9 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2010/2072(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an analysis of the funds mobilised under the EGF between 2007 and the end of the first half of 2009 highlights the shortcomings of the original regulation, with only EUR 80 million having being mobilised, out of a total of EUR 1.5 billion that was theoretically available, for 18 applications submitted on behalf of 24 431 workers by eight Member States for a very limited number of sectors (notably textile and car industry); whereas those shortcomings are also reflected in the huge disparity between the amounts initially allocated and those finally implemented, with EUR 24.8 million (39.4% of the appropriations mobilised) having subsequently been paid back in the case of the first 11 applications,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, in addition to having a cyclical dimension resulting from the economic and financial crisis, the difficulties arising on the labour market in most Member States are also due to structural factors which European and national recovery plans can only partly address; whereas, therefore, the increase in the number of applications for EGF funding may be said to be a long-term trend, whereas, however, the intention of the fund is not to be a substitute for lack of innovation,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EGF's added value as an EU social policy instrument lies in the fact that it provides a visible specific and targeted financial support for personalised programmes for the reskilling and re- integration into employment of workers affected by collective redundancies in sectors or regions undergoing severe economic and social disruption;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for coherence in policy; demands, therefore, that workers eligible for funding under the EGF who make use of their right to free movement as stipulated in Article 45 of the TFEU are not discriminated against in access to funding;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the contributions granted with reference to, among other things: the beneficiaries' re- integration into employment; the outreach to small and medium sized enterprises (SME); the difference between the number of potential beneficiaries and the number of workers that have received support; the disparities between Member States in terms of the funding provided per worker and the reasons for those disparities; compliance with the non-discrimination criterion with reference to the contractual position of the workers made redundant and to workers who make use of their right to free movement within the EU; the procedures for consulting the social partners that were or were not used when preparing applications and the checks carried out on their implementation; and the procedures for verifying the implementation of contributions and any repayments Member States are requested to make; calls on the Commission to reflect the findings of that evaluation in its proposal for the revision of the regulation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applicationapplications by Member States in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so thatcould help the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications mayto do so without delay, and that the Commission should assign additional staffhave the necessary capacity to processing applications submitted by Member States and should scrupulously observe the time limit of 15 days between the adoption of a mobilisation decision and the payment of the financial contribution to the Member State;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, over and above these improvements to the procedure, the period of validity of the derogation inserted in 2009 with a view to assisting workers who lose their jobs as a result of the economic and financial crisis should be extended until the end of the current multiannual financial framework and that the co-financing rate should be raised from 50% to 65%, given that the underlying causes on which their approval was based are very far from having been removed,; and thatsks the Commission to consider whether ESF Convergence Objective regions should be eligible for 75% co- financing under the EGF, in order to diminish the current bias in favour of the ESF;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Wishes the EGF to be madat the Commission explores whether the EGF measures should become a permanent fundeature in the next multiannual financial framework, with its own commitment and payment appropriations, instead of on which dependsing on the non- utilisation or under-utilisation of appropriations from previous financial years;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the conversion of the EGFcurrent EGF measures into a permanent means of support for active job-seeking measures would show a political will to develop a European social pillar that would be complementary to Member States' social policies and capable of revitalising the European approach to professional training; with this in mind, EGF should remain separatepoints out that EGF measures are different from the ESF and the European lifelong learning programmes, given that the fundEGF focuses on enhancing the abilities of each of the workers assisted, rather than on providing a response to the concerns of businesses or on the delivery of across-the-board services to training establishments;