2 Amendments of Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the crucial role to be played by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in closing gaps not covered by the market and in attracting private investments; welcomes the agreement reached by the co-legislators on the increase in contributions to the EFSI to EUR 3 billion, to be found from the overall budgetary margins in the period 2016 to 2020 as a first step in the right direction; points out that in the present low interest rate environment at the zero lower bound, a significant increase of the fund would be needed effectively to provide the necessary macro-economic stimulus; reaffirms its determination to further reduce the budgetary impact on Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF);
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the present and future crucial role of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in relation to EU-level financial supervision and the banking union; emphasises that the 2016 draft budget must provide for a sufficient increase in budgetary resources for the ESAs to address the ever-increasing range of tasks being assigned to them, as well as external factors such as exchange rate fluctuations and general increases in levels of pay; points out that the practical limits of effective supervision must not be set by budgetary constraints; encourages a comparison of ESAs’ funding with US agencies in the field of financial sector supervision, including the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;