13 Amendments of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2013/2017(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Shares the view expressed in the European Council conclusions of 15 March 2013 that "addressing unemployment is the most important social challenge facing us. Active employment, social and labour market policies therefore require special priority and attention in the present context and a particular priority must be given to promoting youth employment"; calls for ambitious budgetary allocations for this priority;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that the priority of the European budget in 2014 should be to sustain economic growth and competitiveness, boost employment and fight against youth unemployment; Recalls that growth is the key to create more jobs and increased prosperity and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds more efficiently towards promoting growth and job creation and to accelerate the payments of commitments;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls its resolution of 13 March 2013 in which it emphasises its determination to prevent any further shifts of payments from 2013 to the next MFF and makes the final adoption of an amending budget a precondition for the conclusions of the MFF negotiations, as well as it demands a political engagement from the Council that all legal obligations due in 2013 will be paid out by the end of this year; further stressed that more than a quarter of the draft amending budget 2/2013 (EUR 3 253 million) is aimed at honouring past and current commitments for the European Social Fund;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to act swiftly to facilitate the implementation of the ESF and of the PSCI to promote supportive active labour market policies and good labour policy mix to improve the transition rates back to employment, especially for the long-term unemployed while benefiting from the synergies of trans- border cooperation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to facilitate quick iInsists on prioritising the fight against youth unempleoymentation of in the 2014 budget; Calls for the Youth Employment Initiative and to use the full potential of ‘Your first EURES Job’to be "frontloaded" through utilisation in the first three years of the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework and to use the full potential of ‘Your first EURES Job’ and the targeted mobility schemes under the EURES axis of the PSCI to foster mobility and of the preparatory action ‘Activation measures targeting young people - implementing Youth on the Move initiative’ to put into operation the ‘youth guarantee’ schemes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the view that the EU budget should support vocational training and professional qualification measures through adequate budgetary allocations for the ESF and the "Erasmus for all" programme; recalls, in this regard, the proposal for a Council Recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee ;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the key role that a renewed EGF can play in improving the transition rates to employment given its strong focus on vocational training and career advice ; Urges the Commission to assure sufficient payment appropriations of at least 75 000 000 EUR on the budget line for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund; regrets that the lack of payment appropriations at the end of 2012 contributed to further delay in mobilisations of this fund ; recalls that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that, therefore, it deserves a dedicated allocation, which will avoid transfers to the extent possible from other budget lines, as has happened in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the policy objectives of the EGF; hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be integrated in the new Regulation on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014– 2020) and that greater efficiency, transparency and visibility of the EGF will be achieved;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for solid and accelerated commitment and payment appropriations for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in order to fight extreme poverty against the current rise of extreme poverty, and not less in real terms than the 2007-2013 annual allocation for the European food aid programme for deprived persons; considers that given the date on which invitations to tender must be issued and the deadlines for adoption of this Regulation and the preparation of the operational programmes, rules should be drawn up to facilitate a flexible transition in 2014, so as to avoid any interruption in supplies in winter 2013- 2014;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the role of the PSCI programme in supporting activities and best practice sharing concerning successful policy interventions and mechanisms to reduce and prevent long- term exclusion;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines that in the area of social inclusion the gender mainstreaming principles should apply since a higher percentage of women than men suffer from poverty because of exclusion from the labour market and because of the gender pay gap;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the 2014 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, as well as facilitate access to financing through the ‘Microfinance and social entrepreneurship’ axis of PSCI;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the 2014 budget should assure proper funding for OSHA and for the health and safety at work related strand in the PSCI programme in order to sustain and further promote high level of workers' protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to health and safety at work resulting from the economic and financial crisis. within the framework of a renewed 2014-2020 EU strategy for occupational health and safety;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that Article 312(4) TFEU foresees the application of the ceilings of the last year of the current MFF in case no agreement on the next MFF is reached in due time and Article 30 of the current inter-institutional agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management will apply, which means a prolongation of the 2013 ceilings, adjusted with a 2 % fixed deflator a year, until adoption of a new MFF regulation; reiterates, in this eventuality, its readiness to reach a swift agreement with the Council and the Commission on ensuring that the legal bases are in force for the implementation of EU programmes and policies in 2014 in particular for the new PSCI, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived ;