Activities of Jutta HAUG related to 2011/0177(APP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 - Own resource based on the value added tax (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Introductory paragraph
Introductory paragraph
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety calls on the Committee on Budgets to consider in its report th, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 shouldfollowing suggestions in its report:
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Europe 2020 strategy accompanied by its flagship initiatives which need to be translated into concrete actions, commitments and legislative frameworks; is committed to transform the European Union with an enhanced engagement in more sustainability towards smart, inclusive and competitive Europe; is convinced that investments in biodiversity and ecosystem measures and in resource efficiency as well as complementary actions at EU level in the public health area will contribute to sustainable growth and jobs;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly believes that the Europe 2020 strategy should be the main policy reference for the next MFF; is convinced that all internal policies contribute to achieving the targets set by the Europe 2020 strategy; considers, as a consequence, that the structure of the MFF should reflect and give political visibility to the Europe 2020 dimensions of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; is not convinced that the structure proposed by the Commission, only reshaping slightly the existing structure, is translating the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls the EP's previous request that the Union's ambition of taking a sustainable low-carbon development path is mainstreamed into all spending policies; emphasises that a failure to decidedly target funds towards sustainability within the Union's cohesion, infrastructure, agriculture and research policy will lead to a feigned, short-sighted increase in flexibility, while strongly reducing the flexibility of future generations; calls, therefore, for intelligent earmarking within all funds as suggested in respective ENVI opinions, leading to at least 20% of climate-related expenditure1;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Strongly demands that at least 0.5% of the Union budget be allocated to the LIFE Programme, given its extremely positive track record as a small, but well targeted and effective instrument and its high European Added Value as only instrument exclusively targeting climate and environment challenges; emphasises that integrated spending for climate and environment via LIFE Integrated Projects should be actively supported within relevant Union funds; calls for LIFE being equipped with the necessary share to contribute to a sound and steady management of the Natura 2000 network, taking into account the secured contribution of other Union funds;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Strongly believes that the current debt crisis should not lead to short-sighted investments jeopardizing, in addition to its financial capital, the Union's natural capital by further degrading biodiversity and eco-system services; calls instead for the establishment of the appropriate framework to counter the crisis by forward-looking investments into major future challenges such as resource- efficiency, climate change and eco-system preservation, where potential economic and social benefits would be significant;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly supports the Commission’s proposal to mainstream measures to combat climate change, leading to at least 20% of climate-related expenditure1, across the whole EU budget; believes that the EU budget will be able to mobilise investment for a sustainable and prosperous low-carbon economy, provide adequate support for achieving the EU 2020 targets for climate, energy, resource- efficiency and biodiversity, and benefit the EU’s citizens by ensuring a more healthy environment; __________ 1 20% of climate-related spending have been proposed by the Commission in its Communication on 'A Budget for Europe 2020', COM(2011) 500 final Part II.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that the next MFF should allow for a ring-fencing of large-scale projects such as the Global Monitoring For Environment and Security programme (GMES); considers that the EU budget should make a long-term contribution to this project, in order to ensure its planning continuity and organisation stability; considers that, should additional financial resources be needed for this large-scale project, those should not be found at the expense of smaller successful projects that are financed by the EU budget;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Takes note of the indicative amounts per decentralised agency in the remit of the Committee on Environment, Public health and Food Safety as proposed by the Commission; is not convinced that those figures correspond to the needs of the agencies to fulfil their given tasks as they represent a freezing of the agencies' budgets; requests that sufficient appropriations need to be assured for agencies working in the field of environment, public health and food safety;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms, in this context, its position in favour of a significant increase - notably through the Connecting Europe Facility - in the funding available for the Union programmes in the fields of competiveness, SMEs and sustainable infrastructures, which are at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy; strongly believes that further cuts with respect to the Commission proposal will seriously jeopardise the EU’s credibility and its political commitment in favour of growth and jobs;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the importance of research and innovation in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable, world- leading, knowledge-based economy which uses its natural resources efficiently and responsibly; calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to agree on a specific roadmap for achieving the 3 % GDP target of investment in research; points to the massive economic commitment that this target would entail, in terms of additional expenditure totalling EUR 130 billion, annually and funded from all sources; stresses, consequently, the need to enhance, stimulate and secure the financing of research and innovation in the Union via a significant increase in expenditure, and notably in EU research and innovation funding;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that EU cohesion policy is a strategic tool for investment, sustainable growth and competitiveness, with an undisputed EU added value; insists that, in order to effectively reduce macroeconomic imbalances within the EU and contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it should be able to rely on a stable, solid and sustainable financial framework; reaffirms its position that cohesion policy funding should be maintained at least at the level of the 2007-2013 period;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas, to managing the environment and preserving biodiversity, and to enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises that strengthening the well targeted and effective Union programme for environment and climate is indispensable and that integrated spending for climate and environment should be actively supported within relevant Union funds;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the introduction of (ex-ante and ex- post) conditionality provisions, thorough environment and climate impact assessments of programmes and projects, cross compliance rules as well as climate and biodiversity tracking to ensure that EU funding, particularly in respect of the Cohesion Fund, the Structural Funds and the rural and fisheries funds as well as investments under the Connecting Europe Facility, are better targeted to the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives; believes that if their implementation is based on a reinforced partnership principle through the stronger involvement of local and regional authorities, these conditionality provisions could avoid incoherent investments and improve the legitimacy, cost-efficiency and effectiveness of EU support;