358 Amendments of Pierre LARROUTUROU

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Paul TANG, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the Commission has estimated the investment needs at EU level in order to achieve the current 2030 climate objectives at 240 bn EUR/year1a plus additional amounts of 130 bn EUR/year for environmental objectives, 192 bn EUR/year for social infrastructure and 100 bn EUR/year for Europe’s wider transport infrastructure, for a total of at least 662 bn EUR of investment needs per year; whereas these figures are based on 2030 climate objectives of only -40% GHG emissions, and therefore, now that the Parliament agreed on more ambitious objectives of -55%, the investment gap is even higher; whereas it is essential to mobilize all available funds to close the investment gap; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ec onomy- finance/assessment_of_economic_and_in vestment_needs.pdf

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas public and private finance should adhere to the EU Taxonomy and to the Do Not Significantly Harm principle so that EU financial instruments, including the EU budget, including facilities financed through Next Generation EU, the EU Semester, the EU Investment Plan, the EIB, ECB and EU funding sources such as cohesion funds and structural and investment funds, should not go to objects, projects and activities that do significantly harm to social or environmental objectives,

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Carmen AVRAM, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the spending required to support European economies raise the question of how incurred debt will be repaid; whereas it is important to prevent the increase in inequalities suffered following the previous crisis, where the burden on citizens was increased to bail out banks,

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Csaba MOLNÁR, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas creating a sustainable economic system is central to developing long-term strategic autonomy of the European Union and to increase the EU’s resilience,

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas the Statutes of the ECB provides in Article 2 that, if the objective of price stability is achieved and is not called into question, the ECB's monetary policy shall be conducted with a view to furthering the objectives of the EU as laid down in Article 3 of the EU Treaty, which explicitly mentions as objectives of the Union "the improvement of the quality of the environment", and that the ECB's stated intention to contribute actively to the success of the Green Deal is therefore by no means contrary to the Treaties,

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy; stresses that the plan should be at the heart of a coordinated and inclusive Union response to building a more resilient economy and society after the Covid-19 crisis;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should ~~put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 %~~be based on the objectives of a reduction to 55% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES, Paul TANG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the success of the EU’s aim to achieve climate neutrality will depend on the adequacy of the financing; calls on the Commission and Member States to make sure the Green Deal Investment Plan, the Climate Budget and the Climate Bank, are massive enough to make future programs like the Renovation Wave, have sufficient impact on every building of Europe, and are made acceptable and welcome to all the citizens of Europe, because only with sufficient funding will our citizens accept the necessary regulations that will make it compulsory that by 2030 enough houses are renovated, enough farmers have transitioned, enough communities have changed their energy and transport systems;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Aurore LALUCQ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Questions whether the SEIP, as currently ~~constitut~~proposed, will enable the mobilisation of EUR 1 trillion by 2030, given the negative economic outlook following the COVID-19 crisis and the technical inconsistency with the 7 years length of the upcoming MFF; requests the Commission to ensure full transparency on financing issues, such as the optimistic leverage effect or the lack of clarity over the extrapolations of certain amounts; furthermore questions how the new MFF as proposed by the Commission in its revised proposals of 27 and 28 May 2020 would enable the achievement of the SEIP targets;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that the Commission in the SEIP Communication of 14 January, has estimated the investment needs at EU level in order to achieve the current 2030 climate objectives at 260 bn EUR/year, plus additional amounts ranging from 100 to 150 bn EUR/year for environmental protection and resource management and 142 bn EUR/year for social investments; considers that additional efforts will have to be made by the EU and the Member States, in line with their current ambition with regard to the fight against climate change; requests the Commission to put into place all necessary measures to ensure the effective mobilization of the required financial means to accomplish the successful implementation of the SEIP, in line with the climate change objectives declared at EU level; underlines that the Commission had already estimated that the investment gap would be as high as 529 billion Euros per year starting in 2021 (public and private), based on a scenario implying -47% of Greenhouse Gas for 20302a; underlines that, now that the Parliament agreed on a more ambitious target of -55%, the investment gap is even higher; stresses that, on 10 June 2020, the European Economic and Social Committee has called on the EU institutions to swiftly increase its budget to fight climate change by 300 bn EUR/year10a; __________________ 2a2016, Commission Staff Working Document, Impact Assessment, accompanying the document “Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency”. 10ahttps://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news- media/news/investment-plan-must-live- green-deals-ambitions#related-content

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses that according to the Joint Research Centre’s PESETA II Project of 2014, “if the 2080s climate would happen today without public adaptation, the EU household welfare losses would amount to 190 bn EUR, equivalent to almost 2% of EU GDP11a; underlines therefore that the cost of adaptation are much lower than the cost of non-adaption over the long run; stresses that the European Union faced a significant trade deficit on energy of about 250 bn EUR in 201912a; and sharp decrease in our energy consumption and the development of full renewable energy produced in the European Union would reduce this deficit; __________________ 11a https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur -scientific-and-technical-research- reports/climate-impacts-europe-jrc- peseta-ii-project 12a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2 995521/10159364/6-15012020-AP- FR.pdf/e2e77fb3-0bdd-6895-9982- b7cbb73f4aeb

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Wishes to see it ensured that funding from the SEIP, at EU and national level, goes towards the policies and programmes with the highest potential to contribute to the fight against climate change, and ~~looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming climate tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy;~~ calls on the Commission to propose a Framework Regulation laying down a new stringent and comprehensive climate and biodiversity tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy, defining and tracking relevant expenditure together with a comprehensive proofing mechanism to identify potential harmful impacts of EU actions to biodiversity and climate in line with the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and a roadmap for the rapid phasing-out of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies and all other harmful subsidies from the EU budget; recalls in this context that 112 bn EUR/year have been spent by 11 countries and the European Union to subsidise fossil fuels between 2014 and 201613a; __________________ 13a http://www.caneurope.org/publications/bl ogs/1471-report-phase-out-2020- monitoring-europe-s-fossil-fuel-subsidies

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Gilles BOYER, Ernest URTASUN, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Carmen AVRAM, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Csaba MOLNÁR, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to disclose the exposure of all MFF and Next Generation EU funds to the different EU taxonomy objectives and categories;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Csaba MOLNÁR, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights that the success of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan depends on the coherence of EU policies, therefore underlines the need for harmonised sustainability indicators and a methodology for measuring impact, including LCA and natural capital accounting;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Aurore LALUCQ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that public and private finance should adhere to the EU taxonomy and to the Do Not Significantly Harm (DNSH) principle, in order to ensure that EU policies and financing, including the EU budget, the programmes financed through Next Generation EU, the European Semester and EIB financing do not contribute to objectives, projects and activities that significantly harm social or environmental objectives, by stopping all fossil fuel subsidies and investments; demands that all private and public banks, as well as insurance companies adhere to the same objective by implementing a transparent and progressive termination of fossil investments;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES, Paul TANG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that public budgets and public banks will not be able to bridge the investment gaps alone; recalls that 10 major European banks still invest every year more than 400 bn EUR/year in fossil fuels14a; insists that the private sector must play its role in the shift towards the Green Deal; recalls that in 2010, to fight tax evasion, Barack Obama passed the FATCA law that closed the US market to banks that did not provide the US tax authorities with full transparency; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that, similarly, to fight climate change, a European "FATCA- Climate law" is adopted, which closes the European market to banks and insurance companies that refuse to redirect their investments towards investments compatible with the objectives of climate neutrality by 2050 and -55% greenhouse gas emissions by 2030; stresses that this “FATCA-Climate Law” must prohibit all Member States from continuing to subsidise fossil fuels and must also oblige all banks (private and public) and insurance companies operating in Europe to be transparent about all their activities and to stop new investments in fossil fuels as of day 1 of implementation, and must clean up their balance sheet in any fossil related investment within 5 years; underlines that, if these volumes go to Green Deal investments rather than fossil fuels, this law could bridge a substantial part of the 660 billion annual investment gap in the Green Deal; __________________ 14ahttps://www.ran.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/03/Banking_on_Cli mate_Change__2020_vF.pdf

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for the phasing-out of public and private investments in fossil fuel based and highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, ~~while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix~~underlining the urgency to find such alternatives through massive investments in technological innovation and energy efficiency, while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix and with the objective of implementing a fully renewable energy system and a Paris Agreement Compatible energy grid by 2040;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Ernest URTASUN, Rasmus ANDRESEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that, in order to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the EU’s contribution to the climate objectives should be underpinned by an ambitious share of climate-related expenditure in the EU budget, going beyond the levels of targeted spending shares of at least 25 % over the MFF 2021- 2027 period and of at least 30% as soon as ~~possible and at the latest by 2027~~2021, which will be more easily reached and even topped if a climate budget of at least 100 billion EUR per year is fed by new own resources;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund (JTF), including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under InvestEU and a public sector loan facility, which will contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the most vulnerable regions in the EUbut underlines that additional funds will be needed in order to make sure it reaches all the workers who will be affected, directly and indirectly, by the transition, which accounts to around 11 million workers; insists that the amount must reach at least 10 billion € per year in the short term (Next Generation EU) but also in the longer term (MFF); welcomes also the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under InvestEU and a public sector loan facility, which will contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the most vulnerable regions and citizens in the EU; notes that more clarity as to the eligibility criteria for funding should be made by ensuring delivery of the climate-neutrality target by the beneficiary of the funds by a set timeline aligned with Paris Agreement goals, as well as compliance with other environmental protection acquis objectives;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Ernest URTASUN, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Csaba MOLNÁR, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for ensuring that third countries are eligible for cross- border projects that contribute to the objectives of the Paris Agreement;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Aurore LALUCQ, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the role of InvestEU in the implementation and functioning of the SEIP and considers that it should be at the heart of the Union’s green, fair and resilient recovery; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal to increase the programme’s size and scope; welcomes the proposal to create a Strategic Investment Facility within InvestEU to promote sustainable investments in key technologies and value chains; calls for the InvestEU programme legal basis to include the highest standards regarding climate and sustainability proofing of the projects financed, at least at the level applicable to direct EU budget financing;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Gilles BOYER, Margarida MARQUES, Paul TANG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines that the success of the European Green Deal and the just transition requires to refocus all relevant EU policies to contribute to achieve those objectives;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Stresses that cohesion policy, as the main EU investment policy, will play a crucial role in supporting the transition to climate neutrality; notes, however, cohesion policy will be one of the decisive instruments in the economic recovery and should not divert from its main objectives namely to contribute to social, economic and territorial cohesion, as stipulated by the EU Treaties; insists that this cohesion policy should be reinforced to cope with its main objectives and contributing to the success of the European Green Deal;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Stresses the key role that the Common Agricultural Policy and the common fisheries policy will have to play in achieving the objectives of the SEIP; notes that the EU agricultural and fisheries sectors will have to become sustainable and ensure a sustainable management of natural resources and preservation of biodiversity together with its objectives on supporting the provision of high-quality food supply, guaranteeing food sovereignty for Europeans, contributing to stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and fisherwomen/men and contributing to the sustainable development of rural areas;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Supports the Commission’s innovative approach in stating that the EU budget will contribute to achieving climate objectives also through its revenue side~~Underlines that in order to support each and every family, school and business to insulate their buildings, in order to support every farmer to transition to a climate neutral agriculture, loans will not suffice and grants will have to play an important role, in which the EU budget must take a significant part, which will be possible if significant new own resources are adopted; supports the Commission’s innovative approach in stating that the EU budget will contribute to achieving climate objectives also through its revenue side; recalls that the adoption of a basket of new genuine own resources will allow for an ambitious funding of the transition without any increase in the Member States’ GNI contributions;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Aurore LALUCQ, Paul TANG, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment and the preservation of a fair Single Market, including by limiting tax dumping; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System - which will raise between 3 and 10 billion € per year according to the Commission15a, a Single Market Levy – which could raise 10 billion € per year according to the Commission16a, a contribution on non- recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction tax; - which will raise 7 billion € per year according to the Commission17a, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (5 to 14 billion per year)18a, a robust Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base - which will raise up to 75 billion € per year with a 5% rate, based on figures provided by the European Commission, which could be modulated based on the carbon footprint evolution of companies19a, a tax on digital companies20a, and a financial transaction tax - which will raise 57 billion € per year according to the Commission (despite Brexit and the economic crisis)21a; invites the Commission and the Member States to also consider a small European contribution on billionaires and multi- millionaires, that are the top 1% of the wealthiest individuals, as proposed by Zucman et al., which could raise up to 150 billion € per year22a; __________________ 15a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ab out_the_european_commission/eu_budget /factsheet_3_v22.pdf 16aMargit Schratzenstaller, 2018, “Tax- based Own Resources as a Core Element of a Future-Oriented Design of the EU System of Own Resources” 17a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta -political/files/budget-proposals- modernising-budget-revenue-side- may2018_en.pdf 18a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ab out_the_european_commission/eu_budget /factsheet_3_v22.pdf 19a https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/bus iness/economic-analysis-taxation/data- taxation_en 20a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ab out_the_european_commission/eu_budget /factsheet_3_v22.pdf 21aEuropean Commission, 2012, “The financial transaction tax will reduce Member States' GNI contributions to the EU budget by 50%” 22aMargit Schratzenstaller, 2018, “Tax- based Own Resources as a Core Element of a Future-Oriented Design of the EU System of Own Resources”

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction tax; Considers that the fight against tax avoidance is key in order to provide resources to the EU for the ecologic and social transition;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES, Clotilde ARMAND, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines that both types of revenues, environmental and non- specifically environmental, will be indispensable for the establishment of a reliable basket of new genuine own resources, since the amount of income produced by environmental revenues will proportionally decrease over the time with the adoption of green practices by contributors and will therefore need to be compensated by resources generated by single market revenues; stresses the emergency to agree on the own resources with the highest potential revenues;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Warns that the European Parliament will stand firm on its position to demand all the new own resources mentioned in this report, in order to at least cover the interests and capital of the Next Generation EU package as well as bridging the funding gap of the Green Deal in the short and long term;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Insists that with only 2 own resources, the FTT and the CCCTB, the EU budget would benefit from substantial new revenues and this would almost double the EU Budget, without asking 1€ more to the budget of Member States and underlines that they complement each other well, since the CCCTB revenue tends to decrease in a time of crisis, while the FTT increases ; Regrets that despite commitments by the European Council in 2013 on the adoption of new own resources, there are still no genuine new own resources in 2020; believes that the adoption of genuine new own resources constitutes a “moment of truth” for the future of the European Union and its credibility on the Green Deal agenda; recalls that the Parliament will not give its approval to the MFF if there is no agreement on the reform of the Union's own resources system and underlines that without serious funding based on own resources, the Green Deal risks becoming a mere greenwashing exercise, which the Parliament also disapproves;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Notes that the conditions that applied to the UK for supporting the introduction of rebates, as set in the European Council conclusions of Fontainebleau in 1984, are no longer in place; asks therefore for the elimination of all the remaining correction mechanisms granted to Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, making therefore the structure of the EU budget more transparent and generating additional funding for the investment plan;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Calls on the Commission to propose improvements to the existing legal bases or the creation of new legal bases so that the Green Deal can be deployed in all our territories as from 2021;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the ~~efforts of~~adoption by the European Investment Bank (EIB) ~~to revise its~~of its new energy lending policy and to devote 50 % of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while taking into account the different energy mixes of Member States and devoting particular attention to the sectors and regions most affected by the transition; asks for a review of the Implementation Strategy in 2020 for Paris Alignment, including a concrete roadmap for reaching the 50% granular target by 2025; as well as guarantees for climate neutrality of the remaining lending following an open and transparent public consultation process;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Stresses that considering the bank’s level of financing for projects supporting and protecting the natural environment and human well-being of €16.52 billion in 201923a, under a commitment by that time for a 25% share of its financing dedicated to it, considered together with its commitment to rise this share up to 50%, that capacity will increase by 16 billion € maximum, while the financing needs to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 amounts to 660 bn EUR/year; recalls that the Bank’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic should result in a 240 bn EUR investments and was made possible in a matter of weeks; __________________ 23a https://www.eib.org/en/about/priorities/cli mate-and- environment/environment/index.htm

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Carmen AVRAM, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Csaba MOLNÁR, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Considers that for the EIB to play a successful role in financing the Green Deal, a bottom-up and participatory approach is crucial, and to better coordinate with various stakeholders, such as local and regional authorities and representatives from civil society;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Recalls that since 2015 more than 2 600 billion EUR have been created by the ECB with no condition that this money feeds the real economy, creates jobs or finances climate action or contributes to achieve the sustainable development goals, resulting in only 11% of these sums arriving in the real economy; recalls that in 2008, technical solutions were found in less than a week in several countries to make sure that the 1000 bn EUR created by the ECB would be channelled to save the banks; recalls, that in 2020, even before the launch of the PEPP in the context of the covid-19 outbreak (1350 bn EUR announced between 18 March and 19 June), the ECB decided to increase its balance sheet by additional 240 bn EUR24a; recalls that on the 18th of June, the ECB lended additional 1 308 bn EUR at negative interest rate (-1%) in the context of its TLTRO program; insists that the monetary creation by the ECB could be halved and have a better impact on the stability of the economy, and limit the leaks towards speculation, if these volumes were channelled towards investments for climate and jobs through the Climate Bank; __________________ 24a https://www.lalibre.be/economie/placemen ts/la-bce-va-racheter-20-milliards-d- euros-de-dettes-chaque-mois- 5d7a30ecd8ad5847dc99577d

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Recalls that, in order for the EIB - Climate Bank to be able to increase its lending substantially, it must have new equities, but that a large number of Member States do not wish to increase their holdings in the EIB's capital; recalls that, while the ECB is not entitled to become a shareholder of the EIB, there is nothing to prevent it from providing the EIB with quasi-equity through subordinated loans; points out that if it were to provide 100 billion of quasi- equity, the ECB would increase the EIB's equities by 50 billion, enabling the EIB - Climate Bank to develop a much more ambitious lending policy, gradually increasing to an interest-free lending capacity of 300 billion per year, which would make a much more significant contribution to meeting the investment need estimated at at least 660 billion per year; invites the European Commission, the ECB and the EIB to study the possibility for the ECB to strengthen the quasi-equity capital of the EIB - Climate Bank (or of an EIB subsidiary specifically dedicated to the climate); and any other technical solution that would allow to achieve such lending volumes;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Calls as a matter of urgency for Parliament’s powers to be strengthened as regards the strategic direction and policies of the EIB to ensure democratic scrutiny of investments;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recognises the important role of the national promotional banks and institutions (NPBIs) and of international financial institutions (IFIs) in the financing of sustainable projects, thereby contributing to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Underlines as well the NPBIs’ advantages in the conception, management and financing of relatively smaller projects, from their experience in this field; welcomes therefore their involvement in different aspects of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, as the most adequate bodies to channel European level investments towards to the ground at local scale;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Carmen AVRAM, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Niels FUGLSANG, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls the statement of the ECB President that the ECB is supporting the development of a taxonomy as a way of facilitating the incorporation of environmental considerations in central bank portfolios; calls on the ECB to evaluate the feasibility of including sustainability criteria in its collateral framework and its annual stress testing exercise, while assessing ways to guide lending towards energy transition investments and to rebuild a sustainable economy in the aftermath of the COVID- 19 crisis; encourages the ECB to move forward with its monetary policy review in order to evaluate the financing of economic activities causing significant harm to environmental and social objectives; calls on the ECB to disclose annually its degree of alignment with the Paris Agreement and its exposure to the EU taxonomy;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Gilles BOYER, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Niels FUGLSANG, Aurore LALUCQ, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Supports the calls from the European Central Bank and the Central Banks and Regulators’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) to extend the EU taxonomy to unsustainable activities as soon as possible, enabling financial regulators to better assess sustainability-related financial risks;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), together with national competent authorities (NCAs), to rapidly develop annual climate scenario testing on financial institutions they supervise, as currently discussed notably in the NGFS, in order to understand where and how far climate-related financial risks sit in portfolios of relevant EU financial institutions;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Evelyn REGNER, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Commends the progress made on the basis of the initiatives included in the 2018 Sustainable Finance Action Plan; calls for the swift adoption of secondary legislation, taking into account the full range of sustainability criteria and indicators; calls specifically for a swift implementation of the “do not significantly harm” principle as outlined in the disclosure and taxonomy regulations; highlights the importance of having equally ambitious disclosure requirements for all financial products;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Niels FUGLSANG, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Insists on the integration of social objectives in the sustainability framework, including through an evaluation of extending the scope of taxonomy and the development of an EU Social Bond Standard; Calls for the “Do Not Significantly Harm” principle to look at concrete social objectives including employee absenteeism, percentage of full- time employees and employees on long- term contracts, the percentage of salaries above living-wage, gender and ethnic pay gap, ratio in salary and variable remuneration between CEOs and average employees, tax compliance and corruption practices; calls for the activities pursued by companies who fail to achieve a sufficient score on any one of the above parameters to not qualify as sustainable economic activities as defined by the Disclosure Regulation and the Taxonomy Regulation;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Favours the extension of the sustainability framework to the corporate sector; calls for mandatory sustainability reporting and due diligence for both financial institutions and large corporates, for stricter corporate liability regarding sustainability risks and for better quality data reporting, including by introducing verification mechanism and independent auditing;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Calls for an ambitious revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, ensuring there is an equal obligation on all corporates operating in the EU market to disclose the impact of their activities on environmental, social and governance sustainability;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recalls that investments in unsustainable economic activities may lead to stranded assets with lock-in effects; considers this risk to be insufficiently integrated in credit ratings and prudential frameworks including the Basel framework; calls for a review of the Credit Ratings Regulation to promote transparency in sustainability rating and an assessment of the possibility of inclusion of sustainability factors in prudential legislation; calls for the development of a brown taxonomy indicating investments facing increased exposure to climate risks and for the use of this brown taxonomy in the prudential framework;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. CHighlights the risk of reduced public spending on the sustainable transition in the context of the covid-19 crisis; calls for the introduction of an enabling framework for public sustainable investments to achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal, but stresses that whatever financing model is chosen must not undermine the sustainability of public finance in the EU; ~~supports the commitment by EVP Dombrovskis to explore how taxonomy can be used in the public sector; calls for public support for airlines to be used in a sustainable and efficient manner~~advocates for the creation of a Sustainable Green Golden Rule to exclude sustainable investments from the EU’s economic governance framework; calls for a sustainable development pact to survey the implementation of the sustainability objectives and the green investment gap in each Member State; welcomes that EU Taxonomy will guide investment in Europe’s recovery to ensure it is in line with the EU-long term ambitions ; calls for a greater transparency of the degree of sustainability of public investment at EU and Member State level; supports the commitment by EVP Dombrovskis to explore how taxonomy can be used in the public sector; calls for public support for airlines to be used in a sustainable and efficient manner; supports the pledge by the Commission to explore how the EU Green Bond Standard, as well as other enabling frameworks, can increase public and private finance for sustainable investments;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls for the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) to last throughout the current economic and sanitary crisis; highlights that high debt levels following the reactivation of the budgetary rules may result in excessive deficit procedures for many EU Member States; calls for the reform of the SGP with an expenditure rule that facilitates net public investments, allows for counter-cyclical action and takes into consideration the EU fiscal stance as a whole, so as to reduce the risk of severe austerity imposed following the reactivation of the SGP, and enable the investment needed for the recovery and the sustainable and just transition;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Pierre LARROUTUROU, Margarida MARQUES, Paul TANG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Recalls that the European Semester is a framework for EU Member States to coordinate their budgetary and economic policies; ~~believes that it could facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights~~recalls that this process should be improved to incentive sustainable and inclusive public investments of the Member States and their local authorities, promote the necessary economic and social measures to accompany the transition, contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the commitments made by the EU and of its Members States undertaken under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); believes that the SDGs should be at the heart of EU’s policy making process;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that recovery and resilience plans will be based on shared EU priorities; highlights in this context the European Green Deal and the European Pillar of Social Rights; seeks the inclusion of priorities in areas such as employment, skills, education, research and innovation and health, but also in areas related to the business environment, including public administration and the financial sector; considers that the sustainability provisions in the current Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation are insufficient; deems essential the incorporation of the EU Taxonomy in recovery and resilience plans through an ambitious minimum spending target on environmentally sustainable economic activities and the application of the Do Not Significantly Harm principle to all spending through these plans; deems the Commission responsible for monitoring adherence to these plans and for re- appropriating funds not spent in accordance with the plans;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Carmen AVRAM, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Niels FUGLSANG, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls for companies benefitting from public support to commit to public country-by-country reporting, to respect their non-financial reporting obligations and to guarantee jobs, and disclose any beneficial treatment received; urges that such companies should fairly contribute to the recovery efforts by paying their fair share of taxes; seeks in this context a new social contract for corporates, harmonizing aims for profit with considerations for people and planet;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Niels FUGLSANG, Csaba MOLNÁR, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Highlights that Member States granting state aid should ensure that financial assistance is in line with the EU’s climate, environmental and social objectives, in particular for aid granted to energy-intensive sectors and large carbon dioxide emitters;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Supports the Solvency Support Instrument to level the playing field in the single market, and the introduction of ‘transition plans’ for certain companies to increase the sustainability of their activities; considers that society can ask for ~~a quid pro quo~~something in return when providing support to companies; sees transition plans including science-based and time- bound sustainability targets as a way of ensuring that public funding is spent in line with public interests; believes that transition plans should be obligatory for companies seeking state aid or EU-level support unless it is clear that they do not engage in environmentally or socially harmful activities; urges the Commission to only approve transition plans that set businesses on the path to the climate- neutral and circular economy without significantly harming any other environmental or social objectives;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Manon AUBRY, Evelyn REGNER, Alfred SANT, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Aurore LALUCQ, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pedro MARQUES, Margarida MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Underlines the role of National Promotional Banks in creating a sustainable economy; calls for state aid reforms to enable NPBs to provide preferential loans below market rates to promote sustainability; underlines the importance of ensuring local technical support for project promoters and innovation and the role of project nurseries helping projects to mature to receive financing;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Petros KOKKALIS, Manon AUBRY, Carmen AVRAM, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Niels FUGLSANG, Aurore LALUCQ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Recalls that tax evasion and tax avoidance cause potential lost resources for national and EU budgets quantified as ranging from €50-70 billion to€160-190 billion;1a therefore seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning ; calls on the Commission to establish criteria on which it assesses EU Member State that would result in a black-list of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance and to draft binding tax compliance plans for these Member States; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament, EPRS, Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies in the European Union: I - Assessment of the magnitude of aggressive corporate tax planning, Study, 2015

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Paul TANG, Gilles BOYER, Petros KOKKALIS, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Aurore LALUCQ, Pedro MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Reiterates its call for phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies including in the form of a tax advantage, while fully respecting of the rights of Member State to choose their energy mix; supports, however, tax measures that would incentivise investment in cleaner energy and mode of transportation;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Believes that all these funding proposals combined (climate bank, climate budget and FATCA-Climate law) can raise at least 660 bn EUR/year to win the battle for climate and jobs;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Welcomes the support of these three solutions by 1 million citizens25a; __________________ 25a http://www.climateandjobs.eu/

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the Parliament resolution of 8 October 2020 on reinforcing the Youth Guarantee,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

— having regard to the Parliament resolution of 17 December 2020 on A Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)

— having regard to the Parliament resolution of 17 February 2022 on Empowering European Youth: post- pandemic employment and social recovery,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 d (new)

— having regard to the Parliament resolution of 24 November 2022 on the European Year of Youth 2022 Legacy,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017 at the Gothenburg Summit, in particular to its Principles No 4,1 and 4, the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the 2021 Porto Social Summit Declaration committing to work towards a Social Europe and reinforcing social cohesion;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the Conference on the Future of Europe outcome document of 30 November 2022, adopted within the framework of the European Year of Youth, notably proposal 47, measure 5 calling to “ensure that young people’s internships and jobs adhere to quality standards, including remuneration, putting an end to youth minimum wages and any other discriminatory labour law provisions specific to young people, as well as banning through a legal instrument unpaid internships on the labour market and outside formal education”;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)

— having regard to the European Commission’s evaluation report of 10 January 2023 on the Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework on Traineeships;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)

— having regard to the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to which all EU Member States are a State Party to, notable Article 7(a)(i) on fair wages and equal remuneration, Article 7(c) on equal opportunities for all, and Article 9 on the right to social security for all;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas traineeships are a common way for young people to gain experience before finding stable employment; whereas traineeships can ease the transition from education or vocational training into the labour market; whereas it is crucial that optimal conditions and incentives are established to enable young people to have access to high-quality traineeships that will provide them with a useful learning experience, as well as work experience and the development of a relevant set of skills; whereas the skills acquired and the workload of traineeships must be proportionate to the remuneration for the traineeship; whereas the remuneration should be a right for trainees in the open labour market, whilst trainees in the education should have access to decent allowances;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly condemned the practice of unpaid traineeships as a form of exploitation of young workers and a violation of their rights and called for a common legal framework to ensure fair remuneration for traineeships in order to avoid exploitative practices;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas different types of traineeship exist across the Union and not all types can be found in all Member States; whereas most traineeships across the Union can be divided into the categories comprising: open-market traineeships, traineeships associated with active labour market policies ~~and~~, traineeships that are part of professional training orand traineeships that part of an academic or vocational curricula;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas studies have established links between the quality of traineeships and employment outcomes8 , with remuneration being the key quality criteria to what establishes a high quality traineeship 8a; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/STUD/2022/699459/EPRS_STU(202 2)699459_EN.pdf, p. 1 8a https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---dgreports/---dcomm/--- publ/documents/publication/wcms_79977 3.pdf

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a person may experience discrimination differently based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, that person’s gender, race, colour or ethnic origin, nationality, genetic features, language, religion or belief, class or socialo-economic origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or age; whereas young people living in the weaker financial circumstances, including people living in single-parent households, people with disabilities, migrants, people with lower education levels, young people not living with their parents and those from low work-intensity households, are less likely to have access to the resources required to undertake unpaid or low-paying internships8b; whereas it is crucial tofocus on addressing and overcoming all discrimination in traineeships and ensuring the accessibility of traineeships to persons and groups of persons who are furthest away from the labour market; __________________ 8b https://www.youthforum.org/files/230111- DP-CostUnpaidInternships.pdf

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas high-quality traineeships can contribute to combatting skills mismatches and consequent labour market shortages in the Union, by reducing the search burden and matching the costs borne by traineeship providers and trainees; whereas too many young people are unable to find stable employment because they do not have the necessary skills or because they are working in jobs that do not match their skill set; whereas, at the same time, 40 % of employers cannot find people with the necessary skills to fill their vacancies9 ; __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =1146&langId=endeleted

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas about half of all 15 to 34- year olds in the Union have gained work experience in at least one traineeship; whereas the majority of young people report having worked two unpaid internships before getting stable employment8c; whereas this means that approximately four million persons take part in at least one traineeship per year in the Union~~10 ;~~ 8d; __________________ 10 8c https://www.youthforum.org/files/230111- DP-CostUnpaidInternships.pdf 8d https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2022/699459/EPRS_STU(2 022)699459_EN.pdf, p. 2

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas, according to the same Eurobarometer survey, only 40 % of trainees received financial compensation and whereas more than half of those trainees (53 %) considered say that compensation to be insufficient to cover their basic living costs12 ; whereas ~~adequate~~fair remuneration for traineeships must cover at least basic living costs; __________________ 12 Ibid

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas the EU’s youth unemployment rate is 15.1%, and in the context of the current cost of living crisis, according to Eurostat8e, young people are the group facing the highest risk of living in poverty, with 1 in 4 young people living at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion, and with young women living at higher risk; __________________ 8e https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Young_people_ - _social_inclusion&oldid=553969#Young_ people_at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_excl usion

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that traineeships are ~~primarily~~ a learning experience and should not replace entry-level jobs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate and improve access for young people to high-quality, paid, accessible and inclusive traineeships, particularly to those coming from vulnerable backgrounds to achieve Union’ objective of social cohesion and inclusion;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the need to tackle skills mismatches, while emphasising the potential added value in this regard for both employers and trainees; in this regard, highlights the need to offer traineeships in areas linked to skills needs of labour markets and future oriented sectors to overcome labour shortages in view of both the green and the digital transition;deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that EU cannot promote precarity and that poor-quality and unpaid traineeships cannot be supported by public finances; insists that employers should receive and use financial public support only if they comply with the quality criteria, legislation and collective agreements;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that high-quality traineeships can play a valuable contribution in achieving the Union social targets by 2030, ~~as having at least 60 % of all adults participating in training every year and having at least 78 % of people aged 20 to 64 who should be in employment~~to have at least 78 % of people aged 20 to 64 who should be in employment, reducing the NEETs rate to 9% through quality opportunities; and the Agenda 2030 and in particular SDGs 1, 4, 8, and 10;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the need to protect young people from undertaking several consecutive traineeships by strict monitoring of the use of contracts aiming at making the transition between the education and labour market; calls on Member states to ensure that employers implement a break period between hiring interns for the same position, as otherwise it should be a permanent position; calls on Member states to ensure that there is an appropriate ratio between staff members and trainees in the workplace;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Insists that traineeships should be recognised as real work experience and taken as a primary condition for recruitment processes;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to update the 2014 Council Recommendation on Quality Framework for Traineeships and turn it into a stronger legislative instrument;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part

6. Recognises that existing Quality Framework for Traineeships principles remains relevant in ~~supporting young people who undertake~~guiding employers to offer high-quality traineeships; however, stresses that new principles must be added to match the vulnerable position of young people in the labour market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to include the following additional principles in an updated Quality Framework for Traineeships:

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)

- (1) eliminate hidden costs of traineeships undertaken to obtain formal qualifications by establishing adequate traineeship allowance in line with the cost of living (living wage) and inflation,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3

~~- access to high-quality conditions for remote and hybrid traineeships, where applicable,~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4

- established clear learning objectives and access to adequate mentorship and to the guidance of trained mentors;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)

- establish, in cooperation with the labour inspectorate, channels to report malpractice and poor conditions during the traineeships period,

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Calls on the Commission to propose extending the scope of the Quality Framework for Traineeships to include all traineeships;~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive to ensure ~~adequate remuneration for traineeships in order to avoid exploitative~~binding quality standards for open labour market traineeships and fair remuneration based on minimum wage, in order to avoid exploitative practices, an access to social protection by trainees in accordance with national schemes (health insurance, unemployment benefits, pension contributions) and to limit the duration of the traineeships as well as the number of traineeships undertaken by the individual in the same field of practices;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates the central role that the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) ~~and the Youth Guarantee~~, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and its associated Scoreboard linking funding to policies for the Next Generation, and the Youth Guarantee, which is not used to its maximum potential in the majority of Member States, can play in contributing to an increase in the number of high- quality traineeships; urges Member States, with the support of the Commission, to use all available resources in this area;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to better utilise the ESF+ to help progression within education and training and transition to work, by supporting lifelong learning and employability with a view to facilitating full participation in society for all, ~~and contributing to competitivenes~~particularly those coming from vulnerable backgrounds in order to ensure their access to equal oportunities14 ; __________________ 14 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021 R1057&from=EN

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness at national, regional and local level of available Union funds to ensure the accessibility by all to high-quality traineeships, particularly those coming from vulnerable backgrounds in order to ensure their access to equal opportunities;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the Commission proposal to make 2023 the European Year of Skills; calls on the Commission however to place particular attention on guaranteeing quality and paid traineeships ~~during~~, particularly in the open labour market, as a legacy both of the European year of Youth and in-line with the Conference on the Future of Europe outcome document, and the European Year of Skills;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for more cooperation between all stakeholders involved, in particular education and ~~vocational training providers, business~~public employment services, national, regional and local governments ~~and involvement of social partn~~, social partners and youth organisations and workers; suggests the creation of a European Alliance for Traineeships, similar to the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, uniting governments and key stakeholders with the aim of strengthening the quality and offer of traineeships across the Union, while promoting the mobility of trainees, notably by guaranteeing access to sufficient financial resources, and languages courses;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the support of local pact for skills in cooperation with public employment ~~agencies of local authoriti~~services to ensure that traineeship help in closing the skills mismatch in the labour markets;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Highlights that further data is needed in particular on: statistics of unpaid traineeships and in which sectors the issue is more predominant; barriers that trainees face in obtaining a high-quality traineeship and ways of overcoming them; the effects of the ~~COVID-19 pandemic~~recent socio-economic crises on trainees; the challenges frequently faced when undertaking a traineeship and ways in which to overcome them; possible obstacles faced by employers when offering high-quality traineeships and ways in which to overcome them; the advantages and disadvantages of digital traineeships; the experiences of trainees with disabilities as well as those coming from vulnerable backgrounds; obstacles to cross-border traineeships and ways in which to overcome them;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recalls that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or social and economic origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation must be prohibited; calls on the Member States to put in place specific measures to ensure this;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Underlines that high-quality traineeships must be inclusive and accessible to all; stresses, in particular, the need to support persons with disabilities to have access to high-quality traineeships while ensuring an inclusive recruitment process; calls for a Union-wide definition of disability and an expansion of the European disability card to facilitate the mobility of persons with disabilities and their ability to take up traineeship opportunities in other Member States; stresses the need for an accessible workplace for trainees with disabilities; calls for a revision of Council Directive 2000/78/EC15 to improve the article on reasonable accommodation in the workplace in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; calls for the unblocking of the adoption of a proposal for an anti-discrimination directive (COM(2008)0426); highlights the need for the unbundling of remuneration and disability support to allow for extra disability related costs for traineeships; highlights the importance of personal assistance to support persons with disabilities; calls for more cooperation between ~~employ~~social partners and the organisations representing people who are at greater risk of discrimination; __________________ 15 Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16).

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Highlights the need for lifelong learning; calls for traineeships to be accessible to people of all ages; recalls that traineeships can provide many benefits to the traineeship provider and the trainee;deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to adopt a framework or certificate which facilitates the recognition of skills acquired during the traineeship, in particular when it comes to cross-border recognition of skills;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Requests that the Commission submit on the basis of Article 153(2)(b) TFEU in conjunction with Article 153(1)(b) TFEU, a proposal for a framework dDirective on Quality Traineeships setting out minimum requirements for ~~adequate~~quality standards and fair remuneration for traineeships based on minimum wage, following the recommendations set out in Annex I hereto;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Requests that the Commission submit a proposal ~~to update the 2014 Council Recommendation~~for a Decision of the European Parliament and onf the ~~basis of Article 292 TFEU, in conjunction with Articles 153 and 166~~Council on a Quality Framework for Traineeships on the basis of Article 166 (4) TFEU, following the recommendations set out in Annex II hereto;

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Annex I

RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED A European framework directive for adequate remuneration for traineeships The European Parliament considers that the future legislative proposal for a framework directive setting out minimum requirements for adequate remuneration for traineeships should follow these principles and aims: 1. minimum requirements for adequate remuneration for traineeships. 2. trainees who are considered to be workers, namely, people who have an employment relationship as defined by the national law or practice of collective agreements, taking into account the criteria established by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) for determining the status of a worker (including cases 66/85, Lawrie-Blum, C- 3/90, Bernini, C-109/04, Kranemann, C- 229/14, Balkaya, in which the Court of Justice gave indications as to when trainees may be considered to be workers under Union law). Provided that trainees fulfil those criteria, the directive should apply to such trainees in both the private and the public sectors. 3. penalties provision.deleted The directive should set out The directive should apply to The directive should include a

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Annex I a (new)

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Quality Traineeships XXXX/X XX/XX THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article Articles 153(2), point (b), in conjunction with Article 153(1), point (b), thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, (1) The first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and successfully manage transitions in the labour market. Principle 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights underlines that regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, everyone has the right to equal treatment and opportunities, and this includes employment and education. (2) Article 14(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) states that everyone has the right to education and access to vocational and continuing training. (3) The European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 aims to ensure their full participation in society, on an equal basis with others in the Union and beyond. Within the Strategy, the European Commission commits to make sure that persons with disabilities can take part in trainings and learn new skills, as a fundamental requisite for employment and independence. (4) Traineeships have become an important entry point into the labour market. (5) This Directive covers trainees carrying out traineeships in the open labour market which include open-market traineeships, traineeships as part of active labour market policies (ALMP), including those offered by the Youth Guarantee, and traineeships as a mandatory part of professional training. (6) Socio-economic costs arise if traineeships, particularly repeated ones, replace regular employment, notably entry-level positions usually offered to trainees. Low-quality traineeships, especially those with little learning content, do not lead to employability of the trainee and do not benefit any party. Social costs also arise in connection with low or unpaid traineeships that limit the career opportunities of those from disadvantaged backgrounds. (7) The financial circumstances of an individual will greatly affect their choice to take an unpaid or poorly remunerated traineeship. Young people from vulnerable backgrounds, namely young people with disabilities, or young migrants are unfairly excluded from accessing employment opportunities within the organisations and industries that offer unpaid internships and indirectly discriminate towards some groups of young people. (8) There is evidence on the link between the quality of the traineeship and the employment outcome. The value of traineeships in easing the transition to employment depends on their quality in terms of learning content and working conditions. Quality traineeships motivate young people to enter the labour market, improve future prospects and mental stability, improve labour market skills matching and promote mobility for trainees and bring direct productivity benefits for the employers. (9) Evidence shows that a significant number of traineeships lack the connection between tasks and learning objectives. A quality traineeship must offer a solid and meaningful learning content. This means, the identification of the specific skills to be acquired, supervision and mentoring of the trainee, and monitoring of their progress throughout the traineeship. (10) Problems have also been identified as regards working conditions, e.g. long working hours, lack of social security coverage, lack of health and accident insurance coverage as well as sick leave, the protection against health and safety or occupational risks, little or no allowance, a lack of clarity in the terms and conditions in the traineeship agreements, among others. (11) Member States should ensure that trainees are covered by the social security system, especially regarding health, unemployment, and pension rights. The employers should ensure that trainees have insurance against accidents including the accidents at the workplace. (12) Traineeships in the open labour market remain unregulated in some Member States. In the absence of a regulatory framework or instrument, or because there is a lack of transparency regarding working conditions for traineeships and their learning content, many traineeship providers are able to use trainees as cheap or even unpaid labour. (13) Lack of information and binding quality criteria is one of the causes of low quality traineeships. Increased transparency requirements and gender- neutral and inclusive notices or announcements advertising traineeship positions improves its accessibility. (14) The social partners and other relevant stakeholders such as student unions and youth organisations play a key role in the design, implementation and monitoring of training policies and programmes. Cooperation between them could provide trainees with targeted information on available career opportunities and skills needs on labour markets, as well as on trainees' rights and responsibilities. (15) The European Parliament has repeatedly condemned the practice of unpaid traineeships as a form of exploitation of young workers and a violation of their rights and called for a common legal framework to ensure fair remuneration for traineeships in order to avoid exploitative practices. (16) This Directive sets the minimum standards for determining what constitutes a good quality offer of traineeships under the Council Recommendation on Establishing a Youth Guarantee. (17) Considering the nature and objective of this Directive, it should not be interpreted as hindering Member States from maintaining or establishing more favourable provisions for trainees than the ones recommended. Article 1 Subject matter and scope 1. This Directive establishes a framework for the purpose of improving the quality and accessibility of traineeships, as well as the working conditions of trainees carrying out traineeships. This Directive applies, inter alia, to the following traineeships: (a) open-market traineeships; (b) traineeships in the context of active labour market policies (ALMPs); (c) traineeships that are a mandatory part of professional training. Article 2 Definitions: 1. For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions apply: (a) “open market traineeship” means a non-mandatory, bilateral, private agreement agreed between a trainee and a public, private or not-for-profit traineeship provider without the involvement of a third party and without a formal connection to an educational or a training establishment; (b) “traineeship in the context of active labour market policies (ALMP)” means a traineeship organised by a Public Employment Service (PES) in cooperation with an employer, based on an agreement between the three parties with the aim of helping unemployed or inactive young people into employment; (c) “traineeship that are a mandatory part of professional training” means a traineeship that serves as a mandatory introduction into the professional practice of a specific field of work; (d) “traineeship agreement” means an agreement of short-term duration that meets the conditions of an employment contract or employment relationship as defined in the national law, collective agreement or practice in force in each Member States with consideration to the case law of the Court of Justice; (e) “trainee” means a person that has an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the national law, collective agreements, or practice in force in each Member States taking into account the criteria established by the CJEU’s case law and has recently entered the labour market or has requalified and is gaining their first professional experience in a given sector. Article 3 Quality criteria 1. Member States shall ensure that trainees have the right to: a) a written traineeship agreement setting out at least: (i) the duration and provisions for any renewal of the traineeship; (ii) wage provided to the trainee in accordance with Directive (EU) 2022/2041; (iii) the tasks to be carried out by the trainee; (iv) arrangements for mentorship and evaluation that is to be carried out by the supervisor guiding the trainee through the assigned tasks; (v) the learning objectives that have been set jointly by the trainee and traineeship provider or employer in order to help the trainee acquire practical experience and relevant skills. The tasks referred to in point (iii) shall be established with reference to the learning objectives referred to in point (v) and shall facilitate the achievement of those learning objectives. b) the compliance with [WKD3] Directive (EU) 2019/1152 and Directive 2003/88/EC 2. Member states shall ensure support for employers offering traineeships to people with disabilities. Article 4 Equal treatment 1. Member States shall ensure that employers or traineeship providers ensure equal treatment between trainees and workers as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State, taking into account the case-law of the Court of Justice. Article 5 Traineeship duration, renewal and prolongation 1. Member States shall ensure that the duration of traineeship is limited and is no shorter than two months. 2. Member States shall ensure that the arrangements relating to the duration, renewal or prolongation of traineeships do not result in the replacement of entry level jobs, or vacancies for full-time jobs and indefinite-term employment contracts. 3. Member States shall clarify the circumstances and conditions under which a traineeship may be extended or renewed after the initial traineeship agreement expired. 4. Member States shall ensure that under the traineeship agreement either the trainee or the traineeship provider may terminate it by written communication, providing advance notice of an appropriate duration in view of the length of the traineeship and relevant national practice. Article 6 Recognition of traineeships 1. Traineeships shall be recognised, validated and certified jointly by the employer or traineeship provider and the trainee with regard to the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during traineeships. 2. Traineeships shall be recognised and validated as work experience in recruitment processes. Article 7 Transparency requirements 1. Member States shall ensure that employers and traineeship providers include in their gender neutral and inclusive vacancy notices and advertisements information on the terms and conditions of the traineeship, including its wage, working conditions, expected tasks, and health and accident insurance. 2. Employers and Traineeship providers shall provide information on recruitment policies, including the share of trainees recruited in recent years. 3. Traineeship providers shall not require previous working experience when issuing or advertising vacancy notices for traineeships. 4. Member States shall ensure that labour inspectors prohibit the substitution of entry-level or permanent posts by means of a traineeship. Article 8 Social dialogue and stakeholders involvement 1. Without prejudice to the autonomy of the social partners and in accordance with national law and practice, Member States shall ensure the effective involvement of the social partners and other relevant stakeholders, in the design, implementation and monitoring of the rights and obligations laid down in this Directive. 2. Trainees shall have access to workers’ representation, such as trade unions. Article 9 Penalties 1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the rights, which are within the scope of this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall, [by XXX], notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it [, without delay,] of any subsequent amendment affecting them. Article 10 Non regression and more favourable provisions 1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already provided to trainees carrying out a traineeship that falls within its scope. 2. This Directive shall not affect Member States’ prerogative to apply or to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to trainees or to encourage or permit the application of collective agreements which are more favourable to trainees. Article 11 Collection of data, monitoring and evaluation 1. The Commission shall publish guidelines to ensure the uniformity of data collection. The Commission shall monitor the application of those guidelines. 2. Member States shall ensure that the data collection of traineeships at national level is carried out in line with the Commission’s guidelines referred to in paragraph 1. They shall submit the data collected to the Commission on a yearly basis. Article 12 Reporting and review 1. By ... [three years after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall assess the implementation of this Directive and its impact in practice and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied by a legislative proposal if appropriate. Article 13 Transposition 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. 2. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States. Article 14 Entry into force 1. This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Annex II

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2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/2005(INL)

Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, João ALBUQUERQUE, Daniela RONDINELLI, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Annex II a (new)

Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a Quality Framework for Traineeships XXXX/X XX/XX THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union166 (4), thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, (1) The first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and successfully manage transitions in the labour market. Principle 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights underlines that regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, everyone has the right to equal treatment and opportunities, and this includes employment and education. (2) Article 14(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) states that everyone has the right to education and access to vocational and continuing training. (3) The European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 aims to ensure their full participation in society, on an equal basis with others in the Union and beyond. Within the Strategy, the European Commission commits to make sure that persons with disabilities can take part in trainings and learn new skills, as a fundamental requisite for employment and independence. (4) traineeships undertaken with the aim of obtaining educational qualifications intend to offer a concrete work-based learning experience to students by integrating academic knowledge with practical experience, giving them the opportunity of finding their professional field(s) of interest(s) and enhancing their employability . (5) Low-quality traineeships, especially those with little learning content, do not lead to employability of the trainee and do not benefit any party. . Social costs also arise in connection with unpaid traineeships that limit the career opportunities of those from disadvantaged backgrounds. (6) There is evidence on the link between the quality of the traineeship and the employment outcome. The value of traineeships in easing the transition to employment depends on their quality in terms of learning content and working conditions. Quality traineeships motivate young people to enter the labour market, improve future prospects and mental stability, improve labour market skills matching and promote mobility for trainees and bring direct productivity benefits for the traineeship providers. (7) Evidence shows that a significant number of traineeships lack the connection between tasks and learning objectives. A quality traineeship must offer a solid and meaningful learning content. This means, the identification of the specific skills to be acquired, supervision and mentoring of the trainee, and monitoring of their progress throughout the traineeship. (8) Problems have also been identified as regards working conditions, e.g. long working hours, lack of health and accident insurance coverage as well as sick leave, the protection against health and safety or occupational risks, little or no allowance , a lack of clarity in the terms and conditions in the traineeship agreements. (9) Traineeships undertaken with the aim of obtaining educational qualifications remain unregulated in some Member States In the absence of a regulatory framework or instrument, or because there is a lack of transparency regarding working conditions for traineeships and their learning content, many traineeship providers are able to use trainees as cheap or even unpaid labour. (10) A binding Quality Framework for Traineeships will support the improvement of working conditions and the learning content of traineeships. The main element of the Quality Framework for Traineeships is the written traineeship agreement that indicates the educational objectives, decent working conditions including the amount of the allowance, rights and obligations, and a reasonable duration for traineeships. (11) Lack of such information is one of the causes of low quality traineeships. Increased transparency requirements for gender-neutral and inclusive notices or announcements advertising traineeship positions improves accessibility. (12) Key stakeholders such social partners, student unions, student representatives, and youth organisations, play a key role in the design, implementation and monitoring of training policies and programmes. Cooperation between them could provide trainees with targeted information on available career opportunities and skills needs on labour markets, as well as on trainees' rights and responsibilities. (13) One of the opportunities is to increase the cross-border mobility of trainees in the Union. The lack of a decent allowance constitutes an obstacle to the development of cross-border trainee mobility, especially for students coming from disadvantaged groups. Moreover, in some cases, administrative and legal obstacles to cross-border mobility of trainees have been found to affect several of the receiving Member States. In this context, information on the right to cross- border mobility of trainees, in particular the rights included in Directive 2004/38/EC, is important. By providing principles and guidelines to serve as a reference, the Quality Framework for Traineeships will also facilitate access to transnational traineeships. (14) Traineeship providers respecting the QFT can be financially supported by the national and European public Funds. This involves a possible contribution to the cost of the traineeships for the providers. (15) whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly condemned the practice of unpaid traineeships as a form of exploitation of young workers and a violation of their rights and called for a common legal framework to ensure fair remuneration for traineeships in order to avoid exploitative practices; (16) The Quality Framework sets the minimum standards for determining what constitutes a good quality offer of traineeships. (17) This Decision does not cover traineeships in the open labour market, traineeships as a mandatory part of professional training, and traineeships that are part of the active labour market policies (ALMP). (18) Considering the nature and objective of this Decision, it should not be interpreted as hindering Member States from maintaining or establishing more favourable provisions for trainees than the ones recommended. HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Subject matter 1. This Decision establishes a “European Quality Framework for Traineeships” (Quality Framework). The purpose of the Quality Framework is to support and supplement the action of Member States regarding the transparency and comprehensibility of quality criteria for traineeships that are carried out in the context of the obtention of educational qualifications. Article 2 Objectives 1. The objectives of the Quality Framework shall be to improve: (a) the quality of traineeships undertaken with the aim of obtaining educational qualifications, in particular as regards to learning and training content and working conditions, with the aim of easing the transition from education to work; (b) the accessibility of traineeships, in particular for the purpose of increasing the participation of young people from disadvantaged groups and persons with disabilities. Article 3 Conclusion of a written traineeship agreement 1. Member States shall reinforce the practice of establishing a written agreement at the beginning of the traineeship between the trainee and the traineeship provider. 2. Member States shall promote traineeship agreements as referred to in paragraph 1 that indicate the educational objectives of the traineeship, the working conditions and allowance provided to the trainee by the traineeship provider, and the rights and obligations of the parties under applicable Union and national law, as well as the duration of the traineeship, in accordance with Articles 4 to 8. Article 4 Learning and training objectives 1. Member States shall promote best practices whereby: (a) Learning and training objectives are established jointly by the trainee, traineeship provider and the educational institution in order to help trainees acquire practical experience and relevant skills. The tasks assigned to the trainee during the traineeship shall enable these objectives to be attained; (b) Traineeship providers designate a supervisor to guide trainees in carrying out the assigned tasks and to monitor and assess their progress. Article 5 Training conditions applicable to trainees 1. Member States shall encourage traineeship providers in: (a) setting training hours that are compatible with the studying plan concerned, in the event that the training and education are to be carried out simultaneously, including limits to maximum weekly working time; (b) providing coverage in terms of health and accident insurance as well as sick leave; (c) clarifying the amount of the allowance provided to the trainee; (d) applying working conditions of their workers to the trainees with regards to health and safety standards, minimum daily and weekly rest periods minimum holiday entitlements, sick leave, teleworking rights and access to workers’ representatives, among others. Article 6 Traineeship duration 1. Member States shall encourage traineeship providers to: (a) limit to a minimum duration of two months and a maximum duration of six months, except in cases where a longer duration is justified, taking into account national practices; (b) specify that either the trainee or the traineeship provider may terminate it by written communication to all parties, providing advance notice of an appropriate duration in view of the length of the traineeship and relevant national practice. Article 7 Recognition of traineeships 1. Member States shall facilitate the recognition, validation and certification of the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during traineeships by both the traineeship provider and the educational institution. Article 8 Transparency requirements 1. Member States shall encourage traineeship providers to include gender- neutral vacancy notices and advertisements where the information on the terms and conditions of the traineeship, including the training conditions, the amount of the allowance, the expected tasks and the applicable health and accident insurance is provided as well as to give information on recruitment policies, including the number of trainees recruited in previous years. Article 9 Cross-border traineeships 1. In case of cross-border mobility of trainees within the European Union, Member States shall encourage that the educational institution provides information about the national legal framework for traineeships and rules on hosting trainees and sending of trainees. 2. In case of third country nationals carrying out traineeships within the EU, Member States shall facilitate the application of the QFT to them. 3. In case of mobility outside the EU, Member States shall promote that agreements between educational institutions and traineeship providers respect the QFT. Article 10 Financial support 1. Promote the use of national and/or European public funds such as ESF+, ERDF, RRF to traineeship providers who respect the QFT. Article 11 Involvement of stakeholders 1. Promote the active involvement of stakeholders, in particular, the social partners, student unions, student representatives, and youth organisations, in applying the Quality Framework. Article 12 Collection of data, monitoring and evaluation 1. The Commission shall publish guidelines for adequate monitoring schemes to ensure the uniformity of data collection to ensure better and comparative data collection of traineeships at national level. 2. The Commission shall monitor, in cooperation with the Member States and in particular through EMCO, the progress in applying the Quality Framework for Traineeships pursuant to this decision and analyse the impact of the policies in place. Article 13 Entry into force This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. In order to finance this budget, reminds that, as expressed in its legislative resolution of 16 September 2020, the new categories of own resources should be introduced as of 2021 and that any amounts generated by new own resources beyond the level necessary to cover the repayment obligations of the NGEU in a given year should remain in the Union budget as general revenue notably to top-up the 15 EU flagship programmes as of 2021 accompanied by the corresponding rise of the MFF ceilings; asks, in order to fulfil these objectives, for the introduction of a basket of new own resources and especially for the urgent adoption of those of the new own resources which are the most advanced in terms of technical preparation (directive proposal and impact assessment ready), and which can generate the highest volume of revenues ; Underlines that, as expressed in its report on SEIP adopted on 16 October 2020 in BUDG-ECON, the new own resource which meets these 2 criteria is a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) which, based on the original Commission proposal from 2012 and taking into account Brexit and economic growth, could raise up to 57bn EUR/year ; reiterates, in that connection, its call to all Member States to join the enhanced cooperation framework on the FTT ; Reminds that, since 2018, Parliament has reiterated several times that It will not give its consent for the MFF without an agreement on the reform of the EU’s own resources system ; Stresses that in 2020, in order to answer the climate, health and social crises, there is a need to fill an investment gap of 600bn € per year, as assessed by the European Commission and as recalled by the EP’s SEIP report ; adds therefore that Parliament will not give its consent to the 2021 Budget without a decision by the Council on the FTT allowing for revenues and increased spending of at least 50bn EUR/year, or, at least, first a decision in enhanced cooperation on the FTT allowing for revenues and increased spending of at least 30bn EUR/year to be implemented at the latest on 1st January 2024.

2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Following the end of the transition period, barriers to trade and to cross-border exchanges between the Union and the United Kingdom will be present. Broad and far-reaching social and economic consequences for businesses, especially SMEs and micro-entities and their employees, citizens and public administrations, local communities and regions, are expected. Those consequences are unavoidable and stakeholders need to make sure that they are ready for them.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the economic impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States, especially the most affected ones in such exceptional circumstances. However, many uncertainties associated with the impact of the UK’s withdrawal remain, which make it difficult to determine the specific exposure of a Member State’s economy. For example, possible positive gains can be expected from the movement of economic sectors of activity from the UK to certain Member States in the Union.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) A Brexit Adjustment Reserve (the ‘Reserve’) should be established to provide support to counter adverse consequences in Member States, regions, local communities and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and thus to mitigate the related impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion. It should cover in whole or in part the additional public expenditure incurred by Member States for measures specifically taken to mitigate those consequences.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) For the purposes of contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is appropriate that Member States, when designing support measures, focus in particular on the regions, areas and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, that are likely to be most negatively impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Member States may have to take specific measures notably to support businesses and economic sectors adversely affected by the withdrawal, giving special attention to SMEs, micro-entities and their employees with the aim of securing quality employment and social security and protection . Member States should ensure that new high-quality jobs are created in those regions and local communities particularly affected, as jobs are key for regions and local communities to thrive. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) At the same time, it is important to clearly specify any exclusions from support provided by the Reserve. The Reserve should exclude from support the value added tax as it constitutes a Member State revenue, which offsets the related cost for the Member State budget. In order to concentrate the use of limited resources in the most efficient way, technical assistance used by the bodies responsible for the implementation of the Reserve should not be eligible for support from the Reserve. In line with the general approach for cohesion policy, expenditure linked to relocations or contrary to any applicable Union or national law should not be supported. Furthermore, the support given should not lead to distortion of competition within the internal market.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)

(6 a) It should be noted that there is potentially big variation in the financial allocation per Member State. In order to allow the use of the resources in the most efficient way, technical assistance used by the bodies responsible for the management, monitoring, information and communication and control and auditing of the Reserve should be set at 3% of the contribution from the Reserve for each Member State.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) In order to take into account the immediate impact of the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on the Member States and their economies and the need to adopt mitigating and adapting measures, as appropriate, prior to the expiry of the transition period, the eligibility period for implementing such measures should start as from 1 ~~Jul~~February 2020 and be concentrated over a limited period ~~of 30 months~~until 31 December 2022.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8 a) Stresses the need for each EU budgetary programme and its beneficiaries to ensure respect for fundamental rights and deliver and contribute to implementing gender equality and its mainstreaming, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Green Deal based on a just transition, the biodiversity objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, where relevant.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)

(8 b) The implementation of the Reserve should be carried out in line with the principle of sound financial management, including the effective prevention and prosecution of tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the general regime of Rule of Law conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources and to ensure sufficient financial means to swiftly implement measures under the Reserve, a substantial amount thereof should be disbursed in 2021 as pre-financing. The distribution method should take into account the importance of trade with the United Kingdom and the importance of fisheries in the United Kingdom exclusive economic zone, based on reliable and official statistics and needs to ensure equal treatment of all Member States. Given the unique nature of the event that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union constitutes and the uncertainty that has surrounded key aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Union after the expiry of the transition period, it is difficult to anticipate the appropriate measures Member States will have to take rapidly to counter the effects of the withdrawal. It is therefore necessary to grant Member States flexibility and in particular to allow the Commission to adopt the financing decision providing the pre-financing without the obligation pursuant to Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation to provide a description of the concrete actions to be financed.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States most affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to ~~that~~all Member States within the limits of the financial resources available. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for. For the additional amounts, the allocation criteria as set out in Annex I should apply.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to ensure the proper functioning of shared management, Member States should establish a management and control system, designate and notify the Commission of the bodies responsible for the management of the Reserve as well as a separate independent audit body. For simplification reasons, Member States may make use of existing bodies designated and systems set up for the purpose of the management and control of cohesion policy funding or the European Union Solidarity Fund. It is necessary to specify the responsibilities of the Member States and lay down the specific requirements for the bodies designated. Where new bodies are created by the Member States, the Commission should, in the early stages of the eligibility period, assess their adequacy in contributing to the protection of the financial interests of the EU. The Commission should furthermore ensure a consistent and comparable audit approach in all Member States.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/9514 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9615 ~~and~~ Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193916 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2092on a general regime of Rule of Law conditionality for the protection of the Union budget, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. _________________ 14 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1). 15 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). 16Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 17Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 18 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17 a) In order to ensure efficient and coherent allocation of funds from the Union budget and to respect the principle of sound financial management, financial actions under the Reserve should be consistent with and complementary to ongoing Union programmes and priorities, such as the digital transition and a just climate transition, while avoiding double funding for the same expenditure. Therefore, financial support under the Reserve should be additional to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments, provided that such support does not cover the same cost.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to enhance transparency on the use of the Union contribution, the Commission should provide a final report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Reserve. The Commission should evaluate in particular whether resources were used in an effective, efficient and EU value- added way, with Member States providing assistance to those regions, local communities and sectors particularly affected. The evaluation should also assess whether there was real and measurable impact in mitigating the negative effects of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, taking into consideration the very broad eligibility criteria for expenditure, the lack of clear priorities and indicators, as well as, the lack of an impact assessment and stakeholder consultation prior to adopting the proposal.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) ‘reference period’ means the reference period referred to in Article 63(5), point (a), of the Financial Regulation, which shall be from 1 ~~Jul~~February 2020 to 31 December 2022;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

The Reserve shall provide support to counter the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in Member States, ~~region~~businesses, especially SMEs and micro-entities including their employees, regions, local communities and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by that withdrawal, and to mitigate the related impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. The maximum resources for the Reserve shall be EUR 5 ~~370 994~~000 000 000 in ~~current~~2018 prices.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) a pre-financing amount of EUR 4 ~~244 832 000~~000 000 000 in 2018 prices shall be made available in 2021 in accordance with Article 8;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) additional amounts of EUR 1 ~~126 162 000~~000 000 000 in 2018 prices shall be made available in 2024 in accordance with Article 11.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) measures to assist businesses, especially SMEs and micro-entities, and local communities and regions adversely affected by the withdrawal;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) measures to support businesses, especially SMEs and micro entities and local communities and regions dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) measures to support employment, and job creation, especially in those regions and local communities most affected, with the aim of securing quality employment, social security and protection including through short-time work schemes, re-skilling and upskilling and training in affected sectors;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) measures to facilitate regimes for certification and authorisation of products, to assist in meeting establishment requirements, to facilitate labelling and marking, for example for safety, health and environmental and social standards, as well as to assist in mutual recognition, including additional personnel and infrastructure, especially digital infrastructure;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with applicable law, the implementation of gender equality, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Green Deal based on a just transition, the biodiversity objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, where relevant.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. Measures eligible under paragraph 1 ~~may receiv~~shall be additional to the support fpromvided under other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) technical assistance for the management, monitoring, information and communication, complaint resolution, and control and auditing of the Reserve;~~deleted

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall use the contribution from the Reserve to implement the measures referred to in Article 5 to provide non-repayable forms of support. The Union contribution shall take the form of reimbursement of eligible costs actually incurred and paid by Member States in implementing the measures and of flat-rate financing for technical assistance.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall pay the pre- financing within 6045 days of the date of the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2. It shall be cleared in accordance with Article 11.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) a description of the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in economic and social terms, especially on jobs and employment, including an identification of the regions, areas and sectors most affected;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) a description of the measures taken to counter the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, of the extent to which those measures alleviated the regional, local and sectoral impact referred to in point (a), and how they were implemented; a description of whether the measures created new high quality jobs in those regions and local communities particularly affected;

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) a description of the contribution of the measures to climate change mitigation and adaptation, the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, and the transition to a circular economy, where relevant.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a

~~(a) the total amount of eligible public expenditure (the ’accepted amount’);~~deleted

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. ~~Where the accepted amount exceeds both the amount of pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021 of the Member State concerned, an a~~Additional amounts shall be due to ~~that~~ Member States from the allocation referred to in Article 4(3), point (b), and any amounts carried over pursuant to Article 8(4).

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

~~In such a case, the Commission shall pay the amount exceeding the pre-financing paid to the Member State concerned or 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021, whichever is higher~~For the additional amounts, the allocation criteria for the pre-financing to be paid by the Commission to Member States shall apply, pursuant to Article 8(1) and as set out in Annex I.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Where the sum of the additional amounts for all Member States calculated pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph exceeds the resources available according to Article 4(3), point (b), the contributions from the Reserve shall be reduced proportionately.deleted

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. The independent audit body shall audit the system and carry out independent audits of financed measures in order to provide independent assurance to the Commission regarding the effective functioning of the management and control system and the legality and regularity of the expenditure included in the accounts submitted to the Commission.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Erik BERGKVIST, Victor NEGRESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

The independent audits of the financed measures shall cover expenditure on the basis of a sample. That sample shall be representative and based on statistical sampling methods.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0380(COD)

Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Victor NEGRESCU, Erik BERGKVIST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. By 30 June 2026, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the Reserve. The Commission shall evaluate to what extent Member States' measures alleviated the impact in particularly affected local communities, regions and sectors. The Commission may make use of all relevant information already available in accordance with Article 128 of the Financial Regulation.

2021/03/08
Committee: BUDG

2020/0371(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Article 4

4. Welcomes that the increase of EUR 185 million on top of the levels of the first DB as modified by Amending letter No 1/2020 obtained in the conciliation negotiations correspond to Parliament’s main political priorities; notes that the increases include EUR 60,3 million for the Connecting Europe Facility - Transport, EUR 42 million for LIFE, EUR 25,7 million for the Digital Europe Programme, EUR 6,6 million for the Rights and Values Programme, of which EUR 4,8 million is for Daphne), EUR 2,7 million for the Justice programme, EUR 25 million for Humanitarian Aid, as part of the EUR 500 million reinforcement for the period from 2021 to2027 as agreed in the context of the MFF, EUR 10,2 million for UNRWA under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and EUR 7,3 million for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office mainly for staff reinforcements; further notes that Amending letter No 1/2020 had already incorporated increases for the Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and EU4Health programmes to reflect the outcome of the MFF negotiations;

2020/12/14
Committee: BUDG

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy constitutes one of the most important policy objectives for the Union. On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. While fighting climate change and environmental degradation will benefit all in the long term and provides opportunities and challenges for all in the medium term, not all regions and Member States start their transition from the same point or have the same capacity to respond. Some are more advanced than others, whereas the transition entails a wider social ~~and economic~~, labour, economic and cultural impact for those regions that rely heavily on fossil fuels - especially coal, lignite, peat and oil shale - or greenhouse gas intensive industries and other energy intensive sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals, glass and transport, that will require significant support in order to adapt and modernize. Such a situation not only creates the risk of a variable speed transition in the Union as regards climate action, but also of growing disparities between regions, detrimental to the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be ~~fair and socially acceptable for all~~socially sustainable and acceptable for all and to improve welfare and living conditions. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences and enhance the positive ones, such as the creation of new, decent and sustainable jobs. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) This JTF is part of the wider Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP), which aims at meeting the considerable financing needs and additional investment required for the implementation of the objectives of the European Green Deal, which well exceed the conservative figure of EUR 260 billion stated by the Commission in December, which, as already expressed by the Commission, does not consider for instance the investment needs for climate adaptation and for other environmental challenges such as biodiversity, or the public investment needed to address social costs. There would be a need to add to this figure additional amounts ranging from 100 to 150 billion EUR/year for environmental protection and resource management and 142 bn EUR/year for social investments. The costs of deep decarbonisation are now far lower than the costs incurred from the effects of climate change. The European Commission had also already estimated that the investment gap would be as high as 529 billion Euros per year starting in 2021 (public and private), based on a scenario implying -47%of Greenhouse Gas for 2030, hence below the new targets announced in the new Climate Law Proposal. The EU Budget and the JTF are certainly not the only instruments fit to bridge that gap of hundreds of billions per year, but they must play a substantial role in bridging it.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) To cope with social imbalances and tensions between tradition and innovation caused by profound structural changes such as the current transition, and because environmental and ecological change requires social and behavioural change and thus must be balanced by an understanding of peoples’ needs and aspirations, the JTF should reflect social sustainability as a precondition to the sustainable development that underpins the European Green Deal. Given that society and nature are deeply interconnected, a successful paradigm shift to a climate-neutral economy that truly leaves no one behind and is socially just in the long term should rest in a dynamic correlation between social, economic and environmental sustainability. In order to contribute to sustainable social development as a way for long-term environmental and economic sustainability, while simultaneously advancing the European social model as a future-oriented asset, the JTF should be a promoter of equity and wellbeing, social cohesion and security, inter- and intra-generational solidarity and redistribution of wealth, equitable access to basic needs, social services and resources, decent livelihoods, quality jobs, socially sustainable businesses, civic engagement and participation in decision-making, as well as a sense of place and community belonging for the present and future generations. To this end, the JTF should rely on valid social sustainability indicators and multidimensional benchmarking for effective guidance and monitoring of its implementation.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions and should be conditional on the acceptance of the EU objective of climate neutrality by 2050 as well as the intermediate targets. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The resources from the JTF should complement and be additional in relation to the resources available under cohesion policy, without in any way reducing the resources available under the latter and therefore undermining its current objectives.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the JTF contributes to the respect and the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender equality objectives into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of operational programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value, the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into the labour market and into society.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and ~~employment~~to social sustainability. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate- neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of decent and sustainable jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. __________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be ~~possible~~required to prepare a self- standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources should be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+, which should be given additional resources for this purpose. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The JTF support should be conditional on the effective and measurable implementation of a transition process in a specific territory in order to achieve a climate-neutral economy by 2050. In that regard, Member States should prepare, ~~in cooperation~~together with the relevant stakeholders, including social partners, civil society and local actors, and supported by the Commission, territorial just transition plans, detailing the transition process, ~~consistently with their National Energy and Climate Plan~~including job creation measures, upskilling and reskilling and investments in local social and public infrastructures, consistently with their National Energy and Climate Plans, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights. To this end, the Commission should set up a Just Transition Platform, which would build on the existing platform for coal regions in transition to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experience on lessons learnt and best practices across all affected sectors.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act. In case the financial envelope of the JTF is significantly increased, the formula for regional allocation may be adapted to cover all the regions appropriate, including those where workers will be affected by the transition in a less direct manner.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)

(ea) a detailed list of the different partners and stakeholders consulted, including social partners, representing people living in the territory concerned, in particular workers;

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Manuel PIZARRO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Evelyn REGNER, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Klára DOBREV, Agnes JONGERIUS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State and conduct stakeholder’s consultation in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2019/2213(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

Other issues

2020/03/04
Committee: BUDG

2019/2213(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Reiterates its longstanding view that new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by reducing the appropriations of existing programmes; considers that this principle should also apply to amending budgets;

2020/03/04
Committee: BUDG

2019/2213(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Notes that, as the first year of the potentially agreed next MFF, the budget 2021 will be the first reflecting a new budgetary nomenclature; calls on the Commission to involve appropriately the budgetary authority in its preparation; believes that the new nomenclature, while being better aligned with the policy priorities, must be sufficiently detailed to allow the budgetary authority to fulfil effectively its decision-making role and Parliament in particular its democratic oversight and scrutiny roles;

2020/03/04
Committee: BUDG

2019/2213(BUD)

Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16 c. Notes that, as the arm of the budgetary authority directly elected by citizens, Parliament will fulfil its political role and put forward proposals for pilot projects and preparatory actions expressing its political vision for the future; commits itself, in this context, to proposing a package of pilot projects and preparatory actions developed in close cooperation with each of its committees so as to find the right balance between political will and technical feasibility, as assessed by the Commission;

2020/03/04
Committee: BUDG

2019/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recalls, for instance, the importante role of the Cohesion Funds in the implementation of the SDGs, as well as the European Pilar of Social Rights, in the Member States;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2211(INI)

Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the Member States and regions have different starting points when it comes to the transition and the efforts already made shall not be neglected; considers that the Just Transition Mechanism should ensure an adequate, inclusive and fair transition for all affected by environmental and climate transformation towards a neutral carbon economy;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2211(INI)

Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pierre LARROUTUROU, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to present a Sustainable Europe Investment Plan as a real catalyser to the necessary investments to deliver on the European Green Deal;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2211(INI)

Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Considers that flexibility of the Stability and Growth Pact should be further revised to take into account Member States' efforts supporting, through public investment, a fair and inclusive transition towards a competitive green and digital economy; reiterates that, as a contribution to an investment and counter-cyclical budget, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, Member States’ contributions to EU budget and/or national co-financing of EU programmes should be excluded from the national deficits calculations;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2211(INI)

Margarida MARQUES, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Invites the Commission to continue to enhance the democratic accountability of the European Semester. and invites Member States to involve national parliaments, social partners and relevant stakeholders to collaborate more closely with the European Parliament in the context of the European Semester on the macroeconomic policy coordination;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the Statute of the ECB, Article 2 of which lays down that, if the objective of price stability is achieved and is not called into question, its monetary policy must be placed at the service of the EU's objectives as defined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, which mentions explicitly 'improvement of the quality of the environment' as a Union objective, and that the ECB's stated desire to contribute actively to the success of the Green Deal in no way runs counter to the Treaties,

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, in its Communication of 14 January 2020, the Commission states that, if the Green Deal is to succeed, there is an annual shortfall of between EUR 260 and 500 billion in investment to be made up;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas, in order to contribute to financing the Green Deal, the European Investment Bank has announced its intention to halt investment in fossil fuels and to double green lending in order to bring the latter up to 50% of its balance sheet, but whereas this highly praiseworthy initiative will result in only EUR 16 billion in additional loans;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas, in order for the EIB- Climate Bank significantly to increase its loans, it needs to have fresh capital, but whereas many Member States do not want to increase their contributions to its capital;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas the ECB has stated its intention to green its balance sheet and take an active part in the success of the Green Deal;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)

Ee. whereas the ECB does not have the right to become a shareholder of the EIB, but whereas there is nothing to stop it making quasi-equity investments in the EIB by means of subrogated loans; whereas over the past four years, the ECB has increased its balance sheet by 2 600 billion and will increase it by a further 240 billion in 2020; whereas, if it provided 100 billion in quasi-equity investments, the ECB would boost the EIB's capital to 50 billion, which would enable the EIB- Climate Bank to pursue a much more ambitious lending policy;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)

1. Plans to work with the Commission to foster joint reflection by investigating the possibility of the ECB boosting the EIB's quasi-equity investments (or a subsidiary of the EIB dedicated specifically to the climate) to enable the EIB-Climate Bank to make a much bigger contribution to meeting the need for investment, which is estimated at between 260 and 500 billion;

2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement, ratified by the European Union on 5 October 2016,

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

- having regard to the Landscape review of the European Court of Auditors, entitled 'EU action on energy and climate change' (2017)

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication 'A Clean Planet for all - A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy' (COM (2018) 773),

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to ~~rise to th~~tackle climate challenge in a ~~way that~~ll its dimensions, as boostsing employment ~~and~~, strengthensing competitiveness, protecting biodiversity and promoting sustainable development inside and outside the Union; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020; highlights however that these amounts fall far short of meeting the needs for investment in this area as recalled by the European Commission, which estimates it between EUR 175 and 290 billion per year;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that budget 2020 has to be considered in the wider context of the current climate challenges that need to be addressed in the swiftest way; regrets that, under the current MFF, this budget has scarce resources; underlines that the EU needs to make all necessary efforts to fulfil its commitments pledged under the Paris Agreement;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to other budget lines related to Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SMEs, digitalisation, cancer research, security and justice cooperation, migration ~~and~~, external policy and development;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing the pressing priorities expressed above, and considering the very tight or inexistent margins under certain Headings in 2020, the Flexibility Instrument and the Global Margin for Commitments need to be fully mobilised, the Contingency Margin needs to be ~~partially~~ mobilised, and the possibility to re-use de- commitments for research laid down in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation needs to be used in full; also recalls that flexibilities set out in the MFF Regulation will lapse at the end of this period;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the importance of reinforcing the employability of young people and that the fight against youth unemployment requires substantial financial efforts; is determined to ensure ~~the proper~~additional funding for the YEI programme in the last year of the current MFF~~; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of this programme and to further improve its efficiency, so as to ensure that it brings more European added value to national employment policies~~ in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) programme in the next MFF ; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 363,3 million above DB levels in commitment appropriations for the YEI;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Intends to provide the European Environment Agency with additional resources, given the pivotal role of this agency to support sustainable development and measurable improvement in Europe's environment;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierre LARROUTUROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security ~~and~~, border control and the respect of fundamental rights, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO ~~and Frontex~~, Frontex and the Fundamental Rights Agency;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) ~~and Internal Security Fund (ISF)~~ and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million inof this programme commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III Regulation as it would forbid its use for the purpose of serving a human management of the migrant flows; underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recalls that, given the persisting security threats and the deterioration of the security environment at the EU’s Eastern borders as well as the challenging reforms Eastern European partners are confronted with, it is important to provide sufficient funding in support of stability, democracy and confidence-building and to step up efforts to support poverty reduction and economic development in the region; further recalls that the countries of the Southern neighbourhood need additional financial support, since they are facing enormous pressure, including the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the rise of extremism and the related refugee and migrant movements;

2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2019/2028(BUD)