Activities of Nikolaj VILLUMSEN related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 budget - Section III
Amendments (12)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to allow the Union to rapidly take the concrete actions needed to address the climate and environment emergency; insists that the next budget should help the Union to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, should be fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C, and should contribute to reversing the decline in biodiversity; regrets that the Union has so far been falling short of its climate goals;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for a 40% climate spending target in the next MFF and for this to be reflected in the 2021 Union budget;
Amendment 13 #
2. Highlights that the 2021 Union budget is the first one under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027; highlights in this regard, that a budget that is fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C set out in the Paris Agreement, would mark a significant change that could set out a clear path for the Union for the remainder of the 2021- 2027 MFF; stresses that every effort should be made, right from the beginning of the new MFF, to ensure that the overall climate mainstreaming target is reached over the whole period;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the 2021 Union budget is the first one under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027; stresses that every effort should be made, right from the beginning of the new MFF, to ensure that the overall climate mainstreaming target is reached over the whole period; strongly welcomes, in this regard, any overshooting of the overall target in the 2021 budget in order to offset the lower allocations made during the previous MFF;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the 2021 Union budget is the first one under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027; stresses that every effort should be made, right from the beginning of the new MFF, to ensure that the overall climate mainstreaming target is reached over the whole period; recalls the need for the climate mainstreaming to include all sectors, including agriculture, energy and transport;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the climate mainstreaming of the budget must happen in a way that is socially just, making sure that the burdens are carried according to the polluter pays principle and not placed on the most vulnerable people and communities; highlights in this regard the need to secure good and decent jobs for workers in affected sectors;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that climate and biodiversity-related action should be tracked using robust methodology, based on internationally established methodologies, particularly in order to avoid the risk of overestimation of the allocated funds; recalls its position in support of a biodiversity spending target of 10 %, additional to the spending target on climate, in the next MFF, which should be reflected in the 2021 Union budget;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for increased funding for the LIFE+ programme, including amounts specifically earmarked for biodiversity and Natura 2000 network management;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Insists that accounting of EU expenditure as contributing to climate and biodiversity objectives is done on the basis of clear, scientific empirical evidence;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the 2021 Union budget should not in any way aggravate the climate and ecological emergencies; emphasises that this means that all direct and indirect harmful subsidies should be discontinued, including all subsidies for fossil fuel projects, intensive agriculture and promotion campaigns for animal based products;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that today vast amounts of Union resources are spent on actions and programmes that are counteracting a rapid green transition; Stresses in this regard, how ending or amending these programs and actions, redirecting the resources to enhance the fight against climate change and loss of biodiversity instead, serves a double purpose;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that sufficient funding for sustainable transport infrastructure and promotion of public transport is important in ensuring sustainable mobility including in peripheral areas; highlights that affordable, high-speed day and night trains between the largest cities in Europe would constitute a much needed and necessary alternative to air travel; rejects in this regard, the use of EU appropriations for promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector;