6 Amendments of Reimer BÖGE related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that adequate appropriations should be allocated to the trade-related budget lines to enable the Commission to pursue its ambitious trade agenda as outlined in the "Trade for all" strategy, which implies also a re-allocation of adequate resources in order to enableallow for better monitoring of and appropriate public communication and dissemination of information about trade agreements;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should be allocated sufficient budgetary resources so that adequate trade-related technical suptrade-related technical support and assistance provided by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) to our close partners in the Eastern Partnership as well as to the post-Arab- Spring countries make an import and assistance can be made available to our close partners, especially those in the Eastern Partnership as well as the post-Arab-Spring countriest contribution to stability in the region; is therefore concerned by the proposed funding cuts to the Mediterranean axis as well as the assistance to Palestine and UNWRA;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Deplores the proposed significant cuts to macro-financial assistance compared to the exceptionally high level in 2016, given that many partner countries continue to face severe economic difficulties; believes that a higher funding level than proposed will be required to ensure that all future requests for loans can be accommodated;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the Union budget to respond to multiple crises, financed in part from the Union budget through cuts of programmes under Heading IV; points to the failure of Member States to match the Union contributions to the two Trust Funds which limits their potential impact; insists that such funding instruments must remain an exception and should eventually be included in the Union budget to allow for proper democratic control;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the announcement by the Commission that it will present a proposal for an External Investment Plan as part of the New Migration Partnership Framework in autumn 2016; believes that the External Investment Plan will offer new investment opportunities for European business in developing third countries and contribute to the sustainable political and economic stabilisation of the European Neighbourhood; deplores that the forthcoming proposals are not reflected in the draft general budget 2017; stresses that the creation of the new fund should not go to the detriment of the already under-funded programmes in Heading IV but make use of the funds as well as the expertise and the management capacities of the European Investment Bank;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to assess and improveNotes the proposed increase in commitment appropriations and the significant reinforcement in payment appropriations for the Partnership Instrument; is concerned that individual trade promotion projects implemented under this instrument are not complementary to existing local and regional programmes but pose unfair competition to them; asks the Commission to assess the existing tools aimed at promoting SME internationalisation regarding their coherence with other European SME support instruments such as COSME as well as regarding subsidiarity, non-duplication and complementarity in relation to respective Member State programmes; calls on the Commission to make timely proposals for the midterm review of these programmes with a view to improving their efficiency and effectiveness;