9 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2017/2279(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas unemployment and youth unemployment in the Union have been falling gradually since 2013, butEuropean Union are still above 2008 levels, with considerable differences among and within the Member States;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the employment rate in the EU has been growing for four consecutive years and now surpasses the 2008 figure, but still remains below the pre-crisis level in half of the Member States; whereas regional disparities have started to narroware a consequence of economic, financial and cultural centralization, and only an effective and fair rent redistribution policy will solve it;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas while the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has fallen back to its pre-crisis level, it remains very high and far from reaching the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that Cohesion Policy, as the mainshould be the focus of investment policy of the Union,EU and should be maintained at at least a similar budgetary levelstrengthened in the future multiannual financial framework; considers that the European Social Fund (ESF) should be retained as the main EU instrument for the integration and reintegration of workers into the labour market as well as for supporting measures for social inclusion, combating poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. States the reinforcement of EU budget, based on contributions that takes into account the Gross National Income of the Member States, aiming at public investment that supports national productive sectors, contributing to the reduction of multiple structural dependencies, promoting employment with rights, quality public services and the full use of Member-States' global potential;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the job creation potential of EUnion funds is still insufficient and should therefore be further strengthened through more efficient and results-based policy-making and implementationimplementation, supported by effective technical assistance; considers, moreover, that access to funding should be eased for all beneficiaries, especially SMEs;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue initiatives aimed at increasing access to better education, skills, and quality, sustainabletraining services, and quality, non precarious, decent employment, especially for young people; points out that training programmes financed under the ESF should be tailored to the needs of the labour marketcontribute to employability, involving all relevant stakeholders, namely workers' representatives, in its definition;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for the strengthening of budget lines that promote effective responses to the reception and social inclusion of refugees and migrants; rejects all budgetary and political measures that promote the externalization of EU borders, such as FRONTEX, or the recent arms' race and militarization of international relations measures proposed by the EU;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Rejects the imposition of any conditionality to the implementation of EU cohesion funds by Member States; states that cohesion funds must take into account Member States' strategic development perspectives, both inside of their own borders or in a transnational perspective;