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European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on Budgets

2019/2213(BUD)

4.3.2020

AMENDMENTS 1 - 247

Draft report Pierre Larrouturou (PE647.107v01-00)

Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III (2019/2213(BUD))

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PE648.461v01-00 2/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Citation 1

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— having regard to the special report deleted of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of 8 October 2018 on Global Warming of 1.5°C1 , ______1 https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/

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Amendment 2 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new)

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- having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2018 on the reform of the European Union’s system of own resources7a, ______7a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0076.

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Amendment 3 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

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AM\1200484EN.docx 3/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN - having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015 entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, which entered into force on 1 January 2016,

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Amendment 4 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity11a, ______11a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015

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Amendment 5 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regards to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on the COP151a, ______1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0015_EN.html

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PE648.461v01-00 4/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 6 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,

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Amendment 7 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP25)12a, ______12a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0079.

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Amendment 8 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new)

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- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2017 on a European Pillar of Social Rights,

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Amendment 9 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC to be held in November 2020 and the fact that all Parties to the UNFCCC need to increase their nationally determined contributions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement,

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Amendment 10 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,

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Amendment 11 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the work carried out by the European Institute for Gender

PE648.461v01-00 6/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Equality,

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Amendment 12 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the Commission communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 19 February 2020 entitled ‘Shaping Europe's digital future’ (COM(2020) 67),

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Amendment 13 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas pursuant to Article 311 of A. whereas pursuant to Article 311 of the TFEU, the Union shall provide itself the TFEU, the Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its with the means necessary to attain its policy objectives and the budget shall be policy objectives; financed wholly from own resources;

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Amendment 14 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution

AM\1200484EN.docx 7/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Recital C

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C. whereas the current MFF ends at C. whereas the current MFF ends at the end of 2020, and whereas 2021 should the end of 2020, and whereas 2021 should be the first year of implementation of the be the first year of implementation of the next one; next one; whereas negotiations on the 2021 Union budget might run in parallel with the negotiations on the next multiannual financial framework(MFF) and the reform of the EU own resources system;

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Amendment 15 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas Parliament has been ready D. whereas Parliament has been ready to negotiate the MFF since November to negotiate the MFF since November 2018, but the Council has so far failed to 2018, but the Council has so far failed to engage in any meaningful talks with engage in any meaningful talks with Parliament beyond minimal contact on the Parliament; whereas the Council has margins of the General Affairs Council; repeatedly contradicted itself by whereas the timeframe for reaching an presenting new political priorities for the agreement in the European Council has EU but showing itself unwilling to provide been repeatedly extended; for fresh appropriations to finance them; whereas new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by reducing the appropriations amount for existing programmes; whereas the timeframe for reaching an agreement in the European Council has been repeatedly extended;

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Amendment 16

PE648.461v01-00 8/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

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Amendment 17 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas Parliament has been ready D. whereas Parliament has been ready to negotiate the MFF since November to negotiate the MFF since November 2018, but the Council has so far failed to 2018, but the Council failed to engage in engage in any meaningful talks with any meaningful talks with Parliament Parliament beyond minimal contact on the beyond minimal contact on the margins of margins of the General Affairs Council; the General Affairs Council until recently; whereas the timeframe for reaching an whereas the European Council President agreement in the European Council has has now started talks with the European been repeatedly extended; Parliament Negotiating Team on the MFF; whereas the timeframe for reaching an agreement in the European Council has been repeatedly extended;

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Amendment 18 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

AM\1200484EN.docx 9/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital E

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E. whereas should a new MFF not be E. whereas should a new MFF not be adopted on time, several EU programmes adopted on time, several EU programmes could risk being shut down because their could risk being shut down because their legal basis will have ceased to apply; legal basis will have ceased to apply; whereas in such a scenario, a safety net in whereas in such a scenario, a safety net in the form of a temporary extension of the the form of a temporary extension of the ceilings and other provisions of the last ceilings and other provisions of the last year of the present framework would have year of the present framework would have to be set up in accordance with Article to be set up in accordance with Article 312(4) of the TFEU; 312(4) of the TFEU, in order to prevent another payment crisis in the first years of the 2021-2027 MFF;

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Amendment 19 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

F a. whereas the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development call for action to promote prosperity and build fair and inclusive economic growth while protecting the planet, ending poverty and addressing a range of fundamental social needs such as education, health, childcare, social protection and job opportunities;

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Amendment 20 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

PE648.461v01-00 10/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new)

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F b. whereas the EU budget must consistently contribute to the elimination of social, economic, territorial, growth and investment inequalities and disparities between Member States and regions; whereas more must be done to support Member States and regions that are experiencing slower growth, wider inequalities and higher unemployment, especially where young people are concerned;

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Amendment 21 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas the current Commission G. whereas the Commission has has branded itself as geopolitical and displayed an ambition to tackle climate and displayed an ambition to tackle climate and environment-related challenges, which it environment-related challenges, which it regards as the ‘defining task’ of this regards as the ‘defining task’ of this generation; generation;

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Amendment 22 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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AM\1200484EN.docx 11/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN G a. whereas the Council of Europe defines gender budgeting as a ‘gender based assessment of budgets incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality’; whereas the purpose of gender budgeting is to promote accountability and transparency in fiscal planning, to increase gender responsive participation in the budget process, for example by undertaking steps to involve women and men equally in budget preparation, and to advance gender equality and women’s rights;

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Amendment 23 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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G a. whereas some of the Commission’s key objectives include helping to fight child poverty, supporting young people by giving them the education and opportunities they need to thrive, and getting more women into the labour market;

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Amendment 24 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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G a. whereas the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union is not expected to have a direct impact on the 2021 budget, as the United Kingdom will be considered as a third country after the transition period; whereas the participation in the EU programmes will be decided in the future partnership that will be negotiated between the EU and the UK;

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Amendment 25 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G b. whereas, accordingly to the article 132 of the Withdrawal Agreement, if the transition period is extended, the UK will be considered as a third country because of the next MFF-period and the updated own resources-system, therefore the UK contribution to the budget will be negotiated by the Joint Committee;

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Amendment 26 Jeroen Lenaers, Antonius Manders

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G a. Whereas the EU Erasmus+ programme did not substantially improve the skills of older people so they can be

AM\1200484EN.docx 13/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN active in our economy and social life for a longer time;

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Amendment 27 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Subheading 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Budget 2021: make the Green Deal a Budget 2021: enable the Union to deliver success... on its key objectives and priorities

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Amendment 28 Marco Zanni, Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is respond to the challenges the Union is important to help Member States to facing and reflects the degree of ambition respond to the challenges they are facing of the Member States and the institutions; and supplying concrete answers to the citizens’ needs; points out the need to avoid previous mistakes and emphasises that EU citizens expect the 2021 budget to be more efficient, transparent and performance-based, with concrete reductions in administrative expenditure and waste of money;

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Amendment 29 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution

PE648.461v01-00 14/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is an respond to the challenges the Union is instrument that must respond to the facing and reflects the degree of ambition challenges the Union is facing; of the Member States and the institutions;

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Amendment 30 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to respond to the challenges the Union is respond to the challenges facing its facing and reflects the degree of ambition citizens and reflects the need for effective of the Member States and the institutions; and efficient spending on sustainable development in not only economic but also social and environmental terms;

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Amendment 31 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to respond to the challenges the Union is respond to the economic, environmental facing and reflects the degree of ambition and demographic challenges the Union is of the Member States and the institutions; facing and reflects the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutions;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 15/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 32 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that a fair and sufficient EU respond to the challenges the Union is budget is vital to respond to the rising facing and reflects the degree of ambition environmental, social, economic and of the Member States and the institutions; territorial challenges the Union is facing and reflects the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutions;

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Amendment 33 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is vital respond to the challenges the Union is and plays a crucial role to respond to the facing and reflects the degree of ambition challenges the Union is facing and reflects of the Member States and the institutions; the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutions;

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Amendment 34 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

PE648.461v01-00 16/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN of the Member States and the institutions; of the Member States and the institutions; considers that the Union budgets primary goal is to create European public goods;

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Amendment 35 Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to 1. Insists that the EU budget is vital to respond to the challenges the Union is respond to the challenges the Union is facing and reflects the degree of ambition facing and reflects the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutions; of the Member States and the institutions; moreover, is concerned that the logic of “zero sum game”, favouring a strict national treasury perspective, prevails within the Council negotiations on the MFF, while ignoring the European added value of pursuing common programmes and objectives at the EU level, such as fighting climate change within the European Green Deal, while at the same time strengthening strategic European military cooperation in order to safeguard the values and interests of the European Union in a new multipolar and volatile world order;

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Amendment 36 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

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AM\1200484EN.docx 17/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN of the Member States and the institutions; of the Member States and the institutions; insists that the EU budget is an investment budget that should support competitiveness, sustainable growth, jobs and fundamental research and innovation; along with ensuring that the EU budget can respond to new challenges, adequate resources for the continuity of established EU policies, such as common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy and sustainability of rural regions, must be ensured; calls for an efficient use of the EU budget, with a focus on EU added value;

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Amendment 37 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1 a. Underlines that the Budget 2021 should provide the Union with the necessary means to continue boosting economic growth, competitiveness and job creation, while also responding to the new EU headline ambitions of leading the fight against climate change, becoming a digital leader and being stronger on the international scene; underlines the need for enhancing investment in research, innovation, digitalisation, SMEs and for ensuring the safety and security of the European citizens;

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Amendment 38 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution

PE648.461v01-00 18/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Paragraph 1 b (new)

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1 b. Stresses, in this context, the crucial role of SMEs in stimulating growth and innovation as well as creation of new jobs, underlines therefore that their adequate funding must remain one of the main priorities for the EU budget; recalls its commitment to double the financial envelope of the COSME programme for the next MFF, in order to allow for its successor Single Market programme to support SMEs to scale up and increase their competitiveness;

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Amendment 39 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1 c. Is convinced that every effort needs to be deployed for the Union to take the lead in the fight against cancer; considers that the EU budget should underpin an ambitious EU plan to beat cancer and improve cancer prevention and care with adequate financial resources; expresses its intention to secure those resources in the next year's budget;

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Amendment 40 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new)

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1 d. Stresses the fundamental role of economic, social and territorial cohesion, the EU's main investment policy, in creating jobs, enhancing competitiveness and economic growth, and ensuring a sustainable development; expects the outcome of the MFF negotiations regarding the funding level of cohesion to match the ambition and mission of this policy; reconfirms its commitment to ensure an adequate level of funding to combat youth unemployment, to be predominantly financed through the ESF+;

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Amendment 41 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 e (new)

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1 e. Considers that the EU budget should contribute to providing sustainable solutions to long-term structural demographic change; emphasises the need for financial resources for relevant EU programmes that provide ageing populations in Europe with adequate support in terms of access to mobility, healthcare and public services;

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Amendment 42 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 f (new)

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1 f. Recalls the need for solidarity and cooperation among all Member States in the area of migration; Stresses a strong need to combat human trafficking and smuggling, as well as support for EUs Justice and Home Affairs agencies which provide assistance to Member States on external borders; Recalls the need to adequate funding for law enforcement and border and costal guard training; recalls the need for effective measures of integration of migrants and refugees as well as fair and mutually beneficial partnerships with countries of origin and countries of transit;

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Amendment 43 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

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2. Deplores the lack of attention deleted given to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest report, for radical action to catch up with the ecological transition, in the light of their warning that CO2 concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly out of control;

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Amendment 44 Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

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their warning that CO2 concentration their warning that CO2 concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly climate change from getting irreversibly out of control; out of control; consequently, it will be key to ensuring adequate financing of the European Green Deal within the MFF, while safeguarding sectoral and geographical balance within the three pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism;

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Amendment 45 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

their warning that CO2 concentration their warning that CO2 concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly climate change from getting irreversibly out of control; out of control; notes that climate change is advancing at a rapid pace especially in the polar regions, causing unknown and unpredictable changes to world ecosystems;

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PE648.461v01-00 22/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 46 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

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2. Deplores the lack of attention given 2. Deplores the lack of attention given to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest report, for radical action to catch up with report, for radical action to catch up with the ecological transition, in the light of the ecological transition, in the light of their warning that CO2 concentration their warning that CO2 concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly climate change and its environmental out of control; impact from getting irreversibly out of control;

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Amendment 47 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

...and make the Green Deal a success.

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Amendment 48 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas 3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 (GHG) emissions, as set out in European represents an enormous challenge, notably Green Deal, represents an enormous with regard to building insulation, challenge, notably with regard to cohesion,

AM\1200484EN.docx 23/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN developing public transport and achieving sustainability, transport infrastructure and both an agricultural transition and a achieving both an agricultural transition socially just transition; insists that in order and a socially just transition; insists that in to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise order to succeed in this unprecedented in only ten years, urgent action is needed, enterprise in only ten years, urgent action backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021;

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Amendment 49 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas 3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 represents an enormous challenge, notably represents an enormous challenge, notably with regard to building insulation, with regard to transforming towards a developing public transport and achieving circular economy, resource and material both an agricultural transition and a efficiency, green finance and investments socially just transition; insists that in order and ensuring building energy efficiency, to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise developing sustainable transport, in only ten years, urgent action is needed, achieving an agricultural transition, a backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; transition to renewable energy and a socially just transition; insists that in order to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise in only ten years, urgent action is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; recalls that the next MFF shall be established for a period of at least five years in accordance with the Article 312(1) of the TFEU and will probably run from 2021 to 2027; considers the ecological transition, as well as digital development, must start now instead of 2028;

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Amendment 50 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen

PE648.461v01-00 24/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas 3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 represents an enormous challenge, notably represents an enormous challenge, notably with regard to building insulation, with regard to building insulation, developing public transport and achieving developing public transport and achieving both an agricultural transition and a both an agricultural transition and a socially just transition; insists that in order socially just transition; recalls additionally to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise that the IPCC report on Global Warming in only ten years, urgent action is needed, of 1.5 °C underlines the need to cut backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; carbon emissions by 65% by 2030; insists that in order to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise in only ten years, urgent action is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021;

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Amendment 51 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas 3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 represents an enormous challenge, notably represents an enormous challenge, notably with regard to building insulation, with regard to building insulation, developing public transport and achieving developing public transport and achieving both an agricultural transition and a both an agricultural transition and a socially just transition; insists that in order socially just transition; insists that in order to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise in only ten years, urgent action is needed, in only ten years, urgent action is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021 and the imminent implementation of the long-discussed and planned reform and enhancement of the EU's own resources;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 25/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 52 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

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Amendment 53 Andrey Novakov, Siegfried Mureşan, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas 3. Notes that the Commission (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 proposal for the reduction of greenhouse represents an enormous challenge, notably gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 with regard to building insulation, represents an enormous challenge, notably developing public transport and achieving with regard to building insulation, both an agricultural transition and a developing public transport and achieving socially just transition; insists that in order both an agricultural transition and a to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise socially just transition; insists that in order in only ten years, urgent action is needed, to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021; in only ten years, urgent action is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021;

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PE648.461v01-00 26/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 54 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

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3 a. Calls for adequate staffing levels and budget for the Commission services which must ensure the successful implementation of the European Green Deal, particularly to facilitate the reduction of pesticide risks and use, the zero pollution ambition, the circular economy based on non-toxic material cycles and to support key ecosystem services and biodiversity protection; reiterates in this regard that the funding for the EU agencies should be sufficient and predicable, enabling them to accomplish their growing tasks and deliver the best possible results; expects the Commission and the Council to refrain from cutting ECHA’s and EFSA’s resources;

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Amendment 55 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 a. Recalls that the future EU budget should contribute to climate and biodiversity mainstreaming beyond the anticipated levels of targeted spending, which should be achieved by integrating climate and environmental objectives into decision-making in all policies and programmes throughout the entire policy cycle, while pursuing the objective of a

AM\1200484EN.docx 27/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN just transition that leaves no one behind;

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Amendment 56 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 a. Points out that climate and biodiversity-related expenditure must be tracked using more robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology including reformed performance indicators for defining ex-ante and ex- post tracking and accounting, which are needed in order to avoid the risk of overestimation of the allocated funds;

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Amendment 57 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 b. Recalls that Article 2-1(c) of the Paris Agreement compels Parties to “make financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”;Calls for the following article to be inserted into the MFF regulation to enshrine in law the do-no harm principle, in line with the political declarations of all three institutions: Article X of MFF regulation (new)

PE648.461v01-00 28/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN - Projects financed by the EU budget shall be screened to determine if they have an environmental, climate or social impact and if so, shall be subject to climate, environmental, including biodiversity, and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimension.For that purpose, entities requesting financing shall provide adequate information based on mandatory guidelines to be developed by the Commission.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt those guidelines in the form of a delegated act, taking fully into account the criteria established by the [Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable, and inline with EU climate objectives. - Projects that are inconsistent with the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement with a pathway compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5°C shall not be eligible for support under the EU Budget;

Or. en

Amendment 58 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 b. Notes the existing disparities between the Member States national budgets and therefore their capacities to make the Green Deal a success, recalls the Commission to make sure that no policy is made at the expense of another; Any cuts from the cohesion policy and

AM\1200484EN.docx 29/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN common agricultural policy will be detrimental to the capacity of the less developed regions of the European Union to fight climate change; Calls for a budget that encourages sustainability in the spirit of a just and fair distribution;

Or. en

Amendment 59 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 b. Welcomes, moreover, the job creation that the European Green Deal could herald and is determined to ensure decent working conditions for all; is convinced, therefore, that the European Green Deal must be accompanied by interventions targeting the protection of workers in particular;

Or. en

Amendment 60 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3 c. Emphasises that the transition funds should not only cover the relocation of coal and other fossil fuel workers, but must also take into consideration all sectors potentially involved, including steel;

Or. en

PE648.461v01-00 30/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 61 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Subheading 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

...and protect EU citizens from the next deleted financial crisis

Or. en

Amendment 62 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Subheading 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

...and protect EU citizens from the next . ...and guarantee and achieve full social, financial crisis economic and territorial cohesion

Or. en

Amendment 63 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Is concerned about the risk of a deleted new financial crisis, as highlighted by international financial institutions, in the light of rising global public and private debt (322 % of the world’s GDP); is worried about the potential social and political consequences of such a crisis – projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be ten times harsher than in the aftermath of 2008 – if the EU is not

AM\1200484EN.docx 31/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN equipped with new tools to protect social cohesion;

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Amendment 64 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 65 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Is concerned about the risk of a new 4. Is concerned about the risk of a new financial crisis, as highlighted by financial crisis, as highlighted by international financial institutions, in the international financial institutions, in the light of rising global public and private light of rising global public and private debt (322 % of the world’s GDP); is debt (322 % of the world’s GDP); is worried about the potential social and worried about the potential social and political consequences of such a crisis – political consequences of such a crisis – projected by the International Monetary projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be ten times harsher than in Fund (IMF) to be ten times harsher than in the aftermath of 2008 – if the EU is not the aftermath of 2008;

PE648.461v01-00 32/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN equipped with new tools to protect social cohesion;

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Amendment 66 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 67 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1200484EN.docx 33/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Fund (IMF) to be ten times harsher than in Fund (IMF) to be ten times harsher than in the aftermath of 2008 – if the EU is not the aftermath of 2008 – if the EU is not equipped with new tools to protect social equipped with effective tools to protect cohesion; social cohesion;

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Amendment 68 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Welcomes the commitments made by the President of the European Commission to propose a European Unemployment Benefit Reinsurance scheme in order to help Member States’ national unemployment system in case of external shocks; urges the Commission to reflect on an employment protection mechanisms that prevents massive employment losses in case of economic shocks; calls for the European Commission to take steps, with the European Parliament, towards the concrete implementation of those mechanisms, and their budgetary implications, in view of an implementation as soon as 2021;

Or. en

Amendment 69 Nils Torvalds, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Mauri Pekkarinen, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Stresses that while the concern for

PE648.461v01-00 34/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN a new financial crisis is existing, the strengthening recovery after earlier financial, economic and social crisis have created possibilities for the EU Member States and its citizens; leads the EU to take a special focus on the different regions and their capability to take advantages from the possible increased growth from the new tools, so as to avoid that they would lead to even larger social and regional inequalities;

Or. en

Amendment 70 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Underlines the Commission's acknowledgement that growth prospects have been weakened, investment and potential growth still remain below pre- crisis levels, the economic gap among Member States and regions has widened, inequalities within the EU have increased and the pace of unemployment reduction has slowed down1a; ______1a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank: Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2020 (COM/2019/650 final)

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Amendment 71

AM\1200484EN.docx 35/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4a. Believes, therefore, that it is essential to reduce the EU budget in order to alleviate the tax burden on taxpayers and to reduce the indebtedness of net contributor states;

Or. fr

Amendment 72 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive growth, well-targeted investment and fiscal policy are the key to the creation of quality employment and greater prosperity for all;

Or. en

Amendment 73 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Emphasises in this regard the need to deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. en

PE648.461v01-00 36/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 74 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 b. Emphasises, therefore, that the Green Deal must usher in social progress, by improving the well-being of all and reducing social inequalities, economic imbalances between Member States, and disparities between gender and generations; believes that a just transition should leave no person and no place behind and should address social and economic inequalities; reiterates that the transition to a climate-neutral economy and a sustainable society must be carried out in conjunction with the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. en

Amendment 75 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 b. Believes that in order to enhance a sustainable financial system in the EU, it is key that the EU budget is equipped with appropriate tools to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing;

Or. en

Amendment 76

AM\1200484EN.docx 37/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 c. Advocates, therefore, an ambitious 2021 budget in order to further the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights on the basis of sustainable growth of a highly competitive social market economy, with the aim of achieving full employment and social progress, promoting equality for all and solidarity between generations, and safeguarding the rights of the child, as enshrined in the Treaty on the European Union; highlights, in particular, the importance of adequate funding to support measures for the promotion of equality and equal access to the labour market for men and women; also recalls the importance of adequate funding and other instruments that promote the support of anti-discrimination legislation and policies and the implementation thereof;

Or. en

Amendment 77 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 d. Highlights that implementing the above requires properly funded social policies and underlines the need, therefore, to reinforce the existing instruments contributing to these goals, notably the European Social Fund + (ESF+) (including the Youth Employment

PE648.461v01-00 38/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Initiative (YEI)), the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF);

Or. en

Amendment 78 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 e. Recalls the need to direct the structural funds and investments more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, reducing inequalities and boosting upward social convergence;

Or. en

Amendment 79 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 f. Warns that any reductions in the budget for these areas could make it difficult for these policies to be effective and to attain their targets; insists, therefore, that they be safeguarded in the next MFF and that they continue to be implemented predominantly through grants;

Or. en

AM\1200484EN.docx 39/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 80 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 g. Reiterates that these funds should create synergies to help reduce social divergences and inequalities to make sure that no one is left behind in the process;

Or. en

Amendment 81 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 h. Highlights the need, moreover, to ensure a smooth transition between the current funding period and the new MFF, especially between the current ESF, YEI, FEAD and EaSI, towards the new ESF+;

Or. en

Amendment 82 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 i. Calls for sufficient funding to support investment in housing in order to tackle effectively the growing problems of a lack of affordable housing, poor

PE648.461v01-00 40/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN housing conditions, housing exclusion and homelessness;

Or. en

Amendment 83 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 j. Recalls the importance of ensuring that no one is left behind; advocates, therefore, an EU budget that promotes equality at all life stages – from the beginning to the end of people’s lives; to this end, calls for the creation of a programme to support Member States that wish to establish or strengthen a public and universal network of childcare and elderly care, as well as a public network for those much reliant on care such as persons with disabilities or those with long-term care needs;

Or. en

Amendment 84 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 k (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 k. Recalls that youth unemployment remains unacceptably high and characterised by significant disparities across the Member States;

Or. en

AM\1200484EN.docx 41/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 85 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 l (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 l. Reiterates the importance, therefore, of adequate funding and other instruments that promote measures tackling youth unemployment and making young people more employable, namely the YEI and Erasmus+;

Or. en

Amendment 86 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 m (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 m. Takes note, moreover, of the Commission’s proposal to integrate the YEI into the ESF+ for the 2021-2027 programming period, but expresses concern about the lack of clarity over the actual year-to-year resources dedicated to combating youth unemployment within the future ESF+, particularly with regard to the thematic concentrations in the ESF+ Regulation; stresses the need to keep the level of funding to fight youth unemployment at least at the level of the previous programming period;

Or. en

Amendment 87

PE648.461v01-00 42/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 n (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 n. Welcomes the commitment undertaken by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines to strengthen the Youth Guarantee by turning it into a permanent instrument with an increased budget and regular reporting;

Or. en

Amendment 88 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 o (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 o. Calls for funding to be ensured in 2021 for a continued implementation of the Youth Guarantee in the Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 89 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A budget commensurate with the A budget commensurate with the diverse challenges challenges

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Amendment 90 Andrey Novakov, Siegfried Mureşan, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 a. Underlines that a timely agreement on the annual budget is crucial for the continuation of payments to fundamental policies such as cohesion and agriculture, and for their contribution to the objectives of the European Green Deal;

Or. en

Amendment 91 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Takes note of the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan; notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses stresses that these are deeply linked to the that these are deeply linked to the negotiations on the next MFF; negotiations on the next MFF and therefore imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives should be calculated in addition to the Commission’s original proposal and thus result in higher MFF ceilings;

Or. fr

Amendment 92 Alfred Sant

PE648.461v01-00 44/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses that these are deeply linked to the that these are deeply linked to the negotiations on the next MFF and therefore negotiations on the next MFF and therefore imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives that financing for any new initiatives should be calculated in addition to the should be calculated in addition to the Commission’s original proposal and thus Commission’s original proposal and thus result in higher MFF ceilings; result in higher MFF ceilings; further emphasis on the importance that such funding should take into account the needs of all EU regions, not least insular ones that often lag behind in benefitting from new EU funds;

Or. en

Amendment 93 Robert Biedroń

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses notably the Just Transition Fund; that these are deeply linked to the emphasises that significant funding is negotiations on the next MFF and therefore needed to facilitate smooth transition in imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses regions left behind and heavily dependent that financing for any new initiatives on coal or other polluting industries; should be calculated in addition to the stresses that these are deeply linked to the Commission’s original proposal and thus negotiations on the next MFF and therefore result in higher MFF ceilings; imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives should be calculated in addition to the Commission’s original proposal and thus result in higher MFF ceilings;

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Amendment 94 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses that these are deeply linked to the that these are deeply linked to the negotiations on the next MFF and therefore negotiations on the next MFF and therefore imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives that financing for any new initiatives should be calculated in addition to the should be calculated in addition to the Commission’s original proposal and thus Commission’s original proposal and thus result in higher MFF ceilings; result in higher MFF ceilings without, however, increasing national contributions to the EU budget, being achieved instead through additional own resources;

Or. it

Amendment 95 Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses Plan, including the Just Transition Fund; that these are deeply linked to the stresses that these are deeply linked to the negotiations on the next MFF and therefore negotiations on the next MFF and therefore imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives that financing for any new initiatives should be calculated in addition to the should be calculated in addition to the Commission’s original proposal and thus Commission's original proposal and thus

PE648.461v01-00 46/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN result in higher MFF ceilings; require higher MFF ceilings;

Or. en

Amendment 96 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Welcomes the Commission’s 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the European Green Deal and proposals for the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses notably the Just Transition Fund; stresses that these are deeply linked to the that these are deeply linked to the negotiations on the next MFF and therefore negotiations on the next MFF and therefore imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses imply a strong and credible MFF; stresses that financing for any new initiatives that financing for any new environmental should be calculated in addition to the initiatives should be calculated in addition Commission’s original proposal and thus to the Commission’s original proposal and result in higher MFF ceilings; thus result in higher MFF ceilings;

Or. it

Amendment 97 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5 a. Notes that the Just Transition Fund is an important instrument to achieve the just transition towards a climate neutral economy; underlines that the effectiveness of the Just Transition Fund depends on its financial endowment and that it must be equipped with sufficient financial resources reflecting the ambition of the fund; Reminds that the transition is a societal task that requires all actors and stakeholders to be involved in it and that compensation

AM\1200484EN.docx 47/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN funds alone do not guarantee a just transition; calls therefore for a comprehensive EU strategy for the development and modernisation of these regions along with the reconversion of sites, the creation of high quality and sustainable jobs, re-skilling and up- skilling;

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Amendment 98 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5 a. Stresses that the Just Transition Mechanism must ensure an adequate, inclusive and fair transition for all; underlines that the Member States and regions have different starting points and needs when it comes to the transition to a sustainable economy and that, consequently, some of them will be much more exposed to economic and social risks; deplores, in this regard, that the existing financial proposal for the Just Transition Fund1a will most likely prove insufficient to achieve this goal at the expense of other funding mechanisms; ______1a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund (COM/2020/22 final)

Or. en

Amendment 99 Karlo Ressler

PE648.461v01-00 48/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Notes, however, that in order to 6. Notes, however, that in order to attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction target by 2030, the Commission has target by 2030, a significant funding gap estimated that it will be necessary to would need to be bridged every year, bridge a funding gap of at least EUR 500 addressed both at EU or national level; billion every year, including social considers that this funding gap will be even adaptation measures; considers that this wider with a higher target; stresses the funding gap is strongly underestimated urgent need for another quantum leap in even for the 40 % target, not to mention political and financial efforts in order to the 55 % target, and is yet to be addressed achieve these objectives; believes that at EU or national level; stresses the urgent introducing genuine new own resources is need for another quantum leap in political key to bridging this gap; considers that a and financial efforts in order to achieve just transition requires just funding; these objectives; believes that introducing genuine new own resources is key to bridging this gap; considers that a just transition requires just funding;

Or. en

Amendment 100 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Notes, however, that in order to 6. Notes, however, that in order to attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction target by 2030, the Commission has target by 2030, the Commission has estimated that it will be necessary to bridge estimated that it will be necessary to bridge a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion every year, including social adaptation every year, including social adaptation measures; considers that this funding gap is measures; considers that this funding gap is strongly underestimated even for the 40 % strongly underestimated even for the 40 % target, not to mention the 55 % target, and target, not to mention the 55 % target, and is yet to be addressed at EU or national is yet to be addressed at EU or national level; stresses the urgent need for another level; stresses the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial quantum leap in political and financial efforts in order to achieve these objectives; efforts in order to achieve these objectives; believes that introducing genuine new own expects the Commission’s proposals for

AM\1200484EN.docx 49/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN resources is key to bridging this gap; climate actions and revisions of the considers that a just transition requires just climate and energy legislation in 2020 funding; and 2021 to be submitted as planned; believes there is many different tools to help reducing the EU’s GHG emissions and overall carbon footprint; such tools are a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the EU climate law; believes that introducing genuine new own resources, such as revenues stemming from the future CBAM, EU ETS and plastics contribution, is essential to bridging the financing gap; considers that a just transition requires just funding;

Or. en

Amendment 101 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. fr

PE648.461v01-00 50/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 102 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Notes, however, that in order to 6. Notes, however, that in order to attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction attain the 40% GHG emissions reduction target by 2030, the Commission has target by 2030, the Commission has estimated that it will be necessary to bridge estimated that it will be necessary to bridge a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion every year, including social adaptation every year, including social adaptation measures; considers that this funding gap is measures; considers that this funding gap is strongly underestimated even for the 40 % strongly underestimated even for the 40% target, not to mention the 55 % target, and target, not to mention the 55% target, and is yet to be addressed at EU or national is yet to be addressed at EU or national level; stresses the urgent need for another level; stresses the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial quantum leap in political and financial efforts in order to achieve these objectives; efforts in order to achieve these objectives; believes that introducing genuine new own believes that introducing genuine new own resources is key to bridging this gap; resources is key to bridging this gap; considers that a just transition requires just considers that a just transition requires just funding; funding; considers it necessary also to exclude green investments from the calculation of the budget deficit in line with the constraints of the Stability and Growth Pact;

Or. it

Amendment 103 Erik Bergkvist

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1200484EN.docx 51/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN target, not to mention the 55 % target, and target, not to mention the 55 % target, and is yet to be addressed at EU or national is yet to be addressed at EU or national level; stresses the urgent need for another level; stresses the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial quantum leap in political and financial efforts in order to achieve these objectives; efforts in order to achieve these objectives; believes that introducing genuine new own believes that introducing genuine new own resources is key to bridging this gap; resources, such as the introduction of a considers that a just transition requires just fee on non-recycled plastic packaging, funding; and auction revenues from the EU Emission Trading System (ETS), is key to bridging this gap; considers that a just transition requires just funding;

Or. en

Amendment 104 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Notes, however, that in order to 6. Notes, however, that in order to attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction target by 2030, the Commission has target by 2030, the Commission has estimated that it will be necessary to bridge estimated that it will be necessary to bridge a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion every year, including social adaptation every year, including social adaptation measures; considers that this funding gap is measures; considers that this funding gap is strongly underestimated even for the 40 % strongly underestimated even for the 40 % target, not to mention the 55 % target, and target, not to mention the 55 % target, and is yet to be addressed at EU or national is yet to be addressed at EU or national level; stresses the urgent need for another level; stresses the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial quantum leap in political and financial efforts in order to achieve these objectives; efforts in order to achieve these objectives; believes that introducing genuine new own believes that introducing genuine new own resources is key to bridging this gap; resources, in parallel with increasing the considers that a just transition requires just own resources ceilings for commitments funding; and payments, is key to bridging this gap; considers that a just transition requires just funding;

Or. en

PE648.461v01-00 52/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 105 Andrey Novakov, Siegfried Mureşan, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Notes, however, that in order to 6. Notes, however, that in order to attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction attain the 40 % GHG emissions reduction target by 2030, the Commission has target by 2030, the Commission has estimated that it will be necessary to bridge estimated that it will be necessary to bridge a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion a funding gap of at least EUR 500 billion every year, including social adaptation every year, including social adaptation measures; considers that this funding gap is measures; considers that this funding gap is strongly underestimated even for the 40 % strongly underestimated even for the 40 % target, not to mention the 55 % target, and target, not to mention the Commission is yet to be addressed at EU or national proposal for a future target, and is yet to level; stresses the urgent need for another be addressed at EU or national level; quantum leap in political and financial stresses the urgent need for another efforts in order to achieve these objectives; quantum leap in political and financial believes that introducing genuine new own efforts in order to achieve these objectives; resources is key to bridging this gap; believes that introducing genuine new own considers that a just transition requires just resources is key to bridging this gap; funding; considers that a just transition requires just funding;

Or. en

Amendment 106 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6 a. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “financing the European Green Deal” was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal in which it supported the introduction of new green own resources, such as the Carbon border adjustment tax, a share of ETS revenue, a Kerosene tax and a Plastic tax and a tax on financial transactions, that correspond to the objectives of the European Green

AM\1200484EN.docx 53/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Deal and promoted and facilitated a green and socially fair transition, including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; and it saw the Commission’s proposals as a starting point in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 107 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6 a. Believes that a reliable basket of new own resources shall be generated by policies linked to both the environmental protection and the fair functioning of the single market, since the revenue produced by the first category would decrease over the time with the progressive embrace of green practices by contributors and would therefore need to be accompanied by alternative and more stable sources of income; is convinced that all new own resources shall directly flow into the EU budget as general revenue and be ready to serve the plurality of objectives that compose the EU policy agenda;

Or. en

Amendment 108 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6 b. Recalls, as expressed in the

PE648.461v01-00 54/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN November 2018 resolution, that the consent on the 2021-2027 MFF is conditional to the satisfaction of Parliament’s requests with regard to the introduction of new own resources; considers that the absence of fresh own resources will have dramatic political consequences on the 2021 European Union budget and seriously jeopardise the new political agenda of the Commission;

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Amendment 109 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6a. Stresses, nevertheless, that the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, on which the safeguarding of our planet will depend, implies profound changes in the current free trade-based economic model ; calls, therefore, on the European Union to introduce smart protectionism, in particular by incorporating the environmental cost of the transport of goods into tariff barriers, in order to give an advantage to our local producers and to make consumers aware of their patterns of consumption;

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Amendment 110 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1200484EN.docx 55/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN 6 a. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to the budget lines in line with the Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SME:s, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, internal security and justice cooperation, migration and respect of the rule of law and fundamental rights;

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Amendment 111 Hélène Laporte

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6b. Deplores the fact that the Commission is reducing the environmental challenge that we are facing to a mere budget and accounting line; points out that injecting tens or hundreds of billions of euros into the economy in support of the environment will not enable us to meet this challenge if the current economic model remains the same;

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Amendment 112 Andrey Novakov, Karlo Ressler, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Siegfried Mureşan

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % 2021 budget must comply with the current GHG emissions reduction target, as GHG emissions reduction target, until a requested in its resolution of 15 January decision on a different target has been 2020 on the European Green Deal, and made, as requested in the European with the social commitments made by the parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 President of the Commission, in order to on the European Green Deal, and with the

PE648.461v01-00 56/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN send the right signals to EU citizens and social commitments made by the President businesses; of the Commission, in order to send the right signals to EU citizens and businesses;

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Amendment 113 Alfred Sant

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % 2021 budget must contribute towards the GHG emissions reduction target, as 55 % GHG emissions reduction target, as requested in its resolution of 15 January requested in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and 2020 on the European Green Deal, and with the social commitments made by the with the social commitments made by the President of the Commission, in order to President of the Commission, in order to send the right signals to EU citizens and send the right signals to EU citizens and businesses; businesses;

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Amendment 114 Hélène Laporte

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 7. Considers, therefore, that the 2021 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % budget must comply with the 55 % GHG GHG emissions reduction target, as emissions reduction target, as requested in requested in its resolution of 15 January its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the 2020 on the European Green Deal, and European Green Deal, and with the social with the social commitments made by the commitments made by the President of the President of the Commission, in order to Commission, in order to send the right send the right signals to EU citizens and signals to EU citizens and businesses; businesses;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 57/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 115 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % GHG emissions reduction target, as GHG emissions reduction target, as requested in its resolution of 15 January requested in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and 2020 on the European Green Deal, and with the social commitments made by the with the social commitments made by the President of the Commission, in order to President of the Commission, in order to send the right signals to EU citizens and send the right signals to EU citizens and businesses; businesses; expects also support for climate related research and innovation;

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Amendment 116 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % GHG emissions reduction target, as GHG emissions reduction target, as requested in its resolution of 15 January requested in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and 2020 on the European Green Deal, but also with the social commitments made by the aim at a 65% reduction target as President of the Commission, in order to recommended by the IPCC latest reports; send the right signals to EU citizens and considers that the 2021 budget should businesses; also comply and with the social commitments made by the President of the Commission, in order to send the right signals to EU citizens and businesses;

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PE648.461v01-00 58/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 117 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7 a. Strongly underlines that the Union`s climate goals and the objectives of the Paris agreements require sustainable and long-term solutions; highlights the paramount role of research and development activities (R&D)to find effective, realistic, and implementable solutions that benefit citizens, businesses and society in equal terms; underlines that Horizon Europe will be the main programme to develop and establish green technologies and fund new solutions for climate; requests increased funding for Horizon Europe and all other contributing R&D programmes, which will help establish the Union as a global leader for green technologies and innovations and strengthen its competitiveness on a greater scale;

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Amendment 118 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7 a. Notes that EU is diverse with many different regions. Arctic region has huge potential and Arctic policy represents an instrument for achieving wider goals in EU climate policy and external relations as well as in the promotion of a sustainable economy and innovations, which should be reflected in EU funding;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 59/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 119 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7 b. Stresses that the Union must diminish its dependency on foreign key technologies by expanding its research and innovation activities to become a leader in digitalisation efforts in the area of communication and information technologies, the development of new medicines and treatments of serious diseases, the build-up of supercomputing and data processing capacities and security research;

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Amendment 120 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7 c. Notes with great concern that many excellent proposals for research cannot be implemented due to significant under-funding of the programmes, such as those offered by the European Research Council[1]and the Future and Emerging technologies[2]programme;stresses that research and innovation are very competitive markets with researchers being drawn to other regions of the world due to unavailable funding opportunities in Europe;underlines that the UK will move from being the main beneficiary of many Union R&D programmes to being a strong competitor

PE648.461v01-00 60/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN [1]On average, about 33% of the proposals scoring A, i.e. fully met all ERCexcellence criteria, in the ERC calls 2014-2018, could not be funded due tounavailability of funds.If one includes the first two calls of 2019, thisamounts to 2.747 proposals with a requested grant value of over 5 billion EUR. [2] The success rate of proposals submitted was 8%over the programming period 2014-2019;

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Amendment 121 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7 d. Stresses that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) makeup 99% of all companies in the Member States and contribute significantly to the creation of jobs, economic stability and increasingly to sustainability efforts; underlines that investments in research and development in the field of sustainability and green technologies must directly benefit SMEs and give them the opportunity to offer complementary services and products; stresses that many SMEs face difficulties to find financing opportunities and recalls the vital role that the COSME has played in the current MFF in providing grants, loans, loan guarantees, and venture capital; recalls Parliament's position to double the financial envelope of COSME for the next MFF and expects, therefore, that its successor Single Market programme will allow for a success rate of high quality proposals of at least 80%; stresses that financial support must support SMEs to make products and services market ready and enable their

AM\1200484EN.docx 61/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN rapid scaling up on global markets; reiterates the need to further expand possibilities to create and scale-up start- ups;

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Amendment 122 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Reiterates that Parliament’s 8. Reiterates that Parliament’s mandate for the MFF was set in its interim mandate for the MFF negotiations was set report of 14 November 2018 on ceilings, in its interim report of 14 November 2018 programme allocations, own resources and on ceilings, programme allocations, own flexibility provisions, the mid-term resources and flexibility provisions, the revision and horizontal principles, such as mid-term revision and horizontal mainstreaming the Sustainable principles, such as mainstreaming the Development Goals (SDGs) and climate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and gender equality; and climate and gender equality;

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Amendment 123 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8 a. Reiterates its firm position to accept no cuts in cohesion and agricultural policies; underlines the need to increase the budget for cohesion and agricultural policies in order to maintain and further enhance their European added value, thus contributing to economic growth, social and territorial inclusion, innovation and environmental protection;

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Amendment 124 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8 a. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for biodiversity was set in its resolution on COP15[1]in which it called on the Commission and the Council to set a clear spending target for biodiversity mainstreaming of at least 10 % in the MFF, in addition to the target for spending on climate mainstreaming1b; ______1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0015_EN.html

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Amendment 125 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Reiterates its position that 9. Opposes the position that commitment appropriations for the 2021- commitment appropriations for the 2021- 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 billion in 2018 prices, which represents 1.3 billion in 2018 prices, which represents % of the EU-27’s gross national income 1.3 % of the EU-27’s gross national (GNI); reflecting this position, is income (GNI); proposes a significant determined to defend a 2021 budget of reduction of the 2021 budget by setting the EUR 192.1 billion in current prices in level of commitment appropriations at 1 % commitment appropriations (1.29 % of of GNI; GNI);

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Amendment 126 Marco Zanni, Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Reiterates its position that 9. Reiterates its position that commitment appropriations for the 2021- commitment appropriations for the 2021- 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 2027 period should not exceed 1% of the billion in 2018 prices, which represents EU-27’s gross national income (GNI); 1.3 % of the EU-27’s gross national reflecting this position, is determined to income (GNI); reflecting this position, is adopt a 2021 budget which should not go determined to defend a 2021 budget of beyond this ceiling (1% of GNI) in EUR 192.1 billion in current prices in commitment appropriations; commitment appropriations (1.29% of GNI);

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Amendment 127 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Reiterates its position that 9. Reiterates its position that commitment appropriations for the 2021- commitment appropriations for the 2021- 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 billion in 2018 prices, which represents 1.3 billion in 2018 prices, which represents 1.3 % of the EU-27’s gross national income % of the EU-27’s gross national income (GNI); reflecting this position, is (GNI); in view of the upcoming MFF determined to defend a 2021 budget of negotiations, is determined to defend an EUR 192.1 billion in current prices in MFF that is commensurate to the needs, commitment appropriations (1.29 % of expectations and concerns of EU citizens; GNI);

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PE648.461v01-00 64/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 128 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Reiterates its position that 9. Reiterates its firm position that commitment appropriations for the 2021- commitment appropriations for the 2021- 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 2027 period should be set at least at EUR 1 billion in 2018 prices, which represents 1.3 324.1 billion in 2018 prices, which % of the EU-27’s gross national income represents 1.3 % of the EU-27’s gross (GNI); reflecting this position, is national income (GNI); rejects therefore determined to defend a 2021 budget of President Michel's proposal, as EUR 192.1 billion in current prices in announced on 14th February 2020, which commitment appropriations (1.29 % of amounts to EUR 1 094.8 billion, GNI); represents only 1.074% of EU-27’s GNI and deepens the cuts already proposed by the Finish Presidency; recalls that the current MFF represents 1.16% of the EU- 27’s GNI; is determined to defend a 2021 budget of at least EUR 192.1 billion in current prices in commitment appropriations (1.29 % of GNI);

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Amendment 129 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Moritz Körner

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9 a. Urges the Commission to assess and prepare for all possible scenarios to ensure the sound financial management of the Union budget, defining clear commitments and outlining mechanisms and protecting the EU budget; Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future participation of UK in EU’s programmes shall respect fair balance as regards the contributions and benefits;

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Amendment 130 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9a. Calls on the Commission to make substantial savings on the following budget items: Asylum and Migration Fund, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, Structural Reform Support Programme, European External Action Service, Committee of the Regions, and communication expenditure;

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Amendment 131 Hélène Laporte

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9b. Urges the Commission to formulate a proposal that includes at least maintaining the budget allocated to the Common Agricultural Policy, on which the survival of our farmers depends; recalls that in France, two farmers commit suicide every day, that one in five farmers does not pay themselves any income, and that CAP subsidies are consequently the main source of income for most of them;

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Amendment 132

PE648.461v01-00 66/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9c. Calls for the launch of an audit to establish the proportion of European funds that are earmarked to facilitate the reception and integration of illegal migrants in the Member States of the European Union;

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Amendment 133 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10. Notes that this position implies, in 10. Notes that Parliament's position on million euros in 2021, 18.179 for Horizon the 2021-2027 MFF translates into a level Europe, 4.613 for Erasmus+, 2.132 for the of EUR 192.1 billion for the 2021 budget; InvestEU Fund, 883 for the Single Market this position implies, in million euros in Programme, 15.645 for the European 2021, 18.179 for Horizon Europe, 4.613 Social Fund+, 4.256 for the Connecting for Erasmus+, 2.132 for the InvestEU Europe Facility, 11.716 for the Fund, 883 for the Single Market Neighbourhood, Development and Programme, 15.645 for the European International Cooperation Instrument Social Fund+, 1.337 for Digital Europe, (NDICI) and 937 for LIFE; 4.256 for the Connecting Europe Facility, 923 for the Asylum and Migration Fund, 786 for the Integrated Border Management Fund, 228 for the Internal Security Fund, 11.716 for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and 937 for LIFE;

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Amendment 134 Niclas Herbst

AM\1200484EN.docx 67/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Non-discrimination is a fundamental principle of the Union.Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.Non- discrimination is also enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter.The specific features of the diverse forms of discrimination should be taken into account and appropriate action should be developed in parallel to prevent and combat discrimination on one or more grounds. A program should support actions to prevent and combat discrimination, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti- muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance. In that context, particular attention should also be devoted to preventing and combating all forms of violence, hatred, segregation and stigmatisation, as well as combating bullying, harassment and intolerant treatment. This program should be implemented with particular attention to the Council Declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development of a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and institutions in Europe;1a ______1a http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-15213-2018-INIT/en/pdf

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Amendment 135 Monika Hohlmeier

PE648.461v01-00 68/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Highlights the need for increased financial envelopes for the Creative Europe programme to support, inter alia, European cultural heritage, artistic creation and the cultural and creative sectors; underlines the need to ensure EU added-value as a pre-condition for financing; emphasises greater efforts within these programmes for a cross- sectoral approach allowing for the combination of arts, culture, technologies and businesses with content creation, distribution, promotion, and quality requirements; stresses the need to incorporate into the programme new technologies and digital innovations, such as automated translations, virtual reality, text-to-video creation, and access to live video platforms as well as improved access to search engines;

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Amendment 136 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Underlines that both the Connecting Europe Facility and the Research EU programmes match both objectives of supporting EU’s competitiveness and efforts to fight climate changes; underlines that over the previous period, these programmes were regularly under financed, and that many valuable projects remained unfinanced, not because of their bad quality,but

AM\1200484EN.docx 69/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN because of the lack of appropriations for that purpose; concludes that low budgetary ambitions for these programmes would contradict any pledge favourable to competitiveness or climate change fight;

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Amendment 137 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Is aware that the outcome of the MFF negotiations will largely determine the funding level of EU policies and programmes for the next period; intends, however, to secure further increases in the annual budgetary procedure for the EU flagship programmes, especially if the MFF decision grants them with a level that is inferior to their needs and the actual mission they are called to accomplish;

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Amendment 138 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Invites the Council to not only assess the burden of budgetary spending of the Union, but also the cost of non-EU; In this light, takes note that every gap of EUR 10billion in Horizon Europe results in a GDP loss of EUR 110 billion over the next 25 years, and that for every cut of

PE648.461v01-00 70/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN EUR 3 billion of provisioning to InvestEU would cut around EUR 150 billion of investment;

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Amendment 139 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Reiterates that social cohesion in Europe must contribute to sustainable solutions to long-term structural demographic change; emphasises the need for financial resources for research to provide ageing populations in Europe with adequate support in terms of access to mobility, healthcare and public services;

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Amendment 140 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 a. Deplores the fact that more than a quarter of all children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion;

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Amendment 141 Jens Geier

AM\1200484EN.docx 71/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 b. Notes with sadness that the United Kingdom has terminated its Union membership and that 2021 will mark the first year in which it does not participate in the Union budget as a full member; expresses its intention for the United Kingdom to remain as close a partner in as many EU programmes as possible, notably Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe; stresses however that such a participation in EU programmes cannot entail net transfers from the Union budget to the UK and requires the UK to fully respect the procedures and institutions that safeguard EU spending;

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Amendment 142 Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 b. Stresses the need to provide sufficient funding for activities within Creative Europe and Horizon Europe to tackle disinformation and fake news; points, in this regard, to the new action on media literacy within Creative Europe; underlines that disinformation polarises debate, hampers the ability of citizens to take informed decisions and represents a threat to policy-making and election processes; stresses that activities to fight and prevent disinformation and fake news must also be conducted at local and regional level to ensure maximum public outreach;

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Amendment 143 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 b. Welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s commitment to creating the European Child Guarantee in order to help ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic set of rights such as healthcare, childcare, education, adequate nutrition and decent housing;

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Amendment 144 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 b. Underlines that the Single Market Europe programme demonstrates the vacuity of the “net contributors-net beneficiaries”mantra as each Member State’s economy benefits much more from the achievements of the Single Market than the amount of its share in the contribution to the EUbudget;

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Amendment 145 Monika Hohlmeier

AM\1200484EN.docx 73/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 c. Reiterates that a competitive space industry is vital for the business landscape of Europe by providing high quality jobs, significant research and development activities and ensuring the autonomy of a European satellite infrastructure; highlights the benefits of data generated in space as an essential tool for land & environmental monitoring, infrastructure and Smart Cities, integrated farm management, monitoring activities in the area of migration and border management, and search & rescue operations; highlights the role of European satellites as integral part of a digital infrastructure to ensure the use of the next generation of wireless technologies; requests additional funding for the European space programme to allow the further development, maintenance and roll-out of satellites for up- and downstream services; highlights the role of the GNSS agency as the pivotal body to support Union space objectives and requests additional funding and staff for the agency to ensure Europe’s satellite navigation programmes remain competitive and fully respond to user needs;

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Amendment 146 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 c. Strongly recalls that this initiative

PE648.461v01-00 74/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN is also linked to the MFF negotiations and calls for the European Child Guarantee to be integrated into the future ESF+, with at least EUR 5.9 billion of fresh funding for the entire 2021-2027 MFF period;

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Amendment 147 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 c. Underlines that Member States’ cooperation in the field of taxation incomes would bring back to their national budgets much more than any cut to the EU annual budgets’ expenditures;

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Amendment 148 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 d. Reiterates the Parliament’s position for sufficient financing of all EU programmes to respond to the challenges the Union is facing; Underlines the key role of those programmes for the sustainable environmental, economic and social developmentof the continent, notably in favour of enhancing youth mobility, trainings and skills, protecting and improving social rights and conditions, fighting against inequalities

AM\1200484EN.docx 75/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN and poverty and tackling unemployment;

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Amendment 149 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 d. Recalls the role of EU instruments in supporting companies and workers in their transition to a digital and greener economy; reiterates the importance of vocational education and training (VET) in the age of digitalisation; calls on the Commission to explore further opportunities to support VET programmes, especially in the areas of software development and information technologies;

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Amendment 150 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 e. Calls for the 2021 budget to pay particular attention to the needs of and relations with the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), as they can be particularly vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate change; stresses, futhermore, that access to funding for the OCTs must be improved as they possess limited administrative resources and expertise owing to their special status and

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Amendment 151 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 e. Underlines that the European pillar of social rights should materialise properly in the EU Budget for 2021, notably by funding adequately the lines supporting the European Social Fund+ including the Child Guarantee, the European social dialogue and measures for the social partners that are of prime importance;

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Amendment 152 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 f. Points out that the common agricultural policyand the common fisheries policy are cornerstones of European integration which aim to ensure sustainable, safe, high-quality food supply for Europeans, the proper functioning of the agricultural and fisheries markets, the sustainable development of rural regions and the sustainable management of natural resources and preservation of biodiversity; asks for particular attention

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Amendment 153 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 g. Believes that a strong cohesion policy is vital to ensure to tackle complex environmental, social, economic challenges such as climate change, employment, fight against poverty, social exclusion and discrimination, gender equality, territorial and cross-border cooperation, better inclusion of people with disabilities, long-term structural demographic change, development, mobility, research and innovation, digitalisation, industrial transition, SMEs;

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Amendment 154 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 h. Recalls that the promotion of European values and cultures play an active role to strengthen cohesion and common understanding in Europe notably through intercultural exchange, knowledge, creation and innovation;

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 i. Reaffirms the urgent need to adopt an effective, human, solidary and responsible approach towards the migration flows coming from Africa and the MENA region, since Europe, together with other world powers, is partly accountable for the root causes of forced migration from the less developed regions of the globe;

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Amendment 156 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 j. Reminds the regular needs to reinforce the Asylum and Migration Fund over the last period, notably to support Member States to cope with the refugee crisis and manage of asylum seekers, and to mobilize for that purpose the special instruments because of a too low heading ceiling; expects Member States to understand their own interest and to compensate the effect of the delay in the adoption of the Dublin IV regulation by the necessary appropriations for that programme implementing the solidarity principle among them in this field;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 79/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 157 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 k (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 k. In the same context, in view of the difficult financial situation faced by UNRWA and the prospect of greater uncertainty and instability following the unveil of the US Middle East plan, calls on the EU to step up its financial support to the Agency in 2021, in order to preserve uninterrupted vital services to millions of Palestinian refugees;

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Amendment 158 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 l (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 l. Deems appropriate to ensure that an adequate portion of the NDICI financing is dedicated to the political, social and economic development of the EU Southern Neighbourhood, as well as, more in general, to EU development policy in Africa;

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Amendment 159 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

PE648.461v01-00 80/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 m (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 m. Recalls the pivotal role played by EU agencies in the implementation of EU policy objectives and reaffirms the importance of endowing these bodies with sufficient funding for the efficient running of their duties; highlights the key role performed by the European Environment Agency in developing awareness with regard to climate change, the European Labour Authority in promoting labour mobility, as well as the European Asylum Support Office and the Fundamental Rights Agency in supporting asylum seekers looking for shelter in Europe; is concerned about the insufficient level of funding provided to EPPO in the course of the 2020 budgetary procedure and, in view of 2021, calls on the Commission to increase financial support to this agency,which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud and corruption;

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Amendment 160 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 n (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 n. Reminds that no public policy can be properly implemented without the support of a dedicated civil service sufficiently financed, and warns against the risk of lowering down EU agents’ working conditions so much that workers, with an equivalent background, may opt rather for the other sectors;

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Amendment 161 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 o (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10 o. Believes, in the political and economic context the EU is facing, that the Conference on the Future of Europe should be adequately supported also on the budgetary side and that the European Commission, among other institutions involved in this project, should be equipped with the necessary means to make of it a success;

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Amendment 162 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Recalls its position set out in its and climate mainstreaming targets and to MFF resolution of October 2019 that fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; climate and biodiversity mainstreaming in reiterates its call on the Commission to lay the next MFF must go beyond the levels down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent of targeted spending shares as set out in and comprehensive methodology for its interim report; reiterates its call on the defining and tracking relevant climate and Commission to lay down clear eligibility biodiversity expenditure; criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure;

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PE648.461v01-00 82/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 163 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets; fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; reiterates its call on the Commission to lay reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure; biodiversity expenditure;

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Amendment 164 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; fix for the first to at least 10% and the reiterates its call on the Commission to lay latter to at least 50 % for 2021; reiterates down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent its call on the Commission to lay down and comprehensive methodology for clear eligibility criteria of a stringent and defining and tracking relevant climate and comprehensive methodology for defining biodiversity expenditure; and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure; excepts the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and detailed proposal by July 2020 in form of a Framework Regulation; demands for the Parliament to be closely involved in the conception of such a methodology;

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AM\1200484EN.docx 83/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 165 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; fix the first to at least 10% and the latter to reiterates its call on the Commission to lay at least 30 % for 2021; reiterates its call on down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent the Commission to lay down clear and comprehensive methodology for eligibility criteria of a new stringent and defining and tracking relevant climate and comprehensive methodology for defining biodiversity expenditure; and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure including the climate and biodiverse proofing of all EU programmes to identify potential harmful impacts of EU actions to biodiversity and climate;

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Amendment 166 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; fix the latter to at least 30% for 2021; reiterates its call on the Commission to lay reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure; biodiversity expenditure; calls on the Commission to establish a climate proofing mechanism, to ensure that the budget as a whole is coherent with the Paris agreement and general EU policy objectives; invites the Commission to take aboard European Parliament’s views on

PE648.461v01-00 84/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN the matter;

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Amendment 167 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; calls reiterates its call on the Commission to lay for a EU budget that offsets as much as down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent possible the existing backlog towards and comprehensive methodology for reaching this target; reiterates its call on defining and tracking relevant climate and the Commission to lay down clear biodiversity expenditure; eligibility criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure;

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Amendment 168 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Aims to set binding biodiversity 11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix the latter to at least 30 % for 2021; fix the latter to at least 30% for 2021; reiterates its call on the Commission to lay reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure; biodiversity expenditure; calls on the Commission to abandon all subsidies and investments for fossil fuels;

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Amendment 169 Monika Hohlmeier, Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Stresses that internal security is an integral part of EU citizens expectations towards a Union that protects; underlines that security threats such as terrorist attacks, cross-border organised crime, and new types such as cybercrime, are posing an ongoing threat to the cohesion of the European Union and require a strong, coordinated European response; believes that combatting such security threats requires intensified cross border cooperation between competent authorities, greater exchange of information between Member State, facilitating joint operations, and training; stresses that strengthening and modernising IT-systems with a focus on better interoperability of systems, facilitated access and readability of data are mandatory for effective and rapid cooperation between police, judicial and other competent authorities; takes note that the Commission is expected to launch a new Security Union Strategy in2021, which will comprise a set of initiatives in key areas such as organised crime, preventing and detecting hybrid threats and enhancing cybersecurity; requests additional funding to meet citizens expectations;

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Amendment 170 Elisabetta Gualmini, Paolo De Castro

PE648.461v01-00 86/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Welcomes the Commission for the establishment of a 232 million EUR aid package as response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, aiming at effectively boosting global preparedness, prevention and the containment of this epidemics; believes that this action shall be considered as a first step to tackle the diffusion of the virus; urgently calls the Commission to make use of all relevant available programmes and instruments to define a more comprehensive, coordinated and effective EU response; demands the establishment of an ad hoc financial tool of support to be used for the ongoing sanitarian emergency, to effectively help and better coordinate the measures taken by Member States and local administrations to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic and limit its detrimental social and economic effects on the most affected regions, territories and their population;

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Amendment 171 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Recalls that more than 8% of the EU budget spending has contributed to biodiversity protection over the period 2014-2020;believes the European Union can increase the average biodiversity spending during the next MFF thanks to the upcoming new initiatives in this field; recalls the accelerating species extinction and strongly believes that the EU should

AM\1200484EN.docx 87/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN prevent financial support for harmful measures further aggravating the state of European and global biodiversity; reiterates its request to the Commission and the Council to set a clear spending target for biodiversity mainstreaming of at least 10 % in the MFF, in addition to the target for spending on climate main- streaming13a; calls, therefore, on the Commission to present a draft 2021 budget that will lead the EU towards this objective; ______13a European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.

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Amendment 172 Martin Hojsík

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Regrets that only 8,1% of the EU budget has been devoted to biodiversity spending over the period 2014-2020; believes the European Union can increase the average biodiversity spending during the next MFF thanks to the upcoming new initiatives in this field; recalls the accelerating species extinction and strongly believes that the EU should prevent financial support for harmful measures further aggravating the state of European and global biodiversity; reiterates its request to the Commission and the Council to set a clear spending target for biodiversity mainstreaming of at least 10 % in the MFF, in addition to the target for spending on climate main- streaming1a; calls, therefore, on the

PE648.461v01-00 88/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Commission to present a draft 2021 budget that will lead the EU towards this objective; ______1a European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.

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Amendment 173 Siegfried Mureşan

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Reminds that, in the context of scarce financial resources in the European Union budget, consistent efforts are necessary at all levels for the prevention and fight against fraud, corruption and misuse of European Union funds; underlines that the creation of the EPPO marks a ground-breaking development in protecting the European Union's financial interests; calls on the Commission to provide the EPPO with adequate staff and resources so as to allow it to start its activities improving the overall level of protection of the financial interests in the European Union;

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Amendment 174 Georgios Kyrtsos

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

AM\1200484EN.docx 89/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

11a. Stresses that current migration flows, especially at EU external borders, are proof of the need to increase funding for monitoring and safeguarding EU borders over the coming years; Is concerned that, in the course of the 2021-2027 MFF negotiations, the Council is seeking to significantly reduce the funding proposed by the Commission for guarding EU borders, regardless of the ever-increasing migration and refugee flows;

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Amendment 175 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Welcomes the fact that gender mainstreaming is included in the current negotiation box for the next MFF by President of the European Council Charles Michel; expects therefore the Commission to include in the 2021 draft budget an annex that draws together gender-specific information on objectives, inputs, outputs, results, and an annex presenting financing commitments for gender equality and the methodology for tracking and reporting gender equality expenditure as part of its draft budget;

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Amendment 176 Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Younous Omarjee, Silvia Modig on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution

PE648.461v01-00 90/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Recalls that peace and solidarity constitute core values that should be consistently supported by the EU budget; highlights in this regard the need to enhance the relevant EU funding; calls for the increase of the UNRWA funding, recognising its essential role in supporting stability and strengthening the resilience of Palestine refugees at a time of great uncertainty in the region;

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Amendment 177 Jeroen Lenaers, Antonius Manders

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Insists that, because of accelerating demographic change already 50% of the EU population is above age fifty, the EU shall invest more in developing professional skills of elderly people, so that they are able to participate longer in the economy and social life and therefore help reduce pressure on health and social security systems;

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Amendment 178 Mario Furore, Tiziana Beghin

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11a. Believes that it is essential to

AM\1200484EN.docx 91/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN maintain the current level of expenditure for the common agricultural policy and opposes any reduction in this area; calls on the Commission to provide for the extension of payments until 2022 if a timely agreement on the next MFF is not reached;

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Amendment 179 Jörgen Warborn

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Stresses that the EU budget for next year should align with the political priorities that enables the union to create sustainable economic growth, further invest in innovation and research, and boost competitiveness and the promotion of entrepreneurship;

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Amendment 180 Robert Biedroń

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. The European Commission must ensure high quality and socially responsible procurement so that contracts are awarded to companies respecting environmental and core labour standards; the Commission shall lead by example in this regard;

Or. en

PE648.461v01-00 92/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Amendment 181 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Demands that the planning of climate and biodiversity spending take place during the development of MFF programmes and not simply as an accountancy exercise ex-post as part of the annual budgetary procedure;

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Amendment 182 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Expects a strong EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF) to be in place for 2021;

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Amendment 183 Andrey Novakov, Siegfried Mureşan, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Sustainable transport & transport infrastructure

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Amendment 184 Monika Hohlmeier, Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Underlines with great concern that agencies operating in the area of security and criminal justice cooperation experience an increasing numbers of tasks but are not equipped with an adequate increase of resources to fulfil those; requests increased financial resources and staff posts for these agencies, in particular Eurojust, Europol, CEPOL, and EMCDDA;

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Amendment 185 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Recalls that the common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy are cornerstones of European integration which aim to ensure safe, high-quality food supply for European citizens, stable and acceptable earnings for farmers, the proper functioning of the agricultural single market, the sustainability and economical aspects of rural regions for many years and the sustainable management of natural resources; points out that those policies contribute to the viability, stability and food sovereignty and diversity of the

PE648.461v01-00 94/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN EU; calls on the Commission to continue to support producers across Europe in coping with unexpected market volatility and in securing safe, high-quality food supplies; reiterates the capacity of the farmers to tackle the climate change through a more sustainable agriculture that will have to be in line with the objectives set in the European Green Deal;

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Amendment 186 Elisabetta Gualmini

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Recalls the pivotal role played by EU agencies in the implementation of EU policy objectives and reaffirms the importance of endowing these bodies with sufficient funding for the efficient running of their duties; highlights the key role performed by the European Environment Agency in developing awareness with regard to climate change, the European Labour Authority in promoting labour mobility, as well as the European Asylum Support Office and the Fundamental Rights Agency in supporting asylum seekers looking for shelter in Europe; is concerned about the insufficient level of funding provided to EPPO in the course of the 2020 budgetary procedure and, in view of 2021, calls on the Commission to increase financial support to this agency, which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud and corruption;

Or. en

AM\1200484EN.docx 95/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Amendment 187 Georgios Kyrtsos

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11b. Notes that assistance and funding for the monitoring and safeguarding of EU external borders in order to deal with migrant flows will need to be stepped up in 2021, as reflected in this year's proposal for an extra EUR 700 million and immediate support for Frontex, while the influx of migrants at the EU border with Turkey is projected to swell dramatically in the near future;

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Amendment 188 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Reminds that the long-lasting solution to the current migration phenomenon lies in the political, economic and social development of the countries from which migration flows originate and reiterates its full commitment to this objective; calls for the respective external policy programmes to be endowed with sufficient financial resources to support this priority; within this context, reaffirms the need to provide UNRWA with sufficient and constant financial support ;

Or. en

Amendment 189

PE648.461v01-00 96/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Andrey Novakov, Siegfried Mureşan, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Stresses that commensurate funding for transport infrastructure is instrumental in the shift to sustainable mobility through road, rail and multimodal transport, including through the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T); underlines in this regard the role of Shift2Rail and the Connecting Europe Facility; calls for a stronger commitment to the deployment of sustainable alternative fuels;

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Amendment 190 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Calls on the Commission to report annually, on the basis of actual expenditure rather than estimates, to what degree the mainstreaming targets for climate and biodiversity are being met; Calls on the Commission to put forward a correction mechanism in case climate and biodiversity spending falls below the foreseen targets;

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Amendment 191 Tiziana Beghin, Mario Furore

Motion for a resolution

AM\1200484EN.docx 97/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11b. Calls for support measures in the most affected areas, as well as for production sectors that have sustained economic losses inflicted by the Coronavirus epidemic;

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Amendment 192 Jörgen Warborn

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Underlines the importance of focus on innovation and research to continue providing solutions for the future of Europe;

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Amendment 193 Eero Heinäluoma

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Highlights the importance of investing in better infrastructure such as new and better roads, railways and airports;

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Amendment 194 Elisabetta Gualmini

PE648.461v01-00 98/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Europe and the need for a prompt, coordinated and coherent EU response, urgently calls on the Commission to provide the adequate and necessary funding to the relevant EU Agencies which shall work and support the European Commission and the Member States in the effort to tackle this epidemic, in particular the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency. Moreover, reiterates the importance of providing the European Food Safety Authority with sufficient resources in order to control and prevent the risks associated with the food chain, to provide scientific advice, as well as appropriate, accurate and timely information on food safety issues;

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Amendment 195 Monika Hohlmeier, Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Strongly reiterates its calls for increased funding and staff for the European Public Prosecutor`s Office (EPPO) to ensure the operational start of the organisation without delay and adequate resources to accept and process all cases transmitted by Member States; highlights OLAF`s vital role in combatting VAT and customs fraud, corruption and all other offences affecting the EU financial interests and

AM\1200484EN.docx 99/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN underlines that the establishment of EPPO does not go to the detriment of OLAF`s functionality;

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Amendment 196 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all EU 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, shall not be eligible for support under the EU budget, and shall be in line with the EU taxonomy framework for sustainable investment;

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Amendment 197 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Notes the important work carried out by Europe Direct Information Centres (EDICs) providing information on European politics across the continent; highlights that EDICs constitute an important addition to the Commission and Parliament representative offices in the EU member states, as they are able to reach citizens beyond Member State

PE648.461v01-00 100/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN capitals;

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Amendment 198 Jörgen Warborn

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Highlights the need to ensure that European competitiveness is prioritised in order to not lose ground in the global competition. Stresses the hidden potential for Europe’s entrepreneurs if given the right tools andcalls for the appropriate support of the EU budget;

Or. en

Amendment 199 Andrey Novakov, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Siegfried Mureşan

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ensuring the security of European citizens

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Amendment 200 Andrey Novakov, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Siegfried Mureşan

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Takes note of the most recent

AM\1200484EN.docx 101/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN developments in regards to the migration situation at the Greek and Bulgarian borders; therefore, underlines the need for robust EU support in the area of external and internal security, EU cross- border cooperation and law enforcement, information exchange and the fight against security threats with the support of strengthened security-related programmes and agencies; acknowledges the pivotal role and considerably increased responsibilities of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and Europol;

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Amendment 201 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A safer and sovereign Europe in a challenging world

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Amendment 202 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security, border control and fundamental rights, in particular Europol, Eurojust,

PE648.461v01-00 102/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Frontex and the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA);

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Amendment 203 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Points out that the work carried out by the administration and decentralised agencies remains on a constantly high level or will increase in 2021 compared to 2020;rejects therefore any unjustified and arbitrary cuts to theses budgets in real terms as they threaten the functioning of the Union;

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Amendment 204 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Insists that the MFF 2021-2027 exclude any direct or indirect support for fossil fuels and fossil-fuel related infrastructure, in the EU or abroad;

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Amendment 205 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

AM\1200484EN.docx 103/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 e. Calls for all infrastructure investments with an expected lifespan of more than 5 years to be in linked with the National Climate and Energy Plans, and in their planning prioritize of energy efficiency measures(Energy Efficiency First Principle) and the consideration of specific decarbonisation pathways compatible with the objective of limit global warming to under 1,5°C as well as resilience to adverse climate change impacts. Calls for the integration of all 3 scopes of GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration to avoid stranded assets;

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Amendment 206 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Stresses that the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) must be equipped with the necessary means in order to be able to thoroughly investigate and prosecute cross-border criminal activities;reminds of the important task of the EPPO to tackle the fraud with EU funds, which is important for both the citizens and the credibility of the EU; insists that its budgetary appropriations are placed under the administration heading of the MFF 2021-2027 together with the other EU bodies and institutions;

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Amendment 207 Andrey Novakov, Karlo Ressler, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Continued commitment to our neighbourhood

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Amendment 208 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 f. Is particularly worried that the contribution of the Common Agricultural Policy(CAP) to climate spending has been grossly overestimated and is unrealistic, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors; reiterates its call for the CAP to be fully in line with the EU's increased climate and biodiversity ambition; Calls on the Commission to analyse to what extent the current CAP reform proposal contributes to these commitments and for it to come forward with the necessary changes to ensure that the CAP and its implementation are coherent with, and contribute to, the Union's increased climate and biodiversity ambitions;

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Amendment 209

AM\1200484EN.docx 105/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that no EU funding is granted to any parties subject to the EU restrictive measures (including contractors or subcontractors, participants to workshops and/or trainings, and recipients of financial support to third parties);

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Amendment 210 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 f. Calls on the Commission to allocate the necessary budget in order to ensure a bigger capacity of the EU civil protection mechanism, so that the EU will be better prepared and respond to all types of natural disasters, pandemics and emergencies, such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies; reiterates the importance of the EU civil protection mechanism to better protect the citizens from disasters;

Or. en

Amendment 211 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

PE648.461v01-00 106/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN Paragraph 11 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 g. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a new CAP legislative package in order to ensure that it is fully compliant with Paris Climate Agreement as its budget repensent roughly half of the climate-related spending;

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Amendment 212 Andrey Novakov, Karlo Ressler, Manolis Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Welcomes the commitment of the EU towards the Western Balkans; reiterates the key role of the Union budget for the steady investments in sustainable cross-border projects and particularly in transport infrastructure and border connectivity; underlines that budget 2021 should provide adequate funding to further support to public administration, institutions, regional and local governments, and the civil society in the region;

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Amendment 213 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1200484EN.docx 107/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN 11 h. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “do no harm” principle was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal1c in which, amongst other things, it welcomed the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition, including the use of green budgeting tools, and to update the better regulation guidelines accordingly; ______1c https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

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Amendment 214 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 g. Strongly supports initiatives in the field of defence with the aim of encouraging better cooperation between Member States; underlines furthermore the need to improve the competitiveness and innovation in the European defence industry that can contribute to stimulate growth and job creation;

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Amendment 215 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new)

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11 i. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “financing the European Green Deal” was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal in which it stressed the instrumental role of the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the delivery of the European Green Deal and the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial efforts, including new budgetary appropriations, in order to achieve its objectives, as well as a just transition towards a carbon-neutral economy based on the highest social justice criteria so that no one and nowhere is left behind; and it expected the budgetary means over the next financial programming period to be commensurate with this ambition, while stressing that a reduced MFF would obviously represent a step backwards;

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Amendment 216 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 h. Stresses that cybersecurity is critical to the Union’s prosperity and security, as well as to the privacy of our citizens and that economic espionage undermines the functioning of the digital single market and the competitiveness of European enterprises; requests adequate funding for the agencies responsible for securing network and information systems, building cyber resilience and combatting cybercrime, in particular ENISA and Europol;

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 j. Calls for the implementation of gender budgeting by assigning budget allocations taking into account a gender- responsive evaluation of the previous budgetary period and ensuring equal participation in the budgetary process; stresses that gender budgeting also requires linking the budget to gender equality objectives defined in each policy area, tracing spending on gender equality and ensuring agender-sensitive review of the programmes and spending to adjust them in the following period;

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Amendment 218 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Strengthening research and innovation through Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe

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Amendment 219 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 i. Calls on a sufficient level of resources for Erasmus + to meet future demands, also taking in-to account its external dimension; highlights the need for adequate resources for vocational education and training and for making the Programme´s funding accessible for people from all backgrounds; stresses that Erasmus+ is a key flagship programme of the Union that is widely known among its citizens and has delivered tangible results with a clear European added value; calls for special emphasis to be placed to mobility actions in adult education, particularly for the senior population in the Erasmus+ programme; calls especially for the promotion of building bridges between generations through Erasmus+;

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Amendment 220 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 k (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 k. Is convinced that any legal person who is a beneficial owner of legal entities receiving funds from the EU budget shall be prohibited from receiving any funds from the existing as well as the future European budget under the rules of this Regulation on Multinannual Financial Framework for 2021-2017, including direct agricultural payments and any disbursements, expenditures, guarantees or other benefits dealt with therein if s/he is in a clear conflict of interests as defined in Art. 61 of Financial Regulation (EU)

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Amendment 221 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A stronger more competitive and digitalized single market

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Amendment 222 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 j. Points out that Horizon Europe provides a very strong European added value and stresses the importance of the programme for significant areas of European research such as digitalisation, technological innovation, AI and cybersecurity; recalls at the same time the important role of fundamental research in the development of the Union; stresses the importance of significantly increased allocations for Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020 for the budget 2021;

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Amendment 223 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 i. Underlines that stepping up funding for research, innovation and development is a widely shared EU objective, given that the Europe 2020 target of 3% GDP is far from being achieved;

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Amendment 224 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 k (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 k. Points out that that research, competitiveness and SMEs are key to enable economic growth and job creation; SMEs are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in delivering excellent quality investment and job creation in all Member States; sees the need to create an SME-friendly business environment with a favourable environment for innovation, as well as to support SME clusters and networks; calls, in this context, for sufficient resources to the COSME, the Single Market Programme and the InvestEU’s SMEs window, in order to further boost the programmes’ potential in promoting entrepreneurship, including women’s entrepreneurship, improving the competitiveness and access to markets of Union enterprises, and calls for emphasis to be placed on the digital transformation of SMEs;

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Amendment 225 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Mauri Pekkarinen, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 l (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 l. Stresses the potential for economic growth stemming from the technological transformation and calls for an appropriate role of the EU budget in supporting the digitalisation of the European industry and the promotion of digital skills and digital entrepreneurship; highlights the important role the Digital Europe programme can play in this context;

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Amendment 226 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

The challenge in the field of media and communication

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Amendment 227 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 m (new)

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11 m. Encourages the Commission to strengthen support for investigative journalism, including cross-border investigative journalism, and media freedom through dedicated funds, which contributes, among other areas, to revealing and combatting crime, as well as raising awareness among Union citizens;

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Amendment 228 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Moritz Körner, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 n (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 n. Considers it crucial to ensure adequate financial resources to EU strategic communication aimed at tackling disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, as well as to the promotion of an objective image of the Union outside its borders;

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Amendment 229 Marco Zanni, Joachim Kuhs, Hélène Laporte, Valentino Grant, Anna Bonfrisco

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11 a. Underlines that any funding to Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, must be immediately stopped;

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Amendment 230 Marco Zanni, Hélène Laporte, Anna Bonfrisco, Valentino Grant

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Is determined to avoid a new 12. Is determined to avoid a new payment crisis; reiterates that the overall payment crisis; reiterates that the overall payment ceiling must take into account the payment ceiling must take into account the unprecedented volume of outstanding unprecedented volume of outstanding commitments at the end of 2020 to be commitments at the end of 2020 to be settled under the next MFF; further notes settled under the next MFF; further notes that the focus of payment appropriations in that the focus of payment appropriations in 2021 will largely be on completion of 2021 will largely be on completion of 2014-2020 programmes; insists, however, 2014-2020 programmes; insists, however, that this should not hinder the launch of that this should not hinder the launch of new programmes; new programmes; calls, therefore, not to increase the commitment appropriations in the Budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is found;

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Amendment 231 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

PE648.461v01-00 116/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN 2014-2020 programmes; insists, however, 2014-2020 programmes; insists, however, that this should not hinder the launch of that this should not hinder the launch of new programmes; new programmes and should not be done at the expense of the ESF+;

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Amendment 232 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13. Insists, therefore, on setting 13. Demands, therefore, that the global payments at an appropriate level as of 2021 level of payments, as well as the annual in order to obviate any difficulties for payment ceiling for 2021 are set at an beneficiaries and reiterates its appropriate level that also takes due commitment to defend a level of payments account of this situation in order to at EUR 184.7 billion in current prices for obviate any difficulties for beneficiaries; 2021; recalls its negotiating position on the 2021-2027 MFF to set the overall level of payments at 1.27% EU GNI and notes that this implies level of payments at EUR 184.7 billion in current prices for 2021;

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Amendment 233 Hélène Laporte, Joachim Kuhs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13. Insists, therefore, on setting 13. Insists, therefore, on setting payments at an appropriate level as of 2021 payments at an appropriate level as of 2021 in order to obviate any difficulties for in order to obviate any difficulties for beneficiaries and reiterates its beneficiaries; commitment to defend a level of payments at EUR 184.7 billion in current prices for 2021;

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13 a. Underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to ensure full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;

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Amendment 235 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A modern EU budget’s revenue side as a tool for undertaking our common challenges

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Amendment 236 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Rasmus Andresen, David Cormand, José Manuel Fernandes, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13 a. Considers that the EU budget’s revenue side shall be seen as a tool for the achievement of EU policies; believes that new green and single market-related own resources would be complementary to the

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Amendment 237 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Rasmus Andresen, David Cormand, José Manuel Fernandes, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13 b. Deplores the recurring political dramas caused by the overwhelming share of national GNI contributions in the own resources system; considers, therefore, that their share should decrease to fulfil their balancing role only;

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Amendment 238 Nils Torvalds, Valerie Hayer, Clotilde Armand, Rasmus Andresen, David Cormand, José Manuel Fernandes, Luis Garicano, Martin Hojsík, Fabienne Keller, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13 c. Recalls that the European Parliament will not give its consent to the MFF without an agreement on the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of a basket of new own resources; underlines, therefore, that the 2021 budget will have to be financed through new additional own resources in order to avoid damaging political consequences;

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Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Other issues

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Amendment 240 Karlo Ressler, José Manuel Fernandes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution Amendment

14. Reiterates its demand for a 14. Reiterates its demand for a contingency plan to protect beneficiaries contingency plan to protect beneficiaries and ensure continuity of funding in the and ensure continuity of funding in the event that the current MFF needs to be event that the current MFF needs to be extended beyond 2020; demands that the extended beyond 2020; demands that the Commission present such a plan without Commission present such a plan without delay, including the prolongation of the delay, including the prolongation of the legal bases where relevant; legal bases where relevant; points to the failure of the European Council to reach a political agreement on the 2021-2027 MFF at the extraordinary meeting of 20- 21 February 2020 and considers that this further delay renders imperative the need for presenting an MFF contingency plan;

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Amendment 241 Jens Geier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution Amendment

PE648.461v01-00 120/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN 14. Reiterates its demand for a 14. Is concerned by the delay of the contingency plan to protect beneficiaries European Council in finding an and ensure continuity of funding in the agreement on the next MFF and that, as a event that the current MFF needs to be result, 2021 may end up as a lost year for extended beyond 2020; demands that the the Union budget with funding gaps for Commission present such a plan without stakeholders in priority areas of European delay, including the prolongation of the policy; Reiterates its demand for a legal bases where relevant; contingency plan to protect beneficiaries and ensure continuity of funding in the event that the current MFF needs to be extended beyond 2020; demands that the Commission present such a plan without delay, including the prolongation of the legal bases where relevant;

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Amendment 242 David Cormand, Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution Amendment

14. Reiterates its demand for a 14. Reiterates its demand for a contingency plan to protect beneficiaries contingency plan to protect beneficiaries and ensure continuity of funding in the and ensure continuity of funding in the event that the current MFF needs to be event that the current MFF needs to be extended beyond 2020; demands that the extended beyond 2020; demands that the Commission present such a plan without Commission present such a plan without delay, including the prolongation of the delay, proposing either the prolongation of legal bases where relevant; the legal bases where relevant or to propose how to reallocate the new set of programmes under the extended and automatically adjusted MFF ceilings;

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Amendment 243 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new)

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14 a. Calls for particular attention to be paid to ensuring a seamless transition for funding under the current progress axis of EaSI;

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Amendment 244 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution Amendment

15. Notes that the extension of the 15. Notes that, in accordance with current MFF ceilings would result in EUR Article 312(4) of the TFEU, the extension 172.2 billion in commitment appropriations of the current MFF ceilings would result in in 2021, which represents 1.15 % of the EUR 172.2 billion in commitment EU’s GNI according to the Commission’s appropriations in2021, which represents 2018 estimate; notes, furthermore, that an 1.15 % of the EU’s GNI according to the additional EUR 3.5 billion would become Commission’s 2018 estimate; notes, available under flexibility instruments at furthermore, that an additional EUR 3.5 the beginning of 2021; billion would become available under flexibility instruments at the beginning of 2021; therefore, notes that this article together with a contingency plan would protect the beneficiaries and ensure the continuity of funding in the event of delay in the adoption of the new MFF;

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Amendment 245 Pierre Larrouturou

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

16 a. Reiterates its longstanding view

PE648.461v01-00 122/124 AM\1200484EN.docx EN that new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by reducing the appropriations of existing programmes; considers that this principle should also apply to amending budgets;

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Amendment 246 Pierre Larrouturou

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

16 b. Notes that, as the first year of the potentially agreed next MFF, the budget 2021 will be the first reflecting a new budgetary nomenclature; calls on the Commission to involve appropriately the budgetary authority in its preparation; believes that the new nomenclature, while being better aligned with the policy priorities, must be sufficiently detailed to allow the budgetary authority to fulfil effectively its decision-making role and Parliament in particular its democratic oversight and scrutiny roles;

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Amendment 247 Pierre Larrouturou

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

16 c. Notes that, as the arm of the budgetary authority directly elected by citizens, Parliament will fulfil its political role and put forward proposals for pilot projects and preparatory actions

AM\1200484EN.docx 123/124 PE648.461v01-00 EN expressing its political vision for the future; commits itself, in this context, to proposing a package of pilot projects and preparatory actions developed in close cooperation with each of its committees so as to find the right balance between political will and technical feasibility, as assessed by the Commission;

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