14 Amendments of Loucas FOURLAS related to 2024/2030(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2023 for the European Union (EU) surpassed 70 points for the first time, showing a growth of 1.6 points since 2022; whereas the increase in the overall EU score is the highest year-on-year rise since the first edition of the Index in 2013;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in 2023 EIGE’s work focused on two thematic priorities: the European Green Deal and gender-based violence; whereas crises exacerbate women’s vulnerability and exposure to violence, intensifying existing structural inequalities and aggravating all types of gender-based violence, including physical, sexual and psychological; whereas the effectiveness of EIGE’s actions on the European Green Deal, which needs to be revised and updated to set achievable targets in general to achieve equality and support women, especially in the Union, is questionable;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas EIGE works towards the provision of evidence on gender-based violence (GBV) that can support the EU and Member States (and beyond) in their efforts to eradicate all forms of violence;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas EIGE pointed out that women are underrepresented in the creation and development of clean innovation; whereas this has added value for European policymaking;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas EU agencies, such as EIGE, contribute to the implementation of EU policies and strive for the development of a more sustainable, inclusive and competitive Europe for the benefit of all EU citizens; whereas these agencies are decentralised and thereby independent in the development of their work programmes;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Has serious concerns that EIGE’s mission was diverted from improving equality by its focus on the EuroStresses that EIGE was correct in its index’s assertion that high energy prices place a lot of very small businesses at risk of indebtedness and even bankruptcy, many of them owned by women or employing women, especially in personal care services; to that end, underlines that future research on the gender aspects of the Green Deal should seek to address that women are not overburdened with bureaucratic red tape an Green Deald costly energy bills to the detriment of the European economy; points out that EIGE achieved 92,76 % of its work programme objectives;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the 8,5 % increase in EIGE’s staff costs can be attributed to the continued high inflation rate as well as a 2,7% indexation of salaries, and that the average number of staff remained at 45; notes that two contract agents were engaged and funded by the IPA contribution agreement with the Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations; acknowledges the persisting understaffing of EIGE and suggests that EIGE focus its work programme on violence against women and girls while deprioritizing actions related to the European Green Deal where necessary in light of current staff capacitiess evidenced in the findings of the second external evaluation; calls for the allocation of 6 further contract agents to the Agency;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes EIGE’s gender equality highlights which presented Croatia and Greece as having the highest share of women among research and innovation personnel in business enterprises in the electricity and gas and water supply sectors; notes that such information has added value to the cause of gender equality in the energy market;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of resuming actions related to the gender mainstreaming that did not achieve a 100% success rate, particularly those due to procedural reasons;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recognizes the high success rates of EIGE in developing actions and communication campaigns on gender equality, emphasizing its importance in creating awareness;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that EIGE already considers violence against women as being one of the most severe human rights violations within societies;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Highlights the important research by the Agency which presents how violence is a result of inequalities that affect all women, but that indeed some groups of women are more vulnerable to experiencing violence such as women with disabilities; calls on EIGE to further develop its future work on this pressing topic;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. agrees with EIGE in its research that women and girls with disabilities are often at a higher risk of transport poverty due to limited transport affordability, availability, and accessibility;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data currently available, that discharge can be granted to the Director of EIGE in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2023.