Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2012/2000(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General guidelines for the 2013 budget: Section III - Commission (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the fiscal consolidation efforts undertaken by Member States with the aim of addressing the crisis; underlines the fact that the EU will never be able to respond properly to theis crisis or prevent possible future ones without common instruments and the resources to make them work;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, in times of crisis more than ever, the collective efforts taken at EU level must be strengthened in order to ensure that our actions deliver results; underlines the fact that the annual budget, as well as all other European instruments, needs to be aligned with the Europe 2020 Strategy for Growth and Jobs and that this is essential for the Strategy’s credibilitysuccess and in order to preservemaintain confidence in EU policies, especially amongst its citizens; stresses that, given its role as a catalyst for investment, lowering the level of the EU budget would have an adverse impact on the creation of growth and jobs of the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that such support would be instrumental in preventing SMEs from cutting down their investments, in particular on research and development, while at the same time promoting employment and professional education especially for younger citizens and ensuring that skills are conserved, thus helping to unleash SMEs’ innovation potential, which is essential to the EU’s prosperity and to the creation of a knowledge-based society;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that the results of the Europe 2020 Strategy depend to a large extent on today’s youth, which is the highest-educated, most technically advanced and most mobile ever, and therefore is and will be the biggest asset for growth and jobs in the EU; is concerned about the high-level of youth unemployment in Member States; this being the case, stresses that every effort must be made at EU and national level to ensure that growth and jobs are a reality, especially for young people, who represent the EU’s common future;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that all the measures taken so far to combat the crisis should assist a return to the path of growth and jobs especially for younger people; stresses, in this regard, that the tailor-made austerity measures already taken need to be accompanied by targeted investments; points out that the EU budget has a determining role to play in this context as a tool to ensure prompt and well coordinated action in all fields to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the real economy and to act as a catalyst to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes note of the letter dated 23 January 2012 from the Commissioner for Budgets and Financial Programming expressing the Commission’s willingness to reduce the number of posts in its establishment plans by 1 % as early as 2013; recalls the Commission’s intention of reducing the staffing in EU institutions and bodies by 5 % as compared to 2013 by 2018, and recalls that this is to be seen as an overall goal; considers that any short- term or long-term reduction of staff should be based on prior impact-assessment and take full account of, inter alia, the Union’s legal obligations and the institutions’ new competences and increased tasks arising from the treaties;