Activities of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
2023 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 2023
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2023 EU budget to contribute to achieving the priorities set by the European Semesterthe efforts for a just, inclusive and sustainable recovery strategy that would mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine, and to support the Union to deliver on the European Green Deal, the digital agenda, an inclusive industrial strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the commitment for a climate- neutral economy by 2050 at the latest in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CUnderlines that the economic recovery is slower than expected and notes economic uncertainty amid factors such as supply chain disruptions and food insecurity, high energy prices, rising inflation, the continuation of the COVID- 19 pandemic, rising unemployment and poverty, and the Russias's invasion of Ukraine; considers that the 2023 EU budget should continue to support the post- pandemic recovery, building on the lessons learned from the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF); believes that the creation of the RRF underlined the need for a permanent central fiscal capacity of the Union to improve its ability to respond to macroeconomic shocks and support the achievement of the Union's objectives;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for the 2023 EU budget to support the swift implementation of the RRF and the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs); takes note of the Commission’s proposal for targeted amendments to the RRF Regulation to integrate dedicated REPowerEU chapters in the NRRPs and of the additional funding sources proposed to help finance the new REPowerEU objectives under the RRF framework; notes that the proposed funding sources will have a significant impact on the EU budget and stands ready to examine thoroughly these proposals with a view to safeguarding the EU budget and the Union’s objectives;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— – having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the budget should ensure appropriate financial support for the economies and societies of Ukraine and the Union in the context of the war in order to make the economies and financial systems more resilientaddress the social and economic consequences of the war and to make the economies and financial systems more resilient; stresses that the Russia's invasion of Ukraine has underlined the need for sufficient green investments to end the Union’s dependence on Russian energy imports and on fossil fuels, diversify the Union's energy sources, promote sustainable energy production and green imports as well as the need to mitigate the impact of price increases on vulnerable households and SMEs and support them during the transition period; underlines that the sanctions against Russia have a significant impact on people and businesses and therefore stresses the need for effective measures to support them at both Union and national level, in particular to avoid the deepening of the energy crisis;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and its resolution of 19 January 2017 thereon,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 d (new)
Citation 10 d (new)
— having regard to the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Union faces an extraordinarily complex set of challenges, including the direct and indirect repercussions of the war in Ukraine, high inflation, high energy prices and security of supply risks, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, poverty, gender inequality and a worsening economic outlook, in particular for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the need to secure tha just, inclusive and sustainable recovery from the pandemic, crises in many other parts of the world, technological change, including increasing digitalisation, as well as climate changerisis and its consequences; considers that the Union budget should contribute to tackling those challenges, while expressing concern at the exceptionally limited margins, which are about one third of last year’s, or, in the case of Heading 6, the lack of margin, and the limited flexibility built into the budget; deplores the fact that the draft budget is an insufficient response to the current challenges; recalls that the multiannual financial framework (MFF) was not established to address a pandemic, a war, high inflation, high energy prices, high numbers of refugees, new accessions, food insecurity, and a humanitarian crisis;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to stimulate fair, inclusive and sustainable growth while supporting a just green and digital transformaitions, structuralustainable and socially balanced reforms to modernise the Union economies and, investments to enhance resilience, economic, social and regional convergence and cohesion, access to finance and capital markets for SMEs and retail investors through information and transparency;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the European Green Deal as one of the main pillars in transforming the Union's economy into a fair, inclusive, sustainable, resilient and carbon-neutral economy; calls for adequate funding to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of sustainable development, including through the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan; recalls the commitment to allocate at least 30 % of the total Union budget to support climate objectives; calls on the Commission to advance work on developing an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology to allocate 7,5 % in 2024 and 10 % in 2026 and 2027 of the EU budget to biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that SMEs constitute the backbone of the European economy, accounting for almost 99 % of all businesses and providing around three- quarters of all jobs; stresses their vital role in creating jobs and economic growth, while being key drivers of innovation; underlines that the COVID- 19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have seriously impaired the economic turnover of SMEs and their access to finance; underlines the importance of adequate funding to support SMEs effectively;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Stresses the need for enhanced and targeted measures to swiftly and effectively support people, workers, the self-employed, sectors and regions hardest hit by the pandemic and the energy crisis; calls for increased resources to combat social and gender inequality, poverty and unemployment, with special focus on women, youth and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Considers that the promotion of gender budgeting and the integration of gender mainstreaming as a horizontal principle in all Union activities, policies and programmes, can have multiple positive results for the economy of the Union; recalls that by 1 January 2023 at the latest, the Commission should implement a gender equality tracking methodology for certain centrally managed programmes; calls on the Commission to present an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology in a timely manner and to actively engage with the Parliament;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the Union budget, on account of its size, structure and rules, has a very limited capacity to respond appropriately in 2023 to the challenges facing the Union or to adequately finance new shared Union policy ambitions or initiatives announced in the Commission’s President’s 2022 State of the Union address; recalls in particular that the Heads of State or Government have described the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine as a ‘tectonic shift in European history’ and that the Commission has stated that the ‘unforeseen needs created by war in Europe are well beyond the means available in the current multiannual financial framework’, necessitating new financing sources; is of the view that this is a further demonstration of the urgent need to revise the MFF, including to make it more flexible, raise the ceilings where necessary to reflect emerging needs and new priorities and to address the problems generated by including the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) financing costs in Heading 2b; calls, therefore, on the Commission to conduct an in-depth review of the current MFF and proceed with a legislative proposal for a comprehensive, updated and ambitious MFF revision as soon as possible and no later than the first quarter of 2023;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the importance of transparency and accountability in bodies that receive Union funding;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to respond to the consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic at Union level; recalls that cohesion and agriculture policy cannot be the main source of the financing of urgent priorities, jeopardising the implementation of long-term objectivestresses in particular the need for sufficient green investments to terminate the EU’s dependence on Russian energy imports and on fossil fuels, diversify EU energy sources, promote sustainable energy production and green imports; recalls that cohesion and agriculture policy cannot be the main source of the financing of urgent priorities, jeopardising the implementation of long-term objectives; highlights 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 and the energy crisis; calls, on the Commission, in light of limited resources from the Union budget to respond to high energy prices, to analyse potential flexibilities in order in order to support SMEs and vulnerable households;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Recalls that the timely deployment of new own resources is essential to cover the repayment costs of the Union loans under the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI), to meet the financial needs of supporting the recovery and to support other Union priorities, and to avoid cuts in the Union programmes in the future; therefore calls on the Council to act as swiftly as possible and speed up the negotiations on the first basket of own resources presented by the Commission on 22 December 2021; further calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the second basket of new own resources before December 2023, as agreed in the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020; asks, moreover, the Commission, given the increased financing needs, to reflect beyond the Interinstitutional Agreement and to explore the need to propose additional new, innovative and genuine own resources;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Emphasises the continuing need for increased human and financial resources for accounting entities and tax authorities, in particular to support them in the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance and money laundering and to promote tax fairness, transparency and certainty; underlines that these entities should be accountable to the Parliament;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Reiterates its position that new priorities and objectives should be financed from new resources and that they should not come at the expense of existing priorities and programmes; stresses that the current MFF was pushed to its limits already in its first year; points to the multiple crises and challenges that the Union has faced and the substantial financing needs they have created; calls, therefore, on the Commission to conduct an in-depth review of the current MFF and to submit a legislative proposal for a comprehensive, updated and ambitious MFF revision as soon as possible and no later than the first quarter of 2023;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to come up with a more rigorous approach to decommitments and to reallocate and redeploy the unused funds to finance priority objectives and areas agreed upon at interinstitutional level, especially in areas related to the recovery from the pandemic, addressing the energy crisis, education, healthcare, innovation and social policies;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that businesses and SMEs in particular, which constitute the backbone of the European economy, have been severely hit by the COVID-19 crisis, including in the tourism sector, and by the consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular high energy prices; supports an increase of EUR 10 million above the DB for the SME strand of the Single Market Cluster; proposes also an increase of EUR 1 million above the DB to support the ongoing work of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) in designing high-quality reporting standards, on the condition that EFRAG adopts a work plan outlining the measures to ensure a proper transparent due process and public oversight as well as a balanced representation of stakeholders;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the pivotal role of cohesion policy as an essential Union investment policy and convergence instrument to promote sustainable growth and support the overall harmonious development of the Member States and their regions; anticipates that, after a delayed start to the programming process in the first two years of the 2021-2027 MFF, implementation will gather pace in 2022; calls on the Member States to accelerate the process of programming in order to allow 2023 to be the start of the implementation of the cohesion funds, that will help address social, economic and territorial inequalities and boost our economy; help the public and private sectors, SMEs, and citizens during these difficult times;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. StressesUnderlines the need to promote the respect for rule of law and fundamental rights and fight social and gender inequalities, poverty and unemployment, paying particular attention to women, youth and vulnerable groups; stresses, in this regard, the crucial role of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme in strengthening European citizenship and democracy, equality and gender equality and the rule of law in the Union, and in supporting victims of gender-based violence; reverses, therefore, the Council’s cuts to the programme; decides, further, to increase the Daphne strand by EUR 2 million above the DB to tackle gender- based violence, which has worsened since the pandemic, and the ‘citizens’ engagement and participation’ strand by EUR 1.5 million above the DB, in particular to ensure proper follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need to significantly increase the budget of the European Environment Agency to provide sufficient financial and staff resources to enable full implementation of the European Green Deal and its related policies as one of the main pillars for the transformation of the Union economy to a fair, inclusive, sustainable, resilient and carbon-neutral economy;