17 Amendments of Clare MOODY related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas budgetary expenditure is not gender-neutral and caninevitably haves a different impact on women, and men, and persons of diverse gender identities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the 2017 Budget should focus on initiatives that contribute to knowledge-based, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and employment across the EU;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis, as 55% of refugees arriving in Europe are women and children, according to UNHCR; whereas it is also important to take into account the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers, who have specific protection needs and concerns;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the commitments agreed in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 should be met in full; reminds the Council and the Commission to bear in mind the unavoidable link between commitments and payments when making decisions on the 2017 EU budget; highlights furthermore that the EU budget must be adapted to accommodate also new priorities; it must also be able to respond to changes and current developments without detriment to already agreed programmes and initiatives;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises that since the adoption of the current Multiannual Financial Framework, new political priorities have emerged in response to the urgent needs arising from Climate Change, resource efficiency and energy security; supports therefore the inclusion of the Circular Economy Package, the EU’s COP21 commitments and 2030 targets, the Energy Union and Digital Union as overarching priorities to which sufficient resources must be allocated to work effectively;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the 'Budget for Results' agenda to be used as an opportunity for budget spending to deliver integrated benefits of gender equality with every euro spent;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the Budget Committee to use the mid-term review of the MFF as an opportunity to measure how the previous spending decisions have made progress on furthering gender equality; calls on the Budget Committee to work with the FEMM Committee to identify and amend budget lines which have gender- differentiating effects for men and women; calls for current gender budgeting actions to be measured so that future budgets can be more informed and work towards further gender equality;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines furthermore that these initiatives depend on an effective coordination of current EU multiannual programmes and; recalls the Commission’s commitment to funding for these new priorities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it important to sufficiently finance measures that work towards achieving the gender-related Europe2020 Strategy targets such as increasing female employment to 75%, achieving equal pay between women and men, reaching gender-equal members of national parliaments and an equal number of women on large company boards, all of which we are a long way from reaching; suggests that this is done by promoting and supporting good-quality education, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds; calls for the allocation of specific resources to fund incentives for areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilities and the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Expresses acute concern over the future of grant funding in EU programmes; recalls the importance of grant funding for many of the Union’s flagship research, innovation, and infrastructure and SME programmes and the Union’s unique strengths in these areas, which cannot be replicated by leveraged funding;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recognises the importance of the EU agencies in the implementation and monitoring of EU law; requests that, in view of the new responsibilities proposed for many of the agencies in the past year, appropriate resources and staffing be made available to these agencies to carry out their roles;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; Highlights the need for funding for training of immigration, border control, and asylum staff on the gender-specific needs and circumstances of female and LGBTI refugees, as well as adequate facilities to accommodate gender-specific needs at reception centres;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; calls for funds to be specifically assigned to help integrate women and children into their host country such as financing flexible language training, education and childcare;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the need to address the situation of female refugees in makeshift conditions within the EU and on its borders;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of completing the Internal Energy Market in order to accomplish the goals of the Energy Union, especially in delivering affordable and climate friendly energy in line with the EU’s 2030 targets, providing energy security and resilience to disruptions in energy supplies; highlights the necessity of providing adequate funds to enhance energy efficiency as well as projects of common interest aimed at ensuring the diversification of energy sources, including renewable energy, and supply routes and connectivity of power and gas networks;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance ofInsists that the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the need to assignbe provided with sufficient resources to ensure that itbe able to executes the tasksadditional tasks and fulfil the mandate conferred on it by the EU legislative authorities, in particular with respect to the complet and fully implement and enforce the provisions of the InternalRegulation on Energy Market, the development of infrastructure of European common interest and the monitoring of trading on wholesale energy markets; is concerned that persisting funding shortages may hamper the functioning, integrity and transparency of energy markets, heighten the risk of market abuse and prevent energy consumers and citizens from reaping the full benefits of market liberalisation Integrity and Transparency (REMIT); warns that not doing so would have a serious negative impact on trust in the EU institutions’ ability to fulfil their role, on consumer confidence in the Union’s energy market and on the price of energy for consumers; believes that this should also apply with respect to the competences of the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC);
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests further information on what Commissioner Georgieva’s ‘Budget for Results’ agenda means in practice for the ITRE policy area before it is applied to ITRE programmes; recalls the gender balance requirements for budgeting, and asks for this principle to be mainstreamed into budgetary work programmes for the coming financial year;