3 Amendments of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes into account the decrease of 1,9% in commitments in Heading 3 on security and Citizenship compared to the 2014 budget, mostly due to the end of the Schengen Facility for Croatia, in accordance with its Treaty of Accession and welcomes the increase of 12,2% in payments, which will contribute to ensure that payment appropriations are sufficient to implement the policies in this area; notes, however, that the commitment appropriations in the titles Home Affairs and Justice increase by 3,27% and payment appropriations by more than 57% compared to 2014; regrets that the budget allocations for asylum, migration and integration policies and for the Justice, fundamental rights and citizenship sector increase very slightly and are not in line with the challenges the Union and the Member States are facing in order to meet the increasing number of asylum seekers and refugees, the Union objectives regarding legal migration and integration of migrants, the promotion of the rule of law and the respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and access to and exercise of the rights of residents within the area of freedom, security and justice;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts that the increased budget of the EASO will be sufficient, as this Agency is crucial to address pressing asylum issues and will have a reinforced role in promoting the uniform application of the Asylum package and therefore requests that the budget be increased as this Agency is crucial for the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, the convergence of best practices as regards asylum and the cooperation between Member States ;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Questions the existence of the budget line "Setting up new IT systems to support the management of migration flows across the external borders of the Union" even though the "Smart Borders" package has yet to be adopted by the co- legislators; underlines that no specific funding has been allocated to that budget line since its creation; calls on the Commission to establish budget lines for such actions only after the co-legislators have approved those actions through the appropriate legislative act;