Activities of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the 2016 budget – mandate for the trilogue
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2016 budget has to play a key role in enhancing the Union's contribution to growth and jobs, thus supporting achievement of the Europe 2020 priorities and targets, especially in combating youth unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges that financial support be provided for programmes creating jobs for those with multiple disadvantages on the labour market, such as the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and, people from minority backgrounds and the inactive and the discouraged persons;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that growth is the key to more jobs and increased prosperity and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds more effectively towards promoting growth and sustainable employment; emphasises the importance of research and innovation for stimulating growth and job creation; asks for adequate funding for social sciences research to be secured;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on adequate measures being suggested and implemented in order to overcome the unprecedented accumulation of unpaid claims from the previous programming period;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU budget should support vocational training and professional qualification measures, apprenticeships and direct quality job creation;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the 2016 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, and encouraging women's participation;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises employ manythe majority of workers in the EU and that one of the main problems in setting up such enterprises and keeping them going is that of obtaining finance; proposes, therefore, that the microfinance element be expanded, and the potential of financial instruments under ESF to be further exploited with corresponding transparency and accountability;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the support for social inclusion, especially of people with disabilities and the marginalized communities is a key European policy that requires extensive support from the budget; emphasizes that apart from the ESF, the social dimension should be more visible as regard the other Cohesion Policy instruments.