Activities of Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Amendments (14)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the budget should ensure appropriate financial support for the economies of Ukraine and the Union, in particular countries hosting large numbers of refugees, including third countries, in the context of the war in order to make the economies and financial systems more resilient, while reinforcing the Union’s capacity to deal with rapidly growing geopolitical challenges;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the provision of adequate resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies, for the fight against financial crime, money laundering and tax evasion, for the implementation of the OECD agreement on corporate taxation, for the enforcement of competition law, and for compliance with the economic governance framework; recalls that tax avoidance, tax fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering undermine government revenues; underlines that it is of utmost importance to fight tax avoidance and evasion while keeping taxes at a level that supports sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that the Commission must guarantee that EU funds are not allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation; reiterates its position that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence; is concerned about the antisemitism, hate speech and incitement to jihad and violence taught in Palestinian school textbooks, indirectly funded by the EU; stresses that conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to stimulate sustainable growth while supporting green and digital transformations, structural reforms to modernise the Union economies and access to finance and capital markets for SMEs and retail investors through information and transparency; highlights the potential of the InvestEU and its SMEs window;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the EU and its Member States’ capacities to counter disinformation, hybrid warfare, propaganda and espionage must be strengthened due to, among other reasons, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; calls for further funding for strategic communication to counter malicious interference, and reiterates the need of dedicated StratCom Task Forces, including one focused on interference emanating from the Middle East, in particular from Iran;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that the agreed roadmap for the introduction of new own resources is of the utmost importance to ensure repayment of the NGEU programme; therefore urges the Council to respect the agreed timeline to make the necessary progress on the new revenue basket proposed by the Commission in December 2021; also urges the Commission to propose second basket of own resources in line with the roadmap agreed in the IIA;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that in the current context of unexpected needs linked to the Ukraine crisis, inflation, energy insecurity, climate related spending and, at the same time, very limited margins and flexibility of the EU budget, urgent and comprehensive revision of the MFF is indispensable;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Points out, that 2023 will be the last year of contracting under the Next Generation EU programmes and the last year of the implementation of the MFF 2014-2020, as well as the year in which the new programmes 2021-2027 will gather momentum, fostering economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Notes, that the automatic inflationary adjustment of the annual budget is well below the actual inflation rate, calls therefore for the adequate level of the payment appropriations and budgetary flexibility to respond in time to the highly unpredictable needs in 2023;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on the Member States to comply with all the country-specific recommendations of the European Semester, in particular in the field of the rule of law, and to implement the necessary reforms in line with the condition of protecting the Union budget;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Highlights the need to secure adequate funding for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; acknowledges that the protection of the EU’s external borders is a condition for the proper functioning of the Schengen area;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7 h. Highlights the need to secure adequate financial and human resources to Court of Auditors, the European Anti- Fraud Office and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to scrutinise the use of EU funds;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7 i. Highlights that developments in the fields if sustainable finance, fintech, anti-money laundering, cyber resilience, payments and non-bank financial intermediation will entail new competences and tasks for ESAs, which should be accompanied by adequate staffing and funding;