Activities of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
2022 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2022 Union budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European Semestermitigate the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, support fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, enhance economic, social and regional convergence, cohesion and resilience and accelerate the implementation of core European objectives, such as the European Green Deal, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, the European Pillar of Social Rights, digital transformation and the just transition to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 at the latest;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support the social and economic recovery in the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and to support EU priorities; underlines that the symmetric shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused asymmetric consequences for Member States and warns against the risk of uneven and unjust recovery both at the Member State and the Union level; stresses the need for enhanced and targeted measures to swiftly and effectively support people, workers, the self-employed, sectors and regions hit harder by the pandemic; calls for increased resources to fight social and gender inequalities, poverty and unemployment, paying particular attention to women, youth and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the activation of the general escape clause to suspend the Stability and Growth Pact; calls for that general escape clause to remain active for as long as necessary; calls for the repeal of the Stability and Growth Pact and its replacement by a Sustainable Development and Employment Pact that will promote fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, high-quality employment and environmental protection before the deactivation of the general escape clause;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the European Green Deal as one of the main pillars for the transformation of the Union economy to a fair, inclusive, sustainable, resilient and carbon-neutral economy; calls for adequate funding to allow economic, social and environmental challenges related to sustainable development to be met, including through the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan; recalls the commitment of at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget to support climate objectives; calls on the Commission to advance the work on an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology to provide 7,5 % in 2024 and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of the EU budget to biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the importance of the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting to ensure that women and men benefit equally from public spending; calls, furthermore, for the swift implementation of the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 complemented by additional actions and specific and binding targets;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of sufficient resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies, anti-money laundering, countering financial crime and for enforcement of the economic governance frameworkfunding and human resources to fight tax evasion, tax avoidance, financial crime and money laundering; regrets that the Union loses hundreds of billions each year due to tax evasion and tax avoidance, which could have been channelled to the recovery efforts;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources is essential to meet the financial needs to support the recovery and the Union priorities; recalls that the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (IIA) includes a detailed and legally binding roadmap for the introduction of new own resources; regrets that the Commission has failed to meet the deadline to put forward legislative proposals for the introduction of a digital levy as well as for a carbon border adjustment mechanism and an own resource based on the EU Emissions Trading System; warns that further delays would constitute a breach of the terms of the IIA; calls on the Commission to respect its legal commitments undertaken in the IIA;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the necessity to boost fair, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, while pursuing sustainable and socially-balanced reforms to modernise European economies and enhance their competitiveness, resilience, economic, social and regional convergence and cohesion, as well as facilitating access to finance for SMEs;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that SMEs constitute the backbone of the European economy, representing almost 99 % of all businesses and providing around three-quarters of all jobs; stresses their vital role in job and growth creation while being the key drivers of innovation; underlines that SMEs have been severely hit by the COVID-19 crisis, which has seriously deteriorated their economic turnover and their access to finance; underlines the importance of adequate funding to effectively support SMEs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses, also, that the Commission announced a package in favour of refugees from Syria and beyond after the publication of its DB; in that respect, calls for a comprehensive agreement to be found on the overall package in the budgetary conciliation on the 2022 budget, which would also include Draft Amending Budget No 5/2021; acknowledges that further measures will be needed to adequately respond to the recent events in Afghanistan, including support for citizenshumanitarian aid and effective support for women, children, vulnerable groups and all people who do not have possibility to continue their workliving in Afghanistan; underlines that, given the changing situation and the lack of a comprehensive and longer-term needs assessment, these issues could not be fully factored into the Parliament’s reading and will be reassessed in the light of the Commission’s Amending Letter 1/2022 and subsequent information presented at a later stage;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers deriving from the revision of the ESA Regulations (by Regulation (EU) 2019/2175); calls for increased transparency on the functioning of their boards of supervisors in order to improve their accountability and their governance structures;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that funding to accounting entities and tax authorities should continue, in particular to support them in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, tax evasion and tax avoidance, and to promote transparency and certainty for tax payer. Tho; underlines that these entities should be accountable to the European Parliament.
Amendment 127 #
42. Emphasises the need to increase funding for Western Balkan countries and the countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support comprehensive political and socio-economic reforms and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and its long-term economic consequences; points, in that context, to the need to ensure adequate funding for crucial areas such as democracy support, civil society and the rule of law; stresses the essential role held by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in providing vital services for Palestine refugees, contributing to regional stability and human development in the Middle East; underlines, in that sense, that the increase in appropriations for Southern Neighbourhood is intended to provide predictable funding to UNRWA in 2022 in order to preserve uninterrupted its basic services;