7 Amendments of Lívia JÁRÓKA related to 2023/0000(BUD)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the budget should support policies and measures to facilitate the labour market transition, create quality employment, further develop resilient social systems, reduce poverty, promote inclusion policies, close the employment and pay gap between men and women and increase upward social convergence across the Union so that no one is left behind; notes in particular that investment in lifelong learning, reskilling and upskilling is essential to address the green and digital transition; welcomes in this context the 2023 Porto Social Forum conclusions highlighting – in the framework of the European Year of Skills – how robust policies on skills, education and training can create better employment, swifter integration in the labour market and foster social inclusion, and consequently boost the resilience and competitiveness of the EU´s economy and society; calls for financial support to the creation of local strategies for skills and skills development hubs in cooperation with employment agencies of cities, regions, municipalities; insists on the importance of investing in social inclusion and measures for children and young people; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people living in social exclusion and disadvantaged circumstances, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, the unemployed, and people displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine, is paramount;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that social investment and funding should be conditional on the socio-economic circumstances only and to adhere to the goal of an economically and socially sustainable, just, inclusive and non-discriminatory recovery, it should not be conditional on political stances and ideologies, that it is crucial that all regions have access to funding based on its own specific needs in order to ensure equal access to education, training and employment and as a consequence;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation for Member States with a rate of young people who are not in employment, education or training that is higher than the Union average to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on Member States to make the best use of the Employment and Social Innovation strand (EaSI) of ESF+ for investment in social innovation and for stimulating inclusive labour mobility; expects that EaSi will reach its full working regime in 2024 now that its budgeting is back in line with programming;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its calls to urgently increase the funding of the European Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion; recalls also its position that all Member States should use at least 5 % of the ESF+ resources under share-management to targeted actions to combat child poverty, in particular in cases of children coming from disadvantaged family background and living circumstance, prioritise and support the implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2024 of EUR 1,486 billion; highlights its importance for addressing the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekersand training to jobseekers and the unemployed;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the target in the Porto Declaration of 7 May 2021 to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030; takes note that, in 2024, EUR 4.8 billion of the ESF+ budget under shared management would need to be spent on food aid and basic material assistance for the most deprived persons, exceeding the actual objective of 4% and highlighting the worrying increase in the number of deprived persons and poverty;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to develop a proper strategy for the mainstreaming of social objectives in Union spending, defending EU citizens rights and fund; considers that a social mainstreaming methodology in the Union budget would be necessary in order to ensure that all Union-funded policies are compliant with the social standards defined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, and that all Union spending contributes to European social objectives or at least does not work contrary to those objectives; furthermore emphasises the importance of the monitoring of these funds, calls of the Commission to ensure that the funds reach those in need directly or indirectly and does not stay in the hands of municipalities that would allocate these resources for projects not in line with the goal of the funding and support.