9 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the call for the use of the gender budgeting approach in assessing and restructuring all budget programmes, measures and policies, in determining to what extent resources are allocated in gender equal or unequal ways and ultimately in achieving gender neutrality, whereby equal consideration is given regardless of gender;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to make financial resources available so that the issue of the persisting gender pay gap can be - aside from properly implementing EU legislation - more effectively addressed by means of awareness-raising and targeted training actions in the Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the EU budget must reflect the Union's fundamental values and that funding for human rights must therefore be at least maintained at current levels; emphasises that proposals for the establishment of a European endowment for democracy must be realised within the ordinary budgetary framework ensuring full parliamentary involvement and oversight;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to provide adequate support for the neighbouring South Mediterranean countries, to help them make the transition to democracy and build democratic institutions, including support for civil society; stresses that this should not, however, be at the expense of the Union's commitment to the countries in its Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 a (new)
- measures aimed at developing indicators to evaluate equality of women and men in local life; - measures aimed at involving women professionals in ecological transformation and green collar jobs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the need to provide more flexibility and ensure better-targeted assistance, particularly aimed at civil society, including local level, so as to promote a bottom-up approach; calls also for a comprehensive efficiency analysis of ENPI in coordination with other instruments, with the aim of making better use of financial instruments available in the EU's relations with southern and eastern neighbours and of ensuring that development assistance is used adequately in beneficiary countries; calls likewise for a critical analysis of the lending activities and policies of the European Investment Bank before it is given a more prominent role in EU support for neighbouring countries, in particular in the Southern Mediterranean;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Demands on the European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) policy to prioritise aid and financial assistance for women victims of gender- based violence perpetrated during conflicts;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that, given its high European added value, support for the Lifelong Learning programme should be continued and increased in 2012, because of its strong contribution to the flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘Innovation Union’; stresses in particular that, given the growing number of people in adult education in Europe, Grundtvig, which currently represents only 4% of the allocations in the Lifelong Learning Programme, should be reinforced;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Asks the Commission to collect demographic data of the beneficiaries of the cohesion policy, the European Social Fund notably, in order to monitor the real impact of the funds provided for human capital development and job market insertion, keeping in mind the particularly worrying problem of youth unemployment;