Activities of Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Draft Budget 2018 (DB 2018); regrets the reduction in both commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) in Heading III compared to 2017; welcomes the top-up of Heading III by an additional EUR 817.1 million above its ceiling using the flexibility instrument;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the large budget reduction (49,7 % in PA) for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) undermines the importance and urgency of the AMIF policy objectives; challenges the Commission’s assertions in DB 2018 that justify its proposed reduction in AMIF fundingreflects a migration and asylum policy based on deportation and border management, in contrast to human rights; stresses that security for those who seek protection in the Union should not be adversely affected by budgetary cuts;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) 3. Regrets the lack of an allocation for a non-military search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean and of safe and legal ways to reach the Union;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretWelcomes the significant budget reduction for the Internal Security Fund (ISF) (35,6 % in PA); stresses that in highlight ofs the continued security threat in the Union, ISF funding should be sufficient to aid Member States in dealing with threats to internal security; highlights the need to sufficiently fund efforts to improve information sharing and to fight cybercrimeneed of the ISF's activities to guarantee internal security while maintaining high standards of respect to fundamental rights such as privacy and freedom of speech;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the funding of instruments for emergency assistance in AMIF (EMAS) and for emergency humanitarian support inside the Union (ESI) in the amounts of EUR 50 million and EUR 200 million respectively; stresses that this funding must not be used for deportations or border control;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the proposed increases in the DB 2018 for expenditure and establishment plans for all agencies in the area of Justice and Home Affairs classified as holding “new tasks”; regrets however that the increases proposed are lower than those requested by most agencies; stresses the importance of staff increases for eu-LISA and Europol; welcomes the budget increase for the European Data Protection Supervisor in view of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation1 . _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ( General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).