Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 - all sections
Amendments (2)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
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 worlpriorities such as poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, civil conflict solution and mediation, DDR, arms control and the NPT-regime, fair trade, favouring balanced economic relations, and humanitarian and development aid; 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 appropriations;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the particular importance of providing sufficient funding for the European Neighbourhood Instrument, which plays a vital role in supporting stability amongshould play – once it is significantly reviewed – a positive role in promoting civilian cooperation with Europe's Eastern and Southern neighbours; strongly welcomnotes the 4.9% increase in commitment appropriations compared to last year; notes critically the severthe 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;