17 Amendments of Harald VILIMSKY related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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1. Stresses that total recovery of funds redeployedCriticises the redeployment of funds from the Connected Europe Facility (CEF) to the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be one of the key priorities for the mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF);
Amendment 3 #
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1. Recognises that gender equality is enshrined in the EU Treaty and should be included in all EU policies to deliver equality in practice; stressesdelivered in practice; criticises the intention that gender budgeting mustshould become an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages; welcomes the MFF mid-term review as an opportunity to make significant progress, in light of the ‘Budget for Results’ agenda; expects the Commission, therefore, toemphasises that while equality between women and men should be an important part of any democracy, the adoption of puresent further measurable and realistic objectives in order to truly embed gender perspectives in the EU budget for the remainder of thly ideological measures such as gender mainstreaming means that this equality finds expression in a forced and dis programming periodportionate manner;
Amendment 10 #
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2. Emphasises, in this context, the vital importance of adequate EU funding for the projects identified in the TEN-T Core Network Corridor Work Plans; highlights that othis also requires enhanced coverage ofer transport policy related areas, too, such as multi-modality and efficient logistics, intelligent transport systems and clean fuel equipment for the better integration of urban nodes require appropriate funding; rejects out of hand any budget increase or additional costs for Member States;
Amendment 11 #
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2. Draws attention toCriticises the existing gender- related targets in the Europe 2020 strategy; stresses that the MFF review must assess progress towardsthe utility and effectiveness of these targets and should, if necessary, revise the measures being taken to achieve these targets;
Amendment 12 #
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3. StressNotes that, despite the joint declaration attached to the MFF on gender mainstreaming, no specific measures have so far been taken; calls for effective monitoring of this declaration’s implementation in the annual budgetary procedures and for more effective integration thereof in the MFF revision;
Amendment 14 #
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Amendment 15 #
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Amendment 18 #
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2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2 %, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, and calls for increased public investment in jobthe creation andof adequate jobs or in existing vacancies, and in skills;
Amendment 24 #
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4. Highlights that the EFSI makes a worthwhile contribution to the financing of TEN-T projects, provided that grants remain a vital and necessary funding source; underlines, in particular, that grants could be combined together with innovative financial instruments and the EFSI to facilitate the implementation of additional projects and catalyse private finance (blending);
Amendment 27 #
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5. Stresses that investing public funds in quality and affordablegenuine freedom of choice in childcare and elder care services will boost employment and economic growth and foster gender equality; calls for the MFF revision to be used to invest in social infrastructure in Europe as part of the Jobs and Growth Agenda;
Amendment 28 #
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5. Points out that transport infrastructures are the backbone of the Single Market and are fundamental to the freedom of movement of persons, goods and services; underlines that the budgetary allocation for Trans-European Transport networks should also be carried out at the appropriate level in the post-2020 MFF in order to achieve the objective of the completion of the TEN-T core network by 2030 and the TEN-T comprehensive network by 2050; points, however, to the current crises - an economic crisis, a euro crisis and a migration crisis - and therefore questions the European institutions' priorities;
Amendment 38 #
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7. Considers that it is necessary to allowprohibit the transfer of the unspent money from one year to another year and calls on the Commission to make appropriate proposals in this regard; stresses, however, that prohibiting the transfer of unspent money to the following year's budget must not lead to a last-minute spending rush;
Amendment 50 #
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5. Stresses that the resources of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived are not sufficient to address the unprecedented flow of refugees and that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; therefore calls for a halt to the acceptance of refugees so that the available financial resources can be used to make the stay of the asylum seekers who are already living here a dignified one; insists that the ESF share amount to 25 % of the total cohesion budget, that no reductions in the national envelopes for ESF measures be made and that sufficient cash flow be provided annually for payments from the EU budget;
Amendment 53 #
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Amendment 56 #
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6. EmphasisesIs critical of the fact that the policies for poverty reduction and social inclusion among vulnerable groups have failed to produce the expected results and calls for increased financial aid to social services and the social economnotes in this context the need for funding to be used effectively;
Amendment 64 #
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11. Recalls the importance of ensuring, within the Union, the highest level of safety, security and interoperability in the field of transport; stresses that EU agencies’ budget allocations consist not just of administrative expenditure alone, but alsocriticises all spending by agencies, however, that does not comply with the principles of efficiency and economy, and recalls countribute to achieving EU objectives, while aiming to make savings at national level and that their budgets should have sufficient and adequate means to perform their taskless negative examples involving the EEA, EASA, EASO, EMCDDA, EMA, FRA and many others;
Amendment 67 #
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