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Activities of Jonathan ARNOTT related to 2017/2044(BUD)

Plenary speeches (3)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2044(BUD)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2044(BUD)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2044(BUD)

Amendments (24)

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the Union continues to face numerous challenges and is convinced that the necessary financial resources need to be deployed from the Union budget, in order to meet the political priorities and allow the Union to deliver answers and effectively respond to those challenges;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Expresses its oppolsiti~~cal support for~~on to the establishment of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) and ~~welcome~~rejects the legislative proposal put forward in this regard by the Commission; considers~~, however, that, pending a decision on the financing of the ESC and the adoption of the relevant regulation under the ordinary legislative procedure,~~ that no financial provision should be entered for this purpose in the 2018 Budget or future budgets; decides, therefore, that relevant appropriations and redeployments, entered by the Commission in the Draft Budget 2018 (DB), should be for the moment reversed, as the decision on the 2018 Budget should not prejudge in any way the outcome of the legislative negotiations; remains fully committed to integrate the decision on ESC financing in next year’s budget immediately via an amending budget, in case the negotiations on the relevant regulation are not concluded before the end of the 2018 budgetary procedurereversed;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned by the fact that youth unemployment remains at unprecedented levels and is convinced that in order not to jeopardise the future of an entire generation of young Europeans, additional actions need to be undertaken; decides therefore to reinforce the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) beyond the level proposed by the Commission for 2018; stresses that such reinforcement should be considered as additional to the overall allocation that was politically endorsed for YEI in the context of the MFF mid-term revision, and not as a mere frontloading of that allocation in the 2018 Budget;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Regrets that, while preparing its position, Parliament has not been sufficiently informed about the budgetary impact of a possible political decision to extend the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT); reiterates its longstanding position that new initiatives shall not be financed to the detriment of existing EU external projects; calls therefore on the Commission, in the event of the prolongation of the FRT, to propose its financing through fresh means; notes that the Heading 4 ceiling is vastly insufficient to provide a sustainable and effective response to the current external challenges, including the migration and refugee crisiscalls therefore on the Commission, to repeal the FRT and end all Union budgetary payments to Turkey;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Rejects Council’s unjustified EUR 750 million cuts to subheading 1a, which alone represent almost two thirds of the overall Council cuts in commitments in MFF headings; notes that such cuts contradicts Council’s own stated political priorities;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Decides, therefore, to further reinforce beyond the DB and the pre- EFSI and pre-ESC profiles those programmes that are key to boosting growth and jobs and that reflect widely agreed Union priorities, namely Erasmus+, Horizon 2020 (Marie Curie, European Research Council, SME Instrument), COSME, and EaSI (Progress and Eures);deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the importance of stimulating cooperative defence research in Europe for addressing key capability shortfalls at a time when international developments increasingly require Europe to step up itsOpposes defence research spending and rejects stepping up Union efforts on defence; ~~fully suppor~~rejects the increased allocation for the Preparatory Action on defence research; ~~reiterates, nevertheless, its longstanding position that new initiatives should be financed through fresh appropriations and not at the expense of existing EU programmes;~~

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. As a result, increases the level of commitment appropriations for subheading 1a above the DB by EUR 143,9 million (excluding pre-EFSI and pre-ESC restoration, pilot projects and preparatory actions), to be financed within the margin available as well as a further mobilisation of the Global Margin for Commitments;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Firmly believes that taxpayers’ money should not be used to support the rearing or breeding of bulls for fighting activities; stresses that breeding or rearing for these purposes should not be eligible for basic payments; takes note of the Commission’s executability letter which states that proposal cannot be implemented due to provisions in existing Union legislation; demands, therefore, in order to move this issue forward, proposals should be initiated to change the relevant pieces of legislation that the Commission cite as blocking this initiative;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Highlights the crucial role played by the EU agencies in the area of justice and home affairs in addressing pressing concerns of Union citizens; decides therefore to increase budgetary appropriations and staffing of Europol, Eurojust, EASO and CEPOL; reiterates the contribution of these agencies to enhancing cooperation between Member States in the field;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Regrets Council’s arbitrary cuts of more than EUR 30 million in commitment appropriations to numerous programmes in the areas of culture, citizenship, justice, public health, consumer rights and civil protection, in disregard of these programmes’ excellent implementation rates and despite already insufficient levels of financing that leave many high- quality projects unfunded; restores all lines to the level of the DB and proposes additional increases to relevant lines;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Reiterates its conviction that it is time to boost funding for important EU programmes in the areas of culture and citizenship, in particular Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens and in view of the European elections in 2019; reiterates that all institutions must honour the political agreement found on the 2018 funding for the European Year of Cultural Heritage by providing sufficient appropriations for it through Creative Europe’s Culture sub-programme, in the absence of a separate budget line for the Year;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Is of the opinion that in order to adequately tackle disinformation campaigns, especially those coming from the Russian Federation, and to promote an objective image of the Union outside its borders, additional financial means are needed; calls therefore to step up funding to counter disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks; decides therefore to increase resources for strategic communication actions;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. As a result, decides to reverse almost all of the Council’s cuts and to reinforce Heading 4 by EUR 299,7 million above the DB in commitment appropriations (excluding pilot projects and preparatory actions, the transfer of EUSRs and adopted cuts);deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Considers that Council’s cuts do not reflect the real needs a~~nd therefore restores the DB for all Commission administrative expenditure, including administrative and research support expenditure in Headings 1 to 4~~s more needs to be done to reduce the overall Union budget;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Endorses, as a general rule, the Commission's estimates of the budgetary needs of agencies; considers, therefore, that any further cuts proposed by the Council would endanger the proper functioning of the agencies, in particular the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and would not allow them to fulfil the tasks they have been assigned;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. In the context of the challenges the Union is still facing in terms of migration and security, and bearing in mind the necessity for a coordinated European response, decides to reinforce the appropriations for the European Police Office (Europol), the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust), the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA);deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)

53 a. Demands that, due to recent revelations regarding the travel expenditure of members of the Commission, there must be a higher degree of accountability by ensuring this information is made publically available;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Having carried out a careful analysis of the pilot projects and preparatory actions submitted as regards the rate of success of the on-going ones, excluding initiatives already covered by existing legal bases and taking fully into account the Commission's assessment of the projects' implementability, decides to adopt a compromise package made up of a limited number of PP-PAs, in view also of the limited margins available and the ceilings for PP-PAs;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Recalls the usefulness of special instruments to provide flexibility over and beyond the extremely tight ceilings of the current MFF and welcomes the improvements brought about by the mid- term revision of the MFF Regulation; calls for an extensive use of the Flexibility instrument, the Global Margin for Commitments and the Contingency Margin in order to finance the wide range of new challenges and additional responsibilities that the Union budget is facing;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Recalls also the significance of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) and the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF); supports the Commission’s intention to provide for a quicker mobilisation of the EUSF by putting most of its annual amount in a reserve in the Union budget, on top of the amount already budgeted for advances; regrets the Council’s cut in that respect and restores partially the DB level, with the exception of the amount which has been frontloaded to 2017 via amending budget 4/2017 and the mobilisation of the EUSF for Italy;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Decides to restore the DB in payments on all lines cut by the Council and reinforces payment appropriations in targeted manner, mostly on those lines which are amended in commitment appropriations;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)

63 a. Firmly believes it was wrong for Political Groups to have been exempt from previous staff reduction targets and, furthermore, opposes the decision to allocate an extra 76 posts offset by these reductions from the administration; calls, therefore, for the number of posts for Political Groups to be reduced by 76 and a 5% reduction applied;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

Jonathan ARNOTT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76

~~76. Restores all lines cut by the Council;~~deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG