2 Amendments of Michał BONI related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 118 #
Paragraph 14 – point xvi
xvi. MaintainIncrease the level of 2014-2020 funding for several EU programmes (e.g. Justice, Rights and Values), for which the Commission proposal represents a reduction in real terms, to finance an internal European Democracy Fund for the strengthened support of civil society and NGOs working in the fields of democracy and human rights (EUR 0.5 billion);
Amendment 171 #
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of the new sanction mechanism whereby Member States that do not respect the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) shall be subject to financial consequences; warns, however, that final beneficiaries of the Union budget shall in no way be affected by the disregarding from their government towards fundamental rights and the rule of law; therefore underlines that measures shall not affect the obligation of government entities or of Member States to make payments to final beneficiaries or recipients; underlines the importance of an internal European Democracy Fund, believes however, that its financing cannot be at the expense of cohesion policy and other programmes; stresses that in order to fulfil the objectives of the fund, the principle of central management should apply;