Activities of Dragoş PÎSLARU related to 2022/2046(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Amendments (46)
Amendment 3 #
Draft report
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas citizens rightly expect the EU budget to respond effectively to evolving needs and to support them in crises, in particularly when increasing inflation and rapid increases in food and energy prices across the EU are affecting the most vulnerable populations, further increasing inequality, and aggravating poverty and energy poverty; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation and therefore workers are losing purchasing power and might see their living conditions worsen in the next few months;
Amendment 11 #
Draft report
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget plays in delivering on the Union's political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery,including in remote areas, energy intense sectors and for low-skilled workers, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, based, inter alia, on robust social protection systems, short-time work schemes to avoid the drastic consequences of redundancies, housing allowances for people in need and affordable reskilling programmes promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support for small and medium- sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward convergence, not least by giving equal importance towards improvements in people's lives, in particular to low-income and vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty or at risk of poverty and social exclusion ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the rule of law, EU values and fundamental rights, contributing to greater opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;
Amendment 13 #
Draft report
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that there is a clear consensus among the institutions that, in the wake of the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the EU should provide the strongest possible social, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine, while addressing the economic and social consequences of the crisis within the Union and delivering the necessary support to its citizens; in particular by contributing to the alleviation of high energy prices for households and businesses and by preserving purchasing power, quality employment and public services; underlines, in this context, the shared Union goals of delivering on the European Green Deal and the digital transition, scaling up defence cooperation and coordination, improving its strategic autonomy and energy independence and security, ensuring food security, and addressing the challenges caused by high inflation which has exacerbated already high energy prices across Europe and which is having a disproportionate impact on low-income households and SMEs;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 19 #
Draft report
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises, therefore, that the 2021-2027 MFF is already being pushed to its limits less than two years after its adoption, a situation aggravated by the unforeseeable events of 2022; points out that it is simply not equipped, in terms of size, structure or rules, to respond swiftly to a multitude of crises of this scale, nor to adequately finance new shared EU policy ambitions and the swift implementation of the requisite EU-wide solutions;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas citizens rightly expect the EU budget to respond effectively to evolving needs and to support them in crises; the crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war against Ukraine will have a serious impact on the social and economic situation in the EU, inter alia on the EU’s labour markets and living conditions and risks negatively impacting growth and employment; whereas people rightly expect the EU budget to respond effectively to evolving needs and to support them in crises, in particular when increasing inflation and rapid increases in food and energy prices across the EU are affecting the most vulnerable populations, further increasing inequalities, and aggravating poverty and energy poverty; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation and therefore workers are losing purchasing power and might see their living conditions worsen in the next few months; whereas this will also exert greater pressure on social policy capacity, as well as on automatic stabilisers such as national unemployment schemes;
Amendment 20 #
Draft report
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia's decision to cut gas supply have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries and the Union's capacity to deliver on its political objectives;
Amendment 21 #
Draft report
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Concludes that, in this context, the need for an urgent review and revision of the MFF is beyond any doubt and that a 'business as usual' approach will not remotely sufficefail to tackle the array of challenges posed and could thereby undermine confidence in the Union in the long term;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan set a target for the EU to have at least 78% of population aged 20 to 64 in employment, at least 60% of all adults in training every year and to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million, including at least 5 million children, and adopted a series of proposals in order to reach those goals by 2030; whereas in the current context, reaching the targets is becoming more challenging, given the projected increase in poverty and unemployment in the months to come; whereas social protection systems are under severe pressure to mitigate the social impact of the crisis, to give support to refugees and to ensure decent living conditions for all, as well as access to quality essential services such as health, education and housing;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the combined effect of multiple crises and low MFF ceilings has given rise to a ‘galaxy’ of ad hoc instruments beyond the EU budget, as well as greater use of external assigned revenue not subject to the budgetary procedure, most notably in the case of NextGenerationEU (NGEU); whereas NGEU with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) ensured an economically and socially sustainable, just, inclusive and non-discriminatory recovery; whereas, as one arm of the budgetary authority, Parliament should play a full role in this new budgetary environment in order to ensure democratic accountability and transparency; whereas the European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) adopted by the Commission was a success;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget plays in delivering on the Union’s political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support fornot least by paying particular attention to remote areas and outermost regions, energy intense sectors and low- skilled workers with the objective of re- and up-skilling them, creating quality employment and decent working conditions, with adequate wages and social security protection, high occupational health and safety standards and gender-balanced opportunities, contributing to the eradication of poverty, reducing inequalities, fostering an inclusive and socially just, sustainable, and non-discriminatory recovery, based, inter alia, on robust national social protection systems, short-time work schemes to avoid the drastic consequences of redundancies and housing allowances for people in need promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing strong support particularly for the young generation, children, families, workers and small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward social convergence, while paying special attention to low-income and vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty or at risk of poverty and social exclusion, ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the rule of law, EU values and fundamental rights, contributing to greaterfostering greater and equal opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;
Amendment 38 #
Draft report
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its position that the Social Climate Fund must be fully incorporated into the EU budget and within the MFF, without negatively impacting other programmes and funds under this heading, bearing in mind the importance of ensuring food security and delivering oneed to involve vulnerable households and transport users affected by energy and mobility poverty in the transition towards a climate-neutral economy and in delivering on the Green Deal, highlights the need for long-term investment in energy-efficient building and zero-emission mobility and warns of the dangerous socio-economic and political consequences that the lack of involvement of vulnerable households and transport users in the Ggreen Dealtransition would have; calls for the ceiling of Heading 3 to be adjusted accordingly;
Amendment 40 #
Draft report
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls the EP position to invest at least 20 billion € in the implementation of a European Child Guarantee for the period 2021-2027, highlights that child poverty and social exclusion is an acute issue across the EU with long lasting consequences, which has been further exacerbated by the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calls on the Council and the Member States to follow up on the EP request with a revision of the European Social Fund (ESF) + Regulation in view of ensuring an adequate budget of at least 20 billion € tothe European Child Guarantee
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that there is a clear consensus among the institutions that, in the wake of the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the EU should provide the strongest possible social, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine, while addressing the economic and social consequences of the crisis within the Union and delivering the necessary support to its citizenpeople, in particular by contributing to the alleviation of high energy prices for households and businesses and by preserving purchasing power, quality employment and public services; underlines, in this context, the shared Union goals of delivering on the European Green Deal and the digital transition, scaling up defence cooperation and coordination, improving its strategic autonomy and energy independence and security, ensuring food security, and addressing the challenges caused by high inflation such as increased inequalities, risk of poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by the already high energy prices across Europe and having a disproportionate impact on low-income households and SMEs;
Amendment 52 #
Draft report
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Insists that, beyond a reinforcement of the existing special instruments, it is necessary to establish a permanent fiscal capacity and common crisis instrument as an additional special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings so that the EU budget can better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic effects, thus mitigating the possible shocks on the EU's labour markets and consequences on living conditions, especially of those of the most vulnerable persons, as well as on small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs);
Amendment 57 #
Draft report
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to begin a longer-term reflection on the EU budget post-2027 in the light of evolving spending needs and the inter-institutional commitment made towards the implementation of European Pillar of Social Rights and the adoption of its Action Plan, which set, inter alia, the EU target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030 and building on the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe with respect to own resources and the budget; insists that the successor to the current MFF be equipped to deal fully and flexibly with a range of policy priorities and spending needs and to ensure resilience in the event of crises;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that, in the short term, large-scale humanitarian aid in Ukraine and financial support to Member States receiving and helping to settle people fleeing the conflict are needed to address the impact of the war against Ukraine; welcomes the efforts made by Member States hosting persons fleeing the war in Ukraine in terms of offering infrastructure, education and work to refugees;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. PUnderlines that the flexibility available under the current 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) is not sufficient to fully cover the financial needs generated by the war against Ukraine and the COVID pandemic; stresses that the current MFF was neither designed nor conceived in terms of size to address the new challenges and future crisis situations while simultaneously maintain investments in the EU’s programmes and policies, including important priorities like the just, green and digital transitions; points out that essential new policy initiatives put forward since the adoption of the current MFF have come with proposals to shift money away from key EU policies and objectives;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. EPoints out that the economic and political context was different when the current MFF was negotiated; emphasises, therefore, that the 2021-2027 MFF is already being pushed to its limits less than two years after its adoption, a situation aggravated by the unforeseeable events of 2022; recalls that the current high inflation puts a great pressure on the ceilings in the MFF leaving very limited margins available to tackle the biggest challenges and long-term EU goals; points out that it is simply not equipped, in terms of size, structure or rules, to respond swiftly to a multitude of crises of this scale, nor to adequately finance new shared EU policy ambitions and the swift implementation of the requisite EU-wide solutions;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia’'s decision to cut gas supply have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries and the Union's capacity to deliver on its political objectives;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Concludes that, in this context, the need for an urgent review and comprehensive, ambitious revision of the MFF is beyond any doubt and that a ‘business as usual’ approach will not remotely suffice to tackle the array of challenges posedfail unless additional measures are put in place to tackle the array of challenges posed, stimulate stagnant economies, rebuild Europe’s industrial base and tackle the social and employment crisis, as well as the refugee and migration crises and could thereby undermine confidence in the Union in the long term;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to conduct an in-depth review of the functioning of the current MFF and proceed with a legislative proposal for a comprehensive MFF revision as soon as possible and no later than the first quarter of 2023, in order to provide additional flexibility needed in the EU budget, respond to unforeseen and urgent needs and take into account the long-term implications of the covid-19 pandemic and the war against Ukraine and the emergency measures taken;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that a number of issues will need to be taken into account in the MFF revision, namely the importance of increased flexibility and sufficient resources in the MFF to support sustainable growth and investment and effectively tackle the social and labour market implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war of aggression against Ukraine, especially mass unemployment; calls therefore for reinforced MFF and increased budget to support the EU 2020 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development strategies objectives and initiatives set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Porto Declaration and to take up new challenges;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms its long-standing position that new political initiatives must be financed with additional fresh money and not to the detriment of well-established, pre-existing Union programmes or policies; for new tasks, including those stemming from the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) Action Plan and not to the detriment of well-established, pre-existing Union programmes or policies; is concerned about the very limited margins available under the current MFF and insists on the need to enhance spending to speed up the implementation of the Action Plan; reminds that programmes decided and their envelopes should be respected;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Insists that the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) must continue to be the key driver for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and the main instrument for supporting Member States, people and regions to achieve high employment levels that need to be accompanied by adequate wages, decent working conditions, healthy work environments and social security coverage, building fair social protection and developing a skilled, competitive and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy and for the future world of work, as well as inclusive and cohesive societies aiming to eradicating poverty and delivering on the principles set out in EPSR and is expected to contribute to the implementation of the EPSR Action Plan and to the relevant country specific recommendations in the framework of the Semester to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions, social protection and inclusion; notes that the ESF+ was adopted before the current crisis situation, which currently implies higher public and social investment than planned so far and that the current financial programming risks not meeting the existing needs; calls therefore for a reinforced ESF+ with significantly increased public support for existing instruments aimed at the poorest in our society, in particular actions aimed at the most deprived (notably FEAD) and supplemented by a social rescue facility with increased public support for existing instruments aimed at the poorest in our society;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Highlights the demographic situation in the EU with ageing population as a demographic phenomenon which involves a decrease both in fertility and mortality rates and a higher life expectancy; welcomes the European Care Strategy and calls for its support within the MFF; insists on the need to invest in social infrastructures to address the demographic challenge; stresses the lack of policy responses to the impact of demographic change;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that, contrary to Parliament’s position, it was decided that the costs of EURI borrowing and the repayment of debt be included as a budget line under Heading 2b, alongside flagship programmes such as Erasmus+, EU4Health, and Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values; stresses that interest costs and debt repayment depend on market developments, are not discretionary spending, do not follow the logic of caps on spending and should never compete with programmes under the same ceiling; recalls that any activation of the Emergency Support Instrument also depends on the availability of an unallocated margin under the ceiling of this heading; insists, therefore, that the status quo presents significant risks to programme spending and that the repayment line be removed from Heading 2b and counted over and above the MFF ceilings; stresses the importance of European Year of Skills 2023 with concrete actions and policies to further develop employment and entrepreneurship measures and supported by adequate funding within the MFF;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses that as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war against Ukraine continue to create uncertainties, it is therefore important to also continue financing the recovery and to address the social and employment-related challenges resulting from the pandemic, as well as support workers and businesses in the move towards a more solidarity-based digital, greener and climate neutral economy;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Stresses furthermore that the ESF+ must provide adequate support for capacity building of the social partners and civil society organisations, including in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Is concerned that wages have been on a decreasing trend and that real wages are currently falling following a series of exceptional energy price shocks; considers that there is an urgent need for wage increases, in order to sustain internal demand and inclusive growth, and to reduce the impact of the double crisis on workers and households and that additional efforts are required to help social partners in delivering wage increases through tripartite capacity building frameworks, so anticipating the expected positive impact of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages and its swift implementation;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Recalls that young people have been particularly affected by the COVID- 19 crisis in terms of employment, education, training and mental well- being; is concerned that the economic fallout from the current crisis resulting from the Russian aggression in Ukraine will risk leaving many more young people in Europe unemployed, with long-lasting socio-economic consequences; stresses in this regard that the revised MFF needs to prioritise support for young people and combating youth unemployment and to strengthen the existing initiatives, such as the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19 e. Recalls that the Union agencies play an important role in providing Union institutions and countries with specialised knowledge notably on employment and social issues and that they must be guaranteed the necessary resources, including staffing, to fulfil their tasks which are evolving;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. RHighlights the need to fully implement the Just Transition Mechanism and the swift adoption of the Social Climate Fund by focusing on social well-being and individuals’ needs; reiterates its position that the Social Climate Fund must be fully incorporated into the EU budget and within the MFF, without negatively impacting other programmes and funds under this heading, bearing in mind the importance of ensuring food security and delivering on the Green Deal; calls for the ceiling of Heading 3 to be adjusted accordingly;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Welcomes the Union ambition to step up its efforts to fight the alarming child poverty rates and to contribute to the eradication of child poverty via the recently created European Child Guarantee; warns however that the current crises have and will further exacerbate the current deteriorating situation of children in or at risk of poverty creating therefore long-lasting consequences; reiterates thus its call for an urgent increase of the European Child Guarantee funding with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the period 2021-2027 and insists on making this part of the revised MFF and reinforced ESF +; moreover calls on the Commission to make available - and on the Member States to make full use of - all available resources for the effective implementation of the Child Guarantee including, inter alia, the ESF+, ReactEU, and the RRF;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines that the temporary and short-term flexibility introduced into cohesion policy funds through the series of Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) proposals provided helped to Member States to deal quickly with the impact of the war against Ukraine, albeit for some Member States still insufficient for the scale of needs, following on from the model of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiatives, CRII and CRII+, which enabled EU action at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls for a temporary European social resilience package coordinating a set of measures and means to strengthen social welfare and social protection systems in the EU; stresses that the European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) has proved to be successful in fighting unemployment as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic; believes that additional efforts are needed to prevent unemployment and underemployment coming from the effects of the war, and calls for the continuation and refinancing of SURE to support short time work schemes and workers that would be temporarily laid-off as long as the socio-economic consequences of the war continue to have a negative impact on the labour market;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that, while crisis response measures are necessary and useful, cohesion policy is not a crisis response tool; considers, however, that it is essential to support regional development, sustainable growth and quality of life and employment; is concerned that cohesion policy is increasingly being used to reinforce other policies and to make up for shortcomings in budgetary flexibility or crisis response mechanisms in the MFF; emphasises that cohesion policy is one of the priorities of the Union, has long-term investment objectives linked to the EU’s strategic agenda, in particular the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, and should not be used to replenish funding for other policies; calls, therefore, for cohesion funding levels to be preserved in the budgetreadjusted, in light of the sharp rise in energy prices that puts low income households in a difficult position, in order to invest in energy efficiency of the worst performing residential buildings to allow for timely, efficient and long-term response to the crisis;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Insists that all national and EU emergency measures, particularly those connected to employment protection and income compensation continue and are refinanced as long as the socio-economic consequences of the war continue to have a negative impact on the labour market;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls in this regard for a temporary European social resilience package coordinating a set of measures and means to strengthen social welfare and social protection systems in the EU, and the creation of a new EU fund for social emergencies (a ‘social rescue facility’), for crises situations of a different nature, which are becoming increasingly multi-faceted, hybrid and complex;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls that the special instruments sit outside the MFF ceilings, therefore ensuring a degree of flexibility and the ability to respond to crises, and are only mobilised in the event of a budgetary authority decision; points to the extensive use made of the special instruments in the first two years of the MFF; insists that all existing shortcomings of the emergency measures need to be addressed and fully resolved, particularly in terms of adequacy and universality of coverage and access;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Insists that, beyond a reinforcement of the existing special instruments, it is necessary to establish a permanent fiscal capacity and common crisis instrument as an additional special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings so that the EU budget can better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic effects, thus mitigating the possible shocks on the EU's labour markets and consequences on living conditions, especially of those of the most vulnerable persons, as well as on small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs);
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. Believes that addressing social gaps with EU and governments’ budgets through social investment in key policy areas improving the living and working conditions for people affected by the high inflation, the war against Ukraine, the health crisis or by transition of the accelerating green and digital transformations should be at the heart of the recovery strategy of the EU; to this end, considers that detecting social risks and taking into account the divergent employment effects and long-term unemployment across particular industries should be adequately addressed; calls therefore on the Commission to present a Sustainable Development Goal expenditure and tracking methodology for the social expenditure in the EU budget based on the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and a Social Scoreboard and well-being indicators to measure the overall impact of different funds, instruments and facilities financed under the MFF;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Stresses that the overall EU budget under the current MFF is not big enough to deliver ambitious green and digital transformation and adequate resources for cohesion, upward social convergence and support of the European social model; insists on strengthening social priorities and social investments in the revision of the MFF and the post -2027 MFF, ensuring strong ambitious social dimension and reinforced the ESF+ and social protection systems, fully implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Agenda 2030 of the UN;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. Calls to reinforcing social partners involvement, and the partnership principle, in the design, governance and implementation of MFF, in the design and implementation of the investment’s priorities, and in the monitoring of the results particularly in terms of job protection, quality job creation, just transitions and protection of workers’ and social rights;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to begin a longer-term reflection on the EU budget post-2027 in the light of evolving spending needs and the interinstitutional commitment made towards the implementation of European Pillar of Social Rights and the adoption of its Action Plan, which set, inter alia, the EU target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030 and building on the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe with respect to own resources and the budget; insists that the successor to the current MFF be equipped to deal fully and flexibly with a range of policy priorities and spending needs and to ensure resilience in the event of crises;