Activities of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2023/0201R(APP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027
Amendments (15)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, following its review of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF), the Commission has finally drawn the same conclusion as Parliament did in December 2022, namely that the MFF has been overtaken by events in a world that has changed beyond recognition since it was agreed in 2020, that budgetary flexibility has been depleted and much more is necessary in order to respond to unforeseen circumstances, that the MFF contains structural problems laid bare by economic and social developments and that, as a result, an urgent revision of the MFF regulation and its annex is essential;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the revision must focus on addressing the manifold consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, on safeguarding the Union’s strategic autonomy and sovereignty, on enhancing social and economic convergence, on addressing the climate crisis and on endowing the Union with adequate flexibility to respond to crises; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal for a targeted revision as a very first step in the right direction to ensure that the MFF can better address those challenges; stresses, however, that there are still many needs that are not covered by the Commission’s proposal and that these needs should not be left unaddressed;
Amendment 13 #
3. ConsidersIs concerned that the proposed revision targets only some of the most pressing areas of concern in the existing framework; welcomes the fact that, in line with Parliament’s position, the proposal for revision does not lead to any downward revision of the pre-allocated national envelopes;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. HighlighRegrets that, even taking account of the Commission’s proposal to revise the MFF, total commitment appropriations would amount to only 1.03 % of GNI and total payment appropriations would amount to only 1.02 % of GNI; recalls that, originally, payment appropriations in the current MFF were planned to amount to 1.10 % of GNI; stresse, a percentage already too low; regrets that the reinforcements proposed by the Commission are not projected to cover the impact of inflation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its long-standing demand that all budgetary instruments covering spending at Union level be fully incorporated into the budget, thereby ensuring transparency, accountability, full democratic control and protection of the Union’s financial interests; insists that the integration of such instruments into the EU budget must not result in a reduction of financing for other EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that effective and fair management and protection of the EU’s external borders, ensuring the security of the Union, together with the smooth and efficient implementation of the Union’s migration and asylum policy, are key priorities and essential to preserve the free movement of people within the Union and the proper functioning of the Schengen area; stresses the need to implement a migration and asylum policy that is based on solidarity, shared responsibility and respect for human rights, promoting safe and legal pathways and providing certainty, clarity and decent conditions for people arriving in the EU, in line with Union values and international commitments;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges, however,Understands that, by using existing programme structures and seeking to create synergies, the STEP proposal has the potential to deliver results more quickly; considers, however, that the STEP proposal should act as a testbed for a fully- fledged Sovereignty Fund the soonest possible and, at the latest, in the next MFF period;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. NoteRegrets that the STEP proposal combinesis mainly based on the re-prioritisation of funds under existing programmes, including the cohesion policy funds, with only some targeted reinforcements for specific programmes under Headings 1 (single market, innovation and digital), 3 (natural resources and environment) and 5 (security and defence);
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls its long-standing position that recurrent redeployments are not a viable way to finance the Union’s policy priorities and that new priorities should be funded with fresh resources;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Takes noteIs very concerned that the amount programmed in the MFF to repay the borrowing costs associated with EURI is far below requirements, with the Commission estimating the shortfall to be between EUR 17 and 27 billion over the MFF period; highlights that, already in the draft budget, increased EURI costs are expected to consume all resources under the Flexibility Instrument and around one third of resources under compartment (a) of the Single Margin Instrument in 2024;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Welcomes the creation of the EURI Instrument as a special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings to be mobilised as required based on the actual repayment needs; insists, however, that the Instrument cover all EURI repayment costs, not only those above the programmed amount under Heading 2b (resilience and values), thus also freeing up considerable fiscal space for policies under Heading 2b; underlines that a EURI Instrument designed in this way should be the model for managing all EURI repayment costs in the next MFF;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines, however, that the MFF contains very little flexibility, with the Flexibility Instrument and unallocated margins amounting to only 1.05 % of the commitments ceiling; stresseregrets that the current MFF has relied heavily on that limited flexibility and indeed on reorienting cohesion policy, which is not a crisis response tool but has been repeatedly called on to make up for shortcomings in budgetary flexibility or crisis response mechanisms in the MFF to the detriment of its long-term policy objectives;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recalls its demands for an increase in the Flexibility Instrument and the SEAR and for an additional permanent special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings to allow the EU budget to better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic effects; understands that, in the absence of such an instrument, it will remain difficult for the Union to ensure its preparedness for unforeseen events, especially since, currently, 99.6 % of the Union’s budget is pre-allocated ; stands ready to work to find pragmatic solutions in the short term, while reflecting on a more structural, streamlined solution in the next MFF, including also the establishment of a permanent fiscal capacity for the euro area;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Underlines that budgetary flexibility has proven that it enables resources to be targeted where they are needed and the Union to respond to unforeseen events and to adjust its spending priorities in light of evolving political or, economic or social needs; insists, therefore, that the Flexibility Instrument be increased by EUR 3 billion in current prices over and above the Commission proposal for the MFF period;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43, point vii
Paragraph 43, point vii
(vii) provide that the EURI Instrument, Instrument, established as a established as a special instrument special instrument over and over and above the MFF ceilings, above the MFF ceilings, cover cover all EURI repayment costs, all EURI repayment costs; without any downward revision of the programmed amount under Heading 2b;