9 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Considers that a review of the MFF in 2016 should take stock of a number of serious crises and new political initiatives, together with their respective budgetary consequences, which were not anticipated at the time of the MFF’s adoption; notes, inter alia, the migration and refugee crisis, external emergencies, internal security issues, the crisis in agriculture, the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the persistent high level of unemployment, especially among young people, and of poverty, social exclusion and inequalities, and the payment crisis in the EU budget; observes that, in order to finance the additional pressing needs, an unprecedented recourse to the MFF’s flexibility mechanisms and special instruments was deemed necessary, as the MFF ceilings proved to be too tight in some headings; considers that, over the past two years, the MFF has essentially been pushed to its limits;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that solidarity should take into account the economic capacity of each member state;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that investing in growth and jobs and promoting territorial cooperation should remain one of the priorities of the EU policies; recalls that the Cohesion Fund for the 2014-2020 period concerning Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia allocates 63,4 billion euros; stresses that this budget should remain unchanged in order to ensure the reduction of inequalities between EU countries, regions and cities and achieve our common 2020 targets;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls that the 2010-2018 EU Youth Strategy set out a framework for cooperation to provide more and equal opportunities for young people in education and the job market and to promote the active citizenship, social inclusion and solidarity of all young people through EU funds such as Erasmus+, ESF and YEI;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that Europe's competitiveness, innovative capacity and productivity depend critically on the availability of highly educated and well trained workers; stresses that addressing skills mismatch in sectors with recognised job creation potential, such as ICT should remain a priority;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – introductory part
Paragraph 22 – introductory part
22. Regrets that the consequences of this payment crisis have been severe, affecting beneficiaries of the EU budget such as students, universities, SMEs and, researchers and NGOs, as well as local and regional authorities; recalls, in particular, the dramatic shortage of payments in the field of humanitarian operations in 2014, which negatively affected the EU’s life-saving operations; recalls that the Commission had to resort to ‘mitigating measures’ such as reducing pre-financing percentages and postponing calls for proposals/tenders and related contracting; recalls that an artificial slowdown in the implementation of the new 2014-2020 programmes occurred owing to the general lack of payments, an example being an artificial delay relating to EUR 1 billion worth of calls for proposals under Horizon 2020 in 2014, which aimed at ensuring that payments would fall due in 2015 rather than in 2014; stresses, furthermore, that penalties for late payments have been charged to the EU budget, reaching some EUR 3 million in both 2014 and 2015;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the fact that the Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions budget should be extended and the implementation time improved;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls for an increase to the overall budget targeted at reducing child poverty and social exclusion and for a children's budget to be established, which would provide an opportunity to establish child budgeting procedures and support the implementation of the Recommendation 'Investing in Children: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage';
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Notes that the agreement reached on 12 December 2015 in Paris by the 196 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is a universal, binding, dynamic and differentiated agreement aimed at facing the challenge of climate change; calls on the Commission to present its implementation strategy and first evaluation of the possible impact of the COP21 agreement on the EU budget in due time for the revision;