Activities of Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ related to 2023/2129(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Annual report for the financial year 2022, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Cohesion, resilience and values’ is 6.4% and that for the subheading ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion, the estimated level of error is 6.6%; underlines that in the 260 transactions the ECA audited, audit authorities reported 58 quantifiable errors and most notably concerned ineligible costs (31) and irregularities in public procurement procedures (21);
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, gender equality and the elimination of inequalities are core values upis a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; which the Union is founded, and the commitment to promote equality between men and women in all of its actions as enshrined in Article 8 TFEUereas Article 8 TFEU commits the Union to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds that, without prejudice to the need to support the authorities and beneficiaries to better comply with spending rules and minimise errors, the most pressing issues to be addressed in the area of cohesion policy are, on the one hand,: the overly complex rules and procedures and the disproportionate administrative burden they entail a, the effective targeting of the funds, onand the other hand, the effective targeting of the fundconstant diversion, as a rule and not as an exception for exceptional situations, of funds initially allocated to cohesion policies towards other policy areas;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that equal opportunities for men and women should be a givena gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas; however evidence based data should be the basis, rather than wolf- crying calls claiming women are more impacted by war, Covid, climate change, or that the best solution for women is more abortions; therefore savings can be made in the budgetary process by reduc, particularly in the light of the gendered aspects of ongoing crises such as wars, the climate crisis, inflation, and the backlash against women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) ing these budgetary lines Union and world-wide;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to address the main issues of the funds allocation system; therefore, urges the European Commission to take concrete measures, such as the development of a one-stop- shop that consolidates the information relative to all available funds including updated and detailed information on beneficiaries.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the crucial role that managing authorities and audit authorities play in the management and control of funds and spending; underlines that the effective control of management authorities is essential to ensure the compliance of operations and programmes as well as their good performance; furthermore, stresses the need for audit authorities to be functionally independent from management authorities as they are responsible for verifying expenditure declared by managing authorities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the ECA’s recommendation to strengthen measures that have been designed to address recurring errors, particularly in relation to ineligible costs and projects; notes that this would support managing authorities in reducing continued occurrence of these errors and lead to better performance in spending;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Raises concerns about the demonisation of groups supporting pregnant women; notes that this is contrary to Article 2 TEU and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, where the right to life is enshrined; is further concerned by disrespect of Member State competences in the area of health; therefore calls for a removal of funding for organisations which promote abortion; calls on the Commission to explore the core mission of those to whom EU funds are gNotes the Commission’s methodology for tracking gender aspects of expenditure as of 2023; recalls that only 2% of the Union’s budget was assessed as having a principle objective of improving gender equality; calls on the Commission to improve this score by mainstreaming gender from the start of programme design; reiteranted and to withhold funding from actors using EU funds for the purposes of terminating human rights, particularly women’s rights and gender equalitys that further detail is needed so that the majority of spending (73%) currently assessed as 0* ‘potential to contribute to gender equality’ can be fully understood;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that gender mainstreaming is flawed, because it would force women into roles, employment and identities, which they may not want, rather than simply giving individuals and families the opportunity to decideRepeats its calls for the Commission to strengthen the rule of law and ensure that EU funds are not made available to any entity that is implicated in breaches of human rights, including women’s fundamental rights and SRHR;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the flawed methodology in calculating the Union’s gender pay gap of 12.7 %, as it fails to take into account a person’s choice to undertake work which is lower paid, or is part time in natureInsists that women and men should benefit equally from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in particular in the light of the Union’s gender pay gap of 13%; recalls that the Commission introduced a gender assessment of the Member States’ Recovery and Resilience Plans only an ex-ante assessment, which revealed that some Member States had no measures tagged as focusing on gender equality;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the importance of combatting violence and trafficking, as outlined in the Daphne initiative but calls for transparency over the results of the money invested.Repeats its calls for a dedicated budget line for gender equality, in particular within the Daphne programme in the light of the crisis of gender-based violence facing the Union;