13 Amendments of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2017/2286(BUD)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. BelieveReiterates its views that the 2019 EU budget must primarily answer to the challenges the EU youth is facing;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeRecalls the fact that, at the strong request of Parliament, the result of the conciliation on the 2018 EU budget was to increase the originally proposed specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) by EUR 116.7 million of fresh appropriations, bringing its total amount to EUR 350 million in 2018; expects the 2019 budget to demonstrate great ambition to fight youth unemployment; underlines that the 2019 budget should reflect the ambition to enhance the fight of youth unemployment; insists on the emergency to boost financing of all programs enhancing the creation of long- term quality jobs, in particular those promoting youth integration, complementing Member States efforts to guarantee a diversified labour qualification instead of precocious specialisation, as the means to increase resilience and enable societal adaptation while struggling demographic regression and sectorial qualified labour short comes.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. BelievStresses that, in the light of the celebration of its 30th anniversary, Erasmus+ remains the leading multicultural-service learning programme to fostering youth mobility and inculcate key, supporting community-based research as a model approach to advocate solidarity and promote social justice among other European values in young people, together with the EU’s culture programmes; believeinsists that the 2019 Erasmus+ budget should be sufficient to answer, while complying to all objectives set up in its program, should have its budget sufficiently reinforced to the extent of enabling a positively answer to all eligible demands;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists on the Unions commitment to peace and calls upon the Member States to agree upon a ban on the use of the EU budget to finance or guarantee any research programs or dual technological development projects with military applicability;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Emphasises EU commitment to peace building and to conflict resolution, in particular in such a challenging period; calls upon the Member States, the Council and the Commission to commit to a European Convention to ban investment, development and implementation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, and to develop all efforts to support and develop the creation of such a worldwide Convention.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expects the negotiations on the 2019 budget to lead to realistic operational and administrative funding of the EU agencies, enabling them to accomplish their growing tasks of fighting organised crime, terrorism and border management; ostering social integration, promotion and compliance of human rights and solidarity; strengthening the rule of law and justice, good governance, democratic decision- making, control and accountability practices, for and with both private and public sectors; supporting the pooling of excellence, creating and reinforcing synergies in education, research, innovation and training; strongly enhancing sustainability, responsibility, efficiency and control, in particular in sectors such as health, food and environment; sustaining and nurturing the expansion of our cultural and creative sectors, increasing their sustainability and resilience by improving, e.g., artists working conditions; insists that the agencies role is fundamental in ensuring and guaranteeing the pursuit of the EU citizen public interest, in producing "public goods", in particular in all non- market driven sectors, for the safeguard of the intangible public assets.
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Considers the Union must do its utmost to support the EU and its Member States in reaching their climate goals as laid out in the Paris Agreement, in particular enhancing the support to renewable energy transition to lower emissions source; recalls the importance of ensuring sufficient biodiversity funding, in particular by increasing the allocations to programmes such as LIFE +;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Insists on the need to reinforce support to the Union programs which foster growth and creation of long-term quality jobs, in particular for the youth, complementing Member States efforts to guarantee a diversified labour qualification instead of precocious specialisation, as the means to increase resilience and enable societal adaptation while struggling demographic regression, sectorial qualified labour short comes and welfare systems sustainability; the consideration of specific tailor-made measures might prove useful to attend specific sectors and/or regions specially affected or that have become much more vulnerable.
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Recalls the significant increase on an ageing population in need of special and dedicated care, in particular the elderly; calls upon the Commission to step up with further support measures to address the demographic challenges and reiterates its support to initiatives such as "villages for person’s with dementia", where due care is provided for since early stage.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. BelievStresses that gender-related discrimination, notably on the labour market, is not only incompatible with the values of the EU, but also constitutes a serious impediment to economic growth; expects as it disempowers women from engaging in meaningful employment: the gender pay gap, lack of services and the fact that women disproportionately bear the burden of impoverishment constitutes a serious impediment to economic growth; underlines, the key contribution of women’s empowerment in achieving more inclusive, equitable, peaceful and sustainable growth societies; reiterates that the 2019 budget toshould support further investment in helping to secure better access to the labour market for women, for instance through infrastructure which supports the reconciliation of private and professional lives; which are required to address the gender inequality.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls the important contribution the Union has made to encouraging peace and reconciliation in Ireland, in particular through PEACE and INTERREG programmes, which are targeted at Northern Ireland and border counties in the south; notes that the result of the UK referendum might create grave problems for the peace process, and undermines the integrity of the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue its support for the peace process through the continued funding of the PEACE and associated programmes;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Considers that regionalisation and socio-economic objectives need to play a greater role under the Common Fisheries Policy, broadening the scope of the European Maritime & Fisheries Fund; calls upon the commission to facilitate the access and simplify the procedures for funding, also for parties as the Fisheries Local Action Groups, social enterprises and cooperatives; expresses particular concern regarding the potential adverse impact the United Kingdom´s withdrawal from the European Union will have on fisheries, particularly for neighbouring coastal Member States such as Ireland;