25 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the MFF 2021-2027 should facilitate a true European added value budget with sufficient funding to achieve its ambitions, and a strengthened focus on stability and simplicity, performance and results, leading to better spending, low operating costs, efficient allocations of resources, equity, and increased accountability and transparency in relation to the Union’s funds, making it understandable to a European tax-payer;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. NotWelcomes that the Commission intends to bring the structure and the programmes of the EU budget fully into line with the Union’s post-2020 positive agenda, as agreed in Bratislava and Rome2 ; notes that the declarations and roadmap adopted in Bratislava and Roma may not be considered as a long term strategic vision with objectives and indicators covering all the policy fields of the Union; _________________ 2 Bratislava declaration of 16 September 2016; Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reiterates its call on the European Commission to introduce a long-term vision on the position of the European Union in the globalized world that would be underlined by rightly applied policies based on long-term political objectives, thus enabling the EU to address the current and future challenges; notes that failing in doing so might potentially undermine the added value of the MFF proposal;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the Europe 2020 strategy will end before the start of the new MFF period, and that no new set of strategic EU goals has been decided on yet; stresses once againthe need for further strategic policy planning on the Commission´s side and reiterates that public budgets are to be determined after the setting of long-term political objectives and the designing of policies, regrets that the new MFF proposal has become a vehicle for shaping the EU’s political objectives after 2020 rather than simply reflecting them in a line with a overall vision for the EU; regrets that the new MFF proposal does not fully reflect this demand;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points outStresses that the Member States and the Commission should be able tofirstly present well-justified needs for Union funding and define the strategic aims and the intended results to be achieved before any spending is setplanned with the corresponding indicators to be measured;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Welcomes the overall modernization and simplification of the budget and the ambition for increased streamlining, flexibility and transparency;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the funding for policies and projects should be in line with climate and energy objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement; recalls, therefore, that at least 30 % of the EU’s expenditure should contribute to the climate objectives and agrees that this is best done by mainstreaming climate spending across all EU programmes; reiterates its call on the Commission to ensure that this is applied in a coherent and comprehensive manner in accordance with strategic planning;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Invites the Commission to continuously demonstrate sufficient leadership and commitments in the strategic areas and calls on the Commission to ensure increase of the overall visibility of the funding towards general public;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls that the European budget has an obligation to respond adequately to the demands and ambitions of the European policies, and be of added value to the Union; recalls that the lack of overall vision may hinder the added value;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals to improve the EU budget’s capacity to respond to changing circumstances by increasing overall flexibility and ensuring sufficient appropriations to cover unforeseen events without hampering monitoring and control; welcomes, in particular, the proposals to raise the own resources ceiling, reduce the difference between total payment appropriations and total commitment appropriations, remove the limits placed on the Global Margin for Payments, increase the size and scope of special instruments outside the MFF (Flexibility Instrument, Emergency Aid Reserve, European Union Solidarity Fund and European Globalisation Adjustment Fund), to extend the scope of the Emergency Aid reserve to operations inside the EU, and to widen the Global Margin for Commitments and rename it the Union reserve;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is deeply concerned byNotes the cuts proposed by the Commission in the CAP and cohesion and considers them a necessary step towards more effective and target-focused spending;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Asks, once again, for the Commission and the Member States to rectify this anomaly, and stresses that the CAP financing schemes should focus more on farmers operating under special constraints, more specificallyStresses that the CAP financing schemes should especially benefit small farm businesses, ecologically and geographically challenging areas and sparsely populated regions in accordance with the strategic goals of the EU;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; strongly emphasises the importance of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which should be streamlined into every policy proposals as a horizontal obligation of the Union; welcomes in this context the creation of new Justice, Rights and Values Fund aiming at inter alia promoting European justice area, rights, values and equality; JHA agencies, should support the Commission in its coordination and oversight tasks in respect to funds by assisting in monitoring and training activities; calls in particular for a close cooperation of the Fund with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights; further emphasises that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also its position that, following the Paris Agreement, climate- related spending should be significantly increased in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Fears that the largNotes the cuts in the rural development programmes, namely 27 % overall, with 45 % in the Cohesion and 10 % in the European Social Fund, will not allow the Union; however invites the Commission to ensure its ability to successfully tackle the disparities and sharp divisions between urban and rural areas, to reverse the processes of deepening divergences and to overcome fragmentation; reiterates its position that additional political priorities should be coupled with additional financial means and not financed to the detriment of successful EU policies;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. WNotes that the current system of own resources is excessively complex and places unequal emphasis on the net balances between Member States; welcomes the three new categories of own resources that include a share of the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB), a 20 % share of the revenue generated by the emissions trading scheme and a national contribution calculated on the amount of non-recycled plastic packaging waste in each Member State;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Encourages the Commission to make additional proposals for new own resources in order to achieve a self- sustaining EU budget in the medium term; is of the opinion that the share of new genuine own resources shall play a significant role in the revenue side of the EU budget;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. BelievReiterates that the current system of corrections and rebates needs to be abolished, and supports the Commission’s proposal to phase out all rebates by 2025, which will lead to simpler and more transparent structure;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Believes that the financing of the EU should be more stable, sustainable, predictable, more transparent and understandable to EU citizens;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the overarching objective of conditionality in the EU is to foster integration and cohesion among Member States; believes that sound logical conditionality must involve setting incentives in such a way that it leads to further engagement of the Member States in the European project, contributes to the intended outcome and prevents the misuse of EU funds;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Welcomes the principle that future revenues from EU policies should flow into the EU budget, as they constitute a genuine EU income source., especially in the areas of environment, customs, climate, transport or energy;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to ensure strengthening of the existing systems of control and preventing fraud and irregularities harming the EU financial interests;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 47 b (new)
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47 b. In this regard stresses the need to erase the disparities in custom controls across the EU that constitute a massive risk to the EU financial interests and calls on the Commission to harmonize the custom management across the EU in order to effectively combat smuggling of goods and tax-fraud.
Amendment 114 #
Paragraph 14 – point xv
xv. Reinstate at least the 2020 level for all agencies; Increase the level for JHA agencies for which the workload and/or number of new tasks resulting from Union’s priorities significantly increased in particular in the area of security, migration and fundamental rights;