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Activities of Francesca DONATO related to 2020/2023(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020/05/13
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2020/2023(INI)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Pascal ARIMONT', 'mepid': 24922}]

Amendments (4)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is a key instrument that ensures solidarity between European regions in exchange for the opportunities afforded by the internal market; whereas if regions are to access the internal market, they must make a contribution to the cohesion funds – as is the case for European Economic Area (EEA) countries;deleted
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
E. whereas the withdrawal of the UK without a subsequent agreement on its future relationship with the EU would have disruptive effects, creating a significant burden for public finances in the EU; whereas such a failure to reach an agreement on future EU-UK relations would justify activating the solidarity principle; whereas Parliament has already approved activating the solidarity principle in such a scenario;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the UK should be invited to contribute to the cohesion funds if it wishes to participate in the internal market, in accordance with the model for EEA countries;deleted
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of extending the scope of the European Union Solidarity Fund to cover a part of the additional public expenditure incurred in preparation for, or as a consequence of, the end of the transition period without a subsequent agreement on the UK’s future relationship with the EU; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal on the matter, mirroring the proposal previously made to cover a failure to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement, which was approved by Parliament on 24 October 20191. _________________ 1Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 24 October 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 in order to provide financial assistance to Member States to cover serious financial burden inflicted on them following a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement (COM(2019)0399 – C9-0111/2019 – 2019/0183(COD)), P9_TA(2019)0045.deleted
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI