5 Amendments of Sven SCHULZE related to 2016/2304(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas raising the profile of EU- funded projects can play a key role in combating the shadow economy;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the high degrees of synergy and significant efficiency gains which could be achieved by raising the profile of the EU structural and investment funds could be secured for all EU funds by implementing a similar and hence comparable communication and publicising strategy;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regards a higher profile for EU- funded projects and improved communication as a means of combating Euroscepticism; calls for the financial support provided by the EU and the EU’s positive impact on the labour market in the Member State concerned to be publicised more widely prior to significant national elections;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to reduce the administrative burden on authorities and beneficiaries with a view to ensuring a better absorption rate, in particular for SMEs, which have created around 85 % of new jobs within the Union in the past five years; emphasises, in that connection, the need to maintain a balance as regards the beneficiaries’ reporting obligations and accountability vis-à-vis the European taxpayer, so that, in the context of the revision of a fund, sufficient data is available to improve the way in which funding is targeted;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to devote an appropriate share of ESF resources to strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders in Member States as regards the processing of funding allocations where needed; calls on the Commission to assess the improvements made by the Member States in this respect.