18 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women’, thus stipulating that gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies; whilst respecting the differences between men and women and their mutual complementarity;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EU, notably on account of the increasing Islamisation of EU societies, and whereas an increasing percentage of the EU budget must be spent on developing social rights and access to public welfare services, with a specific focus on improving gender equality, including for LGBTI persons, and the situation of women and girls;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EU, and whereas an increasing percentage of the EU budget must be spent on developing social rights and access to public welfare services, with a specific focus on improving gender equality, including for LGBTI persons, and the situation of women and girls;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women remain under- representedthere are fewer women in leadership positions and they devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care; which constitutes a positive contribution to the stability of both the children and the family, and whereas the status of the stay-at-home mother should be recognised, in particular by specific parental allowances and registration of credits for pension rights;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women who so wish should be able to take up leadership positions on the same terms as men and receive the same pay for the same work;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the potential of nuclear energy in the production of low-carbon energy. Stresses, in this regard, the importance of maintaining EU-level investments, instruments and programmes for nuclear energy and nuclear research;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the Commission expects Member States to continuously intensify their public investments in the protection of the environment and biodiversity; urges, therefore, that this expenditure should be freed from the budgetary constraints imposed by the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that gender budgeting must become an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all of its stages and in all budget lines, so that budgetary expenditure becomes an effective tool for promoting gender equality; calls for gender mainstreaming to be consistently implemented in all EU programmes, financial instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)e importance of championing gender equality while respecting the differences between men and women and how they complement one another; calls for any support for the so-called gender theory, which seeks to deny any difference between men and women, to be banned from receiving any financing from EU funds;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its requestCalls for more investment to uphold the rights of women and girls; calls for budgetary allocations to support women’s economic independence through EU programmes and funds, such as COSME, Horizon 2020 and the EFSIincluding for a determined fight against acts of violence and discrimination suffered by women , especially those endured because of social customs and standards that are foreign to European civilisation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for greater synergies between the instruments available to advance gender equality and improve the work-life balance; reiterates the need for greater efforts to support the most vulnerable women, includingand particularly women with disabilities, and single mothers and migrant, ethnic minority and sexual minority women;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to ensure a balance between the preservation of European industrial policy and an ambitious environmental programme, in which one is not pursued to the detriment of the other;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for spending on gender equality to be traced and for proper indicators and a dedicated methodology to be established, particularly as regards the fight against gender-based discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and women’s; reiterates that strict observance of the laws and sovereignty of Member States shall govern spending tied to access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the need to ensure sufficient resources in the 2021 budget for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goto support Member State initiatives and investments in favour of sustainable energy, depending on their specific national characteristics and the energy mix already at their disposals;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that adequate resources should be allocated in the 2021 budget for the drawing-up and implementation of the future European plan to fight cancer, while taking into account the research plans and investments already carried out and funded by existing European programmes;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CWith Brexit and the resultant drop in the EU budget in mind, calls for the EU to increasemaintain the budget allocation for civil society organisations that promote women’s rights in Europe and the Global South, provided these organisations abide by the laws of Member States and show respect for their sovereignty;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that sufficient funding should be allocated to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in order to help tackle forest fires, floods, earthquakes and otherwhich has frequently been called on in recent years, in order to continue to help Member States in tackling natural or human-made disasters; recalls that this mechanism is, for the most part, used after the event, to support Member States in the aftermath of a natural andor human-made disasters, whose effects are expected to be further exacerbated by climate chang; calls, therefore, for the procedures to be made easier so that the mechanism is as rapidly mobilisable and responsive as possible;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of ensuring that sufficient financial resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to ensure adequate funding for the Union agencies, enabling them to fulfil their mandate and execute their tasks, and to prevent any conflict of interests or misuse of funds.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecCalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and the need for a consolidated budget for collecting data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality; calls for EIGE’s budget, staffor all policies directed towards women to have the following goals: - to combat acts of violence and inequalities stemming from social standards decreed by social, religious and community groups ill-disposed towards the respect shown women that is characteristic of European civilisation, - equal pay for men and women for equal work and equal skills, - to fight domestic violence, - to recognise the status of establishment plan and independence to be kept stable.y-at-home mothers, in particular by specific parental allowances and registration of credits for pension rights;