Activities of Ilan DE BASSO related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, section III - Commission
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the implementation of the 2021 budget was significantly impacted by the delays in the adoption of new legal bases and the new rules for structural funds, as well as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and its social consequences, and their impact on the budget in the social area that was adopted before the crisis;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Questions the large-scale tapping of the cushion within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 , for other purposes than the response to new needs it is aimed for; calls on the Member States to cover from their budgets any additional funding for Syrian refugees in Türkiyensure that the cushion is mobilised only for purposes within its intended scope; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that all recommendations from the Court of Auditors in the preceding year have been implemented fully or in most or some respects, despite the high-risk nature of development cooperation in implementing the EU budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors in full;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SupportAcknowledges the ambition to bring together public and private actors and achieve synergies between different policies through the Global Gateway (GG) strategy; stresses that allocations of official development assistance involved should be firmly guided byaligned with Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement and that policy coherence for development should consistently be applied; notes that the only role for Parliament in the governance arrangements adopted by the Member States is that as an observer in the GG board; stresses the need to ensure proper influence for Parliament in strategic choices involving Union funds given its scrutiny role through NDICI Global Europe and as the budgetary authority;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the importance of the ESF and the ESF+ to encourage high level of employment, the creation of quality jobs and fight against poverty and social exclusion; expresses the need to provide them with the continued financial and political support of the EU, national and regional institutions in the delivery of their targets in the years to come, in particular to reflect the particular needs in the current crises and contribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the achievements of the Porto targets;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Notes that, on average, more than one out of five persons and one out of four children are still at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union; recalls the EU commitment to the support for the most deprived through FEAD and the ESF+, alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, such as food deprivation, homelessness, and child poverty; notes that about 13 million people, including approximately 4 million children under the age of 15 are supported by FEAD annually;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the value of service delivery through local NGOs in developing countries; encourages the Commission to prioritise that when possible and to provide capacity-building for local NGOs with potential to become important service deliverers; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;