15 Amendments of Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the alignment of the future MFFs with the duration of Parliament’s legislative term and the Commission’s mandate, thereby reducing the length of the MFF from seven to five years; for some programmes while others, notably those related to programmes requiring longer- term programming and/or policies foreseeing complex procedures for the establishment of implementation systems, such as cohesion policy or rural development, should be agreed for a period of 5+5 years with compulsory mid- term revision
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the MFF’s importance as a fundamentally investment-focused multiannual budget;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns against the possibility that the upcoming Brexit negotiations might shroud the outcome of negotiations on the next MFF; recalls the difficulty of assessing the impact of Brexit on both the interinstitutional process and funding under the forthcoming MFF, and considers it unlikely that the long-term EU budgets can be increased in this contexton the other side suggests that Brexit presents an opportunity to reconsider the current system of rebates and corrections, which are contrary to the letter and spirit of the Treaties;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the new priorities and initiatives of the EU should be financed with fresh money without jeopardizing the existing programmes and policies, in this context calls for a depth reform of the financing system of the Union – a genuine system of own resources – to make the EU Budget more stable, more sustainable, and more predictable, while improving transparency for the citizens. Considers that the unity of the budget, and more budgetary flexibility have to be addressed;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that there is a growing demand on the part of European citizens for the Union to respond to significant cross-border challenges that cannot be tackled effectively by Member States, such as migration, climate change and energy, among others; warns States that the Union cannot properly tackle these challenges unless its budgetary resources are increased accordingly;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for increased complementarity between national budgets and the EU budget, and for European funding to focus on areas that deliver genuine European added value and in which such well-targeted spending at European level can produce savings at national level.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Union to assume its role in twohree emerging policy areas with internal and external dimensions, which have appeared in the course of the current MFF: on the one hand, by develop– by developing and funding a comprehensive asylum, migration and integration policy and addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in third countries and on the other hand, by providing security to European citizens and promoting stability abroad, notably by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence; on the other hand, promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation; – by promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation, and development of the adequate infrastructures and logistic capacities which guarantee the needed mobility – by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence, stresses that actions taken in this areas should not come at the expense of EU’s development policies, preventing diversion of ODA from its main objective of poverty eradication
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that the future framework is expected to integrate two new types of financial support featuring prominently on the Union’s economic agenda, namely the continuation of the investment support schemes, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investment, which should be continued and not financed to the expense of other EU programmes and the development of a fiscal capacity for the euro area and of financial stabilisation functions, including possibly through the proposed European Monetary Fund;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that, unless the Council agrees to significantly increase the level of its national contributions to the EU budget, the introduction of new genuine EU own resources remains the only option for adequately financing the next MFF;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out, in this context, that the full implementation of political decisions and initiatives taken by the European Council is possible only if the necessary funding is ensured, and underlines that any other approach undermines the sincerity of the Union budget and the citizen´s trust;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Stresses that SMEs and micro- enterprises, including social economy enterprises, are key drivers of economic growth, innovation and employment and recognises their important role in ensuring the recovery and boosting of a sustainable EU economy; recalls that there are more than 20 million SMEs in the EU and that they account for 99 % of all businesses; considers that improving access to finance for SMEs should continue to remain an important policy objective for the next MFF and calls, therefore, for a doubling of the COSME programme’s financial envelope in order for it to correspond to the actual needs of the EU economy and the significant demand for participation;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Expresses support for programmes in the areas of democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights, culture, education, media, youth, sports and, citizenship and civil society that have clearly demonstrated their European added value and enjoy lasting popularity among beneficiaries and without which it is not possible to develop a common European conscience; advocates, therefore, continuous investment in the Education and Training 2020 framework through the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes in order to pursue reaching out people of all ages, and especially young people, to young people and providing them with valuable competences and life skills through lifelong learning, learner-centred and non-formal and informal education, as well as informal learning opportunities; calls in particular for at least tripling of the Erasmus+ envelope in the next MFF with the aim of reaching many more young people and learners across Europe,primarily those coming from a disadvantaged socio-economic background, and learners across Europe, beyond university students, with a particular attention to people with disabilities, enabling them to participate in the programme without their own resources and achieving the full potential of the programme; recommends, moreover, the continuation of the European Solidarity Corps and reiterates its support for strengthening the external dimension of the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe programmes; recommends setting up an internal European Democracy Fund for the strengthened support of civil society and NGOs working in the fields of democracy and human rights;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Stresses that the level and mechanisms of funding in the field of internal security, including cybersecurity, should be stepped up from the outset and for the entire duration of the next MFF in order to avoid systematic recourse to the flexibility provisions of the MFF every year; calls for sufficient resources to be provided to law enforcement agencies (Europol, Eurojust and Cepol) and for the European Agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems (eu- LISA) to be endowed with the means to implement and manage its new responsibilities; underlines the role of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights in understanding and responding to the phenomena of radicalisation, marginalisation, hate speech and hate crime and fighting xenophobia, religious integrism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia;