Activities of Carmen AVRAM related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of putting right the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; considers that the serious health situation and its economic consequences call for exceptional financial support to be made available immediatela fresh ‘aid package’ to complement the previous ones and deploy new exceptional financial support to be made available immediately, given that the pandemic and its economic and social effects are not going away;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of controls on fishing activities; believes that these controls must remain a priority in the financing of the common fisheries policy, especially since new rules to harmonise and improve the fisheries control system in the Union are expected to be approved soon;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) must be given the additional funding and equipment it needs to carry out its activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals, including digitalisation and adapting to new technologies; points out, furthermore, that research and development should be included in the area of control and inspection techniques and provision of assistance to the Commission and the Member States in specific fields;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; considers that Member States should draw on the EMFF and the European Structural Funds to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under-represented groups, particularly women, to join the industrybring women into the different categories of jobs, and to raise the profile of women in the activities they are already involved in;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Points to the persistent challenges in the Union’s Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, as well as the importance of endowing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East with adequate financial resources; ris particularly concerned that school curriculum and textbooks authorised by the Palestinian Authority contain hate speech and violent depictions. Recalls that all teaching and training programmes that are financed from Union funds have to reflect common values and comply with UNESCO standards for peace and tolerance in school education.Recalls the importance of developing stable relations and strong cooperation between the EU and Africa and deems appropriate to dedicate sufficient financial resources to the development of this continent, which would contribute inter alia to mitigating the root causes of forced migration;