Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that growth is the key to more jobs and increased prosperity and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds more effectively towards promoting growth; urges in this context that funding allocated to projects of proven ineffectiveness be halted and reallocated;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Notes the overall year-on-year increase proposed by the Commission in the appropriations of heading 1 – Smart and inclusive growth (+2,5 % in commitment appropriations and +18,3 % in payment appropriations); notes further the proportionally higher increases in heading 1b – Economic, social and territorial cohesion (+2,4 % in commitment appropriations and + +25,7 % in payment appropriations); is concerned at this constant increase in budgets for what is drip-feed funding that, despite the billions invested, is not helping to bring about a recovery in the Member States; questions the appropriateness of increasing the headings concerned, given that past investment has achieved nothing;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises that the 2018 budget has to play a kePoints out that increasing inequalities and unemployment in the Member States demonstrate that, rather than fostering progress, the EU and its policies have furthered a steady erole in enhancing the Union’ssion of social rights, the devaluation of work, poverty and social insecurity; points out that the Member States play a key role in contributiong to growth and jobs in the Union and that, to do so, they have to be free to conduct anti-cyclical economic policies to protect workers’ purchasing power, boost domestic demand and create decent jobs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that youth unemployment rates remain very high in the Union and that the situation of unemployed young people, especially the persons who are not in education, employment, or training (NEETS), is particularly worrying; emphasises that, in order to address this issue, it is of high importance to ensure the proper and timely funding of the Youth Guarantee schemes through the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fun in spite of all the European policies and strategies introduced; takes note of the Court of Auditors’ report questioning the effectiveness of the Youth Employment Initiative, which has clearly failed to deliver what was expected in terms of job creation and integration of young people; calls for the initiative to be wound up and the funding reallocated;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of ensurIs against providing funding of at least EUR 700 million for the YEI for the period 2018-2020, as agreed within the MFF mid-term revision, to be split between 2018, 2019 and 2020 into 3 equal instalments of EUR 233,33 million as is reflected in the Draft Budget 2018; calls also for the allocation of sufficient payment appropriations to ensure the proper implementation of the YEI;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the YEI, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF),Is concerned at the ever increasing number of programmes introduced by the EU to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion; points out that some of these funding set-ups, such as the YEI, have been shown to be ineffective, that the purpose of others, such as the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), is to support workers who have been reduced to unemployment through globalisation and the EU’s catastrophic trade policies, and that still others, such as the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); welcomes the increases pro, are being used for purposeds for EGF (+2 % in commitment appropriations) and FEAD (+1,9 % in commitment appropriations)which they were not originally intended in order to provide support for migrants and other disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. WelcomeCondemns the EUR 72,8 million funding proposed by the Commission for the European Solidarity Corpse (appropriations are to be entered into the reserve until such time as the basic act is adopted by the legislator), EUR 2,5 million being provided in 2018 by the Progress axis of the EaSi;