Activities of Bas BELDER related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0333/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez) NL
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. WelcomNotes the increase in commitment and payment appropriations in Heading 4, Global Europe, compared to the preceding year, which should give the means to the European Union to uphold and promote its values and interests and contribute to the protection of its citizen in its relations with the wider world; notes in particular the importance of the considerably increased payments, which will help deal with the substantial backlog that has accumulated in recent years; therefore strongly opposes the cuts proposed by Council to commitment and payment appropriationsunderlines the need for prioritisation given the cuts proposed by Council;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises the particular importance of providing sufficient funding for the European Neighbourhood Instrument, which plays a vital role in supporting stability among Europe's Eastern and Southern neighbours; strongly welcomes the 4.9% increase in commitment appropriations compared to last year; notes critically the severe cuts applied to the ENI by Council and stresses the urgent need to increase appropriations by a substantial margin to meet the needs of the countries covered by the instrument; invites the Commission and the EEAS to evaluate ENI policy implementation and effectiveness;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses that the defence of human rights and the promotion of democracy is a matter of vital importance in the current global environment and symbolic of the EU's commitments to its core values; emphasises that the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights is an essential tool in this regard, which needs to be provided with adequate funding; EU funding should be made available solely to CSOs which respect the EU's core values; invites the Commission and the EEAS to evaluate policy implementation and effectiveness with regard to the promotion of democracy and human rights;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of budgeting sufficient funds for the Middle East Peace Process, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA for specific, well-defined projects in order to meet the needs on the ground, which have increased in recent years due to multiple regional crise and of ensuring that they go to the intended civilian recipients;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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5. Asks for further clarification on the need for the budget line for EU Special Representatives to be transferred from the CFSP budget to the EEAS budget to ensure their adequate integration into the work of the EEAS in order to determine whether such a transfer would respect the subsidiarity principle and if it would take place in a budgetary neutral manner.