Activities of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2013/2008(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Commission’s 7th and 8th progress reports on the EU Cohesion Policy and the Strategic Report 2013 on programme implementation 2007-2013
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stress that GDP should remain one of the main criteria for determining eligibility for regional policy assistance, but that this must be complemented by other indicators for identification of the most vulnerable regions; underlines that GDP alone does not have the capacity to provide a comprehensive picture of regional development and social cohesion as it fails to take account of relevant social factors such as income disparities and unemployment.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the high proportion of early school-leavers in some regions is significantly above the target of 10 % and that early school-leavers must receive an offer answering their needs, be it education, training or work; refers in this context to the importance of the Youth Guarantee for early-school leavers; stresses that in order to reduce the number of early school leavers is it important that the education system is inclusive, offering equal chances to all young people; stresses that a solution must therefore be found to the problem of integrating poorly-trained young people into the labour market, taking into account the fact that the lack of qualifications leads tocan increase the risk of unemployment, which in turn results inincreases the poverty risk;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that employment in some regions remains below 60 % and that some regions are missing their national targets by a factor of 20-25 %, which is having a particularly adverse effect on young people, women, old people and people with disabilities; keeping such people stresses that certain crisis measures have an adverse effect on cohesion and fundamentally increased inequalities in the EU; stresses that keeping high risk groups in employment or creatin g employment options for them requires specialtargeted measures, particularly as addressing job creation, training opportunities and job retention; stresses that unemployment has been a feature of somecertain isolated settlements for generations, and this poses a particular threat to marginalised communities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises with regard to the ‘'urban paradox’' that the number of families on the brink of poverty, suffering material deprivation, environmental degradation and poor housing conditions, having very low work intensity and threatened by exclusion – primarily single-parent families, carers of disabled family members or older people close to retirement for whom access to equal opportunities must be particularlyand energy poverty is in many cases higher in the regions around capital cities which, according to the indicators, are classified as developed; deems important in this regard to taken into account, including the issue of physical accessibility and access to information and communication media, the achievement of which must be assessed using objective, comparable indicators, taking into account the demographic challenges – is in many cases higher in the regions around capital cities which, according to the indicators, are classified as developed.;