6 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in general terms the Commission proposal corresponds to Parliament’s view that the 2018 EU budget must enable the EU to continue to generate growth and jobs while ensuring the security and safety of its citizens;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Points to the insufficient level of climate action funding as proposed by the Commission; recalls the conclusions of the European Council confirmed by the resolution of the European Parliament on the MFF 2014-2020 from 2013 and the special report of the European Court of Auditors from 2016 concluding that there is a serious risk of falling short of meeting the objective to devote at least 20 % of EU expenditure in the 2014-2020 MFF to climate related actions without more effort;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Notes with concern the modest increase of 0,1 % devoted to biodiversity; recalls the commitment of the EU to halt the global loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services by 2020 and underlines that sufficient resources should be dedicated to biodiversity preservation;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls Parliament’s consistently strong support for culture and media programmes; welcomes the proposed increases for the Creative Europe Programme compared with the 2017 budget, including for the European Year for Cultural Heritage under ‘Multimedia actions’; furthermore, insists on sufficient funding for the programme ‘Europe for Citizens’; appreciates, finallyin light of recent developments in the area of health, food and feed safety and consumer protection, which still are of major concern to EU citizens, the increases in commitment appropriations for the Food and Feed programme, the Health programme and the Consumer programme compared with the 2017 budget;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Notes the overall increase in draft budget 2018 for decentralised agencies by +3.1 % (not taking into account assigned revenues) and +146 posts but highlights wide differences between ‘cruising speed’ agencies (-11.2 %) and ‘new tasks’ agencies (+10.5%); assumes that these figures properly reflect the fact that since 2013 most agencies have completed or even exceeded the 5 % staff cuts (some are to complete them in 2018), while staff increases in the same period were confined to agencies dealing with migration and security (+183 posts), financial supervisory agencies (+28 posts) and some agencies entrusted with new tasks (ERA, EASA, GSA) (+18 posts); notes with concern that staff cuts are also applied regardless of increases in some agencies' core tasks, in particular when these are financed by applicant's fees; reiterates its call, as expressed in the 2015 discharge report, to safeguard and where necessary provide additional resources to ensure the proper functioning of the agencies, including the Agencies Network’s Permanent Secretariat (now called Shared Support Office);
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Notes EU agencies currently located in the UK will be facing an additional workload and budgetary needs in 2018 as a consequence of the decision of the UK to withdraw from the Union; calls on the Commission to make available additional staff and budget resources in 2018, to ensure that these agencies can both continue to carry out their tasks effectively and launch all required activities in preparation of their relocation in 2019 including significant IT and infrastructure investments; proposes in addition that the agencies, in the spirit of sound financial management, be authorised to maintain a budgetary reserve to respond to unforeseen costs and unfavourable exchange rate fluctuations that may be incurred in 2018 or beyond;