6 Amendments of Jérôme LAVRILLEUX related to 2017/2279(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the employment rate in the EU has been growing for four consecutive years and now surpasses the 2008 figure, but still remains below the pre-crisis level in half of the Member States; whereas regional disparities have started to narrow but remain high in some Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas while the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has fallen back to its pre-crisis level, it remains very high including in more developed regions and far from reaching the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas infra-regional disparities are growing, including in more prosperous regions which contain pockets of poverty; whereas most prosperous regions allow driving effects in favor of growth;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that Cohesion Policy, as the main investment policy of the Union, should be maintained at at least a similar budgetary level in the future multiannual financial framework; considers that the European Social Fund (ESF) should be retained as the main EU instrument for the integration and reintegration of workers into the labour market as well as for supporting measures for social inclusion, combating poverty and inequalities; defends the consideration of social criteria for the allocation of funds, in particular the unemployment rate and the youth unemployment rate, in addition to GDP per capita;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the principle of proportionality must prevail in the management and control of cohesion programs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore the possibilities of an online system of application more conducive to administrative simplification for project managers;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that social and fiscal convergence contribute to the cohesion objective and that divergent practices in this area are liable to cause further problems for territories most vulnerable to globalisation;