Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2017 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0353/2016 - Jens Geier, Indrek Tarand) RO
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the Commission’s proposed increase in appropriations for Heading 3 of 5,4 % in commitment appropriations and 25,1 % in payment appropriations as compared to the 2016 budget; notwelcomes that this increase is EUR 1,8 billion above the initially programmed amount for the year to respond to the migration challenge; notes that the Commission leaves no margin in Heading 3 and proposes the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for EUR 530 million and the Contingency Margin for commitments for an amount of EUR 1.164,4 million in order to respond to the current asylum and migration crisis;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes in particular the proposed increase of 4,3 % in commitment appropriations and 10,7 % in payment appropriations for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, as compared to the 2016 budget, as this programme helps to foster civic and democratic participation andt EU level, to engage young people as well as the elderly in the EU and contribute to citizens' understanding of the EU, its policies history and diversity.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of further developing tools to enhance e- government, e-governance, e-voting and e-participation and promote digital citizenship atnd EU level to help citizens exercise EU citizenship rights, notably in the context of ECIscitizenship rights by developing online ‘citizenship’ activities which enhances transparency, accountability, responsiveness, engagement, deliberation, inclusiveness, accessibility, participation, subsidiarity and social cohesion;