Activities of Catherine TRAUTMANN related to 2013/2134(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, on the Member StatesRegrets that the Member States are continuing to underestimate the role and contribution of the EU budget in strengthening economic governance and budget coordination throughout the EU and therefore calls on them not to consider their contribution to the EU budget as an adjustment variable in their consolidation efforts and not to seek to artificially reduce the volume of the EU budget’s growth-enhancing expenditure; in that respect and with due regard tofor the joint declaration signed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission in December 2012, urges the Cou and to Parliament’s resolution of 3 July 2013 on the political agreement on the Multiannual Financial to commitFramework 2014-2020, urges the Council to adopting in full the Draft Aany amending Bbudgets for 2013 already presensubmitted by the Commission, as well as any further Amending Budgets which may still be needed over the course of the year, in order to close the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period with a clean balance sheet;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that for Parliament, the compromise reached at the European Council of 8 February 2013 on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020 did not match Parliament’s expectations, especially on the figures; insists that any agreement on such a low level could only be acceptable if at least full flexibility both for commitments and for payments were to be guaranteed, as well as a binding revision clause to enable the next Parliament and the next Commission to re-open discussions on the MFF 2014-2020, so as to provide the EU with extra financial means to support growth, jobs and social cohesionon the terms set out in its resolution of 3 July 2013;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports both the EU Youth Guarantee and the proposed Youth Employment Initiative as useful means to fight the unacceptably high level of youth unemployment; criticisesis worried, nevertheless, the far too low ambitionsabout the - in budgetary terms; is especially worried about the proposed - unambitious level of funding (EUR 6 billion) for the Youth Employment Initiative for the entire duration of the next MFF; undertakes to do everything possible to step up this action;