Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2015/2353(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament’s input ahead of the Commission’s proposal
Amendments (6)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2 %, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, and calls for increased public and private investment in job creation and skills;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. INotes that the entire envelope earmarked for the Youth Employment Initiative was frontloaded in 2014-2015 and that the figures available indicate full absorption to date; insists on the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative and calls for the resources for this initiative to be provided until 2020;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the Court of Auditors’ report on ‘EU Youth Guarantee - Implementation in Member States’, due to be completed at the beginning of 2017, will provide a clearer assessment of the programme’s results; considers that, inter alia, analysis of the efficiency and the long-term results should be outlined in the report;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes the persistently high levels of youth unemployment in many Member States; calls on Member States to make use of the possibility to include NEETs in EGF applications where relevant and to promote entrepreneurship among young people as a mechanism to encourage job creation;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the policies for poverty reduction and social inclusion among vulnerable groups have failed to produce the expected results and calls for increased financial aid to social services and the social economympact assessments and value for money analysis to find the reasons for this failure; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote and support the social economy and calls on Member States to ensure the provision of adequate social services;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the huge problem of child poverty in Europe, which is afflicting over 20 million children, and reiterates its call for the establishment of a Child Guarantee with dedicated special resources, together with; notes that between 2008 and 2014 24 EU countries saw an increase in child poverty; emphasises the need for a strong focus on alleviating child poverty in all relevant ESF programmes and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived along with targeted interventions and programmes to assist parents in getting out of social exclusion and unemployment;