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Activities of Ulrike TREBESIUS related to 2017/2044(BUD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2017/2044(BUD)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(72 KB)

Amendments (5)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that these additional resources must not violate the principle of subsidiarity, crowd out private investments or replace national measures;
2017/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that youth unemployment rates remain very high in the Union and that the situation of unemployed young people, especially the persons who are not in education, employment, or training (NEETS), is particularly worrying; emphasises that, in order to address this issue, it is of high importance to ensure the proper and timely funding of the Youth Guarantee schemes through the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fundin this context emphasises that this task can best be addressed by the Member States because they are closer to the problem; believes that by consistent adherence to the subsidiarity principle and increased efficiency, considerable savings can be accomplished without more contributions required from Member States;
2017/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of ensuring funding of at least EUR 700 million for the YEI for the period 2018-2020, as agreed within the MFF mid-term revision, to be split between 2018, 2019 and 2020 into 3 equal instalments of EUR 233,33 million as is reflected in the Draft Budget 2018; calls also for the allocation of sufficient payment appropriations to ensure the proper implementation of the YEI;deleted
2017/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the YEI, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); welcomes the increases proposed for EGF (+2 % in commitment appropriations) and FEAD (+1,9 % in commitment appropriations);deleted
2017/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomCriticises the EUR 72,8 million funding proposed by the Commission for the European Solidarity Corpse (appropriations are to be entered into the reserve until such time as the basic act is adopted by the legislator), EUR 2,5 million being provided in 2018 by the Progress axis of the EaSisince already today young people all over Europe express their solidarity in various projects, including the European Voluntary Service; repeats that this also raises the question of whether the European Union is actually taking action against the high rate of youth unemployment in some countries or whether it only creates another option for job-seekers and young people to do internships;
2017/07/26
Committee: EMPL