14 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the 2019 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area and the successful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly when it comes to combating youth and long-term unemployment, rising inequalities, social exclusion and poverty, in particular child poverty; stresses, in this regard, that the 2019 budget cannot be understood outside the context of the 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights that youth unemployment in certain Member States remains unacceptably high in the European Union and that the situation of young people in NEET situations (not in education, employment, or training) and the long-term unemployed, is particularly worrying; highlights that young people are the group most at risk of poverty and social and economic exclusion; emphasises that, in order to address these issues, it is of the utmost importance to ensure continued, increased and timely funding of the Youth Guarantee through the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), as well as adequate support to measures tackling inequalities, also beyond employment, through the ESF;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CNotes the European Commission’s proposal of an increase for the YEI of EUR 233,3 million for 2019; but considers that the overall YEI budget is still not sufficient to ensure that the Youth Guarantee reaches its targets, and therefore calls for the commitment appropriations of the YEI to be maintained for 2019 at the same level as for 2018, i.e EUR 350 million;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that Heading 3 has been largely mobilized in the recent years to address the migratory and refugee crisis and that such actions should continue for as long as needed; calls on the Commission to actively monitor the adequacy of allocations under Heading 3 and make full use of all available instruments to respond in a timely manner to any unforeseen event that might require additional funding in the area of migration; decides to reinforce the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund to fully cover the needs of the Union in the field of migration, notably to support Members States in improving integration measures and practices for migrants, including family reunification that fosters social inclusion and integration, and paying particular attention to child-right compliant returns’ policy that has the best interests of the child as a primary consideration; notes, once again, that the Heading 3 ceiling is inadequate to provide appropriate funding to the internal dimension of those priorities, as well as to other priority programmes, for example in the field of culture; considers that willingness of local authorities to do more than planned in their National Programme under shared management, to support the Union Resettlement Programme, should be further supported through the direct management strand of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF);considers that the AMIF line aimed at strengthening and developing the common European asylum system and enhancing solidarity and responsibility- sharing between the Member States should focus at reinforcing child protection to provide adequate services and sustainable solution for children that are in the children’s best interest, notably fostering alternatives to detention;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that youth unemployment rates remain unacceptably high in the Union; emphasises that, in order to address this issue, it is of importance to ensure proper funding of the Youth Guarantee schemes through YEI and the European Social Fund (ESF); welcomes the agreement on the need to provide fresh funding for YEI, and the inclusion of the corresponding appropriations in the DB 2019; considers nevertheless that, given the challenges and risks posed by youth unemployment, YEI should benefit from increased appropriations and therefore decides to bring YEI to EUR 580 million in commitments in 2019; considers that this increase is in addition to the amount for YEI currently programmed for the 2014-2020 period; underlines that Parliament would be open to considering that this increase above DB 2019 may not be submitted to the corresponding ESF matching in order to facilitate its implementation without the need to reprogramming the ESF;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recalls that the Union has committed to comprehensively protect and promote the rights of the child in its external policy; stresses the importance of implementing the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in European Union external relation; ; in this spirit, deems it appropriate to dedicate 10% of the resources available under humanitarian aid to access to education in crisis areas.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls for enhanced Union support to the Middle East Peace process, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA, in line with its resolution of 8 February 2018 on the situation of UNRWA9 [1], in view of the worsening situation on the ground and the decision of the United States to drastically reducwithdraw its annual contribution to the agency; specifies that the proposed increase its engagement; _________________ 9 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0042.xclusively dedicated to UNRWA in order to compensate the relevant loss;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. WelcomNotes the decision of 25 September 2018 of the General Court confirming the Parliament’s refusal to grant access to documents relating to MEPs’ subsistence allowances, travel expenses and parliamentary assistance allowances (Judgment in Cases T-639/15 to T-666/15 Maria Psara and Others v Parliament and T-94/16 Gavin Sheridan v Parliament);
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64 a. Recalls its request to the Bureau to take actions for a full alignment of allowance rates incurred in respect of duty travel between Parliament’s three places of work between officials, other servants and APAs as from next legislative term; considers that no rise of the parliamentary assistance envelope is needed for this purpose;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 b (new)
Paragraph 64 b (new)
64 b. With a view to next parliamentary term, calls again on the Conference of Presidents to revise the Implementing provisions governing the work of delegations and missions outside the European Union, considering the possibility for APAs, subject to certain conditions, to accompany Members on official Parliament Delegations and Missions;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)
Paragraph 66 a (new)
66 a. Reiterates its call to find a workable solution, fully respecting the Staff Regulations, for those APAs who, having worked for two parliamentary terms in the end of the current term, will not been titled to access to the European pension rights scheme, when they will reach the pension age, since they will be lacking some time out of the ten years'service needed, due to early elections in 2014 and the delays in the validation of the APAs new contracts because of heavy workload during the periods after the elections of 2009 and 2014;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68 a. Demands, for the implementation of the requirements of EP resolution of 26th of October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU, further support to cover the cost of the external expertise needed to widen the external audit that has been implemented on the “Advisory committee”, dealing with harassment complaints concerning members of the European Parliament, to the “Staff advisory committee for Parliament’ staff” on harassment prevention; demands as well, for the same purpose, for further support to cover the cost of additional staff competent to manage the harassment cases within the EP, gathering in a dedicated service staff with medical, psychological, legal, and human resources management background, and specific expertise in this field;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Maintains unchanged the overall level of the Ombudsman’s budget for 2019 as proposed by the Commission in the DBIncrease only one line above DB in line with the creation of 2 additional posts to cope with an increase in the workload;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Decides not to restore the DB in the line cut by the Council, due to a high increase of the total budget as compared to the previous year;