5 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2013/2042(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, in a time of increasing demand for social services, financial pressure on regional and local authorities due to financial constrains mayis haveing a negative effect on social cohesion and employment, therefore preventing the achievement of the Europe 2020 goals;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that at the end of 2012, EUR 4,2 billion payment claims could not be honoured for the European Social Fund and are being paid using the 2013 envelope; stresses the negative impact of such rolling over on the implementation on the treasury situation of local and regional authorities and of beneficiaries; stresses further that the EUR 3 253 million foreseen for the ESF in the draft amending budget No 2/2013 is a bare minimum and therefore demands a political engagement from the Council that all legal obligations due in 2013 will be paid out by the end of this year;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that cohesion policy is an important factor boosting public and private investment, thus contributing simultaneously to economic growth in the Union as a whole and not only into the catching up of the regions directly benefitting from it;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that EU economic governance should be flexible enough to allow for the pro-growth and job-creating investments supported by cohesion policy; is of the opinion that public expenditure related to the implementation of programmes co-financed by the Structural and Investment Funds should be excluded from the Stability and Growth Pact limitations because they are expenditures devoted to supporting competitiveness, growth and job creation, particularly with regard to young people;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. ICalls ofn the opinionCommission to ensure that public expenditure related to the implementation of programmes co-financed by the Structural and Investment Funds shouldincurred by Member States by way of co-financing of programmes co-financed by the Structural Funds is not included in the public or equivalent structural expenditure taken into account under partnership agreements for the purpose of ascertaining that the Stability and Growth Pact is being complied with, given that the latter expenditure constitutes an obligation deriving directly from the observance of additionality, a principle central to Cohesion Policy; considers, therefore, that public expenditure incurred by Member States in the form of co- financing of programmes co-financed by the Structural Funds must be excluded from the SGP limitations because they areis is expenditures devoted to supporting competitiveness, growth and job creation, especially where youth employment is concerned;