11 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to a joint declaration by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission from November 2013, the annual budgetary procedures should integrate, as appropriate, gender- responsive element gender-responsive elements; whereas gender budgeting has not been consistently applied by any of the EU institutions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the Commission’s efforts in developing the strategy ‘EU budget focused on results’; calls on the Commission to further simplify EU funding, especially with regard to the implementation and management of EU- funded projects, taking into account the principle of proportionality;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of gender-equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes; urges, however,recalls that spending and revenue decisions impact women and men differently; underlines, therefore, that gender budgeting is a key tool to combat gender inequalities; urges the consistent use of gender budgeting, including quantifiable budget allocations and results indicators in order to rectify the imbalances between men and women;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Underlines the need to step up efforts to fulfil the target of spending at least 20 % of the EU budget on climate action; stresses the important contribution of cohesion policy spending to this end; emphasises, however, that the 20% target is not sufficient to accommodate the requirements to achieve the objectives deriving from the COP21 agreement;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that jobs, growth and investments remain the overarching priority of the 2017 EU budget; draws attention to the existing gender-related targets in the Europe 2020 strategy, namely increasing female employment from only 63,5 % currently to 75 % and achieving equal pay between women and men, gender equality in the membership of national parliaments and an equal number of women on large company boards, all of which we are a long way from reaching;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to update and adapt its payment plan, which has been established to reduce and prevent the reoccurrence of the payment backlog, taking also into account the increased payment needs deriving from the technical adjustment according to Article 7 of Council Regulation No 1311/2013, and to present it to the Parliament;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the 2017 budget tries to provide an effective European response to the migration challenge; stresses the need to assign funds for providing specific assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU, who, according to UNHCR,represent the majority of refugees arriving in Europe;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Suggests that the additional resources following the technical adjustment should in particular be allocated to areas with high European added-value, such as youth employment, integration of refugees and migrants and sustainable investment;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5b (new)
Paragraph 5b (new)
5b. Stresses the important contribution of cohesion policy with regard to the effective implementation of gender budgeting; calls on the Commission to support measures to establish appropriate tools in order to achieve gender equality, such as incentive structures using the Structural Funds to encourage gender budgeting at the national level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the proposed cuts in humanitarian aid (HUMA) and development cooperation (DCI), as these are especially important for women and gender equality.
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)
Paragraph 60 b (new)
60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;