Activities of Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA related to 2013/2145(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it necessary to provide specific funds as part of international aspects of customs in order to implement the fight against counterfeiting and pirating, a growing problem that poses a threat to legitimate trade, consumer health and business investment.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers it necessary to increase the amount allocated to the ILO to promote better labour standards, as called for in trade agreements with third countries, which is a key element in ensuring that trade brings people prosperity.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Expresses concern at the ability of Parliament and of civil society adequately to monitor the growing complexity and proliferation of bilateral EU trade negotiations, and therefore stresses the need to set up a pilot project to create an umbrella organisation (Trade Watch) which would systematically gather together all the independent analytical knowledge that parliamentarians require in order to exercise Parliament's prerogative of granting rapid and informed approval for EU trade agreements; considers that this is now particularly crucial so that Parliament can monitor EU-US negotiations on what will be one of the most significant trade agreements in the world, which will have numerous consequences for all sectors and which therefore requires public monitoring.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Warns that the EU's objectives of enhancing trade inclusiveness and international economic cooperation and stability must be reflected in the budgetary allocations for the Aid for Trade, the Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Macro-Financial Assistance; opposes therefore decreasing the allocation of the European Globalization Fund; supports, in this regard, the allocation of specific funds to compensate losses suffered by developing countries in specific economic sectors as a result of signing a free trade agreement with the EU.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Warns of the imbalance that exists among regions with regard to the funds they receive from the DCI, and calls on the Commission to make provision for redistribution or compensation in order to prevent these imbalances.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Regrets that the funds previously available in the 'Preparatory action: Opportunities for internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises' have been divided up into different lines, and this at a time of economic crisis when international trade is the only way out for many SMEs.