Activities of Alexis GEORGOULIS related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections
Amendments (16)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the need to continuincrease tohe support for the cultural and creative sectors and industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-lasting negative effects, and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainian students, artists, journalists and NGOs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the need to continue to support the cultural and creative sectors and industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainianall students, artists, journalists and NGOs affected by the war;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the need to continue to support the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries(CCS) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainian students, artists, journalists and NGOs;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that the Union budget should ensure the long-lasting legacy of the 2022 European Year of Youth, as agreed by the co-legislators, including by extending the European Year of Youth to 2023 in order to give more time for the organisation of youth events of social nature that were not possible in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes, in this regard, that the Union budget should foresee a significant increase in the 2023 Erasmus+ Programme so that the education and training systems can cope with the new challenges and that learners, teachers, schools, youth organisations and NGOs can benefit from adequate resources; believes, furthermore, that a budgetary increase must also ensures the continued greening and digitalisation of the Erasmus+ Programme as well as further inclusion measures to allow the participation of more disadvantaged young Europeansall persons with fewer opportunities, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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4. Notes that the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries(CCS) continue to suffer from the long-lasting negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; points out, furthermore, that the rising inflation, caused by the war in Ukraine is worsening the situation and therefore a bolstering of the Creative Europe Programme is needed; consequently, insists on the need to reinstate at least half of the budgetary cut to Creative Europe Programme, which was proposed by the Commission for 2023 when compared to 2022 and in order to provide targeted support for the cCultural and Creative sSectors and industries, including the performing arts and in particular the live performance sector;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4 a. In this context, believes that a dedicated budget category should be created particularly focusing on the revival of performing arts and the live performing sector, which were hit the strongest and hardest by the COVID- 19 pandemic;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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4 b. States the fact that the 2023 annual budget is closely linked to the MFF mid-term review, and therefore believes that a significant increase of the Creative Europe budget in the MFF is a precondition to maintaining a stable annual budget for the programme in 2023;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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4 c. Calls on the Commission to consider reallocating to the Creative Europe programme any unused funds from other policy areas; suggest that this be established as a yearly practice;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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4 d. Believes that, in general, the Union should provide the Cultural and Creative Sectors with overall sufficient funding to counteract the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the long-lasting effects, and to help achieve the expected growth levels that would have been reached without the hit of the pandemic;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to fight disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross-Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced; at the same time, emphasizes the need to take special care of how and where any financial support is spent and therefore calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure this, as well as full transparency;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to fight disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross-Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced; calls on the Commission to further specify the definition of disinformation and the measures for combatting it;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to support independent journalism and freedom of expression while fighting disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross- Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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6. Insists that the New European Bauhaus initiative should not be funded at the expense of the Creative Europe Programme; in this regard, recalls the Parliament position for an indispensable and swift mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to the long-term consequences of the current crisis, to additionally explore the possibilities to establish a long-term dedicated funding for the New European Bauhaus initiative and for the European Education Area, as well as a permanent Union news editorial media fund to empower independent news coverageeditorial coverage in news and magazine media, safeguard the independence of European journalists and journalism, and guarantee the freedom of the press;”.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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6. Insists that the New European Bauhaus initiative shouldmust not be funded at the expense of the Creative Europe Programme; in this regard, recalls the Parliament position for an indispensable and swift mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to the long-term consequences of the current crisis, to additionally explore the possibilities to establish a long-term dedicated funding for the New European Bauhaus initiative and for the European Education Area, as well as a permanent Union news media fund to empower independent news coverage, safeguard the independence of European journalists and journalism, and guarantee the freedom of the press;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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7. Believes that a reinforcement is needed to the European Solidarity Corps Programme to support young people and organisations engaged in solidarity actions, also taking into account the consequences of the war in Ukraine and that more funding is required for the Citizens’ engagement and participationall four strands of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme.