Activities of Sabrina REPP
Plenary speeches (5)
The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)
Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)
Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea (debate)
Strengthening children’s rights in the EU - 35th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (debate)
Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)
Written questions (1)
Change of algorithm on X before US election
Amendments (15)
Amendment 149 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Insists that the specific needs of remote, rural and sparsely populated regions are addressed in the ESF+ post- 2027, ensuring equal access to social projects and essential services. Calls for increased support for community-based initiatives that enhance quality of life and foster social inclusion in these regions.
Amendment 154 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses the need for the ESF+ to support projects that create sustainable local employment opportunities in rural areas, particularly through investments in green jobs, renewable energy, and sustainable tourism, fostering economic resilience;
Amendment 166 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to focus on young people in rural areas, in light of anti-democratic movements that specifically target young people across Europe, but particularly in more disadvantaged regions; the ESF+ post- 2028 should ensure the material and physical security of young people, their education, empowerment, and participation, for example, in youth parliaments, youth advisory boards, planning games, youth referenda, and other significant forums, so that they can make informed political decisions and the breeding ground for anti-democratic movements is eliminated;
Amendment 194 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure that regional and local authorities and organisations have a say in projects financed from national budgetsare involved in relevant planning phases and in projects to assure a territorial dimension;
Amendment 197 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Underlines that the ESF+ should continue to support all regions and societies of the European Union. Social inequalities and grievances exist in all societies, in more and less developed areas. Moreover, the sharp increase of the cost of living and housing shortages have put people of limited means in more developed regions in a particularly vulnerable position.
Amendment 221 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Urges that ESF+ funds include resources for enhancing access to employment, education, and essential services.
Amendment 222 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls for future ESF+ fund to support Member States, regions and local authorities to design and implement smart, sustainable and socially responsible reforms with a view to addressing the multiple challenges they are facing, including depopulation, ageing populations and skills shortages; calls for the instrument to include specific support on the gender-related challenges that currently prevent young people from tapping into their full potential;
Amendment 4 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the increase in the error rate for cohesion policy funds is rather symptomatic of the complexity of the rules applicable to this spending area and the insufficient administrative capacity of national authorities; notes that overlapping eligibility periods and the simultaneous implementation of RRF, CRII(+), CARE and REACT-EU have created additional complexity for managing authorities; calls to provide clear guidance to Member States to mitigate these challenges and ensure effective fund management.
Amendment 8 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the frontloading of EUR 100 million from the 2027 budget of Erasmus+ to the 2023 budget of Erasmus+, which enabled continued support to pupils, students, teachers and qualified staff fleeing from Ukraine, and the extra EUR 20 million awarded to Erasmus+ in 2023 as a result of Parliament’s insistence; stresses that frontloading must remain an exception to rapid response to unforeseen acute crisis situations and that every effort must be made to respond to such situations preferentially with additional funding;
Amendment 14 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adapted the grant amounts for individual support for learning mobility under Erasmus+ by 12,27 % in 2023 in order to mitigate the effects of inflation and the fact that similar adjustments have been made for the European Solidarity Corps; notes that interest in the European Solidarity Corps has grown significantly in recent years and that, due to the small budget allocation, an increasing number of applicants are being excluded from participation;
Amendment 17 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the Commission to drastically simplify the application process for funding under Erasmus+ and Creative Europe and to make it less time- consuming in order to counteract the increasing professionalisation in the funding application process, so that small and voluntary organisations can also successfully participate in the programme or benefit from funding without significant additional effort;
Amendment 23 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, after two years of frontloading of the Creative Europe budget to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme’s budget has returned to the regular profile of slow but steady growth until the end of the programming period; welcomes the reinforcement of its 2023 budget by EUR 7,5 million as a result of Parliament's insistence;
Amendment 27 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the role of the European Anti-Fraud Office and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in protecting the financial interests of the Union; welcomes that in 2023 a working arrangement was signed with Denmark and cooperation started with Poland and Ireland; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between OLAF, EPPO and national authorities to strengthen the detection and prevention of fraud in cohesion policy spending.
Amendment 28 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission and Parliament to fundamentally revise the pre-assessment procedure for pilot projects and preparatory actions in order to make the whole process more transparent and comprehensible while significantly limiting the Commission's influence on the will of the budgetary legislator expressed in the proposals;
Amendment 43 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for the new multiannual financial framework to be better designed to allow the use of relevant instruments, outside of cohesion policy, to adapt to emerging needs in the post-2027 period; stresses thate importance of involving local and regional authorities should be more involved in setting the policy’s priorities and have direct access to cohesion fundin both the design and implementation of cohesion policy to ensure that funds are effectively targeted and address the specific needs of communities; calls for the establishment of mechanisms to facilitate direct access for local authorities, particularly in less-developed regions.