5 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2016/2307(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the complementary role played by the EU budget in achieving the Union’s goals under the social policies charted in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 aiming the creation of more and better jobs throughout the EU; notes the delay in the implementation of some of the 187 employment programmes, and the fact that, by September 2016, only 65 % of competent national authorities had been designated;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls on the Member states and the Commission to speed up the implementation of all programmes which can boost the creation of decent, quality, long-term employment for all categories of population and particularly young people; stresses that youth unemployment remains at 18.6 % despite the slight decrease in unemployment in the EU; calls on the Member States to ensure a more proactive follow-up of the programme managing authorities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes the adoption of EUR 500 million in commitment appropriations for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for 2017; stresses that this amount is not sufficient and needs to be increased and secured in the current MFF; notes also, however, that an agreement on appropriate additional financing for the YEI to cover the remainder of the current MFF period must be reached regarding the mid-term revision;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the leverage effect of the EU budget on national budgets; urges the Member States to speed up the implementation of programmes, in line with the Union’s strategy to increase employment, and step up measures to reduce poverty and inequality; underlines that this responsibility lies with the Member States particularly; stresses also that, according to Eurostat, 122.3 million people in the EU live on or are now below the poverty line, and that tackling this situation is a political priority;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that instruments such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) must improve the socio-economic convergence of EU Member States and regions by increasing support for SMEs; calls for the European Investment Fund (EIF) to present and implement new products provided for under the SME Window (SMEW) in order to accelerate the implementation of the EIF mandate in InnovFin, COSME and RCR, in accordance with the EFSI Regulation, in particular the SMES Equity Product and the uncapped guarantees for riskier loans to innovative SMEs and small mid-caps, and for the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation to foster access to micro-finance for vulnerable groups, as well as micro- and social enterprises ; calls for the EIB to prioritise projects eligible for EFSI and EIF in order to foster synergies and develop efficient strategies.