31 Amendments of Giovanni COLLINO
Amendment 154 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Very much wonders, therefore, whether the DB presented by the Commission constitutes an appropriate and updated answer to the current challenges facing the EU, not least in the context of the ongoing events in the Southern Mediterranean; recalls its strong call for an appropriate and balanced answer to these challenges, inwith a view to improving the management of legal migration and slowing down illegal migration, with sufficient funding and support tools to handle emergency situations made available in a spirit of full respect of internal protection rules and human rights and solidarity amongst all Member States; highlights in particular the role and support of the European Refugee Fund, including emergency measures in the event of mass influxes of refugees, and greatly regrets that the Commission did not propose any increase for this fund beyond what was initially foreseen in the financial programming;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital 1
Recital 1
A. whereas, with a view to countering the adverse impact of globalisation on workers affected by collective redundancies and to showing its solidarity towards such workers, as well as helping them to find work again, the European Union set up a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (hereinafter 'EGF') to provide financial support for personalised programmes to re- integrate redundant workers into the labour market; whereas the EGF has a maximum annual amount of EUR 500 million, drawn either from any margin existing under the global expenditure ceiling of the previous year or from cancelled commitment appropriations for the two previous years, excluding those relating to heading 1b of the financial framework,
Amendment 5 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an analysis of the funds mobilised under the EGF between 2007 and the end of the first half of 2009 highlights the shortcomings of the original regulmodest use of the appropriations, with only EUR 80 million having being mobilised, out of a total of EUR 1.5 billion theoretically available, for 18 applications submitted on behalf of 24 431 workers by eight Member States; whereas those shortcomings are also reflected in the huge disparity, accompanied by differences between the amounts initially allocated and those finally implemented, with EUR 24.8 million (39.4% of the appropriations mobilised) having subsequently been paid back in the case of the first 11 applications,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the limited use made of the EGF for the EU's poorest regions stems from varying national strategies linked to the co-financing rates available under the ESF and the EGF and from the difficulties involved in establishing the precise status of potential beneficiaries before a decision is taken at European level,
Amendment 15 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the 27 decisions taken between 2007 and April 2010 were all favourable and the amounts authorised were the same as those proposed by the Commission, even in cases where Parliament had expressed doubts as to their appropriateness,
Amendment 17 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 28 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the long-term increase in the number of applications for EGF funding and the difficulties experienced in implementing the EGF mobilisation and deployment procedure call for improvements to be made to the fund's procedural and budgetary arrangements at the earliest opportunity; calls, accordingly, on the Commission to bring the submission of its mid-term evaluation forward to 30 June 2011 and to submit at the same time a proposal for the revision of the EGF Regulation, in order to remedy the fund's most obvious shortcomings before the end of the current multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 36 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 40 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so that the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications may do so without delay, and that the Commission should assign additional staff to processing applications submitted by Member States and should scrupulously observe the time limit of 15 days between the adoption of a mobilisation decision and the payment of the financial contribution to the Member State; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to assess experience of the efficiency and effectiveness of the resources used and to use information on the subject to formulate proposals for revision of the EGF Regulation with the aim of reducing the time required to implement assistance from the fund;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Undertakes, for its part, to simplify its decision-making process by stipulating that, in the absence of objections by the Committee on Budgets or the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Commission proposals will be voted on at the first part-session following the month in which they are submitted, where appropriate grouped into batches, as explicitly provided for in the regulation establishing the EGF;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, over and above these improvements to the procedure, the period of validity of the derogation inserted in 2009 with a view to assisting workers who lose their jobs as a result of the economic and financial crisis should be extended until the end of the current multiannual financial framework and that the co-financing rate should be raised from 50% to 65%, given that the underlying causes on which their approval was based are very far from having been removmaintained, and that ESF Convergence Objective regions should be eligible for 75% co- financing under the EGF, in order to diminish the current bias in favour of the ESFt 65%;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of the ESF as an instrument for supporting employment and increasing social cohesion; considers it vital, therefore, to improve the present discipline of the ESF and identify ways of rendering more effective the implementation of the measures for which it provides, focusing inter alia on personalised retraining of redundant workers;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that youth is tremendously important both now and for the future of the EU, and that it should be given particular attention in the course of defining our mid-and long-term priorities; points out that youth, in all its related aspects, represents a key resource for EU and should be seen as a cross-policon which the EU should focus and which should be seen as a cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary theme;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that youth policyies must be defined broadly, encompassing the ability of individuals to cha and take the following concerns into account: a) mobility, in the form of freedom of movement for young people throughout the European Union and the possibility of varyinge positions and status several times throughout their lives, switching without restriction amongbetween different settings such as apprenticeships, and academic or professional environand working environments; b) formal, non-formal and peer learning, including via agreed methodologies for the assessments and vocational trainingalidation of these tools; c) the development of new professional skills, and particularly those linked to research and technological innovation;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11a new
Paragraph 11a new
11a. Believes that instruments promoting the study of languages and intercultural dialogue must be introduced and form the centrepiece of public sector youth measures; these could generate an increase in awareness of European issues among the public, aimed at the acquisition of an increasingly rooted European identity;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that mobility, as a freedom enshrined in the treaties and an essential condition for the functioning of a genuine internal market within the EU, must be regarded as aone of the prerequisites for all support actions in favour of youth; considers innovation and research to be empty shells if mobility is not fully granted, and is determined to shape the EU budget as a lever for increasedstresses, therefore, the importance of structuring the EU budget to reflect, inter alia, the increase in youth mobility;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is of the opinion that support for entrepreneurship and SMEs is a cornerstone of EU policy on youth and innovation; recalls that it has put forward; moreover, despite recalling the relevance of the several pilot projects and preparatory actions in recent yearsconducted with the aim of supporting young entrepreneurs, promotingbelieves that suitable budgetary resources must be channelled towards further projects in support of youth enterprise start-ups and entrepreneurial creativity, developing in particular the culture of entrepreneurship, not least in view of the change in the global economic environment, encourages interconnections between SMEs and, calls for enhancinged worker mobility, and underlines that it will closely monitor the legislative proposals to be presented following the completion of these projects and actions;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a new
Paragraph 32 a new
32a. Emphasises that the continuing process of ageing in agriculture dictates that efforts be made towards generational turnover, with a view to keeping agriculture competitive and able to meet the new environmental challenges post-Copenhagen;
Amendment 89 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a new
Paragraph 35 a new
35a. Believes it essential, as part of furthering an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, to strengthen the policy on immigration and support for the integration of immigrants. To that end, considers that action to harmonise the immigration policies of individual Member States must be viewed as a political priority for EU action, with a view to firmly balancing security demands and the defence of fundamental human rights;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Takes note, in this respect, of the Commission's communication on an Action Plan to implement the Stockholm Programme, and welcomes, in the field of immigration and support for the integration of immigrants, the proposed increase in CA for the External Borders Fund (254 million, +22 %) and the European Return Fund (114 million, + 29 %); this requires the Commission to reinforce all programmes aimed at dealing with migration issues in the countries of origin;
Amendment 126 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a new
Paragraph 50 a new
50a. Stresses the need to increase the Community budget for funding measures designed to address migration phenomena, with a view to improving the management of legal migration, slowing down illegal migration and optimising the impact of migration on development;
Amendment 73 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should studyIt would be appropriate to study by 2012 the development of an "EUuropean platform for cooperation and development" with a view to optimising the functioning of mechanisms for the blending of grants and loans in the external regions. In its reflections the Commission should consult the EIB as well as the other European multilateral and bilaterThat study should contain an impact assessment that takes into account the costs and benefits of the platform. In their reflections the Commission, the Council and Parliament should create a working party, by 2011, with the participation of the EIB, that takes into account the views of the other European international finance institutions. Such a platform would continue to promote mutual reliance arrangements, based on the comparative advantage of the different institutions while respecting the role and prerogatives of the EU institutions in the implementation of the EU budget and of EIB loans.
Amendment 100 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Perspectives for development financing The Commission shall, together with the EIB, create a working party to discuss the perspectives of the development financing originating from the EU to review the existing practices and suggest changes in the organisation and coordination of development aid and the increase in its efficiency and effectiveness. The working party shall include the Commission, the EIB, representatives of the Member States and the European Parliament, and shall take into account the views of the other European financial institutions and principal interest groupings, including private sector players.
Amendment 105 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point D – paragraph 1
Annex I – point D – paragraph 1
Within the regional ceilings of the General Mandate, the governing bodies of the EIB may decide to reallocate an amount of up to 10 20% of the regional ceiling between the indicative sub-regional ceilings.
Amendment 5 #
2009/0144(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal is compatible with the ceiling for subheading 1a of multiannual financial framework 2007-2013, but the margin remaining in Heading 1a for 2011-2013 is very limited; stresses that the funding of new activities must not jeopardise the financing of other priorities under subheading 1a; stresses its intention of using in the context of the mid-term review all the necessary means provided by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA), including the revision of the Financial Framework in order to ensure the financing of this new agency without jeopardising the financing of its other priorities under this subheading and ensuring that a sufficient margin will remain in subheading 1a;
Amendment 5 #
2009/0143(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal is compatible with the ceiling for subheading 1a of multiannual financial framework 2007-2013, but the margin remaining in Heading 1a for 2011-2013 is very limited; stresses that the funding of new activities must not jeopardise the financing of other priorities under subheading 1a; stresses its intention of using in the context of the mid-term review all the necessary means provided by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA), including the revision of the Financial Framework in order to ensure the financing of this new agency without jeopardising the financing of its other priorities under this subheading and ensuring that a sufficient margin will remain in subheading 1a;
Amendment 5 #
2009/0142(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal is compatible with the ceiling for subheading 1a of multiannual financial framework 2007-2013, but the margin remaining in Heading 1a for 2011-2013 is very limited; stresses that the funding of new activities must not jeopardise the financing of other priorities under subheading 1a; stresses its intention of using in the context of the mid-term review all the necessary means provided by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA), including the revision of the Financial Framework in order to ensure the financing of this new agency without jeopardising the financing of its other priorities under this subheading and ensuring that a sufficient margin will remain in subheading 1a;
Amendment 29 #
2009/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The seat of the Agency shall be [...]. The host Member State shall ensure that the Agency benefits from good conditions in respect of the accommodation to be provided for it and the rules applicable to its staff and members of its governing bodies, to be set out in a Headquarters Agreement.
Amendment 35 #
2009/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
The necessary arrangements concerning the accommodation to be provided for the Agency in the host Member State and the facilities to be made available by that State, as well as the specific rules aimed at ensuring good conditions for staff, applicable in the Agency's host Member State to the Executive Director, the members of the Management Board, staff of the Agency and members of their families, shall be laid down in a Headquarters Agreement between the Agency and the host Member State concluded after obtaining the approval of the Management Board. The Agency's host Member State should provide the best possible conditions to ensure proper functioning of the Agency, including multilingual, European-oriented schooling and appropriate transport connections.
Amendment 75 #
2005/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 1 a (new)
Annex – row 1 a (new)
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