2022/2105(DEC) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; whereas Article 8 TFEU states that in all its activities the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities~~, establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming~~;

Amendment 10 #

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that EIGE was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union; stresses the need for the EIGE to focus its work on issues relevant to the daily lives of European women, and in particular on the increasing insecurity they face.

Amendment 11 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that EIGE was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, a task in which it has proven to be vital and effective, and therefore underlines that EIGE needs to be provided with sufficient and stable financial and human resources to fulfil its tasks;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that EIGE was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union; through providing research and data;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that EIGE was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of ~~gender~~ equality between men and women in the Union;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. points out that the EIGE is overstepping its powers when it intends to lay down interpretative criteria that fail to take into account the principles of established case-law on fundamental rights; it also does this when attempting to analyse statistics in a biased and partial manner, blurring the reality of real equality between men and women;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that the EIGE's scope for action may not, under any circumstances, replace or supplant the functions of parliamentary activity;

Amendment 16 #

Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; stresses the valuable contribution that the EIGE can make to all Parliament committees;~~deleted

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; stresses the valuable contribution that the EIGE can make to all Parliament committees; acknowledges the specialisation and insight of EIGE, especially in the provision of data and assessment of policies of Member States;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcom~~Notes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; ~~stresses the valuable contribution that the EIGE can make to all Parliament committees;~~

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; stresses the valuable contribution that the EIGE can make to all Parliament committees; in order to better integrate the gender perspective in all EU policies

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas ~~gender~~ equality between women and men is a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; whereas Article 8 TFEU states that in all its activities the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities~~, establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;~~

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; stresses the valuable contribution that the EIGE can make to ~~all~~other Parliament committees in adequate aspects of their legislative work;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that, especially in the context of the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality as well as the currently rising energy and cost of living prices, increased budget and human resources are needed for the EIGE to adequately carry out its functions and monitor, analyse and report on the situation and its impact on women's rights and gender equality;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Advocates budgetary austerity for the EIGE to oblige it to be efficient with the vast, excessive resources already allocated to it;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Recommends the allocation of more staff to EIGE in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming;~~deleted

Amendment 25 #

Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Recommends the allocation of more staff to EIGE in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming;~~deleted

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the allocation of more staff to EIGE in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming and in order to respond to urgent gender equality issues stemming in particular from the successive crises and the backlashes against gender equality and women’s rights, in several Member States and worldwide;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the allocation of ~~more staff to EIGE in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming~~sufficient funding taking into account the EIGE’s own assessment of its staff needs with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming and worsening impact of different social, economic and climate crisis on women and gender equality;

Amendment 28 #

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends ~~the~~no allocation of more staff to EIGE ~~in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming~~. Emphasises that the EU should lead by example in particular in times of war, high-energy prices and inflation and should refrain from calls for more public EU spending and new staffers;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the adequate allocation of moresources, including staff, to EIGE in order to cope with a sharp rise of requests for technical assistance on gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of making good use of the EU budget allocated to gender equality and calls on the EIGE to include in its various activities an ambitious reflection on the rise in insecurity among women in the European Union and its link with the arrival on European soil of vast numbers of people whose value system differs from ours and sometimes does not recognise that men and women are equal in dignity.

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes EIGE’s continuous high level of budget execution, despite the persistent understaffing of the agency, with commitment appropriations of up to 98,92 % in 2021 (compared to 97,75 % in 2020), and the decreased payment appropriations rate of 72,16 % (74,82 % in 2020);deleted

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the EIGE’s continuous high level of budget execution, ~~despite the persistent understaffing of the agency,~~ with commitment appropriations of up to 98,92 % in 2021 (compared to 97,75 % in 2020), and the decreased payment appropriations rate of 72,16 % (74,82 % in 2020);

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes EIGE’s continuous high level of budget execution, ~~despite the persistent understaffing of the agency,~~ with commitment appropriations of up to 98,92 % in 2021 (compared to 97,75 % in 2020), and the decreased payment appropriations rate of 72,16 % (74,82 % in 2020);

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the need to strengthen the mechanisms monitoring EIGE's activity in order to identify the inefficiencies that have caused its rise in operating costs in 2022;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Acknowledg~~Deplores an increase in the EIGE’s carry-over operating expenditure to 54,79 % in 2022 (49,49 % in 2021), which should lead to a decrease in 2023 in order to respect the tax payers in times of war, high-energy prices and inflation;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data currently available, that discharge can be granted to the Director of the EIGE in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2021.deleted

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data currently available, that discharge cannot be granted to the Director of the EIGE in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2021.

Amendment 4 #

Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas ~~gender~~ equality between men and women is a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; whereas Article 8 TFEU states that 'in all its activities the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, ~~establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming~~and to promote equality, between men and women';

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas gender equality in the Union has been particularly impacted by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the backlashes against gender equality and women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in several Member States; whereas the Gender Equality Index in 2022 is 68.6 across the EU, which has increased by only 0.6 since 2021, demonstrating that the EU’s pace towards gender equality is slow;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas budgeting should always be based on objective and technical criteria; and whereas the Union's resources should not be used to promote an ideological line of reasoning;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure, the final budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality (“EIGE”) for the financial year 2021 was EUR 8 692 878, representing an alarming increase of 12,17 % compared to 2020; whereas the entire budget of the Institute derives from the Union budget; whereas the EU should respect the tax payers and be careful about spending money, particular in times of war, high-energy prices and inflation;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas women are at risk of being disproportionately affected by the impact of the Russian war against Ukraine and the consequently rising energy prices and costs of living in general; whereas this has the potential to further deepen inequalities and hamper gender equality; whereas a further research is needed of gendered impact of energy poverty in the Union;

Amendment 9 #