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5 Amendments of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2016/2151(DEC)

Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is worried that in 2015 the share of the Climate-related spending of the EU budget was only 17.3% in 2015 and was only 17.6% in average for the period 2014-2016 according to the European Court of Auditors1a while the objective was to reach, at least, 20% over the financial period; stresses therefore that according to the ECA there is a serious risk that the 20% target will not be met without more effort to tackle climate change; _________________ 1a ECA special report 31/2016
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out furthermore that the 20% climate-related spending was decided before the Paris agreement; is convinced that further efforts should be made in order to make the EU budget even more Climate-friendly; underlines, moreover, that the revision of the MFF creates an excellent opportunity to ensure that the 20% target of spending on climate-related actions is reached and to provide for a possible increase of this threshold in line with the EU's international commitments taken during the COP 21;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Endorses all recommendations made by the Court of Auditors in its special report 31/2016 and especially that the European Commission should explore all potential opportunities, including the midterm MFF revision and the revision of some legal bases, to ensure a further real shift towards climate action; calls on the ECA to issue a follow-up report on the Climate-related spending of the EU budget by the end of 2018
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to take into account the Paris agreement and to increase immediately the Climate-related spending target in the EU budget from 20% to 30%;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to draft the forthcoming EU budgets in order to make it more efficient and more effective and to better align them with the EU 2020 targets, EU's climate targets, and EU's international commitments;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT