7 Amendments of Robert HAJŠEL related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Union Budget for 2023 should address the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, by direct support for Ukraine and strengthening the Union’s strategic autonomy and defence capabilities, as well as the secondary consequences such as the all-time high energy prices; reminds, in that context, the urgent need to strengthen the resilience of Union economy and competitiveness of Union industries aiming at protecting the well-being of the Union citizens; reminds that technological autonomy, sustainable growth and quality job creation are key in reaching our long term energy and climate objectives;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the social robust negative consequences of the continuous Russian aggression on Ukraine on Union citizens and the urgent need to adequately tackle social, economic, energy and environmental impacts on vulnerable, workers, sectors and communities to avoid rise of unemployment, secure worker´s rights and prevent deepening of inequalities and energy poverty;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to provide more flexibility for Member States aiming at increasing and maximising synergies with the EU Cohesion Policy funds to address the rise of energy prices; calls on the Commission to support co-financing measures in the form of direct or indirect compensations to citizens in order to protect the vulnerable part of the Union citizens, and to support businesses, especially SMEs and to safeguarding workers;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Reiterates the impact of the situation on the energy market, on the energy intensive industries and the sectors affected; in this context calls on the Commission to provide recommendations for the requests and the swift approval of State Aid;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Deplores the cuts to Heading 1 proposed by the Council; underlines the importance of increasing public and private investments to accelerate the achievement of the Union's 2030 and 2050 energy and climate and digital targets in view of creating high-quality jobs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Recognizes the strategic role that SMEs, microenterprises and start-ups play in the European economy; stresses the urgency to safeguard millions of jobs, secure worker´s rights while preventing increase of unemployment and deepening of social inequalities; calls for sufficient funding of Union programmes for supporting SMEs and to make it easier for SMEs to access finance in all phases of their lifecycle – creation, expansion, or business transfer;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Expresses its concerns for the delay in setting up the implementation arrangements for start-ups and SMEs funding by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under the Horizon Europe legal base; recalls that reducing budget of the EIC will endanger the transfer of research results into the economy; highlights that an efficient and adequate funding under the EIC Accelerator will enable SMEs and start-ups to scale up, through support to all types of innovation, including incremental and social innovation;