4 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2014/2222(INI)
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the fact that the Joint Employment Report annexed to the AGS includes a scoreboard for employment and social policies; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators are not sufficient and that they have not been made binding, which would allow them to be used more forcefully; asks the Commission to remedy this situationurges the Commission to render these employment and social indicators operational in time for them to be employed in the 2016 European Semester process;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Notes the importance of reducing taxation on labour, especially by low-paid and low-skilled workers, the long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, while ensuring the long-range sustainability of public pension systems; calls on the Commission to shift the tax burden away from labour while making sure not to endanger social benefits; notes that such shifts should not affectMember States to shift taxes from labour to consumption, capital and environmental taxes, with regressive effects such as consumption taxes, but should focus instead on taxes on capital, wealth, energy and natural resourcehile paying due regard to potential redistributive effects;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls for urgent action to be taken by the Commission to fight tax fraud and tax evasion and calls on the Member States to reach agreement on the proposal on a common consolidated corporate tax basis as an important instrument in that fight; calls in general for a tax system that is simple and transparent;
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Urges the Commission to involve social partners more closely in the preparation of the AGS and more generally to formalize the role of social partners in the European Semester process;