9 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2019 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area and a successful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, particularly when it comeis intended primarily to contribute to the financing of programmes that possess real European added value and that support Member States in their efforts to combating youth and long-term unemployment, rising inequalities, social exclusion and poverty; stresses, in this regard, that the 2019 budget cannot be understood outside the context of the 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF), as lessons can be learned from the limits imposed by that framework;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that, by definition, the European Union’s budget is involved only in the fields of action of the Union as defined by the Treaties, and that the appropriations concerned are intended not to replace national investments or initiatives but only to support them;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the discussions on the 2019 budget to include a clear assessment of the value of the various programmes and initiatives related to employment and social affairs, in order to verify their European added value, their relevance and their effects; calls for redundant or inefficient programmes or initiatives to be suspended immediately and the funds reallocated;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. EU funds come from the taxes paid by German, French, British, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Belgian, Danish and Finnish taxpayers. They should therefore primarily be allocated to European citizens and not to foreign individuals who come to Europe without having been asked to do so and whose real intentions are unknown;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that robust recovery and sustainable growth are key factors to creating quality jobs, increasing prosperity and boosting upward social convergence, ands well as a healthy and safe environment for the development of businesses, without excessive bureaucracy; considers that the European structural and investment funds should be directed more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, fostering social cohesion and reducing inequalities; believes that better use of these funds requires more consistent expenditure, better monitoring of expenditure and the abolition of award criteria which are imposed on Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of adequate funding for the programmes and initiatives within the 2014-2020 MFF that seek to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and especially those aimed at the most disadvantaged in society, such asEuropeans; recalls that the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), is the main European instrument to support employment and that the budget for it must not be redistributed to other programmes or initiatives; notes the very substantial scale of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), which has been observed, inter alia, by the EU Court of Auditors, and opposes any increase in its budget until such time as evidence of its effectiveness has been provided; expresses its concern that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the various axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the separate budget lines supporting European social dialogue and workers’ organisations, and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); insists, therefore, that the resour should not become a kind of drip- feed dispensed to Member States in ad hoc fashion, taking the places of these programmes should be increased for the 2019 budget, or at least maintained at the levels of the previous year; national initiatives which would enable Member States to take the necessary measures to overcome the crisis within their territory;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that adequate commitment and, in particular, payment appropriations are guaranteed for the ESF in the 2019 budget, given that it is entering a period of intense implementation and the number of payment requests by Member States will increase.; strongly opposes any redistribution of the funds allocated to the ESF in order to finance initiatives or programmes which have no connection with job creation;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that Regulation (EU) No 2016/589 provides that the Member States shall examine with the Commission every possibility of giving priority to citizens of the Union when filling job vacancies in Europe. Considers that this priority must be reflected in the budgets allocated to social funds for employment;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the management of the ESI funds and the ESF is entrusted mainly to the regional or local level, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle; opposes any proposal for centralisation at national level;