11 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is also of the opinion that, unless available resources are used more innovatively and effectively, Member States’ budgetary consolidation cannot be sustainable and that sustainable consolidation will likewise be impossible to achieve without a higher Community co-financing rate – especially for projects in social sectors (ESF, Cohesion Fund, and the PROGRESS programme) – enabling Member States with financial problems to make full use of Community funding; considers that national contributions from such Member States should not exceed 10%;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that an increasing number of women live in poverty or are at risk of poverty, in particular women with special needs, such as disabled women, elderly women and single mothers; urges the Commission to pay particular attention to this problem both when drawing up, as well as implementing, the relevant budget headings and also in the policies it adopts;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Proposes that a budget line, backed by the necessary funding, be established with a view to encouraging a change from insecure jobs to work with rights, this being a key issue where workers’ rights are concerned;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for better use of PROGRESS so as to enhance how public employment services function with regard to active labour-market measures, and points out that, under the microfinancing facility agreement, the budget for PROGRESS must be topped up; considers, given the growing difficulties with which social organisations are having to contend, that their contribution to the financing of projects supported by the EU should be no higher than 10%;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the modest scale of the budget appropriations allocated to the individual parts of the PROGRESS programme; maintains that they need to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on an increase in European Social Fund payment appropriationsacross the board in budget appropriations for social action; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund to promote gender equality, and specifically in the field of employment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points to the need to incorporate the gender dimension in the implementing regulations of all the Community funds and draws attention to the ESF in particular, which has to attain the scale necessary to promote policies making for equality, high-quality permanent jobs, and fair redistribution of income;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out the important role of the gender equality and anti-discrimination headings of the PROGRESS programme in promoting equality between men and women and fighting discrimination in the European Union; stresses that these headings should continue to be managed by the Commission unit responsible for gender equality and asks that they be considerably increased;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)