Activities of Dace MELBĀRDE related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Erasmus+ programme is a strategic investment inthat, primarily for Europe’s young generation, supports education and training opportunities across Europe, helps increase social cohesion and building of a European sense of belonging; reaffirms that a substantial increase in the budget for the Erasmus + programme is critical and highly expected by citizensis of vital importance in order to align it better with the demand for the programme, as demonstrated by the volume of applications received, which exceeds by far the available funding; calls therefore for an adequate increase of the funding over the draft budget for 2020 across all Erasmus+ budget lines; reiterates Parliament’s support for a tripling of the budget for the Erasmus+ programme in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and its intention to stand up for that increase; highlights that Erasmus+ is a one of the most well known Union programmes, whilst its budget is relatively small, constituting less than 2 % of the current MFF; notes, therefore, that tripling of the budget would not undermine the priorities set for the next MFF and is also compatible with the moderated spending aims of the Council;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the cuts proposed by the Council to the Creative Europe programme, which would further undermine its rolobjective in supporting the Union’s cultural and creative sectors and audiovisual works, thus fostering a European sense of belonging, social cohesion, jobs and growth; insists that funding levels should match the ambitions of the programme and recalls that it has been chronically underfundedthe programme’s budget has been very small and inadequate; consequently, in opposition to the cuts, asks for the budget lines corresponding to the Creative Europe programme to be restored and reinforced in order to boost the efforts to reinforce the creative and cultural sectors; reiterates Parliament’s support for a doubling of the budget of the Creative Europe programme in the next MFF and its intention to stand up for that increase; calls on the Commission to continue to support the multilingual offer of European quality cultural TV programming across Europe through the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to endreassess its cooperation with Euronews.