5 Amendments of Alexandr VONDRA related to 2020/0000(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the 2021 Union budget is the first one under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021- 2027; stresses that the amounts allocated to the 2021 budget should match up to the expectations of Union citizens in a post- COVID-19 Europe, fostering strong economic recovery, and should be aligned with the Paris Agreement and with the Green Deal objectives, and in particular that of becoming climate neutral by 2050, while supporting the Member States that have suffered the most; calls on the Commission to assess the 2021 Union budget in the light of the provisions of this paragraph, and to make the appropriate corrections if they are not met;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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2. Welcomes the provision of the Solvency Support Instrument that stipulates that beneficiaries of financial support will be encouraged to put in place a green transition plan; is of the opinion that that provision should be mandatory;
Amendment 12 #
3. Considers that the Union should also show global climate leadership through its budgeting; hHighlights that every effort should be made to ensure that the overall climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets are reached as soon as possible; recalls Parliament’s position calling for 10 % of the Union budget to be allocated to biodiversity expenditures; points out that climate and biodiversity- related expenditure must be tracked using a more robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology; is of the opinion that the Taxonomy Regulation provides the proper framework to update that methodology;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission to implement green budgeting tools as of 2021; underlines in that regard the importance of effective climate and biodiversity proofing of the budgetat the introduction of these tools must not be to the detriment of important low-carbon bridging technologies such as natural gas, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses that sufficient funding should be allocated to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in order to help tackle public health emergencies, forest fires, floods, earthquakes, and other natural and human-made disasters, the effects of which are expected to be further exacerbated by climate chacerbated by severe drought and poor land management practices;