Activities of Agnes JONGERIUS related to 2020/0101(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Additional resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: REACT-EU (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States have been affected by the crisis due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in an unprecedented manner. The crisis deepens social cleavages, increases job losses and inequalities, and hampers growth in Member States, which in turn aggravates the serious liquidity shortages due to the sudden and important increase in public investments needed in their health systems and other sectors of their economies. This has created an exceptional situation which needs to be addressed with specific measures.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time and should be conditional to maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights including protection against lay-offs and reduction of wages, no bonuses to managers or dividends to shareholders. As public means are being used to uphold employment levels, recipients of Union support should not be based in tax havens, and should not subvert collective bargaining, workers’ participation or codetermination in company decision- making processes.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 7
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 7
By way of derogation from Article 92(7), a share of the additional resources may also be proposed to be used to increase the support for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (‘FEAD’) and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) before or at the same time as the allocation to the ERDF and the ESF.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 11
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 11
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. Union support to those short- time work schemes shall be limited in time and shall be conditional to maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights including protection against lay-offs and reduction of wages. Recipients of Union support shall by no means pay bonuses to managers or dividend to shareholders, be based in tax havens, or subvert collective bargaining, workers’ participation or codetermination in company decision making processes.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
9. With the exception of technical assistance referred to in paragraph 6 and of the additional resources used for the FEAD and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) referred to in the seventh subparagraph of paragraph 5, the additional resources shall support operations under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy”, complementing the thematic objectives set out in Article 9.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4
Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4
The elements set out in point (b)(v) and (vii) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, in paragraph 4,2 and in point (b) and (c) of paragraph 6 and in paragraph 7 of Article 96 shall not be required for such new operational programme. The elements set out in Article 96(3) shall only be required where corresponding support is provided.