10 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2009/2002(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion will help to underline the EU’s commitment to eradicating poverty and fighting social exclusion, a goal requiring policies to safeguard and promote high- quality public services, more jobs with rights, and fair redistribution of income and of wealth created,
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's intention to contribute to economic and social recovery, while recallingStresses that the principle of gender mainstreaming, as enshrined in the Amsterdam Treaty, should be accepted in the recovery planseconomic and social recovery plans announced by the Commission, meaning not only that a gender equality perspective should apply to measures designed specifically to promote equal opportunities, but also that it should be incorporated in all policies and at all levels of the budgetary process by means of gender budgeting;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. SupportNotes the proposal of the Commission to increase the appropriations of heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and employment) compared to the 2009 budget by about 9 % to enhance the key initiatives contributing to the European Economic Recovery Plan, the Lisbon Strategy and the Lifelong Learning Programme, but maintains that support has to be increased with a view both to creating employment with rights and to promoting micro-scale, small, and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the time of unemployment should be devoted to obtaining further qualifications with a view to enhancing employability and thus to minimising the impact of economic and social changes or of a crisis on individual workers; points out that the unemployed must, in every case, receive social support enabling them to maintain a decent standard of living while they are seeking employment with rights;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of the employment pillar of the PROGRESS programme for the coordination of employment policies at European level, in particular at this time of crisis, and, consequently, increases the payments of budget line 04 04 01 01 to enhance socially responsible management of change, for example concerning the necessary restructuring of the European car industry and other industries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Moreover, underlines the importance of other employment-related pilot projects such as the Pan-European Coordination of Integration Methods for the Roma (13 03 21), and of a pilot project to enable precarious work to be turned into work with rights;
Amendment 10 #
4. Calls for greater emphasis to be placed on the reconciliation of family and working life in the preparation of the preliminary draft budget with a view to facing demographic challenges and meeting the Lisbon targets on employment of women, to enable them to fully enjoy all their rights and, in particular, to combat wage discrimination;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater financial resources to be allocated to the combating of violence against women and stresses the need for effective measures to safeguard human rights and promote high-quality public services and employment rights, so as to combat social inequalities and the poverty which mainly affects women and children;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that special attention should be paid to trafficking in human beings, in particular women and girls, when examining strengthening of internal and international security, and reaffirms the need to provide greater support for the victims of this practice;