12 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/2279(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the communication from the Commission of 14 February 2018 on "A new, modern Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post-2020" (COM(2018) 98)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses its concern on the findings of the 7th Report, which highlights that, despite positive signs, the risk of poverty or social exclusion remains a key challenge especially in the Baltic and southern Member States and that inequalities are growing especially in cities;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Council and the Parliament to keep, in the forthcoming review of the Regulation(s), at least 20 % of the total allocation of the ESF devoted to fighting poverty and social exclusion, and also to examine, in particular in the framework of the European Social Fund and the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the funding possibilities for helping every Member State establish a minimum income scheme where it does not exist or improve the functioning and effectiveness of existing systems;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises that financial instruments can be an effective lever and that they should be promoted only if they generate added value; stresses, however, that their effectiveness hinges on many factors (nature of the project, of the territory or of the risk) and that all regions, regardless of their level of development, must be free to determine the most appropriate method of financing; opposes any binding targets for the use of financial instruments;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that low-risk financial instruments are preferable to equity, trust funds and some types of bond and proposes promoting loans at a subsidised rate - preferably with sufficiently long payback times - and regulating and facilitating forms of crowd funding and peer-to-peer and social lending;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that it is both legitimate and necessary to establish a link between cohesion policy and the guarantee of an environment conducive to investment, effectiveness and the proper use of funds, while stressing that cohesion policy is not meant to be reduced to an instrument for serving priorities without reference to its objectives; expresses its support for a balanced link with economic governance where this helps to maximise the impact of ESI Funds; calls on the Commission to overhaul the European Semester to strengthen its territorial dimension and take account of other factors which contribute to the achievement of cohesion objectives, such as real convergence;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Regrets the decision of the European Commission to not take into account the position of the European Parliament, which expressed its opposition to macro-conditionality in its resolution "Building blocks for a post- 2020 EU Cohesion policy" voted on 13 June 2017, and thus to not proceed with a legislative proposal concerning article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation aimed at reviewing the very rationale of the link between the European Semester and the cohesion policy;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses also that the reasons underlying the decision of the Commission to not address the issue of macro-conditionality are blatantly contradictory with the findings of the 7th Report itself (which states that the budget balance of sub-national governments has been transformed from a deficit of close to 1% of GDP in 2010 to a surplus, so that the overall general government deficit in 2016, which averaged just under 2% of GDP, was solely accounted for by central government and the Social Security funds); reiterates the need of eliminating any provision for penalties which are unjust, unnecessary and penalise in particular regional and local authorities and project beneficiaries;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that the quality of public administration is a decisive factor in regional growth and the effectiveness of ESI funds; emphasises the need to increase administrative capacities; believes that, particularly for lagging regions, the share earmarked for technical assistance and aimed at strengthening the administrative capacity of the Member States in the use of ESI funds should also be maintained in the new programming period and contain new performance indicators;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses, at the same time, the need to make operational programmes genuine strategic documents which are more concise and more flexible, establishing a simplified procedure for their modification during programming, especially in case of unforeseen events like natural disasters;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Considers that the main principles and good practices enshrined in the article 5 of the current European Code of Conduct and concerning the involvement of relevant partners in the preparation of the Partnership Agreement and Operational Programmes should be actually implemented in the next post- 2020 framework, with particular focus on the issue of timely disclosure and easy access to relevant information, especially for civil society organizations; proposes, in this regard, a more binding European Code of Conduct on Partnerships and asks the Commission to consider setting a specific ex-ante conditionality to boost multilevel governance;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that cohesion policy can help to meet new challenges, such as security or the integration of refugees under international protection, with due regard for the sovereignty of the Member States; stresses, however, that cohesion policy cannot be the solution to all crises, and opposes the use of cohesion policy funds to cover short-term financing needs outside its scope; or to impose those structural reforms such as privatisation processes or interventions in the job market, whose rationale is completely inconsistent with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion;