5 Amendments of Tomas TOBÉ related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes the overall reduction of AMIF commitment appropriations by 15,4 % (-172 million euros) compared to 2019; regrets the decrease of commitment appropriations aimed at strengthening and developing the CEAS and enhancing responsibility-sharing between Member States (-29,5 %) compared to 2019; recalls the importance of providing adequate financial capacity to improve the integration of migrants as well as re- integration of migrants who forcibly or voluntarily returned to a third country, and to respond to emergency assistance needs of Member States under migratory pressure; expresses its disappointment at the factnotes that the AMIF budget does not include some financial reserves to finance the reformed Dublin legislation and the new Union Resettlement schemes in case of adoption during 2020; proposes to foresee an amount in the reserve for temporary arrangements for disembarkation in the Union and relocation of people rescued in the Mediterranean; requests, in order to free financial resources, that the EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Regional development protection programmes for North Africa that primarily support external policies of the Union are funded by Heading IV of the Union budget (Global Europe) instead of by AMIF under Heading III (Security and Citizenship);
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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4. Points out that the budget of the EBCG has increased by 34,8 % (+108 million euros) in 2020 which is by far the largest increase among all JHA agencies; recalls that the Court of Auditors identified as part of the discharge of the 2017 Budget that Member States overestimated the financial need of the EBCG in 2017; underlines that when the objective of providing the EBCG with more human resources (10.000 border guards by 2027), the number of migrants arriving irregularly over sea or land in the Union has substantially decreased compared to previous years; suggests that such boost in resources should also be used for rescuing lives at sea; regrets the remarkable difference between the commitment appropriations assigned to EBCG (420 million euros) in 2020 and the amount accorded to EASO (133 million euros); suggestunderlines that the EBCG should focus on strengthening the Union's external borders with the purpose of securing the free movement for people within the Union and favouring orderly migration; considers that the budget and staffing of EASO should be increased for a betteradequate to allow the Agency to properly performance of the duties entrusted to the Agencyit has been entrusted;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the increase of Commitment appropriations of the EPPO (70,5 %); recalls the important role of EPPO in investigating and prosecuting fraud involving Union funds and the need to provide sufficient financial resources so that it becomes fully operational before December 2020; asks the Commission to further study the financial needs for an expansion of the role of EPPO to include cross-border terrorism in line with its Communication on 12 September 2018;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
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6. Regrets that the Commission did not follow the budgetary request of Europol and proposed to underfund the Agency by 30 million euros in 2020; considers the proposed increase in Europol's budget of 2.57 % as insufficient as it does not correspond to the needs that exist regarding the Union's shared law enforcement efforts and as the Agency has a key role in the fight against organised crime, in particular cross- border property crime, and terrorism in Europe; stresses in particular that Europol's counter-terrorism center needs sufficient funding; takes the view that in the long term, Europol's budget has to increase substantially; notes that the decrease of the eu-LISA commitment appropriations by 18,7 % (-55 million euros) corresponds to the end of the development of the Entry Exit System; reiterates the need to ensure adequate financial support for JHA Agencies to deliver the tasks assigned to them in full transparency and to fight against cross- border serious crime in full compliance with fundamental rights;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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7. Welcomes the amount allocated to the EDPS (19 million euros); emphasises the need to ensure appropriate budgetary and staff resources for EDPS to carry out the additional tasks resulting from the implementation of the new Union data protection framework (GDPR) with full independence; stresses therefore that the allocated budget is the bare minimum;