10 Amendments of Ulrike TREBESIUS related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to be key in enhancing the Union’s contribution to growth, the creation of jobs and combatting poverty; stresses that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the principle of European added value should represent the cornerstone of all future expenditures and that EU funding should not be used to subsidize national approaches but to complement and enhance national programmes, reflecting a performance- based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by objectives and outputs to be measured;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people still remains too high and calls on the Commission to provide enough financial support to those programmes targeting youth unemploymentalign appropriations in this field with performance-based budgeting in line with the joint statement from the 2016 Budget agreement in which the Commission committed to draw lessons from the results of the Youth Employment Initiative evaluation;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the budget shouldRecognises the importance of supporting programmes that will help creatinge jobs for those with multiple disadvantages inespecially for those who may be furthest from the labour market, such as women, long-term unemployed, elderly unemployed, people with disabilities and people from minority backgrounds;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that in the context of on-going budgetary constraints gaining the full support from citizens is extremely important in order to reaffirm and achieve our social and employment commitments under the EU 2020 strategy; believes that the challenge faced by the EU will not be to spend more, but to spend more efficiently;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of those programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), with a proven track record based on key performance indicators; recalls in this regard the principles of European added value and subsidiarity and the Eimployment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)ortance of ensuring that all new funding is first and foremost made available through a reallocation of funds from existing budget lines;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU budget should invest in education and vocational training to provide opportunities, especially in the most affected areas by youth unemployment aBelieves that appropriate measures should be taken in order to help combat the refugee crisis and to integrate migrants into the labour market; calls on the Commission to consider the possibilities of moving fund in order to integrate migrants in the labour market; g from underperforming budget lines, for example the Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived (FEAD);
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports efforts to facilitate market access for SMEs and funding through existing programmes such as COSME;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the EU budget should support the completion of the single market, competitiveness and social convergence, the development of a policy on socially responsible enterprises and the monitoring of can represent a strong tool to increase strategic investments with European added value consistent with an approach aimed at creating growthe application of statutory social standards by enterprises to ensurend jobs; thus supports measures aimed at the creaompletion of decent jobs.the single market and global competitiveness;