6 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that to get the EU out of the current economic and social crisis, and to guarantee its future competitiveness in a globalised world, it is absolutely essential that the objectives set out in the EU 2020 strategy to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth are met; underlines that to implement these objectives, an estimated total of EUR 1600 billion of future-oriented investments in core policies are neededbelieves that it is essential that Union’s budget is reformed to better reflect the financial needs associated with tackling 21st Century challenges;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the Union budget can be a powerful agent for reform if EU spending is focused on areas which stimulates economic growth such as innovation, research and development;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Underlines that a number of areas, such as innovation, research and development, strategic investments in infrastructural trans-European networks and foreign policy need to be given priority before other areas to meet current and future political and economic challenges;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1c (new)
Paragraph 1c (new)
1c. Stresses that one of EU's most important objectives is to enhance its competitiveness and facilitate the transformation into a world leading knowledge based economy; underlines that the next MFF should support this development across all EU policy areas;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the key role that the EU budget must play in achieving the commonly agreed EU 2020 strategy objectives; since,tresses that the aim must be a smart and modern budget prioritising the Union's main political objectives especially growth generating areas, rather than a big budget encompassing everything; believes that if well devised, EU funding can actually trigger and catalyse actions of clear EU added value that Member States are unable to carry out on their own, as well as create synergies and complementarities with Member States’ activities by helping them to focus on key future-oriented investments; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal to increase – relative to the current MFF 2007-2013 – the funding available for EU programmes in the fields of research, innovation, competiveness, SMEs and infrastructure; strongly believes that these proposed financial allocations constitute a bare minimum, and strongly warns against the temptation by some Member States to cut them, as this would jeopardise the EU’s credibility and political commitment in favour of growth and jobs; emphasises, at the same time, the need to ensure sufficient budgetary flexibility so that the budgetary means can be aligned in an appropriate manner with evolving circumstances and priorities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a full spending review of the current MFF aiming at identifying expenditures that are crucial for achieving the Union's policy objectives while also identifying those expenditures which are less relevant, with the target of reallocating 30 % of the expenditures from areas no longer relevant to areas with high priority, thereby freeing up economic resources for other areas;