8 Amendments of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2013/2138(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with regret that the Italian authorities submitted the application for EGF financial contribution on 30 December 2011, supplemented by additional information up to 12 March 2013; notes and that its assessment was made available by the European Commission on 28 June 2013; regrets the lengthy evaluation period of 18 months;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Lombardia, Italy's most prosperous region, where a producing one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced, experiences decline in the manufacturing sectors due to the global financial and economic crisis: Lombardia's industrial production contracted in 2009 by 9.4% with direct consequences on the labour market causing an increase in the unemployment rate in Lombardia: 3,7 % in 2008, 5,4 % in 2009, 5,6 % in 2010, 5,8 % in 2011 and 7,5 % in 20123 , needs to tackle major structural challenges aggravated by the economic and financial crisis; welcomes the fact the Lombardia for the second time avails itself of EGF help to deal with economic and social difficulties;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Italian authorities to use the EGF support to its full potential and encourage the maximum number of workers to participate in the measures, recalls that early EGF interventions in Italy suffered from relatively low rate of budget implementation mainly due to low participation rates;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RecallStresses that the Commission has already statrecognised the impact of the economic and financial crisis on the enterprises operatingICT sector and that the EGF has supported workers dismissed in the ICTis sector4 (cases: EGF/2011/016 IT/Agile and EGF/2010/012 NL/Noord Holland);
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that to limit the social impact of the dismissals in ICT sector, extensive use was made of social safety nets such as the wage compensation fund (CIG) which provided financial benefits to workers in compensation of salary payments; notes with satisfaction that the Italian authorities have not requested any EGF support to finance subsistence allowances;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that training and re-training measures are not included in the coordinated package of personalised services given the fact that those measures will be financed through regional sources;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the coordinated package of personalised services, consulted with the social partners, contains measures relating to career advice and planning, mentoring, matching of skills and jobs as well as support for self-employment and traineeship;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the decision of the Council to block the extension of the "crisis derogation"Welcomes the agreement reached in the Council on reintroducing in the EGF implementing regulation, for the period 2014-2020, the crisis mobilisation criterion, which allows for the provision of financial assistance to workers made redundant as a result of the current financial and economic crisis in addition to those losing their job because of changes in global trade patterns, and allows for an increase in the rate of Union co-financing to 65% of the programme costs, for applications submitted after the 31 December 2011 deadline; calls on the Council to reintroduce this measure without delay;