32 Amendments of Nikola BARTŮŠEK related to 2024/2077(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the European Commission evaluations of the European Social Fund (ESF) since 2014,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) supports, complements and adds value to the policies of the Member States in order to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair and high-quality working conditions, fight against social dumping, social protection and inclusion;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ESF+ is the onlymain EU fund primarily focused on social policies, and is therefore unique in itself and is strongly effective in achieving social inclusion, together with the cohesion policyimportant, together with the cohesion policy, in achieving the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas different vulnerable groups have different needs, such as women in poverty, labour migrants, children, people with disabilities and elderly people; whereas the digital and green transition is much needed but also brings challenges for all people and all workers, and whereas to succeed in this endeavour, the EU must ensure a just transition that does not lose sight of workers and vulnerable people;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the availability and affordability of decent housing is decreasing because of over-liberalisation of the market; whereas the EU will have; whereas housing its first ever Commissioner for tackling the housing crises, and the first ever European affordable housing plan, expected in 2025a Member States competence;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Commission has not yet published an evaluation of the ESF+ after 2022;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. InsiRequests that the ESF+ must continues to be the key and primary instrument for supporting the Member States, people and regions in strengthening the social dimension of the Union, if the ESF+ proves to have been an efficient instrument after careful evaluation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the objectives of the ESF+ should be to achieve high employment levels with adequate wages, decent working conditions, and healthy working environments and social security coverage, in order to develop a skilled, competitive and resilient workforce, ready for the twin transition and the future world of work, and to build fair social protections and inclusive and cohesive societicomplement and add value to the social policies of Member States, with the aims of eradicating poverty and delivering on the principles and the headline targets set out in the EPSR;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a strong, reinforced, stand-alone ESF+ with significantly increaESF+ that is focused on public support for existing instruments aimed at providing for mployment and social affairs, rather than other poorest in our societential public objectives; insists, therefore, on doubling the funding for the ESF+ post-2027 such as climate action, European fiscal equalisation or foreign policy;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong concerns over attemptsthe need to analyse whether to split or merge the existing ESF+ with other funds, si enhances that would create serious riskse efficiency of the ESF+ for the implementation of its objectives and those of the EPSR and its, of the principles of the EPSR and of the objectives of the EPRS action plan, ands well as the reaching of the ESPR’s headline targets;, warnith a particular focus that a unifying or simplifying funds may not improve their effectivenesication and/or simplification of ESF+ helps reach its beneficiaries;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a different ESF+ governance wshould lead to the loss of priority given tofocus on results regarding improvements of social aspects, including employment and social inclusion projects, and to the funding not reaching local levels and those most in need, while increasing the risk of reallocaend beneficiaries, in connection ofwith funds for other purposes;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the participation of social partners, civil society organisations (CSOs) and representatives of the target groups in all design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation stages of the ESF+, to allocate adequate funding for this purpose and to prevent the exclusion of smaller actors;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the current ESF+ programme was adopted before the emergence of crises that have caused high inflation and increased costs of living, and therefore require higher public and social investment such that the existing ESF+ cannot meet current needs; callthat ESF+ focuses oin the Commission to ensure that a comprehensive, stablping people afind large-scale needs- and rights-based budget is guaranteed for the ESF+a job or gain a qualification in the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the ESF+ post-2027 should invest in tackling enduring social challenges and stay close to the general and specific objectives set out in the current ESF+; emphasises the importance of the fund’s principles of shared management, clear objectives and thematic concentrations, and that most of the fund should be spent as close as possible to those using the fundend beneficiaries;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the ESF+ should not beis further used to respond to current emergencies or crises;, insists that a social rescue facility capable of reacting to social emergencies and crisis situations should supplement the ESF+ connection with other EU available funds; calls on the Commission to build on the success of the temporary EU instrument launched in 2020, entitled ‘Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE)’, in fighting temporary unemployment, and to put forward an EU unemployment reinsurance scheme wistrategy based on the results of thoutse further delaynds and in support of Member States policies;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that horizontal principles, such as gender equality, anti- discrimination, and freedom of movement, should be integral to the ESF+; stresses the importance of an intersectionalefficiency approach throughout the entire development and implementation of the fund;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that the ESF+ should target, among other, the most disadvantaged people in our societies, regardless of their sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, or racial or ethnic origin – in particular marginalised communities such as Roma people, people with disabilities or chronic diseases, homeless people, children and elderly people; underlines that the ESF+ must be inclusive, with special attention given to all kinds of families, including single-parent families, families with more than two parents and rainbow families, with a results based approach in terms of their employment and social integration;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, in the light of current challenges, to include in the specific objectives of the ESF+ the promotion of the just transition, the socio- economic integration of legal migrants, including labour migrants, the social inclusion of women who are victims of gender-based violence and the integration of older people;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that reachingit is important to revise the EPSR’s targets on poverty becomes challenging, unless specific support is dedicated to alleviating the pressure on social protection systems and mitigating the social impact of crisesin order to render them realistic; insists on dedicating support to ensure decent living conditions for all legal residents, with access to high- quality essential services; calls for the EU anti-poverty strategy, outlined in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines for the 2024- 2029 term, to be implemented via the ESF+, with its binding poverty-reduction targets, national living wage indices and reference budgets used as benchmarks, applying a multidimensional approach and other EU funds, in support of national social policies;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that addressing child poverty requires appropriately funded, comprehensive and integrated measures, together with the implementation of the European Child Guarantee at national level, and insists that it constitute a central pillar of the EU anti-poverty strategy; repeats its previous demands for the ESF+ post-2027 to include a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion forcalls for an evaluation of the European Child Guarantee as a pre-condition to dedicating ESF+ post-2027 funds to this goal; recalls that the European Child Guarantee; insists that recommends all the Member States shouldto allocate at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to ithe European Child Guarantee and at least 10 % for those Member States with a higher portion of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to raise theeplace the 25 % earmarking for social inclusion beyond the current 25 % and the earmarking for food aid and basic material assistance for the most deprived persons to 5 %, in response to rising living and food coststo fostering good quality employment;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Shares the ambition to prioritise the tackling of the housing crises, and insists that the ESF+ post-2027 should enhance timely and equal access to affordable, decent, sustainable and high- quality services promoting access to housing; believes that all the Member States must invest at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources into tackling homelessnessRecalls that housing is Member States' competence and that Member States should enhance access to affordable and decent housing;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises the need to ensure sufficient financinga focus of the ESF+ post-2027 for high- quality and, public education for all,and private education and training for all legal residents, fostering skills development, upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning, and for the addressing of skills shortages, ensuring that individuals can successfully navigate labour market transitions;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a strengthening of efforts to support the implementation of the Youth Guarantee with an increased earmarking for all Member States that dedicate at least 15 % of their ESF+ resources; repeats in this context its call on the Member States to ban unpaid traineeshipensure a regulation of traineeships offering the best possible options for the youth to develop their skills in the workplace, taking into account small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of the ESF+ in focusing on different groups with different needs; stresses, therefore, the importance of allocating support to projects on the socio-economic position of legal migrants, including labour migrants, the social inclusion of people with disabilities, the ageing population in society, women and children, and female-headed households; insists that the ESF+ post- 2027 incorporate other aspects of social inclusion, such as housing, health and family circumstances and the support of community-based services;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that the Employment and Social Innovation strand of the ESF+ provides support regarding the precarious situation of mobile workers and secures funding for trade union-related counselling; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure permanent funding for national and transnational trade union counselling services for such workers;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the implementation of the EPSR and the reforms needed to comply with the country-specific recommendations in the European Semester are also dependant on the strong support of the ESF+ for certain policy measures, especially those related to strengthening social welfare systems, ensuring inclusive and high-quality public education, reducing child povertyfostering good quality employment and etradicating homelessnessining;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that it is of the utmost importance that small social enterprises and CSOs continue to have access to all aspects of the ESF+; calls for an increased co-financing rate of at least 90 % for measures targeting the most deprived implemented by CSOs, and at least 70 % for those implemented by social enterprisethe ESF+ under the same current conditions;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Insists that the rules governing the use of the ESF+ must ensure and enhance compliance with the rule of law, the EU acquis, the highest EU social standards, social rights and democratic principles, and be aligned with the EPSR, the UN’s sustainable development goals and and with fundamental human and workers’ rights;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for strong and more effective social conditionalities in rules on public procurement and concessions, with effective sanctions; encourages the Commission to create a comprehensive database, supplementing the Eurostat data, to allow for timely and reliable monitoring of the developments in employment, living conditionsthe strict compliance of rules on public procurement and concessions, including on behalf of the European Institutions and Agencies, with effective corrections in case of non- compliance and, industrial relaf that be the case, of sanctions;