12 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the next MFF should enablereflect the priorities which make it possible for the Union to provide solutions and emerge strengthened from the crises of the decade: the economic and financial downturn, the phenomenon of migration and refugees, climate change and natural disasters, terrorism, cross-border crime and instability, to name but a few; underlines that these global, cross-border challenges with domestic implications reveal the interdependency of our economies and societies, and point to the need for joint actions;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of completing the digital single market by making full use of spectrum, 5G and internet connectivity, and by making further progress on EU telecom rules; Calls on the Commission to ensure that any funding for fixed and mobile broadband should only be designated for very high capacity networks to contribute to the building of a European Gigabit Society. Stresses that any such funds should focus on a "Digital Spine" which brings fibre backbone and backhaul connectivity to more remote communities, and thereby the highest quality gigabit connections to education and public services, and mobile base stations to support 5G locally;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, therefore, for continuous support for existing policies, in particular the long-standing EU policies enshrined in the Treaties, namely the common agricultural and fisheries policies, and the cohesion policy; rejects any attempt to renationalise these policies, as this would neither reduce the financial burden on taxpayers and consumers, nor achieve better results, but would instead hamper growth and the functioning of the single market while widening the disparities between territories and economic sectors; intends to securequestions whether the same level of funding for the EU-27 for these policies is necessary in the next programming period while further improving their added value and; stresses, at the same time, the importance of simplifying the procedures associated with them;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a stronger and a more ambitious Europe can only be achieved if it is provided with reinforced financial means; calls, in the light of the above mentioned challenges and priorities, and taking into account the UK’s withdrawal from the Union, for a significant increase of the Union’s budgewithout more financial means than at present; estimates the required MFF expenditure ceilings at a maximum of 1.30 % of the GNI of the EU-27, notwithstanding the range of instruments to be counted over and above the ceilingincluding all instruments;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that allno unallocated margins should be carried over without restrictions to future financial years and mobilised by the budgetary authority, for any purpose deemed necessary, in the annual budgetary procedure; calls, therefore, for the Global Margin for Commitments to be maintained, but without any restrictions in scope and time;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls, in particular, for a substantialonsiders that no increase in the financial envelope of the Flexibility Instrument of up to an annual allocation of at least EUR 2 billion; recalls that the Flexibility Instrument is not linked to any specific policy field and can thus be mobilised for any purpose that is deemed necessary; considers, therefore, that this instrument can be mobilised to cover any new financial needs as they occur during the MFFis needed;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls, therefore, for a substantial increase in the overall budget earmarked for the FP9 programme in the next MFF that should be set at a level of at least EUR 1260 billion; considers this level to be appropriate for securing Europe’s global competitiveness, scientific and industrial leadership, for responding to societal challenges, and for helping to achieve the EU’s climate goals;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Affirms that the common agricultural policy is fundamental for food security and autonomcontributes to food security, the preservation of rural populations, sustainable development and the provision of high-quality and affordable food products for Europeans; points out that food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and the need to tackle climate change; underlines that the CAP is one of the most integrated policies and is mainly financed at EU level and, therefore, replaces national spending;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Considers maintainingthat the financing of cohesion policy post-2020 for the EU-27 at least at the level ofcan be reduced considerably by comparison with the 2014- 2020 budget to be of the utmost importance; stresses that GDP should remain one of the parameters for the allocation of cohesion policy funds, but believes that it should be complemented by an additional set of social, environmental and demographic indicators, including the number of refugees taken in, to better take into account new types of inequalities between EU regions; supports, in addition, the continuation under the new programming period of the elements that rendered cohesion policy more modern and performance-oriented under the current MFF;