7 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the overall year-on-year increase proposed by the Commission and the Council in the appropriations of heading 1 – Smart and inclusive growth; notes further the proportionally even higher increases in heading 1a – Competitiveness for growth and jobs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that the commitment appropriations in heading 1b – Economic, social and territorial cohesion are to be increased up to the level of margin according to the Commission proposal; regrets however the decrease in payment appropriations in this heading worsened by even further cuts proposed by the Council;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, which aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axis of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; for the latter taking into account the appropriations finally adopted in the amending budget 3/2014.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the funds dedicated to support the unemployed youth population; reminds of the decisionpolitical agreement linked to the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 about the frontloading of the funds under the Youth Employment Initiative as well as the corresponding amounts programmed within the European Social Fund in order to provide the necessary help in the first years of the programming period; welcomes that the Commission and the Council respect this agreement in the proposed figures;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes to launch a pilot project on Social security European worker's e-card to investigate the benefits of introducing, and – if appropriate – to make available, a forgery- proof European electronic document containing professional and social security details of the worker; the scope of this card is distinct from the European Health Insurance Card and it should not be mixed;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes to launch a preparatory action entitled Toward asbestos-free workplaces in the European Union to provide tools to screen and register asbestos-containing materials in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2009/148/EC and to design a roadmap for total eradication of asbestos in the workplaces, whilst ensuring public awareness of the risk and of the need for actions also at the level of workplaces; the action should feed into a prospective strategy for banning all forms of asbestos and all uses of asbestos fibres, including appropriate export requirements in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste and taking into account the principle of proximity as laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste, since asbestos remains responsible for a substantial number of diseases related to exposure to asbestos fibres.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Proposes to launch a preparatory action to strengthen the capacity of the national minimum income networks to develop an implementation strategy of the recommendations that have emerged from a previous pilot project on the matter, to further develop the awareness raising on minimum income schemes focusing on coverage, adequacy and take-up, to engage EU-level actors on further dialogue on minimum income schemes, to promote the common methodology on reference budgets (under preparation through another pilot project "Reference Budget Network") at local, national and EU-level to ensure adequacy of minimum income support.