14 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2016/2323(BUD)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the important role played by the EU budget in delivering concrete answers to the challenges the EU is facing; stresses that jobs, economic growth, migration, security and tackling populism are the main concerns at EU level and that the EU budget remains part of the solution to these issues; stresses the principles of gender budgeting should inform the development of the 2018 budget; underlines that a strong EU budget will benefit Member States and EU citizens alike; expects that the Commission will put forward a draft 2018 budget that enables the EU to continue to generate prosperity and ensure the safety of its citizens;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the important role played by the EU budget in delivering concrete answers to the challenges the EU is facing; stresses that jobs, economic growth, migration, security and tackling populism are the main concerns at EU level and that the EU budget remains part of the solution to these issues; underlines that a strong EU budget will benefit Member States and EU citizens alike; expects that the Commission will put forward a draft 2018 budget that enables the EU to continue to generate prosperity, growth and jobs and ensure the safety of its citizens;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that investments in research and innovation represent a pre- condition for achieving genuine competitiveness in the EU; regrets the fact that, as a result of an alarmingly low success rate of applications, fewer EU funding for the field of research and innovation is currently inadequate to cover the year on year increase in high- quality projects in the field of research and innovation are receiving EU fundingapplications received, resulting in a low success rate; calls in this respect for an adequppropriate level of appropriationsfunding to be ensured for Horizon 2020;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions in innovating the EU's political priorities; Calls for a budget increase for these two initiatives that will provide funding for new innovative programmes in key areas that have yet to be addressed;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the important role and potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in reducing the investment gap in Europe, and recognises the positive results achieved so far; welcomes also the Commission proposal for extending the EFSI until 2020, which will serve to further improve its functioning, especially as regards the additionality principle and the geographical balance; Stresses however that not all Members have the opportunity of accessing the fund; Underlines the importance to reform the European Fund for Strategic Investments by bringing more transparency on the projects selection and evaluation process, and better defining the objectives that can receive EFSI funding by ensuring a correct and fair distribution of the funds throughout all the European Union;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the important role and potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in reducing the investment gap in Europe, and recognises the early positive results achieved so far; welcomes also the Commission, but believes more evidence needs to be presented about EFSI's delivering additionality; calls on the Commission to present an analysis of the added value of EFSI as part of its proposal for extending the EFSI until 2020, which will serve to further improve its functioning, especially as regards the additionality principle and the geographical balance;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that youth unemployment is one of the main concerns at European level and that it puts at risk an entire generation of young Europeans and their trust in the EU institutions; stresses that, as part of the conciliation agreement for the 2017 EU budget, a EUR 500 million allocation will be granted to the Youth Employment Initiative through an amending budget in 2017; considers the YEI to be a fundamental contribution to the Union's priority objective for jobs and growth and remains firmly committed to securing adequate funding for theits continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative until the end of the current MFF, while at the same time improving its functioning and implementation;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Welcomes the fact that the EU Youth Strategy has provided equal opportunities for young people and encouraged them to actively participate in society; Calls for further assessment of today's youth issues when drawing up policies and actions that have a significant impact on young people such as learning, voluntary activities, employment, mobility and information;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly supports regional policy as one of the main investment instruments of the EU budget that enables economic, social and territorial cohesion; underlines that this policy generates growth and jobs in all Member States; is concerned, however, about the unacceptable delays in implementation of operational programmes at EU level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperateto maintain the current level of funding and further cooperate with Member States in order to ensure that the designation of managing and certifying authorities is concluded and implementation accelerates;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recognises economic and social cohesion as one of EU's main goals in achieving a balanced and sustainable development of the European Union; Considers important to grant special attention to new territorial cooperation programmes in under developed regions thus ensuring a fair access to development;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recalls that ICT has brought significant changes to production and employment methods, creating approximately 120 000 jobs each year; Stresses the need to better coordinate the actions of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition by consulting stakeholders to identify the best practices to address the estimated 900 000 ICT workers shortage by 2020, taking into consideration that almost 40% of the EU workforce do not possess adequate digital skills;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in addressing the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis, and calls for adequate budgeting in the coming years for these funds; stresses the importance of enhanced financing for resettlement schemes, relocation procedures and return operations, notably under the AMIF, in order to achieve an effective and real European asylum and migration policy; welcomes also the role of EU agencies in the area of justice and home affairs, such as Europol and the European Border and Coast Guard, and calls, in this context, for their mandate to be executed through adequate budgeting and staffing; is convinced that the EU needs to invest more in strengthening its borders, enhancing cooperation between law enforcement agencies, fighting terrorism and radicalisation and ensuring sound return operations;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Recalls the Parliament's commitment to the civilian nature of research funding in the legal bases of Horizon 2020 and the Galileo Programme, and the integrity of the European Research Area as having a civilian research mission; calls for any defence funding proposals to be entirely additional to and distinct from the EU's Research and Space Programmes in line with their legal bases;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recalls that the Eastern Partnership initiative provided a channel to discuss trade, travel agreements, economic strategy; Calls for a public consultation to find new ways of promoting EU's shared values, joint ownership, collective norms, and address the other shared challenges in a collective manner that will further improve stability and prosperity;