Activities of Samira RAFAELA related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - General Introduction - Total expenditure - General statement of revenue - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Amendments (9)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for people, particularly young people, families, workers and businesses, particularly SMEs; highlights in this regard the crucial role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the mainkey drivers for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable recovery, as well as of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and social exclusion, in particular affecting children and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and has worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families; insists on the need to tackle territorieconomic, social, intersectional, territorial, generational and regional disparities;
Amendment 27 #
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for lifelong learning and up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, in particular the most deprived, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve high employment levels, particularly creating better opportunities for young people, adequate social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy; welcomes the transfer from REACT-EU of an additional EUR 10,8 billion to cohesion in 2022, of which 30 % will be allocated to the ESF +; urges the Member States to quickly deploy these resources to mitigate the social impacts of the crisis;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation byWelcomes the Youth Employment Support Package, particularly the reinforced Youth Guarantee and stresses the need for Member States to implement this by investing relevant EU funds available for their education, training, upskilling and employment; Recalls the obligation for all Member States to allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF + resources to targeted actions to implement the Youth Guarantee and for Member States with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people not in employment, education or training to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Members States to make the best use of the directly managed strand of the ESF+, the Employment and Social Innovation strand for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adopted European Child Guarantee aimed at ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to free healthcare, education, early childhood education and care as well as decent housing and adequate nutrition; Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee; highlights, in this regard, the importance of Member States’ investment of EU funds in combatting child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EGF will offer one- off assistance to dismissplaced workers to find another job as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; Underlines the importance of the revised application requirements and eligibility criteria in the EGF Regulation, lowering the minimum threshold of workers made redundant or of self-employed persons from 500 to 200;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the important role the revised European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers (EGF) can play in supporting and reskilling workers made redundant as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis; believes Member States should make use of the Fund and widely disseminate information on the possibilities for support to workers and their representatives;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Strongly believes that gender and disability inclusive budgeting must be mainstreamed in the 2022 general budget to better align policies and activities that promote the equal participation of women and people with disabilities in the labour market and to have comprehensive systems to monitor and measure such budgetary allocations in line with the EU’s commitments under the European Gender Equality and Disability Rights Strategies and the UNCRPD;