Activities of Nils UŠAKOVS related to 2020/2244(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester: annual sustainable growth strategy 2021 – European Semester: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy 2021 (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asserts that the Recovery and Resilience Facility is reshaping the European Semester process; underlines that the two processes should be fully coordinated towards building resilience and supporting the recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis;maximising synergies between common policies and strategic guidance at EU level and implementation at national level, as well as building resilience and strong social structures, strengthening gender equality and the gender mainstreaming of all public interventions and supporting the recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis by making use of the NGEU in an efficiently and targeted manner:
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the limited size of the EU budget, together with its expenditure driven nature and being subject to the principle of equilibrium, means that its redistribution and stabilisation functions are also very limited; stresses that it is all the more important to take full advantage of all possibilities under the multiannual financial framework (MFF), the NGEU and the own resources system to support national recovery, social justice, and environmental, economic, social and inclusive resilience. ; while also strengthening the EU budget with a broader portfolio of own resources;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses how the social tracking methodology to be developed for the Recovery and Resilience Funds can play a key role to improve the European Semester in order to better incorporate social and environmental issues on an equal footing to fiscal coordination, by for example paying more attention to aggressive tax planning, poverty reduction, gender equality, social justice, social cohesion and upward convergence;