18.10.2017 A8-0299/13

Amendment 13 Liadh Ní Riada, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, , Stelios Kouloglou, , Merja Kyllönen, Kateřina Konečná, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Jiří Maštálka, Kostas Chrysogonos, , Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

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1. Stresses that Parliament's reading 1. The Parliament's reading of the of the 2018 Budget fully reflects the 2018 Budget reflects the political priorities political priorities adopted by an adopted in its abovementioned resolutions overwhelming majority in its of 15 March 2017 on general guidelines abovementioned resolutions of 15 March and of 5 July 2017 on a mandate for the 2017 on general guidelines and of 5 July trilogue; insists that long-term jobs, in 2017 on a mandate for the trilogue; recalls particular youth employment, sustainable that sustainable growth, jobs, in particular growth, climate change and solidarity youth employment, security and climate should be at the core of the Union change are at the core of those priorities; priorities

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/14

Amendment 14 Marie-Pierre Vieu, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Liadh Ní Riada, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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2. Highlights that the Union continues 2. Highlights that the Union continues to face numerous challenges and is to face numerous challenges and is convinced that, while maintaining budget convinced that, the necessary financial discipline, the necessary financial resources must be deployed from the resources must be deployed from the Union budget, in order to meet the political Union budget, in order to meet the political priorities and allow the Union to deliver priorities and allow the Union to deliver concrete answers and effectively respond concrete answers and effectively respond to those challenges; underlines that Union to those challenges; underlines that Union spending should be based on the principle spending should be based on the principle of European added value and should of European added value and should respect the principle of subsidiarity; respect the principle of subsidiarity;

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/15

Amendment 15 Liadh Ní Riada, Marie-Pierre Vieu, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Kateřina Konečná, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Rina Ronja Kari, Jiří Maštálka, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, João Ferreira, João Pimenta Lopes, Miguel Viegas on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Stresses the need to immediately put an end to the austeritarian policies trend, both at national and EU level; insists on enabling a social Europe, a path for decent, quality, long-term employment, to enlarge social protection and ensure health and education coverage to all, based upon social cohesion, integrative communities and robust public sectors, guaranteeing the highest levels of living one path that pays heed to the development needs of each region, each Member State, in particular the least developed ones, favouring real convergence between regions, Member States and enhancing all efforts to efficiently reduce the current economic and social gaps;

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/16

Amendment 16 Liadh Ní Riada, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Kateřina Konečná, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, João Ferreira, João Pimenta Lopes, Miguel Viegas on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Insists on criticising and denouncing the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) as it failed in bridging the investment gap across the EU; insists that instead a major and more ambitious public investment plan should have been implemented across the EU's territories to help implement strategic, structural investments which would provide a high level of added value to the economy, the public sector, the environment and society.

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/17

Amendment 17 Liadh Ní Riada, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Jiří Maštálka, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marisa Matias, Luke Ming Flanagan, Jaromír Kohlíček on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Is highly concerned with the raise of instability and uncertainty both within and outside the Union; insists on the need to a whole new approach, on the need to rebalance the Union's approach to cohesion, integration, peace, sustainable development and human rights; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to connect and boost efforts towards further sustaining peace and conflict prevention; recalls the worldwide inspiration brought by the Good Friday Agreement while acknowledging the unprecedented challenges and pressures on the aftermath of the United Kingdom 2016 Referendum; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to enhance their support to reconciliation and to guarantee the Union's commitment to secure additional support to Peace funding in the 2018 Union Budget to secure peace, stability and reconciliation in Ireland.

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/18

Amendment 18 Marie-Pierre Vieu, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Merja Kyllönen, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Liadh Ní Riada, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Believes that, while at present the 8. Believes that, while at present the peak of the migratory and refugee crisis peak of the migratory and refugee crisis seems to have decreased, the Union must seems to have decreased, the Union must stand ready to respond to any future stand ready to respond to any future unforeseen event in this area and pursue a unforeseen event in this area and pursue a more proactive approach in the field of more proactive approach in the field of migration; therefore urges the Commission migration; therefore urges the Commission to continuously monitor the adequacy of to continuously monitor the adequacy of allocations under Heading 3 and make full allocations under Heading 3 and make full use of all available instruments under the use of all available instruments under the current MFF to respond in a timely manner current MFF to respond in a timely manner to any unforeseen event that might require to any unforeseen event that might require additional funding; recalls that, while the additional funding; recalls that, while the Union managed to put in place some Union managed to put in place some mechanisms helping to cope with this mechanisms helping to cope with this situation, still over one hundred thousand situation, still over one hundred thousand refugees and migrants have arrived to refugees and migrants have arrived to Europe by sea so far in 2017 according to Europe by sea so far in 2017 according to the UNHCR; decides therefore to reinforce the UNHCR; decides therefore to reinforce in a limited manner the Asylum Migration the European Asylum Support Office and Integration Fund and the Internal (EASO), which needs to be provided with Security Fund, as well as the agencies adequate financial and human resources; with responsibilities in the field of asylum, notes, once again, that the Heading 3 such as the European Asylum Support ceiling is vastly insufficient to provide for Office (EASO), which need to be provided appropriate funding for the internal with adequate financial and human dimension of the migration and refugee resources; notes, once again, that the crisis as well as other priority programmes, Heading 3 ceiling is vastly insufficient to such as culture and citizenship provide for appropriate funding for the programmes; internal dimension of the migration and

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/19

Amendment 19 Liadh Ní Riada, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Sabine Lösing, Rina Ronja Kari, Kateřina Konečná, Jiří Maštálka, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, João Ferreira, Miguel Viegas on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Rejects any use of the Union budget to finance a militarist EU programme; recalls that EU funds, including research grants from the Commission, cannot fund military projects; stresses that the concept of dual- use technology shall not be used as a loop-hole to fund projects with a de facto military aim such as drones for high-tech warfare and security surveillance; insists in an alternative set of programmes that support a more social Europe reinforcing sustainable development, strengthened, environment-friendly internal demand based on progressive wages, full employment with rights, social welfare, eradicating poverty and social exclusion and improved social and economic cohesion;

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/20

Amendment 20 Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Kateřina Konečná, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A8-0299/2017 Siegfried Mureşan, Richard Ashworth General budget of the European Union for 2018 - all sections 11815/2017 – C8-0313/2017 – 2017/2044(BUD)

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16

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16. Concludes that, for the purpose of 16. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing all pressing needs, adequately financing all pressing needs, and considering the very tight MFF and considering the very tight MFF margins in 2018, all means available in the margins in 2018, all means available in the MFF Regulation in terms of flexibility will MFF Regulation in terms of flexibility and need to be deployed; expects that the of substantial raising of the ceilings will Council will share this approach and that need to be applied; expects that the an agreement will easily be reached in Council will share this approach and that conciliation, allowing the Union to rise to an agreement will easily be reached in the occasion and effectively respond to the conciliation, allowing the Union to rise to challenges ahead; underlines that the the occasion and effectively respond to the deviation each budgetary year from the challenges ahead; underlines that the original programming under the current deviation each budgetary year from the MFF advocates in favour of an upward original programming under the current adjustment of the ceilings in the MFF post- MFF advocates in favour of an upward 2020; adjustment of the ceilings in the MFF post- 2020;

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/21

Amendment 21 Marie-Pierre Vieu, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Kateřina Konečná, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Sabine Lösing, Rina Ronja Kari, Jiří Maštálka, Liadh Ní Riada, Marisa Matias, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, João Ferreira, João Pimenta Lopes, Miguel Viegas on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24

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24. Stresses the importance of deleted stimulating cooperative defence research in Europe for addressing key capability shortfalls at a time when international developments and uncertainties increasingly require Europe to step up its efforts on defence; believes that additional expenses on the Union level in the field of defence research should be compensated by savings on the national level; supports the increased allocation for the Preparatory Action on defence research; calls for a defence research programme with a dedicated budget within the next Multiannual Financial Framework, reiterates, nevertheless, its longstanding position that new initiatives shall be financed through fresh appropriations and not to the detriment of existing Union programmes; underlines, furthermore, the need to improve the competitiveness and innovation in the European defence industry;

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18.10.2017 A8-0299/22

Amendment 22 , Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Martina Michels, Merja Kyllönen, Kateřina Konečná, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Liadh Ní Riada, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Luke Ming Flanagan, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new)

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27a. Stresses the need to strengthen the European cohesion policy in times of deepening regional, economic and social disparities, and proposes therefore to reverse all the cuts proposed by the Council on the lines related to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);

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