7 Amendments of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2013/2139(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Italian authorities submitted the application for EGF financial contribution on 5 November 2012, supplemented by additional information up to 5 March 2013; notes and that its assessment was made available by the European Commission on 28 June 2013; welcomes the relatively speedy evaluation period of 7 months;
Amendment 2 #
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 automobile manufacturing sector which has been a subject of the motive sector and that this sector had the largest numberous EGF of applications with 16 previous EGF automotive cases, of which 7 are based on trade related globalisation3(16) for EGF support;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. 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 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the dismissals were covered by the wage compensation fund (CIG), Italian social safety net, which provided financial benefits to workers in compensation of salary payments; notes that the Italian authorities have requested EGF support to finance subsistence allowances, however, of additional value to usual welfare payments available under Italian labour law for unemployed;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the EGF should in the future be primarily allocated to training and job search as well as occupational orientation programs, and its financial contribution to allowances should always be of additional nature and in parallel to what is available to dismissed workers by virtue of national law or collective agreements; recalls in this context the conclusion of the Court of Auditors in the Special Report No 7/2013 on EGF that "One third of EGF funding compensates national workers' income support schemes, with no EU added value" and the recommendation that such measures should be limited in the future;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the fact that the social partners were consulted on the design of the package and the a steering committee will monitor the implementation of the package;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to include in future applications the following information concerning the training measures to be supported by EGF: types of training provided, in which sectors and if the offer matches the anticipated skills needs in the region/locality and if is aligned with future economic prospects of the region;