16.10.2019 A9-0017/63

Amendment 63 João Ferreira, , , , , , , José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

27b. Calls for the continued eligibility of regional disasters for European Union Solidarity Fund assistance to Member States in the event of natural calamities, acknowledging the specific nature of those occurring in the Mediterranean, such as drought and fires, and ensuring that the funds are disbursed as rapidly as possible;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/64

Amendment 64 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, , Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

27c. Calls for the enhancement of the existing European Drought Observatory in terms of its institutional, human, material and financial capacity, ensuring the effective networking of universities, R & D units, companies in the productive sector and civil society, to investigate upstream–downstream drought impacts, providing data and methodologies for managing productive resources and adapting them to the specific realities and needs of each region and each type of agricultural production and providing technical assistance to drought-stricken Member States and regions;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/65

Amendment 65 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

27d. Calls for the EU budget, in line with the stated policy objectives of combating climate change and its effects, to provide funding lines and instruments to assist in the development of conservation policies aimed at minimising the impact of herbicides, especially on pollinators, and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/66

Amendment 66 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

37a. Calls an increase in funding earmarked for the special contribution for orphan medical products, in line with its aim of providing incentives for the development of medicines for rare diseases; argues that sufferers of these diseases deserve the same quality of care as other patients, and that their small number cannot justify a refusal by the pharmaceutical industry to invest in the research and development of medicines to treat them;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/67

Amendment 67 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Manuel Bompard, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

21a. Calls for the creation of a budget heading for the provision of special support programmes for Member States seeking to negotiate an exit from the euro on the grounds that their membership thereof has become unsustainable and unendurable; such programmes should include adequate compensation for the social and economic hardship caused by joining the single currency;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/68

Amendment 68 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

16a. Calls for the introduction of a production and employment support programme for countries with chronic long-term production and demographic deficits, assisting Member States with accumulated long-term structural deficits in the agri-food, industrial) production, technology and energy sectors and/or in demographic terms and helping to introduce measures and policies that stimulate the real economy, in particular productive investment, industrial development and job creation;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/69

Amendment 69 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, Martina Anderson, Matt Carthy, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

32a. Calls for the 2020 EU budget to provide adequate funding for effective measures regarding the reception and integration of migrants and refugees;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/70

Amendment 70 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

39a. Calls for development cooperation policies to be stepped up; calls for EU funding in this area to focus on combating poverty, creating and improving public services, particularly in the fields of education, health, social security, water supply, sanitation and transport, and promoting food sovereignty and industrial development in developing countries;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/71

Amendment 71 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, Martina Anderson, Matt Carthy, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0017/2019 Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections (11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019 – 2019/2028(BUD))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

33a. Rejects any use of the EU budget to encourage the externalisation of EU borders, for example through FRONTEX, obsession with security, external interference, the launching of an arms race or the militarisation of EU international relations;

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EN United in diversityEN 16.10.2019 A9-0017/72

Amendment 72 João Ferreira, Sandra Pereira, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Georgios Georgiou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

36a. Calls for the strengthening of culture support programmes to offset waning investment in this sector, encourage and protect cultural diversity, stimulate artistic creation, promote greater mobility and interaction between those active in the cultural sector and facilitate enjoyment of the arts and access to culture for a wider public;

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