11 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Strongly underlines that the Union`s climate goals and the objectives of the Paris agreements require sustainable and long-term solutions; highlights the paramount role of research and development activities (R&D)to find effective, realistic, and implementable solutions that benefit citizens, businesses and society in equal terms; underlines that Horizon Europe will be the main programme to develop and establish green technologies and fund new solutions for climate; requests increased funding for Horizon Europe and all other contributing R&D programmes, which will help establish the Union as a global leader for green technologies and innovations and strengthen its competitiveness on a greater scale;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Stresses that the Union must diminish its dependency on foreign key technologies by expanding its research and innovation activities to become a leader in digitalisation efforts in the area of communication and information technologies, the development of new medicines and treatments of serious diseases, the build-up of supercomputing and data processing capacities and security research;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Notes with great concern that many excellent proposals for research cannot be implemented due to significant under-funding of the programmes, such as those offered by the European Research Council[1]and the Future and Emerging technologies[2]programme;stresses that research and innovation are very competitive markets with researchers being drawn to other regions of the world due to unavailable funding opportunities in Europe;underlines that the UK will move from being the main beneficiary of many Union R&D programmes to being a strong competitor [1]On average, about 33% of the proposals scoring A, i.e. fully met all ERCexcellence criteria, in the ERC calls 2014-2018, could not be funded due tounavailability of funds.If one includes the first two calls of 2019, thisamounts to 2.747 proposals with a requested grant value of over 5 billion EUR. [2] The success rate of proposals submitted was 8%over the programming period 2014-2019;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights the need for increased financial envelopes for the Creative Europe programme to support, inter alia, European cultural heritage, artistic creation and the cultural and creative sectors; underlines the need to ensure EU added-value as a pre-condition for financing; emphasises greater efforts within these programmes for a cross- sectoral approach allowing for the combination of arts, culture, technologies and businesses with content creation, distribution, promotion, and quality requirements; stresses the need to incorporate into the programme new technologies and digital innovations, such as automated translations, virtual reality, text-to-video creation, and access to live video platforms as well as improved access to search engines;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Stresses the need to provide sufficient funding for activities within Creative Europe and Horizon Europe to tackle disinformation and fake news; points, in this regard, to the new action on media literacy within Creative Europe; underlines that disinformation polarises debate, hampers the ability of citizens to take informed decisions and represents a threat to policy-making and election processes; stresses that activities to fight and prevent disinformation and fake news must also be conducted at local and regional level to ensure maximum public outreach;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Reiterates that a competitive space industry is vital for the business landscape of Europe by providing high quality jobs, significant research and development activities and ensuring the autonomy of a European satellite infrastructure; highlights the benefits of data generated in space as an essential tool for land & environmental monitoring, infrastructure and Smart Cities, integrated farm management, monitoring activities in the area of migration and border management, and search & rescue operations; highlights the role of European satellites as integral part of a digital infrastructure to ensure the use of the next generation of wireless technologies; requests additional funding for the European space programme to allow the further development, maintenance and roll-out of satellites for up- and downstream services; highlights the role of the GNSS agency as the pivotal body to support Union space objectives and requests additional funding and staff for the agency to ensure Europe’s satellite navigation programmes remain competitive and fully respond to user needs;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses that internal security is an integral part of EU citizens expectations towards a Union that protects; underlines that security threats such as terrorist attacks, cross-border organised crime, and new types such as cybercrime, are posing an ongoing threat to the cohesion of the European Union and require a strong, coordinated European response; believes that combatting such security threats requires intensified cross border cooperation between competent authorities, greater exchange of information between Member State, facilitating joint operations, and training; stresses that strengthening and modernising IT-systems with a focus on better interoperability of systems, facilitated access and readability of data are mandatory for effective and rapid cooperation between police, judicial and other competent authorities; takes note that the Commission is expected to launch a new Security Union Strategy in2021, which will comprise a set of initiatives in key areas such as organised crime, preventing and detecting hybrid threats and enhancing cybersecurity; requests additional funding to meet citizens expectations;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Underlines with great concern that agencies operating in the area of security and criminal justice cooperation experience an increasing numbers of tasks but are not equipped with an adequate increase of resources to fulfil those; requests increased financial resources and staff posts for these agencies, in particular Eurojust, Europol, CEPOL, and EMCDDA;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Strongly reiterates its calls for increased funding and staff for the European Public Prosecutor`s Office (EPPO) to ensure the operational start of the organisation without delay and adequate resources to accept and process all cases transmitted by Member States; highlights OLAF`s vital role in combatting VAT and customs fraud, corruption and all other offences affecting the EU financial interests and underlines that the establishment of EPPO does not go to the detriment of OLAF`s functionality;