9 Amendments of Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that cohesion policy is one of the most important instruments to tackle the main priorities defined in the Commission’s draft budget for 2019 -: building a stronger and more resilient European economy; reducing disparities within the EU; creating jobs; bringing solidarity and security within and beyond EU borders; and ensuring a proper implementation of the EU budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women spend more time than men on unpaid care work, which is one of the main reasons for women’s underrepresentation in the labour market; whereas the demand for high-quality, accessible and affordable childcare and long-term care services is higher than current supply and some families from disadvantaged backgrounds have difficulties in affording to private care services;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the proposed 1,1 % rise in the level of payment appropriations, with decreases of 8,9 % and 3,6 % respectively for Cohesion fund and European territorial cooperation, as well as the 2,8 % increase in commitment appropriations under Heading 1b in the 2019 draft budget compared to the previous budget; is concerned that those amounts may not be sufficient to match the pace of implementation of the programmes under that heading and to prevent the reconstitution of a backlog of unpaid claims, or to show that the EU is able to fulfil its commitments and hence enhance its credibility;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of identifying support measures to consolidate the role of farmers in the supply chain, as well as new ways of encouraging farmer organisations;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the increased funding proposed by the European Commission for promotion measures, which are crucial to expand the share of European exports on markets across the world; underscores the importance of new markets for maintaining competitiveness and increasing the resistance of European agriculture to market crises such that arising from the Russian embargo;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its request for increased resources, e.g. under the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the EU cohesion fund, to uphold women’s economic and social rights, especially through women’s employment and investment in high-quality, affordable public care services, and to reduce gender inequality, including through the use of existing instruments at Union and Member State level;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reaffirms the vital importance of the school fruit and vegetables scheme, especially given the current level of child malnutrition in the Union; calls on the Commission, therefore, to reduce the bureaucracy involved and stresses the need to promote healthy eating habits in children and the consumption of organic fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the insufficient execution of payments to young farmers in recent years and encourages Member States to promote the use of those appropriations the following year in order to boost generation renewal; considers that support for young people should focus more on their present needs rather than encouraging them to undertake major investments;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of rural development commitments and spending and their job creation potential in areas worse hit by unemployment; underlines the need to continue to provide initiatives for young farmers that promote innovation and generational renewal; observes that access to farm investment funding instruments should be better adapted to the investment needs and higher risk profiles of new entrants;