3 Amendments of Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that the complexity of the rules can contribute to a higher risk of error and notes that a significant source of complexity arises for beneficiaries where national eligibility requirements go beyond what is required by EU legislation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the findings of ECA Special report No 05/2019 (‘FEAD-Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived: Valuable support but its contribution to reducing poverty is not yet established’), in particular the ECA conclusion that FEAD is a significant instrument in ensuring the provision of food and material support and, in addition to alleviating poverty through food aid (which represents 83 % of FEAD budget), the innovative social policy elements of FEAD offer possibilities to Member States to foster social inclusion;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concernBelieves that EU committed action for the most deprived is of paramount importance having in mind that, on average, more than one out of five persons and one out of four children are still at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union; notes that, due to limitations in its monitoring and lack of EU-wide data, FEAD’s contribution to reducing poverty has not yet been established, and deplores in particular that the Commission does not have data which demonstrates the relative importance of FEAD in overall support to deprived people in the Union; quantitatively demonstrated; nonetheless recalls that available data presented in the European Court of Auditors' special report1a indicate that this fund represents a significant share of the total social support activities in some Member States and that, according to food banks, one third of the food they provide is financed by FEAD, and that FEAD allows to be less dependent on the irregular flow of donation and therefore enables to better plan the redistribution of specific foods; _________________ 1aEuropean Court of Auditors, Special report No 5/2019: FEAD-Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived: Valuable support but its contribution to reducing poverty is not yet established, April 2019, p. 19.