Activities of Liadh NÍ RIADA related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for 2018 - all sections (A8-0299/2017 - Siegfried Mureşan, Richard Ashworth) (vote)
General budget of the European Union for 2018 - all sections (debate) GA
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018 PDF (993 KB) DOC (188 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (15)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Parliament's reading of the 2018 Budget fully reflects the political priorities adopted by an overwhelming majority in its abovementioned resolutions of 15 March 2017 on general guidelines and of 5 July 2017 on a mandate for the trilogue; recallinsists that long-term jobs, growth and security ar, sustainability and solidarity should be at the core of thosee Union priorities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the Union budget should give priority to policies of real convergence, integration and cohesion, based on social progress and solidarity, safeguarding and promoting the creation of decent, quality and stable jobs, prioritising the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of the environment; insists that the Union budget has proven to be scarce despite its potential to become a key resource in tackling crises and responding to measures which were not anticipated during the negotiation of the MFF 2014- 2020, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the migration and refugee humanitarian challenges or geopolitical tensions in Europe's neighbourhood causing a number of serious challenges and emergencies, while within the Union the pace of economic recovery and the continuous sluggishness of both public and private investment levels led to an investment gap and the aggravation of inequalities between the Member States, its regions and its citizens;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls the announcement of Commissioner Malmstrom and that the Commission has expressed the intention to conclude before the end of 2017 the negotiations for freetrade agreements between the Union and its Member States with Japan, with MERCOSUR, with Mexico, and with Chile, and that the Commission wants to propose still in 2017 ratification of the FTAs with Singapore and with Vietnam; points out that this would mean a dramatic reduction of own resources income for the Union’s budget in 2018 and the coming years; underlines the urgent need for a thorough reorganisation of the Union budget and its structure in the context of thereview of the next MFF and with regard to the trade policy agenda, and calls on the Commission to take the initiative vis- à - vis the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to immediately put an end to the austeritarian policies trend, both at national and Union level; insists on a new strategy for the Union, to enable a social Europe, a path for decent, quality, long-term employment, to enlarge social protection and ensure health and education coverage to all, based upon social cohesion, integrative communities and robust public sectors, guaranteeing the highest levels of living one path that pays heed to the development needs of each region, each Member State, in particular the least developed ones, favouring real convergence between regions, Member States and enhancing all efforts to efficiently reduce the current economic and social gaps;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Rejects any use of the Union budget to finance a militarist EU program; recalls that EU funds, including research grants from the Commission, cannot fund military projects; stresses that the concept of dual-use technology shall not be used as a loop-hole to fund projects with a de facto military aim such as drones for high-tech warfare and security surveillance; insists in an alternative set of programmes that support a more social Europe reinforcing sustainable development, strengthened, environment-friendly internal demand based on progressive wages, full employment with rights, social welfare, eradicating poverty and social exclusion and improved social and economic cohesion;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that Heading 3 has been largely mobilised in recent years to address challenges arising from the migratory and refugee crisis and that such actions should continue for as long as needed; insists however that in the light of recent security concerns across the Union, funding under that heading should also pay particular attention to measures which will lead to enhancing security of Union citizens; decides for this reason to reinforce agencies in the field of Justice and Home Affairs which due to increased workload and additional tasks, have been facing shortage of staff and funding in the past years;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Is highly concerned with the raise of instability and insists on the need to a whole new approach, on the need to rebalance the Union's approach to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to connect and boost efforts towards further sustaining peace and conflict prevention; recalls the worldwide inspiration brought by the Good Friday Agreement while acknowledging the unprecedented challenges and pressures on the aftermath of the United Kingdom 2017 Referendum; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to enhance their support to reconciliation and to guarantee the Union's commitment to secure additional support to Peace funding in the 2018 Budget to secure peace, stability and reconciliation in Ireland;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Insists that in order to achieve sustainable growth, decent, quality and long-term job creation in the Union, boosting investments in research, innovation, education, infrastructure and MSMEs are key; insists in this respect in the need to further reinforce to Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as these programmes contribute directly to reaching these goals; reiterates the need to increase the appropriations to COSME, but also to workers organisations; points in particular to the need to further reinforce MSMEs in the fields of green research and applied technologies, which can become an important source of job creation in the Union; highlights that such measures if accompanied with a set of robust policies and investments to reinforce the public sector in health, education and transport sectors could be the trigger to finally reduce the investment gap, decrease disparities among regions and Member States and thus contributing to the prosperity of the Union;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses the need to strengthen the European Cohesion policy in times of deepening regional, economic and social disparities, and proposes therefore to reverse all the cuts proposed by the Council on the lines related to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Insists on criticizing and denouncing the EFSI as it failed in bridging the investment gap across the Union; insists that instead a major and more ambitious public investment plan should have been implemented across the territories of the Union to help implement strategic, structural investments which would provide a high level of added value to the economy, the public sector, the environment and society;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines that part of the solution to address youth unemployment lies in adequately supporting young people in rural areas and insists on enhancing the "greening" of CAP as it has the potential to foster growth and jobs in particular through supporting innovative sustainable projects while safeguarding biodiversity; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 50 million above the level of the DB for payments for young farmers;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Stresses that the Union climate policy is failing as the recorded decrease in CO2 emissions is resulting from a decrease in economic activity rather than Union policy; notes that the ETS cannot bring reductions in CO2 emission as one Member State's reduction in emission quota is off-set by another Member State's increase in quota; believes that the Union budget must prioritise initiatives that will facilitate a real greening of the economy;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Notes that the level of estimates for 2018 corresponds to 18,88 %, which is lower than that achieved in 2017 (19,25 %) and the lowest part of Heading 5 in the past fifteen years; insists nevertheless that the drive for the lowest expenditure possible for the Parliament shouldn't come at the cost of a reduced Parliament's capacity for its ordinary legislative work;