted minorities must be available, and in this regard further underlines its support for the office of the EU Special Representative on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls for the EU to take particular care to assess and prevent any violation linked to the Union’s own projects and funding in third countries, including by creating a complaints mechanism for individuals or groups whose rights may have been violated by EU activities in these countries;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of building a strong common security and defence policy) and enhancing cooperation in defence and security matters through the European Defence Fund, a key contributor to the Union’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of building a strong
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of building a strong common security and defence policy) and enhancing cooperation in defence and security matters through the European Defence Fund, a key contributor to the Union’s strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Emphasises that at a time when external challenges and matters of international politics are gaining importance and are dominating international politics, we must ensure that the external dimension of the EU Budget is appropriately funded and prepared to respond without delay to current, emerging as well as future challenges;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Emphasises that optic fibre cables are the central nervous system of the global internet, as 97% of all internet traffic travels through these cables; Underlines that although these cables are a central and indispensable part of the critical infrastructure of the EU and thus of great geopolitical importance, they have recently been the subject of foreign spying operations; believes that the EU should prioritize the security and protection of these cables; calls for the EU to set up an EU optic fibre cables security program, that includes research, coordination, policy-making, the tracking of incidents and the training of coast guards;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Bureau to draw up a translation of key foreign policy resolutions adopted under Rule 54 (own- initiative reports) into the non-Union official languages of the United Nations (namely Arabic, Chinese and Russian), as well as country-specific resolutions adopted under Rules 132 (resolution accompanying Commission/VPHR statements) and 144 (urgency resolution) into the official language of the country concerned, with a view to enhancing the impact and outreach of the Parliament's foreign affairs activities, and calls on the budgetary authority to ensure that sufficient appropriations are made available for that purpose;
Amendment 52 #
7 a. Underlines the need to draw the necessary lessons from the international engagement to fight terrorism and advance freedom, human rights and civil liberties in Afghanistan; reiterates the need to ensure appropriate funding to address the possible additional migration movements originating from Afghanistan, in particular in the region itself in order to ensure humane and adequate support both for the people seeking shelter, as well as the host countries;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on strengthening support for fighting disinformation and challenges linked to EU’s work against foreign interference; calls for ensuring appropriate funding and mandates for the EEAS units and projects dealing with this issues; calls for a creation of a Far East Task Force to tackle threats coming from the far east and south east Asia region;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Underlines the importance to regularly evaluate all EU security assistance measures (civilian CSDP and IcSP/NDICI) and to readjust certain missions, operations, and measures with a view on incorporating a meaningful human security approach, which takes into account the real security needs of the local population;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Acknowledges the need to reinforce the EEAS in order to allow it to fulfil its functions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime; calls for adequate funding for additional staff in order to ensure carrying out the tasks under this new EU foreign policy tool;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses the importance of the protection of the EU against foreign interference and influence, notably through hybrid attacks and disinformation, and the key role the EEAS plays therein; recalls that the European Court of Auditors has concluded that the EEAS needs a broader mandate to tackle the surge in hybrid attacks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and new emerging threats, accompanied with sufficient funding; calls the European Commission to meet those demands and calls for the creation of a dedicated Far East Task Force, to deal with the specific threats coming from the far east and south east Asia region;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses the need for sufficient funding to facilitate the planning and implementation of the EU’s global connectivity agenda; emphasises the importance of including concrete connectivity projects and investments in the programming process for the 2021- 2027 MFF;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Highlights the importance of an increase in funding for including and streamlining the fight against malicious interference and disinformation within the EU policy approach, EU external action and EU countermeasures; emphasises the relevance of coordination among EU institutions and sufficient funding for a structure that serves as a focal point for civil society organisations, research organisations and other relevant actors; stresses the need for the EEAS StratCom Task Forces to have a stable funding source and for an increase of funding to address emerging challenges of foreign interference, especially from China; welcomes in this regard the recent ECA Special Report on Disinformation affecting the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses the urgent need to increase NDICI funds available for the thematic programme on Peace, Stability and Conflict Prevention and Rapid Response by 50% compared to the spending on such measures within the context of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) during 2020;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls for further funding for strategic communication actions to counter malicious interference, including foreign disinformation, espionage, and propaganda, which are increasingly used to undermine the democratic order in the Union and in countries in the Union’s vicinity; calls for the European External Action Service (EEAS) to further strengthen its capacities to counter disinformation, hybrid warfare, propaganda and espionage, including the creation of dedicated StratCom Task Forces on interference emanating from China and the Middle East, in particular from Iran, and providing them with further necessary financial and human resources;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Urges the EEAS to adopt and implement without further delay its self- standing implementation provisions on outside activities and assignments, which create a sui generis legal basis for Heads of Delegations to better protect the image and reputation of the EU as a whole, as announced in the written answers provided to the Committee on Budgetary Control in the context of the 2019 discharge;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Repeats its previous statements about the threats related to cyber security as well as the spreading of fake news, in this context highlights the need for the EU Budget to better address and respond to these key challenges on a horizontal level, including in particular at the headquarters of the EU as well as its delegations around the world;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Stresses the need for proper and measurable indicators and a specific methodology, as well as regular monitoring, to analyse the impact of the EU budget on gender equality and effectively implement gender budgeting in EU external action; emphasises the need for a specific increase in the budget to ensure the presence of dedicated gender advisers in each EEAS Directorate, EU delegations and CSDP missions and operations, and to implement mandatory trainings on gender equality across the EEAS, EU Delegations and CSDP missions and operations, including on harassment;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Stresses the need to improve the visibility and communication concerning EU aid and Union financing in third countries, particularly candidate and partner countries; calls upon the Commission to put greater focus on dissemination of the successfully implemented projects, and their positive impact and benefits in order to strengthen the impact of funding and enhance EU public diplomacy;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Welcomes the statement of the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, on the Commission’s firm commitment to fighting anti-semitism and engaging with the Palestinian Authority and the UNRWA to promote quality education for Palestinian children and ensure full adherence to UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co- existence, and non-violence in Palestinian textbooks; agrees with the stance that the conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered; insists that the Commission must guarantee that no Union funds are allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Calls on the EEAS to create a special adviser position on gender equality and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, as well as a special advisor position on diversity and inclusion, each with their own sufficient resources and amount of staff;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9 d. Notes that NDICI-Global Europe foresees mid-term and final evaluations and the detailed annual reporting by Commission to Parliament and Council on the ongoing activities, results delivered, effectiveness, as well as progress towards the thematic targets and objectives of the Regulation; calls on the Commission to develop and implement a precise methodology for tracking the thematic targets, in particular on climate, biodiversity, gender equality, as well as migration and forced displacement, to ensure transparency, proper accountability and enable the Parliament to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role as one of the budgetary authorities;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls the need to implement strict conditionality in regard to financial support for EU’s partner countries and neighbourhood in cases of human rights violations;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9 e. Reiterates the importance it attaches to the translation of key foreign policy resolutions and urgency resolutions into the non-EU official languages of the United Nations (namely Arabic, Chinese and Russian) and into the official language of the country concerned, with a view to enhancing the impact and outreach of the European Parliament's foreign affairs activities, and calls on the budgetary authority to ensure that sufficient appropriations are made available for that purpose.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses that the humanitarian aid budget for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries should be strongly increased to support and protect vulnerable Afghans and their families, including Internally Displaced People and refugees, and to enhance resettlement; demands that, unless the respect for human rights and especially the rights of women and girls can be guaranteed, development assistance to the Afghan regime remains suspended and is redirected towards independent development and humanitarian organisations in line with EU external action objectives;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Welcomes the increased contribution from NDICI and IPA III to Erasmus+, enabling increased mobility of students from the pre-accession countries;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Demands that all infrastructure investments are in line with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and resilient to adverse climate change impacts, and that they contribute to the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 C; calls for the integration of GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration of related additional investments and lock-in effects to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that it is imperative that such development aid be conditional on reasonable guarantees of good management and effectiveness and accompanied by clear indicators to that effect and regular audits ;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Reminds that ambitious policies in pathway to climate neutrality require significant investments in research and innovation and in this regard regrets recent Council cuts in allocations to Horizon Europe for 2022;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses that any renegotiation of debt or additional public development aid must be coupled with appropriate measures in the recipient States to address the causes of the lack of public financial resources and the financing gap for sustainable development, in particular capital flight, which, according to UNCTAD, contributes to the flight of USD 88.6 billion per year from the [African] continent, as well as tax-base erosion and profit shifting, and that the States concerned must be proactive in carrying out the necessary reforms;1 c _________________ 1c https://unctad.org/webflyer/curbing- illicit-financial-flows-finance-sustainable- development-africa
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Welcomes the dedicated focus in the Commission's performance reporting on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming and calls on the Commission to refine and develop it further; reminds the Commission to fully involve the Parliament; emphasizes that the Commission needs to establish the effective methodology, in particular for tracking halting and reversing biodiversity loss, before the presentation of the draft budget for 2023 in order to ensure that the target set out in the IIA of 16 December 2020 for 2024 can be met effectively; reminds that the implementation of the principle as regards biodiversity must go beyond the full respect of relevant Union acquis; calls on the Commission to assess whether the national recovery and resilience plans collectively put the Union on track towards achieving the 7,5% biodiversity spending target by 2024 (and 10% in 2026 and 2027) and to report the assessment to Parliament;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Recalls that 'China's share of bilateral debt owed by the world's poorest countries to G20 members rose from 45% in 2015 to 63% last year, according to the World Bank' and that 'for many sub- Saharan African countries, China's share of bilateral debt is even higher', and therefore stresses that the EU cannot take the lead in any international discussions on the renegotiation of such debt, a renegotiation which, if it were to materialise, would require an equal effort on the part of all parties involved ; 1 d _________________ 1dhttps://www.ft.com/content/bd73a115- 1988-43aa-8b2b-40a449da1235
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Welcomes the Commissions ambition to strengthen Union competitiveness, strategic autonomy and resilience and in this context recalls the success of the European Battery Alliance that in line with EGD, Circular Economy Action Plan and New Industrial Strategy aims to contribute to clean and digital transition by creating a competitive, circular, sustainable and safe value chain for batteries, crucial for future low- emissions mobility and energy storage and can, therefore, serve as a good example;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls for the creation of a European Bank for Sustainable Development and International Climate Protection, which pools resources, involves all Member States and their national development finance institutions, and mobilizes private investment in developing countries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Reminds that the implementation of the Green New Deal requires the MFF and NGEU funding to be awarded exclusively to activities in line with the 'do no significant harm' principle and consistent with the Paris Agreement goal to limit the temperature rise to under 1.5oC; expects that the next performance report includes details on how the Union budget contributes to the Green New Deal, in particular though the implementation of the 'do no significant harm principle'; stresses that the guidance published for the RRF should be seen as the standard for all other expenditures of the same nature, in particular must serve as a basis for the partnership agreements;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out the urgency of
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Stresses the importance of achieving the biodiversity spending level of 10 % and a climate mainstreaming spending level of 30 % agreed under the 2021-2027 MFF ; stresses that clear eligibility criteria and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure in line with the ‘do no harm’ principle are necessary, together with the corresponding correction measures, and the proofing mechanism to identify potential harmful impacts of Union actions on biodiversity and climate;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out the urgency of scaling up funds for health care, food security and nutrition, education
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Calls for addressing the social, economic, energy and environmental impacts of the transition whilst maintaining and expanding employment opportunities in the affected territories in order to avoid social exclusion; points, in this respect, to the role of the Just Transition Fund in addressing societal, socio-economic, technological and environmental impacts on workers, sectors and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence; calls for securing workers’ rights, reducing of the energy poverty and avoiding deepening of inequalities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out the urgency of scaling up funds for health care, food security and nutrition, education, access to basic water and sanitation services, social protection and gender equality and to reinforce the People and Planet - Global Challenges lines from the Emerging challenges and priorities cushion; stresses that human development as well as protection of biodiversity should be prioritised in geographical lines;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Underlines the importance of enhancing the protection of the Union budget and NGEU against fraud and irregularities; welcomes the introduction of standardised measures to collect, compare and aggregate information and figures on the final beneficiaries of Union funding, including on beneficial owners of the recipients and contractors; calls on the Commission to ensure full application of these new measures on all levels of budget implementation and to monitor closely their effectiveness in view of detecting fraud;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to finance actions involving Indigenous People and Local Communities, in order to halt biodiversity loss, fight against illegal logging and wildlife trade and trafficking and ensure sustainable use and management of ecosystems; stresses that new investment tools to support resource mobilisation can be used to this end (e.g biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees and charges); calls on scaling up investments to better track, reform and phase-out subsidies harmful for biodiversity and channelling them towards biodiversity friendly activities, in line with Agenda 2030;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Underlines the important role that SMEs, microenterprises and start-ups play in the recovery while maintaining employment and growth and calls on Union and Member States to ensure stronger support for SMEs and start-ups and to further reduce their administrative burden; underlines that SMEs are an essential part of the European economy and stresses the need to create a SMEs- friendly business environment and support SMEs cluster and network; Calls for the need for sufficient financial resources in the SME window under InvestEU;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that development aid for health programmes and humanitarian aid must be complementary and must be based on the national health systems of the recipient countries, in particular by assessing and taking into account their real needs, and that, in particular, aid and programmes relating to the COVID-19 pandemic must not have the indirect consequence of reducing the amount of attention paid to other public health priorities in the countries concerned, or even of reducing the resources devoted to such priorities ;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. Underlines the need to reform the European industry and hard-to-abate sectors in order to achieve a competitive and sustainable Union and its climate goals; stresses, therefore, the need for sufficient funding for programmes supporting these goals, innovative solutions and breakthrough technologies such as Horizon Europe, CEF, InvestEU and the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH 2) Joint Undertaking;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that it will be able to convincingly demonstrate adherence to the NDICI regulation’s provisions on expenditure for social inclusion and human development, gender, climate, biodiversity and migration objectives, in particular the fight against illegal immigration in Europe, and full respect of the requirement that 93% of the NDICI expenditure shall qualify as official development assistance; insists on the need to
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; underlines the importance of ensuring sufficient funding in order to contribute to the twin transition towards the achievement of the 2030 energy and climate targets and climate-neutrality by 2050; considers that the budget should fully align
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the fact that the COVID pandemic is dealing a heavy blow to developing countries, with already poor
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1 i. Insists on the importance of increased investments in digitalisation and digital connectivity to clearly define 2030 digital target and tackle challenges related to reducing the digital divide and digital literacy, cybersecurity, free flow of data, safety, liability and artificial intelligence;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that it will be able to convincingly demonstrate adherence to the NDICI regulation’s provisions on expenditure for social inclusion and human development,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1 j. Stresses the importance of successful implementation of 'Fit for 55' package; highlights the essential role of implementing the Union's Circular Economy Action Plan in order to achieve the mentioned policies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that it will be able to convincingly demonstrate adherence to the NDICI - Global Europe regulation’s provisions and reach the committed targets on expenditure for social inclusion and human development, gender, climate, biodiversity and migration objectives
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the need to further support research and innovation
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that it will be able to convincingly demonstrate adherence to the NDICI regulation’s provisions on expenditure for social inclusion and human development, education, gender, climate, biodiversity and migration objectives and full respect of the requirement that 93% of the NDICI expenditure shall qualify as official development assistance; insists on the need to increase ODA, in particular to least developed countries, so as to contribute to fulfilment of the EU’s and its Member States’ collective pledges;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the need to support research and innovation in the context of the current pandemic and the EU’s green and digital ambitions with a view to improving access to knowledge, promoting social development, tackling climate change, raising quality of living standards and achieving the Sustainable Developments Goals; Calls for making available to Horizon Europe Programme the research decommitments from 2020 in line with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; calls for the expenditure on health research from the Union budget to be at least equal to that in the 2021 general budget, given the evolving pandemic situation; calls for allocation of Next Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by the crisis and to instruments that can contribute directly to the recovery of the European economy;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission and financial institutions, including the EIB, to ensure that all operations engaged through EFSD+ - EAG respect the principle of development additionality and are compliant with the external action goals of the EU as defined in Article 21 TEU, including respect and promotion of human rights, eradication of poverty, and the management of environmental risks; calls on the Commission to assess the development additionality of channelling EU funds through EFSD+ to reinforce the COVAX facility;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the need to support
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Recalls that according to the GE- NDICI Regulation, EDF reflows will be ring-fenced to ACP countries and channelled exclusively through the EIB via budgetary guarantees and blending operations under EFSD+ - EAG; calls on the use of EDF reflows to help remedy the current lack of presence of the EIB on the ground in ACP countries in order to analyse the reality of the situation around the projects it finances; underlines the positive role a stronger involvement of EU delegations could also play to this end;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the need to support research and innovation in the context of the c
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. (new) Calls on the Commission to swiftly and coherently address the targeted promotion of renewable energy expansion and partnerships as well as to support developing countries capacity to export renewable energy including in the form of renewable hydrogen;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates that Union budget should benefit the people and primarily be focused on sustainable development and quality jobs, energy transition to more efficient and renewable-based energy system, fight against climate change, and eradicate energy poverty. Underlines, in that regard, that public money shall not be spent for military investments or defence implications.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. (new) Calls on the Commission to appoint as soon as possible a high-level EU Climate Envoy to promote the fight against climate change at international level;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights that the Union budget should support academic freedom and institutional autonomy across Europe and the world; calls for the Union budget to offer support to Afghan scholars now facing dire circumstances as academic freedom is likely to disappear under the Taliban-lead regime;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that social protection systems and universal health coverage should be promoted by a Pan-Africa Programme, which should have its own budget line; welcomes the funds for continued building of OACP capacity
Amendment 28 #
2 b. Supports the pilot project for setting up a Fellowship Scheme for Researchers At Risk, which should enable the Union to directly support scholars at risk, like those in Afghanistan;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that social protection
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses that in accordance with Article 41(2) TEU any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications should not be charged to the Union budget.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that social protection systems and universal health coverage should be promoted by a Pan-Africa Programme, which should have its own budget line and be in line with the needs of, and in coordination with, the national health systems concerned; welcomes the funds for continued building of OACP capacity.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully align with the updated New Industrial Strategy and adequately alleviate the effects of the economic downturn; stresses that 2022 should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient Europe;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the fact that the
Amendment 30 #
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Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls for additional funds to accelerate the development and deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures in order to meet the commitments under the Paris Agreement and to accelerate clean energy transition/ or transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Believes an ACP programme with its own budget line is essential to cover the common and intersecting objectives and strategic priorities under the new EU- OACPs agreement; considers that this programme would complement EU programming at regional and country level in these parts of the world and should be dedicated priorily towards vulnerable populations facing climate change and biodiversity loss, and support the financing of COVID-19 related healthcare to facilitate access to quality medical care and vaccines for all;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to micro and SME policy;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Draws attention to the calamitous consequences of the global failure to take adequate action against the climate crisis and the need to reinforce the Planet - Global Challenges line;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME policy; underlines th
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Insists that the room for external action expenditure given by the MFF ceiling for Heading 6 'Neighbourhood and the world' and the rules for the mobilisation of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve must be fully utilised; reiterates that the balance between the resources assigned to the different external action instruments through the respective regulations must be preserved; emphasises that the future funding for the needs of the Syrian refugees was not factored in the MFF or NDICI-Global Europe discussions and it should therefore not be borne by the programmed instruments; furthermore, as the expected Syrian refugees package is not responding to a new crisis or unforeseen needs, stresses that any funding from the emergency cushion of NDICI-Global Europe towards this should be limited; calls instead on Member States to make available additional "fresh funds" for this package;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME policy; recalls the analysis showing that there are distinct differences among sectors in the level of severity of impact and the extent of rebound; underlines that without additional long-term support it will not be possible to address adequately the severe, long-term consequences of the crisis on SMEs.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the annual budget exercise to properly reflect the provisions of the GE-NDICI on the mobilisation of the emerging challenges and priorities cushion, in particular to ensure additional EUR 1 billion throughout the entire duration of the MFF to thematic programmes (EUR 200 000 000 for the Human Rights and Democracy thematic programme, EUR 200 000 000 for the Civil Society Organisations thematic programme and EUR 600 000 000 for the Global Challenges thematic programme);
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Expresses deep concern about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan; calls on the Commission to prepare humanitarian assistance, address critical food insecurity, support for refugees in neighbouring countries, support for women, girls and children and human rights defenders in cooperation with the UN agencies (UNHCR, UNICEF), other international organizations and international NGOs; calls for preparation of the new financial programming and strategy to preserve hard-won development gains and continue to support people of Afghanistan and the neighbouring countries without using the Taliban government as an intermediary.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Considers the New European Bauhaus movement to be a potent mechanism to support Europe’s transition to a sustainable economy and society; believes Union programmes such as Horizon Europe, Connecting Europe Facility and InvestEU should contribute to that initiative; calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to integrate this movement into existing Union programmes, leading to synergies and without any additional criteria or administrative burdens;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Stresses that the humanitarian aid budget for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries should be strongly increased to support and protect vulnerable Afghans and their families, including Internally Displaced People and refugees, and to enhance resettlement; demands that, unless the respect for human rights and especially the rights of women and girls can be guaranteed, development assistance to the Afghan regime remains suspended and is redirected towards and limited to independent development and humanitarian organisations in line with EU external action objectives;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce ACER and the EIT which have been understaffed for many years, as well as ensure sufficient budget for ENISA and BEREC to fulfil their missions; welcomes the addition of new establishment plan posts in the EUSPA, but calls for a gradual reduction of external personnel in order to prevent disruptions in security related activities.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce ACER, EUSPA and the EIT which have been understaffed for many years while more tasks were conferred to them through recent legislation; welcomes the addition of new establishment plan posts in the EUSPA, but calls for a gradual reduction of external personnel in order to prevent disruptions in security related activities.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls its plea for promoting gender equality and equal rights and opportunities for all in the Union budget; highlights that special efforts are needed to ensure that the Union budget catalyses gender-equal ecological and sustainable digital transitions; stresses the importance of targeting, in particular, the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and the field of ICT and space sectors; expects the commission to swiftly come up with its methodology to measure the contribution of each relevant programme to gender equality, in line with the inter-institutional Agreement accompanying the 2021-2027 MFF, taking on board the European Court of Auditors' recommendations1a; _________________ 1aSpecial report N10/2021:"Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget:time to turn words into action. https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_10/SR_Gender_mainstream ing_EN.pdf
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Urges, in light of the climate emergency and the alarming findings of the 6th IPCC Assessment Report, for a substantial increase of the climate expenditure in the 2022 budget and to use available margins and flexibility instruments to strengthen the Union’s programmes supporting the ecological, energy and resource-efficient transition; believes, moreover, that the Union funds spent for harmful projects or false climate solutions, such as ITER, which has accumulated substantial technological delays and costs overruns, should be redirected into the development and deployment of energy- and resource- efficiency measures and sustainable renewable energy solutions that are already available or will be available in the near future in order to deliver the EU climate and energy goals;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 40 #
4 a. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to research for health; underlines that in the context of the current pandemic, without addition support it will not be possible to ensure health as a public good for all; reminds that everyone has the right to a cure and the right to have a quality life; calls therefore for new approaches for human centered health care in order to ensure access to diagnostics, therapeutics and quality public health services for all.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Takes note of the Council’s position on the 2022 budget; condemns strongly the cuts proposed to the Union programmes in the industry, research and energy areas, particularly considering that these programmes represent essential investments for recovery, and in the sustainability and digital transitions as well as Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Stresses that certain restrictive measures taken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have had a significant negative impact on self- employed workers and small and medium- sized enterprises and thus on the social fabric of the States concerned, for example in the artisanal fisheries sector in certain West African countries, whereas industrial fisheries are reported to have been less affected by the restrictions imposed in the context of COVID-19 and that, consequently, it is also incumbent on the States concerned to ensure that the above-mentioned measures are proportionate to the health objectives sought and fair for all economic actors, so as not to exacerbate the already significant economic and social inequalities and hinder economic recovery ;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls its resolution of 16 September 2020 on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the EU; calls on Commission to ensure timely implementation of New Own resources as agreed in the Interinstitutional agreement of16 December 2020;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that development assistance
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all Union funds and programmes; insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC, or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, should not be eligible for support under the Union budget;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that development assistance together with substantial debt relief measures involving all private and public creditors and further development of
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Recalls the agreement on the MFF, including on the NGEU funding and the additional funding of EUR 4 billion for Horizon Europe; Considers the cuts proposed by the Council to run contrary to these agreements; intends to hold the Council to its commitments to the recovery of Europe;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that development assistance together
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Reminds of the crucial role of strategic foresight and importance of the evidence based anticipatory policy making;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that development assistance together with substantial debt relief and further development of international tax cooperation is badly needed to shore up public finances, avert damaging austerity measures and prevent that spending on COVID vaccination crowds out other crucial expenditure; calls on the European Commission to define a comprehensive European debt relief strategy towards developing countries; stresses, however, that debt relief is an ad hoc measure and that in the longer term there is a need to support developing countries in implementing systemic reforms so that they can address their immediate and urgent health, education and social protection needs while at the same time avoiding insolvency;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of a social, educational, creative and cultural nature; therefore, increases the allocations of Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Programme to better support the recovery, in particular by ‘greening’ those programmes; underlines that particular attention should be paid to ensure good outreach to vulnerable people, whose exclusion has been worsened by the pandemic, in order to ensure equal access to the programmes for all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates that the increase in programme budgets must go hand in hand with a linear and gradual growth in annual allocations, in order to avoid disproportionate increases and absorption difficulties in the final years of the 2021- 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS and industries, and/or to provide equal protection measures such as tax deductions or exemptions, disposal of public buildings for free to boost the recovery, financing of the costs of the expensive processes required for the special hygiene protocols to be obligatorily adopted by the CCS or other measures possibly suggested by the CCS agents themselves;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS and industries, in line with Parliament's request; welcomes the fact that some Member States have already earmarked part of their recovery plans to benefit CCS and industries;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS and industries and at least 10 % for education;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that no funding from any of the three strands of the Creative Europe Programme should be used for financing projects in the framework of the New European Bauhaus initiative, in line with the repeated commitment of the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to this effect, in order to prevent diversion of the
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that no funding from any of the three strands of the Creative Europe Programme should be used for financing projects in the framework of the New European Bauhaus initiative, in line with the repeated commitment of the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to this effect, in order to
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that more funding is needed to fund all high-quality projects submitted in the framework of
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Suggests that more funding for all high-quality projects submitted in the framework of calls for proposals under the Citizens’ engagement and participation strand of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme might tackle the historically low application success rate of that strand;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Increases the budget for “Multimedia actions” by EUR 2,2 million and creates a reserve of EUR 5 million, in order to encourage the Commission to provide more stability and predictability for radio networks covering EU affairs with funding covering at least two years; calls, however, for this reserve not to penalise the partnerships concluded by the Commission with other partners for the provision of quality European information, in the framework of "Multimedia actions"; affirms in particular its support for the editorial partnership concluded with Euronews in this perspective; furthermore, splits the existing budget line into its four components, for enhanced budgetary scrutiny.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Increases the budget for “Multimedia actions” by EUR 2,2 million and creates a reserve of EUR 5 million, that shall be lifted only after an adequate solution has been identified for the financing of radio networks, in order to encourage the Commission to provide more stability and predictability for the long-term strategic financing of radio networks covering EU affairs with funding covering at least two years; furthermore, splits the existing budget line into its four components, for enhanced budgetary scrutiny.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Increases the budget for
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Underlines the need to support the CCS so that they manage to develop creativity and innovation in order to further develop and eventually deal with the digital transition as an opportunity and not as a threat;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Νotes the importance of providing equal access for all to funding for education and culture; therefore, calls for specific measures to enhance visibility of the funding tools that the Union makes available to the CCS, as well as educational activities to enhance know- how and accessibility to the administrative processes required to access Union funding;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Stresses the need for Member States to monitor and be monitored with regard to the management of funding for the CCS;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Highlights the need to enhance data gathering and usage for the CCS; notes that there are many data that are currently not further used to add value for policy-design; suggests the adoption of specific measures to enhance the usage of the data already gathered in the implementation processes of the programmes;
Amendment 28 #
6 e. Highlights that public funding is vital for the CCS; notes, however, that they are currently inadequately funded; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures establishing long-term schemes for funding the CCS as well as measures incentivising the private sector to invest in the CCS.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of a social, educational and cultural nature; therefore, increases the allocations of Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Programme to better support the recovery
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls upon the Commission to ensure full implementation of the Union programmes in the fields of culture and education in 2022; reiterates the need to make sure that all programmes are accessible across the Union, in particular to small organizations, vulnerable people and people from remote, rural and isolated areas;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to seek for a fair and equitable digitalization of the different programmes and projects allowing everyone to participate; urges the Commission and Member States not to penalize NGOs, participants and implementation partners for changes made, in particular by digitalizing the implementation of the projects, in the context of the pandemic; underlines the need to strengthen the digital dimension of the programmes, as it has been underlined in particular in the resolution of the European Parliament of 25 March 2021 on shaping digital education policy, by including initiatives related to artificial intelligence, robotics and digital education or the European Online University;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors (CCS), reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors (CCS), reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations and artists in their recovery, to provide targeted support for the performing arts, in particular the music sector, and to ‘green’ and include a social dimension in the programme;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors (CCS) and industries, reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations and artists in their recovery, to provide targeted support for the performing arts, in particular the music sector, and to ‘green’ the programme;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI), reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations and artists in their recovery, to provide targeted support for the performing arts, in particular the music sector
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