European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2021/0227(BUD) 6.9.2021 AMENDMENTS 1 - 40 Draft opinion Christian Ehler (PE696.282v02-00) Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - General Introduction - Total expenditure - General statement of revenue - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section (2021/0227(BUD)) AM\1238226EN.docx PE696.476v01-00 EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegOpinion PE696.476v01-00 2/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Draft opinion Amendment 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement with the highest share of climate-relevant including the relative share of climate- EU expenditure to date and a significant relevant EU expenditure and the contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully stresses again that this budget should be align with the updated New Industrial fully aligned with the Paris Agreement Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a and the European Green Deal, ultimately year for boosting a rapid recovery for a contributing to achieve the revised 2030 resilient Europe; EU climate, energy and environmental targets and the objective of making the EU climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest and, in turn, prompting the updated New Industrial Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a socially, environmentally and economically resilient Europe; Or. en Amendment 2 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica, Josianne Cutajar Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Draft opinion Amendment 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully align underlines the importance of ensuring AM\1238226EN.docx 3/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN with the updated New Industrial Strategy; sufficient funding in order to contribute stresses that 2022 should be a year for to the twin transition towards the boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient achievement of the 2030 energy and Europe; climate targets and climate-neutrality by 2050; considers that the budget should fully align with the updated New Industrial Strategy; stresses that 2022 should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient Europe; Or. en Amendment 3 Elżbieta Kruk, Izabela-Helena Kloc Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Draft opinion Amendment 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 1. Welcomes the draft budget for 2022 as the first general budget with full as the first general budget with full implementation of the MFF Agreement, implementation of the MFF Agreement, with the highest share of climate-relevant with the highest share of climate-relevant EU expenditure to date and a significant EU expenditure to date and a significant contribution to the EU’s digital transition; contribution to the EU’s digital transition; considers that the budget should fully align considers that the budget should fully align with the updated New Industrial Strategy; with the updated New Industrial Strategy stresses that 2022 should be a year for and adequately alleviate the effects of the boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient economic downturn; stresses that 2022 Europe; should be a year for boosting a rapid recovery for a resilient Europe; Or. en Amendment 4 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 a. Urges, in light of the climate emergency and the alarming findings of PE696.476v01-00 4/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN the 6th IPCC Assessment Report, for a substantial increase of the climate expenditure in the 2022 budget and to use available margins and flexibility instruments to strengthen the Union’s programmes supporting the ecological, energy and resource-efficient transition; believes, moreover, that the Union funds spent for harmful projects or false climate solutions, such as ITER, which has accumulated substantial technological delays and costs overruns, should be redirected into the development and deployment of energy- and resource- efficiency measures and sustainable renewable energy solutions that are already available or will be available in the near future in order to deliver the EU climate and energy goals; Or. en Amendment 5 Christian Ehler Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 a. Takes note of the Council’s position on the 2022 budget; condemns strongly the cuts proposed to the Union programmes in the industry, research and energy areas, particularly considering that these programmes represent essential investments for recovery, and in the sustainability and digital transitions as well as Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy; Or. en Amendment 6 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica AM\1238226EN.docx 5/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 a. Recalls its resolution of 16 September 2020 on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the EU; calls on Commission to ensure timely implementation of New Own resources as agreed in the Interinstitutional agreement of16 December 2020; Or. en Amendment 7 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 b. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all Union funds and programmes; insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC, or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, should not be eligible for support under the Union budget; Or. en Amendment 8 Christian Ehler Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) PE696.476v01-00 6/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN Draft opinion Amendment 1 b. Recalls the agreement on the MFF, including on the NGEU funding and the additional funding of EUR 4 billion for Horizon Europe; Considers the cuts proposed by the Council to run contrary to these agreements; intends to hold the Council to its commitments to the recovery of Europe; Or. en Amendment 9 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 b. Reminds of the crucial role of strategic foresight and importance of the evidence based anticipatory policy making; Or. en Amendment 10 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 c. Demands that all infrastructure investments are in line with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and resilient to adverse climate change impacts, and that they contribute to the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 C; calls for the integration of GHG emissions in the AM\1238226EN.docx 7/24 PE696.476v01-00 EN mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration of related additional investments and lock-in effects to avoid stranded assets; Or. en Amendment 11 Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Łukasz Kohut, Ivo Hristov, Maria-Manuel Leitão- Marques, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Nicolás González Casares, Josianne Cutajar, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dan Nica Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 c. Reminds that ambitious policies in pathway to climate neutrality require significant investments in research and innovation and in this regard regrets recent Council cuts in allocations to Horizon Europe for 2022; Or. en Amendment 12 Rasmus Andresen on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 d. Welcomes the dedicated focus in the Commission's performance reporting on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming and calls on the Commission to refine and develop it further; reminds the Commission to fully involve the Parliament; emphasizes that the Commission needs to establish the effective methodology, in particular for PE696.476v01-00 8/24 AM\1238226EN.docx EN tracking halting and reversing biodiversity loss, before the presentation of the draft budget for 2023 in order to ensure that the target set out in the IIA of 16 December 2020 for 2024 can be met effectively; reminds that the implementation of the principle as regards biodiversity must go beyond the full respect of relevant Union acquis; calls on the Commission to assess whether the national recovery and resilience plans collectively put the Union on track towards achieving the 7,5% biodiversity spending target by 2024 (and 10% in 2026 and 2027) and to report the assessment to Parliament; Or. en Amendment 13 Robert Hajšel,