10 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
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 European funds and financial instruments including the Recovery and Resilience facility, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the main driver for strengthening the social dimension of 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); stresses that these funds and instruments should support activities of all relevant stakeholders including non-governmental and charitable organisations;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce poverty and increase upward social convergenceresilience and improve stability of the social systems in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and hascreated new ones; points out that the pandemic has moreover worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities;
Amendment 25 #
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 and long-standing trends; insists on the need forto adopt up- and reskilling policies and to recognize skills gained through informal and non- formal learning in order to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integra including the increased use of AI; recalls that the improvement of the position into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, peoplersons with disabilities, young and elderly people, single parents and the unemployed, that allows dignified life, is paramount;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes 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 employment levels, adequatenon-discriminatory and inclusive labour markets, working conditions that allow work-life balance for parents and carers, adequate and fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy; 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 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation by Member States with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people not in employment, education or training to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Members States to make the best use of the directly managed strand of the ESF+, the Employment and Social Innovation strand for investment in social innovation and for stimulaupporting labour mobility but also preventing brain drain from certain Member States, remote or rural areas;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % ofshould use their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources toefficiently tackle child poverty and support targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EGF will offer one- off assistance to dismissed workers to find another job as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; Underlines the importance of the revised application requirements and eligibility criteria in the EGF Regulation, lowering the minimum threshold of workers made redundant or of self-employed persons from 500 to 200; recalls that the support from EGF should be gradually accessible to all companies including SMEs;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour market as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of education and social inclusion, including investments in infrastructure for the purposes of training centres, child- and, elderly- and disability- care facilities and the possibility to support investments in large enterprises in ’assisted areas’ pursuant to regional State aid guidelines, if such support is necessary for job creation in the identified territory;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Welcomes the statement of the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, on the Commission’s firm commitment to fighting anti-semitism and engaging with the Palestinian Authority and the UNRWA to promote quality education for Palestinian children and ensure full adherence to UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co- existence, and non-violence in Palestinian textbooks; agrees with the stance that the conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered; insists that the Commission must guarantee that no Union funds are allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for EU citizens, the focus should be put on evidence-based and future-proof policymaking;