Activities of Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
Amendments (3)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the increase of 3,9 % in commitment appropriations and 1,8 % in payment appropriations in the budget lines related to the remit of ITRE Committee under Heading 1a of the general budget of the Union compared to 2018; further welcomes the focus of the 2019 general budget on growth, innovation, competitiveness, climate change, the transition to renewable energies and on the success of young and female researchers and entrepreneurs; calls on the Commission to provide increased and sufficient financial resources for those priorities, whilst acknowledging the expected reduction of the total EU budget in the light of Brexit;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of finalisachieving at the Energy Union while achievingsame time the European climate goals by fulfilling the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainability Goals; urges the Commission to provide the necessary funding for investments in these fields, as well as to tackle energy poverty and just transition; In this respects welcomes the Commission’s estimates that climate spending will reach 20,1 % in the 2019 budget;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that, as the United Kingdom has stated that it will contribute to the 2019 and 2020 budgets, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union is not expected to directly impaRecognises that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom will have direct consequences for the European Union budgets and could affect programmes under ITRE-remit;