4 Amendments of Kim VAN SPARRENTAK related to 2022/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft report
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are currently 96.5 million people in the EU at risk of poverty and social exclusion, which represents 21.9 % of the population. whereas about 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9 % of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey; whereas overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty; whereas energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union1; whereas these numbers are certain to increase as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, Russia’s decision not to deliver gas to Poland and Bulgaria, and the impact of the necessary sanctions against the Russian Federation;
Amendment 29 #
Draft report
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that ESF+ is expected to contribute to the implementation of the EPSR Action Plan and to the relevant country specific recommendations adopted in the framework of the Semester to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions, social protection and inclusion; reminds that programs decided and their envelops should be respected and calls for fresh money to fulfil the new tasks stemming from Action Plan; calls therefore for a reinforced ESF+ with significantly increased public support for existing instruments aimed at the poorest in our society, in particular actions aimed at the most deprived (continuation of FEAD);
Amendment 46 #
Draft report
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that, while crisis response measures are necessary and useful, cohesion policy is not a crisis response tool; is concerned that cohesion policy is increasingly being used to reinforce other policies and to make up for shortcomings in budgetary flexibility or crisis response mechanisms in the MFF; emphasises that cohesion policy is one of the priorities of the Union, has long-term investment objectives linked to the EU’s strategic agenda, in particular the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, and should not be used to replenish funding for other policies; calls, therefore, for cohesfunding levels to be readjusted, and in particular for additional funding levels to be preserved in the budgetfor cohesion policy amount to around at least 30% of the investment gap for energy efficiency investments until 2030 for a spending targeted at enhancing energy efficiency of the worst performing residential buildings for upfront investments with a special attention on technical assistance to allow for the bundling of projects to ensure timely and efficient uptake in response to the sharp rise in energy prices putting low income households in a difficult position;
Amendment 58 #
Draft report
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Recalls the successful implementation of the SURE instrument at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped Member States cover the costs related to the creation or extension of national short-time work schemes; calls on the Commission to re- establish such an instrument in the context of the current social crisis in order to protect people in work and jobs and make it permanent as long as needed in times of crisis.