5 Amendments of Willy MEYER related to 2008/2055(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the Commission's undertaking to present, within the framework of the review, an evaluation of the situation of Heading 4, and urges the Commission to propose, on this basis, short-term solutions within the current MFF as well as options for the new MFF, which would financially reinforce Heading 4 and remove its chronic under-financing, thus enabling the European Union to meet its non-military external action obligations;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points in particular – given the character of actions to be financed under Heading 4 – to the need to establish a flexibility mechanism which would enable the EU to react to unforeseen situations without weakening the funding for ongoing policies and programmes in the civilian external affairs area and while fully respecting the rights of the budgetary authority;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points to the challenges faced by the EU in the area of energy security and urges the Commission to envisage adequate political means allowing the EU to mitigate its vulnerability in this area;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that DCI funds should be used exclusively for development purposes;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines, with a view to the preparation of the new MMF, that any sustainable review of expenditure has to be closely linked to the reform of revenue, so as to furnish the European Union with necessary means to fulfil itsexclusively its non-military role and to meet the challenges lying ahead; is of the view that the next financial framework should run concurrently with the Commission's and the Parliament's mandates, so as to strengthen its democratic legitimacy;