9 Amendments of Aurélia BEIGNEUX related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
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 environmentenvironment and biodiversity 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 reversingreverse the decline in biodiversity;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the potential of nuclear energy in the production of low-carbon energy. Stresses, in this regard, the importance of maintaining EU-level investments, instruments and programmes for nuclear energy and nuclear research;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the Commission expects Member States to continuously intensify their public investments in the protection of the environment and biodiversity; urges, therefore, that this expenditure should be freed from the budgetary constraints imposed by the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 25 #
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 methodologie close as possible to countries' resources and needs, 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 % in the next MFF, which should be reflected in the 2021 Union budget;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to ensure a balance between the preservation of European industrial policy and an ambitious environmental programme, in which one is not pursued to the detriment of the other;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the need to ensure sufficient resources in the 2021 budget for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goto support Member State initiatives and investments in favour of sustainable energy, depending on their specific national characteristics and the energy mix already at their disposals;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that adequate resources should be allocated in the 2021 budget for the drawing-up and implementation of the future European plan to fight cancer, while taking into account the research plans and investments already carried out and funded by existing European programmes;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that sufficient funding should be allocated to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in order to help tackle forest fires, floods, earthquakes and otherwhich has frequently been called on in recent years, in order to continue to help Member States in tackling natural or human-made disasters; recalls that this mechanism is, for the most part, used after the event, to support Member States in the aftermath of a natural andor human-made disasters, whose effects are expected to be further exacerbated by climate chang; calls, therefore, for the procedures to be made easier so that the mechanism is as rapidly mobilisable and responsive as possible;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of ensuring that sufficient financial resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to ensure adequate funding for the Union agencies, enabling them to fulfil their mandate and execute their tasks, and to prevent any conflict of interests or misuse of funds.