2016/2024(BUD) 2017 budget: mandate for trilogue
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JAHR Peter ( |
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| BUDG |
GEIER Jens ( |
MUREŞAN Siegfried ( |
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ZDROJEWSKI Bogdan Andrzej ( |
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HÄNDEL Thomas ( |
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| ENVI |
LA VIA Giovanni ( |
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| FEMM |
DĂNCILĂ Viorica ( |
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| IMCO |
JAAKONSAARI Liisa ( |
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BUZEK Jerzy ( |
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MACOVEI Monica ( |
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VAUGHAN Derek ( |
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DE MONTE Isabella ( |
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2016/2024(BUD)
2016/04/28
FEMM
28 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas budgetary expenditure is not gender-neutral and
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop a strategy against the still present and substantial gender pay gap that leading to inequality and missed opportunities for the economy and job creation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for the 'Budget for Results' agenda to be used as an opportunity for budget spending to deliver integrated benefits of gender equality with every euro spent;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for the Budget Committee to use the mid-term review of the MFF as an opportunity to measure how the previous spending decisions have made progress on furthering gender equality; calls on the Budget Committee to work with the FEMM Committee to identify and amend budget lines which have gender- differentiating effects for men and women; calls for current gender budgeting actions to be measured so that future budgets can be more informed and work towards further gender equality;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. C
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it important to sufficiently finance measures that work towards achieving the gender-related Europe2020 Strategy targets such as increasing female employment to 75%, achieving equal pay between women and men, reaching gender-equal members of national parliaments and an equal number of women on large company boards, all of which we are a long way from reaching; suggests that this is done by promoting and supporting good-quality education, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds; calls for the allocation of specific resources to fund incentives for areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilities and the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. C
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it important to sufficiently finance measures promoting and supporting good- quality education and other public services, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds as well as the EFSI; calls for the allocation of specific resources to fund incentives for areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilities and the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it important to sufficiently finance measures promoting and supporting good-quality education, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds; calls for the allocation of specific resources to fund incentives for areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilities and care for the elderly and the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis; whereas it is
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges greater investment in education, training, labour market, and regional development programmes intended to support, enable, and facilitate the entry of women and girls into growing dynamic sectors that have traditionally been male dominated, particularly in the fields of entrepreneurship, ICT, STEM, and the Green Economy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes the need to provide funding for programmes that create synergies between ICT and STEM sectors, and the arts and creative industries, making STEM into STEAM, as this is a pathway to increasing women's participation in these fields;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; Highlights the need for funding for training of immigration, border control, and asylum staff on the gender-specific needs and circumstances of female and LGBTI refugees, as well as adequate facilities to accommodate gender-specific needs at reception centres;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; calls for funds to be specifically assigned to help integrate women and children into their host country such as financing flexible language training, education and childcare;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, children and female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting in
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasises the need to address the situation of female refugees in makeshift conditions within the EU and on its borders;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates its previous call to allocate additional financial resources and staff to EIGE in order for it to fulfil the role of the European Monitoring Centre on Gender based Violence.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises that in promoting innovative budgeting methods it is of primary importance to gain the support of the public, and that greater effort must be put into justifying the use of and informing the public about these instruments.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis, as 55% of refugees arriving in Europe are women and children, according to UNHCR; whereas it is also important
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis; whereas it is also important to take into account the situation of the children of women refugee
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis; whereas it is also important to take into account the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers, who have specific
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas there is an urgent need for facilitating the entrance of women and girls into fields such as entrepreneurship, ICT, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), in order to achieve true gender equality, overcome gender stereotypes, and meet increased economic productivity and innovation;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas Parliament has called several times for the creation of a European Monitoring Centre on Gender Violence a
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas Parliament has called several times for the creation of a European
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas access to public services is crucial for women's economic independence and empowerment, while public services remain an important employment sector for women;
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2016/05/03
AGRI
48 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017; insists, given its importance, that the agriculture budget remain at least at its current level; points out that spending on agriculture has declined in relative terms since the early days of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from 75% to the current rate of 38%; further points out as a pan European policy this funding replaces much of the national support for the sector;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; insists that the political decisions taken which led to the Russian embargo does not constitute a crisis which this fund was envisaged to cover and should not be used as a market support tool; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; calls for consistent application of the principle that all revenue derived from agriculture should remain within the agriculture budget;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; notes that the impacts of the agricultural crisis are particularly severe in Areas with Natural Constrains;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that European agriculture has been hit increasingly hard by the crises of recent years (Russian embargo, milk crisis, price volatility, etc.); calls, therefore, for a new approach to CAP contingency funding and for a sufficient volume of stable financial resources to be provided in anticipation of future crises, without affecting direct annual payments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Urges the Member States to make steps against the slow rate of direct payment, therefore asks the national authorities to cooperate with the European Commission to speed up payments under pillar one in the Member States concerned, as cash flow is a major problem for the farmers hit by the agricultural crisis.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector in order to alleviate any potential impact arising from the crisis or from the Russian embargo; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of increased funding, e.g. bee keeping; highlights the importance of school milk and school fruit programmes; proposes a small increase in the appropriations for this program in line with Parliament’s objectives; reminds that EU´s ongoing trade negotiations with countries having substantial exporting potential in agricultural products may increase the need of funding for European producers in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector in order to alleviate any potential impact arising from the crisis or from the Russian embargo; stresses that emergency support measures must be adapted to the capacities existing in the Member States; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of increased funding, e.g. bee keeping; highlights the importance of school milk and school fruit programmes; proposes a small increase in the appropriations for this program in line with Parliament’s objectives;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector in order to alleviate any potential impact arising from the crisis, and the resulting price volatility, or from the Russian embargo; insists further that some specific agricultural sub- sectors are in need of increased funding, e.g. bee keeping; highlights the importance of school milk and school fruit programmes; proposes a small increase in the appropriations for this program in line with Parliament’s objectives;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many key EU objectives and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that in the current European context agricultural innovation and the related policy-making are showing many weaknesses; notes that the scarcity of available resources is one of the main problems to be resolved if innovation is to be promoted; calls, therefore, for additional funding to be earmarked with a view to encouraging greater innovation in the agricultural sector so as to make it more competitive and reduce its environmental impact;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that financial resources should serve the purpose to improve the quality of agricultural products and to switch from bulk agricultural production to sustainable and value-added agricultural production;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights that the private storage scheme is a useful tool on short term, therefore stresses that longer term solutions should be find.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development program
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development programmes; points to the urgent need to simplify the CAP and lighten the administrative burdens imposed on farmers and national authorities so as to ensure that the agriculture budget is put effectively to use to achieve its aims;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development programmes; points out that additional measures sometimes lead to more bureaucracy and stresses the need for a simplified framework that is easily accessible to farmers;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development programmes and environmental and climate protection programmes, including programmes to promote the production of renewable energy sources, for example biomass;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls for allocation of CAP funding to the measures guiding improvements in agricultural sector in the fields of socio-economic and environmental sustainability, animal welfare and biodiversity; calls for a creation of measurable milestones on these improvements, with regular monitoring by the Commission and reporting to the Parliament;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that simpler CAP administrative procedures should make for fewer errors in the use of European funds;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to be more active in proposing lasting solutions to combat the significant price volatility of agricultural products;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Bearing in mind the food safety scandals of the recent past - for example the E. Coli infections in 2011, the horsemeat scandal in 2013 and the current problem of adulterated honey from China, as well as the animal diseases currently raging, such as swine fever in Poland and the Baltic States and the bird flu epidemic in France - urges that additional appropriations be transferred to Chapter 3 of the budget from other budget lines to tackle food safety crises, as the EU funding currently available - a grand total of EUR 1.89 billion over seven years - is not sufficient;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the need for specific indicators to take into account the particular impact of the crises and of price volatility on farmers and producers in the most isolated rural regions, such as the outermost or mountain regions, in the context of measures to support European farmers at times of crisis and in the context of an ambitious policy to preserve farming in those regions and the territorial cohesion of the EU, in accordance with Parliament's objectives;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Highlights that trying to reduce administrative costs, particularly where it involves severe cuts in administrative staff numbers can lead to inability to ensure timely payments and maintain adequate levels of effective control.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the need to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture and calls for financial resources to be made available to meet these objectives; points out that as the CAP has evolved it has been assigned new objectives in terms of climate mitigation, environmental protection and the provision of public goods; believes that new funding streams should be examined such as EU LIFE and the Globalization fund to support these;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the need to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture and to make the playing field within it more level, and calls for financial resources to be made available to meet these objectives;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the need to
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses the need for continuing innovation in agriculture and underlines the importance of adequate resources in the Horizon 2020 research programme being allocated to societal challenges relating to food and resource efficiency; asks for prioritisation of research projects directly involving primary producers in order to foster the applicability of results;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for agri-food research funding, in particular under the Horizon 2020 budget, to remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives, with regard to food security, the environment and territorial balance, and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017; insists, given its importance, that the agriculture budget remain at least at its current level in real terms;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of pilot projects in recent years to the Committee and the agriculture sector, now that they have acquired major significance for the launching of new initiatives, and asks for continued support;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; stresses the importance of identifying suitable instruments to encourage the organisation of producers in producer groups so as to face the challenges arising in the food supply chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; encourages Member States to take vigorous action against unfair trading practices which harm producers and, if necessary, to adopt legislation in this field; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices; calls for a revision of the competition rules which apply to agriculture.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors both upstream and down stream in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers that the European Union ought no longer to provide direct or indirect support to farmers in third countries whose production competes with that of EU Member States;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Urges the Commission to take steps to tax harmonization on the field of food articles, which has a clear budgetary effect and would help the primary producers and the consumers.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Is concerned about the impact of a partnership with Ukraine on European farming;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Stresses that it is paradoxical on the one hand to pursue a costly and inhibiting policy of greening while on the other hand conducting trade negotiations with major agricultural producing countries which do not abide by the same standards, and calls for the free trade negotiations with the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to be suspended; considers it inappropriate to resume discussion of an EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017; insists, given its importance, that the
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in rural areas; insists that careful consideration be given to the final level of commitments and payments appropriations in the 2017 budget which needs to be adequate to meet outstanding commitments from the 2007- 2013 programme as well as to fund projects under the 2014-2020 programme;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in rural areas; insists that careful consideration be given to the final level of commitments and payments appropriations in the 2017 budget; calls for efforts to focus on encouraging an injection of new blood into the agricultural sector and supporting young farmers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth
source: 582.259
2016/05/12
EMPL
43 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses th
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the budget should support programmes creating jobs for those with multiple disadvantages in the labour market, such as women, long-term unemployed, elderly unemployed, people with disabilities and people from minority
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the budget should support programmes creating jobs, in particular, for those with multiple disadvantages in the labour market, such as women, long-term unemployed, elderly unemployed, people with disabilities and people from minority backgrounds;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that in the context of on-going budgetary constraints gaining the full support from citizens is extremely important in order to reaffirm and achieve our social and employment commitments under the EU 2020 strategy; believes that the challenge faced by the EU will not be to spend more, but to spend more efficiently;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of those programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the European Social Fund, in particular through the Youth Guarantee objective bolstered by the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI),
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Maintains that existing programmes should be assessed and, where they are ineffective, adjusted;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the EU budget should invest in education and vocational training to provide opportunities, especially in the areas most affected
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the EU budget should invest in education and vocational training to provide opportunities, especially in the areas most affected
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses in this regard the important contribution of the EMPL Agencies (CEDEFOP, ETF, Eurofound, EUOSHA) in dealing with a wide range of employment and social issues, as well as their potential to address problems related to migrants’ integration in the labour market and their needs for vocational training, and calls for sufficient financial resources to be ensured both for Agencies’ work and staff;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Highlights the need of dedicated resources to be provided for combating child poverty and for supporting measures addressing children’s basic needs such as food supplies, housing, education and healthcare;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Points out the potential of digitalisation generating new business models and new jobs and c
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Points out the potential of digitalisation generating new business models and new jobs and calls for coherent budgetary efforts to provide appropriate
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Supports efforts to facilitate market access for SMEs and funding through existing programmes such as COSME;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to be key in enhancing the Union’s contribution to growth, the creation of jobs and combat
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of the budget in promoting entrepreneurship initiatives including social entrepreneurship, innovative social enterprises, employee financial participation and self-employment;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of the budget in promoting entrepreneurship initiatives including social entrepreneurship, innovative social enterprises and self-employment as well as the creation of start-ups for the development of SMEs;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of the budget in promoting entrepreneurship in
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that the budget should promote high level of workers’ protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to occupational safety and health and safety at work;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that the budget should
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that the EU budget
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that the budget should support the completion of the single market, competitiveness and upward social convergence, the development of a policy on socially responsible enterprises and the monitoring of the application of statutory social standards by enterprises to ensure the creation of decent jobs.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to be key in enhancing the Union’s contribution to growth, the creation of jobs and combat
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers that the EU budget should support efforts to upskill and retrain workers in areas where there are skills shortages as well as in the healthcare and care sectors and the ICT and digital sectors;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for budget allocations for measures helping Member States to prevent long-term unemployment and to better target jobless households;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the European Commission to ensure thorough evaluations of the financial management of EU funds aiming at a more efficient and sound management of these funds and in preventing abuses.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the principle of European added value should represent the cornerstone of all future expenditures and that EU funding should not be used to subsidize national approaches but to complement and enhance national programmes, reflecting a performance- based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by objectives and outputs to be measured;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people still remains too high and calls on the Commission to
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people still remains too high and calls on the Commission to provide enough financial support to those programmes targeting youth unemployment, commensurate with the support commitments that the Member States entered into when the Youth Guarantee was set up;
source: 582.325
2016/05/26
IMCO
19 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons is the cornerstone of the Single Market and essential for economic growth in the Union; underlines that disruptions to the four freedoms will hamper the functioning of the Single Market and slow down economic activity;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that SMEs and microenterprises are crucial for the European economy; underlines the need for efficient financing for innovation and internationalisation; calls for an appropriate budget allocation for COSME and the Enterprise Europe Network;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights the importance of creating a programme to support SMEs’ access to third markets and help European SMEs to find new markets in order to increase their lifetime and sustainability;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that timely adoption of EU standards is key for competitiveness and interoperability; stresses the importance of consumer and stakeholder involvement in the standardization process; calls for an adequate budgetary allocation for the standardisation activities of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI);
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that the customs union must receive adequate allocations to provide effective support in combating fraud
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the strengthening of
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the strengthening of Single Market tools which help citizens and businesses make the most of the Single Market and the reinforcement of the European Consumer Centres Network; calls on Member States to allocate appropriate funding for SOLVIT;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the strengthening of Single Market tools which help citizens and businesses make the most of the Single Market; calls on Member States to allocate appropriate funding for SOLVIT, the ECC Network and Fin-Net;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that multilingual Online Dispute Resolution platforms play a key role in building consumer trust and strengthening cross-border e-commerce should be allocated adequate financing;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the establishment of a legal base and
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that a
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that a well-functioning Single Market is fundamental for the Union’s capacity to absorb shocks
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that a well-functioning Single Market is fundamental for the Union’s capacity to absorb shocks, such as new trends in migration and future international trade agreements; stresses that the Union’s budget must support the transition to a circular economy and an inclusive and diverse Digital Single Market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that a well-functioning
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the importance of a strong consumer policy that reinforces and adjusts consumer rights to societal and economic changes; requests that new challenges to consumer policy be addressed through the allocation of an appropriate budget; in this context reminds also of the importance of consumer empowerment and education, as well as product safety and market surveillance in the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the importance of a strong consumer policy that reinforces consumer awareness and adjusts consumer rights to societal, technological and economic changes such as, big data and the internet of things, circular economy, the so-called collaborative economy and e-commerce; requests that new challenges to consumer policy be
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of cooperation between public authorities at all levels in the enforcement of consumer protection law; emphasises the contribution of coordinated inspection actions (sweeps) in the context of the internal market and calls for appropriate budgetary resources to be provided for them, not just in the online environment;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and microenterprises are crucial for the European economy; underlines the need for financing for innovation
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2016/05/31
CULT
45 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation; stresses that the RAL (reste à liquider) is the consequence of faulty choices made by the institutions when establishing multi-annual programming and differentiated appropriations and calls for a swift improvement of the current situation with the aim to reduce gaps between commitments and payments, avoiding new difficulties for ongoing programmes;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme, must receive
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility and lifelong learning programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility and lifelong learning programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening and expansion of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the need to strengthen a European approach to face common European challenges by supporting large scale innovation projects in the field of education, training and youth carried out by European Civil Society networks;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Insists on a thorough simplification of the application forms and criteria, of reporting and reimbursement, especially for small-scale projects, both in Erasmus+ and in the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Recommends the Commission to pay special attention to the implementation of the financial Guarantee facility tool which is delayed by more than a few months; is concerned that cultural NGOs and small associations will not be eligible for this tool, and only cultural and creative SMEs would be able to participate; recommends a thorough analysis of the experiences done throughout the whole process in order to check the pertinence and sustainability of such a tool, aside COSME;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Institutions, therefore, to promptly address the shortcomings of the decentralisation in the provision of funding under KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices of Erasmus+;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Reiterates its concern over how important programmes that seek to make investments in education, training, youth, culture and the EU's cultural and creative industries, and which invest in human capital – Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens – will manage to reach cruising speed, owing to the late approval of the legal bases and of the operational programmes; welcomes the albeit belated launch of the Financial Guarantee Facility of Creative Europe, one of the key means to improve access to loan financing for SMEs and organisations working in the cultural and creative sector, and one of the key means for guaranteeing the necessary fair remuneration of creators; welcomes the initiative of the integrated training scheme of the Guarantee Facility proposed to bankers and financial intermediaries; strongly recommends the necessary measures to be put in place in the course of 2016, as in the original Commission proposal;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Considers that Erasmus+ would reach its cruising speed only if it takes on board a growing number of smaller projects that allow a larger diffusion of the programme at schools or for youth, an increase of VET mobility, and therefore a better efficiency in realising its educative, social and humanitarian goals;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture, such as Erasmus+, that provide clear EU added value, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Notes that some of the budgetary lines within Erasmus+ have not been fully utilised, and, therefore, proposes flexibility in the management of such funds; this would allow their reallocation to other, insufficiently funded, categories within the programme that are currently struggling to meet demand within the allotted budget;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Highlights the need of strengthening a European approach to face common European challenges by supporting large scale innovation projects in the field of education, training and youth carried out by European Civil Society networks which should be done by allocating 5% of the overall KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices of Erasmus+ to centralised actions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support; points out that the cultural and creative sectors account for more than 3% of employment and GDP in the EU and their potential in terms of economic growth and public utility should consequently not be overlooked;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given a
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training, youth and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Expresses concern at the impact the EFSI will have on research and innovation projects considering the fact that 500 million is to be taken from Horizon 2020 over the next 5 years; notes that investments in education, training, cultural and creative industries should form part of the general objectives of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as they are a key factor for social inclusion which at a later stage will translate into investment decisions and economic growth;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines th
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); calls for subsequent adjustments in regulation and resources to be proposed to overcome existing implementation impediments up to the end of the current financial framework;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Youth Guarantee, based on a strong cooperation between employment services and the education system; the Youth Guarantee should be integrated in national employment plans, but also in youth plans and education plans;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights that an effective EU communication policy must support reliable information, strengthen
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the Commission and Council to review their position on the "Europe for Citizens" programme, the only programme which involves all citizens directly, and to provide it with a substantial additional budget allowing better implementation of the goals of the programme; indeed, having been cut beyond any reason, the programme can only accept a dramatically low percentage of projects, a situation that it is not sustainable and defendable towards the EU citizens, even more so in the present social and humanitarian situation in the EU;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importance of the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015, which calls for intercultural dialogue and EU-level cooperation to prevent and tackle marginalisation, intolerance, racism and radicalisation
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importance of
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes, in the context of
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Institutions in recent years to address the payments' backlog; recalls that - even more so in the case of programmes in the fields of education, training, youth, culture and sport - the delays in the finalisation of contracts and in payments between authorities and beneficiaries, as they endanger the full implementation of the programmes by the European Commission, and as such undermine the citizens' trust in and the credibility of European Institutions;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the new action under the Creative Europe Programme on "Support for refugees integration", nevertheless, calls for a more concrete actions to be taken in the area of recognition and validation of the qualifications of refugees and asylum seekers in order to power them with the possibilities to contribute to the EU labour market and to the society in general as soon as possible after their arrival to the host country.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Strongly believes that programmes relating to culture, education, youth and sport play a crucial role when it comes to integration policies for migrants and refugees, and thus asks European institutions to respond to the migration crisis by providing for additional resources in both the directly managed programmes and the Structural Funds, in addition to dedicated budget lines;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that austerity measures destroying public services are jeopardising the possibility for education and training systems to contribute to economic recovery and that lifelong learning must be a high priority in order to fight poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity amongst Member States and calls on the Commission to ensure that this diversity is safeguarded, enhanced and promoted;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its continued strong
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Asks Member States to comply with the decisions they themselves, as budgetary authorities, have taken with regards to payment appropriations;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme, must receive increased funding
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme and a tool for improving quality of education and integration of disadvantaged groups including children of refugees, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of
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2016/06/01
ENVI
29 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. whereas the credibility of decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is repeatedly being called into question and whereas the stated reason for these doubts is that staff at these agencies are allegedly too closely linked to industry;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment, and calls therefore for sufficient resources to be allocated in the 2017 budget to
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment, and calls therefore for sufficient resources to be allocated in the 2017 budget to preserve this biodiversity,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment, and calls therefore for sufficient resources to be allocated in the 2017 budget to preserve this biodiversity, mainly in rural areas, in close cooperation with the residents and users of those areas, particularly family farmers;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that only an appropriate level of financial support will bring about climate change mitigation, and therefore sufficient investments have to be made to guarantee competitiveness and innovation in low-carbon technologies especially renewable energy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that, over the years, the Member States have faced a significant shortage of financial resources for the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network (which in some cases represent a significant proportion of national territory), and this has compromised the instrument’s effectiveness and overall coherence;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Union to take greater responsibility for the protection of natural resources in the Natura 2000 network, in particular with regard to its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States in the management of areas that form part of the Natura 2000 network given that there is no specific financial instrument for that purpose to complement the inclusion of biodiversity into sectorial policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that it is necessary to help Europe recover from the several-year-long crisis; stresses that green job creation and economic growth among Union SMEs stem in part from the implementation of environmental legislation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that the Union Civil Protection Mechanism is a cornerstone of Union solidarity; recalls that the primary responsibility for the protection of people, as well as the environment and property, including the cultural heritage, lies with Member States; underlines that the Union plays an 'enabling role' to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of Member States in the prevention of, preparedness for, and response to disasters; notes the importance of not reducing commitments for this programme;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for Parliament’s delegation to emphasise the importance of full implementation of the budget lines dedicated to the environment, climate change, public health and food safety
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for Parliament’s delegation to emphasise the importance of full implementation of the budget lines dedicated to the environment, climate change, public health and food safety, despite their size in budgetary terms; if the necessary funding is not available, those programmes should be complemented with other Union funds;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that climate and resource efficiency mainstreaming is of horizontal importance in all EU policies for achieving the goals set by the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines, therefore, that at least 20% of the MFF for years 2014-2020 – as much as €180 billion − shall be spent on climate change-related action; recalls, moreover, that moving the EU economies towards decarbonisation in order to fulfil the obligations arising from the Paris Agreement on climate change will be one of the main challenges that the European Union will have to face in the coming decades;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes the EU's commitment that at least 20% of the EU budget under the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 should be climate-related expenditure; notes that the Commission's own mainstreaming methodology calculated that 12.7% of the 2014 budget was spent on climate change and 12.5% allocated in the 2015 draft budget; urges the Commission to provide further information on the prospective spending on climate action required in the 2017 budget and beyond to meet this 20% target;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. In light of the urgency of global action and to show Union leadership, calls upon the Commission to increase the climate spending in the Union budget from 20 to 30% and to introduce an effective method of tracking such spending;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to ensure Union financial resources do not contain subsidies that are harmful for the climate or lock in fossil fuel infrastructure, such as fossil fuel subsidies, or support activities which are harmful to biodiversity or damage ecosystems, or require increased use of resources and energy; furthermore calls on the Commission to introduce an effective method of tracking biodiversity spending in the Union budget;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. On the basis of available evidence considers it very likely the Common Agricultural Policy - representing nearly 40% of the Union spending - will fail to deliver on its sustainable management of natural resources objectives; therefore calls for the Commission to start a Fitness Check of the CAP as soon as possible, on the basis of the five fitness check questions: EU value added, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and policy coherence;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety play a major role, and stresses that their tasks, which include better information-sharing with the public on decision-making, more access to documents and greater involvement in their activities, are constantly growing and that those agencies must therefore be given the necessary financial and human resources to fulfil their mandate and execute such tasks; against this
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety play a major role, and stresses that their tasks are constantly growing and that those agencies must therefore be given
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety play a major role, and stresses that their tasks and duties are constantly growing and bringing new challenges, and that those agencies must therefore be given the necessary financial and human resources to fulfil their mandate and execute such tasks; against this background, notes with concern that most of those agencies have absorbed significant staff cuts in recent years; strongly supports, therefore, a case-by-case approach to assessing the individual needs of decentralised agencies.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety play a major role, and stresses that their tasks are constantly growing and that those agencies must therefore be given the necessary financial and human resources to fulfil their mandate and execute such tasks; against this background, notes with concern that most of those agencies have absorbed significant staff cuts in recent years and that this fact is being exploited to reject their scientific assessments as a basis for political decisions; strongly supports, therefore, a case-by-case approach to assessing the individual needs of decentralised agencies
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Highlights the important work of the European Chemicals Agency given its expanding remit in recent years; notes with concern the difficulties experienced by the Agency in covering the expenditure for procedures associated with the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products1a ; urges the Commission to take measures to prevent a situation arising in which the Agency will be unable to deliver on all its non-fee related obligations in this regard; __________________ 1a P8_TA-PROV(2016)0169
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that climate and resource efficiency mainstreaming is of horizontal importance in all EU policies for achieving the goals set by the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls, moreover, that moving the EU economies towards decarbonisation in order to fulfil the obligations arising from the Paris Agreement on climate change and to increase the competitiveness of the Union's economies effectively will be one of the main challenges that the European Union will have to face in the coming decades;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that green job creation and economic growth among EU SMEs stem not least from the implementation of environmental legislation; observes once again that Member States should view environment- and climate-friendly policies, measures and projects as an opportunity to improve public health and promote growth;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the transition towards a circular, low-carbon economy is an absolute necessity; emphasizes that not only sufficient funds should be made available to facilitate and promote this transition, but that European funded projects should not have a negative impact on this transition;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of the LIFE programme, which aims to promote implementation of both environment and climate objectives and their
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of the LIFE programme, which aims to promote
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of the LIFE programme, which aims to promote implementation of both environment and climate objectives and their integration into other policies and Member State practice, and calls therefore for its resources to
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls the added value of
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2016/06/06
ITRE
38 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the 2017 Budget should focus on initiatives that contribute to knowledge-based, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth across the EU and providing an incentive for future innovation related spending and investments;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that grants and loans do not finance the same type of activities and that those different instruments support different types of beneficiaries and projects; stresses the need of continuing with grants for financing European fundamental and collaborative research, in particular research performed by the academia; alerts against the tendency in the Commission of transforming grants into loans or equity, in particular when university research budgets are suffering cuts in many Member States; believes that this tendency works towards the loosing of the research basis, which in turn significantly reduces the innovation potential of the European Union in the future;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the proposed funds are also adequately allocated to the new Circular Economy Package (CEP), and that the recipients, conditions, mechanisms and timeframe for their allocation are clarified; highlights that the funds should be used not solely for recycling technologies but also for increasing the use of secondary raw materials and for creating new business models capable of delivering on the objectives of the circular economy; recalls the importance of the CEP as a tool to enable the transition of the EU’s economy and sustainable use of resources;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recognises that since the adoption of the current Multiannual Financial Framework, new political priorities have emerged in response to the urgent needs arising from Climate Change, resource efficiency and energy security; supports therefore the inclusion of the Circular Economy Package, the EU’s COP21 commitments and 2030 targets, the Energy Union and Digital Union as overarching priorities to which sufficient resources must be allocated to work effectively;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates the importance of the original CEF allocation funding in the area of energy and for the identified projects of common interest (PCIs) in order to achieve the electricity interconnectivity target and the completion of the EU internal energy market;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Reiterates the important role that Horizon 2020 can play in helping the EU reduce its dependence in terms of critical space technologies; recalls that the space part of Horizon 2020 falls within the ‘Industrial leadership’ priority, and in particular within the specific objective of ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’; takes the view therefore that Horizon 2020 should be used to support Europe’s space technological base and space industrial capabilities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls for the significant extension of the SME instruments, in order to meet at minimum its legal budgetary commitments as negotiated under Horizon 2020 with the European Parliament; requests to the Commission improve the budgetary oversight and control, and ensure a genuine bottom-up approach to its implementation, by establishing a single budget line for this instrument in Horizon 2020;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines furthermore that these initiatives depend on an effective coordination of current EU multiannual programmes and; recalls the Commission’s commitment to funding for these new priorities;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Underlines the importance of securing the full completion and operation of the European space flagship programmes Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus infrastructure as well as for support of downstream and upstream GNSS applications and earth observation activities within the budgets for Horizon 2020 and European GNSS programmes;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Expresses acute concern over the future of grant funding in EU programmes; recalls the importance of grant funding for many of the Union’s flagship research, innovation, and infrastructure and SME programmes and the Union’s unique strengths in these areas, which cannot be replicated by leveraged funding;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Recognises the importance of the EU agencies in the implementation and monitoring of EU law; requests that, in view of the new responsibilities proposed for many of the agencies in the past year, appropriate resources and staffing be made available to these agencies to carry out their roles;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the 2017 Budget should focus on initiatives that contribute to the energy transition and to knowledge- based, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth across the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Reiterates the importance of restoring the original CEF allocation funding in the area of telecom in order to be able to complete the Digital Union;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is provided
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is provided with sufficient resources to be able to execute the additional tasks delegated to it by EU legislation, particularly by the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive; is concerned that failing to provide adequate resources would seriously hamper the EU’s ability to ensure proper functioning of the Digital Single Market that delivers essential digital services to all EU citizens; calls also for the GNSS Agency to be adequately resourced, bearing in mind the essential tasks that it carries out in relation to the Galileo programme, including security accreditation, and for the Commission to address the problem of the correction coefficient, which is hampering the recruitment and retention of appropriately qualified staff;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is provided with sufficient resources to be able to execute the additional tasks delegated to it by EU legislation, particularly by the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive; is concerned that failing to provide adequate resources would seriously hamper the EU’s ability to ensure proper functioning of the Digital Single Market that delivers essential digital services to all EU citizens; stresses that any new spending on an EU body must be funded solely through an across-the- board increase in customs duties under the Common Customs Tariff, and not from fresh contributions by the Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is provided with sufficient resources to be able to execute the additional tasks delegated to it by EU legislation, particularly by the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive; is concerned that failing to provide adequate resources would seriously hamper the competitiveness of the EU´s businesses and the EU’s ability to ensure
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the importance of completing the Internal Energy Market in order to accomplish the goals of the Energy Union,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the importance of completing the Internal Energy Market in order to accomplish the goals of the Energy Union, especially in delivering affordable and climate friendly energy in line with the EU’s 2030 targets, providing energy security and resilience to disruptions in energy supplies; highlights the necessity of providing adequate funds to enhance energy efficiency as well as projects of common interest aimed at ensuring the diversification of energy sources, including renewable energy, and supply routes and connectivity of power and gas networks;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Highlights the necessity of providing sufficient funds to projects dedicated to improve the energy efficiency, to address the energy poverty and to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix, in line with the goals of Paris Agreement;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to consider extension of programmes ensuring access to finance for SMEs including start-ups; recalls in this context that particular focus should be given to a risk-financing, which remains a challenge for many SMEs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the 2017 Budget should focus on initiatives that contribute
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the need to assign sufficient resources to ensure that it executes the tasks conferred on it by EU legislative authorities
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the need to assign sufficient resources to ensure that it executes the tasks conferred on it by EU legislative authorities, in particular with respect to
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Draws attention to the
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Draws attention to the importance of the ITER programme and to the need to support it with appropriate financing and to eliminate delays in payments
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Requests further information on what Commissioner Georgieva’s ‘Budget for Results’ agenda means in practice for the ITRE policy area before it is applied to ITRE programmes; recalls the gender balance requirements for budgeting, and asks for this principle to be mainstreamed into budgetary work programmes for the coming financial year;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Draws attention to the significant delays, extra costs and the potential very negative environmental impacts of the ITER programme; calls the Commission to stop financing it immediately; urges the Commission to convert the ITER project in a research centre for development of renewable energy technologies supporting decentralization and diversification;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for developing better synergies between Horizon 2020 and smart specialisation initiatives (RIS3) to enable focusing investments in the sustainable energy transition, resource efficiency and circular economy, to deliver better R&D exploitation and support regional economic convergence;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the commitments agreed in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 should be met in full; reminds the Council and the Commission to bear in mind the unavoidable link between commitments and payments when making decisions on the 2017 EU budget; highlights furthermore that the EU budget must be adapted to accommodate also new priorities; it must also be able to respond to changes and current developments without detriment to already agreed programmes and initiatives;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that multiannual programmes such as COSME, CEF and Horizon 2020
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that multiannual programmes such as COSME, CEF and Horizon 2020 constitute necessary investment in the EU’s
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets in this context the considerable negative impact of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) on the level of financing for Horizon 2020 and CEF; is deeply concerned that the shortage of funds in Horizon 2020 has contributed to a drop in the success rate from 20%-22% in the 7th Framework Programme to 13%-14% in Horizon 2020, which endangers the establishment of the European Research Area; reiterates the view that budget lines for Horizon 2020 and CEF should be restored as much as possible in the 2017 budget; considers that the total recovery of funds redeployed from the Connected Europe Facility to the European Fund for Strategic Investments is essential in order to complete the European internal energy market and for reaching the EU’s energy policy objectives of affordable, secure and sustainable energy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets in this context the considerable negative impact of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) on the level of financing for Horizon 2020 and CEF; is deeply concerned that the shortage of funds in Horizon 2020 has contributed to a drop in the success rate from 20%-22% in the 7th Framework Programme to 13%-14% in Horizon 2020, which endangers the establishment of the European Research Area; reiterates the view that budget lines for Horizon 2020 and CEF should be restored
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets in this context the considerable negative impact of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) on the level of financing for Horizon 2020 and CEF; is deeply concerned that the shortage of funds in Horizon 2020 has contributed to a drop in the success rate from 20%-22% in the 7th Framework Programme to 13%-14% in Horizon 2020, which endangers the establishment of the European Research Area; reiterates the view that budget lines for Horizon 2020 and CEF should be restored as much as possible in the 2017 budget, in order to reach EU´s 2020 research & development and innovation targets;
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Amendment A #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget
Amendment B #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment C #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people
Amendment D #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses th
Amendment E #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment F #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the EU budget should invest in education and vocational training to provide opportunities, especially in the areas most affected
Amendment G #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Points out the potential of digitalisation generating new business models and new jobs and calls for coherent budgetary efforts to provide appropriate
Amendment H #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the importance of the budget in promoting entrepreneurship initiatives including social entrepreneurship, innovative social enterprises
Amendment I #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that the budget should promote a high level of workers’ protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to occupational safety and health and safety at work;
Amendment J #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that the budget
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