2019-2024

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

2021/0227(BUD)

6.9.2021

AMENDMENTS 1 - 40

Draft opinion Christian Ehler (PE696.282v02-00)

Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - General Introduction - Total expenditure - General statement of revenue - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section (2021/0227(BUD))

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PE696.476v01-00 2/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement with the highest share of climate-relevant including the relative share of climate- EU expenditure to date and a significant relevant EU expenditure and the contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully stresses again that this budget should be align with the updated New Industrial fully aligned with the Paris Agreement Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a and the European Green Deal, ultimately year for boosting a rapid recovery for a contributing to achieve the revised 2030 resilient Europe; EU climate, energy and environmental targets and the objective of making the EU climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest and, in turn, prompting the updated New Industrial Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a socially, environmentally and economically resilient Europe;

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Amendment 2 Robert Hajšel, , Łukasz Kohut, , Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, , Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, ,

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1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully align underlines the importance of ensuring

AM\1238226EN.docx 3/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN with the updated New Industrial Strategy; sufficient funding in order to contribute stresses that 2022 should be a year for to the twin transition towards the boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient achievement of the 2030 energy and Europe; climate targets and climate-neutrality by 2050; considers that the budget should fully align with the updated New Industrial Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient Europe;

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Amendment 3 Elżbieta Kruk, Izabela-Helena Kloc

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1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully align considers that the budget should fully align with the updated New Industrial Strategy; with the updated New Industrial Strategy stresses that 2022 should be a year for and adequately alleviate the effects of the boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient economic downturn; stresses that 2022 Europe; should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient Europe;

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Amendment 4 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1 a. Urges, in light of the climate emergency and the alarming findings of

PE696.476v01-00 4/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN the 6th IPCC Assessment Report, for a substantial increase of the climate expenditure in the 2022 budget and to use available margins and flexibility instruments to strengthen the Union’s programmes supporting the ecological, energy and resource-efficient transition; believes, moreover, that the Union funds spent for harmful projects or false climate solutions, such as ITER, which has accumulated substantial technological delays and costs overruns, should be redirected into the development and deployment of energy- and resource- efficiency measures and sustainable renewable energy solutions that are already available or will be available in the near future in order to deliver the EU climate and energy goals;

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Amendment 5 Christian Ehler

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1 a. Takes note of the Council’s position on the 2022 budget; condemns strongly the cuts proposed to the Union programmes in the industry, research and energy areas, particularly considering that these programmes represent essential investments for recovery, and in the sustainability and digital transitions as well as Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy;

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Amendment 6 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 a. Recalls its resolution of 16 September 2020 on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the EU; calls on Commission to ensure timely implementation of New Own resources as agreed in the Interinstitutional agreement of16 December 2020;

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Amendment 7 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1 b. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all Union funds and programmes; insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC, or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, should not be eligible for support under the Union budget;

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Amendment 8 Christian Ehler

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1 b. Recalls the agreement on the MFF, including on the NGEU funding and the additional funding of EUR 4 billion for Horizon Europe; Considers the cuts proposed by the Council to run contrary to these agreements; intends to hold the Council to its commitments to the recovery of Europe;

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Amendment 9 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 b. Reminds of the crucial role of strategic foresight and importance of the evidence based anticipatory policy making;

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Amendment 10 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1 c. Demands that all infrastructure investments are in line with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and resilient to adverse climate change impacts, and that they contribute to the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 C; calls for the integration of GHG emissions in the

AM\1238226EN.docx 7/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration of related additional investments and lock-in effects to avoid stranded assets;

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Amendment 11 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, , Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 c. Reminds that ambitious policies in pathway to climate neutrality require significant investments in research and innovation and in this regard regrets recent Council cuts in allocations to Horizon Europe for 2022;

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Amendment 12 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1 d. Welcomes the dedicated focus in the Commission's performance reporting on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming and calls on the Commission to refine and develop it further; reminds the Commission to fully involve the Parliament; emphasizes that the Commission needs to establish the effective methodology, in particular for

PE696.476v01-00 8/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN tracking halting and reversing biodiversity loss, before the presentation of the draft budget for 2023 in order to ensure that the target set out in the IIA of 16 December 2020 for 2024 can be met effectively; reminds that the implementation of the principle as regards biodiversity must go beyond the full respect of relevant Union acquis; calls on the Commission to assess whether the national recovery and resilience plans collectively put the Union on track towards achieving the 7,5% biodiversity spending target by 2024 (and 10% in 2026 and 2027) and to report the assessment to Parliament;

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Amendment 13 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica, Josianne Cutajar

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1 d. Welcomes the Commissions ambition to strengthen Union competitiveness, strategic autonomy and resilience and in this context recalls the success of the European Battery Alliance that in line with EGD, Circular Economy Action Plan and New Industrial Strategy aims to contribute to clean and digital transition by creating a competitive, circular, sustainable and safe value chain for batteries, crucial for future low- emissions mobility and energy storage and can, therefore, serve as a good example;

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Amendment 14

AM\1238226EN.docx 9/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1 e. Reminds that the implementation of the Green New Deal requires the MFF and NGEU funding to be awarded exclusively to activities in line with the 'do no significant harm' principle and consistent with the Paris Agreement goal to limit the temperature rise to under 1.5oC; expects that the next performance report includes details on how the Union budget contributes to the Green New Deal, in particular though the implementation of the 'do no significant harm principle'; stresses that the guidance published for the RRF should be seen as the standard for all other expenditures of the same nature, in particular must serve as a basis for the partnership agreements;

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Amendment 15 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 e. Stresses the importance of achieving the biodiversity spending level of 10 % and a climate mainstreaming spending level of 30 % agreed under the 2021-2027 MFF ; stresses that clear eligibility criteria and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure in line with the ‘do no harm’

PE696.476v01-00 10/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN principle are necessary, together with the corresponding correction measures, and the proofing mechanism to identify potential harmful impacts of Union actions on biodiversity and climate;

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Amendment 16 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 f. Calls for addressing the social, economic, energy and environmental impacts of the transition whilst maintaining and expanding employment opportunities in the affected territories in order to avoid social exclusion; points, in this respect, to the role of the Just Transition Fund in addressing societal, socio-economic, technological and environmental impacts on workers, sectors and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence; calls for securing workers’ rights, reducing of the energy poverty and avoiding deepening of inequalities;

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Amendment 17 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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AM\1238226EN.docx 11/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN 1 f. Underlines the importance of enhancing the protection of the Union budget and NGEU against fraud and irregularities; welcomes the introduction of standardised measures to collect, compare and aggregate information and figures on the final beneficiaries of Union funding, including on beneficial owners of the recipients and contractors; calls on the Commission to ensure full application of these new measures on all levels of budget implementation and to monitor closely their effectiveness in view of detecting fraud;

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Amendment 18 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 g. Underlines the important role that SMEs, microenterprises and start-ups play in the recovery while maintaining employment and growth and calls on Union and Member States to ensure stronger support for SMEs and start-ups and to further reduce their administrative burden; underlines that SMEs are an essential part of the European economy and stresses the need to create a SMEs- friendly business environment and support SMEs cluster and network; Calls for the need for sufficient financial resources in the SME window under InvestEU;

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Amendment 19

PE696.476v01-00 12/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 h. Underlines the need to reform the European industry and hard-to-abate sectors in order to achieve a competitive and sustainable Union and its climate goals; stresses, therefore, the need for sufficient funding for programmes supporting these goals, innovative solutions and breakthrough technologies such as Horizon Europe, CEF, InvestEU and the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH 2) Joint Undertaking;

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Amendment 20 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 i. Insists on the importance of increased investments in digitalisation and digital connectivity to clearly define 2030 digital target and tackle challenges related to reducing the digital divide and digital literacy, cybersecurity, free flow of data, safety, liability and artificial intelligence;

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Amendment 21 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão-

AM\1238226EN.docx 13/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN Marques, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica

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1 j. Stresses the importance of successful implementation of 'Fit for 55' package; highlights the essential role of implementing the Union's Circular Economy Action Plan in order to achieve the mentioned policies;

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Amendment 22 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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2. Highlights the need to support 2. Highlights the need to further research and innovation in the context of support research and innovation as a driver the current pandemic and the EU’s green for prosperity in the context of the and digital ambitions; Calls for making recovery from the current pandemic and available to Horizon Europe Programme the EU’s green and digital ambitions; Calls the research decommitments from 2020 in for making available to Horizon Europe line with Article 15(3) of the Financial Programme the research decommitments Regulation; calls for the expenditure on from 2020 in line with Article 15(3) of the health research from the Union budget to Financial Regulation; calls for the be at least equal to that in the 2021 general expenditure on health research from the budget, given the evolving pandemic Union budget to be at least equal to that in situation; calls for allocation of Next the 2021 general budget, given the Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by evolving pandemic situation; calls for the crisis and to instruments that can allocation of Next Generation EU funds to contribute directly to the recovery of the sectors hard hit by the crisis and to European economy; instruments that can contribute directly to the recovery while spurring the ecological and sustainable digital transition of the European economy; believes that the digital transition should itself facilitate and contribute to the green transition and highlights the importance of further

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Amendment 23 Giorgos Georgiou

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2. Highlights the need to support 2. Highlights the need to support research and innovation in the context of research and innovation in the context of the current pandemic and the EU’s green the current pandemic and the EU’s green and digital ambitions; Calls for making and digital ambitions with a view to available to Horizon Europe Programme improving access to knowledge, the research decommitments from 2020 in promoting social development, tackling line with Article 15(3) of the Financial climate change, raising quality of living Regulation; calls for the expenditure on standards and achieving the Sustainable health research from the Union budget to Developments Goals; Calls for making be at least equal to that in the 2021 general available to Horizon Europe Programme budget, given the evolving pandemic the research decommitments from 2020 in situation; calls for allocation of Next line with Article 15(3) of the Financial Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by Regulation; calls for the expenditure on the crisis and to instruments that can health research from the Union budget to contribute directly to the recovery of the be at least equal to that in the 2021 general European economy; budget, given the evolving pandemic situation; calls for allocation of Next Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by the crisis and to instruments that can contribute directly to the recovery of the European economy;

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Amendment 24 Valérie Hayer, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti,

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2. Highlights the need to support 2. Highlights the need to support

AM\1238226EN.docx 15/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN research and innovation in the context of research and innovation in the context of the current pandemic and the EU’s green the current pandemic and the EU’s green and digital ambitions; Calls for making and digital ambitions; Calls for making available to Horizon Europe Programme available to Horizon Europe Programme the research decommitments from 2020 in the research decommitments from 2020 in line with Article 15(3) of the Financial line with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; calls for the expenditure on Regulation; calls for the expenditure on health research from the Union budget to health research from the Union budget to be at least equal to that in the 2021 general be at least equal to that in the 2021 general budget, given the evolving pandemic budget, given the evolving pandemic situation; calls for allocation of Next situation; calls for allocation of Next Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by the crisis and to instruments that can the crisis and to instruments that can contribute directly to the recovery of the contribute directly to the recovery of the European economy; European economy; underlines the role of the EIC and EIT in supporting research and innovation in the Union, and the need to increase their financial resources in 2022;

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Amendment 25 Elżbieta Kruk, Izabela-Helena Kloc

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2. Highlights the need to support 2. Highlights the need to support research and innovation in the context of research and innovation in the context of the current pandemic and the EU’s green the challenges arising from the EU’s and digital ambitions; Calls for making green and digital ambitions; Calls for available to Horizon Europe Programme making available to Horizon Europe the research decommitments from 2020 in Programme the research decommitments line with Article 15(3) of the Financial from 2020 in line with Article 15(3) of the Regulation; calls for the expenditure on Financial Regulation; calls for the health research from the Union budget to expenditure on health research from the be at least equal to that in the 2021 general Union budget to be at least equal to that in budget, given the evolving pandemic the 2021 general budget; calls for situation; calls for allocation of Next allocation of Next Generation EU funds to Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by sectors hard hit by the crisis and to the crisis and to instruments that can instruments that can contribute directly to contribute directly to the recovery of the the recovery of the European economy; European economy;

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PE696.476v01-00 16/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN Amendment 26 Giorgos Georgiou

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2 a. Reiterates that Union budget should benefit the people and primarily be focused on sustainable development and quality jobs, energy transition to more efficient and renewable-based energy system, fight against climate change, and eradicate energy poverty. Underlines, in that regard, that public money shall not be spent for military investments or defence implications.

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Amendment 27 Christian Ehler

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2 a. Highlights that the Union budget should support academic freedom and institutional autonomy across Europe and the world; calls for the Union budget to offer support to Afghan scholars now facing dire circumstances as academic freedom is likely to disappear under the Taliban-lead regime;

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Amendment 28 Christian Ehler

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2 b. Supports the pilot project for setting up a Fellowship Scheme for Researchers At Risk, which should enable the Union to directly support scholars at risk, like those in Afghanistan;

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Amendment 29 Giorgos Georgiou

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2 b. Stresses that in accordance with Article 41(2) TEU any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications should not be charged to the Union budget.

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Amendment 30 Christian Ehler

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2 c. Reiterates its support for an industrial policy based on an ecosystem approach that supports competitiveness and strengthens resilience of the Union while facilitating the ecological and digital transitions; highlights the need for alignment of investment across Union Programmes and actions, including Joint Undertakings, Industrial Alliances and IPCEIs where appropriate,

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Amendment 31 Giorgos Georgiou

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2 c. Calls for additional funds to accelerate the development and deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures in order to meet the commitments under the Paris Agreement and to accelerate clean energy transition/ or transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions;

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Amendment 32 Giorgos Georgiou

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3. Regrets the lack of ambition of 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME draft budget for 2022 in regards to micro policy; underlines that without additional and SME policy; Underlines that given the support it will not be possible to address current economic situation, it is highly adequately the severe, long-term important to establish and strengthen the consequences of the crisis on SMEs. support mechanism for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. Without additional support it will not be possible to address adequately the severe, long-term consequences of the crisis on micro and SMEs. Calls, therefore, for stronger support in the 2022 budget for micro and SMEs and their representative associations, thus helping to support

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Amendment 33 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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3. Regrets the lack of ambition of 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME policy; underlines that without additional policy; underlines the need for additional support it will not be possible to address support to address adequately the severe, adequately the severe, long-term long-term consequences of the crisis and to consequences of the crisis on SMEs. enable SMEs and micro-enterprises in particular to take full advantage of the opportunities arising from the Green Deal and to successfully and swiftly take up green practices, products, processes and services;

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Amendment 34 Elżbieta Kruk, Izabela-Helena Kloc

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3. Regrets the lack of ambition of 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME policy; underlines that without additional policy; recalls the analysis showing that support it will not be possible to address there are distinct differences among adequately the severe, long-term sectors in the level of severity of impact consequences of the crisis on SMEs. and the extent of rebound; underlines that without additional long-term support it will not be possible to address adequately the severe, long-term consequences of the

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Amendment 35 Christian Ehler,

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3. Regrets the lack of ambition of 3. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to SME draft budget for 2022 with regards to SME policy; underlines that without additional policy; underlines the need to support the support it will not be possible to address Union’s competitiveness and industrial adequately the severe, long-term capacity; calls in this regard for adequate consequences of the crisis on SMEs. allocation of funds to support SMEs and micro enterprises in order to address the severe, long-term consequences of the crisis on SMEs and micro enterprises.

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Amendment 36 Christian Ehler

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3 a. Considers the New European Bauhaus movement to be a potent mechanism to support Europe’s transition to a sustainable economy and society; believes Union programmes such as Horizon Europe, Connecting Europe Facility and InvestEU should contribute to that initiative; calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to integrate this movement into existing Union programmes, leading to synergies and without any additional criteria or administrative burdens;

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Amendment 37 Valérie Hayer, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Iskra Mihaylova

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4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all 4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce ACER and need to substantially reinforce ACER and the EIT which have been understaffed for the EIT which have been understaffed for many years; welcomes the addition of new many years, as well as ensure sufficient establishment plan posts in the EUSPA, but budget for ENISA and BEREC to fulfil calls for a gradual reduction of external their missions; welcomes the addition of personnel in order to prevent disruptions in new establishment plan posts in the security related activities. EUSPA, but calls for a gradual reduction of external personnel in order to prevent disruptions in security related activities.

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Amendment 38 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all 4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce ACER and need to substantially reinforce ACER, the EIT which have been understaffed for EUSPA and the EIT which have been many years; welcomes the addition of new understaffed for many years while more establishment plan posts in the EUSPA, but tasks were conferred to them through calls for a gradual reduction of external recent legislation; welcomes the addition personnel in order to prevent disruptions in of new establishment plan posts in the security related activities. EUSPA, but calls for a gradual reduction of external personnel in order to prevent

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Amendment 39 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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4 a. Recalls its plea for promoting gender equality and equal rights and opportunities for all in the Union budget; highlights that special efforts are needed to ensure that the Union budget catalyses gender-equal ecological and sustainable digital transitions; stresses the importance of targeting, in particular, the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and the field of ICT and space sectors; expects the commission to swiftly come up with its methodology to measure the contribution of each relevant programme to gender equality, in line with the inter-institutional Agreement accompanying the 2021-2027 MFF, taking on board the European Court of Auditors' recommendations1a; ______1a Special report N10/2021:"Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget:time to turn words into action. https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_10/SR_Gender_mainstream ing_EN.pdf

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Amendment 40 Giorgos Georgiou

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4 a. Regrets the lack of ambition of draft budget for 2022 in regards to research for health; underlines that in the context of the current pandemic, without addition support it will not be possible to ensure health as a public good for all; reminds that everyone has the right to a cure and the right to have a quality life; calls therefore for new approaches for human centered health care in order to ensure access to diagnostics, therapeutics and quality public health services for all.

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