Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/2017(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the mandate for the trialogue on the 2014 draft budget
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Maintains that budget appropriations for social action should be increased across the board; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the EU co-financing rate to be raised, especially for projects in social fields (ESF, the Cohesion Fund, and the Progress programme), so as to ensure that Member States with financial problems will be able to make full use of EU funding; considers that their national contribution should be no higher than 10%;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points to the need for gender mainstreaming in the rules governing, and the implementation of, EU funds as a whole and draws particular attention to the ESF, which should have sufficient capacity to promote policies in support of equality, permanent jobs of high quality, and fair redistribution of income;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Proposes that a budget heading be established, and the appropriate funding entered under it, to help bring about a change in the status of workers who are fictitiously self-employed, enabling them to have proper employment contracts with social rights, this being a key issue where workers’ rights are concerned;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the fact that the funding earmarked for the Youth Employment Initiative is far below what is necessary to have a real impact on youth unemployment; draws attention in this connection to the ILO study on the ‘Eurozone job crisis: trends and policy responses’, which notes that EUR 21 billion needs to be allocated if the initiative is to make itself felt in terms of the youth unemployment rate;
Amendment 19 #
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, as regards the budget commitments for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, for the volume of resources earmarked for the 2014-2020 period to total EUR 5 000 000 000;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises employ many workers in the EU and that one of the main problems in setting up such enterprises and keeping them going is obtaining financing; proposes, therefore, that greater emphasis be laid on the microfinance element of the PSCI;