Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Union has an increasingly ambitious trade agenda, as outlined in the ‘Trade for all’ strategy; stresses that the funding for Aid for Trade initiatives should be increased and sufficient resources should be allocated to DG Trade of the Commission to enable it to carry out the increasing number of activities; underlines the need to ensure sufficient funding is available for cooperation and assistance with third countries to promote and facilitate their adherence to bilateral and multilateral trade initiatives and agreements, including the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Kimberley Process and the international Alliance for Torture-Free Trade;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the increase in funding for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) for the Union to better enforce its role on the global level;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines the importance of a progressive framing of the common EU's defence policy and the need to support further funding to ensure its implementation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the urgent need for a thorough reorganisation of the Union budget and its structure, including a more ambitious and substantive role for the European Parliament, in the context of the review of the next MFF and with regard to the trade policy agenda, and calls on the Commission to take the initiative on this vis à vis the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) will continue to be under considerable stress in 2019, exacerbated by the use of ENI funds to finance the Syria pledge and projects under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa; calls for these new commitments to be fully compensated by reinforcements; stresses the strategic importance of the Eastern and Southern near neighbourhood of the EU;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Welcomes the recent adoption of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) in order to support European Defence cooperation and innovation and stresses the importance of cross-border participation of SMEs and Mid-Caps;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68 a. Recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be EUR 114 million per year; furthermore, notes the finding from its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1a that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines; _________________ 1a OJ C 436, 24.11.2016, p. 2.