Activities of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections (continuation of debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
Amendments (4)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 million Europeans were struggling with poverty and material deprivation on a daily basis and that the situation is likely to deteriorate as a result of the pandemic; recognises the crucial role of the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) in the current 2014-2020 MFF; calls for the Union to increase its efforts to boost cohesion and social convergence in Europe; proposes that the ESF budget, and notably the FEAD be doubled to overcome poverty in Europe;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the recovery efforts should boost jobs andand the Union budget should benefit the people and be focused primarily on boosting quality jobs and sustainable growth, the resilience of our societies and should be complemented by a strong social dimension, addressing social and economic inequalities and the needs of those hardest hit by the crisis, particularly potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, whose inclusion in the labour market must be supported and fostered;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for EU programmes to focus on projects that promote and enhance the safeguarding of existing jobs and the creation of quality jobs with rights and stable and regulated pay and working conditions, as well as effectively and incisively combating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
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; insists that particular emphasis shall lie on Member States and regions having been hit hardest and where the national and regional authorities lack adequate resources for taking the necessary measures; recalls that the EGF is without prejudice to the social responsibilities of the companies concerned, in particular where it concerns their contribution to the social plans for displaced workers;