Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that growth is the key to more jobs and increased prosperity and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds more effectively towards promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that youth unemployment rates remain verunacceptably high in the Union and that the situation of unemployed young people, especially the persons who are not in education, employment, or training (NEETS), is particularly worrying; emphasises that, in order to address this issue, it is of high importance to ensure the proper and timely funding of the Youth Guarantee schemes through the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fund; in this regard, stresses the importance of the agreed fresh funding of EUR 500 million for the YEI for 2017;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the YEI, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); welcomes the increases proposed for EGF (+2 % in commitment appropriations) and FEAD (+1,9 % in commitment appropriations); however, regrets the significant proposed reduction of EUR 40 million in payment appropriations for the FEAD in addition to a reduction to its support expenditure;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the EUR 72,8 million funding proposed by the Commission for the European Solidarity Corpse (appropriations are to be entered into the reserve until such time as the basic act is adopted by the legislator), EUR 2,5 million being provided in 2018 by the Progress axis of the EaSi; notes with concern the proposed EUR 11,1 million redeployment from the ESF to contribute to the Corps´ funding for 2018 and believes that such funding should instead be covered by the Global Margin for Commitments;