Activities of Eleonora FORENZA related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 - all sections
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that adequate appropriations should be allocated to the trade-related budget lines to enable the Commission to pursue its ambitious trade agenda aimed at creating growth and jobs across Europe and attaining the Union’s wider international goals as well as to step up its effortsbudget lines relating to the protection of employment, due to the negative impact that agreements such as TTIP will have on the number of employed people in Europe and efforts should be stepped up regarding the monitoring of the implementation and the effects of trade agreements;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to allocate specific resources for the comprehensive ex-ante and ex-post assessment of the possible gender-equality impact of trade agreements signed by the Union;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that mMany Union citizens rightly equate globalisation and liberalisation with a loss of European output and jobs; points to the increasing role of NGOs in shaping public opinion on trade-related matters due to the lack of an effective Union communication strategy; emphasises the need for an increase in the Commission’s information and communication budget to allow for better engagement withlobbies made up of multinational companies in trade negotiations; emphasises the need for an increase in the Commission’s information and communication budget with regard to the lobbying activities of the large multinationals and their relations with negotiators, to allow for greater transparency for citizens; calls on the Commission to present a study on the funding sources and the impact of NGOs active in trade issuelobbies in the Union’s trade negotiations;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the slight increase in commitments for the Instrument for Macro-Financial Assistance and the European Neighbourhood Instrument; is concerned, however, that these increases will not be sufficient to respond to the needs in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, including possible further assistance programmes forcalls for monitoring and control of the real implementation of the programmes, especially regarding assistance to Ukraine;