Activities of Luigi MORGANO related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2018 draft budget
Amendments (8)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes, in the context of new societal challenges for Europe, the need to strengthen a European approach to facing common European challenges by supporting large-scale innovation projects in the field of education, training and youth carried out by European civil society networks; points out that this could be done by allocating part of the overall Erasmus+ funding of KA2 'Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices' to centralised actions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes the need to increase the operational support to European networks under KA3 'Support for policy reform' in order to maximise the promotion and dissemination of the opportunities offered by Erasmus+;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that proposed funding for the new Solidarity Corps draws heavily on Erasmus+ (circa EUR 58 million in 2017) and, Europe for Citizens (around EUR 3.5 million a year), as well as the Employment and Social Innovation programme (14.2 million a year); notes, furthermore, that the distinction between the volunteering and occupational strands is not clear, and there is therefore a risk of jeopardising the effectiveness of the existing European Voluntary Service (EVS) programme; insists that new initiatives require a new legal base and clear policy design, and must be coordinated with other programmes; stresses that the future roll- out of the Solidarity Corps must not undermine funding for priority education and culture programmes; stresses, furthermore, that the initiative does not provide a clear distinction between volunteering activities and job placements in order to avoid any substitution of potential quality jobs with unpaid volunteering;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for greater synergies between culture and education programmes and EFSI and the ESI Funds; calls on the EIB to consider allocating a greater share of EFSI funding to cultural and creative industries (CCIs), as they can disseminate more and better than other sectors information about funding opportunities provided by EFSI; urges the Commission to frontload the Creative Europe Guarantee Facility through EFSI to support the cultural and creative sector and thereby drive growth;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for greater synergies between culture and education programmes and EFSI and the ESI Funds, in particular the ESF; urges the Commission to fprontload themote the interaction between the Cultural and Creative EuropeSector Guarantee Facility through EFSIand EFSI in order to provide fit-for-purpose loans for cultural and creative industries, to support the cultural and creative sector, and thereby drive growth;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the agreement reached on the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018 with a budget of EUR 7 million in 2018, 4 million of which is fresh money; reiterates that funding for the EYCH must have no negative impact on Creative Europe, in line with the Council and Commission statements;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the Youth Guarantee scheme and Youth Employment Initiative are key tools to address the persistent problem of high levels of youth unemployment and calls for their continued improvement as well as a substantial budget increase; takes note of the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors report on the Youth Guarantee; points out that more investments, growth- enhancing structural reforms and coordination in social policies are needed to support quality transitions of young people into the labour market in a sustainable way;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that, in order to address the chronically low success rates of some EU programmes that are caused by underfunding and to provide for a counter-cyclical function of the EU budget, a system of genuine and consistent own resources must be put in place for the post-2020 MFF;