6 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its intention to closely examine all elemeSupports the Commission approach to link payments from the EU budget to the adherence of the rule of law as a fundamental value of the European Union; points ofut the proposal concerning the rule of law conditionality clause aresponsibility of the EU institutions towards European tax- payers to maximize the potential of the EU budget and guarantee its lawful use, which cannot be assumed in Member States with generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law; intends to introduce the necessary provisions to guarantee that the finaldirect beneficiaries of the Union budget can in no way be affected by breaches of rules for which they are not responsibl, such as participants in the Erasmus-programme, researchers and civil-society organisations, are not penalized for breaches of rules for which they are not responsible; deems it necessary that both co-legislators, Parliament and Council, are empowered to overrule a decision by the Commission to suspend payments and/or commitments to a Member State;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the risk of falling short of the current climate-related spending target and notes the proposed increase of this target to at least 25 % of the EU budget for 2021-2027; calls, however, for a more ambitious increase in climate-related spending to 30 % by 2027 at the latest andin order to achieve and implement the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals as well as to reflect the increased importance and urgency of climate action and the need for further climate diplomacy actions; calls for the development of a reliable and transparent tracking method;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that while the third subparagraph of Article 311 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) requires that Parliament only needs to be consulted for a decision on the Union’s system of own resources to be adopted, the procedure for adopting the implementing measures for this system, as stated in the fourth subparagraph, requires that it give its consent; calls on the Council to closely involve Parliament in all stages of the procedure for the adoption of own resources;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the need to align the EU budget as a whole to the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals in order to ensure that budget spending does not run contrary to achieving the climate and energy targets of the EU or the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls to transfer 25 % of the budget of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) to the Structural Funds to be directed towards additional support for carbon-dependent regions affected by the transition of jobs due to the necessary structural transition to a low-carbon economy. These regions shall have access to this additional support for the PO2 objectives of the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund in order to facilitate a just transition. The aim is to support such regions, in particular those which are not already qualified for support under the Modernisation Fund under Directive 2003/87/EC, by promoting the redeployment, re-skilling and up-skilling of workers, education, job-seeking initiatives as well as development of new jobs, for example through start-ups, in close dialogue and coordination with the social partners."