9 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2017 draft budget to reflect and support the priorities outlined in the European Semester, specifically relaunching investment, pursuing structural reforms to modernise European economies, conducting responsible fiscal policiess for innovation, growth and job creation, fostering convergence, pursuing sustainable and socially balanced structural reforms to modernise European economies making them more competitive, conducting fiscal policies which would ensure investments and sustainable growth;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Calls for the 2017 draft budget to reflect and support the priorities outlined in the European Semester, specifically relaunching investments for innovation, growth and job creation, fostering convergence, pursuing sustainable and socially balanced structural reforms to modernise European economies making them more competitive, conducting fiscal policies which would ensure investments and sustainable growth;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the key role played by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in mobilising private sector financing and new sources of finance in investments crucial for Europe's competitiveness and economic recovery; insists on the need to finance new investments in line with the criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council , in particular additionality, sustainability and territorial and social cohesion; ____________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013--- the European Fund for Strategic Investments (OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Underlines that the funds under heading 1b represent the main resource available to local authorities in order to deal with the management of the migratory crisis; therefore reiterates the need to provide a sufficient level of payment appropriations;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Recalls the key role played by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in mobilising private sector financing and new sources of finance in investments with strengthened additionality crucial for Europe’s competitiveness and economic recovery; welcomes the Commission allocation for EFSI for 2017 which should not jeopardise other funding programmes, inter alia Horizon2020 and Connecting Europe Facilities;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that after five years, entities benefitting from funding of the civil- society capacity building in the area of financial services are still disproportionatelymain dependingent on EU funding with EU grants consistently representing more than 50 % of their respective budgets; emphasises that such entities should continue to strive to achieve a higher degree of self-funding in addition to sustained EU funding;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the present and future role of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in relation to Union- level financial supervision and the banking union; emphasises that the 2017 draft budget must provide sufficient resources for the ESAs to fulfil their mandate; points out that the budget foreseen in the multi- annual financial framework provides sufficient resources to deal with the tasks at handhighlights the need for the ESAs to be properly financed and adequately staffed, both numerically and in terms of levels of qualification, to be able to perform the growing number of tasks assigned to them in a high quality manner;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
EFRAG 6a. Calls on the Commission to continue the reform of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) in particular with regard to its task and responsibilities, thereby also strengthening the Union's influence in international accounting standard-setting.