8 Amendments of Sunčana GLAVAK related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that despite being faced with the unprecedented circumstances of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the Union responded decisively and promptly, deploying the Union budget as one of the key tools;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that climate change and biodiversity loss are the largesta compound threat to long-term Union security, including food security, and only reinforce inflationary pressures; stresses that accelerating the green transition will strengthen the Union’s long- term strategic autonomy, economic security and resilience; stresses the need to thereby guarantee long-term food security and avoid increased inflationary pressures on food prices;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underscores the importance of integrating climate change adaptation in all relevant Union-funded policies and programs to enable rapid response to emergencies such as recent floods, fires or pandemic, pandemics and other unforeseen events; emphasizes the continued importance of ensuring adequate funding of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism in order for the Union to be able to respond to such emergencies; stresses the need for better climate disaster preparedness by building adaptive capacity, and putting in place climate adaptation measures at Union level, including a stress test of key infrastructures of European relevance against a scenario of 1,5 to 4 degrees global warming, to reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate shocks; underlines the need to recognise the importance of Union programmes in providing investment and support to prevent health crises and strengthen the Union’s resilience;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) should contribute to the mainstreaming of biodiversity and climate action in Union policies; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the full execution of the REPowerEU Plan to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy sources and technologies to speed up the green transition and ending dependency on Russian fossil fuels ;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the 2024 Union budget should keep the green transition as one of its priorities and should be aligned with the Union’s ambitions of making the Union climate neutral by 2050 at the latest, as well as the Union’s international commitments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. RUnderlines the importance of the continued support of the Union budget for the Union agencies whose role is increasing in these times of unprecedented circumstances; recalls that in order to properly comply with new actions foreseen under the adopted and upcoming proposals, the Union agencies under the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (EEA , ECHA , EMA, ECDC and EFSA) must be adequately funded and staffed; stresses that the deterioration of the staff levels of the Union agencies could jeopardise, among others, the achievement of the European Green Deal or the successful management of public health risks;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the need to have an annual budget consistent with the implementation of the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, of the Farm to Fork Strategy, of the Circular Economy Action Plan, of the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and of a Zero- pollution Action Plan in the 2024 Union budget; in this line calls to increase the budgetary support for the new LIFE programme and the Just Transition Fund and all other programmes that support and protect nature conservation, and to ensure that nature restoration measures are financed with additional budgetary resources without using any funding from the CAP, the CFP or other agricultural and fisheries funding streams;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to consider further support measures to strengthen the Union's strategic independence and reduce its dependence on third countries in relation to the production of critical medicines;