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4 Amendments of Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE related to 2020/1998(BUD)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the proposed 2021 draft budget is based on the new Commission 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposals of 27 May 2020 and; welcomes the historic recovery plan adopted by the European Council, but regrets that the Council proposal of 21 July 2020 on the MFF is below that revised Commission proposal (EUR-25 700 million);
2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the COVID-19 outbreak has claimed thousands of lives in Europe and has led to an unprecedented crisis with disastrous consequences for people, families, workers and businesses, and therefore requires an unprecedented response; highlights that 2021 will be a critical year for the budget, as the first year of the 2021-2027 MFF and the first “post- COVID-19 recovery” year; highlights in particular that the budget should help improving the situation in the social and employment area, in time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; highlights the fact that the 2021 budget not only must address the host of social and employment-related challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also must support workers and businesses in the move towards a more solidarity-based, more digital and greener economy;
2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to make combating youth unemployment a priority, in particular as part of the European recovery effort, to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee, as well as European programmes such as Erasmus+, and to take tailored action to tackle youth unemployment and make young people more employable;
2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes, in light of the expected increase in demand in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Commission proposal to increase the annual funding available for EGF to EUR 386 million from 2021 onwards and is concerned that the Council proposal to limit this funding to EUR 197 million in 2021 could undermine its paramount role in offering assistance to workers who lost their job in restructuring events; points out accordingly that the Commission’s undertaking to mobilise the EGF, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment, and extending the scope of the fund by way of support for the digital and green transitions call for sufficient funding, for 2021, beyond the ceiling laid down by the Council;
2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL