Activities of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2021/2251(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)
Amendments (32)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of our democracy, society and economy, to receive adequate support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitions, social cohesion and resilience; in this regard, welcomes that policies for the next generation, such as education and youth, constitute one of the six support pillars of the RRF; stresses that support from the RRF should be implemented through structured and inclusive measures, accessible to all, especially the most vulnerable actors;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of our democracy, society and economy, to receive support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitions; reiterates the European Parliament recommendation that 10% of recovery and resilience plan resources should go to education and 2% to the cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectors were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover to their full potential; in this regard, recalls that the pandemic has also triggered the deployment of innovative digital production, distribution and consumption patterns in these sectors; underlines that, in the medium to long term, this new trend could lead to the development of new business models which would need adequate support to unfold;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectors were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover; stresses the need for additional funding and initiatives at European, national and local level to support the rapid and full recovery of the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that only 14 Member States have included culture in their RRF plans and questions the Commission's approval of such plans, which in no way adequately respond to the recovery needs of the sectors ; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments leads to recovery at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity; in this regard, underlines that the majority of Member States that have foreseen investments for culture in their RRF plans opted for short-term measures whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic require long-term responses;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that only 14 Member States have included culture in their RRF plans; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments leads to recovery at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity; urges Member States to give more importance to the cultural and creative sector and to provide the funding necessary to sustain it; is concerned about the low level of concern for the cultural and creative sector in many Member States' recovery and resilience plans; reiterates the importance of assessing the quality of investment in the cultural and creative sector and the need to support creators from all sectors, including associative structures, independent creators or SME representatives;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that RRF plans have failed to consider the needs of the entire cultural and creative ecosystem, in particular the audiovisual segment, and that a holistic approach to supporting the film sector must be taken, more specifically the segments that have been most impacted, including the theatrical distribution and exhibition of films;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Regrets that only a few Member States have requested loans for the implementation of their RRF plans and only 3 Member States have requested the full amount of the loans available; recalls that loan support may be requested until 31 August 2023; therefore, calls on Member States to make full use of the loans available to support cultural and creative sectors, media, education, youth and sports;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that certain Member States have not included sufficient measures to support youth, sport or media policies; expresses concern that the effect of the RRF on young people is limited in many cases and does not produce results or structural reforms that enable them to have access to education; regrets that youth policy experts, youth associations and youth workers do not have an adequate platform to express and engage in RRF implementation providing decent paid work, adequate housing and real prospects for the future; expresses dissatisfaction that the sport sector has been ignored in many MRAs and is not sufficiently supported in its development as a mechanism for building resilience; urges Member States to ensure that the media sector is able to benefit from recovery and resilience policies;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Opposes the Commission’s approach to incorporate not strictly cultural interventions such as tourism and energy efficiency of cultural buildings in the calculations, resulting in misleading statistics; calls for thea recalculation and reassessment of available data; stresses that measures in the cultural and creative sector should be strictly focused on cultural/creative actions and events or target working conditions in these sectors;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests, from the European Parliament as well as the sectors concerned, urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to culture, 10 % to education and 120 % to educathe digital transition; criticises the fact that these already misleading numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only and deplores that the majority of Member States are performing well below the levels requested;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests to the European Parliament and social partners urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to culture and 10 % to education; criticises the fact that these already misleading numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only; calls on the European institutions to give more prominence to education and culture in the European Semester, with a view to achieving better policy coordination in these areas, thereby helping to restore and improve quality standards in education and in the cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct and successful implementation of the RRF to the benefit of the sectors in question as well as the authors, performers, freelancers and all creative professionals a special focus should be given to independent players as well as micro and small organisations, including those in rural areas;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the fact that women20 , children21 , young people, the elderly and vulnerable groups have been the most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis; recalls the need to ensure that the EU leaves no one behind, and that it tackles gender- specific socio-economic impacts on its path to recovery; stresses that support from the RRF should be implemented through inclusive measures, accessible to all, especially the most vulnerable groups; __________________ 20 European Parliament, Directorate- General for Internal Policies, Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, COVID-19 and its economic impact on women and women’s poverty – Insights from 5 European Countries, May 2021. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/STUD/2021/693183/IPOL_STU(202 1)693183_EN.pdf 21 Eurochild, Growing up in lockdown: Europe’s children in the age of COVID-19, 17 November 2020. https://www.eurochild.org/resource/growin g-up-in-lockdown-europes-children-in-the- age-of-covid-19/
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recognises that the conflict in Ukraine and related actions will have negative effects on the Member States’ economic situation and calls on the Commission to be flexible on the revision of the national plans in order for them to also address the economic and social consequences of the crisis;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that the Facility should take into account the new specific situation and challenges of each Member States, in particular related to the food and energy prices crisis, and calls upon the Commission to allow them to address them by optimising the national plans;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility to redirect unused or saved RRF resources to support reforms and investments in areas not yet covered by the plans;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for sustainable structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular regarding social security in the latter; regrets that such reforms are planned in only a minority of Member States; in this regard, welcomes reforms planned by some Members States and encourages all Member States to implement similar reforms to protect workers' rights and broaden the social security for authors, performers, freelancers and all professionals in cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for sustainable structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular regarding social security and financial and business training in the latter; regrets that such reforms are planned in only a few Member States; minority of Member States; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts andto achieve sustainable structural reforms in education and in the cultural and creative sector; notes that a significant number of skilled people are migrating to developed countries inside and outside the European Union and calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a strategy to reduce the brain drain and provide more opportunities for personal and professional development within the EU, including in less developed countries;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Reminds Member States of the possibility to request transfer to the RRF of resources allocated under share management programmes thereby fostering synergies for the benefit of the cultural and creative sectors, media, education, youth, and sport;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the pandemic has adversly affected the quality of education, contributing to an increase in early school leaving, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest additional funding and resources in measures to improve the quality of education and reduce early school leaving;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecalls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to culture, education, youthat the monitoring of the implementation of the RRF falls under the Commission's remit; calls on the Commission to reconsider the frequency and timing of reporting and evaluation as well as to define suitable indicators with a view to enabling maximum transparency and effectiveness; stresses the importance of gathering clear and reliable data on RRF resources allocation at regional level across Member States with the aim of ensuring that all actors, including th,e sports and mediamallest ones, are reached by the measures;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to culture, education, youth, sports and media; calls on Member States to redirect some of the unused or saved resources to support independent journalism and the local media and to raise awareness of RRF benefits at local level;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the European Parliament Working Group on the scrutiny of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF WG) to carry out a thorough scrutiny on investments and reforms put in place by Member States in the field of culture, media, education, youth and sport and to remind Member States the Parliament’s calls to direct an adequate proportion of the recovery measures in support of these sectors;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to extend the continuous involvement of stakeholders to the implementation and monitoring of the RRF plans. stresses that stakeholders at all levels of governance, including local levels, must be involved in RRF implementation and monitoring and regrets that certain Member States have failed to organise a structured dialogue for the drafting of recovery plans and to include stakeholders the governance thereof; calls on the Commission and the Member States to comply with the RRF Regulation and to involve the European Parliament and the specialised committees to a greater extent in the process of evaluating and implementing the plans;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls upon the European Commission to be open, transparent and available for the rapid correction of errors in NRRPs or revisions of NRRPs, especially if the reforms included risk to generate negative social and development effects; calls for the amounts allocated to national recovery and resilience plans to be removed from the deficit targets;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Calls upon the European Commission to reduce the period of evaluation and approval of any changes requested by Member States to a maximum of 30 days and to allow the national plans to be implemented without interruption on the other chapters, not amended, during the evaluation process;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Regrets that in some NRRPs, due to extensive politicisation, anti-social and anti-development measures have been included among the reforms, including to keep pensions and salaries under the poverty ratio;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Recalls previous requests from the European Parliament urging the Members states to dedicate at least 2% of NRRP to culture and 10% to education and regrets that the majority of Member States are not performing at the levels requested;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Recalls that the European Parliament, social partners, the civil society, academia and local authorities have to be actively involved in the governance and supervision of the implementation of the NRRPs in each Member State;