21 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2016/2301(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the UN International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
Citation 25 b (new)
- having regard the new ILO Protocol on Forced Labour,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global value chains (GVCs) have become a key feature of today’s global economy; whereas, on the one hand, GVCs offer new prospects for growth, development and jobs, but on the other hand, their complex nature, lack of transparency and dilution of liabilities has led to a higher risk of human and labour rights violations, factual impunity for environmental crimes, and large scale tax avoidance and fraught;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU trade policy must strengthen Europe’s place in a system of fair global supply chains, but must also be a tool with which to establish clear rules and liabilities for governments and multinational companies (MNCs) in order to ensure compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the European Parliament considers social dumping as a conscious strategy involving the lowering of wage and employment standards, driven by companies seeking to gain a competitive advantage over other market participants;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas according to the ILO, 21 million people in the world are victims of forced labour, many of them exploited in GVCs; whereas forced labour in the private economy generates US$ 150 billion in illegal profits per year;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas most, but not all, recently concluded EU trade and investment agreements contain trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters; whereas the example of the EU's FTA with South Korea has shown that the dialogue- centred approach was not sufficient to address severe violations of the freedom of association, and to protect workers fighting for their rights in trade unions from state persecution;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas in the recent Commission Reflection Paper on Harnessing Globalisation the Commission acknowledges that Europe must act in order to more fairly share the benefits of globalisation in line with the principles of solidarity and sustainability
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Notes that the current European trade policy has not led to increased equality worldwide; urges the Commission to work towards a trade policy that first and foremost benefits people and workers by improving the labour, environmental and food safety standards; therefore urges the Commission to stop prioritising investors’ rights over people’s rights;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively promote further reforms of the WTO in order to define and enforce multilateral rules for the sustainable management of GVCs; Calls on the Commission to establish within the WTO a group of "very good friend of labour and environmental standards" in order to promote an agreement tackling social and environmental dumping along GVCs also within the framework of the WTO;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that international binding rules for Multi National Companies (MNCs) are necessary; Welcomes the ongoing negotiations on a binding UN Treaty for Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; calls for the EUuropean Commission and Member States to engage constructively in these negotiations and to put all its efforts into achieving a positive result;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
States that voluntary corporate social responsibility and self-regulatory mechanisms have in too many situations not led to a sufficient due diligence policy of MNCs and a proactive identification and mitigation of human rights and environmental risks;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that CSR policies should take into account the special characteristics of micro- and small enterprises; stresses that successfully and broadly implemented aspects of CSR should be made binding in order to protect responsible companies from unfair competitors;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the current public procurement directive makes it possible to set up social and environmental criteria; urges the Commission to update the public procurement directive from voluntary to binding obligations on environmental and social standards;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that the Commission and other EU institutions could by their public procurement policies have a major influence on the CSR behaviour of companies and other private partners; urges these institutions to lead by example and to implement a sustainable procurement policy in which they only offer service and product contracts to tenders with the highest environmental and social standards;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
Paragraph 9 – point a
a) implementing fully Parliament’s recommendations of 2010 and 2016 with respect to TSD chapters in FTAs, including by developing an upgraded TSD chapter model with binding and enforceable provisions and sanctions in case these provisions are not met;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c
Paragraph 9 – point c
c) including standstill clauses fixing a minimum level for social, food safety, environmental and safety standards in all EU FTAs;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e) supplementing all these provisions with supporting measures for developing countries and rigorously monitoring their implementation in conjunction with the national parliaments and civil society and including complaint and appeal procedures;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of import and supply chain controls to ensure that only child labour- free products enter the EU market; Emphasizes against this background that the aim of child labour free products could only be achieved if this goes hand in hand with the establishment of minimum living wages of the child’s family members;;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that GVCs are an opportunity for firms in developing countries to develop a link with the global economy; stresses that complementary policies and accompanying measures are key to making this a reality; States that the application of the current GSP and GSP+, without binding rules on MNCs on human and labour rights and environmental protection, favours especially the MNCs and does not automatically lead to a higher welfare position of the country’s average citizens;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the GSP mid-term review to clarify definitions and include additional tariff preferences for sustainably produced products; Calls for special attention towards the Export Processing Zones where labour rights and trade unions rights are often violated; urges the Commission in close cooperation with the ILO to address this issue in the review of GSP;