6 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2014/2059(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports both the EU Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative as crucial means to fighting the dramatically high level of youth unemployment; welcomes the recent steps taken by the Commission to assist Member States in the prompt programming of measures financed under the Youth Employment Initiative; Highlights the importance of initiatives in the field of employment among young people and that the proper, effective and rapid implementation of the programmes concentrated on fundings at an early stage can ensure economic growth and create jobs, particularly for youngsters;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the fact that the tight 2014- 2020 ceilings in payments remain a crucial problem for the EU budget, having negative effects on economic recovery given that late payments are harmful primarily to direct beneficiaries; recalls the need to ensure, in the light of implementation, the orderly progression of payments so as to concomitantly deliver on both the payments stemming from past commitments and those resulting from prefinancing to promptly launch the new programmes, and to avoid any abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL) onto the 2015 budget; urges, in this connection, the Council to adopt in full draft amending budget no 3/2014, as submitted by the Commission, in order for the EU budget to have maximum impact in terms of investment on the ground; Underlines that the various flexibility mechanisms included in the MFF Regulation must be used, where appropriate; Intends to continue monitoring the overall status of payments, particularly in relation to the high level of payments still needed to complete the previous MFF programmes; Underlines that the contingency margin must be considered, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 13 of the MFF Regulation; Calls for a quicker implementation of this mechanism when needed;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls its view that the fiscal situation of the Member States can be easimproved through a new system of own resources to finance the Union budget that will reduce gross national income (GNI) contributions, thus enabling Member States to meet their consolidation efforts without jeopardisof the EU budget financing, reducing contributions based on gross national income, thereby allowing Member States to carry out efforts to strengthen without putting threatening EU funding to support investment in economic recovery and reform measures; underlines, therefore,thus, stresses the importance it attaches to the new high- level group onto its own resources, which should lead to a trugenuine reform of EU financunding;.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, in the framework of its 2015 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) to be published in November 2014, to fully address and underline the role of the EU budget in the European Semester process by providing factual and concrete data on its triggering, catalytic, synergetic and complementary effects on overall public expenditure at local, regional and national level; Urges the Commission and Member States to monitor and report on the impact of the healthcare system reforms in order to ensure inclusion, prioritize prevention and early intervention methods and provide equal access, as recommended in the AGS;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls, furthermore, on the Commission, in its next AGS, to provide a full and complete picture of what has been achieved as a result of the implementation of the Compact for Growth and Jobs, adopted at the European Council meeting of June 2012, and to present new proposals on the role which the EU budget could play in further stimulating growth and job creation; Calls on the Commission and Member States to address the low participation in the labor market of disadvantaged groups, including persons belonging to minorities (eg Roma citizens) who come from the poorest micro or living with disabilities; Calls on the Commission and Member States also to address the unequal distribution of employment across regions and social groups and the effects of fiscal consolidation on vulnerable social groups, which require Member States to continue their efforts; stresses that efforts regarding structural reforms must still be made and the monitoring of these efforts must be ensured in order to ensure the effectiveness of reforms and consolidate progress; encourages the adoption and implementation of programmes of structural reforms to promote convergence and competitiveness at national and European level and enhance sustainable growth and promote employment;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the commitment by the President-elect of the Commission to deliver on the Commission’s roadmap entitled ‘Towards a genuine economic and monetary union’ of 5 December 2012; believes that any additional funding or instruments, such as a solidarity mechanism, must be an integral part of the EU budget, but over and above the agreed MFF ceilings. Reaffirms that increased economic cooperation should be accompanied by a financial mechanism based on incentives; believes that any funding or additional tools such as a solidarity mechanism must be part of the EU budget, while remaining outside of the package agreed in the multiannual financial framework (MFF);