11 Amendments of Katrin LANGENSIEPEN related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for all people, families, workers and businessesall families, including LGBTIQ families, workers and all types of employers, including the self- employed; highlights in this regard the crucial role the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the main driver for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable recoveryand environmentally sustainable and just recovery in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Green Deal, as well as of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF);
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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2. Highlights that the budget should help preserving and createing quality employment, reduce povereradicate poverty and inequality, ensure inclusive equality and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and has worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families, particularly vulnerable groups of workers and those working under precarious employment contracts and arrangements; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration into the labour market of women and the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount to create a fair and socially just and inclusive society;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve highfoster social inclusion, fight against poverty, achieve high levels of quality employment levels, adequate social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy; welcomes the transfer from REACT-EU of an additional EUR 10,8 billion to cohesion in 2022, of which 30 % will be allocated to the ESF +;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls the obligation by all Member States to use the Youth Guarantee, especially those with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people not in employment, education or training to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Members States to make the best use of the directly managed strand of the ESF+, the Employment and Social Innovation strand for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee; strongly encourages Member States to go beyond the minimum requirements of the ESF+, in view of the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion throughout the Union;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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7. Recalls that the EGF will offer direct one- off assistance to dismissed workers to find another jobworkers who have been made redundant to find another job in a sustainable and future-oriented sector as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; Highlights that the EGF will provide training packages to include skills required in the digital industrial age as well as in a resource-efficient economy; Underlines the importance of the revised application requirements and eligibility criteria in the EGF Regulation, lowering the minimum threshold of workers made redundant or of self-employed persons from 500 to 200;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
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8. Takes note that the level of EGF commitment appropriations in reserve for 2022 is set at EUR 201,3 million (+2% compared to 2021), corresponding to the maximum annual amount envelope of EUR 186 million (2018 prices) available in accordance with Article 8 of the MFF Regulation; Welcomes the alignment of the co-financing rate with the ESF+.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers with and without disabilities, and irrespectively of their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour marketdecent and sustainable jobs as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of inclusive education and social inclusion, including investments in infrastructure for the purposes of training centres, child- and elderly-care facilities and the possibility to support investments in large enterprises in ’assisted areas’sustainable investments pursuant to regional State aid guidelines, if such support is necessary for job creation in the identified territory;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for EU citizens, the focus should be put on evidence-based policymaking; recalls that gender budgeting is key to ensure a sustainable, just and inclusive economy.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
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12. Stresses that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are important tools to test new policy initiatives in the fields of employment and, social inclusion and inclusive equality, including through data collection; recalls that the assessment of their implementability is formally anchored in the Interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013 and in practice, is meant to ensure that Parliament adopts PPs/PAs that are legally and technically implementable; highlights, therefore, that the evaluation must be thorough and detailed, as well as transparent and objective and that the grade given must reflect only the merit of the proposal; also points out that the implementation of an adopted PP/PA must remain faithful to the proposal; Calls on the European Commission to establish direct communication and exchanges with the European Parliament in order to ensure reasonable evaluations of the PP/PA;