Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for 2019 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that sustainable growth and investment is the key to creation of quality jobsdecent jobs leading to quality employment and increased prosperity for all and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds and investments more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, reducing inequalities and boosting upward social convergence;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Deplores that the Commission continuously uses money from existing budget lines to finance newly created funds, which are outside the Union budget and are thus not subject to parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the 2019 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area and the successful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, particularly when it comes to combating youth and long-term unemployment, rising inequalities, social exclusion and poverty, in particular child poverty; highlights the need for continued support for the inclusion of migrants; stresses, in this regard, that the 2019 budget cannot be understood outside the context of the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal to increase the commitment appropriations for the FEAD and the EGF (+2% for each); regretnotes, however, the decrease (-60%) of the payment appropriations for the EGF, as well as the decreases (respectively 1.5% and -0.4%) of the commitment and payment appropriation for the EaSI;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the creation of the European Labour Authority, which is expected to begin operating in 2019; highlights the need to provide for additionalppropriate funding to ensure that sufficient financial resources are set aside for its establishment; regrets that the funding proposed by the Commission (EUR 11 million, appropriations are to be entered into the reserve until such time as the basic act is adopted by the legislator) is of a lower magnitude than the one of other EU agencies in the area of employment and social affairs; insists that this funding cannot be accomplished by redeploying allocations from the other employment and social affairs agencies;