European Parliament adopts priorities for the 2018 EU Budget: growth, jobs and security

Georgeta Gheorghe 15/03/2017 | 15:02

The European Parliament’s plenary has adopted today, by a large majority, the Report on the General Guidelines for the preparation of the 2018 EU Budget, drafted by Romanian MEP Siegfried Mureșan (EPP), chief negotiator (general rapporteur) of the European Parliament for the 2018 EU Budget.

Siegfried Mureșan called on the Commission to put forward a Draft Budget that will enable the EU to continue generating prosperity and security for its citizens.

The priorities that I have put forward in the Report are jobs and growth on the one side and security on the other. The EU Budget is an investment budget and we will use it to improve infrastructure, to support research and innovation, to stand by the side of SMEs and entrepreneurs, as they are the main creators of jobs and I believe that these are the areas which bring real added value to our economies,” Muresan said in a press release.

The more competitive we are, the more investments come in and that generates growth and jobs. Programmes such as Horizon 2020, COSME, Connecting Europe Facility or EFSI are crucial in delivering sustainable growth in Europe, must continue and be permanently improved. Moreover, I am firmly convinced that the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative is a crucial component in tackling youth unemployment efficiently, as this is one of the main concerns at European level, which puts at risk an entire generation of young Europeans”, Muresan added centre-right MEP Siegfried Muresan.

Internally, we should do more to secure our borders, to enhance cooperation between Member States in the field, and to strengthen the agencies of the Union which have responsibilities in the Justice and home affairs area. Externally, we need to ensure stability in our immediate neighbourhood, both in the East and the South. In the East, we have to do more to counter an increasingly aggressive Russia. Support for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova will be crucial if we want these countries to advance towards the EU and become stable and prosperous democracies. As regards the Southern Neighbourhood, we need to invest more in the countries of origin and transit of refugees and migrants,” concluded Siegfried Muresan.

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