Activities of Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO
Plenary speeches (6)
World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)
The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)
The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)
Question Time with Commissioners - Challenges in the implementation of cohesion policy
Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments (debate)
Regional Emergency Support: RESTORE (debate)
Written questions (8)
Madrid-Lisbon high-speed rail link
Role of regional and local authorities in managing funds in the next programming period
Transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/851
Extraordinary measures to help the livestock sector to deal with bluetongue disease, bovine tuberculosis and epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD)
Labeling and designation of non-animal origin products
DANA in Spain and the risk of medicine and vaccine shortages
Financial aid for rebuilding towns and cities in Spain affected by the recent torrential rainstorms
Paediatric transplants
Amendments (21)
Amendment 15 #
2024/2077(INI)
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 policy reinforcing national policies in employment, education and social inclusion, together with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF);
Amendment 22 #
2024/2077(INI)
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,the current transitions and the geopolitical context bring challenges to our societies, especially for workers in the automotive industry and for those workers living in rural areas, peripheral and outermost regions and wheareas to succeed in this endeavour, the EU must ensure a just transition that does not lose sight of workers and vulnerable peopleaffected by prolonged economic stagnation as well as the development trap;
Amendment 29 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the current transitions and the geopolitical context bring challenges to our societies, especially for workers in the automotive industry and for those workers living in rural areas, peripheral and outermost regions and areas affected by prolonged economic stagnation as well as the development trap;
Amendment 33 #
2024/2077(INI)
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 marketvarious factors among which we may find erratic public policies and supply side imbalances; whereas the EU will haveappoint its first ever Commissioner for tackling the housing crisattending Member States in supporting housing demand and associated services, and the first ever European affordable housing plan, expected in 2025;
Amendment 58 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. InsistRecalls that the objectives of the ESF+ should be to achieve high employment levels with adequate wages, decent working conditions, healthy working environments and social security coverage, in order to develop a skilled, competitivesupport Member States and regions in achieving high employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce, ready for the twin transitionfutures challenges and the future world of work, and to build fair social protections and inclusive and cohesive societies, with the aims of eradicating poverty and delivering on the principles and the headline targets set out in the EPSRdelivering on the principles and the headline targets set out in the EPSR; values the role the ESF+ post-2027 can play in training and adjusting the workforce for transitioning and future industries; believes a well prepared workforce is the basis of a prosperous and competitive economy;
Amendment 69 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a strong, reinforced, stand-alone ESF+ with significantly increased public support for existing instruments aimed at providing for the poorest in our societies; insists, therefore, on doubling the funding for the ESF+ post-2027the respect of ESF+ financial support in the next Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027 as the key fund within cohesion policy to invest in social policies, while improving social cohesion and providing for the poorest in our societies;
Amendment 74 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong concerns over attempts to split or merge the existing ESF+ with other funds, since that would create serious risks for the implementation of its objectives and those of the EPSR and its acConsiders that the future ESF+ legal framework should respect its basic principles and objectives, while striving for further simplification and reduction of bureaucracy in the design, implementation plan,d and the reaching of the ESPR’s headline targets; warns that unifying or simplifying funds may not improve their effectivenesudit processes; believes this simplification should be made in respect of the partnership and multilevel governance principles;
Amendment 101 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the ESF+ should not be uconstantly revised to respond to emergencies or crises; insists that a social rescue facility capable of reacting to the social impact of emergencies and crisis situationnatural disasters should supplement the ESF+ in order to preserve the long-term objective of cohesion policy 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 a; welcomes the Commission proposal RESTORE (Regional Emergency Support to Reconstruction) amending Regulation (EU unemployment reinsurance scheme without further delay) 2021/1057 to aid the areas mostly affected by devastating natural disasters in the reconstruction process; asks for a faster procedure in the event of a natural disaster;
Amendment 106 #
2024/2077(INI)
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 intersectional approach throughout the entire development and implementation of the fund‘do not harm to cohesion’ should be integral to the ESF+; stresses the need that the principles consider additional challenges such as the demographic challenge and its cross- cutting effects, mental health and its effects on social cohesion, work conciliatory measures and rural generational replacement;
Amendment 112 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that the ESF+ should target 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 famil and be sensible to the needs of households and different social groups, especially people in risk of poverty and marginalised communities;
Amendment 158 #
2024/2077(INI)
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 traineeship; recommends in this context that Member States should not allow unpaid traineeships non-related with educational activities;
Amendment 180 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allocate consistent financial resources to capacity- building, with the aims of empowering social partners to play a relevant rolereinforcing managing and intermediate authorities while respecting the role of social partners in areas of their competence, ofand strengthening their capacity to engage in social dialogue both at EU and national level and of enhancing social partners’ actions – and include technical assistance for these three purposes – with an adequate minimum percentage investment obligation from the Member States; further insists that social partners and CSOs should be guaranteed; considers that CSOs should have access to funding for social policy objectives in all the Member States on an equal basis;
Amendment 205 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for strong and, more effective social conditionaand simplitfies ind 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 conditions and industrial relations;
Amendment 206 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Calls for the creation in the next revision post-2027 of a single European platform that allows beneficiaries, in particular small beneficiaries, to have a swift access to the different European funds; believes that the Commission and the Member States should provide beneficiaries all the necessary information to access European funds through this platform; considers that the reduction of bureaucratic processes is essential to ease the accessibility of funds and that a single platform could help in this regard;
Amendment 214 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for the reduction of the administrative burden, notably by simplifying the application processes for accessing funds and the reporting procedures for organisations, in particular for those ofsmall and medium enterprises as well as smaller size beneficiaries; warns that simplification must not compromise the fundamental principles of shared management, transparency and accountability, ensuring the proper administration of public funds;
Amendment 220 #
2024/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Warns that not all people arpeople need to be prepared for digitalisation, and that certain groups of people, especially the most vulnerable and elderly population, could miss out on funding opportunities as a result;
Amendment 26 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes in particular, that ERA contributes, on technical matters, to the implementation of Union legislation by developing a common approach to safety on the Union rail system and by enhancing the level of interoperability on the Union rail system and associated data, contributing to the establishment of a trans-European transport network, with a specific focus on facilitating the interoperable deployment of ERTMS and on access to data for pushing rail modernisation and digitalisation; takes notice of the close cooperation with the national authorities acting in the fields of railway safety and interoperability; emphasises that the actions of ERA will substantially contribute to an increased competitiveness of rail, positioning it as one of the safest and most sustainable modes of transport, to improved regional connectivity and to the seamless cross- border traffic in the EU.
Amendment 5 #
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; highlights that there is currently an overlap in the cohesion policy between the previous 2014-2020 programming period and the current 2021-2027 period, together with the funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 10 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Committee on Regional Development called for urgent additional advisory support from the Commission to national authorities to avoid that situation; calls, in this regard, also for strengthening of the support for staff training in the regional and local administrations involved in managing cohesion policy funds;
Amendment 13 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that 2023 was the third year in the implementation of Horizon Europe programme and acknowledges the successful completion of two major transport calls under the Cluster 5 Work Programme, which led to new transport research and innovation projects; deplores the fact that Horizon Europe spending remains high risk and is the main source of the errors detected in the Court of Auditors' opinion;
Amendment 19 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its previous calls for further simplification to help reduce the risk of errors; urges the Commission and Member States to simplify unnecessarily complex rules and procedures wherever possible, work on a common interpretation of certain legal requirements and avoid gold-plating; asks for there to be a push in the next period for a stable legal framework that is not subject to recurrent revisions;