Georgios Aftias

24. Underlines the importance of a stronger Health Union and enhanced protection, prevention, preparedness and response against human health hazards; highlights the vital role that the EU4Health...

49. Recalls the highly unstable geopolitical situation and international environment around the Union giving rise to greater security and defence challenges since the beginning of Russia’s war of...

36. Emphasises that farmers and rural communities are vital contributors to quality, healthy food, food security and that they play a key role in the preservation of rural areas and in countering...

15. Calls on increasing the CEF Energy investments for an improved functioning and a deeper integration of energy markets, through modernisation of infrastructure, enhanced transmission and...

19. Underlines the key role cohesion policy plays in delivering on Union policy priorities, improving peoples’ quality of life and boosting the Union economy by contributing to fair and sustainable...

13. Recalls that programmes under Heading 1 play a key role in supporting research and innovation, increasing the Union’s competitiveness, driving growth, economic development and job creation with...

25. Reiterates its unwavering support for promoting the learning mobility of young people and researchers; proposes to reinforce, against this background, the Union flagship programme Erasmus+,...

44. Reiterates the importance of ensuring proper implementation of the Asylum and Migration Pact, in full compliance with international human rights law, and of respecting the principles of...

8a. Calls for the establishment of a protected, seizure-exempt business bank account for SMEs, tied to a proportion of their turnover, in order to ensure operational liquidity and prevent...

17. Understands that mobilising European institutional investors, notably insurance companies and pension funds, is key to reducing the scale-up gap; notes that an increase in the share of venture...

13. Calls for public funding not to be used as subsidies, but rather as a catalyst to mobilise private investments and make more private funding available to businesses and micro...

14. Calls on the Commission to introduce flexibility in the implementation of Basel III requirements so as to ensure more lending is made available to SMEs and scale-ups; notes that appropriate...

13a. Urges the Commission to examine the establishment of a permanent liquidity support mechanism for SMEs, modelled after effective temporary measures such as repayable advances, which...

AMENDMENTS 52 - 210 - Draft opinion European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)

By way of derogation from paragraph 4, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non- associated third-country entity...

AMENDMENTS 52 - 210 - Draft opinion European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)

(b a) (c) the ownership of intellectual property arising from actions referred to in Article 13(1), point (d), is not subject to restriction by a non-associated third country or a non-...

AMENDMENTS 52 - 210 - Draft opinion European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)

(b) access by a non-associated third country or by a non-associated third- country entity to sensitive information relating to the action is prevented and the employees or other persons involved in...

AMENDMENTS 52 - 210 - Draft opinion European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)

The Commission shall discuss with concerned Member States how to best address the risks identified. The Commission shall issue a duly justified opinion addressed to the Member States concerned...

AMENDMENTS 52 - 210 - Draft opinion European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)

If considered to be appropriate by the Member State or the associated country in which the legal entity is established, additional guarantees may be provided. Any Member State may issue duly...

61. Calls for genuine simplification where there are overlapping objectives, diverging eligibility criteria and different rules governing aspects that should be uniform across programmes; considers...

19. Stresses that cohesion policy funding must tackle the key challenges the Union faces, such as regional disparities, demographic change and depopulation, and amongst all...

22. Recalls that the Union is committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, which requires a decarbonisation of the economy through the deployment of clean technologies, improved energy and...

25. Recalls that security is the foundation for the Union’s prosperity and social model and that the next MFF must invest significantly more in safeguarding the Union against the myriad threats it...

28. Notes that, according to the Commission President, the defence spending gap currently stands at EUR 500 billion for the next decade; underlines that the Union budget alone cannot fill the gap,...

34. Underscores the importance of continued funding, in the next MFF, for effective protection of the EU’s external borders, both land and maritime; underlines the need to counter...

1. Underlines that the post-2027 long- term budget must be designed and resourced so as to enable the Union to deliver on its policy objectives, tackle the growing challenges it faces, manage and...

69. Considers that the post-2027 MFF should include only two special instruments - one dedicated to ensuring solidarity in the event of natural disasters (the successor to the existing European...

72. Emphasises that, in order to maximise impact, it is imperative that spending under the next MFF must be much more rigorously aligned with the Union’s strategic policy aims and...

2. Is determined to ensure that the 2026 budget, by focusing on economic resilience, preparedness and security as well as strengthening the single market, provides citizens with a robust ecosystem...

11. Regrets that recent natural disasters in the EU have led to a high number of victims as well as long-term devastating effects on the citizens, farmers, SMEs and businesses living and...

E. whereas the Union budget and Cohesion Policy funding through CRII, CRII+, CARE, FASTE-CARE and SAFE bolstered by NGEU, has been instrumental in alleviating the economic and...