4 Amendments of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2013/2145(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the political agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 of 27 June 2013 which will allow the continuation of policy financing focussing on new priorities to aim at achieving the goals of the 2020 strategy; notes that the MFF includes an important deal on flexibility which will allow making a maximum use of funds the level of which has been substantially reduced by the Member States as compared to the original Commission´s proposal; is convinced that a high level of environmental protection in the European Union, health as a precondition for economic prosperity, food and feed safety and mechanisms to help protect against natural and man-made disasters are of core value to all European citizens;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the MFF is a spending plan that translates Union priorities into financial terms. It is not a seven-year budget, but the basis for the annual budgetary exercise. It sets the maximum annual amounts which the Union may spend in different political fields. It therefore provides a political as well as budgetary framework for the benefit of 500 million Europeans.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that it is necessary to help Europe recover from the crisis. The spending plan seeks to increase growth and jobs in Europe, encourage greener agriculture and establish a more environment-conscious and internationally prominent Europe. The proposals foresee funding increases for research and innovation, education and training and external relations. Climate spending is expected to represent at least 20% of Union spending in the period 2014-2020.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that a vast majority of programmes run out on 31 December 2013 (civil protection as an example) and urges the adoption of new legal bases under the ordinary legislative procedure before beginning of 2014 in order to ensure the funding for millions of Union beneficiaries; stresses that the legal bases have to be finalised before that date.