5 Amendments of Lena EK related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the European Semester process, which is intended to achieve stronger economic governance; believes that successful implementation of the EU 2020 strategy requires substantial, coordinated, transparent and appropriate financial commitments to be made to meeting its priorities at both EU and Member State level and that any limitation in the relevant EU budget appropriations would undermine its achievement;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned about the mismatch of the EU budget political priorities and actual financial allocations, in particular energy policy which represents only 0,5% of the EU budget;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that improving the conditions for R&D&I, notably as regards sustainable energy priorities, energy efficiency and storage technologies, resource efficiency and green technologies, is vital to progress towards the goals of the EU 2020 strategy; calls not only for budget increasereallocations but also for the introduction of more sustainability criteria in EU R&D&I programmes; in particular to implement the Strategic Energy Technology Plan, as called for in the European Council conclusions of 4 February 2011;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets the proposal to reallocate funds from FP7 to the ITER project; recalls that it is imperative to focus on technologies that will be available in the foreseeable future, or are already available, to deliver the EU 2020 goals rather than longer-term projects such as ITER;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that clear and ambitious goals in sustainable energy policy, energy efficiency and resource efficiency policy can deliver cost- efficient benefits for the European economy as a whole; calls for the allocation of EU and Member State public and private resources to investments in those priority sectors;