10 Amendments of Leila CHAIBI related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for people, families, workers and businesses; highlights in this regard the crucial role of the Cohesion Policy, including the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the main driver for strengthening the social dimens and the Just Transition Fund, in mitigating the adverse effects of an integration project such the European Union ofor the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable recovery, as well as of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF)most vulnerable, for workers and at grass-roots level, especially in the Member States that have been the most weakened in economic and social terms; urges, therefore, that resources for these funds to be stepped up;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and increase upward social convergencewith fully respect of labour rights and the highest standards of working conditions, poverty eradication, fight against social exclusion and discrimination, and increase upward social, economic and territorial convergence and cohesion; recalls that this is even more crucial in a time of unprecedented crisis following the containment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and has worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities; Stresses, in this regard, the urgent need for EU programmes, funds and instruments with sufficient budgetary means and with objectives fully aligned with this;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Warns, however, that this is insufficient without a new strategy focusing on social progress and social justice and geared to economic, social and territorial cohesion, breaking away from right-wing policies and the restrictions imposed by the EU on Member States’ economic, social and labour policies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses, however, that many of the activities and measures supported by the funds and programmes aiming at addressing social and labour problems are being compromised by the restrictions resulting from the European economic governance framework;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration, with rights and on equal footing, into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds do not support any projects, investments and programmes that contribute to segregation, discrimination or social exclusion; urges the Commission to prevent potential or current private beneficiaries, practising social and labour dumping, with ongoing collective dismissal processes and/or relocation processes, to access EU funding;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve high , and regrets the lack of ambition; states that the growing precarisation, the alarming poverty figures, including in-work and child poverty, the worrying unemployment levels, adequateincluding the young one, and social protectexclusion, and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economythe persistent discrimination problems need a more ambitious budgetary answer; highlights that the ESF+ can play a key role in supporting the Member States to tackle the mentioned problems; welcomes the transfer from REACT-EU of an additional EUR 10,8 billion to cohesion in 2022, of which 30 % will be allocated to the ESF +;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses its concern at the low take-up of EU funds and programmes; considers that it can be significantly leveraged if support is stepped up for public structures providing technical assistance, and if co-funding rates were increased and if public investment financed by EU funds and programmes was excluded from budget deficit criteria;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets the fact the annual budgetary answer is financial constrained by a Multiannual Financial Framework that is far from being the adequate financial answer to the population and workers’ needs;