8 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the post-electoral revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must address the new political challenges facing the EU; underlines that reallocaconsiders that substantial addition ofal funds for emergencies is not a sustainable solution; insisting is needed at EU level to address humanitarian challenges, develop a new common European asylum system, promote integration and prevent discrimination, racism and xenophobia; believes that, in the existing resource commitments for achieving the Union’s strategic objectiveslight of the unprecedented migration crisis, current MFF ceilings for 2014-2020 have proved inadequate; notes that the Asylum, Migration and Integreater economic, social and territorial cohesionion Fund (AMIF) is already virtually exhausted; recalls that extensive use has already been maintainedde of MFF flexibility mechanisms;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance for the achievement of EU strategic objectives of increasing public spending for education, training, research and development in all Member States, easing budgetary constraints in Europe to ensure effective tools for integration without removing employment opportunities and combating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2 %, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, and calls for increased public investment, free of budgetary constraints, in job creation and skills;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3a. Insists on the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative and calls for the resources for this initiative to be provided until 2020; stresses the need to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of these investments, given the limited results achieved by the programmes implemented to date;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that new legislation on EURES and the European platform for tackling undeclared work will draw on Employment and Social Innovation programme resources and insists that adequate funding for this programme be guaranteed in the EU budget; notes, with regard to EURES initiatives to deal with unemployment, that it is necessary to ensure that labour mobility is organised on a voluntary basis and underpinned by appropriate social guarantees;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the resources of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived are not sufficient to address the unprecedented flow of refugees and that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; insists that the ESF share amount to 25 % of the total cohesion budget,calls therefore on the Commission to increase the European Social Fund allocation to 25 % of the cohesion policy budget as part of the revision of the multiannual financial framework; insists that no reductions in the national envelopes for ESF measures be made and that sufficient cash flow be provided annually for payments from the EU budget;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the policies for poverty reduction and social inclusion among vulnerable groups have failed to produce the expected results and calls for increased financial aid to social services and the social economy; points out that Member States should introduce, as a possible poverty reduction measure and in accordance with national practices, a minimum income proportionate to their specific social and economic circumstances;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the material and cultural poverty and the deterioration of major European suburbs; notes the need to increase funding for qualitative improvements so as to increase the economic, cultural and social integration of European citizens living in such areas, especially the more vulnerable sections of society;