Activities of Joachim STARBATTY related to 2015/2353(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the post-electoral revisionew of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must address the new political challenges facing the EU; underlines that reallocation of funds for emergencies is not a sustainable solution; insists that the existing resource commit in order to enable the Union and Member States to reassess their priorities; underlines that the flexibility mechanisms within the MFF enable the EU to mobilise the necessary funds to react to unforeseen events; believes that the existing resources in both commitments and payments for achieving the Union’s strategic objectives and greater economic, social and territorial cohesion should be maintained;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that the MFF ceilings form only one aspect of future budgeting and that efficient and effective spending is equally – if not more – important; recalls, furthermore, that all EU spending must be targeted at those regions and Member States that need it most, in line with the principle of equality and solidarity;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the principle of European added value should represent the cornerstone of all future expenditures, which also must be guided by the principle of efficiency, effectiveness and value for money, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity as defined by Article 5 TEU;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds that the EU budget is an investment budget with a strong leverage effect and can represent a strong tool to increase strategic investments with European added value consistent with an approach aimed at creating growth and jobs; 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 in job creation and skillsa better use of existing funds by focussing spending on ‘smart growth’ allowing for a coherent and consistent long term strategic approach to the challenges faced by the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that gaining the full support from citizens in the context of on-going budgetary constraints is extremely important in order to reaffirm and achieve our social and employment commitments under the EU2020 strategy; believes that the challenge facing the EU will not be to spend more, but to spend more efficiently;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists on the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative and calls for the resources for this initiative to be provided until 2020; Notes that the Youth Employment Initiative was introduced in the current programming period to foster employment in particular for young people with a budget of €6.4bn, and that co-legislators agreed to frontload the whole envelope for this programme for 2014 and 2015; Reminds the Commission of the joint statement as part of the 2016 Budget agreement in which the Commission committed to draw lessons from the results of the YEI evaluation; Insists on that any proposals for the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative must take the results of the evaluation fully into account in order to move towards performance based budgeting;
Amendment 39 #
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 adequppropriate funding for this programme be guaranteensured in the EU budget;
Amendment 44 #
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 sufficientcould be used to address the unprecedented flow of refugees and that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; any increases in these budget lines must be matched by identifying savings elsewhere in the EU budget for example, in lines that are not achieving their policy objectives or in budget lines that have been under implemented; insists that the ESF share amount to 25 % of the total cohesion budget, 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 53 #
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 servicreminds the Commission of its commitment to make concrete proposals for the establishment of a performance-based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by objectives and the social economyoutputs to be measured by performance indicators;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the huge problem of child poverty in Europe, which is afflicting over 20 million children, and reiterates its call for the establishment of a Child Guarantee with dedicated special resources, together with programmes to assist parents in getting out of social exclusion and unemployment; strongly believes that EU funding, particularly that under Heading 1a and 1b should not be used to subsidise national approaches, but should be used to provide additional support to people facing social exclusion and unemployment in a way that complements and enhances national programmes according to the decision of the Member States;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8