11 Amendments of Petros KOKKALIS related to 2021/0277(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
1. Highlights that the 2022 EU budget and its implementation should meet the expectations of citizenspeople that the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crises will be fast, resilient, socially fair and equitable;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that this budget should contribute to achieving the revised 2030 EU climate and environmental targets – including halting and reversing biodiversity loss – the EU’s energy targets and the objective of making the EU climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest in line with the Paris Agreement, while ensuring a green and just transit goal to limit the temperature rise to under 1.5oC, while supporting the Member States that have suffered the most and ensuring a green and just transition for all with social inclusion and regional cohesion through the European Green Deal;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of achieving the EU’s climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets1 as soon as possible using the new funds available under the Next Generation EU (NGEU) instrument, in particular the Recovery and Resilience Facility2 and the Just Transition Fund; recalls Parliament’s position calling for 10 % of the Union budget to be allocated to biodiversity expenditures; highlights that it is essential that funding from the multiannual financial framework and the NGEU is only awarded for activities which are in line with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle and are consistent with the Paris Agreement objectives as laid down in the European Council conclusions of 21 July 2020; ______________ 1 30 % of EU expenditure contributing to climate objectives, and annual spending levels for biodiversity of at least 7.5 % in 2024, increasing to 10 % in 2026 and 2027. 2At least 37 % of RRF spending contributing to climate objectives.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call to track climate- and biodiversity-related expenditure using a robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology for the achievement of the applicable targets; reiterates the importance of reinforcing the climate coefficients so as to provide additional safeguards against green-washing; looks forward to the annual consultations on the climate target, as set out in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020; recalls that according to the Interinstitutional Agreement the Commission undertakes the responsibility to monitor the implementation and performance of the Union budget and propose corrective measure to the Parliament and the Council when the level of the climate expenditure in not on track; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s intention to introduce a ‘Climate Adjustment Mechanism’, which will ensure the delivery of the 30% target and further alignment with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the new biodiversity methodology is not yet in place; expresses concern regarding the fact that the present trends cannot confirm the 10% target for 2026 and 2027; calls, therefore, for increased funding for biodiversity already in the 2022 EU budget to ensure the Union is on track to achieve its commitments;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the 2022 EU Budget should be 100% climate proof; believes that much further investment is necessary for climate action and that climate- resilience needs to be built into long-term investments; underlines that the 2022 EU budget should exclude any direct or indirect funding to fossil fuels; is of the view that environmental and social public investment should be exempted from the rule of limiting national budget deficit at 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points to the need to ensure sufficient resources in the 2022 EU budget for the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the increase in the budgets for the EU4Health programme and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU) in order to support the Health Union and enhance the EU’s capacity to respond to criseswhich is a prerequisite for a resilient public health system and enhance the EU’s capacity to respond to crises 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 change; and build resilience to future shocks; calls for additional budgetary support for the LIFE programme;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the importance of ensuring sufficient financial and human resources for the existing EU agencies under the remit of Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (the European Chemicals Agency, budget and staffing of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Environment Agency, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Medicines Agency), as well as for the planned European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, enabling them to fulfil their mandates, execute their tasks and respond optimally to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines the importance of enhancing coordination between these agencies to improve the consistency of their work in a cost- effective way;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the own resources that contribute to the EU’s goals on health, the environment and the climate, with a high share of the income coming from the emissions trading scheme (ETS) and in particular from the reduction in free allowances, non-recycled plastic packaging waste and a carbon border adjustment mechanism that mirrors the ETScompliant with the World Trade Organization rules and the International Labour Organization conventions.