Activities of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for 2020 - all sections (debate)
2020 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that effective and carefully considered employment policy enhancements reflecting demographic and automation challenges, accompanied by well-targeted investment strategies and responsible fiscal policies, continue to be an important precondition for sustainable growth which is the key factor leading to quality employment and boosting upward social convergence and cohesion;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that youth remains an overarching priority for the Union budget. Highlights that despite the positive trends towards a decline in youth unemployment rates in the Union, the lack of future opportunities for young people is a real social emergency in certain parts of the Union, with significant disparities across the Member States and regions; decides therefore to reinforce the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) above the level proposed by the Commission, also in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in the next MFF; also reinforces the financial resources to meet future demand for Erasmus+, the primary programme for education and training, including vocational education and training, youth and sport in Europe; recalls its commitment to triple the funding for Erasmus+ in the MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reinforces the financial resources to meet future demand for Erasmus+, the primary programme for education and training, including vocational education and training, youth and sport in Europe; stresses that Erasmus+ is a key flagship programme of the Union that is widely known among its citizens and has delivered tangible results with a clear European added value; stresses the capacity of the programme to absorb immediately any additional resources allocated granted in next year’s budget, due to its very high implementation rate; recalls its commitment to triple the funding for Erasmus+ in the MFF 2021- 2027; emphasises, in this context, the need to continue and further reinforce the DiscoverEU preparatory action, in view of its programmed integration in the 2021- 2027 Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills policies and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by a common birth-rate policy and improved integration of potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Concludes that, for the purpose of adequately financing the pressing priorities expressed above, and considering the very tight or inexistent margins under certain Headings in 2020, the Flexibility Instrument and the Global Margin for Commitments need to be fully mobilised, the Contingency Margin needs to be partially mobilised, and the possibility to re-use de-commitments for research laid down in Article 15(3) ofwhile part of it also remains available for the Ffinancial Regulation needs to be used in fullng of unforeseen events that may occur in the course of next year; also recalls that flexibilities set out in the MFF Regulation will lapse at the end of this period;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the need to fully re-use decommitments for research as laid down in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; strongly regrets that the Council rejects again the application of this legislative provision that the Commission proposed to activate partly in the DB; declares its intention to insist on its position that reflects both the letter and the spirit of the Financial Regulation; intends to resolve this issue in this year’s budgetary conciliation; proposes to fully reuse these decommitments to reinforce four budget lines of the Horizon 2020 programme with the highest level of climate-related research activity;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Is convinced that the fight against cancer should be an absolute priority for the Union, and that significant efforts need to be stepped up in this direction; underlines the fact that cancer research is an important pillar in this process; adopts, therefore, an increase of financial resources to be earmarked for cancer research under the relevant budget lines of Horizon 2020 that also demonstrate a very high budgetary execution; stresses that research intensifies in this field without any delay, also in view of more substantial investments anticipated in the next MFF;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the Subheading; points in that regard to SMEs, which are an essential part of the Union economy and play a crucial role in job creation in all Member States; adopts, in this context, an increase to the COSME programme, in order to further boost the programme's potential in promoting entrepreneurship, improving the competitiveness and access to markets of Union enterprises, and calls for emphasis to be placed on the digital transformation of SMEs; recalls that the proposed allocation in the DB for COSME was even below what was foreseen in the financial programming and adopts an increase of EUR 50 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels; emphasises that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme, with a volume of applications that far exceeds the funding available, and that it helps foster a strong sense of shared European identity; adopts, therefore, an increase of EUR 123,4 million in commitment appropriations above DB levels, in order to fight the low success rates and allow for more people to benefit from this programme;