1999 Amendments of Terry REINTKE
Amendment 10 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that budgetary tracking of social impacts is very undeveloped in order to measure the objectives in the Action Plan to implement the Social Pillar; recalls that the European Semester was identified as the vehicle to monitor the developments at EU and Member State level via the Social Scoreboard; welcomes the enriched Social Scoreboard after the 2021 Social Summit in Porto which serves as a reference framework to monitor “social progress” and aims to detect the most significant employment and social challenges facing the Member States, the EU and the euro area, as well as progress achieved over time.
Amendment 12 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that ESF+ is expected to contribute to the implementation of the EPSR Action Plan and to the relevant country specific recommendations adopted in the framework of the Semester; reminds that programs decided and their envelops should be respected and calls for fresh money for new tasks; is concerned about the very limited margins available under the MFF and insist for the need to enhance spending to speed up the implementation of the Action Plan;
Amendment 15 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. HAcknowledges that inequality is not a consequence but one of the root causes of poverty and social exclusion; highlights that the budget should helpmust contribute to createing quality employment, reduce with decent wages, social security protection, and high occupational health and safety standards, reducing poverty and increaseing upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented and cumulated crises so that no one is left behind; stresses that factors such as supply chain disruption, high energy prices, rising inflation and continued pressure on essential services have exacerbated social and economic inequalities and worsened the living and working conditions especially for the people in vulnerable situations, as well as the specific mental health, of many workers and their families challenges linked; warns of the risk of accepting bad quality employment offers for people in desperate situations such as young people or those in long-term unemployment; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities; takes note of the Commission’s intention to come up with an substantial amending letter this autumn with regards to the budgetary consequences of the war in Ukraine and the RePpowerEU initiative; stresses in thatis regard the importance of taking into account the socio-economical implications of the war also inside the EU and recommends thato analyse the potential of supplementing the ESF+ funding be analysed;; reminds that a healthy economy must work for society and not the other way around.
Amendment 20 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deeply regrets that RePowerEU amended the RRF regulation with exceptions on some of the agreed conditionalities: notably the exemption of “do no significant harm (DNSH)” principle, allowing ETS allowances to increase EU fossil fuel dependency; highlights that in the current context of the war in Ukraine, the EU needs to move towards energy sovereignty, rather than fossil fuel dependency, which has as a consequence increased energy prices, raised inflation and therefore the cost of living, hitting the most vulnerable in our societies, and putting more people at risk of poverty; stresses that the DNSH principle is necessary to achieve our climate targets and provide for a healthy, sustainable and quality life for all;
Amendment 22 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the need to ensure that the “do no significant harm” (DNSH) principle is mainstreamed in all Union's activities through the budgetary implementation as agreed in the IIA and welcomes the Commission proposal for amending the Financial Regulation to include DNSH in the regulation in line with the Union’s commitment to sustainable financing and the green transition; calls on the Commission to monitor the proper implementation of the DNSH principle and to take immediate corrective measures if and when needed;
Amendment 25 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, as well as to further develop resilient social systems around the UnionEU; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the demographic challenge and the green and digital transition; insists on the importance of investing in social inclusion and support measures for children and young people and in order to achieve the objectives of the Porto Summit to have 78% employment among 20 to 64 years old and 60% of all adults participate in training every year by 2030; insists on the importance of investing in social inclusion and support measures for children and young people; insists on housing as a human right and the need to have access to decent and affordable housing for all, as well as preventing housing evictions; calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient funding for the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness in order to achieve the objective of ending homelessness by 2030; recalls that the integration into the labour market of those who are able to work and of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, the unemployed, and people displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine,migrants is paramount;
Amendment 31 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the link between socio- economic factors such as unemployment, housing insecurity, academic pressures and mental health and well-being and insist that they must be addressed to ensure a holist approach towards mental health at EU level; calls on Member States to make mental health an integral part of the EU recovery from the pandemic and from the current inflation situation; notes with concern the worsening of conditions for many young people already suffering from long-term unemployment and employment uncertainty and social exclusion, and calls for a coordinated approach in creating and offering them opportunities for social inclusion in the framework of the reinforced Youth Guarantee, ESF+ and RRF;
Amendment 37 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 16,7129 billion in 2023 to ESF+; insists that ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve high employment levels that ensure decent wages, working conditions, healthy work environments and social security coverage, adequate social protection and a skilled and resilient work force ready for the transition to a green and digital economy;
Amendment 44 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation by Member States with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people who are not in employment, education or training that is higher than the Union average to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Reinforced Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to make the best use of the Employment and Social Innovation strand (EaSI) of ESF+ for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility; takes note of the late start of EaSI in 2021 and the reduced budget for 2023 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues, and expects that it will reach ites full working regime in 2024; stresses the importance of following upregrets that the European Year of Youth 2022 has not come up with concrete actions and policies for social inclusion and employment measures for young people beyond ALMA, which reaches a very narrow range of young people; reminds that such a year could have been used to revise the Quality Framework for Traineeships and ban unpaid internships, which are a form of exploitation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to speed up the process for such revision and start it before the end of 2022; recalls that the Commission should report on a regular basis on the implementation of the Council recommendations establishing a European Child Guarantee and reinforcing a Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 47 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address thatis issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty and support the implementation of the Child Guarantee; calls on the Member States to ensure a specific amount of resources under the Child Guarantee to be dedicated for children fleeing from Ukraine.
Amendment 54 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the importance of EGF for its one-off assistance to dismissed workers sor that they can find anothere self-employed to help them find new jobs as rapidly as possiblefter being displaced due to in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; takes note that the level of EGF commitment appropriations in reserve for 2023 is set at EUR 205,3 million (approximately +1 % compared to 2022 and corresponding to the maximum MFF amount); stresses that, even if EGF does not co-finance social protection measures such as pensions or unemployment benefits, all offers must ensure decent working conditions and social security coverage for the workers.
Amendment 58 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Strongly supports cohesion funding as the prime funding instrument of the EU budget that enables economic, social and territorial cohesion, and one of the cornerstones of the recovery; highlights its role in reaching EU strategic objectives such as employment, fight against poverty, gender equality, climate neutral economy, and innovation, and as a driving force of a more inclusive and sustainable Union; highlights that the regional policy must play a key role in boosting equal job opportunities among all genders and supporting the re-skilling of workers by providing adequate life-long training;
Amendment 59 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the Porto Declaration of 7 of May 2021 set the target to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030; welcomes that the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) hwas been integrated into ESF+ and that, in 2023, at least 3 % of the ESF+ budget shall be spent on food aid and basic material assistance for the most deprived persons; welcomes the Commission assessment that the ESF+ should also contribute to the eradication of poverty by supporting relevant national schemes and that a minimum of 4 % of its resources under shared management shall support the most deprived persons, including refugees;
Amendment 71 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that currently, the only tracking methodology is the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2105 which defines the methodology for reporting social expenditure, however, this cannot be considered mainstreaming the Social Pillar in the RRF, as it is rather a reporting of the spending under the RRF using macro categories that cannot be linked to any social objectives; calls on the Commission to introduce in the upcoming MFF a methodology for social mainstreaming the expenditure program on social objectives; such methodology should be a tracking system of how specific actions contribute to a given policy priority and provide the possibility to count and aggregate expenditure at the level of the EU budget and monitor progress.
Amendment 73 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Welcomes the gender-budgeting classification undertaken by the Commission and expresses the need to work further on the analysis of the 0* programs as well as the methodology to track the implementation of the third gender action plan; reminds that women have been particularly negatively affected by the economic and social crisis stemming from the Covid19 pandemic, including the growth of the cases of gender-based violence; requests in this regards increased funding for the Daphne Programme; highlights that gender mainstreaming and gender equality is a key building stone for allowing Europe to reach its full potential; underlines the important role played by EIGE and the need to ensure adequate funding and staff for its tasks.
Amendment 74 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Amendment 75 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Regrets the decrease in the allocation for the Budget line 07 20 04 06 (Specific competences in the area of social policy, including social dialogue); recalls that strong social dialogue is a key feature of the European Social model and the commitment of the European Union to promote the role of social partners and to facilitate social dialogue, in line with Article 152 TFEU; stresses the need to ensure adequate support for social dialogue and to develop and improve the capacity of social partners and to increase the allocation for this budget line;
Amendment 76 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Recalls the need to ensure an adequate allocation for the European Labour Authority, which should have the necessary financial and human resources to support and strengthen the capacity of national labour inspectorates and authorities, as well as social partners, in order to contribute to fair labour mobility and tackle cross-border fraud and abuses.
Amendment 41 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on ‘Restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe Member States';1a _________________ 1a PACE report on Restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe Member States, accessible at https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref -XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=28906⟨=en
Amendment 94 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas bans on Pride events have constituted significant curtailment to the freedom of association and expression for LGTBI persons, justified by the ‘need to protect participants against terror threats’, ‘protection of public morals’, ‘social sensitivities’, the risk of these events ‘inciting hatred and enmity’ or to ‘prevent crimes being committed’; whereas these reasons constitute deliberate attempts at undermining international human rights obligations and reflect the need for progress on protection of LGBTI people, namely in the fields of freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the crucial area of fundamental rights and freedoms, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations with the EU and stresses that for Parliament, it remains the main obstacle to further progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey; considers that the adoption on March 2021 of an Action Plan on Human Rights shows a willingness to improve the overall situation of fundamental rights in Turkey; notes nevertheless that the commitment of the government will be measured by the extent of its implementation and the reforms undertaken to ensure its application to all citizens without discrimination;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the importance of upholding the freedom of assembly in Turkey, which is enshrined in its constitution and a positive obligation derived from its membership of the European Convention of Human Rights;
Amendment 269 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the sustained pressureharassment onf civil society and human rights defenders and the continuously shrinking space to operate freely in Turkey; notes the grave impediment on their freedom to associate peacefully through the Law on Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; is concerned by the observations from the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights and Parliamentary Assembly, who point that human rights organisations were the first to be audited pursuant to this law; urges Turkey to review the articles of the Law which are not related to the prevention of financing or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in particular those articles which unduly target civil society;
Amendment 299 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses deep concern about the state-sponsored deterioration in the human rights situation for LGBTI people, in particular with regard to physical attackhate crimes – especially against transgender persons –, the protracted bans on Pride marches across the country, restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, association and expression, and censorship in the media; and online; recalls the need to adopt measures to ensure all citizens can enjoy these freedom safely; calls on authorities to align its criminal legislation concerning homophobic and transphobic hate crime with ECRI’s General Policy Recommendation 7,1aas requested by ECRI in its 2019 conclusions1b; urges authorities to lift the protracted bans on Pride events; _________________ 1a ECRI General Policy Recommendation No. 7 on National Legislation to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, accessible at https://rm.coe.int/ecri- general-policy-recommendation-no-7- revised-on-national-legislatio/16808b5aae 1b ECRI country monitoring conclusions on Turkey, accessible at https://rm.coe.int/interim-follow-up- conclusions-on-turkey-5th-monitoring- cycle-/168094ce03
Amendment 303 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with concern the increasing hate speech and smear campaigns by high-ranking central government and public officials against LGBTI persons; considers that this constitutes a worrying trend and a powerful enabler of increased harassment, discrimination and potential violence; recalls that Turkey’s obligations under the ECHR entail a responsibility to combat discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons and urges authorities to deliver on their commitments;
Amendment 308 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Highlights the pattern of use of judicial proceedings to silence human rights defenders, NGOs and lawyers and to curtail activism, in particular LGBTI rights defenders;1a notes the examples of the criminal investigations against the Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir bar associations and the case of the participants in the 2019 METU Pride; welcomes the acquittal of the latter; calls on Turkey to drop all charges against peaceful participants of LGBTI events; _________________ 1a Letter of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe of 17 June 2021 concerning the human rights of LGBTI people, accessible at https://rm.coe.int/letter-to-mr-suleyman- soylu-minister-of-interior-and-mr- abdulhamit-gul/1680a2e486
Amendment 310 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Amendment 119 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Welcomes the establishment of the Commission for Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination and its work; urges the government to ensure sufficient funding to enable it to achieve its full potential;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Commends the government’s efforts to improve engagement with civil society and calls for a framework to ensure the financial sustainability of civil society organisations; strongly welcomes in this optic the creation of the Inter-Party Parliamentary Group for Improvement of the Rights of LGBTI People, which constitutes a positive synergy between civil society and institutions;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2248(INI)
Amendment 177 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the relevant bodies to proactively prevent and systematically prosecute all instances of hate speech, hate crimes and intimidation, to thoroughly investigate related attacks and to ensure the safety and security of their targets, such as journalists, people belonging to minorities and other vulnerable groups; calls for the government and the judiciary to improve institutional capacity in this area and ensure increasing hate speech is addressed in accordance with international standards;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Is concerned by the stark increase of misinformation and discriminatory speech against LGBTI people and human rights defenders in the media and political sphere; condemns the hate speech and death threats levelled at LGBTI human rights defenders and urges full investigation and sanctioning of these incidents; stresses the importance of updating and adopting education laws which remove discriminatory and stigmatising contents and are harmonized with the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 155 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes progress on the protection and promotion of LGBTIQ rights and the first same-sex marriage in July 2021registered partnership in July 2021; calls on the government to continue making the appropriate amendments to other laws and bylaws required for the full implementation of the Law on registered partnership, which continue to pose problems for some partners’ access to it; underlines that the promotion of LGBTIQ rights is a responsibility of the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, and is therefore concerned that neither the National LGBTI Strategy nor LGBTI rights are referenced in the description of its directorates work programmes;
Amendment 161 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Notes with concern the unavailability of hormone therapy for trans people in state health institutions and private pharmacies; is aware that this is a consequence of shortage of medicines caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but calls on the responsible authorities to provide a response that ensures trans persons’ access to health, respecting their physical and mental integrity;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe’s report ‘Beyond Definitions: a call for action against hate speech in Albania – a comprehensive study’, published in November 2021;1a _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/beyond-definitions- eng/1680a464b2
Amendment 131 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the relevant bodies to systematically and proactively prevent and prosecute all instances of hate speech, hate crimes and intimidation; encourages the office of the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination to be more proactive in combatting discriminatory hate speech, in particular against LGBTI persons, and to develop disaggregated data collection on the matter;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 139 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes advances in ensuring equal opportunities and calls for further improvements in the enforcement of gender equality, property rights, data protection, rights of people with disabilities and minority rights, including especially the rights of Roma and LGBTI persons, who are exposed to multiple discrimination;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Commends the adoption of the new LGBTI National Action Plan 2021- 2027 and encourages full implementation and proper budgeting via a coordination and monitoring body which shall oversee it;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that reports of numbers of HIV infections doubling since last year are highly concerning; recalls that the National Strategy for People Living with HIV expired in 2020 and has not been renewed; recalls that access to PEP and PrEP for those most at risk can significantly contribute to decreasing new infections, and recalls that these are still unavailable to LGBTI persons; calls on the government to take appropriate measures, in liaison with civil society, to address the rising numbers of HIV infections and ensure access to healthcare of those most vulnerable;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas lesbophobia must be understood as violence at the intersection of homophobia and misogyny, constituting a type of violence with its own roots, patterns, modes and consequences formed by this intersectional experience; whereas one in six (16%) lesbian or bisexual women reported episodes of discrimination when accessing healthcare or social services;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas social and legal changes, as well as research in the medical and biological field, have led to the recognition of diversity in the definition of ‘sex’ in addition to women and men; whereas sex discrimination has been interpreted in the case-law of the CJEU more broadly to include transgender persons who undergo medical transition;
Amendment 132 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas intersecting types of discrimination can have a serious impact on the life of survivors of gender-based violence such as female or intersex genital mutilation, for example by limiting or impeding their access to the prevention, support and protection services they need as a result of a combination of types of discrimination and cultural and linguistic barriers;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to collect equality data, including data disaggregated by gender, racial and ethnic origin, based on voluntary participation, anonymity, confidentiality, self- identification and informed consent, while respecting the key principles of data protection and fundamental rights; takes note of the ongoing revision of the European statistics on population; calls on the Commission to ensure that this revision encompasses as many explicit grounds as possible, so as to ensure the collection of reliable equality data;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the appointment of a Commissioner for Equality and EU coordinators for combating racism, as well as for combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life; stresses that in order to institutionalise an approach that takes intersectionality into account, the Commission should appoint coordinators aligned with all of the individual Equality Strategies; believes that the collective work of such coordinators will help to institutionalise intersectionality, contribute to the important work of the Commissioner for Equality and strengthen the implementation of each Strategy;
Amendment 195 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the role and cooperation of the Commission’s Task Force on Equality to be reinforced and its cooperation with other bodies to be stepped up in order to ensure that all policy measures include an intersectional perspective based on impact assessments of policies and legislation; invites the Commission to reflect further on how to best draw the strategic potential of this initiative, which can be further developed with the inclusion of the Coordinators of each equality field;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers the EC Platform on Disability to be a flagship initiative with strategic potential; invites the EC to set up similar structures to ensure full implementation of all strategies under the ‘Union of Equality’ framework;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need for a comprehensive directive on gender-based violence with an intersectional approach, covering all women and girls in all their diversity and LGBTIQ people on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics; calls on Member States to ensure that instances of gender-based violence are appropriately investigated, prosecuted and sanctioned and that victim-support services are comprehensive enough to address all forms of violence with a victim-centred perspective, particularly that which results from intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the principle of equal treatment for men and women cannot be confined to the prohibition of discrimination based on a person’s given sex, and that it also applies to discrimination arising from the person’s gender identity; recalls that the CJEU has interpreted sex discrimination within the principle of equal treatment as encompassing transgender persons who undergone medical transition, yet notes that no such judgements were issued concerning non-binary or intersex persons, questioning the utility and capacity of EU non-discrimination legislation for the large trans population in Europe who cannot or will not access gender affirmation healthcare or for intersex persons; recalls that such individuals will be without remedy if they suffer discrimination compared to those who have physically altered their bodies; recalls the need for EU anti- discrimination to go beyond the gender binary and recognise gender discrimination; calls on the Commission to come up with a legislative proposal that avoid any risk of legal uncertainty in this matter;
Amendment 244 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia13 , the Victim’s Rights Directive, the Racial Equality Directive and the Employment Equality Directive are consistently implemented; _________________ 13 Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 55.
Amendment 272 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. CNotes that access to health can be impaired by the compounded effect of intersectional discrimination; calls on the Member States to ensure universal health coverage and to urgently remove the barriers that exist to healthcare for all, including for undocumented migrants;
Amendment 288 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the Member States to ensure accessible and transparent legal gender recognition procedures based on self-determination and in line with WHO’s ICD-11, and to recognise trans, non-binary and intersex people in law; urges Member States to ban intersex genital mutilation and to ensure that intersex infants are not subjected to non-vital medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’),
Amendment 15 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to the reports of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe, notably the 2016 country monitoring report on Azerbaijan,1a _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/fourth-report-on- azerbaijan/16808b5581
Amendment 16 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ('PACE’) titled ‘Alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people in the Southern Caucasus’,1a _________________ 1a https://pace.coe.int/en/files/29711/html
Amendment 18 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to the report of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe following her visit to Azerbaijan from 8 to 12 July 2019,1a _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/report-on-the-visit-to- azerbaijan-from-8-to-12-july-2019-by- dunja-mija/168098e108
Amendment 88 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the EU and Azerbaijan have jointly agreed, through the 1996 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, on the general principle of respect for democracy, principles of international law and human rights; whereas the parties foresaw to cooperate on the respect and promotion of human rights particularly to those belonging to minorities;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the human rights of LGBTIQ people in Azerbaijan are at best discarded and at worst actively fought against by government and state institutions; whereas ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Index shows Azerbaijan as having the worst deficit in legislation and policy aiming to protect LGBTIQ people, ranking it in the worst place among all Council of Europe countries;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas hate speech and hate crime against LGBTIQ persons in Azerbaijan persist, often perpetrated by religious or political actors, leading to continued violation of their human rights; whereas in February 2022, Avaz Hafizli, a journalist and LGBTIQ human rights activist, was murdered by a family member, which spurred indignation on social media vis-à-vis the government’s poor track record of fighting against hate crime;1a whereas this is only one of the many examples of hate crimes, which due to lack of trust in law enforcement and their inaction, usually go unreported and unsanctioned; _________________ 1a https://globalvoices.org/2022/02/24/azerba ijani-journalist-and-queer-activist- murdered/
Amendment 98 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas PACE adopted in 2022 a resolution on violations of the rights of LGBTI persons in the Southern Caucasus and has made a number of requests to authorities to reform legislation in order to address such violations; whereas the PACE recommendations reflect the 2016 ECRI findings, which had noted an inexistence of data on LGBTI persons and their living conditions and that hate speech against them was widespread; whereas ECRI encouraged the government to develop an LGBTI Action Plan in order to raise awareness and promote understanding for equal treatment;
Amendment 262 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CRecalls that the 1996 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement is predicated on respect for democracy, principles of international law and human rights, and that the former have not been systematically upheld in Azerbaijan; calls on EU institutions to ensure that any deepening of relations between the EU and Azerbaijan remains conditional on the country making substantial progress on respect for the core values and principles of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deeply regrets the current state of press freedom in Azerbaijan; expresses its concern at the new law on media adopted in December 2021; calls for a swift review of that law in accordance with the recommendations included in the opinion of the Venice Commission of 17-18 June 2022; urges Azerbaijan to stop persecuting bloggers and, journalists and rights defenders;
Amendment 309 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls that the European Parliament’s position has been clear on non-discrimination with regard to LGBTIQ people, their protection against discrimination in law and practice, and the prosecution of all acts of abuse, hate speech and physical violence perpetrated against them;1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted: P9_TA(2020)0167
Amendment 312 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Urges Azerbaijani authorities to adopt anti-discrimination legislation adding sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics as prohibited grounds, alongside the adoption of civil, administrative and/or criminal proceedings to protect people from hate speech and hate crimes; calls on authorities to reform criminal legislation by adding the previous grounds as aggravating circumstances and to combat LGBTIQ-phobic violence;
Amendment 318 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Reiterates the call by PACE on the authorities of Azerbaijan to investigate cases of wrongful arrest of LGBTIQ people and prevent and combat police violence against these people;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’),
Amendment 6 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to the reports of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe, notably the 2016 country monitoring report on Armenia1a and its adopted 2019 conclusions on the adoption of the recommendations,1b _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/fourth-report-on- armenia/16808b5539 1b https://rm.coe.int/conclusions-5th- cycle-on-armenia/1680972faa
Amendment 8 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Amendment 9 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to the report of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe following her visit to Armenia from 16 to 20 September 2018,1a _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/report-on-the-visit-to- armenia-from-16-to-20-september-2018- by-dunja-m/168091f9d5
Amendment 58 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the defence of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including through the respect of the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights, is a crucial tenet of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the EU and Armenia ('CEPA');
Amendment 60 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Amendment 63 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the human rights of LGBTIQ people in Armenia are at best discarded and at worst actively fought against by government and state institutions; whereas ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Index shows Armenia as having one of the largest deficits in legislation and policy aiming to protect LGBTIQ people, ranking it in the 3rd worst place among all Council of Europe countries, tied with the Russian Federation;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas PACE adopted in 2022 a resolution on violations of the rights of LGBTI persons in the Southern Caucasus and made several calls to authorities to reform legislation in order to address them; whereas the recommendations reflect the 2016 ECRI findings; whereas already in 2019 ECRI had concluded that its recommendations had not been addressed sufficiently, including that none of the relevant provisions of the new Criminal Code had been adopted; whereas the lack of response of the government to international bodies’ recommendations is alarming;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas the European Court of Human Rights recognized in its judgement on Cases 1367/12 and 72961/12 (Ogazenova v Armenia) that criminal law measures are required with respect to hate speech, notably on grounds of sexual orientation and sexual life; whereas domestic law currently prohibits hate speech, yet sexual orientation and gender identity continue not to be included in the characteristics of victims of the offence despite the recommendations of the relevant international bodies in that respect;1a _________________ 1a ECtHR, Cases 1367/12 and 72961/12 (Ogazenova v Armenia), ¶121-122
Amendment 219 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. UHighlights that Article 1 of CEPA includes as an objective to enhance cooperation in the area of freedom, security and justice with the aim of reinforcing the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; underlines the importance of media freedom, anti-discrimination, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly for preserving a vibrant democracy; is concerned by the pervasive presence of discrimination, disinformation and harsh rhetoric; , as well as hate speech towards certain social groups; urges authorities to categorically uphold all human rights enshrined in the ECHR, notably when they concern vulnerable groups such as women, children, persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ persons1a; _________________ 1a Referring to Commissioner’s for Human Rights country reporting on Armenia: https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ -/report-on-armenia-recommends- measures-to-improve-women-s-rights- protection-of-disadvantaged-or- vulnerable-groups-and-establishing- accountability-for-p
Amendment 226 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that the fight against discrimination is a cornerstone of democratic systems; considers that the democratic transition in Armenia is an opportunity to strengthen the human rights system; recalls that the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe encouraged the government to take a prompt stance and adopt several legal reforms1a; considers that the authorities have all recommendations at their disposal to make progress on human rights and calls for their implementation; _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/report-on-the-visit-to- armenia-from-16-to-20-september-2018- by-dunja-m/168091f9d5, ¶106-107
Amendment 232 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Considers that LGBTIQ persons are in dire need of protection; calls for the adoption of anti-discrimination legislation adding sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics as prohibited grounds, alongside the adoption of civil, administrative and/or criminal proceedings to protect people from hate speech and hate crimes; calls on authorities to reform criminal legislation by adding the previous grounds as aggravating circumstances; urges Armenia to stop considering homosexuality as a mental illness1a; _________________ 1ahttps://pace.coe.int/en/files/29711/html ¶10-11
Amendment 238 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Armenian government, including the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, to raise public awareness around the issue of LGBTIQ- phobia and the need to change prevailing patriarchal structures to counter gender stereotypes; calls on the Armenian government to adopt and implement action plans with the aim of strengthening the rights of LGBTIQ persons and their living conditions, and preventing and combating social exclusion, stigmatisation and all forms of discrimination against them;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 10 May 2021 entitled ‘The Horn of Africa: a geo-strategic priority for the EU’, and particularly to action 28 regarding access to and respect for sexual and reproductive health and rights,
Amendment 4 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
— having regard to Resolution 376s 275 (LV) 2014 on Protection against Violence and other Human Rights Violations against Persons on the basis of their real or imputed Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity and 376 (LX) 2017 on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted in May 2017,
Amendment 22 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas LGBTIQ people continue to face harassment, arrest, prosecution, gender-based violence and sometimes even killing for their real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and sex characteristics; whereas, with the exception of Djibouti, consensual sexual acts between same-sex persons are criminalized in all the countries of the Horn of Africa;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas this criminalisation is used to legitimise discriminatory treatment towards LGBTIQ people, and repealing discriminatory provisions from the Criminal Code is a necessary first step towards protecting them from violence; whereas none of the countries contemplated have in place legal provisions to legally recognise trans persons or to protect intersex persons from intersex genital mutilation;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) call on national authorities to provide a conductive working environment for civil society, as per Res. 376 (LX) 2017 adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ rights, as well as specific legislative measures to recognise and protect the status of HRDs, prevent their harassment and arbitrary detention, including those working on LGBTIQ rights; urge national authorities to drop all charges against HRDs facing prosecution and immediately and unconditionally release those who are arbitrarily detained or imprisoned;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2206(INI)
(m b) express concern about the persistent violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics; call on the national authorities to repeal discriminatory provisions, including through review of their criminal codes; ensure protection and freedom from discrimination and to strengthen engagement with civil society, namely through promoting civic space, providing financial resources and the framework required to enable the participation of civil society representatives at all levels, including local and grassroots actors;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m c (new)
(m c) commend the progress experienced in access to health in Kenya and Uganda, namely when ensuring access to life- saving HIV treatment and access to other sexual and reproductive health services, which are indispensable to achieve the SDGs and achieve gender equality; recall that access to and respect for SRHR are a crucial component of the EU-Africa partnership and urge national authorities to ensure universal access to health based on the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment;
Amendment 7 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the EU Anti- Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 launched in September 2020,
Amendment 90 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on Combatting Hate Speech has prepared a draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on Hate Speech, which provides non- binding guidance on how to address the phenomenon, currently awaiting adoption in 20221a; whereas the newly established Committee of Experts on Combatting Hate Crime is tasked with preparing until end of 2023 a draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on Hate Crime; _________________ 1a Draft text of the Committee of Ministers Recommendation on Combating Hate Speech, accessible at https://rm.coe.int/draft-recommendation- on-combating-hate-speech-public- consultation-v-18/native/1680a2ef25; News announced at https://www.coe.int/en/web/committee- antidiscrimination-diversity-inclusion/- /the-cdadi-finalised-important- deliverables-at-its-fourth-plenary- meeting.
Amendment 127 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the functioning of justice systems, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism and certain institutional issues related to checks and balances, including civic space to a certain extent, are all part of the Commission’s annual report; regrets, however, that not all rule of law issues were covered in sufficient detail in the 2021 report; calls for the inclusion in the annual report of other important elements of the Venice Commission’s 2016 Rule of Law Checklist; believes that civic space deserves a separate subheading in the report, considering the legislative measures including disproportionate registration and audit requirements which have led to a shrinking space of operation for civil society organisations in various Member States;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the report contains country-specific chapters; considers that a distinct new chapter on the European Union which would assess the situation in relation to separation of powers, accountability and checks and balances would be desirable; commends the Commission’s efforts to engage with national governments and national parliaments, as well as civil society and other national actors; encourages the Commission to devote greater efforts tocontinue deepening the analysis, and invites the Commission to ensure proper resources for that; believes that more time should be devoted to the Commission’s country visits, including on site; welcomes the visits conducted by the Commission to national parliaments in order to present the findings of the report; calls on the Member States to cooperate proactively with the Commission and make public their written submissions;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that all Member States are scrutinised according to the same indicators and methodology; emphasises that presenting deficiencies or breaches of a different nature or intensity risks trivialising the most serious breaches of the rule of law; urges the Commission to differentiate its reporting by distinguishing between systemic breaches of the rule of law and isolated breaches in a clearer and more comprehensible way;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that in some circumstances, Member States deliberately resorted to measures which question the principle of the rule of law, such as legislation adopted in fast track procedures without public consultations or even, in exceptional cases, constitutional changes as a way to legitimise discriminatory policies that could otherwise not be legislated upon, such as provisions that specifically aim at LGBTIQ persons; recalls the Member States have a responsibility towards citizens in condition of vulnerability and should provide them with safety and protection from discrimination;
Amendment 192 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the annual report should identify cross-cutting trends at EU level; asks the Commission to identify instances where certain measures or practices that undermine the rule of law in one Member State become blueprints for others, or when the gravity and scope of such deficiencies have the potential to affect the Union as a whole; highlights that the intentional targeting of certain minority groups’ rights in some Member States have created and established a momentum elsewhere, as can be evidenced by backtracking on the rights of women and LGBTIQ persons.
Amendment 217 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that the Commission indicates next to each of its recommendations the non-exhaustive list of tools which are appropriate tools for the use by EU institutions to use ifin case the shortcomings are not remedied; calls on the Commission to not to hesitate in using those tools, especially when there is no trust in a quick implementation of the recommendations, without waiting for the next annual reporting cycle;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that several Member States have long-lasting problems regarding the composition of their councils of the judiciary and appointment of judges, which are too often vulnerable to political interference; insists that Member States must fully comply with EU and international law regarding judicial independence;
Amendment 243 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatredracism in Europe, Romani people, people of African and Asian descent and other persons belonging to racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rights violations; recommends that more attention is paid to political and media discourses fuelling hatred against minorities and the direct impact it has on adopting discriminatory laws or practices eroding the rule of law for all, including as a result of counter-terrorism and security policies;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people and other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+Q persons and elderly people, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rights; recalls its recommendation from 2020 for future reports to assess the effect that hate crime and hate speech have on discrimination;
Amendment 251 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes with concern the numerous reports of significant and systematic violations of fundamental rights of migrants and asylum seekers across the EU and particularly at external borders; deplores that several Member States adopted national legislation which severely limits the rights of asylum seekers and in some cases even poses a threat to upholding the principle of non- refoulement and the right to an effective remedy; regrets that, despite calls from the European Parliament, the Commission did not finalize its assessment of the compatibility of numerous national legislative measures in the field of asylum and migration with EU law; reiterates that the respect of fundamental rights such as the right to asylum and right to effective remedy are an integral part of a fully functioning rule of law;
Amendment 253 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the infringement procedures initiated by the Commission against Hungary and Poland as part of the July 2021 infringement package concerning the respect for the human rights of LGBTIQ persons and breaches of EU law, which constitute the first time the Commission has specifically initiated infringements to safeguard their rights;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Expresses its concern about the shrinking civic space in various Member States, manifested through the prosecution and surveillance of media and journalists, human rights defenders and political opponents;
Amendment 257 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Stresses the importance of public service media to provide fair and free coverage of public affairs, especially in election times; reminds that the Media Pluralism Monitor has identified the media’s political independence to be at high risk in several countries and that this marks a serious threat to the democratic governance of the EU as a whole; regrets that public service media are omitted from the annual report; calls on the Commission to review public service media thoroughly in its future reports;
Amendment 258 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Points out that strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) not only severely undermine the right of effective access to justice of SLAPP victims, and thereby the rule of law, but also constitute a misuse of Member States’ justice systems and legal frameworks, especially by hampering the ability of Member States to successfully address existing challenges, such as the length of proceedings and the quality of justice systems, as well as caseload administration and case backlogs;
Amendment 259 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Deplores the fact that, in some Member States, freedom of expression, freedom of the arts and freedom of assembly are severely curtailed and restricted; recalls that many artists, journalists or activists have received and continue to receive heavy fines, long periods of exclusion from the public sector or have even been imprisoned or went to exile due to the existence of unjust national laws that criminalise, silence and restrict freedom of expression and freedom of the arts; calls on the Commission to assess the misuse of justice systems in the annual report;
Amendment 261 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to further strengthen the regular, inclusive and structured dialogue with governments and national parliaments, NGOs, national human rights institutions, ombudspersons, equality bodies, professional associations and other stakeholders; welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal on strengthening the role and independence of equality bodies; considers that civil society organisations should be closely involved in all phases of the review cycle; highlights that thematically structured consultations would make the process more efficient and increaseincrease the efficiency of the process and the amount of valuable feedback; stresseswelcomes the fact that the consultation questionnaire shouldnow allows stakeholders to report aspects beyond the scope envisaged by the Commission, and calls on the Commission to adapt the structure of national reports if needed; calls on the Commission to review and improve online tools for stakeholder input and to be flexible regarding available space limits;
Amendment 268 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls that the exercise of fundamental freedoms, including the right to be critical in public, is an element of a free and democratic society; notes that strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) require a legislative European response that ensures the respect for democracy and fundamental rights and, inconsequence, also the rule of law; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to propose a directive against abusive litigation targeting journalists and rights defenders, emphasising that the scope must be comprehensive enough to encompass all those who are rights defenders, including individual activists;
Amendment 273 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the time limits for consultation with civil society is oftenwas too short in the past and should be suitably adapted and flexible in order to allow for complete and comprehensive input; points out that this has made it more difficult for stakeholders to prepare and plan their contributions and awareness-raising activities, in particular if the consultation coincides with winter holidays; calls on the Commission to allow multilingual submissionswelcomes that the Commission allows multilingual submissions; calls on the Commission to define and publish in advance a timeline for upcoming reports setting dates for the several steps in the process including the consultation period, a calendar of country visits as well as a publication date of the report; notes that consultation can be improvfurther substantiated by ensuring follow- up with civil society actors on the input they provide;
Amendment 285 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the Commission must continue to take into account relevant information from pertinent sources and recognised institutions in a systematic manner; recalls that the findings of relevant international bodies, such as those under the auspices of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe, are of crucial importance; believes that EFRIS is a useful source of information in this regard; calls on the Commission to take better account of the data and findings from relevant indexes such as the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, or the Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) project;
Amendment 350 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 357 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the importance of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation where breaches of the principles of the rule of law affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union; considers that the annual report is the most appropriate place to have a dedicated section and conduct a relevant analysis; urges the Commission to launch the procedure enshrined in Article 6(1) of that regulation at least in the cases of Poland and Hungary; calls on the Commission to explore the full potential of the Common Provisions Regulation and the Financial Regulation to protect the rule lawdemocracy, fundamental rights and the rule law, thereby ensuring that EU funds are not used for initiatives which are not in compliance with EU values;
Amendment 360 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the importance of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation where breaches of the principles of the rule of law affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union; considers that the annual report is the most appropriate place to have a dedicated section and conduct a relevant analysis; urges the Commission to launch the procedure enshrined in Article 6(1) of that regulation at least in the cases of Poland and Hungary; calls on the Commission to explore the full potential of the Common Provisions Regulation and the Financial Regulation to protect the rule law while respecting the interests of final beneficiaries which are not government entities;
Amendment 361 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is concerned about the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report’s findings that, in some countries, the state- sponsored harassment and intimidation of the LGBTIQ organisations affects their ability to access funding; calls on the Commission to assess the issue more closely and to ensure through the necessary means that the non- discrimination principle governing access to EU funds is fully complied with everywhere in the EU; considers that these findings reinforce the long-standing position of the Parliament that the scope of the Rule of Law report should be broadened to include all Article 2 TEU values;
Amendment 365 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Is concerned by the persistent failure by some Members States to implement CJEU judgements, which contribute to the erosion of the rule of law; calls on the Commission to report on the respective country chapters about the implementation of judgements by Member States in cases of partial or lack of implementation; encourages the Commission to engage with authorities in order to find suitable solutions for complete implementation and to update the information on an annual basis; recalls that the failure by Romania to implement the Coman & Hamilton judgement1a resulted in the plaintiffs having to resort to the ECtHR for redress; _________________ 1a Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 June 2018 (C-673/16), Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne.
Amendment 377 #
2021/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Commits itself to engage into regular consultations with the Member States’ governments and parliaments on findings of the annual report; calls on the Member States to ensure that their representatives at the highest possible level take part in the exchange with the Parliament on the rule of law;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Statement of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe of 16 May 2019 titled ‘Let’s defend LGBTI defenders’,1a _________________ 1a https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ -/let-s-defend-lgbti-defenders
Amendment 49 #
2021/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the situation of LGBTI rights defenders in Europe was described as worrying by the Commissioner for Human Rights, who reported several instances of online and offline harassment, violent assaults, hate campaigns and death threats in Member States and neighbourhood countries; whereas this trend is interlinked with the scapegoating of other minority groups and it contravenes the principle that every person is born equal in dignity and rights;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that for civil society organisations to thrive, civic space must be an enabling and safe environment free from undue interference, intimidation, harassment and chilling effects, such as SLAPPs, incitement to hatred and/or violence against rights defenders and organisations, and the creation of legal or administrative hurdles affecting their daily operations;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that the scapegoating of minorities and vulnerable groups such as women and LGBTI persons is not an isolated event, but functions as a premeditated and gradual dismantling of fundamental rights, which are protected in Article 2 TEU, constituting part of a larger political agenda which has been called ‘anti-gender’ campaigns; calls on Member States to be particularly cautious of initiatives that attempt to roll-back on acquired rights which were designed to prevent and protect persons from discrimination and to promote equality;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Restates that no proper response has yet been given to Parliament’s initiative on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights to be governed by an interinstitutional agreement between Parliament, the Commission and the Council; calls on the Commission and the Council to immediately enter into negotiations with Parliament on an interinstitutional agreement pursuant to Article 295 TFEU; recalls that the monitoring of civic space is deeply linked with democracy and fundamental rights, and that a mechanism to monitor Article 2 TEU values is the best tool for a holistic approach in such respect;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
— having regard to LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025) (COM(2020)698),
Amendment 30 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas independent journalism and access to pluralistic information are key pillars of democracy; whereas civil society is essential for any democracy to thrive and the shrinking of the space available for civil society work can negatively impact democracies;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are lawsuits or other legal actions (e.g. injunctions, asset-freezing) based on civil and criminal law, as well as the threats of such actions, with the purpose of preventing reporting on breaches of Union and national law, corruption or other fraudulent practices or of blocking public participation; and freedom of expression and of assembly
Amendment 83 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas SLAPPs have become an increasingly widespread practice used against journalists, academics, civil society andhuman rights defenders and civil society organisations, including NGOs, as demonstrated by many cases throughout the Union, such as the chilling case of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was reportedly facing 47 civil and criminal defamation lawsuits, (resulting in the freezing of her assets) on the day of her strongly condemned assassination on 16 October 2017, and the lawsuits her heirs continue to face; whereas other illustrative and alarming cases include Realtid Media, which was repeatedly threatened with a lawsuit in a different jurisdiction from where the reporting in question took place, and Gazeta Wyborcza, which continues to be sued by a number of public entities and officials on a regular basis;
Amendment 85 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy acknowledges that civil society organisations protecting and advancing the rights of LGBTIQ people increasingly report that they face hostility, coinciding with the rise of the anti-gender (and anti- LGBTIQ) movement; whereas LGBTI activists are often the targets of defamation campaigns due to their advocacy work for LGBTI equality; whereas Polish activists such as the ‘Atlas of Hate’ group and the creator of the ‘LGBT-free zone’ photo project (Bart Staszewski) are currently facing several SLAPP cases and are liable for dozens of thousands of euros if they lose them;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas SLAPPs against civil society, journalists and human rights defenders often serve the purpose of harassing them and their activities, often causing them to consider whether to continue exercising their freedom of expression or to instead exercise self- censorship and restraint in order to avoid legal repercussions; whereas many civil society organisations, including NGOs, journalists and human rights defenders may consider the trade-off to be too costly and instead opt for self-censorship; whereas this illustrates the ‘chilling effect’ SLAPPs have on those seeking to exercise rights freely;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that SLAPPs are a direct attack on the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms; underlines that fundamental rights and democracy are linked to upholding the rule of law, and that undermining freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, media freedom and public democratic participation threatens Union values as enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; welcomes the fact that the rule of law report includes SLAPP lawsuits in its assessment of media freedom and pluralism across the Union, and points to best practices in countering them; calls for the annual report to include a thorough assessment of the legal environment for the media, and investigative journalism in particular as well as the chilling effect that SLAPPs can have on civil society, human rights defenders and activists;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that public participation also has an important role to play in the proper functioning of the internal market, as it is often through public participation that breaches of Union law, including fundamental rights, corruption and other practices threatening the proper functioning of the internal market are made known to the public;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that in recent years online hate speech has become increasingly widespread against journalists, NGOs, academics and, civil society organisations, including NGOs, and human rights defenders, including those defending LGBTQIQ rights, thus threatening media freedom, freedom of expression and assembly, as well as public safety given that online hate speech can incite real-worldoffline violence;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that SLAPPs are often meritless, frivolous or based on exaggerated claims, and that they are not initiated for the purposes of obtaining a favourable judicial outcome but rather only to intimidate, harass, tire out, put psychological pressure on or consume the financial resources of journalists, academics, civil society and NGOs,organisations, including NGOs, and human rights defenders with the ultimate objective of blackmailing and forcing them into silence through the judicial procedure itself; points out that this chilling effect can lead to self- censorship, suppressing participation in democratic life, and also discourages others from similar actions, from entering into these professions or from proceeding with relevant associated activities;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses, with regard to this problem, that all Member States lack harmonised minimum standards to protect journalists, academics, civil society and NGOorganisations, including NGOs, and human rights defenders and to ensure that fundamental rights are upheld in the Member States;
Amendment 251 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees with the numerous civil society organisations, academics, legal practitioners and victims who point to the need for legislative action against the growing problem of SLAPPs; urgently calls, therefore, for the Brussels I and Rome II Regulations to be amendments in order to prevent ‘libel tourism’ or ‘forum shopping’; urgently calls for the introduction of a uniform choice of law rule for defamation, as well as for proposals for binding Union legislation on harmonised and effective safeguards for victims of SLAPPs across the Union, including through a directive; argues that without such legislative action, SLAPPs will continue to threaten the rule of law and the fundamental rights of freedom of expression, assembly, association and information in the Union; is concerned that if measures only address lawsuits regarding infordefamation, actions based on other civil matters or criminal procedures may still be used;
Amendment 275 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that it is essential to adopt a legislative measure protecting the role of journalists, academics, civil society andhuman rights defenders and civil society organisations, including NGOs, in preventing breaches of Union law and ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market; urges the Commission to present a proposal for legislation that sets out safeguards for persons investigating and reporting on these matters of public interest;
Amendment 322 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the urgent need for a robust fund for supporting victims of SLAPPs; stresses the importance for victims and potential victims of SLAPPs to have easy and accessible information about these type of cases, legal aid and support;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication "Gender Equality Strategy (2020-2025)", published on 5 March 2020,
Amendment 29 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication "Strategy on victim’s rights (2020-2025)", published on 24 June 2020,
Amendment 30 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication "LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025)", published on 12 November 2020,
Amendment 31 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 d (new)
Citation 14 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication: "EU Strategy on the rights of the child (2020-2025)", published on 24 March 2021,
Amendment 84 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality defines femicide as the killing of women and girls because of their gender; whereas it can take different forms such as the murder of women as a result of intimate partner violence, killing of women and girls because of their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, as well as female and intersex genital mutilations and so called "honour killings";
Amendment 134 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Condemns all forms of violence against women and girls in all their diversity and other forms of gender-based violence, such as violence against LGBTI persons, and deplores the fact that women and girls continue to be exposed to psychological, physical, sexual and economic violence, including sexual exploitation and trafficking in human beings, both online and offline;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are the result of the unequal distribution of power, patriarchal structures, and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women and LGBTI persons by men; underlines that this situation is aggravated by social and economic inequalities;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including and witnesses, including feeling unsafe or vulnerable, stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impact;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on actions to prevent gender- based violence by addressing the underlying causes, including counteracting sexism, gender stereotypes and patriarchal values; underlines the need for gender equality to have a central place in education and the need for awareness- raising campaigns; recalls the Commission’s proposal in the Gender Equality Strategy for an EU-wide campaign on gender stereotypes and calls on Member States to fully support and implement the initiative when launched;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address the situation of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination, such as women refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, indigenous women, racialised women, women from religious and ethnic minorities, lesbian, bisexual and trans, trans and intersex women, elderly women and women with disabilities, as well as non- binary persons;
Amendment 258 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls, as well as transgender and non-binary persons, as reflected in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy;
Amendment 288 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to take all necessary measures to promote the protection of women and girls in all their diversity and all survivors of gender-based violence against all forms of violence, including by paying greater attention to the needs of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination and violence;
Amendment 299 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the obligation on Member States to ensure that there is support and services for survivors of gender-based violence; recalls the importance, in that context, of support to independent civil society and women’s and specialised shelter organisations;
Amendment 304 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to step up their work in order to ensure that victims have access to justice, including restorative justice, and to guarantee that the rights of the victim are placed at the centre in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or revictimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; underlines with concern that most Member States still have issues with complete/correct transposition and/or practical application of the Victim’s Rights Directive, as reflected in the Commission’s Strategy on victim’s rights, and calls on their due diligence for its complete and correct transposition;
Amendment 328 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determination on a common basis; stresses that gender-based violence is the result of a patriarchal society that has a cross-border dimension; points, in particular, at the growing anti- gender and anti-women movements, which are well organised and have a cross-border nature, and which therefore call for a coordinated EU response;
Amendment 348 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the special need to combat violence against women and girls in all their diversity and other forms of gender-based violence on a common basis also results from the need to establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions;
Amendment 367 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys in all their diversity, and empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s, transgender's and non-binary persons' sexual and reproductive health and rights; and minimum standards for law enforcement;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is alarmed by the legislative measures adopted in some Members States under the pretext of COVID-19 measures; reaffirms its position that such measures need to respect EU fundamental rights and the rule of law and considers that equal treatment of persons is crucial1a; _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0307.
Amendment 134 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Expresses concern at the use of legal measures by governments and powerful individuals to silence critics, such as the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), or the use of laws curtailing the right to freedom of expression in a manner incompatible with international human rights law, for example against LGBTI and women’s activists;calls on the Commission to accelerate the setting up of the expert group on SLAPPs as foreseen in the European Democracy Action Plan, to begin its work as soon as feasible and to ensure any upcoming legislative proposal addresses these issues;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses in particular the deterioration of the independence of some Member States’ equality bodies since the publication of the reports, which constitutes an immediate threat to the fundamental rights of citizens;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the voice of workers is a key element of the European Social Model, whose shared legacy of social dialogue, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, employee representation on boards, health and safety representation, and tripartism are the building blocks of a diverse and socially and environmentally sustainable future;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour market de- regulation and austerity measures have resulted in a decline of workers’ participation, collective bargaining coverage and unionisation are declining across the EU;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas trade unions and workers’ representatives have played a key role in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace, from the introduction of measures to protect the health and safety of workers, notably essential workers, particularly in highly feminised sectors with low pay and poor working conditions, such as the care sector, in highly exposed workplaces, to the implementation of job retention schemes such as short-time work and new forms of work organisation like working from home;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sustainable corporate governance can only be achieved with employee involvement; whereas the economic model based on the short-term ‘shareholder value’ principle has failed to encourage long-term investment and proper respect for human rights andthe environment, human rights and workers' rights, in particular, for the participation rights of trade unions and workers during past crises20 ; __________________ 20Rapp, M. S., Wolff, M., Udoieva, I., Hennig, J. C., ‘Mitbestimmung im Aufsichtsrat und ihre Wirkung auf die Unternehmensführung’, Hans-Böckler- Stiftung, No 424, June 2019; Ernst and Young, Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance, July 2020.
Amendment 69 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas studies have shown that worker participation enhances productivity, innovation, work organisation, supports the transition to a carbon-neutral, climate-neutral, resource-efficient and circular economy, gender equality, decision-making and alternatives to crisis- induced employment reduction22 ; __________________ 22 FitzRoy, F., Kraft, K., ‘Co- determination, Efficiency and Productivity’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 43, Issue 2, June 2005, pp. 233-247; Kraft K., Stank J., Dewenter R., ‘Co-determination and innovation’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol 35, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 145-172.
Amendment 100 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that the workers’ voice must be a key component of EU initiatives to ensure sustainable corporate governance and due diligence on humanthe environment, on human rights and workers' rights;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment to put forward without further delay a directive on binding environment and human rights due diligence and responsible business conduct, including workers’ rights such as the right to organise and collectively bargain, health and safety, social protection and working conditions; stresses that this directive should establish mandatory due diligence requirements covering companies’ operations, activities and their business relationships, including supply and subcontracting chains, and should ensure the full involvement of trade unions and workers’ representatives throughout the whole due diligence process, including the development and implementation process;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that introducing and monitoring new digital technologies in the workplace successfully and in a trustworthy manner will require timely and meaningful information for and consultation with trade unions and workers’ representatives to ensure full respect for their health, safety, data protection, equal treatment, employment protection and well-being at work and prevent undue exploitation and surveillance of workers, as well as discrimination and stigmatisation, in particular via management by algorithms; underlines the fact that trade unions and workers’ representatives should have the necessary access and means to assess and evaluate digital technology prior to their introduction;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Is concerned about the increased number of workers in precarious and non- standard forms of employment, bogus self-employed and workers with zero-hour contracts, who do not enjoy effective representation and participation rights in the workplace; deplores that this is particularly the case for sectors where the majority of workers are women; reiterates the call on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate forms of employment relationship that impede on workers’ right to freedom of association and participation in the workplace;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to strengthen, enforce and consolidate all the relevant EU laws to ensure that information and consultation is an integral part of company decision-making at all levels within companies; particularly when it comes to fostering equality in the workplace;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the EU to ensure that employees are also represented on boards in European-scale companies, above all when those companies make use of EU legislation for the purposes of cross-border company restructuring and mobility, stresses the need for gender balanced boards both in terms of employees’ seats and the board overall; reiterates its call on the Council to end the blockade of the Women on Boards Directive reflecting the fact that in order to achieve a participatory workplaces gender equality must be ensured at all levels;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. States that much remains to be done to ensure gender equality in all aspects of worker participation across the EU; notes that persistent gender inequality is also reflected in women’s limited access to leadership and representative positions in the workplace; calls for the introduction of increased measures, in consultation with the social partners, to ensure balanced representation and gender equality; notes that gender quotas contribute to the achievement of more diversity, and gender equality and equitability throughout all decision- making bodies;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new framework directive on workers’ information, consultation and participation for the various kinds of European companies, including subcontracting chains and franchises, and for companies that use EU company mobility instruments, in order to establish minimum standards on issues such as anticipating change, including with regard to measures concerning climate change, and restructuring, in particular at company level;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to guarantee information and consultation rights to ensure that the European Works Council can deliver its opinion before consultation is completed at the respective level; calls on the Commission, moreover, to ensure effective access to justice, to put an end to exemptions for old, so-called ‘voluntary’ pre-directive agreements after more than 20 years, to introduce sanctiondissuasive sanctions, including but not limited to fines, to consolidate the concept of the ‘transnational character of a matter’ and incorporate it into the European Works Council Directive, to prevent the abuse of confidentiality rules as a means to limit access to information and effective participation, and to ensure the efficient coordination of information, consultation and participation at local, national and EU levels;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 18 October 2017 on promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people,
Amendment 43 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 22 April 2015 on discrimination against transgender people in Europe,
Amendment 55 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 February 2019 on the rights of intersex people;1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0128
Amendment 116 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
Amendment 151 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, including in the context of legal gender recognition, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female and intersex genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings; , honour killings and so-called “conversion therapy” practices, which can take the form of sexual violence such as “corrective rape” on lesbian and bisexual women and girls, as well as transgender persons; whereas the enjoyment of SRHR for LGBTI persons may be severely hindered due to the omission in sexual education curricula of the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 164 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas in certain circumstances transgender men and non-binary persons may also undergo pregnancy and should, in such cases, benefit from measures for pregnancy and birth-related care without discrimination on the basis of their gender identity;
Amendment 210 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth and evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care is a human right;
Amendment 290 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the views endorsed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which recommended trans- specific healthcare such as hormonal treatment and surgery to be accessible and reimbursed by public health insurance schemes;1a _________________ 1aCDDH Report on the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, ¶130, accessible at https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectId=09000016809f9ba0
Amendment 315 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with prior, personal and fully informed consent;
Amendment 319 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reaffirms its call on Member States to adopt legislation ensuring that intersex persons are not subjected to non- vital medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood, and that their right to bodily integrity, autonomy, self- determination and informed consent is fully respected;
Amendment 322 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 341 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
Amendment 405 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to review their national legal provisions on abortion and bring them in line with international human rights standards and regional best practices by ensuring that abortion at a woman’s and any pregnant person's request is legal in early pregnancy and even beyond if the woman’sir health or life is in danger;
Amendment 407 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that all the rights afforded to women by law regarding abortion care must apply to all persons undergoing pregnancy, including transgender and non-binary persons, without discrimination on grounds of their gender identity or gender expression and in line with international human rights practices;
Amendment 410 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading d
Subheading d
Maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care for all
Amendment 414 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women and pregnant persons have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care;
Amendment 431 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care must be equally accessible to all persons undergoing pregnancy without discrimination of any kind, notably on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 484 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality simplementation of the EU gender equality strategy and the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy;
Amendment 500 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights and SRHR;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the UK opted for a ‘constitutive system’ (the EU Settlement Scheme – EUSS), which grants eligible EU citizens resident in the UK either settled status or pre-settled status at the end of the transition period, allowing themn application process under Article 18(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) confirming the rights of eligible EU citizens resident in the UK and their family members at the end of the transitional period. Recalls that the UK has implemented this process through the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) which grants either settled status or pre-settled status in order to reside legally in the UK and enjoy all thethe full suite of rights provided for under the Withdrawal Agreement (WA); rA. Recalls that the WA makes clear that the administrative procedures under a constitutive system must be ‘'smooth, transparent and simple’, simple and non- discriminatory';
Amendment 9 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that theExpresses its concern that there is a misalignment of the EUSS with the WA since the UK authorities do not accept that all EUSS status holders are beneficiaries of the WA and not all beneficiaries of the WA are able to apply to the EUSS. Stresses that this misalignment of the EUSS with the WA creates a risk of legal uncertainty for EU citizens in the UK as to whether their rights are guaranteed under UK immigration law or by the WA, and whether they can use their EUSS status to prove their rights under the WA. Stresses that this misalignment also excludes a cohort (including Lounes dual nationals) from accessing their rights under the WA or having them confirmed;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern about the difficulties that EU citizens may encounter when applying foproviding their settled or pre-settled status due to the UK’s insistence on a digital-only approach; and thereby accessing their rights under the WA due to the UK implementation of the negotiated digital- only approach. Is concerned that the digital-only approach applications can be discriminatory and have a negative effect on applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds or invulnerable situations. Is further concerned about the numerous delays in the status application and the high number of refusals. Asks the UK authorities to urgently address this situation;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the UK authorities to ensure the effective, compliant with Article 18(3) of the WA and transparent implementation of temporary protection measures for EU citizens who have pending applications, including those who missed the initial deadline for applications to the EUSS;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers itIs deeply concerned about the inconsistentce with the WA thatregarding pre- settled status holders who do not reapply successfully for settled status risk losing their rights to live, work and access services in the UK. Considers that urgent solutions should be found to ensure compliance with the WA and to prevent that the rights of individuals are undermined;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges declaratory Member States that opted for an Article 18(4) implementation, which does not require an application process to confirm rights under the WA, to address the UK’s concerns relating to evidencing status and to UK citizens living in the EU accessing benefits and services;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Is concerned that citizens in Northern Ireland enjoy different rights depending on their nationality; urges the UK authorities to ensure there is no diminution of rights for the citizens in Northern Ireland and to fully respect the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls and condemns again that cooperation in the area of asylum and migration was not included in the WA; is deeply concerned about the situation in the English Channel and the plans from the UK authorities to send asylum seekers to unsafe destinations; urges the need to comply with international law;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Amendment 48 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Considers that further particular attention should be paid to the legal framework in place in the UK in the fields of national security and processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities or for migration related matters in order to make sure that all the conditions required by Union data protection law, particularly Regulations 2016/679 and 2018/1725 and Directive 2016/680, and the case-law of the CJEU are fulfilled, and hence ensure that the level of protection is essentially equivalent to that afforded by the European Union. Reminds that mass surveillance programmes such as Tempora are not equivalent with EU data protection rules and reiterates its call to take into consideration case law in this field such as the Schrems cases. Is concerned about the proposal to expand data sharing, including biometric data, under the Prüm regime. Reminds previous calls for respect of the fundamental rights of individuals, including continued adherence and giving effect to the ECHR, adequate protection of personal data, and effective legal safeguards, which are essential prerequisites for allowing police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.
Amendment 10 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Ombudsman launched a Strategic Initiative on the leave rights of certain EU staff members and the best interests of the child (SI/1/2019/AMF)1a, which led to the harmonisation of rules between the European Commission and the Council regarding leave rights of staff members who become parents through surrogacy; whereas no comparable results were produced in the European Parliament due to unwillingness to adapt its rules on leave; _________________ 1a https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/op ening-summary/en/113554
Amendment 123 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 9 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the UNAIDS Progress Report to the 47thMeeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board of 23 November 2020, entitled “COVID- 19 and HIV: Progress Report 2020";1a _________________ 1a https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/COVID-19_HIV_EN.pdf
Amendment 71 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated human rights violations and stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV, LGBTI persons and other vulnerable groups, underlining the critical need for COVID-19 responses to be rooted in human rights and equality, as learned from the HIV response; whereas key populations have on occasion suffered from denied access to services or discriminatory enforcement of the COVID-19 response under lockdown orders;
Amendment 176 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes, particularly HIV and TB prevention and treatment services, for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristicsexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or any other characteristic, so as to avert reversal in gains made on existing epidemics;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that research globally indicates that stigma and discrimination continue to affect people living with HIV, key populations and vulnerable groups; recalls UNAIDS’ conclusions that people and groups associated with COVID-19 have also experienced negative perceptions and actions; highlights that vulnerable and marginalised populations continue to be stigmatised, including through HIV and COVID-19 intersections, such as people living in poverty, the homeless, refugees, migrants, sex workers, persons who use drugs, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons;1a _________________ 1aCOVID-19 and HIV: Progress report 2020, ¶80, accessible on https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/COVID-19_HIV_EN.pdf.
Amendment 126 #
2020/2072(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. warns that the Union is facing an unprecedented and escalating crisis of its founding values, which threatens its long- term survival as a democratic peace project; is gravely concerned by the rise and entrenchment of autocratic and illiberal tendencies, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, as well as corruption and state capture, in several Member States; underlines the dangers of this trend for the cohesion of the Union’s legal order, the protection of fundamental rights of all its citizens, the functioning of its single market, the effectiveness of its common policies and its international credibility;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2072(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. warns that the Union is facing an unprecedented and escalating crisis of its founding values, which threatens its long- term survival as a democratic peace project; is gravely concerned by the rise and entrenchment of autocratic and illiberal tendencies, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, as well as corruption and state capture, in several Member States; underlines the dangers of this trend for the cohesion of the Union’s legal order, the functioning of its single market, the effectiveness of its common policies, the protection of its citizen’s fundamental rights and its international credibility;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025)’,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on the declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone,1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0089
Amendment 59 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s ‘EU LGBTI Survey II: A long way to go for LGBTI equality',1a _________________ 1a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2020-lgbti-equality-1_en.pdf
Amendment 63 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the first objective of the Union’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020- 2025 focuses on ending gender-based violence and describes it as ‘one of our societies’ biggest challenges’; whereas the Union’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy recalls that everyone has a right to safety, be it at home, in public or online;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of power between women and men, in sexism and gender norms and stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by menand girls in all their diversity by men; whereas gender-based violence also occurs due to perceived deviation from gender norms;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and LGBTI persons and gender-based violence present different but not mutually exclusive forms and manifestations; whereas those different forms of violence are often interlinked with, and inseparable from, offline violence because they can precede, accompany or continue them;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing, dead- naming and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender- based cyberviolence; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas hate speech against LGBTI persons is pervasively common, in particular online, and legislation is notably absent from some Member States’ legislative framework to prevent, address and sanction such forms of online abuse; whereas, at present, 15 Member States do not include gender identity in hate speech legislation; whereas the Commission has proposed to extend the list of ‘EU crimes’ under Article 83(1) TFEU to cover hate crime and hate speech, including when targeted at LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 125 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the EU LGBTI Survey II conducted by FRA shows that 10% of LGBTI persons had experienced cyber harassment due to being LGBTI in the last year, including on social media; whereas intersex and trans people are over-proportionally affected (16%); whereas teenagers 15-17 years old experienced cyber-harassment due to being LGBTI the most (15%), as compared with other age groups (7%- 12%);
Amendment 130 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women in all their diversity can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discriminationtargeting of LGBTI persons is often on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination increase the exposure to violence for women belonging to ethnic minorities, with disabilities, as well as lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women, and can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women and LGBTI persons, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-based cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitments under the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 concerning hate speech online, and the proposal to extend the list of ‘EU crimes’ under Article 83(1) TFEU to cover hate crime and hate speech, including when targeted at LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of domestic violence and abuse because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; highlights that many LGBTI persons were forced to be confined with family members, legal guardians or co-habitants who harassed, abused or exposed them to violence; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through specialised shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violence;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that inter alia stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and lack of sense of control, caused by cyberviolence, can have an impact on mental health and may lead to self-harm and suicidal ideation;
Amendment 261 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to give particular attention to women belonging to groups put in a vulnerable situation, such as women belonging to ethnic minorities, with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women, as well as LGBTI persons in general and in particular LGBTI youth, as regards gender-based cyberviolence and to develop specific support services and educational programmes dedicated to those specific groups;
Amendment 285 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that gender norms and stereotypes are at the core of gender discrimination and are one of the main barriers to the entry of women and girls in the ICT and digital fields; stresses the need to tackle the gender gap in the ICT sector through education, awareness-raising campaigns and the promotion of the representation of women in the sector;
Amendment 289 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that the labelling of LGBTI persons as an ‘ideology’ is spreading in online and offline communication and the same is true with regard to ongoing campaigning against so-called ‘gender ideology’ or in favour of ‘anti-gender movements’; highlights that LGBTI activists are often the targets of defamation campaigns, online hate speech and cyberbullying and abuse due to their advocacy work for LGBTI equality;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
The scope should cover any form of gender-based violence committed, assisted or aggravated in part or fully by the use of ICT, such as mobile phones and smartphones, the internet, social media platforms or email, against a woman because she is a woman, or affects women disproportionately. The scope should encompass gender-based violence against LGBTIQ persons, who are targeted because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics.
Amendment 358 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
- ICT-related violations of privacy (including the accessing, sharing and manipulation of private data or images, including intimate data without consent, image-based sexual abuse and non- consensual disclosure of sexual images, doxxing, dead-naming, identity theft);
Amendment 363 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 6
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 6
- sexist, transphobic or interphobic hate speech (including: posting and sharing violent content, use of sexist or gendered comments and insults, abusing women for expressing their own views and for turning away sexual advances, inciting to hatred against individuals on grounds of their gender identity, expression or sex characteristics);
Amendment 373 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States should implement a series of measures in order to prevent gender- based cyberviolence, having an intersectional approach:
Amendment 376 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- awareness-raising and educational programmes involving all relevant actors and stakeholders to address the root causes of gender-based cyberviolence, within the general context of gender-based violence in order to bring about changes in social and cultural attitudes and remove gender norms and stereotypes, while promoting responsible behaviour on social media and increasing literacy about the safe use of the internet;
Amendment 428 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- aggravating circumstances, depending on the profile of the women and, girls and LGBTI victims (exploiting specific characteristics, vulnerabilities of women and girl, girls and LGBTI persons online);
Amendment 436 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1
The Commission and Member States should collect and publish disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based cyberviolence, in particular on the different forms of gender-based cyberviolence, not only based on law enforcement reports but also on women’sthe experiences of women and LGBTI persons.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern about the progress of negotiations, including the cancellation of two negotiation rounds planned during the COVID-19 confinement period as well as the resumption thereof as of 20 April; notes, that, according to the information received from the European Commission’s Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, despite a first exchange on the issues of security, law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, data protection and citizens’ rights, as well as irregular migration and asylum, that took place during the second round of the negotiations, no significant progress has been achieved; recalls that, pursuant to Article 132 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the transition period may be extended by a single decision of the Joint Committee before 1 July 2020; takes into account that the UK government, during the second negotiation round, stressed its intention not to request an extension of the transition period; is deeply concerned about the chances of finalising negotiations on all the essential matters at stake by the end of the year, in view, notably, of the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the slow progress achieved so far; calls on the negotiating partners to make every effort to advance on all areas of the negotiations in parallel, including the most difficult areas, and to adopt a comprehensive negotiating strategy;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it necessary to pay particular attention to the legal framework in the UK in the fields of national security or processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities; recalls that mass surveillance programmes mightare not be adequate under EU law; advocates taking into consideration CJEU case law in this field, such as the Schrems case as well as ECtHR case law;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the automated exchange of DNA data with UK under the Prüm Framework was launched only in 2019 and that the Council is about to adoptdecide upon the adoption of an implementing decision which would allow the UK to take part in automated exchanges of dactyloscopic data; points out in this regard that under the special consultation procedure for the ex-third pillar acts on 13 May 2020 the Parliament rejected the Council’s draft decision due to concerns over full reciprocity for fingerprint data exchange, over data protection guarantees, as well as over the very short time of its application; reminds the negotiators that, if adopted, the Council decisions authorising these automated data exchanges will expire at the end of the transition period; stresses the need for a timely agreement on new arrangements for the future relationship, given the importance of information exchange in the fight against serious and organised cross- border crime and terrorism; considers that the future relationship should not be predetermined by the rules applied during the transition period; believes that the agreement should be based on the principle of full reciprocity; strongly urges the UK, therefore, to reconsider its position not to disclose data of suspected persons, failing which, exchanges under Prüm between the EU and the UK will have to remain limited;
Amendment 22 #
Amendment 26 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need to agree the terms of cooperation on the irregular migration of nationals other than those of the two parties, recognising the need to protect the most vulnerable; reiterates its call that such cooperation should, at the very least, contain arrangements that enhance safe and legal pathways to access international protection, including through family reunification;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the need for strong cooperation between the parties in order to combat human smuggling and trafficking in human beings, in line with international law, which will remain applicable to the border between the UK and the EU; calls on the negotiating parties to clarify the potential role Europol and the European Border and Coast Guard could have in enabling such cooperation;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Amendment 121 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 125 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years; and those with Romani background facing multiple discrimination, such as women and girls, LGBTI persons and people with disabilities.
Amendment 87 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum in full respect of the fundamental right to safety and protection of asylum seekers;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 157 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the significant operational backing for Dublin procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing interviews in a language other than that of the country in which they are conductedapplicant understands; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;
Amendment 165 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the heart of the measures taken to implement the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of children, victims of trafficking and the most vulnerable, such as LGBTI persons;
Amendment 171 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates that the Dublin III Impact Assessment study undertaken by the EPRS notes that non-refoulement and human rights abuses are reason enough to suspend a transfer even when the destination country does not present systemic problems;
Amendment 173 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes with concern that LGBTI persons can be subjected to discrimination and violence in countries deemed ‘safe’, thus rendering their claims for asylum entirely legitimate in such circumstances; further notes that fast-track procedures and list of 'safe countries' should not unduly affect asylum claims of vulnerable groups, such as LGBTI persons; recalls that the application of fast-track procedures and lists of safe countries should be consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and fundamental rights of the most vulnerable;
Amendment 176 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise the standard of proof required; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention; by ensuring they are not subjected to detention; calls on the Members States and the Commission to clarify a ‘significant risk of absconding’ in the context of Dublin III and application of detention towards vulnerable groups; calls on the Member States to take into consideration the specific needs of LGBTI persons in detention and to ensure they benefit from protection from inhuman or degrading treatment arising from facility staff and/or other detainees; recalls that transgender persons’ right to health, namely in accessing hormonal replacement therapy, must be upheld in detention as a means to prevent their further exposure to discrimination and/or violence arising from staff and/or other detainees;
Amendment 186 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to adequately train asylum officers regarding the needs of the most vulnerable, such as LGBTI persons, and to ensure interviews are conducted in settings favourable to the full disclosure of crucial information to prove the validity of the claim; notes with concern that some LGBTI asylum-seekers may not feel initially comfortable with disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity because of previous negative interactions with authorities in the country of origin;
Amendment 202 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in orderprovide access to information in a language that the applicant understands and efforts to creduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonisedate safe environments to disclose personal information necessary to prove the validity of the claim as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests;
Amendment 218 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that in some cases the rules on transfer of responsibility under Dublin III undermine the efficiency of asylum procedures and the carrying-out of transfers and contribute to the increase in the number of secondary movements by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system; calls on the Commission to revise the rules, in order to give Member States sufficient time to carry out transfers and do away with transfer of responsibility in cases where an asylum seeker absconds;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 263 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 278 #
2019/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard to the May 2020 LGBTI Survey II conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 14 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 c (new)
Citation 33 c (new)
- having regard to the June 2020 European Commission Study “Legal gender recognition in the EU: the journeys of trans people towards full equality”;1a __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/le gal_gender_recognition_in_the_eu_the_j ourneys_of_trans_people_towards_full_e quality_web.pdf
Amendment 87 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the access to decent and affordable housing is harder for women, the youth and people in more vulnerable situations such as young unemployed couples, single parents, large families, the elderly, LGBTI persons, migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, people with physical or psychiatric illnesses, people from marginalised communities including Roma ;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Commission has announced an upcoming LGBTI Equality Strategy to be adopted by Q4 2020;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the LGBTI Survey II conducted by FRA highlights that 1 in 5 LGBTI persons experience homelessness and housing exclusion, 1 in 3 trans persons experience homelessness and 39% of intersex persons experience homelessness; whereas the results highlight that more than a third (37%) of LGBTI persons felt discriminated in areas of life other than work, and that 1 in 10 LGBTI persons (11%) experienced discrimination in looking for a house or an apartment to buy or rent (by people working in private or public housing agencies or a landlord);
Amendment 102 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the European Commission study on legal gender recognition in the EU highlights discrimination against trans and gender non-conforming persons in access to the housing market, including losing homes due to the divorce requirement of some gender recognition processes in the EU, and that access to legal gender recognition increases trans person’s likelihood of finding housing in cases where their documents match their gender expression;
Amendment 106 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe recommended to Member States in CM/Rec(2010)5 that measures should be taken to ensure that access to adequate housing can be effectively and equally enjoyed by all persons, without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; whereas it recommended additionally that appropriate attention should be paid to the risks of homelessness experienced by LGBTI persons, including young persons and children who may be particularly vulnerable to social exclusion, including from their own families;
Amendment 182 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to specifically address LGBTI homelessness in its upcoming LGBTI Equality Strategy, particularly regarding youth, to create tools for enhanced data collection, to foster research across the EU and to facilitate the exchange of approaches to tackle the problem of LGBTI people experiencing homelessness between member states;
Amendment 374 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Turkey to protect the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including women, LGBTI people and ethnic and religious minorities; condemns the pervasive hate-speech against LGBTI people, especially when done by high-level political and religious figures; condemns the lack of proper investigation, prosecution and sanction of hate speech, both online and offline, and of hate crime; calls on authorities and officials to firmly condemn all acts of violence and hate speech against minorities and vulnerable groups and to investigate and prosecute them effectively;
Amendment 390 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Turkish authorities to end the protracted bans on Pride marches in several cities; calls on the Turkish authorities to ensure that the right to freedom of assembly and association, as enshrined in Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, can be effectively enjoyed, without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, in respect of the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe;1a _________________ 1a https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805cf40a
Amendment 4 #
2019/2173(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the fifth country monitoring report of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), published on September 20171a , and to the conclusions on Montenegro concerning the state of implementation of the 2017 recommendations, published on June 2020,1b __________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/second-report-on- montenegro/16808b5942 1bhttps://rm.coe.int/ecri-conclusions-on- the-implementation-of-the- recommendations-in-respe/16809e8273
Amendment 110 #
2019/2173(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes progress on the protection of LGBTI rightthe rights of LGBTI persons and the adoption of the law on same-sex partnerships and calls on authorities to ensure all necessary conditions for its adequate and timely implementation; stresses that the situation of transgender and non-binary persons needs to be improved; urges the collection of disaggregated data relating to hate speech and crime based on sexual orientation and gender identity as recommended by ECRI and calls for their effective sanctioning;
Amendment 171 #
2019/2173(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates that the European Union has swiftly mobilised substantial support for the Western Balkans to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic health emergency and the socio-economic recovery of the region; calls on Montenegrin authorities to take into strong consideration the needs of the most vulnerable groups in society such as women, Roma and LGBTI persons, people with disabilities and other minorities when creating and implementing COVID-19 socio-economic relief measures;
Amendment 217 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses concern over the fundamental rights situation, specifically the persisting discrimination and hate speech faced by the LGBTI community, migrants and asylum seekers, as well as ethnic and religious minorities, and calls for more effective and comprehensive countrywide human rights and anti- discrimination strategies, as well as measures against interfaith and interethnic intolerance; stresses the need to duly prevent and prosecute the proliferation of hate speech, hate crimes and violence, and to promote social inclusion of minorities and vulnerable populations, including the Roma;
Amendment 223 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the situation of LGBTI persons can be significantly improved by new legal measures and modifications such as legalising same-sex partnerships, the explicit protection of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics against hate speech and violence in the Criminal Code, quick, transparent and accessible procedures for legal gender recognition based on self- determination,1a and ensuring legal guarantees for the bodily integrity, autonomy, self-determination and informed consent of intersex persons, in line with its position on the matter;1b __________________ 1a In line with Council of Europe guidelines: Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Recommendation to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, available, CM/Rec(2010)5, available on http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref- XML2HTML-EN.asp?fileid=21736. 1b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0128.
Amendment 318 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a co-ordinated, strategic countrywide response to the ongoing health emergency and post-pandemic recovery measures in full respect of the principle of non discrimination; recalls COVID-related EU support to address the acute situation in the country; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to allocate a sufficient number of COVID-19 vaccines to the Western Balkan countries;
Amendment 323 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need for the Bosnian authorities to find a better balance between fundamental rights and freedoms and necessary restrictions due to the pandemic; regrets the selective enforcement of the ban on assemblies, which resulted in the ban of the route of the 2020 Sarajevo Pride march;
Amendment 7 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and should be fully respected and protected;
Amendment 12 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas racial, ethnic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate-crime and hate-speech, lack of access to justice, and sustained socio-economic inequalities, which needs to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barrier to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 14 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Anti-Discrimination Directive which would provide a greater scope of protection through a horizontal approach remains blocked in the Council for more than a decade;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas gender-based violence in all its forms is a violation of fundamental rights which affects all levels of society regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence; whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of the structural inequalities; whereas combating gender-based violence requires an understanding of its causes and contributing factors;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas after nine years have elapsed since its approval, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by all Member States, or by the EU;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the present decade is witnessing a serious backlash against gender equality and women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 19 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas gender stereotyping result from and are the cause of deeply engrained attitudes, values, norms and prejudices, and presents a serious obstacle to the achievement of real gender equality which feeds into gender discrimination;
Amendment 21 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importancenecessity of maintaining an intersectional approach in the Gender Equality Strategy (GES), and adding specific and measurable undertakings, especially relating to groups protected from discrimination by EU law and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that gender mainstreaming is an indispensable tool to eliminate inequalities, promote gender equality and combat discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming is introduced in all Union policies and activities and to present concrete follow-up measures; welcomes the commitment to create a Task Force on Equality with the aim of building an intersectional approach on gender mainstreaming in all EU policies; believes that stronger inter-institutional relations in the field of gender mainstreaming can help develop gender-sensitive EU policies and therefore calls for structured cooperation on gender mainstreaming with all institutional partners, such as the Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the EIGE;
Amendment 26 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes that intersectionality will also be a cross-cutting principle for the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion and the EU strategic frameworks on disability, LGBTI+, Roma inclusion and children’s rights; reiterates the need to step up specific measures to guarantee the non-discrimination and protection of structurally underrepresented groups and groups in vulnerable situations, such as women, people with disabilities, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, LGBTI+ people and minorities such as Roma and people with a socioeconomically and disadvantage background or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; reminds the Commission that further efforts in this direction are needed;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to use clear indicators, objectives, resources and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that gender mainstreaming is systematically included in all stages of policy design in all EU policies and with an intersectional approach; calls in this sense on the Commission to come up with a roadmap on how to implement gender mainstreaming, including gender budgeting, and an intersectional perspective in all EU polices;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt the Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive in order to close the current protection gap in the EU legal framework concerning non-discrimination on grounds of age, disability, religion or belief, or sexual orientation in key areas of life, such as social protection, education and access to goods and services, and to ensure that the EU does not operate an artificial hierarchy of grounds;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); regrets the lack of specific measures in the European Gender Equality strategy to support SRHR in the EU and calls to include SRHR in the next EU Health Strategy and ensure specific funding for their protection; recalls the need for appropriate tools to measure progress with regard to ensuring universal access to SRHR and urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the protection and fulfilment of SRHR for all; calls on the Commission to closely monitor SRHR in Member States;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of health and sexuality education, in particular for girls and young LGBTI people, who are particularly impacted by inequitable gender norms; calls in this regard for the adoption of an European approach to Comprehensive Sexuality Education in line with the WHO standards and UNESCO guidelines and to support Member States to ensure universal access to this education without discrimination on any ground; highlights the important role of civil society organisations in providing sexuality education; urges the Commission to provide adequate funding for the organisations concerned;
Amendment 48 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that women’s rights are human rights, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up further work with regard to addressing gender stereotypes through greater cooperation with civil society and grassroots organisations advocating women’s rights and empowerment;
Amendment 52 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention without delay; commends the Commission on its commitment to propose measures to achieve the same objectives if accession to the Convention remains blockedCouncil to conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention without delay, on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations; commends the Commission on its commitment to step up efforts to conclude as a priority the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and recalls that new legislative measures on gender-based violence should be complementary to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, but in any case an alternative; urges those Member States who have not ratified the Convention yet, which are Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungry, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, to do so;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is extremely concerned about the recent decision of Hungary to prohibit the right to legal gender recognition, which severely violates the rights of transgender and intersex people and puts transgender and intersex people at risk; recalls that the European Court of Human Rights has consistently and clearly asserted that legal gender recognition falls within the right to private and family life in the European legal framework, which is specifically protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the engagement of the Commission to present an initiative extending the areas of crime to specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance to Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan; stresses, however, that the best way forward is to regulate all dimensions on gender-based violence in the same piece of legislation by adopting a directive to combat all forms of gender-based violence; reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently submit a legal act on the prevention and suppression of all forms of gender-based violence by making use of the right to legislative initiative enshrined in Article 225 of the TFEU; urges the Commission to step up efforts to move forward in this direction;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cybergender-based violence, whisuch are expressions of GBVs cyber violence; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative instrument on combating all other forms of gender-based violence, including cyber violence;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online, and to guarantee that the rights of the victim are placed at the centre in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or re-victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting, combataddress under- reporting, and provide legal aid as well as integrated support services and shelters;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests the Commission to put forward without delay a proposal for a review of the Victims' Rights Directive with a view to adding a specific chapter devoted to victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the issuencreasing trend of shrinking civic space in relation tofor civil society organisations and human rights defenders working on gender equality, minority and women’s rights and SRHR.; is strongly concerned that anti-gender equality and LGBTI movements which have gained ground in a number of Member States seek to challenge established fundamental rights in the area of gender equality and aim at blocking and rolling back laws and policies protecting women’s rights and LGBTI people against hate crimes and discrimination;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to put forward specific actions to ensure that grassroots organisations providing essential services have access to funding and are protected against any attack or discriminatory behaviour;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission to implement gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and budget lines; calls for spending on gender equality to be tracked and to assign an independent budget line for each targeted action and proper indicators, impact assessments and a dedicated methodology; calls for relevant accountability and transparency mechanisms, as well as regular and gender-sensitive reporting of the outcomes to be developed and applied;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the availability and comparability of quality disaggregated data on gender-based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the FRA and the EIGE; calls once again on the Commission to set up a European Monitoring Observatory on gender-based violence;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission to adopt concrete measures and monitoring mechanisms to ensure gender balance in all JHA Agencies, including in all levels of management and in leadership positions;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the outcome of the 2017 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights organised by the European Commission “Women’s rights in Turbulent Times”;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TUE) that lay down the principle of gender equality and non-discrimination as a core value of the Union;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 c (new)
- having regard to Articles 8 and 153 (on equality between men and women); Articles 10 and 19 (on non- discrimination) and Articles 6, 9 and 168 (on health) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 9 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 d (new)
- having regard to Articles 21 (on non –discrimination), 23 (on equality between women and men) and 35 (on healthcare) of the Charter on Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 e (new)
- having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR);
Amendment 11 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Citation 3 f (new)
- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of September 1995, and the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (Cairo Conference) of September 1994, as well as the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital A
A. whereas backlash can be defined as resistance to progressive social change, regression on acquired rights or seeking to maintain gender inequalities; whereas this resistance can be both formal and informal and can involve passive or active strategies to counter further progress by trying to impose non-evidence-based beliefs that aim to change policies and legislations which could ultimately affect citizens across EU countries by limiting and regressing their acquired rights;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital D
D. whereas the present decade has witnessed a visible drive against gender equality and the women’s rights agenda across continents, including in the EU;
Amendment 52 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital E
E. whereas the main targets of this backlash appear to be common across countries and include the key areas of the institutional and policy framework for gender equality, such as gender mainstreaming, social and labour protection, education, sexual and reproductive health and rights, preventing and combating violence against women, and gender-based violence, LGBTI+ rights, and working space for women’s and human rights’ organisations;
Amendment 53 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas anti-human rights campaigners and anti-human rights organisations are strategizing to roll back human rights for sexual and reproductive health in Europe and seek to overturn existing laws on basic human rights related to sexuality and reproduction, such as the right to access modern contraception, assisted reproduction technologies or safe abortions; the right to equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex (LGBTI+) persons; access to stem-cell research, or the right to change one’s gender or sex without fear of legal repercussions; whereas these anti-human rights campaigners and anti-human rights organisations increasingly use a more secular rhetoric which resembles classical human rights language, using sophisticated technical evidence and strategic interpretations of international human rights standards in order to communicate positions which roll back human rights;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital F
F. whereas women’s organisations groups and women’s rights defenders have acted as catalysts of and leaders in legislative and policy developments in the past decade in the progression and implementation of women’s rights, but are experiencing significant challenges in accessing funding as well as an increasingly hostile environment;
Amendment 63 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital G
G. whereas in the first half of 2018, several countries in the EU witnessed backlash against the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) occurred in several countries in the EU, opening up space for hate speech, especially targeting LGBTI+ people;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital H
H. whereas in 2017, the Council of Europe warned that women’s sexual and reproductive rights were under threat as several members sought to restrict legislation on access to abortion and contraception; whereas in a similar vein, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) issued a joint statement in August 2018 emphasising that access to safe and legal abortion, as well as to related services and information, were essential aspects of women’s reproductive health, while urging countries to stop regressing on the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls, which threaten women and girl’s health and lives;
Amendment 82 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Recital I
I. whereas sexualityrelationship and sexuality education (RSE) and gender equality education is not provided in many Member States and is falling short of international requirements, including the World Health Organisation Standards for Sexuality Education and the World Health Organisation Action Plan on Sexual and Reproductive Health;
Amendment 89 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maintain a strong commitment to gender equality and women’s rights, women’s rights and minority rights, such as the rights of people with disabilities, LGBTI people, and religious and ethnic minority groups, to further improve policies and legislation in this area and to denounce coercive discourse and measures undermining women’s autonomy in every field;
Amendment 99 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that most vulnerable to these backlashes are women minority groups, including gender and sexual, ethnic and religious minorities;
Amendment 100 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Points out at the worrying tendency of shrinking space for civil society in the world and also in Europe and of increasing criminalisation, bureaucratisation and funds restrictions for fundamental rights organisations, including women’s rights organisations and activists;
Amendment 103 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that enshrining women’s rights and LGBTI rights in law is not sufficient to achieve gender equality and calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen public awareness about the importance and benefits of women’s rights and gender equality for society; further support the development and dissemination of evidence-based research and information in this area;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasises that gender equality cannot be achieved if not all women achieve equal rights, including women from religious and ethnic minority groups who face intersectional inequalities;
Amendment 109 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Regrets that gender budgeting has not been recognised as a horizontal principle in the multiannual financial framework Regulation for the years 2021 to 2027 and calls the Council to amend the Regulation thereof as a matter of urgency re-affirming therefore its commitment to gender equality; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement gender-responsive approaches to budgeting in a way that explicitly tracks what proportion of public funds are targeted at women and to fight against the gender backlash by ensuring that all policies for mobilising resources and allocating expenditure promote gender equality;
Amendment 110 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Notes that gender mainstreaming is part of an overall strategy on gender equality and stresses, therefore, that the commitment of EU institutions on that area is fundamental; regrets in this context that no EU gender equality Strategy 2016-2020 was adopted, downgrading the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality to a Staff Working Document; Reaffirms its call once again to the European Commission to adopt an EU Strategy for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality;
Amendment 113 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all Member States to assume and abide by the international commitments and ensure respect for the principles enshrined in their fundamental laws as regards fundamental, minority and women’s rights including sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 122 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that preventing and combating violence against women is more important than everand gender-based violence continues to be fundamentally important, as in addition to persistent problems in state responses, new forms of violence have spread, such as sexist and LGBTI-phobic hate speech, misogyny and online violence;
Amendment 136 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it striking that the backlash is built on a convention that targets violence against women and gender based violence, a policy area on which there is a strong consensus; is therefore worried that the rejection of the norm of zero tolerance of violence against women and gender based violence indicates that the very essence of the principles of human rights, equality, autonomy and dignity is being questioned; calls on the Council to conclude the accession and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention by the EU and to advocate its ratification by the Member States;
Amendment 144 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its strong support for the widespread initiatives, including grassroots initiatives, demanding equality for women and menall people regardless of their gender promoted by women’s organisations¸;
Amendment 150 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to review their criteria for awarding funding to civil society organisations in order to ensure that they are bias free and support a strong and diverse civil societysupport politically and financially independent civil society organisations defending and promoting EU fundamental values, human rights, democracy, the rule of law and gender equality, and to not support those who actively work towards undermining these EU values;
Amendment 156 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that their mechanisms for the distribution, monitoring and evaluation of funding are gender sensitive and responsive to the problems that specific organisations face at the time of backlash calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase funding for women’s rights and gender equality, including for sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 194 #
2018/2684(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that Member States ensure that comprehensive sexuality education and relationships is provided to all young people as a key tool to prevent gender- based violence;
Amendment 1 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union and all Member States,
Amendment 41 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the European Union women remain underrepresented in the labour market with the EU gender employment gap still standing at 18.21a ; whereas the evidence suggests that one of the main causes of this is caring responsibilities; _________________ 1a[1] European Commission, “2018 Report on Equality between men and women”
Amendment 46 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights aims to deliver new rights for citizens of the Union and in its Principle 9 on Work-life Balance establishes that “Parents and people with caring responsibilities have the right to suitable leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services”;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women still remain the main carers of children and older people and the main contributors to domestic care; whereas this is most visible in couples with the youngest child under 7, as women spend on average 32 hours per week on paid work but 39 hours on unpaid work, compared to men who do 41 hours paid and 19 hours of unpaid work per week; Whereas 27,4% of women working part-time is due to looking after children or adults with care needs compared to 4,6% of men1b; _________________ 1bEuropean Commission, “2018 Report on Equality between men and women”
Amendment 54 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas domestic work, mainly performed by women, poses a particular challenge with regards to precarious and undeclared work, as the work is atypical and, by nature, invisible; whereas in order to tackle all forms of precarious and undeclared work, a complex and tailored range of policy approaches and measures is needed;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is facing an ageing population, which leads to increasing care needs; and services and this is expected to continue in the future; whereas despite this reality these services remain underdeveloped in many Member States and the lack formal long-term care arrangements negatively affects the labour market participation of informal carers, who are disproportionately women;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas closing the gender employment gap is conditional on the fulfilment of basic social rights and the provision of basic social services; whereas the unequal distribution of child and informal long-term care between men and women has a significant impact on the gender pension gap, standing at 37%; whereas older women face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 110 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas there is a lack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare for all income levels; whereas achieving quality services means investing in childcare workforce training1c; _________________ 1cEurofound(2015), Early childhood care: working conditions, training and quality of services – A systematic review
Amendment 116 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas most of the jobs created in formal home care for older relatives are poorly paid and require a low level of qualifications 1d _________________ 1dEurofound(2013), Caring for children and dependants: Effect on careers of young workers.
Amendment 123 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the gender employment gap widens substantially once families have children, which reflects the difficulties that women face in reconciling child-raising and care responsibilities with their work; due to the lack of sufficient public care infrastructures and the persistent gender division of labour that impose an overwhelming amount of care to be provided mainly by women, leading to women spending two to ten times longer on unpaid care than men 1f _________________ 1fEurostatdata for 2010, Commission’s 2015 report on equality between women and men in the European Union (2016).
Amendment 127 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of several factors including the gender pay gap, the pension gap, care responsibilities and related breaks as well as insufficient support and taxation systems affecting households headed by single mothers; underlines that multiple discrimination that women face on the grounds of, among others, their gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, contributes to the feminisation of poverty;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; Reminds that work life balance policies should promote men to take up care responsibilities on equal basis with women; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to progressively extend parentalternity and care leave9 , and its level of payment, to ensure non-transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to self-employed workers and those who need to take leave in order to care for dependents other than children; _________________ 9 As called for in www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010- 0373+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Amendment 142 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls upon the European Commission to come up with an initiative on the social protection and services for informal carers, that could address the challenges of informal carers that go beyond employment legislation, such as continuing income support, access to health care, the recognition of time spent in informal care in pension credits, and access to services such as peer counselling, psychological support, day- care and respite care facilities
Amendment 147 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either at home or in home-like situations, has proved to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies that helpand a major factor that promotes parents taking leaves and informal carers, which are mostly women, to make a swift return to and remain in the labour market;
Amendment 152 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes note that one fourth of women remain in the category of unpaid contributing family workers, meaning they receive no direct pay for their efforts, and there is a clear segregation of women in sectors that are generally characterized by low pay, long hours and often informal working arrangements which lead to fewer monetary, social and structural gains to women than the typical working male;
Amendment 154 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds that the absence of public care services is a major factor contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the labour market, as it makes it more difficult to balance work and family responsibilities, leading to some women dropping out of the labour market entirely, working less hours in paid employment and spending more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities, with consequential harmful repercussions on their social security entitlements, in particular pensions, and an increased risk of poverty and social exclusion, especially during old age;
Amendment 159 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that every person shouldwith support needs have the right to chooseaccess public quality care services that are suitable for them and their family;
Amendment 174 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in a comprehensive fashion in order to meet women and men’sall genders’ needs for a work-life balance and bring about equal representation in the labour market;
Amendment 187 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that care services should be designed in such a way as to provide genuine choices for all users, their family members and their carers, be they in full- or part-time employment, self-employed or unemployed;
Amendment 193 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, and for care at home and in home- like settings; considers, furthermore, that family members should either be able to voluntarily provide informal care or be subsidised to procure care services; highlights that the establishment of leaves and arrangements for individual informal carers should not serve as a substitute for professional, accessible, affordable and high-quality community-based care services;
Amendment 208 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that the unavailability of public services and the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development, including a full range of social stimuli;
Amendment 209 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Finds it worrying that over the last decade the number and share of places have increased in private care homes to a greater extent than in public care homes in almost all member states 1f _________________ 1fEurofound (2017) “Care homes for older Europeans: Public, for-profit and non-profit providers
Amendment 229 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Further calls on the Commission to develop harmonised definitions and indicators to assess the accessibility, quality and efficiencavailability of care services for children, persons with disabilities and the elderlyolder persons at an EU level; calls on the Commission to monitor their implementation and promotto propose corrective action where and when may be needed;
Amendment 251 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States, in providing pre-school childcare, to place emphasis not only on accessibility, but also on the quality of that care, in particular for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and children with disabilities;
Amendment 253 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Notes the disproportionate impact that insufficient investment in public care structures and services has on single parents, the vast majority of whom are women, and for families living in poverty and at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 254 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously the spending of EU Funding, especially under the European Structural and Investment Funds in the area of social care services and long-term care and ensure that investments are in line with the human rights obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 255 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to revise upwards the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education and calls on all Member States and the Commission to step up their efforts to meet the targets and to place the provision of all forms of care high on their politic agenda;
Amendment 265 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to set up targets on care services for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, in consultation with the Member States;similar to the Barcelona targets with monitoring tools that should measure quality, accessibility and affordability of these services,
Amendment 278 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States to introduce ‘care credits’ through labour and social security legislation for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal, unpaid care to a dependant or a family member and to recognise the value of the work of these carers for society as a whole;
Amendment 284 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services and infrastructures for children, specially early childhood, and for care for other dependents, to ensure the universal access to such services, to improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 291 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to make sure the European Semester process and the application of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact contribute to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, leaving effective room for Member States to fund and sustain their funding for care services;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is an expression of solidarity and the main investment instrument of the EU, covering all regions andwith the aim at reducing disparities; whereas its added value and flexibility in response toimportance during the economic and financial crisis has been confirmed on several occasions as it contributed to maintain much-needed public investment opportunities;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas cohesion policy has proven very flexible in times of crisis by adapting to changing legislative requirements and priorities thus enabling Member States and regions to take tailor- made response in view of increasing their resilience towards sudden events and external shocks;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in some cases, cohesion policy, due to its limited budgetary resources, could only help preventing the worsening of the crisis and alleviating the devastating impacts already unfolding on the ground, such as economic decline, job losses, increasing risk of poverty and out- migration;
Amendment 5 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas support between 2007 and 2015 from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund in Greece amounted to EUR 15.8 billion, equivalent to some 19 % of total government capital expenditure;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission and the co-legislators acknowledged in 2015 that Greece has been affected by the crisis in a unique manner, which could have had a severe impact also on both the finalisation of the operations under the 2007-2013 operational programmes and the start of the implementation of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy programmes;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/1839 was intended to provide Greece with liquidity at a crucial moment before the implementation of programmes had come to a halt and necessary investment opportunities missed out;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Appreciates that Greek authorities undertook to re-organise the project classification and identify major projects to be selected for completion; underlines that this helped significantly to overcome institutional and administrative obstacles and establish priority actions to be implemented without further delay thus also preventing financial corrections;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the ESIFs have a significant impact on GDP in several Member States, and that investment supported by cohesion policy and rural development policies in Greece is estimated to have increased GDP in 2015, at the end of the previous programming period, by just over 2% above the level it would have been in the absence of the funding provided; recalls that the use of EU structural funds should always focus on achieving real EU added value, target EU objectives and priorities and go beyond mere GDP growth;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of, that the mainly quantitative analysis of the report submitted by the Greek authorities on the use of the amounts under Regulation (EU) 2015/1839 related to the 2007-2013 programming period, but regrets the lack ofcomply with the legal requirement; considers that a qualitative assessment in terms of increased competitiveness and productivity and sustainability would help completing the analysis and understanding the results achieved;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of structural reforms for a sound business environment and an effective implementation of the ESIFs, and invites Greece to make full use of the possibilities for assistance under the SRSP for efficient and effective use of EU funds;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges that by supporting public investment and deploying EU investments flexibly, through the reprogramming of funds or by raising the cofinancing rate, regional policy mitigated the impact of the financial crisis and of sustained fiscal consolidation in several Member States; reiterates nevertheless that cohesion policy should be seen primarily as a catalyst to attract additional public and private funding, and that measures resulting in a reduction in the national cofinancing quotas required for receiving funding for operational programmes financed by the Structural Funds should be duly justified and only envisaged on an exceptional basis;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Concludes that the adoption of Regulation 2015/1839 was an important measure appropriate to provide tailor- made support at a crucial moment, and that the implementation of this Regulation delivered outcomes as envisaged;
Amendment 14 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries.
Amendment 16 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamline the multi-level governance of the CAP, involve regional and local authorities and stakeholder and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives.
Amendment 17 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In accordance with Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the implementation of the CAP shall be in coherence with the objectives of development cooperation.
Amendment 18 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) To ensure coherence of the CAP, all interventions of the future CAP should respect the principles of sustainable development, gender equality and fundamental rights, and should be part of a strategic support plan which would include certain sectoral interventions that were laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council10 . _________________ 10 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).
Amendment 24 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The economic and financial crisis has shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. The implementation of structural reforms is among the Union’s policy priorities because such reforms seek to set the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential, strengthen the adjustment capacity and support the process of upward convergence. Pursuing structural reforms can alsoshould contribute to strengthening economic and social cohesion, boosting productivity and investment and, creating good conditions for sustainable growth and employmentjob creation and enhancing social inclusion in the Union.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Other Union instruments and programmes also provide a significant contribution to improving conditions underpinning certain investments in Member States, which can be conducive to or be part of such reforms. In particular, the Union Funds covered by Regulation (EU) No YYY/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council [CPR] link investment to enabling conditions (formerly known as ex-ante conditionalities), foresee a macroeconomic governance mechanism and may finance costs of structural reforms linked to investments in policy areas relevant for cohesion policy. However, currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support that provides incentives for the Member States to implement reforms in all policy areas, in response to social, economic and environmental challenges identified in the European Semester. Moreover, there is currently no instrument providing specific and targeted financial and technical support to Member States whose currency is not the euro in their efforts to implement reforms that are relevant for joining the euro area.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Programme’s overall objective is the enhancement of cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, growth, and employmentsustainable growth, job creation and social inclusion and contributing to real convergence in the Union. For that purpose, it should provide financial incentives for addressing challenges of a structural nature, and should help to strengthen the administrative capacity of the Member States insofar as their institutions and economic and social sectors are concerned.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure that the reforms supported by the Programme address all the key economic and socie, societal and environmental areas, both financial support and technical support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission, upon request from a Member State, in a broad range of policy domains, which include areas related to public financial and asset management, institutional and administrative reform, business environment, the financial sector, markets for products, services and labour, education and training, sustainable development, environmental and climate protection, public health and social welfare.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 45 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure a meaningful incentive for Member States to complete structural reforms, it is appropriate to establish a maximum financial contribution available for them under the instrument for each stage of allocation and under each call. That maximum contribution should be calculated on the basis of the population of Member States. To ensure that the financial incentives are spread throughout the whole period of application of the Programme, the allocation of funds to the Member States should be made in stages. In the first stage lasting twenty months, half (EUR 11 02 500 000 000) of the overall financial envelope of the reform delivery tool should be made available to Member States, during which they could receive up to their maximum allocation by submitting proposals for reform commitments.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In the interest of transparency and efficiency, in the subsequent stage lasting until the end of the Programme, a system of periodic calls should be set out by the Commission to allocate the remaining half (EUR 11 02 500 000 000) of the overall financial envelope of the instrument, plus the amounts unused from the previous stage. Simple procedures should be organised to that effect. Under each call, all Member States should be invited to submit reform proposals concurrently, and could be awarded their maximum financial contribution on the basis of their reform proposals. In the interest of transparency, the first call organised by the Commission during the second stage should be for an amount corresponding to the remaining part (EUR 11 02 500 000 000) of the overall financial envelope of the instrument. Further calls should be organised by the Commission only where the overall financial envelope has not been fully used. The Commission should adopt and publish an indicative calendar of the further calls to be organised, and should indicate, at each call, the remaining amount of the overall envelope, which is available under that call.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) For reform commitments, the Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and relevant bodies representing civil society and non- governmental organisations. The purpose of this partnership is to ensure respect for multi-level governance, and also of subsidiarity, proportionality and the specificities of the Member States’ different institutional and legal frameworks, as well as to ensure the ownership of the planned structural reform.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to contribute to the preparation of high quality proposals and assist the Commission in the assessment of the proposals for reform commitments submitted by the Member States and in the assessment of the degree of their achievement, provision should be made for the use of peer counselling and expert advice. In addition, the Council for Economic Policy Committee of the Council dealing with the European Semester, in consultation, where appropriate, with relevant Treaty-based committeeith the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions, should be able to provide an opinion on the proposals for reform commitments as submitted by Member States. In the interest of simplification, the reporting by Member States on the progress made in the implementation of reform commitments should be made within the framework of the European Semester.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) For the purpose of simplification, the determination of the financial contribution should follow simple criteria. The financial contribution should be the total maximum indicative amountamount to be fixed on the basis of financing needs for the implementation of the structural reform if the reform commitments proposed by the Member State fully meet the criteria for assessment, and should be half the maximum indicativeat amount if the reform commitments proposed by the Member State meet those criteria only in a satisfactory manner. No financial contribution should be awarded to the Member State if the proposal for reform commitments does not satisfactorily address the assessment criteria.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to contribute to addressing national reform challenges of a structural nature aimed at improving the performance of the national economies and at promoting resilient economic and social structures in the Member States, thereby contributing toenhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, growth and employmentsustainable growth, job creation, investment and social inclusion and contributing to real convergence in the Union; and
Amendment 76 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contribute to strengthening the administrative capacity of the Member States in relation to challenges faced by institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors in response to economic, social and environmental challenges.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The general and the specific objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall refer to policy areas related to cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, research and innovation, smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, social inclusion, environmental and climate protection and in particular to one or more of the following:
Amendment 83 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) business environment, including particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, re- industrialisation, private sector development, product and service markets, investment, public participation in enterprises, privatisation processes, trade and foreign direct investment, competition and public procurement, sustainable sectoral development and support for research and innovation and digitisation;
Amendment 88 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) policies for implementing climate action, sustainable mobility, promoting energy and resource efficiency, renewable energy sources, achieving energy diversification and ensuring energy security, and for the agricultural sector, fisheries and the sustainable development of rural areas; and
Amendment 89 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 258 000 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) up to EUR 225 000 000 000 for the reform delivery tool;
Amendment 94 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where, by the 31 December 2023, under the convergence facility, a non-euro-area Member State has not taken demonstrable steps to adopt the single currency within a given time-frame, the maximum amount available for that Member State under the financial support component of the convergence facility pursuant to Article 26 shall be reallocated to the reform delivery tooltechnical support instrument referred to in point (ab) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The Commission shall adopt a decision to that effect after having given the Member State concerned the possibility to present its observations within a period of two months of the communication of its conclusions.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0213(COD)
3a. Double financing shall be avoided.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Amendment 100 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 105 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 107 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. For a period of twenty months from the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall make available for allocation EUR 11 02 500 000 000, which represents 50% of the overall envelope referred to in point (a) of Article 7(2). Each Member State may propose to receive up to the full amount of the maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 9, to fulfil reform commitments proposed in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. For the period starting after the end of the period referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall make available for allocation EUR 11 02 500 000 000, which represent the remaining 50% of the overall envelope for the reform delivery tool referred to in point (a) of Article 7(2), plus the amount that has not been allocated in accordance with paragraph 2, on the basis of calls organised and published under the reform delivery tool. The first call shall be for allocating EUR 11 02 500 000 000.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 114 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the reform delivery tool shall submit a proposal for reform commitments to the Commission. That proposal shall set out a detailed set of measures for the implementation of structural reforms in response to challenges identified in the European Semester process and shall contain milestones, targets and a timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of three years. For reform commitments, the Member State shall in, accordance with its institutional and legal framework, organise a reform partnership with the competent regional and local authorities, economic and social partners, and relevant bodies representing civil society and non-governmental organisations. The partners referred to in the second sub-paragraph shall be involved by the Member State in the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of measures for the implementation of structural reforms.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the expected economic and soci, social and environmental impacts of the reform in the Member State concerned and, where possible, the spillover effects in other Member States;
Amendment 116 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) the actions taken to involve partners referred to in the second sub- paragraph of paragraph 1; and
Amendment 117 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. When assessing the proposal for reform commitments, the Commission shall act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission may make observations or seek additional information. The Member State concerned shall provide the requested additional information and may revise the proposal if needed, after consultation of its partners as referred to above, prior to its official submission.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 9
Article 11 – paragraph 9
9. The Economic Policy Committee, set up by Council decision 2000/604/EC on the Composition and Statutes of the Economic Policy Committee31 , may provide its opinion after consultation with the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions on the proposals for reform commitments submitted by Member States. _________________ 31 Council Decision of 29 September 2000 on the composition and the statutes of the Economic Policy Committee (2000/604/EC) (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 28–31)
Amendment 119 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) where the proposal for reform commitments submitted by the Member State concerned complies fully with the criteria set out in Article 11(7), the reform commitments shall be considered to be “major”, and the total amount of the maximum financial contribution referred to in Article 9to be fixed on the basis of financing needs for the implementation of structural reform shall be allocated to the Member State concerned;
Amendment 120 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) where the proposal for reform commitments by the Member State concerned complies satisfactorily with the criteria set out in Article 11(7), the reform commitments shall be considered to be “significant”, and half of the maximum financial contribution referred to in Article 9to be fixed on the basis of financing needs for the implementation of structural reform shall be allocated to the Member State concerned; and
Amendment 122 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Where the reform commitments, including relevant milestones and targets, are no longer achievable, either partially or totally, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, the Member State concerned may make a reasoned request to the Commission to amend or replace the decision referred to in Article 12(1). To that effect, the Member State, after consultation of its partners referred to in the second sub-paragraph of Article 11(1), may propose a modified set or a new set of reform commitments.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) organisation of local operational support in areas such as asylum, migration and border controlsocial inclusion;
Amendment 132 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the preparation of a proposal for reform commitments and the implementation of the reform commitments undertaken by Member States;
Amendment 135 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 136 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Actions financed under the technical support instrument may receive support from other Union programmes, instruments or funds under the Union’s budget provided that such support does not cover the same cost.rticle 22 deleted Complementary funding
Amendment 147 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
This annex lays out the methodology for calculating the maximum financial contribution available for each Member State under the financial support instrument, as referred to in Article 9, and the maximum financial contribution available for each Member State under the financial support component of the convergence support instrument, as referred to in Article 26.
Amendment 148 #
Amendment 149 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2
Annex I – paragraph 2
Amendment 152 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 3
Annex I – paragraph 3
Amendment 16 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the European Union and all its Member States are parties,
Amendment 18 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities and presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 20 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the European Union and all its Member States are parties,
Amendment 21 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe's competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the "Skills Agenda for Europe" and the European Education Area, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed. To strengthen the European dimension of the programme, the ESF+ should also support transnational actions and activities, in order to foster peer learning and the exchange of good practices.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from social inequalities, economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatrelated integration challenges, clean energy transition, technological change and, demographic challenges, unequal access to education, an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and relevant skills, making growthlabour markets more inclusive and by improving employment, education and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) On 17 November 2017, the European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission as a response to social challenges in Europe. The European Pillar of Social Rights sets out obligations for the Member States as regards social protection, social inclusion, decent working conditions, equal opportunities and access to the labour market. The twenty key principles of the pillar are structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market; fair working conditions; social protection and inclusion. The twenty principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights should guide the actions under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). In order to contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights the ESF+ should support investments in people and systems in the policy areas of employment, education and social inclusion, thereby supporting economic, territorial and social cohesion in accordance with Article 174 TFEU.
Amendment 27 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) On 17 November 2017, the European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission as a response to social challenges in Europe. The European Pillar of Social Rights sets out obligations for the Member States as regards social protection, social inclusion, decent working conditions, equal opportunities and access to the labour market. The twenty key principles of the pillar are structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market; fair working conditions; social protection and inclusion. The twenty principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights should guide the actions under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). In order to contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights the ESF+ should support investments in people and systems in the policy areas of employment, education and social inclusion, thereby supporting economic, territorial and social cohesion in accordance with Article 174 TFEU.
Amendment 27 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities, include a gender perspective and be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 31 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the 'UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on "Next steps for a sustainable European future" of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ can make a particular contribution to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals by halving relative poverty and eradicating extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10) as well as the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote high-quality employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, persons with disabilities and people with chronic diseases, the long-term unemployed and the economically inactive, as well as through promoting self– employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation and flexibility towards various target groups of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted and individual counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcareaffordable quality childcare and other care services or support. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well- adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce. The ESF+ should also support measures aimed to ease young people’s transition from education to employment.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities, include a gender perspective and be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from social inequalities, economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatrelated inclusion challenges, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce, demographic challenges, unequal access to education and social protection, unbalanced distribution of care responsibilities, an increasingly ageing workforce, lack of employment opportunities and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevantengaging in the just transition, investing in quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and skills, making growthlabour markets more inclusive and by improving employment, education and social policies, including in view of labour mobility and by fighting against gender gaps and women’s discrimination.
Amendment 38 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of this wider scope of the ESF+ it is appropriate to foresee that the aims to enhance the effectiveness of inclusive and gender-equal labour markets and promote access to quality employment, to improve the access to and the quality of education and, training and care, as well as to promote social inclusion and health and to reduceradicate poverty are not only implemented under shared management, but also under direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands for actions required at Union level.
Amendment 40 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital and transversal skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression and flexibility within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitivenesssocial cohesion and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through high-quality work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications and prior learning.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe’s competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the “Skills Agenda for Europe” and, the European Education Area and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non-formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, to upscale innovative practices and notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners and young people in vulnerable situations in learning mobility, should be supported within this context. Policy coherence between the bodies responsible for the Erasmus programme and the ESF+ programme should ensure a decent support to design and implement measures such as learning mobility for disadvantaged learners, particularly adult learners and persons with disabilities or chronic diseases.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote high-quality employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, persons with disabilities and people with chronic diseases, the long-term unemployed and the economically inactive, as well as those facing multiple forms of discrimination through promoting self– employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcareparticipation of women and sustainable employment that guarantees equal opportunities with special attention to single mothers in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, the respect of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, improved work/life balance and access to affordable childcare and other care services or support to foster gender equality. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the ‘UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on “Next steps for a sustainable European future” of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ can make a particular contribution to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals by halving relative poverty and eradicating extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10) as well as the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, notably through formal and non-formal education providers, including by developing digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, facilitating transitions from education to employment, career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities or chronic diseases and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevancaccessibility and non-discriminatory nature of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitivenesssocial cohesion, the reduction of horizontal and vertical segregation and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through high-quality work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, support for informal and non- formal learning, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications and prior learning.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Union and its Member States, having in mind the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961, should have in their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, with a view to lasting high levels of employment and combating exclusion, in accordance with Article 151 TFEU.
Amendment 49 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from social inequalities, economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatrelated inclusion challenges, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce, demographic challenges, unequal access to education and social protection, unbalanced distribution of care responsibilities, an increasingly ageing workforce, lack of employment opportunities and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevantengaging in the just transition, investing in quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and skills, making growthlabour markets more inclusive and by improving employment, education and social policies, including in view of labour mobility. and by fighting against gender gaps and women’s discrimination.
Amendment 49 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Synergies with the Horizon Europe programme should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and scale up innovative curricula supported by Horizon Europe in order to equip people with the skills and competences needed for the jobs of the future and to address current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts at all levels of government, including regional and local authorities, to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities and homelessness. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorpeople with illness and chronic conditions, the working poor, the homeless, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and all other people facing multiple social challenges. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration and full participation in society. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance social rights through timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcounselling, healthcare, childcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, and services guiding access to decent social or affordable housing. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems and social services with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility and coverage.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that gender equality and the integration of the gender perspective is a binding principle in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and that key actions for gender mainstreaming receive support.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15 b) Synergies with the Asylum and Migration Fund should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and upscale equal access to high-quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, as well as social inclusion, integration into the labour market and access to healthcare for third-country nationals with special attention to the needs of women and children.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities and housing deprivation, including homelessness, while putting special emphasis on combatting the feminisation of poverty. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorpeople with disability, illness and/or chronic conditions, the working poor, the homeless, third-country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons, and all other people facing multiple social challenges and multiple forms of discrimination. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integrationclusion and full participation in society. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance social rights through timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcarecounselling, healthcare, childcare and early childhood education and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, and access to decent energy-efficient affordable housing, including social housing. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems and social services with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility and coverage.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) To anticipate challenges and take concrete steps towards a socially and environmentally sustainable economy, just transition roadmaps, developed in cooperation with local and regional governments and stakeholders, should be included in the operational programmes, outlining regional and local strategies towards a climate-friendly and resource efficient future, with the aim of social inclusion, quality job creation, sustainability and investment geared towards supporting future-oriented local development.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 61 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) All Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. The promotion of children’s rights is an explicit objective of Union policies, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires that the best interests of the child be a primary consideration in all Union action. The ESF+ should support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 62 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. For grants, this should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as envisaged in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. To implement measures linked to the socio- economic integratclusion of third country nationals, and in accordance with Article 88 of the Common Provisions Regulation, the Commission may reimburse Member States using simplified cost options including the use of lump sums.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular regional and local authorities, the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management with special emphasis on NGOs delivering employment, care, education and social services and working in the field of anti-discrimination and/or defending human rights. It is therefore essential that Member States ensure the meaningful participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society in the strategic governance of the ESF+ under shared management from shaping priorities for operational programmes to implementing, monitoring and evaluating the results and impact. Furthermore, for the sake of safeguarding non-discrimination and equal opportunities, it is vital that equality bodies and national human rights institutions are also involved in each stage.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to streamline and simplify the funding landscape and create additional opportunities for synergies through integrated funding approaches, the actions which were supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (‘FEAD’), the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation and the Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health should be integrated into one ESF+. The ESF+ should therefore include three strands: the ESF+ strand under shared management, the Employment and Social Innovation strand, and the Health strand. This should contribute to reducing the administrative burden linked to the management of different funds, in particular for Member States and beneficiaries, whilst maintaining simpler rules for simpler operations such as the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In light of the persistent need to enhance efforts to address the management of the migration flows in the Union as a whole and in order to ensure a coherent, strong and consistent support to the solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts, the ESF+ should provide support to promote the socio-economic integration of third country nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, complementary to the actions financed under the Asylum and Migration Fund. Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources to local authorities in order to meet the needs for integration of migrants at local level.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also as well as the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into society and into the labour market. Synergies and policy coherence with the Rights and Values programme in this should ensure that ESF+ can mainstream and upscale actions. The Commission and the Member States should ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that does not respect fundamental rights as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and, in particular, actions that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. or the reproduction of gender stereotypes. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of this wider scope of the ESF+ it is appropriate to foresee that the aims to enhance the effectiveness of inclusive and gender-equal labour markets and promote access to quality employment, to improve the access to and the quality of education and, training and care, as well as to promote social inclusion and health and to reduceradicate poverty are not only implemented under shared management, but also under direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands for actions required at Union level.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, high-quality green jobs, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should involve local and regional authorities meaningfully in the process to ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between all levels of government and the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrumentas well as the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof, with respect to the Partnership Principle.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF+ lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the central employment services of Member States with one another and with the Commission. The European network of employment services should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers and a greater transparency, with gender-disaggregated data of information on the labour markets as well as greater skills recognition. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote high-quality employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, persons with disabilities and people with chronic diseases, the long-term unemployed and the economically inactive, as well as those facing multiple forms of discrimination through promoting self– employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation and flexibility towards various target groups of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted and individual counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women’s participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcaresupport workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should aim at tackling precarious employment in order to ensure that all types of work contracts offer decent working conditions with proper social security coverage in line with Article 9 TFEU, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Social Charter and the ILO Decent Work Agenda. The ESF+ should promote participation of women and sustainable employment that guarantees equal opportunities with special attention to single mothers in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, the respect of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, improved work/life balance and access to affordable childcare and other care services or support to foster gender equality. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce. The ESF+ should also support measures aimed to facilitate the transition of young people between education and employment.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to fostering social inclusion. and fighting poverty. Member States should use this allocation to address challenges beyond unemployment to support anti-poverty measures different than labour market activation measures.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely enhancing the effectiveness of labour markets and promoting access to quality employment, improving the access to and the quality of education and, training and care, promoting social inclusion, equal opportunities, and health and reducing poverty as well as the actions under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'basic material assistance' means goods which fulfil the basic needs of a person for a life with dignity, such as clothing, hygiene goods, including female hygienic and care products, and school material;
Amendment 76 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In the light of persistently high levels of youth unemployment and inactivity in a number of Member States and regions, in particular affecting young people who are neither in employment, nor in education or training, it is necessary that those Member States continue to invest sufficient resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management towards actions to promote youth employment and young people’s access to high-quality jobs, including through the implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes. Building on the actions supported by the Youth Employment Initiative in the 2014-2020 programming period targeting individual persons, Member States should further promote employment and education reintegration pathways and outreach measures for young people by prioritising, where relevant, long-term unemployed, inactive and disadvantaged young people including through youth work. Member States should also invest in measures aimed at facilitating school-to-work transition as well as reforming and adapting employment services with a view to providing tailor-made support to young people and in particular young people in vulnerable situations. Member States concerned should therefore allocate at least 10% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to support youth employability.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels,deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights and to enhance social inclusion and combat poverty and to achieve high levels of employment, job quality, education and training, equal opportunities for all, as well as fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017. The ESF+ also aims to contribute to fulfilling the commitment of the Union and its Member States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure gender equality, equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusionnon- discrimination, social protection for all, access to basic services, including affordable energy efficient housing, inclusion, in particular of third-country nationals and marginalised communities, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 83 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevancaccessibility and non-discriminatory nature of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skills, including data protection and information governance and transversal skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression and flexibility within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitivenesssocial cohesion, the reduction of horizontal and vertical segregation and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through high-quality work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and gratraining of educate tracking, training of educatorsors, support for informal and non- formal learning, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications and prior learning.
Amendment 83 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions across the life-cycle and mobility;
Amendment 86 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular regional and local authorities, the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation ofsure the meaningful participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society in the implementation and strategic governance of the ESF+ under shared management.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas by ensuring women’s economic independence and labour market participation respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and for work of equal value, and offering at least a living wage, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcareaffordable, inclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and childcare and other care services or support, a healthy and well– adapted working environment addressing health risks and disease risk factors, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 89 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) With a view to rendering policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative solutions, support for social innovation is crucial. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions at local level before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF+.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission, as well as implementing bodies, should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities and chronic diseases on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. Measures for the shift from residential/institutional to community-based care should be implemented through national deinstitutionalisation strategies and action plans. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality, affordable, non- segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;
Amendment 93 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The ESF+ should provide support to eradicate energy poverty and promote access to adequate and energy-efficient housing, including social housing, in line with the Commission Communication ‘The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion: A European framework for social and territorial cohesion’ and Regulation (XX/XX) of the European Parliament and Council on the Governance Energy Union and Directive (XX/XX) of the European Parliament and Council amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency;
Amendment 95 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Social experimentation is a small- scale project testing which allows gathering evidence on the feasibility of social innovations. It should be possible and encouraged for feasible ideas to be pursued on a wider scale or intransferred to other contexts in different regions or Member States with financial support from the ESF+, as well as from other sources.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF+ lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the central and public employment services of Member States with one another and with the Commission. The European network of employment services, with the involvement of the social partners should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers under fair conditions and a greater transparency of information on the labour markets. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling high-quality vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF+ covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to high-quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, with special attention to children and young people coming from a disadvantaged background, such as children in institutional care and children experiencing homelessness or housing deprivation, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non- formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, to upscale innovative practices and notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners and young people in vulnerable situations in learning mobility, should be supported within this context. Policy coherence and complementarity between the Erasmus programme and the ESF+ should ensure a decent support to design and implement measures such as learning mobility for disadvantaged learners, particularly adult learners and persons with disabilities or chronic diseases.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Commission and the Member States should ensure that gender equality and the integration of the gender perspective is a binding principle in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and that key actions for gender mainstreaming receive support.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Amendment 99 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and womenof all genders throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. These operations include increasing the participation and progress of women in employment, combating the feminisation of poverty, gender stereotypes and intersecting discrimination in the labour market and in education and training in the frame of gender mainstreaming obligations. They shall also promote equal opportunities and accessibility for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluationnationality, residence or employment status, religion or belief, disability, chronic diseases, age, sexual orientation, sex caracteristics, gender expression or gender identity throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0206(COD)
Amendment 102 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) Synergies with the Asylum and Migration Fund should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and upscale equal access to high-quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, as well as social inclusion, integration into the labour market and access to healthcare for third-country nationals with special attention to the needs of women and children.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member States and the Commission shall support specific targeted actions aimed at, in particular, increasing the long-term participation of women in working life, respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value and being paid at least a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in education and training, the labour market and beyond, and to promote a work-life balance for all, including more balanced sharing of care responsibilities between all genders.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, notably through formal and non-formal education providers, including by developing digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, facilitating the transition between education and employment, career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities or chronic diseases and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. The Member States shall integrate the gender perpective into all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation and enhance their commitment to gender budgeting by establishing specific targets with their corresponding budget allocations. Gender budgeting shall be recognised as an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sex caracteristics, gender expression and gender identity or sexual orientation through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. Through the ESF+, the Member States and the Commission shall also support specific actions that aim to combat all forms of discrimination as well as to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities and for those facing multiple discrimination, thereby enhancing social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'basic material assistance' means goods which fulfil the basic needs of a person for a life with dignity, such as housing, clothing, hygiene goods and school material;
Amendment 110 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Synergies with the Horizon Europe programme should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and scale up innovative curricula supported by Horizon Europe in order to equip people with the skills and competences needed for the jobs of the future and to address current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Investing in children The resources refered to in point 5(a) of Article 7 shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. Member States shall ensure that the amount of resources targetted at children programmed under point (iii) through (v) and/or (ix) and/or (x) of Article 4(1) are in line with the 2013 European Commission Recommendation on Investing in children.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘social inclusion’ means the improvement of the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice and respect for rights.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts at all levels of government including at regional and local level to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities and housing deprivation, including homelessness, while putting special emphasis on combatting the feminisation of poverty. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorpeople with disability, illness and/or chronic conditions, the working poor, the homeless, third-country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons, and all other people facing multiple social challenges and multiple forms of discrimination. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integrationclusion and full participation in society. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance social rights through timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcarecounselling, healthcare, childcare and early childhood education and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, and access to decent energy-efficient affordable housing, including social housing. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems and social services with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility. and coverage.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘lifelong learning’ means in all its forms (formal, non-formal and informal learning) taking place at all stages in life, including early childhood education and care, general education, vocational education, and adult education, and resulting in an improvement in knowledge, skills and attitudes or participation in society in a personal, civic, cultural, social and/or employment related perspective, including the provision of counselling and guidance services.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 to amend the indicators in Annex I where considered necessary to ensure effective assessment of progress in the implementation of programmes which shall include a gender impact assessment to monitor the implementation of the ESF+ programmes with regard to gender equality.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)
(18b) ‘cross-border partnerships’ means permanent structures of cooperation between public employment services and social partners in border areas of at least two Member States;
Amendment 114 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levelsenhance social inclusion and combat poverty and to achieve high levels of employment, job quality, green employment creation, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017, in order to strengthen the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Common indicators for ESF+ support to promote social inclusion of people threatened by poverty or social exclusion Every personal data collected should be broken down according to gender (female, male, non-binary).In case of irrelevance of results, the data at hand does not need to be surveyed and transmitted.The provision of this data is voluntarily and, in case of non-provision, does not lead to any disadvantage for the participant or the provider of the activity or measure. - deprived group the participant belongs to - participants below the age of 18 - participants below the age of 30 - participants above the age of 54
Amendment 120 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, gender equality, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusion, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 122 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The ESF+ shall support the following specific objectives in the policy areas of employment, education, fighting poverty, social inclusion and health and thereby also contributing to the policy objective for “A more social Europe - Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights” set out in Article [4] of the [future CPR]:
Amendment 125 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integratclusion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived, Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that simpler rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to high-quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth and long- term unemployed, disadvantaged groups such as Roma and refugees, and of inactive people, promoting self-employment, sustainable development and the social economy;
Amendment 130 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions across the life-cycle and mobility;
Amendment 133 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In light of the persistent need to enhance efforts to address the management of the migration flows in the Union as a whole and in order to ensure a coherent, strong and consistent support to the solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts, the ESF+ should provide support to promote the socio-economic integratclusion of third country nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, complementary to the actions financed under the Asylum and Migration Fund. Member States should allocate 2% of their ESF+ resources to the inclusion of third-country nationals and/or marginalised communities at local level.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, gender equality, a better work/life balance including access to childcare, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 136 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems, to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills while promoting e-inclusion and recognising the relevance of non-formal and informal learning and the value of cooperation with social partners and civil society;
Amendment 142 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) supporting the sustainable integration of young people into the labour market, in particular of those not in employment, education or training, including through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 143 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States shouldshould review the operational programmes to assess whether they sufficiently address the country-specific recommendations. The Commission and the Member States should involve local and regional authorities meaningfully in the process to ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between all levels of government and between the shared- management and the EaSI and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof respecting the partnership principle.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) promoting lifelong learning as well as informal and non-formal learning, notably flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitating career transitions and promoting professional mobility, fostering participation in society and tackling societal challenges;
Amendment 146 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integration of third country nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 149 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to fostering social inclusion and fighting poverty. Member States should use this allocation to address challenges beyond unemployment with measures different than labour market activation measures to support anti-poverty and inclusion.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 1
1. a smarter Europe through the development of skills for smart specialisation, skills for key enabling technologies, industrial transition, green jobs and sustainable development, sectorial cooperation on skills and entrepreneurship, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, vocational and educational training (VET) institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises and clusters, support to micro, small and medium sized enterprises and the social economy;
Amendment 155 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
2. a greener, low carbon Europe through the improvement of education and training systems necessary for raising awareness of climate change, the adaptation of skills and qualifications, the upskilling of all, including the labour force, the creation of new green jobs in sectors related to the environment, climate and energy, circular economy and the bioeconomy.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) All Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. The promotion of children’s rights is an explicit objective of Union policies, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires that the best interests of the child be a primary consideration in all Union action. The ESF+ should support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 160 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) Given the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion in the Union, and having regard to principle 11 of the European Pillar of Social Rights which states that children have the right to protection from poverty, and children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the right to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities, Member States should allocate 10% of their ESF+ resources under shared management for the eradication of child poverty and social exclusion. Investing early in children yields significant returns for children and society as a whole and is crucial to break the cycle of disadvantage in early years and is key to reduce the risk of poverty and social exclusion for the entire society. Supporting children to develop skills and capabilities enables them to develop their full potential, bringing them the best educational and health outcomes, to become active members of society and to increase their chances on the labour market.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States shall enhance their commitment to gender budgeting with fixed target values within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes. Gender budgeting shall be recognised as an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
Amendment 165 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions and the development of national strategies and action plans to promote the principles referred to in paragraph 1 within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States and managing bodies at all levels shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights. and in line with the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In the light of persistently high levels of youth unemployment and inactivity in a number of Member States and regions, in particular affecting young people who are neither in employment, nor in education or training, it is necessary that those Member States continue to invest sufficient resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management towards actions to promote youth employment and young people’s access to high-quality jobs, including through the implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes. Building on the actions supported by the Youth Employment Initiative in the 2014-2020 programming period targeting individual persons, Member States should further promote employment and education reintegration pathways and outreach measures for young people by prioritising, where relevant, long-term unemployed, inactive and disadvantaged young people including through youth work. Member States should also invest in measures aimed at facilitating school-to-work transition as well as reforming and adapting employment services with a view to providing tailor-made support to young people and in particular young people in vulnerable situations. Member States concerned should therefore allocate at least 10% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to support youth employability.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those managing authorities responsible for implementation to deliver integrated approaches, coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 177 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4. This will be complemented by sufficient flexibility at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments in line with the specific local or regional challenges.
Amendment 183 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular regional and local authorities, the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management with special emphasis on NGOs delivering employment, care, education and social services and working in the field of anti-discrimination and/or defending human rights. It is therefore essential that Member States ensure the meaningful participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society in the strategic governance of the ESF+ under shared management from shaping priorities for operational programmes to implementing, monitoring and evaluating the results and impact. Furthermore, for the sake of safeguarding non-discrimination and equal opportunities, it is vital that equality bodies and national human rights institutions are also involved in each stage.
Amendment 183 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integration of third country nationals. The Member States shall use this allocation to address challenges different than unemployment to support anti-poverty measures that go beyond labour market activation measures.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation set out in point (xi) of Article 4(1). These resources shall be complementary to the 30% ESF+ resources allocated to social inclusion.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 194 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) With a view to rendering policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative solutions, support for social innovation is crucial. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions at local level before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF+.
Amendment 196 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) With a view to fully tapping into the potential of cross-sectorial cooperation and to improving synergies and coherence with other policy fields to achieve the general objectives of the ESF+, sport and physical activity should be used as a tool in ESF+ actions aimed, in particular, at fighting youth unemployment, improving social inclusion of marginalised groups, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Amendment 197 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also as well as the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into society and into the labour market. Synergies and policy coherence with the Rights and Values programme in this should ensure that ESF+ can mainstream and upscale actions. The Commission and the Member States should ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities and chronic diseases on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard to, inter alia, education, work, employment and accessibility. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote accessibility in line withe the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any actionMeasures for the shift from institutional to family and community-based care should be implemented through national deinstitutionalisation strategies and action plans. The ESF+ should not support any action that does not respect fundamental rights as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and, in particular, actions that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion or the reproduction of gender stereotypes. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 198 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provision Regulation xx/xx and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)No 240/2014, meaningful participation of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations in the strategic governance of the ESF+ in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 203 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amountt least 2% of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations.
Amendment 205 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Social experimentation is a small- scale project testing which allows gathering evidence on the feasibility of social innovations. It should be possible and encouraged for ideas to be tested at local level and for feasible ones ideas to be pursued on a wider scale or intransferred to other contexts in different regions or Member States with financial support from the ESF+, as well as from or in combination with other sources.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF+ lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the central. The public employment services of Member States with one anoth, the social partners and with the Commission should work closely together. The European network of employment services, with the involvement of the social partners and relevant civil-society organisations, should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers under fair conditions and a greater transparency, with gender- disaggregated data of information on the labour markets as well as greater skills recognition. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF+ covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The resources referred to in Article 7(4) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. The co-financing rate for this priority or programme is set at 85%.
Amendment 211 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities. Member States shall ensure consistency, coherence and synergies of these priorities with the European Pillar of Social Rights, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Sufficient flexibility shall be ensured at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments in line with the specific local or regional challenges.
Amendment 216 #
Amendment 221 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Transnational cooperation has significant added value and should therefore be supported by all Member States with the exception of duly justified cases taking account of the principle of proportionality. It is also necessary to reinforce the Commission’s role in facilitating exchanges of experience and coordinating implementation of relevant initiatives.
Amendment 226 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change and the just transition in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union’s policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the mid-term evaluation.
Amendment 231 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely enhancing the effectiveness of labour markets and promoting access to quality employment, improving the access to and the quality of education and, training and care, promoting social inclusion, equal opportunities, and health and reducing poverty as well as the actions under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'basic material assistance' means goods which fulfil the basic needs of a person for a life with dignity, such as clothing, hygiene goods, including female hygienic and care products, and school material;
Amendment 242 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘just transition roadmap’ means a strategy outlining regional actions towards a climate-friendly and resource- efficient economy;
Amendment 244 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, including children whose need for assistance has been established according to their living situation, including homelessness, or the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 250 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
(15) 'social enterprise' means an undertaking, regardless of its legal form, or a natural person whichose
Amendment 252 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
(a) in accordance with its Articles of Association, Statutes or with any other legal document that may result in liability under the rules of the Member State where it is located, has as its primary social objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts rather than generating profitsocial or societal objective of the common good is the reason for the commercial activity, often in the form other purposes, and wf a hicgh provides services or goods that generate a social return, and/or employs methods of production of goods or services that embodies social objectiveslevel of social innovation;
Amendment 254 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
(b) uses its profits first and foremost to achieve its primary social objective, and has predefined procedures and rules covering any distribution of profits that ensure that such distribution does not undermine the primaryprofits are mainly reinvested to achieve this social objective;
Amendment 257 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
(c) is managed in an entrepreneurial, accountablmethod of organisation or the ownership system reflects the aund transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders impacted by its business activitiesertaking’s mission, using democratic or participatory principles or focusing on social justice;
Amendment 260 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) ‘social innovation means the improvement of the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice and respect for rights;
Amendment 266 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘lifelong learning’ means in all its forms (formal, non-formal and informal learning) taking place at all stages in life, including early childhood education and care, general education, vocational education, and adult education, and resulting in an improvement in knowledge, skills and attitudes or participation in society in a personal, civic, cultural, social and/or employment related perspective, including the provision of counselling and guidance services;
Amendment 268 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) 'third-country national' means any person who is not a citizen of the European Union within the meaning of Art. 20(1) of TFEU and who is not a person enjoying the European Union right to free movement, as defined in Art. 2(5) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code).
Amendment 274 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels,deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights and to enhance social inclusion and combat poverty and to achieve high levels of employment, job quality, education and training, equal opportunities for all, as well as fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017. The ESF+ also aims to contribute to fulfilling the commitment of the Union and its Member States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 287 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure gender equality, equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusionnon- discrimination, social protection for all, access to basic services, including affordable energy efficient housing, inclusion, in particular of third-country nationals and marginalised communities, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 302 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The ESF+ shall support all of the following specific objectives in the policy areas of employment, education, social inclusion, eradication of poverty, and health and thereby also contributing to the policy objective for “A more social Europe - Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights” set out in Article [4] of the [future CPR]:
Amendment 305 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to high-quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth, including through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, single parents and long- term unemployed, and of inactive people, promoting self-employment with particular attention to women and those who are furthest away from the labour market, and of economically inactive people and persons with disabilities or chronic diseases or other people that may be suffering from multiple forms of discrimination arising from their sex characteristics, gender expression or gender identity, including by promoting local employment initiatives, and supporting self-employment, entrepreneurship and the social economy;
Amendment 318 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions across the life-cycle and mobility;
Amendment 320 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(iia) transition to a climate-friendly, resource-efficient and sustainable economy along the regions’ just transition roadmaps;
Amendment 326 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas by ensuring women’s economic independence and labour market participation respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and for work of equal value, and offering at least a living wage, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcareaffordable, inclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and childcare and other care services or support, a healthy and well– adapted working environment addressing health risks and disease risk factors, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 334 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the quality, effectinclusiveness and labour market relevanceeffectiveness of education and training systems, to facilitate the transition between education and work and to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills while promoting e-inclusion and recognising the relevance of non-formal and informal learning and the value of cooperation with social partners and civil society;
Amendment 345 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality, affordable, non- segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;
Amendment 348 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) promoting lifelong learning, notably flexible as well as informal and non-formal learning, notably flexible and learner-centred upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitatguiding career transitions and promoting professional mobility, fostering democratic participation in society and tackling societal challenges;
Amendment 354 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active inclusion and full participation in society with a view to promoting equal opportunities, non- discrimination, democracy and active participation, and improving employabilitylabour opportunities and social inclusion;
Amendment 360 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integratclusion of third country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons through targeted actions and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 364 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) enhancing the equal and timely access to quality, sustainable, accessible and affordable services; modernisinginvesting in social protection systems, including promoting access to social protection; improvingimproved access to social protection and reducing and preventing energy poverty and promoting access to affordable energy efficient housing, including social housing, with special attention to off-grid households; improving and investing into accessibility, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services;
Amendment 373 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point xi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point xi
(xi) addressing material deprivation through food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived, including accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 380 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
2. a greener, low carbon Europe through the improvement of education and training systems necessary for the adaptation of skills and qualifications, the upskilling of all, including the labour forceawareness-raising among the population about sustainable development and lifestyles, the creation of new high-quality jobs in sectors related to the environment, climate and energy, and the circular and bioeconomy.
Amendment 402 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Gender Equality between men and women and equal opportunities, and non- discrimination
Amendment 403 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and womenof all genders throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. These operations include increasing the participation and progress of women in employment, combating the feminisation of poverty, gender stereotypes and intersecting discrimination in the labour market and in education and training in the frame of gender mainstreaming obligations. They shall also promote equal opportunities and accessibility for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. nationality, residence or employment status, religion or belief, disability, chronic diseases, age, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, gender expression or gender identity throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.
Amendment 412 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States and the Commission shall support specific targeted actions aimed at, in particular, increasing the long-term participation of women in working life, respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value and being paid at least a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in education and training, the labour market and beyond, and to promote a work-life balance for all, including more balanced sharing of care responsibilities between all genders.
Amendment 414 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Member States shall integrate the gender perspective into all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation and enhance their commitment to gender budgeting by establishing specific targets with their corresponding budget allocations. Gender budgeting shall be recognised as an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
Amendment 415 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sex characteristics, gender expression and gender identity or sexual orientation through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. Through the ESF+, the Member States and the Commission shall also support specific actions that aim to combat all forms of discrimination as well as to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities and for those facing multiple discrimination, thereby enhancing social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
Amendment 416 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions and the development of national strategies and action plans to promote the principles referred to in paragraphs 1 to 1(c) within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including improving accessibility for all and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
Amendment 431 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and take into account the social challenges identified, among others, in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country- reports and country- specific social recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take i as well as and in line with the Paris Agreemento account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rightsnd the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Member States may only create additional obligations on beneficiaries where these are justified to deliver towards the objectives of the ESF+ and their implementation.
Amendment 439 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as the ERDF, InvestEU, the Rights and Values Instrument, Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those managing authorities responsible for implementation to deliver integrated approaches, coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 455 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country reports and country-specific social recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4 and in line with the requirements as set out in Article 11.
Amendment 457 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integration of third country nationalsclusion of third country nationals. The Member States shall only use this allocation to address challenges different than unemployment with measures that go beyond labour market activation to support anti-poverty and inclusion.
Amendment 465 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 468 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation set out in point (x) and (xi) of Article 4(1). These resources shall be complementary to the 30% ESF+ resources allocated to social inclusion.
Amendment 476 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In duly justified cases, the resources allocated to the specific objective set out in point (x) of Article 4(1) and targeting the most deprived mayshall be taken into account for verifying compliance with the minimum allocation of at least 24% set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
Amendment 482 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States having a rate of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training above the Union average in 2019 on the basis of Eurostat data or faced a sudden increase of at least 10% in 2019, shall allocate at least 10% of their ESF+ resources under shared management for the years 2021 to 2025 to targeted actions and structural reforms to support youth employment and school-to-work transition, pathways to reintegrate into education or training and second chance education, in particular in the context of implementing Youth Guarantee schemes.
Amendment 488 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
When programming the ESF+ resources under shared management for 2026 and 2027 at mid-term in accordance with Article [14] of [the future CPR], Member States having a rate of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training above the Union average in 2024 on the basis of Eurostat data or faced a sudden increase of at least 10% in 2024, shall allocate at least 10% of their ESF+ resources under shared management for the years 2026 to 2027 to these actions.
Amendment 491 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall allocate at least 10% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to targeted actions and reforms supporting the eradication of child poverty and inclusion measures targeted at children in line with Article 10 (a) (new).
Amendment 492 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Respect for fundamental rights The Member States and the Commission shall ensure respect for fundamental rights and compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the implementation of the funds. Any cost incurrent for action that is not in line with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights shall not be eligible in accordance with Article 58(2) of the Common Provisions Regulation xx/xx and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.
Amendment 493 #
Amendment 497 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provisions Regulation xx/xx and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014, meaningful participation of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations and service users in the strategic governance of the ESF+ in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of all policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 511 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate at least 2% an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of social partners and civil society organisations.
Amendment 523 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Investing in children The resources referred to in point 5(a) of Article 7 shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. Member States shall ensure that the amount of resources targeted at children programmed under point (iii) through (v) and/or (ix) and/or (x) of Article 4(1) are in line with the 2013 European Commission Recommendation on Investing in children.
Amendment 525 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b Inclusion of third-country nationals and marginalised communities The resources referred to in point 3(a) of Article 7 shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme.
Amendment 526 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 c (new)
Article 10 c (new)
Article 10 c Energy poverty and housing Member States shall ensure that the actions programmed under point (ix) of Article 4(1) in line with point 3 of Article 7 related to housing contribute to the achievement of the national action plans on energy poverty as set out in Article 3 of the Governance of the Energy Union Regulation (xx/xx) and shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme.
Amendment 529 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Support to relevant country-specific recomthe social dimension of the European Semester and the implemendtation of the European Pillar of Social Rights
Amendment 533 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the social challenges identified in relevant country reports and country-specific social recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities. Member States shall ensure consistency, coherence and synergies of these priorities with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account local and regional challenges. The Commission shall undertake yearly reviews and assess whether the proposed operational programmes are sufficient to address the problems identified in the country-specific social recommendations with a view of implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights. Where the operational programmes or the corrective actions proposed by the Member States are insufficient, the Commission shall propose their readjustment.
Amendment 543 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
This Chapter applies to ESF+ support under points (i) to (x) of Article 4(1) when implemented under shared management (the ‘general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management’). Article 13 applies also to ESF+ support under point (xi) of Article 4(1).
Amendment 547 #
Amendment 550 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall support actions of social innovation and social experimentations, or strengthen using bottom-up approaches based on partnerships involving public authorities, in particular local authorities, the private sector, and civil society such as the Local Action Groups designing and implementing community-led local development strategies.
Amendment 576 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Direct staff costs shall be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management provided that their level is not higher than 100% of the usual remuneration for the profession concerned in the Member State as demonstrated by Eurostat data unless collective agreements apply.
Amendment 584 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 to amend the indicators in Annex I where considered necessary to ensure effective assessment of progress in the implementation of programmes which shall include a gender impact assessment to monitor the implementation of the ESF+ programmes with regard to gender equality.
Amendment 588 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States and beneficiaries shall choose the food and/or the basic material assistance on the basis of objective criteria related to the needs of the most deprived persons. The selection criteria for the food products, and where appropriate for goods, shall also take into consideration climatic and environmental aspects, in particular with a view to reduction of food waste. Where appropriate, t and single-use plastics. The choice of the type of food products to be distributed shall be made having considered their contribution to the balanced diet of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 590 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly through electronic vouchers or cards, provided that they can only be redeemed against food and/or basic material assistance as set out in Article 2(3) and that they are not replacing any existing social benefit or counted towards eligibility of social benefits.
Amendment 594 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance mayshall be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 602 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The food and/or basic material assistance provided to the most deprived persons may be purchased by or on behalf ofin consultation with the beneficiary or made available free of charge to the beneficiary.
Amendment 603 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The food and/or basic material assistance shall be distributed free of charge to the most deprived persons, except in justified cases where projects may ask beneficiaries to contribute a symbolic sum to the project or service as a measure to safeguard the person’s dignity. Such a contribution shall not be seen as a payment for any aid provided.
Amendment 605 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the costs of accompanying measures undertaken by or on behalf of beneficiaries and declared by the beneficiaries delivering the food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons at a flat- rate of at least 5% of the costs referred to in point (a). Such support shall be available to deliveries of aid at the point of contact with users as well as other stakeholders.
Amendment 608 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 609 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a The co-financing rate for actions programmed under Article 4(1) points (x) and (xi) is set at 85%.
Amendment 611 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Priorities addressing material deprivation shall use common output and result indicators, as set out in Annex II to this Regulation to monitor progress in implementation. These programmes may also use programme-specific indicators. Reporting requirements towards measures addressing material deprivation shall be kept as simple as possible, due to the volunteers-based nature of these services and the need to respect the human dignity of the recipients.
Amendment 622 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to develop and provide specific support services to workers, employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. cross-border workers and persons in vulnerable peoplesituations);
Amendment 628 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support cross-border partnerships between public employment services, civil society and social partners to promote a cross-border labour market and cross-border mobility with fair conditions;
Amendment 632 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) to promote the voluntary mobility of workers on a fair basis and increase employment opportunities through the development of high-quality, accessible and inclusive labour markets while respecting workers’ rights throughout the Union;
Amendment 637 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking at Union level and dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy and non- governmental organisations;
Amendment 643 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to support the development of social enterprises and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations, civil-society organisations and philanthropic actors in that market;
Amendment 645 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidancesupport for the development of social infrastructure (including, among others, energy-efficient housing, child care and education and training, health care and long term, long term care and elder care, as well as transitions from institutional to community-based care) needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 649 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to support transnational cooperation to accelerate the transfer of, and to facilitate the scaling of, innovative solutions, in particular for the areas of combatting poverty, employment, skills and social inclusion, across Europe.
Amendment 653 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) recognition of skills and qualifications to facilitate access to the labour market and labour mobility;
Amendment 656 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) cross-border partnerships and support services providing information, advice and placement for workers, including apprentices, interns and trainees and commuters, as well as jobseekers and employers in cross-border regions;
Amendment 657 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) an EU-wide labour targeted mobility scheme at Union level to fill job vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified;
Amendment 659 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) of national contact points providing guidance, information and assistance related the implementation of the strand as well as of national platforms providing lifelong learning and adult education offers related to the specific objectives;
Amendment 661 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) of participating countries administrations, social security institutions and employment services responsible for promoting labour mobility, of career guidance services, of microfinance institutions and of institutions providing finance to social enterprises or other social investment actors, as well as networking;
Amendment 665 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
(iv) of social partners and other stakeholders in view of transnational and cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 666 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iv
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iv
Amendment 671 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners and civil society organisations, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Free Movement of Workers to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed about progress made in the implementation of the programme. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with strategies, instruments and actions relevant to the programme. 3. The results of the actions implemented under the employment and social innovation strand shall be communicated at regular intervals and in an appropriate form and transmitted to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the social partners and the public in order to maximise the impact, sustainability and added value of these results at Union level.
Amendment 686 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
The Employment and Social Innovation strand and Health strand shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in Article [108] of Financial Regulation. Work programmes shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations. For the employment and social innovation strand, multi- annual work programmes and funding agreements of the Union shall be provided for the project manager.
Amendment 711 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The ESF+ Committee may invite representatives of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund as well as representatives of the relevant civil society organisations to its meetings.
Amendment 714 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) questions related to the ESF+ contribution to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including country-specific recommendations and semester-related priorities (national reform programmes, country reports, etc.);
Amendment 715 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) questions related to the Commission’s assessment of the responsiveness of programming priorities as required in Article 11.
Amendment 716 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The opinions of the ESF+ Committee shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast, and shall be communicated to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, for information. The Commission shall inform the ESF+ Committee in writing of the manner in which it has taken account of its opinions.
Amendment 717 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 6
Article 40 – paragraph 6
6. The ESF+ Committee mayshall set up working groups for each of the strands of the ESF+programming priorities as set out in Articles 9-10(c) (new). The ESF+ Committee may set up additional working groups.
Amendment 726 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possiblerelevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Sensitive personal data can be surveyed anonymously.
Amendment 728 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 a (new)
– not in education or training (NEET)*
Amendment 729 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 b (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 b (new)
– single adult households with dependent child(ren)*
Amendment 730 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 c (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 a – indent 5 c (new)
– participants below 18 years of age*
Amendment 732 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
If data for these indicators is not collected from data registers, values on these indicators can be determined based on informed estimates by the beneficiary. The provision of this data is voluntarily and, in case of non-provision, does not lead to any disadvantage for the participant or the provider of the activity or measure.
Amendment 745 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– participants from geographical areas with high levels of poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 749 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– participants transitioning from institutional to family- and community- based care.
Amendment 752 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
(3) The common immediate result indicators for participants are: If common output indicator data of participants of most deprived groups was surveyed anonymously, the following data will not be surveyed.
Amendment 753 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – indent 4 a (new)
– participants in apprenticeship or traineeship,
Amendment 754 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – introductory part
Annex I – point 4 – introductory part
(4) Common longer-term result indicators for participants: If common output indicator data of participants of most deprived groups was surveyed anonymously, the following data will not be surveyed.
Amendment 757 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2
Amendment 759 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 a (new)
– participants above 54 years of age in employment, including self- employment, six months after leaving*
Amendment 760 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 b (new)
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 b (new)
– participants below 30 years of age in employment, including self- employment, six months after leaving *
Amendment 761 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 c (new)
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2 c (new)
– participants below 30 years of age in continued education, training programmes leading to a formal qualification, an apprenticeship or a traineeship, six months after leaving*
Amendment 763 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Common indicators for ESF+ support to promote social inclusion of people threatened by poverty or social exclusion Every personal data collected shall be broken down according to gender (female, male, non-binary). In case of irrelevance of results, the data at hand does not need to be surveyed and transmitted. The provision of this data is voluntarily and, in case of non-provision, does not lead to any disadvantage for the participant or the provider of the activity or measure. – deprived group the participant belongs to – participants below the age of 18 – participants below the age of 30 – participants above the age of 54
Amendment 766 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – title
Annex II – title
Output indicators on social inclusion assistance to the most deprived: (i) Total number of persons receiving social inclusion assistance; (ii) Total number of persons met during outreach activities and street work; (iii) Total number of consultations; (iv) Total number of referrals to: (a) other low threshold services (e.g. shelters, free medical aid, food distribution, debt counselling etc.) (b) public administration services (e.g. public employment services, social benefit support, housing services etc.).
Amendment 11 #
2018/0136(COD)
(1) The rule of law is oneUnion is founded ofn the essential values upon which the Union is foundedvalues of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. As recalled by Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, these values are common to the Member States.
Amendment 23 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The possible measures to be adopted in the event of generalised deficiencies and the procedure to be followed to adopt them should be determined. Those measures should include the suspension of payments, and of commitments, a reduction of funding under existing commitment modification of the implementation method, a transfer of financial allocations, and a prohibition to conclude new commitments with recipients.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0136(COD)
1. Appropriate measures shall be taken where a generalised deficiency as regards the rule of lawUnion values in a Member State affects or risks affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, in particular:
Amendment 49 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the proper functioning of the authorities of that Member State implementing the Union budget, in particular in the context of public procurement or grant procedures, and when carrying out monitoring and controlsCommission activates the EU Rule of Law Framework;
Amendment 50 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the pEuroper functioning of investigation and public prosecution services in relation to the prosecution of fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Union budgetan Parliament, one third of the Member States, or the Commission submits a reasoned proposal to the Council in accordance with Article 7(1) TEU to determine that there is a clear risk of a serious breach by that Member State of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the effective judicial review by independent courts of actions or omissions by the authorities referred to in points (a) and b);one third of the Member States or the Commission submits a reasoned proposal to the European Council in accordance with Article 7(2) TEU to determine the existence of a serious and persistent breach by that Member State of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 54 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 55 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 68 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) a suspension of payments or of the implementation of the legal commitment or a termination of the legal commitment pursuant to Article [131(3)] of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 a (new)
(1a) a transfer of financial allocations to another programme for the benefit of strengthening the Union values in the Member State concerned;
Amendment 73 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1
(1) a suspensmodification of the approval of one or more programmes or an amendment thereofmethod to implement the budget from shared to direct management in cooperation with regional and local authorities, where appropriate;
Amendment 75 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 2
(2) a suspension of commitments; transfer of financial allocations to another programme for the benefit of strengthening the Union values in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
Amendment 78 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4
Amendment 82 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
Amendment 83 #
2018/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 6
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 6
Amendment 50 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Labour and Social Security Authority (text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland) (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 55 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workerpersons, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market of the Union, enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Amendment 59 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Pursuant to Article 3 TEU, the Union is to work for a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress and promote social justice and protection. In accordance with Article 9 TFEU, the Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, is to take into account requirements linked to, inter alia, the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of an adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion as well as discrimination, and the promotion of a high level of education, training and the protection of human health.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A European Labour and Social Security Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairnesssocial justice and trust in the Single Market. To that effect, the Authority should support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and employers about their rights and obligations in cross- border labour and other mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application and enforcement of the Union law in these areas, and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross- border disputes or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services and access to social rights and benefits. It should also enhance cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work. In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third-country nationalundeclared work and restrictions on rights and benefits, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Authority should contribute to facilitating the free movement of workers governed by Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council40 and Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council41 . It should facilitate the posting of workers governed by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and the Council42 and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and the Council43 , including by supporting the enforcement of those provisions implemented through universally applicable collective agreements in line with the practices of Member States. It should also contribute to facilitating the free movement of persons by helping the coordination of social security systems governed by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council44 , Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council45 , Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council46 ; as well as Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/7147 and Council Regulation (EC) No 574/7248 . __________________ 39 Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1). 40 Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8). 41 Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers’ access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.04.2016, p. 1). 42 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1). 43 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.05.2014, p. 11). 44 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p.1, corrigendum OJ L 200, 7.6.2004, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by these Regulations solely on the ground of their nationality (OJ L 344, 29.12.2010, p. 1). 47 Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (OJ L 149, 5.7.1971 p. 2). 48 Council Regulation (EC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons, and to their families moving within the Community (OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1).
Amendment 120 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The individuals covered by the activities of the Authority should be persons who are subject to the Union law within the scope of this Regulation, including workers, self-employed persons, jobseekers, workers who pursue an activity as an employed person in two or more Member States, and economically non-active persons; this should cover both Union citizens and third-country nationals who are legally resident in the Union, such as posted workers, EU Blue Card holders, intra-corporate transferees or long-term residents, as well as their family members.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The establishment of the Authority should not create new rights and obligations for individuals or employers, including economic operators or non-profit organisations, as the activities of the Authority should cover them to the extent to which they are covered by the Union law within the scope of this Regulation. At the same, it should serve to respect, implement and enforce existing rights and obligations in line with EU law and international labour standards and human rights law.
Amendment 139 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure they can benefit from a fairsocially just and effective internal market, the Authority should promote opportunities for individuals and employers to be mobile or provide services and recruit anywhere within the Union. This includes supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals by facilitating access to cross-border mobility services, such as the cross-border matching of jobs, traineeships and apprenticeships and by promoting mobility schemes such as 'Your first EURES job' or 'ErasmusPRO’ as well as facilitating access to all other relevant services in the Member State of residence or stay, such as healthcare. The Authority should also contribute to improving transparency of information, including on rights and obligations stemming from Union law, and access to services to individuals and employers, in cooperation with other Union information services, such as Your Europe Advice, and taking full advantage and ensuring consistency with the Your Europe portal, which will form the backbone of the future single digital gateway53 . __________________ 53 Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]
Amendment 153 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For these purposes, the Authority should cooperate with other relevant Union initiatives and networks, in particular the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES)54 , the European Enterprise Network55 , the Border Focal Point56 and SOLVIT57 , as well as with relevant national services such as the bodies to promote equal treatment and to support Union workers and members of their family, designated by Member States under Directive 2014/54/EU, and national contact points designated under Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58 to provide information on healthcare. The Authority should also explore synergies with the proposed European services e-card59 , notably with regard to those cases in which Member States opt for the submission of declarations regarding posted workers through the e-card platform. The Authority should replace the Commission in managing the European network of employment services (‘EURES’) European Coordination Office established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, including the definition of user needs and business requirements for the effectiveness of the EURES portal and related IT services, but excluding the IT provision, and the operation and development of the IT infrastructure, which will continue to be ensured by the Commission. __________________ 54 Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). 55 European Enterprise Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/ 56 to the Council and the European Parliament, Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions, COM(2017) 534.Communication from the Commission 57 Commission Recommendation of 17 September 2013 on the principles governing SOLVIT (OJ L 249, 19.9.2011, p. 10). 58 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45). 59 COM(2016) 824 final and COM(2016) 823 final.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of the fairjust, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should support cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should support Member States’ compliance with cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities.
Amendment 171 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To increase Member States' capacity, to ensure protection of people exercising their free movement rights and to tackle irregularities with a cross-border dimension in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities and social partners in carrying out national, concerted and joint inspections, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon their agreement to the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the national, concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections should be carried out in agreement with the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the national, concerted and joint inspections according to national law.
Amendment 178 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to keep track of emerging trends, challenges, or loopholes, gaps and inconsistencies in the areas of labour mobility and social security coordination as well as other related areas, the Authority should develop an analytical and risk assessment capacity. This should involve carrying out labour market analyses and studies, as well as peer reviews. The authority should monitor potential imbalances in terms of skills and cross-border labour flows, including their possible impact on territorial cohesion. The Authority should also support the risk assessment referred to in Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. The Authority should ensure synergies and complementarity with other Union Agencies or services or networks. This should include seeking input from SOLVIT and similar services on recurring problems encountered by individuals and businesses in the exercise of their rights in the areas under the scope of the Authority. The Authority should also facilitate and streamline data collection activities provided for by the relevant Union laws within its scope. This does not entail the creation of new reporting obligations for Member States.
Amendment 189 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Authority should provide a platform for resolving disputes between Member States in relation to the application of Union law that falls within its scope. It should build on dialogue and conciliation mechanisms that are currently in place in the area of social security coordination, which are valued by Member States60 and their importance is recognised by the Court of Justice61 . Member States should be able to refer cases to the Authority for mediation according to standard procedures put in place for this purpose. TIn those cases, the Authority should ohear the Member States as well as the persons concerned to ensure it has a full picture of the situation. The Authority should mainly deal with disputes between Member States, while individuals and employers facing difficulties with exercising their Union rights should primarily continue to have at their disposal the national and Union services dedicated to dealing with such cases, such as the SOLVIT network to which the Authority should refer such cases. TWhe SOLVIT network should also be able ton, however, the Authority, following a prima facie assessment, considers it would be better to directly deal with the case concerned, it should do so. Upon its own initiative or at the request of a person concerned, the SOLVIT network refer to the Authority for its consideration cases brought to their attention in which the problem canis not being solved, for example due to differences between national administrations or when no solution has been provided to the person concerned in due time. __________________ 60 Council, Partial general approach of 26 October 2017 on the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 13645/1/17. 61 Case C-236/88 EU:C:1990:303, paragraph 17; Case C-202/97 EU:C:2000:75, paragraphs 57-58; Case C- 178/97 EU:C:2000:169, paragraphs 44-45; Case C-2/05 EU:C:2006:69, paragraphs 28-29; Case C-12/14 EU:C:2016:135, paragraphs 39-41; Case C-359/16 EU:C:2018:63, paragraphs 44-45.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To facilitate the management of labour market adjustments, the Authority should facilitate cooperation among relevant stakeholders in order to address labour market disruptions affecting more than one Member State, such as cases of restructuring or major projects impacting employment in border regions. The Authority should also facilitate such cooperation to address structural problems in access to labour and social rights due to inconsistencies between national schemes, such as differences in pension age, access to benefits for self- employed persons or in assessing to what extend a person with a disability is fit for work.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States, the social partners, experts nominated by the European Parliament, and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chairs, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, should adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Authority should directly rely on the expertise of relevant stakeholders in the areas under its scope through a dedicated Stakeholder Group. The members should be representatives of Union-level social partners and civil society organisations as part of the transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society in accordance with Article 11(1) and (2) TFEU. In carrying out its activities, the Stakeholder Group will take due account of the opinions and draw on the expertise of the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Social Security Systems established by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and the Advisory Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011.
Amendment 243 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Social Security Systems established by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and the Advisory Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 provide a forum for consultation of social partners and government representatives at national level. The Authority should contribute to their work and may participate in their meetings and vice versa.
Amendment 249 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Respect for gender equality and the aim to eliminate inequalities between women and men is explicitly recognised by the TFEU, which specifically with its Article 153 allows the Union to act in the wider area of equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation, while Article 157 TFEU authorises positive action to empower women.
Amendment 250 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Respect for the diversity of national industrial relations systems as well as the autonomy of social partners is explicitly recognised by the TFEU. Taking part in the activities of the Authority is without prejudice to the Member States' competences, obligations and responsibilities under, inter alia, relevant and applicable International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, such as Convention No 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce, which specifies that the purpose of labour inspections is to secure the enforcement of the legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work, and to the Member States' powers to regulate, mediate or monitor national industrial relations, in particular on the exercise of the right to collective bargaining and to take collective action.
Amendment 253 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Since the objectives of this Regulation to support the free movement of workerpersons and services and to contribute to strengthening fairnesssocial justice in the internal market cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting in an uncoordinated manner, but can rather, by reason of the cross-border nature of those activities and the need for increased cooperation between Member States, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 256 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as referred to in Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union as well as in full respect of applicable international labour and human rights law,
Amendment 260 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall assist Member States and the Commission in matters relating to cross-border labour mobility and the coordination of social security systems within the Union contribute to the consistent, efficient and effective application of European labour and social legislation as well as equal access to social security and adequate social protection for all European persons using their free movement rights.
Amendment 274 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Authority shall facilitate and support a reinforced cooperation between Member States, social partners, other stakeholders and the Commission in all labour and social matters with a cross- border dimension.
Amendment 279 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Authority shall contribute to the enforcement and improvement of Union and national law in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and internationally applicable labour standards by (a) ensuring free movement of people, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services; (b) equal treatment amongst people and fair cross-border competition; (c) preventing, detecting and prosecuting cross-border social fraud, wrong-doing and error; (d) preventing, deterring and combating undeclared work as well as promoting the declaration of undeclared work while ensuring the respect for applicable workers’ rights; (e) supporting cross-border prosecution and execution of fines and sanctions in labour and social matters; (f) facilitating the coordination of social security systems within the Union.
Amendment 288 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to ensuring fair laband enforcing fair and non-precariours mobility in the internal marketEuropean Union. To this end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 296 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access for individuals and employers to information, support and counselling on their rights and obligations as well as to all relevant services;
Amendment 311 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improve and support cooperation between Member States in the consistent, efficient and effective cross-border enforcement of relevant Union law, including facilitating joint inspections;
Amendment 319 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) mediate and facilitate a solution in cases of cross-border disputes between national authorities or labour market disruptions.or cross- border enforcement problems;
Amendment 329 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) coordinate measures to enhance free movement, a Union-wide fair labour competition market and decent working conditions as well as adequate social protection for all people using their free movement right.
Amendment 339 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate and improve access to information by individuals and employers on rights and obligations in cross-border situations as well as access torelated to free movement as well as access to relevant services, including social services, in particular health care and cross-border labour mobility services, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7;
Amendment 345 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) facilitatestrengthen cooperation and the exchange of information between national authorities with a view to the effective enforcement of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 8;
Amendment 350 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) implement a complaints and response mechanism including incident reporting as regarding to cross-border social or labour fraud and error, in accordance with Article 8a;
Amendment 357 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) carry out analyses and risk assessments on issues of cross-border labour mobilityrelated to persons exercising their right of free movement, and propose follow-up policy measures and operational actions, in accordance with Article 11;
Amendment 360 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) support Member States and all relevant social partners and stakeholders with capacity-building regarding the effective enforcement of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 366 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) mediate in disputes between Member States' authorities on the application of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 13;
Amendment 370 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) mediate in disputes between persons and Member States' authorities on the application of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 13a;
Amendment 381 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) facilitate cooperation between relevant stakeholders in the event of structural problems in access to labour and social rights due to gaps or inconsistencies between Member States’ systems, in accordance with Article 14a;
Amendment 384 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) advise the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on any initiative which it considers to be appropriate to encourage the effective enforcement of Union law in relation to people exercising their right of free movement;
Amendment 393 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Information on cross-border labour mobility
Amendment 395 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall improve the availability, quality and accessibility of information offered to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 589/2016 on EURES and Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 401 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide relevant information on theall rights and obligations of individuals in cross-border labour mobility situations especially with regard to social security rights, taxation, rights at work and social protection;
Amendment 412 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide relevant information to employsocial partners, relevant stakeholders and employers, workers and job seekers on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross-borderfree movement labour mobility situations, including postedfrontier and posted workers, EU Blue Card holders, intra-corporate transferees, long-term residents, and the family members of those workers;
Amendment 423 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) support Member States in complying with the obligations on the dissemination of and access to information relating to the free movement of workers as laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2014/54/EU, and to the posting of workers as laid down in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU and in Article 4 and 5 of Directive 96/71/EC;
Amendment 431 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support Member States in streamlining the provision of information and services to individuals and employers pertaining to cross-border mobility on a voluntary basis, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 441 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Access to cross-border labour mobility services and other relevant services
Amendment 446 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Authority shall provide services to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall in particular:
Amendment 451 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cooperate with other Union initiatives and networks, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, the European Enterprise Network and the Border Focal Point as well as civil society organisations active in the field, in particular to identify and overcome cross- border obstacles to labour mobility;
Amendment 458 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) promote the EURES cross border partnerships, designated in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, to support cross-border cooperation between regional competent partners, promote advice and assistance services for frontier workers and employers, supporting fair mobility on a voluntary basis in cross-border regions.
Amendment 459 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) promote the development of Advisory Centres for mobile workers to offer multilingual services concerning social security and labour law.
Amendment 460 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall manage the EURES European Coordination Office and ensure that it fulfils its responsibilities in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589, except for the technical operation and development of the EURES portal and related IT services, which shall continue to be managed by the Commission. The Authority, under the responsibility of the Executive Director as set out in Article 23(4)(k), shall ensure that this activity fully complies with requirements of the applicable data protection legislation, including the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer, in accordance with Article 37.
Amendment 463 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Cooperation and rapid exchange of information between Member States
Amendment 468 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Authority shall facilitate cooperation between Member States, social partners and relevant stakeholders, and support their effective compliance with cooperation obligations, including on information exchange, as defined in Union law within the scope of the Authority’s competences.
Amendment 471 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
To that end, the Authority shall, upon request of national authorities, and in order to speed up exchanges between them, in particular:
Amendment 475 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) support national authorities, social partners and relevant stakeholders in identifying their relevant countact points of national authoritieerparts in other Member States;
Amendment 478 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) facilitate or execute the follow-up to requests and information exchanges between national authorities by providing logistical and technical, social partners and relevant stakeholders by providing support, including translation and interpretation services, and through exchanges on the status of cases;
Amendment 483 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) promote and share best practices in the implementation of Union law including in the fields of work-life balance and closing the gender pay and pension gap and facilitate the implementation of these best practices in other Member States;
Amendment 490 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) improve and facilitate cross-border enforcement procedures, including of penalties and fines, provide assistance to recover workers’ financial entitlements and to identify the place of jurisdiction, and elaborate, in cooperation with the Member States, an enhanced and systematic fining policy that is effective, dissuasive and proportionate, to be applied and monitored by the Authority;
Amendment 503 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) report to the Commission on a quarterly basis about unresolved requests between Member States, and if considered necessary, refer those to mediation in accordance with Article 13.
Amendment 508 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. At the request of the Authority, national authorities shall provide the Authority with all the necessary information, in specified formats, to carry out the tasks conferred on it by this Regulation, provided that they have legal access to the relevant information. The information shall be accurate, coherent, complete and timely.
Amendment 511 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Upon a duly justified request from a national authority, the Authority shall provide any information that is necessary to enable the national authority to carry out its tasks, within the scope of the Authority’s competences.
Amendment 521 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall promote and monitor the use of electronic tools and procedures for message exchange between national authorities, including the Internal Market Information (IMI) system and the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system.
Amendment 522 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Authority shall encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, and explore the potplay a centiral use ofrole in developing the electronic exchange mechanisms between the Member States, social partners and relevant stakeholders to facilitate the detection of fraud, providing reports to the Commission with a view to their further development., considering in particular the European Social Security Register through which national authorities can access relevant data in real time;
Amendment 529 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Authority shall pay special interest to the status of highly mobile workers, including in particular transport workers, seasonal workers and posted workers, as they are at a higher risk of exploitation.
Amendment 530 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The Authority shall maintain a Union list of enterprises that do not meet the relevant legal requirements with regards to ensuring fair and non- precarious labour mobility. This Union list shall be made public in order to ensure the greatest transparency. It shall be based on common criteria and reviewed regularly. The first list shall be established within the first 12 months of operation of the Authority. Enterprises appearing on the Union list shall be subject to an operating ban. The operating prohibitions on the Union list shall apply throughout the territory of the Member States. In exceptional cases, Member States may take unilateral measures. In an emergency, and when faced with an unforeseen security problem, Member States shall have the possibility of immediately issuing an operating ban for their own territory.
Amendment 532 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Initiation of national inspections 1. In specific cases where the Authority considers that national inspections or investigations should be initiated to enforce Union law falling in the scope of its objectives, it shall request the competent authorities of the Member States concerned to initiate, conduct or coordinate such an inspection or investigation. 2. The national authorities shall inform the Authority without delay of the decision of the competent authorities of the Member States concerning any request made pursuant to paragraph 1. 3. If the competent authorities of a Member State decide not to accede to a request made by the Authority pursuant to paragraph 1, they shall inform the Authority of the reasons for their decision without undue delay, preferably within one month of receipt of the request. 4. The social partners and other stakeholders with a legitimate interest on national level may demand the Authority to initiate a request pursuant to paragraph 1 if they become aware of infringements of Union law that fall in the scope of this Regulation. The Authority shall inform the respective social partners and relevant stakeholders with a legitimate interest on the adopted measures.
Amendment 549 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of one or several Member States, the social partners or its own initiative, the Authority shall coordinfacilitate concerted or joint inspections in the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences. The request may be submitted by one or several Member States or the social partners. The Authority mayshall also suggest to the authorities of the Member States concerned that they perform a concerted or joint inspection.
Amendment 559 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where the authority of a Member State decides not to participate in or carry out the concerted or joint inspection referred to paragraph 1, it shall inform the Authority in writing of the reasons for its decision duly in advance within 5 working days after receipt of the request for a joint inspection. In such cases, the Authority shall inform the other national authorities concernedor competent social partners and may also formulate an assessment and a recommendation for the parties concerned to re-evaluate their position considering the effects of non-action.
Amendment 572 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The organisation of a concerted or joint inspection shall be subject to the prior agreement of all participating Member States via their National Liaison Officers. In the event that one or more Member States refuse to take part in the concerted or joint inspection, the other national authorities may, where appropriate, only carry out the envisaged concerted or joint inspection in the participating Member States. The Member States that declined to participate in the inspection shall keep information about the envisaged inspection confidential.
Amendment 585 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. An agreement for setting up a joint inspection ('the joint inspection agreement') between the participating Member States and the Authority shall set out the conditions for carrying out such an exercise. The joint inspection agreement may include provisions which enable joint inspections, once agreed and planned, to take place at short notice. The Authority shall establish a model agreementThe Authority shall develop binding guidelines for concerted and joint inspections.
Amendment 592 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. An agreement for setting up a joint inspection ('the joint inspection agreement') between the participating Member States or social partners and relevant stakeholders with a legitimate interest and the Authority shall set out the conditions for carrying out such an exercise. The joint inspection agreement mayshall include provisions which enable joint inspections, once agreed and planned, to take place at short notice. The Authority shall establish a model agreement.
Amendment 596 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Concerted and joint inspections and their follow-up shall be carried out in accordance withrespect for the national law ofin the Member States concerned.
Amendment 610 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall provide operative, legal, logistical and technical support, which may include translation and interpretation services, to Member State and legal assistance, to Member States or social partners carrying out concerted or joint inspections.
Amendment 615 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Staff of the Authority may participate in a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspectionat any time.
Amendment 630 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. National authorities or social partners carrying out a concerted or joint inspection shall report back to the Authority on the outcomes within their respective Member States and on the overall operational running of the concerted or joint inspection. The Authority shall establish a template for their reports, taking into account the necessity to avoid unnecessary administrative burden. The results of joint inspections may be used as evidence in the Member State with the same legal value of documents collected within their own territory.
Amendment 638 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Information on concerted and joint inspections shall be included in quarterly reports to be submitted to the Management Board and to the Stakeholder Group. A yearly report on the inspections supported by the Authority shall be included in the Authority's annual activity report. This report shall include a list of cases in which Member States refused to participate in a joint inspection.
Amendment 651 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Concerted and joint inspections may also cover the activities in the frame of the cooperation in the fight against fraudulent service providers as referred to in Chapter VI of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC.
Amendment 656 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Cross-border labour mobility analyses and risk assessment and recommendations
Amendment 658 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall assess risks and carry out analyses regarding cross-border labour flows, such as labour market imbalances, sector-specific threats and recurring problems encountered by individuals and employers in relation to cross-border mobility, undeclared work, fraud and exploitations as well as analysis related to cross-border social security matters, including portability of pensions. For that purpose, the Authority shall ensure complementarity with, and draw on the expertise of, other Union agencies or services, including in the areas of skills forecasting and health and safety at work. Upon a request by the Commission, tThe Authority mayshall carry out focused in- depth analyses and studies to investigate specific labour mobility issues. mobility issues. The Authority shall also assess risks and carry out analyses regarding cross-border social security coordination in order to identify possible gaps and areas of improvement. The Authority shall conduct any assessment making full use of the work of other Agencies and in particular the work of Eurofound. The Agency shall avoid duplication of work. When completing risk assessments, the Authority shall always take into account the cost of non-action.
Amendment 675 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) formulate recommendations addressed to both the Commission and the Member States to ensure the effective enforcement of Union law in relation to the work of the Authority, including in relation to fighting undeclared work, ensuring fair working conditions, fighting tax evasion and ensuring proper social protection for all.
Amendment 678 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall regularly report, after discussion with the Stakeholder Group, its findings to the Commission and the European Parliament, as well as directly to the Member States concerned, outlining possible measures to address identified weaknesses. The reports shall be published by 15th March of the following year at the latest.
Amendment 679 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. The Authority shall collect statistical data, disaggregated by gender, age, income level, occupation and labour marked status, compiled and provided by Member States in the areas of Union law within the scope of the Authority’s competences. In doing so, the Authority shall seek to streamline current data collection activities in those areas. Where relevant, Article 16 shall apply. The Authority shall liaise with the Commission (Eurostat) and share the results of its data collection activities, where appropriate.
Amendment 681 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall support Member States, social partners and civil society organisations with capacity building aimed at promoting the consistent enforcement of the Union law in all areas covered by this Regulation. The Authority shall, in particular, carry out the following activities:
Amendment 689 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) develop common guidelines for use by Member States, social partners and civil society organisations including guidance for inspections in cases with a cross-border dimension, as well as shared definitions and common concepts, building on relevant work at the Union level, in accordance with ILO Labour Inspection Convention No 81;
Amendment 692 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the exchange and dissemination of experiences and good practices, including examples of cooperation between the relevant national authorities, social partners and civil society organisations;
Amendment 694 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) improve the knowledge and mutual understanding of the different national systems and practices related to ensuring fair mobility and equal access to adequate social protection and the methods and legal framework for action;
Amendment 698 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) increase the capacity of enforcement bodies to better tackle cross- border aspects including sufficient staff resources, training and financial resources.
Amendment 712 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. In the event of disputes between Member States regarding the application or interpretation of Union law in areas covered by this Regulation where no agreement was reached between the institutions concerned, the Authority may perform a mediation role.
Amendment 718 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Upon request of one of the Member States concerned by a dispute, the Authority shall launch a mediation procedure before its Mediation Board set up for this purpose in accordance with Article 17(2). The Authority may also launch a mediation procedure on its own initiative before the Mediation Board, including on the basis of a referral from SOLVIT, subject to the agreement of all Member States concerned by that dispute. The Authority shall reconcile the points of view within three months of the date on which the matter was brought before it.
Amendment 726 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member States shall inform the persons concerned about the dispute and about the case being brought to the Authority.
Amendment 732 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. When presenting a case for mediation by the Authority, Member States and all other parties that are heard by the Authority or involved in the case shall ensure that all personal data related to that case is anonymised and the Authority shall not process the personal data of individuals concerned by the case at any point in the course of the mediation procedure.
Amendment 733 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. To ensure the Authority is fully informed about the situation, it shall hear the Member States as well as the persons concerned, under the condition that these persons have agreed to this, before taking a decision. Within one week after the matter was brought before the Authority, Member States shall ask the persons concerned in written if they want to address the Authority in person and ask for a reply within another month.
Amendment 737 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Cases in which there are ongoing court proceedings at national or Union level shall not be admissible for mediation by the Authority, unless all parties concerned have agreed to this. In such cases, all court proceedings will be suspended until the mediation procedure has been finalised.
Amendment 747 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The competent authorities and institutions shall take the necessary measures to apply the decision of the Authority without prejudice to the right of the authorities, institutions and persons concerned to have recourse to the procedures and tribunals provided for by national or Union legislation.
Amendment 755 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Mediation between Member States and persons concerned 1. In the event of disputes between one or more Member States and one or more persons concerned regarding the application or interpretation of Union law in areas covered by this Regulation, the Authority may perform a mediation role. 2. Upon receiving a request for mediation from an individual, the Authority shall perform a prima facie assessment of the case, following which it may decide to launch a mediation procedure or to refer the case to SOLVIT. 3. SOLVIT shall, upon its own initiative or at the request of a person concerned, refer cases to the Authority in which no solution was found, in particular due to differences between national administrations or when no solution has been provided to the person concerned within three months after the dispute has emerged. 4. Article 13(3) to (6) shall also apply in cases of mediation concerning a dispute between Member States and persons concerned.
Amendment 763 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 771 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Cooperation in case of structural problems in access to labour and social rights The Authority shall facilitate cooperation between relevant stakeholders in order to provide solutions for people experiencing problems in accessing labour and social rights in cross-border situations, including social security benefits, as a result of structural differences between the systems of different Member States concerned.
Amendment 780 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
The Authority shall coordinate, develop and apply interoperability frameworks to guarantee the exchange of information between Member States and also with the Authority. Those interoperability frameworks shall be based on and supported by the European Interoperability Framework70 and by the European Interoperability Reference Architecture referred to in Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council71 . At the request of the Authority, national authorities shall provide the Authority with all the necessary information, in specified formats, to carry out the tasks conferred on it by this Regulation, provided that they have legal access to the relevant information. The information shall be accurate, coherent, complete and timely. __________________ 70 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: European Interoperability Framework – Implementation Strategy - COM(2017) 134 final. 71 Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 establishing a programme on interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens (ISA2 programme) as a means for modernising the public sector (OJ L 318, 4.12.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 792 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Authority may set up working groups or expert panels with representatives from Member States and/or social partners and/or civil society organisations and/or relevant international organisations and/or from the Commission, or external experts following selection procedures, for the fulfilment of its specific tasks or for specific policy areas, including a Mediation Board in order to fulfil its tasks in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation, and a dedicated group for the purpose of handling financial matters related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, as referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation.
Amendment 798 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of (a) one senior representative from each Member State and, (b) two representatives of the Commission, all of whom have voting rights. (c) six social partner representatives, and (d) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament, all of whom have voting rights. The senior representatives of each Member State and their alternates shall present professional competences in both labour law and social security regulations.
Amendment 809 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Members of the Management Board representing Member States, social partners and their alternates shall be appointed by the Council on the basis of lists of candidates submitted by the Member States and the European employers’ and employees’ organisations respectively. Where, based on proposals by the Member States and the social partners, the gender balance is highly disproportionate, i.e. less than 30% of one gender, the Council shall delay the appointment until this is rectified, and invite Member States to bring forward more balanced proposals. The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it with due respect to gender balance. The responsible Committee of the European Parliament shall appoint, respecting gender balance, the experts referred to under point 1(d) after verifying that the appointments raise no conflicts of interest.
Amendment 816 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Union level social partners shall appoint all social partner representatives.
Amendment 820 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Member States, the social partners and the Commission shall make efforts to limit the turnover of their representatives on the Management Board in order to ensure continuity of the Board's work. All parties shall aim to achieve balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board.
Amendment 823 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each member and alternate member shall sign a written declaration of interests when taking office and shall update it when there is a change of circumstances in that regard.
Amendment 826 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once.
Amendment 830 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Members of the Stakeholder Group may attend all meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 835 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, as well as the members of the Stakeholder Group and the working groups and panels of the Authority set up in accordance with Article 17(2) as well as seconded national experts in accordance with Article 34, and shall publish annually on its website the declaration of interests of the Management Board members;
Amendment 836 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) discuss proposals and recommendations by the Stakeholder Group and provide a reasoned answer;
Amendment 843 #
Amendment 845 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Deputytwo Chairpersons from among the members with voting rights, andwho shall strive forbe elected respecting the gender balance. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 849 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the event that a first vote does not reach the two-thirds majority, a second vote shall be organised whereby the Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a simple majority of the members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 851 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 854 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The term of office of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be four years. Their term of office may be renewed once. Where, however, their membership of the Management Board ends at any time during their term of office, their term of office shall automatically expire on that date.
Amendment 856 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The minutes of the meetings of the Management Board shall be published on the Authority’s website. The agenda of the meetings of the Management Board shall be provided in advance to the Stakeholder Group.
Amendment 862 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point j
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point j
(j) preparing the Authority's draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget as part of the Agency's single programming document;
Amendment 867 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point k
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point k
(k) implementing measures established by the Management Board to comply with obligations on data protection imposed by, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
Amendment 879 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Stakeholder Group mayshall, in particular, submit opinions and advice to the Authority on issues related to the application and enforcement of Union law in the areas covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 883 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The Stakeholder Group shall be chaired by the Executive Directoits elected chair and shall meet at least twice a year on the initiative of the Executive Director or at the request of the Commission or at the request of 20% of its members.
Amendment 889 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of six(a) ten representatives of Union- level and/or national social partners equally representing trade unions and employer’s organisations, and of which at least six represent a sectorial interest, 6 representatives of civil society organisations; (b) eight representatives of civil society organisations; and (c) two representatives of the Commission.
Amendment 897 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. The members and alternate members of the Stakeholder Group shall be nominated by their respective organisations and appointed by the Management Board. The Management Board shall also appoint alternate members, in accordance with the same conditions as members, who shall automatically repreferred to in paragraph 4, point a, shall be nominated by the European social partners with due respect to gender balance and ensuring adequate representation of SMEs and appointed by the Management Board. The members and alternate members of the Stakeholder Group referred to in paragraph 4, point b, shall be nominated by the European Economic and Social Committee. EES will pay particular attention to geographic balance, gender balance and representation of the different fields of activity of CSOs (inter alia pensions, health care, gender equality, migration, youth and disability) and appointed by the Management Board. The members and alternate members of the Stakeholder Group referred to in paragraph 4, point c, shall be nominated by the European Commission with due respect to gender balance any members who are absent or indisposed. To the extent possible, an appropriate gender balance shall be respected, as well as adequate representation of SMEs. d appointed by the Management Board. Where based on nominations under subparagraph 1 to 3 of this paragraph, gender balance is highly disproportionate, i.e. less than 30% of one gender, the Management Board shall delay the appointment until this is rectified and invites nominating organisations to bring forward more balanced proposals. All members of the Stakeholder Group must demonstrate relevant professional knowledge and skills. The Management Board shall also appoint alternate members, in accordance with the same conditions as members, who shall automatically replace any members who are absent or indisposed.
Amendment 901 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Stakeholder Group may invite experts or relevant international organisations to its meetings.
Amendment 902 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 7
Article 24 – paragraph 7
7. The Authority shall make public the opinions, and advice and recommendations of the Stakeholder Group and the results of its consultations, except in case of confidentiality requirements.
Amendment 904 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Tasks of the Stakeholder Group 1. The Stakeholder Group shall provide a creative contribution and guidance to help the Authority better achieve its goals. In particular, it shall: (a) contribute to the development of the strategy of the Authority; (b) monitor the implementation of the strategy and make recommendations for more effective functioning of the Authority; (c) give an opinion the Authority’s draft single programming document referred to in Article 25 before its submission to the Commission for its opinion; (d) provide the Authority with insight into external factors that may affect the work of the Authority; (e) contribute to internal audit where appropriate.
Amendment 906 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each year, the Executive Director shall draw up a provisional draft estimate of the Authority's revenue and expenditure for the following financial year, including the establishment plan, and send it to the Management Board. Where new tasks are conferred upon the Authority by Union institutions or Union legislation, this shall be taken into account in the resource and financial programming.
Amendment 909 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
The financial rules applicable to the Authority shall be adopted by the Management Board after consulting the Commission. They shall not depart from Delegated Regulation (EU) 1271/2013 unless such a departure is specifically required for the Authority's operation and the Commission has given its prior consent. Every effort shall be made for the application of the rules to be proportionate to the size and budget of the Authority so as not to impose excessive burdens, while still maintaining sound practice.
Amendment 912 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall appoint the Executive Director from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure. When there are two candidates of equal merit, the Management Board shall give preference to the underrepresented gender.
Amendment 921 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. National Liaison Officers shall have competence under their Member States’ national law to request information from the authorities concerned. They shall also have access to the necessary information from their respective Member States to fulfil their task rapidly and effectively.
Amendment 924 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The translation services required for the functioning of the Authority shall be provided by the Translation Centre of the Bodies of the European Union or where duly justified by other translation services.
Amendment 926 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 shall apply to documents held by the Authority. The Management Board shall, within six months of the date of its first meeting, adopt the detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 shall apply to the processing of personal data by the Authority.
Amendment 932 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
The activities of the Authority as well as activities, national, concerted or joint inspections carried out with the involvement of staff of the Authority shall be subject to the inquiries of the European Ombudsman in accordance with Article 228 TFEU.
Amendment 933 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a Whistleblower protection Persons bringing cases to the Authority, including on labour or social security fraud, either directly or via national enforcement authorities, shall be protected against any unfavourable treatment by their employer.
Amendment 934 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – title
Article 43 – title
Cooperation with third countries and international organisations
Amendment 936 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In so far as is necessary to achieve the objectives set out in this Regulation, and without prejudice to the respective competences of the Member States and the institutions of the Union, the Authority may cooperate with the national authorities of third countries to which the relevant Union law on labour mobility and social security coordination applies as well as with international organisations working on areas that fall within the scope of the Authority.
Amendment 20 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the overall lack of investment in young people’s rights will contribute to the aggravation of phenomena such as declining populations, the lack of professional qualifications or the dismantling of social security systemsempowering young people to claim, exercise and defend their rights and fulfil their responsibilities through their active participation in society;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that an inclusive youth policy is inseparable from the defence and promotion of decent work, grounded in collective labour agreements, with non- precarious labour relations, adequate salaries and wages, high-quality, free, universal public services, and programmes facilitating political and cultural participation, parenthood, well-being and creativity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote fair working conditions and adequate social protection, including with regard to new forms of employment;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Argues that individuals’ transition into the labour market, including by ensuring quality internships and apprenticeships, giving young people clearly defined rights that include access to social protection, written and binding contracts and a fair remuneration, is facilitated by a comprehensive education system that ensures they acquire cross- cutting skills that promote critical thinking, universality and multicultural dialogue, fostering employability not through early specialisation, but rather by enabling the attainment of a wide variety of qualifications;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that employment and entrepreneurship constitute one of the eight priorities identified in the EU Youth Strategy (2010-2018); stresses that youth work and non-formal learning, particularly as developed in youth organisations, play a vital role in developing young people's potential, including entrepreneurial skills, allowing them to develop a broad set of competences which can increase their opportunities on the labour market;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that civil society organisations, national youth councils and the social partners should be involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of youth employment policies;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the need to combat early school-leaving by identifying the shortcomings of the school system and society, supporting students in finding their own learning methods, implementing relevant and engaging curricula and realising a strong and well- developed guidance system with high- quality counselling and orientation services for all students; underlines that a holistic and inclusive educational approach is essential to make all students feel welcome and included, and feel ownership of their education;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Erasmus+ programme by targeting all people regardless of their education level as this has a positive impact not only on employment but also on understanding and engaging in the European project by experiencing it, thereby providing young people with skills and competences for life, including language skills, broadening their opportunities and chances to participate in both the labour market and society, and exploring further cross- border career opportunities;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to propose, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights, an increase in the funding, powers and scope of programmes promoting the employability and social inclusion of young people, ensuring that these funds are not used to help create unpaid internships or precarious work or replace permanent jobs with temporary ones or internships.
Amendment 101 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Member States to monitor the effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee, for example by putting in place tailor-made lifelong guidance systems that help people at any stage of their lives make educational, training and occupational decisions and to manage their individual life paths in learning, work and other settings; recalls that the involvement of youth organisations in the evaluation, implementation and communication of the Youth Guarantee is crucial for its success and encourages registration of the unemployed;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for measures to be taken to include young people from marginalised communities as well as young migrants and refugees, irrespective of their legal status, in society and the labour market;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is clear that Northern Ireland is a region that has benefited greatly from the EU’s cohesion policy and the EU perspective ;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas EU cohesion policy, particularly through the Peace Programme, has decisively contributed to the peace process in Northern Ireland and supports the reconciliation of the two communities;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the important contribution of EU cohesion policy to Northern Ireland, particularly in terms of assisting the recovery of deprived urban and rural areas, tackling climate change, and of building cross- community and cross-border contacts in the context of the peace process; notes in particular that assistance to deprived urban and rural areas often takes the form of support for new economic development that promote the knowledge economy, such as the Science Parks in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees that cross-community trust- building measures, such as shared spaces and support networks, have played a key role in the peace process, as shared spaces allow the two communities in Northern Ireland to come together for joint activities, thereby helping to heal the divide;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasizes the importance of the Community-Led Local Development and the bottom-up approach, which encourages all communities to take ownership of projects, thus enhancing the peace process;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the attachment of all stakeholders in Northern Ireland to the continuance of EU cohesion policy goals in the region; stresses, in that regard, the importance of coordinated multilevel governance and the partnership principle;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes it desirable that, post- 2020, Northern Ireland should be able to continue to participate in the EU’s general cohesion funds if possible, as that would benefit sustainable economic and social development, particularly in disadvantaged and rural areas;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that it is important that the EU should continue to reach out to bothall communities in Northern Ireland post- 2020 by playing an active role in the administration of cohesion and cross- community funding in Northern Ireland, thereby helping them to overcome their divisions; believes that funding should be maintained at its current level;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to promote the Northern Irish experience with cohesion funding as an example of how the EU wants to address inter-community conflicts; stresses in that regard the Northern Irish reconciliation process as a positive example for other post-conflict areas in the EU;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas education is the foundation of responsible citizenship and a fundamental human right which therefore should not be focused on the labour market only but also on human, societal and cultural needs;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas even though the decision to improve the quality of education lies with the Member States and, the EU can provide supporthas a key supporting role based on Articles 165 and 167 of the TFEU;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Whereas the socio-economic divide in Europe has been increasing over the past decades; whereas inequalities are strongly interlinked with education opportunities and types of employment; whereas women are at a higher risk of facing inequalities, which highlights the importance of high-quality, inclusive education in order to reduce socio- economic inequalities;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that universal high- quality education is a vital tool to develop understanding and respect of common fundamental values, to ensure social cohesion, and to counter socio-economic disparities and gender stereotypes;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Warmly welcomes that in the frame of modernising school education in the EU the Commission especially refers to the importance of promoting inclusive education by exchanging best practices on integration of migrant pupils and imparting common values;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. PointCalls outn that the advanced character of the EU economy, as well ase Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact that digitalisation, automation and robotisation has and will have ofn the EU labour market, has increased demand for high-level qualifications and skills, while demand for low-level qualifications and skillnumber and types of jobs as well as the quality and the competence of profiles both as regards existing and new jobs, and to gather information on new forms of employment; calls on Member States and the Union to develop new mechanisms of protection which are adequate to the working and career patterns shas decreasedped by digitalisation and the increased use of robotics;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas education offers a unique opportunity to empower girls and women and to address all forms of discrimination and stereotypes faced by girls and women, but this potential has not been fully utilised in the European Union;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the socio-economic divide has been on the rise in Europe over the past decades; whereas inequality is strongly interlinked with employment opportunities and types; whereas women are at a higher risk to face inequalities, therefore highlighting the importance of high-quality, inclusive education is key to reduce socio-economic inequalities;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas austerity measures and severe cut backs in public spending have generally reduced the budget for public education, negatively affecting young people and students, particularly women and girls;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that despite strong demand in the labour market for high-level skills, and the response of the education system in the form of the massive development of HEI (Higher Education Institutes), approximately 20 % of Europeans, including university graduates,approximately 20 % of Europeans lack basic skills such as reading, writing or numeracy1 ; recalls, moreover, that a similar number of Europeans have a low level of basic skills and that 44 % lack basic digital skills2 , which creates serious barriers to their participation in the technologically advanced labour market and everyday life; __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/school /math_en 2 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/digital-skills-factsheet- tallinn_en.pdf
Amendment 20 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women constitute only 20 % of science professionals and account for just 27 % of engineering graduates1 ; whereas women remain heavily underrepresented in ICT degree programmes, where they constitute only around 20 % of graduates in the field, with only 3 % of all female graduates having a degree in ICT; whereas 60 % of school students in the EU never use digital equipment in their classrooms; __________________ 1 European Commission: The Education and Training Monitor 2017, available at https://ec.europa.eu/education/sites/educati on/files/monitor2017_en.pdf
Amendment 23 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas education is the foundation of responsible citizenship and a fundamental human right, which therefore should not only be focused on the labour market but also on human, societal and cultural needs;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that universal high quality school and higher education is a vital tool to developing understanding and respect of the common fundamental values, to ensure social cohesion and to counter socio-economic disparities and gender stereotypes;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the Member States to make every possible effort to achievensure equal opportunities within their education systems for female and male students, especially for those from socio- economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and to monitor their equal access to high- quality education;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that skills mismatch and shortages are, apart from labour market policies in accordance with the austerity measures, responsible for both unemployment and unfilled job vacancies3 ; considers that these worrying phenomena should be tackled by, amongst others, modernising education systems, making education systems cooperate more closely with labour market actors and focusing more on training in soft and transversal skills to accommodate future skills needs; __________________ 3 http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events- and-projects/projects/assisting-eu- countries-skills-matching
Amendment 51 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to fight gender stereotypes in education in order to ensure that women have the same opportunities and freedom of choice on the career they want to pursue; calls on the Commission and Member States to place greater emphasis on attracting girls to the STEM and ICT fields, as well as on addressing the digital gender gap through developing their digital skills;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to enable the recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning – gained from free online courses such as MOOCs – which often broaden access to education for underprivileged groups and therefore increase their opportunities for a better job and life;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the positive effect that sexual and relationship education has on the health and well-being of young people as well as on the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of girls; calls on Member States to include as part of the school curricula comprehensive sexual education that will deal among others with sexism, gender role and the concepts of consent, respect and reciprocity;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites theCalls on Member States and educational institutions to ensure balanced representation of women and men on the boards of schools, universities and research institutes, as well as on any task forces working on implementing reforms to educational systems;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in educational settings; urges the Commission to support the inclusion of objective information on LGBTI issues in school curricula; urges the Commission to facilitate peer learning amongst Member States in tackling homophobic and transphobic bullying and harassment;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to internationalise education systems and expand student mobility programmes to foster European values and European citizenship, and to better prepare students for the EU labour market, in which a lack of skills in foreign languages and cultures is the first barrier to mobility; calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal to ensure that school study periods abroad are being mutually recognised by the Member States;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Warmly welcomes that in the framework of modernisation of school education in the EU there is a special reference to the importance of promoting inclusive education by exchanging best practices on integration of migrant pupils and imparting common values;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the inclusion of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that in the framework of modernisation of higher education in the EU closer cooperation between businesses and higher education institutions should be developed, businesses and other stakeholders should be developed in the field of regional innovation to better prepare female and male students for entrepreneurial careers.
Amendment 76 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 82 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. In this regard, welcomnotes the Commission communication on ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe’ (COM(2016)0381), which proposes solutions for skills mismatch and shortages and for finding the right system of skills recognition;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 94 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that the high number of NEETs could be reduced by preventing early school leavingStresses the need to combat early school leaving by identifying the shortcomings of the school system and society, supporting students in finding their own learning methods, implementing relevant and engaging curricula and realising a strong and well- developed guidance system with high- quality counselling and orientation services for all students; underlines that a holistic and inclusive educational approach is essential to make all students feel welcome and included, and feel ownership of their education;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the importance of lifelong career guidance as a way of ensuring people’s participation in appropriate, flexible and high-quality training and career paths;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. IConsistders that graduate tracking information, not only at national but also at EU level, is essential forcan contribute to quality assurance and appropriate educational content;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make vocational and educational training more visible and enhance its quality and attractiveness, and to promote dual education, work-based learning and reality-based learning at every level and form of education, including universities, in order to ensure stronger ties between the education andallow for realistic insights into the labour markets; calls for the policy of apprenticeships and entrepreneurship for young people to be developed, to make their entry into the labour market smoother;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the importance of life-long learning in developing adultone's own skills and qualifications to ensure people’s active participation in the labour market through upskilling and reskillingand stresses the need to strive for an individual approach to career development and life-long education and training which addresses individual needs and focuses on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills from an early age.
Amendment 8 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is a burden for the democratic and economic development and the success of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women writing in social media are at a very high risk of harassment; whereas this harassment has the potential of silencing women's voice and weakens their participation in society;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotDeplores that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that economic arguments cannot be an excuse to perpetuate gender stereotyping in media content;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in media organisations, representative bodies and training institutions, especially in their boards, and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the media sector, in particular those in decision-making positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive on Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards as in its absence the under- representation of women on boards continues at a shockingly high level; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires transparency in pay systems, an employee-centred organisational culture, a gender-sensitive senior management team, transparency in pay systems, recruitment and promotion policies, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that gender equality should be a compulsory module for education and training in the media sector in order to ensure a long-term impact; calls on national and European institutions to promote and fund gender- awareness trainings for media professionals, including the use of non- sexist language and avoiding gender stereotypes in the media; stresses that special attention needs to be paid to training on how the media report on cases of violence against women;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that gender equality in education must include a range of issues, such as literacy including media-literacy, bullying including cyber-bullying, violence against LGBTI, hate speech, human rights and civic education; underlines that prevention measures should cover technology-related aspects, particularly with a view to ensuring a safer internet and digital literacy as well as media literacy; calls upon the Member States to adopt provisions to apply measures of protection, such as encryption and parental control;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the role of the media as agents of social change and its influence in the configuration of public opinion, and calls on Member States to promote contents on gender equality in public media; encourages public and private media to mainstream gender equality in all their contents and to use non-sexist language; encourages broadcasting organisations to adopt an equality plan for both their internal structures and content production;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on media organisations to make gender-awareness trainings obligatory for recruitment specialists and managers as well as for career advancement;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Member States to implement action programmes which ensure women’s involvement in the design and implementation of effective and efficient gender-sensitive policies and programmes within media organisations;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls urgently for the adoption of a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2137(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. is of the opinion that in reaction to the #metoo-campaign, the Parliament should achieve zero-tolerance towards violence in any form be it structural, sexual, physical or psychological; therefore it demands: - a complete accountability of the perpetrators with full exhaustion of available penalties and sanctions; - a creation of a central complaints office for reporting harassment cases; - to ensure access to an independent harassment committee in the Parliament that does not reproduce the internal structures of power by having Members on board; - to grant victims and those reporting a whistleblower status and protection with full anonymity and discretion with their demands; - the Parliament to provide psychological support for victims: the Parliament must have a central office with doctors, social workers, and counselors; - a mandatory training on sexual harassment and mobbing for Members and officials in positions of power; - training and to offer information for staff to recognise sexual harassment and to know their rights;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice1a, 27th of May, 2016, __________________ 1a http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pa ges/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20027&L angID=E
Amendment 2 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the reasoned opinions by the EU Commission with regards to EU law on equal treatment of men and women in employment and occupation (Equal Treatment Directive, Directive 2006/54/EC) as well as the Maternity Leave Directive (Council Directive 92/85/EEC), 27th of April 2017,
Amendment 7 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas only 10.1% of the members of the Hungarian national parliament are women, which represents the lowest number within the EU; whereas there is no female minister in the national government;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the reinterpretation and narrowing of gender equality policies towards family policies and recalls the National Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2010-2021), which Hungary has not yet implemented; highlights the importance of the empowerment of women especially with regards to their political, economic and social rights as a precondition for an environment where families can flourish;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotStrongly deplores the very low number of women in political decision- making positions; recalls the recommendations by the UN CEDAW and the OSCE to implement legislative quotas for national elections; stresses that political parties should lead by example with regards to equal opportunity and gender balance;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried about the shrinking space for civil society organisations and the attempts to control NGOs restricting their ability to carry out their legitimate work; is concerned about the impact of Hungary’s Law on the Transparency of Organisations Receiving Foreign Funds on civil society organisations that receive funds from the EU, EEA and third countries and on the futurs well as the introduction of the so-called 'Stop Soros' legislative package; highlights that these developments negatively impact the functioning of non- governmental organisations, which includeing many women's rights organisorganisations working for the rights of women, LGBTI people, people with disabilities, ethnic and religious minorities, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other groups in a vulnerable situations, which are crucial for the protection of fundamental human rights and the functioning and progress of society;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Proposes to set up an internal European Democracy Fund for the strengthened support of civil society and NGOs working in the fields of democracy and human rights to be managed by the Commission in order to strengthen civil society actors such as girls and women’s rights organisations;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that violence against women in Hungary, as in all other Member States, is a persistent structural violation of human rights; calls on the Hungarian government to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; points out that a misinterpretation and ideologisation of the concept of gender has dominated the public discourse in Hungary preventing a comprehensive approach to the Convention which is a key corner stone in fighting violence against women;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns, in this context, the ill-treatment and discrimination of Roma women as well as other minorities in fields such as access to healthcare; pronounces the particularly harmful restrictions for undocumented migrant women who are excluded from any access to medical care that is not emergency care;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the attacks on free teaching and research, in particular on gender studies, which have become the target of defamation campaigns.; calls for the fundamental democratic principle of educational freedom to be fully restored and safeguarded;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the current situation in Hungary represents a clear risk of a serious breach of the values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU and warrants the launch of the Article 7(1) TEU procedure;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas there are 46 million women and girls with disabilities in Europe, representing 60% of the overall population of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas 34% of women with a health problem or a disability have experienced physical or sexual violence by a partner in their lifetime;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Is alarmed that women with disabilities are 2 to 5 times more likely to become victims of violence than non- disabled women and are subjected to sterilisation and abortions against their will; Calls on the Member States to adequately finance and provide high quality and accessible services designed to end violence against women and children, and to support the victims of violence with staff trained to provide specialised advice and support in this regard;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Is deeply concerned that women and girls with disabilities are far too often denied access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; considers it worrisome that girls and women with disabilities are denied informed consent about the use of contraceptives and that they are even at risk of forced sterilisation; calls on the Member States to implement legislative measures that safeguard the physical integrity, the freedom of choice and the self-determination of the sexual and reproductive life of girls and women with disabilities;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the European Disability Strategy 2020-2030 fully integrating the UNCRPD provisions in future EU legislation and policies and being consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 to ensure that women and girls with disabilities can fully enjoy their rights like any other person;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity,
Amendment 5 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to advance LGBTI Equality and to the Council conclusions on LGBTI equality, adopted on 16 June 2016,
Amendment 17 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Fundamental Rights Agency’s EU LGBT Survey (2013), to its report entitled ‘Being Trans in the European Union – Comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data’ (2014), to its focus paper on the Fundamental Rights Situation of Intersex people (2015), and to its report entitled 'Professionally speaking: challenges to achieving equality for LGBT people' (2016);
Amendment 21 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
Amendment 72 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 2 TEU states that the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the primacy of the law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities – values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU and each Member State individually in all their policies, both internally and externally; whereas Article 17 TEU states that the Commission must ensure the application of the Treaties; whereas the protection of the human rights of the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, people with disabilities, women, children, asylum seekers and migrants deserves special attention;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas states have the ultimate responsibility to safeguard all human rights of people though enacting and implementing international human rights treaties and conventions, monitoring human rights violations and ensuring effective remedy for victims;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrants place their lives in the hands of traffickers and criminals; whereas , according to UNHCR data, 27% of the migrants arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean are children; whereas , according to the IOM, 23% of these children stated that they had never been to school; whereas particularly vulnerable populations, including women, LGBTI people and people with disabilities continue to experience heightened levels of discrimination, violence and re- traumatisation during the asylum process;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the ongoing wave of terrorist attacks across the EU has fuelled widespread mistrust of Muslim migrants, and whereas certain political parties are employing the rhetoric of cultural isolationism and hatred of those who are different; including ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, and people with disabilities;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas hate speech includes all forms of expression both online and offline which propagate, encourage, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia or other forms of hatred based on intolerance; whereas the development of new kinds of media is making it easier to engage in online hate speech;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afro, Afrophobia, homophobia and transphobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks and other internet platforms, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 189 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas , as the Council of Europe has stated, the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind; whereas all grounds of discrimination must be considered in such analysis and action, including against ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, people with disabilities, women, children, asylum seekers and migrants;
Amendment 249 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly condemns increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly, such as on Pride marches, in some cases with violent responses from authorities against protesters; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functioning of democratic societies and the responsibility of states in ensuring such rights are upheld and participants protected; calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 292 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view, therefore, that a clear distinction should be drawn between migrants who can legitimately claim refugee status and those who cannot; calls for migrants to be identified and for their requests for entry into the EU to be processed before they come; in the meantime calls on Member States to respect and fully implement the adopted common European asylum package and the common migration legislation, particularly to safeguard vulnerable asylum seekers, such as LGBTI people, against violence, discrimination and re- traumatisation during the asylum process; calls on Member States to recognise that specific vulnerabilities of LGBTI people must be considered in classifying whether a third country is “safe”, and to factor this into decisions on applications, country placements and deportation; calls for specific medical needs to be unconditionally provided for throughout the migration and asylum process, especially for particularly vulnerable populations, including women, trans and intersex people and people with disabilities; calls on EASO to provide appropriate training to Member States to enable appropriate and sensible proceedings; calls on Member States to recognise the gender identity of trans asylum seekers already in asylum proceedings; calls on Member States to participate in resettlement programmes, giving access to family reunification and granting humanitarian visas;
Amendment 308 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the upsurge in the trafficking of human beings in Africa andall parts of the world, including towards Europe, the perpetrators of which – including official and governmental players – should be made to feel the full force of the law;
Amendment 323 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that legal channels should be available for migration, including from Africa, but not for all the men and women hoping to come to Europe; takes the view that the best way to protect the rights of persons who cannot legally enter Europe would be to bring about the rapid and robust development of Africa, which Europe could promote by stis to address the root causes of migration flows and thereby the external dimension of the refugee phenomenon, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts and by developing cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned, while keepping up its involvement on the African continentin sight the importance of ensuring the respect of human rights in those countries;
Amendment 337 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 373 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that integration is best achieved through schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for older people, that the EU should therefore promote a policy reception and integration in all the Member States, and that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concern; calls for the protection, promotion and implementation of human rights and democratic principles to remain at the core of all actions.
Amendment 440 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation of women and the rights of women in the EU, be they immigrants, victims of abuse or modern slavery, alone or accompanied by children; points out that the EU and the Member States must set an example in this regard; calls in this regard on the Council to finally adopt the Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426);
Amendment 465 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses concern at the rhetoric of hatred and fear directed at migrants entering Europe and the upsurge in anti- Islamic, anti-Semitic and anti-African rhetoricdiscrimination, hate speech and hate crime on grounds such as race, colour, religion and belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, language, culture, social origin, caste, birth, age, disability or any other status; calls in this regard on the Commission to propose a recast of the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to cover other forms of bias crime, including on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 472 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States which have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships and/or marriage to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States; recalls the Member States' obligation to fully implement Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including for same-sex couples and their children; welcomes the fact that more and more Member States have introduced and/or adapted their laws on cohabitation, civil partnership and marriage to overcome the discriminations based on sexual orientation lived by same-sex couples and their children and calls on other Member States to introduce similar laws; calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 478 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for EU wide training for police enforcement officials in the EU to effectively combat hate crimes against LGBTI persons, provided by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and building upon best practices on national level and the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights(FRA); underlines the importance of diversity in law enforcement agencies which increases trust;
Amendment 486 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different mediainternet platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, including xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identification and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European culture and law;
Amendment 499 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes initiatives prohibiting LGBTI conversion therapies and banning pathologisation of trans identities and urges all member states to adopt similar measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 504 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges Member States to prohibit invasive and irreversible sex- “normalising” surgery and hormonal treatments on intersex children when they can be deferred, until the child can provide fully informed consent; welcomes gender sensitive birth registration systems and legal gender recognition procedures;
Amendment 511 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of maintaining and stepping up efforts in the areas of data protection, safeguards for children, the protection of victims of criminal acts, Roma people, violence against women, freedom of religion and belief, public health, the recognition of marital status in the EU, gender equality, the rights of p for all couples regardless of sexual orientation; and equality between people of all gender identities and gender expressions; banning of conversions with a disability and the rights of elderly persons therapies, forced sterilisation and the introduction of quick, accessible, transparent legal gender recognition based on self-determination and the de-pathologisation of transgender identities, especially of children, while ensuring access to trans-specific healthcare;
Amendment 526 #
2017/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. calls on the European Union and Member states to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; calls on the Commission and Member States to mainstream the fight against gender-based violence and violence against LGBTI people, including in their work with third countries;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to include provisions related to the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms aimed at ending political prosecutions and abductions, the targeting of political dissidents, independent journalists, human rights defenders, NGO representatives and members of some minority groups including the LGBTQI community; to ensure explicit naming of vulnerable groups, such as LGBTI people, journalists, NGO representatives, dissidents, in any provisions; to set up a reinforced forum for a human rights dialogue between the EU and Azerbaijan to encourage and support in particular the implementation of comprehensive reforms of the judiciary, all in line with EU standards;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the financial and economic crisis and its subsequent austerity measures caused the youth unemployment rate to rise from 15 % in 2008 to a peak of 24 % in early 2013, with this average rate masking huge divergences across Member States and regions; whereas youth unemployment rates in 2013 stayed close to 10 % in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands while peaking at close to or well over 40 % in Italy, Spain, Croatia and Greece;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the crisis measures directed towards reduced public spending in the crisis countries have already shown a direct negative impact, in particular on young people due to cuts in education, training, employment creation and support services;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas policies affecting young people have been developed without involving the concerned and their representatives;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas young people, and young women in particular, were the hardest hit during the recent financial crisis, which had a severe impact on young people’s employmentwomen’s economic empowerment and young people’s employment as well as mental and physical well-being, and could also be the root cause of ‘scarring effects’, meaning that individuals who have been unemployed will be more likely to suffer from negative labour market experiences in the future than other individuals who have not been unemployed;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas long spells of youth unemployment can makrisk to marginalise and exclude young people feel isolated from society and to lose a sense of belonging, and can cause ‘scarring effects’, meaning that there is a long-term effect on their mental and physical health and well-being and a higher probability that they will become unemployed again, and face poverty, social exclusion, lower earnings and worse career prospects during their working lives; whereas the side-lining of young people represents a huge loss of income, talent/potential and social protection as well as public and private investment, given the unused and faltering human capital that it entails;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in 2012, one out of three European employees where either over- or under-qualified for their jobs1a;and whereas young employees are typically more likely to be formally over-qualified, whilst also more likely than older workers to work in jobs less matched to their skills; _________________ 1a European Commission (2013), Employment and Social Developments in Europe
Amendment 23 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Amendment 24 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas having a first real job empowers young people, helping thema successful school-to- work and inactivity-to-work transition and having a first quality job that matches their abilities and interests empowers young people, helping them develop their personal and professional skills to become independent, and self-confident citizens and make a positive start in life, whilst ensuring their economic security and social protection;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas care and family responsibilities as well as the paternity leave gap and the gender bias in the labour market as a consequence thereof still restrict women’s opportunities as regards education, inhibit their participation in the labour market and affect their career choices;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, having peaked at 24 % in 2013, the youth unemployment rate in the EU-28 has steadily dropped, reaching below17 % in 2017; whereas these numbers do not give information about the current employment status of those who recently dropped out of the youth employment statistics as they have reached the age limit for being considered as youth;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas as a statistical given, the youth unemployment rate regrettably is generally about twice the average overall unemployment rate, both during periods of economic growth and during recessions;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in February 2013 the Council agreed to create the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), which was launch was created as the main EU budgetary instrument for the implementation of the Youth Guarantee – linked to the European Social Fund (ESF) – to help Member State regions experiencing particularly high levels of youth unemployment, in particular by introducing YG schemes;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the well-focused, targeted approach and the stronger focus on individualised assistance, which contributed to the general success of the YEI and, in particular, to the success in ensuring gender balance, which has a bigger impact on women’s participation in the labour market; encourages the promotion of gender awareness in guidance and lifelong learning with public employment services to sustain women’s participation in the labour force and their return to the labour market after career breaks;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the YG is an EU-wide commitment, while the YEI is targeted to only those Member States and regions where youth unemployment rates are particularly badabove 25%, with a total of 20 Member States either partly or totally eligible;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to develop new, innovative and more personalised ways to reach inactive NEETs, who are facing barriers such as poverty, social exclusion, disability or multiple discrimination, as well as to find ways to support young women’s re-entry into the labour market or education through the provision of childcare and adult care; ensuring gender equality in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life, the provision of childcare and adult care, and promoting equal pay for work of equal value;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas one main ambition of the YEI and YG is to reach out to those young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs), even if they are not actively looking for a jobwho are at the highest risk of exclusion, whilst taking into account that the term “NEETs” covers various subgroups of young people with diverse needs;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that effectively challenging gender stereotypes is crucial to increase women’s participation in all segments of the labour market; calls on the Union to be a champion in challenging gender stereotypes especially in the area of education, work, and further training;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the YG is designedaims to achieve the sustainable integration of NEETs into the labour market by offering an individualised approach, leading to a good-quality offer and enhancing young people’s employability, while in a broader context helping to address skills mismatches on the (regional) labour marketimproving their personal and economic development and creating opportunities to deepen and enhance their skills;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to focus on the quality and sustainability of offers; encourages initiatives aiming at tackling gender segregation in education, training and in the labour market; points out the importance of supporting the inclusion of girls and young women in all sectors of the economy, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM);
Amendment 57 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas in 2015 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimated the cost of implementing the YG throughout the EU-28 to be EUR 45 billion; whereas the YEI for the 2014-2020 programming period was endowed with a modest budget of EUR 6.4 billion, with the aim of complementing national funding and not replacing it;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the ECA raised concerns about the lack of accomplishment of the partnership approach in the development of the Youth Guarantees as enshrined in the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the cost-effectiveness of the YEI and the ultimate goal of the YG to havmake young people entering sustainable employment can only be achieved if operations are properly monitored on the basis of reliable and comparable data quality jobs can only be achieved if regular adjustments based on reliable and comparable data are the political consequence in cases where ineffective and cost-intensive measures were detected;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Believes that the Youth Guarantee must be a first step towards a rights-based approach to young people’s needs with regards to employment; recalls the obligation of employers to participate in the process of providing young people with accessible vocational training programmes, entry level jobs and quality internships;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 a (new)
Paragraph –1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that the qualitative aspect of decent work for young people must never be compromised; underlines that the core labour standards and other standards related to the quality of work, such as working time, the minimum wage, social security, and occupational health and safety, must be central considerations in the efforts that are made;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the significant divergence in economic performance in terms of both economic and employment growth across the EU-28; urges the Member States that continue toacknowledges that certain Member States lag behind tohe implement the necessaryation of structural reforms in order to catch up with other EU economies; notes that it is sound economic policies, which are ultimately a Member State responsibility, that create jobdue to severe economic struggles in the aftermath of the financial crisis; notes that the creation of quality jobs requires willingness and commitment of both political and economic actors;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the YEI aims to complement national funding and not to replace it; stresserecalls that the YEI budget cannotaims to support young people, in particular NEETs residing in the eligible region and wais onever meant to shoulder on its own the ambition of offering all young people a good-quality offer of the main EU financial resources to support the implementation of YG schemes to ensure that young people up to the age of 25 receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for the YEI to be a driver for policy reform in particularfor the young and for better coordination in the fields of employment and education, especially in those Member States experiencing high rates of youth unemployment, with a view to ensuring that those Member States introduce integrated, comprehensive and long-term approaches to tackling youth unemployment which enhance the employability of young people and lead to sustainable employment, as opposed to having a range of fragmented (existing) policies, which often target NEETs who are relatively easy to integrate anywayaiming at better prospects and opportunities for young people;
Amendment 122 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores that the Member States chose to commit themselves only by the non-binding instrument of Council Recommendation; points out that the aim of the Youth Guarantee is far from being achieved in many Member States;
Amendment 127 #
2017/2039(INI)
5. Stresses that reaching out to NEETs requires strong and sustained efforts by national authorities and cross-sectoral cooperation as well as a partnership strategy including youth organisations, as NEETs are a heterogeneous group with diverse needs;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores that a partnership approach fully integrating social partners, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders in the design, implementation and evaluation of the YEI has been scarcely respected; reiterates the idea that the partnership approach is aimed at better reaching the target population and ensuring the provision of quality offers;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the involvement of youth organisations in the communication, planning, implementation and evaluation of the YEI is crucial for its success;
Amendment 141 #
2017/2039(INI)
6. Is concerned about initial observations which show that improvements need to be made in the registration of and outreach to NEETs who are proving difficult to re-integrate, especially inactive NEETconsidering that young people being subsumed under this term have diverse needs; urges the Member States to pay special attention to the needs of vulnerable NEETs; reminds that there is a risk that young persons with disabilities are neither targeted by the YEI nor the Youth Guarantee and asks to have this remedied as fast as possible;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Public Employment Services (PES) to provide high-quality, tailored services to young NEETs in vulnerable situations and implement awareness-raising trainings for employment office servants in order to raise sensitivity towards the multiply intersecting disadvantages of young NEETs in vulnerable situations to eliminate prejudiced and negative attitudes towards them;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the need of tailoring the measures to local context needs in order to increase their impact, for example through closer involvement of local employers’ representatives, local training providers and local authorities;
Amendment 159 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Endorses the call to define what athe term ‘quality offer’ should be, but cautions that such a definition should not lead to unnecessary restrictions or administrative burdensand to implement measures to create those in all Member States ;
Amendment 174 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that the Council Recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee considers partnership-based approaches as a crucial key to implementing YG schemes; Calls on the Member States to actively identify the relevant stakeholders needed for a partnership approach and to better promote the YG programme among businesses, in particular SMEs and smaller, family-run companies; stresses that evidence from Member States that had already adopted YG-like approaches prior to the programme’s introduction demonstrates that a successful stakeholder approach is key to successful implementation;
Amendment 182 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to provide a country-specific estimation of the yearly cost for each Member State to implement the YG effectively, taking into consideration the estimate of the ILO;
Amendment 188 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a discussion about the future status of the YEI which does not question its continuation but addresses the question of transforming it from a crisis instrument into a more permanent, main EU financing instrument for tackling youth unemployment, and which establishes a co-financing requirement in order to underline the primary responsibility of the Member Stateand/or continuation of the YEI as it currently is the main EU financing instrument for tackling youth unemployment beyond the European Social Funds by specifically targeting regions in urgent need while ensuring a quick and uncomplicated deployment of funds;
Amendment 203 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for more transparency in the monitoring of the implementation of the YG and for more ambition with regard to addressing the Member States showing no progress in this regard;
Amendment 206 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for a future discussion aboutEmphasises the need to improve the quality of offers under the YEI and YG and about the positive impact ofrecommends to extending the eligible age bracket under the YEI to 25-29;
Amendment 212 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the YEI is a financial instrument meant to support Member States’ initiative to tackle youth unemployment and that greater efforts from the Member States to provide a better link between educational systems and labour markets in order to make more young people enter quality jobs while avoiding skills mismatches are highly necessary;
Amendment 216 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates its commitment to closely monitor all Member State activities to make the YG a reality and invites youth organisations to keep the European Parliament updated on their analysis of Member State actions; urges the Member States and the Commission to involve youth stakeholders in policy making;
Amendment 8 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights and the WHO Regional Office for Europe standards for sexuality education in Europe: a framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists;
Amendment 10 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to the results of the LGBTI Survey II conducted by the Fundamental Rights Agency, which highlight an increase in intolerance and violence in Poland towards LGBTI persons, and where Polish LGBTI respondents demonstrate a complete disbelief in the government’s combat against prejudice and intolerance, recording the lowest percentage across the EU (only 4%), and Poland registers the highest percentage of respondents avoiding going to certain places for fear of being assaulted, harassed or threatened (79%);
Amendment 13 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the results of the LGBTI Survey II conducted by the Fundamental Rights Agency, which highlight an increase in intolerance and violence in Poland towards LGBTI persons, a complete disbelief in the government’s combat against prejudice and intolerance by Polish LGBTI respondents, recording the lowest percentage across the Union (only 4%), and the highest percentage of respondents avoiding going to certain places for fear of being assaulted, harassed or threatened (79%),
Amendment 16 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
Citation 25 b (new)
- having regard to the issue paper of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights of December 2017 entitled ‘Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe’,
Amendment 17 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 c (new)
Citation 25 c (new)
- having regard to the 2019 recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights and the WHO Regional Office for Europe standards for sexuality education in Europe: a framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists,
Amendment 26 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights are essential to achieving gender equality and access to evidence-based comprehensive sexuality and relationship education is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, address gender norms and prevent discrimination and all forms of abuse and gender-based violence;
Amendment 34 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in 20186, 2018 and 2020 the draft law imposing restrictions on abortion triggered massive protests throughout Poland and beyond;
Amendment 40 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that on 16 April 2020 the Polish Parliament voted to refer back to committee the two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives on access to abortion and on the sexuality education of minors; is deeply concerned over the repetitive attempts to present, consider and reform laws with the aim to restrict women’s rights and gender equality;
Amendment 51 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Regrets recent legal changes by the Sejm, under which medical facilities would no longer be legally obliged to indicate another facility in case of denial of abortion services due to personal beliefs; Calls on the Polish government to revert these changes and to adopt measures to compensate for deficiencies in service provision caused by doctors who decide to invoke conscientious objection to refuse healthcare services, and to include in the law a rule that in the event of refusal to perform a medical procedure, the medical facility must indicate another specialist or facility which will perform the procedure;
Amendment 52 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Polish Parliament to reject any legislative proposal that seeks to further erode women’s sexual and reproductive rights and on the Polish authorities to recognise the inalienable rights of women to physical and mental integrity and autonomous decision- making as regards, to the right to access the full range of reproductive health services, including safe and legal abortion and to take measures to implement fully the judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in cases against Poland, which has ruled that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates human rights;
Amendment 53 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its concerns about already ongoing, extensive, and inappropriate use of the conscience clause including the absence of reliable referral mechanism for access to abortion in practice, and lack of timely appeals processes for women who are denied abortions; Notes that under human rights law, the right of conscientious objection is subject to limitations to protect the rights of others and that concerning healthcare, conscientious objection is also constricted by articles protecting the right to life, health and privacy;
Amendment 56 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the law limiting women and girls’ access to the emergency contraceptive pill to be repealed;
Amendment 57 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of violence against women and girls and reminds that the unavailability of scientifically accurate information violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR;
Amendment 58 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls on the Polish Parliament to refrain from adopting any policy that would restrict access to comprehensive sexuality education; Call on the Polish authorities to ensure that young people have access to such an education in line with the World Health Organisation standards and that those who provide it are supported in doing so in a factual and objective manner;
Amendment 59 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Encourages the Polish authorities to give practical and effective application to the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention, including by ensuring application of the existing legislation across the country, as well as the provision of a sufficient number and quality of shelters for women victims of violence and their children;
Amendment 82 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to launch infringement proceedings in relation to the establishment of “LGTBI-free areas”, bearing in mind that homophobic statements constitute discrimination in employment and occupation when they are made by persons who may be perceived as having a decisive influence on recruitment policy of local government; calls on the Polish authorities to adopt legislation addressing the situation of same sex unions and parents with a view to ensuring their enjoyment of the right to non- discrimination in law and in fact in accordance with relevant case law of the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 96 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out the worrying tendency of shrinking space for civil society and the increasing bureaucratisation and funds restrictions for fundamental rights organisations, including women’s rights organisations and activists; Calls on the polish authorities to ensure adequate funding to be available for organisations promoting SRHR and LGTBI+ rights, including through different funding instruments at EU level, such as the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021 – 2027 Rights and Values programme and other EU pilot projects;
Amendment 107 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes note of the order of the CJEU of 8 April 202033 instructing the Poland to immediately suspend the application of the national provisions on the powers of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court and calls on the Polish authorities to swiftly implement the judgment; calls on the Commission to submit an additional request seeking that payment of a fine be ordered as Poland has not complied in full with the interim measures ordered; calls on the Commission to urgently start infringement proceedings in relation to the national provisions on the powers of the Extraordinary Chamber, since its composition suffers from the same flaws as the Disciplinary Chamber; _________________ 33Order of the Court of Justice of 8 April 2020, Commission v Poland, C-791/19 R, ECLI:EU:C:2020:277.
Amendment 130 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Condemns the smear campaign against the Polish judges and involvement of public officials therein; calls on the Polish authorities to refrain from activities undermining the authority of the judiciary;
Amendment 144 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Polish authorities to implement fully the judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in cases involving the CIA secret prisons in Poland;
Amendment 164 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call on the Polish government to respect the right of freedom of assembly by removing from the current act of 24 July 2015 on public assemblies, as amended on 13 December 2016, the provisions prioritising government- approved ‘cyclical’ assemblies48 ; urges the authorities to refrain from applying criminal sanctions to people who participate in peaceful assemblies or counter-demonstrations and to drop criminal charges against peaceful protesters; urge the authorities to adequately protect peaceful assemblies and bring to justice those who violently attack people participating in peaceful assemblies; _________________ 48 See as well the Communication of 23 April 2018 by UN Experts to urge Poland to ensure free and full participation at climate talks.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Polish authorities to modify the act of 15 September 2017 on the National Institute for Freedom - Centre for the Development of Civil Society49 , in order to ensure access to state funding for critical civil society groups, and a fair, impartial and transparent distribution of public funds to civil society, ensuring pluralistic representation; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of a statute for European associations and non-profit organisations in order to fully guarantee the freedom of association throughout the Union; reiterates its call for adequate funding to be available for the organisations concerned through different funding instruments at Union level, such as the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021 – 2027 Rights and Values programme and other Union pilot projects; _________________ 49OSCE/ODIHR, Opinion on the Draft Act of Poland on the National Freedom Institute - Centre for the Development of Civil Society, Warsaw, 22 August 2017.
Amendment 178 #
Amendment 185 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Reiterates its deep concern expressed in its resolution of 14 November 2019, also shared by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights51 , over the draft law amending Article 200b of the Polish Penal Code, submitted to the Sejm by the ‘Stop Paedophilia’ initiative, for its extremely vague, broad and disproportionate provisions, which de facto seeks to criminalise the dissemination of sexual education to minors and whose scope potentially threatens all persons, in particular parents, teachers and sex educators, with up to three years in prison for teaching about human sexuality, health and intimate relations; stresses the importance of health and sexual education; calls on the Polish Parliament to refrain from adopting the proposed draft law amending Article 200b of the Polish Penal Code and on the Polish authorities to ensure that young people have access to comprehensive sexuality education in line with the World Health Organisation standards and that those who provide such education and information are supported in so doing in a factual and objective manner; _________________ 51Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Statement of 14 April 2020.
Amendment 197 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recalls that Parliament has strongly criticised, already in its resolutions of 14 September 2016 and 15 November 2017, any legislative proposal that would prohibit abortion in cases of severe or fatal foetal impairment, emphasizing that universal access to healthcare, including sexual and reproductive healthcare and the associated rights, is a fundamental human right52 ; calls on the Polish Parliament to reject any legislative proposal that seeks to further erode women’s sexual and reproductive rights; strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of violence against women and girls; calls on the Polish authorities to recognise the inalienable right of women to physical and autonomous decision-making as regards the right to access the full range of reproductive health services, including safe and legal abortion, and to take measures to implement fully the judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in cases against Poland, which has ruled that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates human rights; _________________ 52See as well Statement of 22 March 2018 by UN Experts advising the UN Working Group on discrimination against women, and Statement of 14 April 2020 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 23
Subheading 23
Hate speech, public discrimination, violence against women and domestic violence and intolerant behaviour against minorities and other vulnerable groups, including LGBTI people
Amendment 214 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 217 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Encourages the Polish authorities to give practical and effective application to the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention, including by ensuring application of the existing legislation across the country, as well as the provision of a sufficient number and quality of shelters for women victims of violence and their children;
Amendment 219 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Urges the Polish authorities to take all measures to eliminate structural discrimination against Roma, to continue its efforts to end all segregation in education faced by Roma children, to take measures to end extreme poverty among Roma, provide genuine solutions for housing problems and to take effective measures to end unemployment among Roma and to eliminate the wage gap;
Amendment 225 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Recalls its stance expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019, when it strongly denounced any discrimination against LGBTI people and the violation of their fundamental rights by public authorities, including hate speech by public authorities and elected officials, in the context of elections, as well as the declarations of zones in Poland free from so-called ‘LGBT ideology’, and called on the Commission to strongly condemn such public discrimination; the banning of and inadequate protection against attacks on Pride marches and awareness-raising programmes and actions such as Rainbow Friday, as well as the declarations of zones in Poland free from so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ and adoption of ‘Regional Charters of Family Rights’ or key provisions from such charters, discriminating in particular against single-parent and LGBTI families, and called on the Commission to strongly condemn such public discrimination; calls on the Commission to launch infringement proceedings in relation to such declarations of local governments, bearing in mind that homophobic statements constitute discrimination in employment and occupation when they are made by persons who may be perceived as having a decisive influence on recruitment policy of local government; calls on the Polish authorities to adopt legislation addressing the situation of same sex unions and parents with a view to ensuring their enjoyment of the right to non- discrimination in law and in fact in accordance with relevant case law of the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 231 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Polish authorities to refrain from detaining migrant and asylum-seeking children and families with children, to ensure that asylum seekers are properly registered by border guards and promptly referred to asylum authorities and granted access to a lawyer, to increase the duration and amount of the financial support provided to refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection in order to facilitate their full integration into society and to remove all barriers that impede access by undocumented migrant women to affordable maternal health care throughout pregnancy;
Amendment 10 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Structural Reform Support Programme (‘the Programme’) was established with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States to prepare and implement growth- sustaining administrative and structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. Support under the Programme is provided by the Commission, upon request by a Member State, and can cover a wide range of policy areas. Developing resilient economies and societies built on strong economic and social structures, which allow Member States to efficiently absorb shocks and swiftly recover from them, contributes to economic and social cohesion. The implementation of institutional, administrative and growth- sustaining structural reforms is an appropriate tool for achieving such a development. It is important that structural reforms are backed by democratic support, which therefore makes the involvement of partners from local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and representatives of civil society unavoidable.
Amendment 14 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Structural Reform Support Programme (‘the Programme’) was established with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States to prepare and implement growth- sustaining administrative and inclusive structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds and to develop comprehensive and sustainable inclusion policies. Support under the Programme is provided by the Commission, upon request by a Member State, and can cover a wide range of policy areas. Developing resilient economies built on strong economic and social structures, which allow Member States to efficiently absorb shocks and swiftly recover from them, contributes to economic and social cohesion. The implementation of institutional, administrative and growth-sustainingable structural reforms is an appropriate tool for achieving such a development. It is important that structural reforms are backed by democratic support, making the involvement of partners from local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and representatives of civil society unavoidable.
Amendment 19 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Strengthening economic and social cohesion by reinforcing structural reforms is crucial for successful participation in the Economic and Monetary Union. That is particularly important for Member States whose currency is not the euro, in their preparation, including for Member States wishing to join the euro area.
Amendment 19 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Strengthening economic and social cohesion by reinforcing structural reforms is crucial for successful participation in the Economic and Monetary Union. That is particularly important for Member States whose currency is not the euro, in their preparation, including for Member States wishing to join the euro area.
Amendment 22 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is thus appropriate to stress in the general objective of the Programme – within its contribution towards responding to economic and social challenges – that enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable and inclusive growth, and job creation should also contribute to the preparations for future participation in the euro area by those Member States whose currency is not the euroconvergence in and outside the euro area.
Amendment 22 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is thus appropriate to stress in the general objective of the Programme – within its contribution towards responding to economic and social challenges – that enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, and job creation should also contribute to the preparations for future participation in the euro area by those Member States whose currency is not the euroconvergence in and outside the euro area.
Amendment 23 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 24 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 25 #
2017/0334(COD)
(5a) It is anticipated that the Programme will continue to be significantly oversubscribed, which will require a selection of requests for support, without prejudice to the necessity of equal treatment of Member States. In order to increase the ownership and democratic footing of the relevant structural reforms to be implemented, a priority should be established for those requests for support that can demonstrate the involvement of partners.
Amendment 27 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) It is anticipated that the Programme continues to be significantly oversubscribed and therefore will require a selection to be made of requests for support, without prejudice to the necessity of equal treatment of Member States. In order to increase the ownership and democratic footing of the relevant structural reforms that are to be implemented, a priority should be established for those requests for support that can demonstrate the involvement of partners and that have received a positive social impact assessment.
Amendment 28 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) It is necessary to emphasise that no Member State should benefit from preferential treatment on basis of own financial contributions to the Programme including by means of transfer from European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) resources.
Amendment 28 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) It is necessary to clarify that no Member State should benefit from preferential treatment on the basis of its own financial contributions to the Programme, including by means of transfer from European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) resources.
Amendment 29 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to meet the growing demand for support from Member States, and in view of the need to suppthe financial allocation fort the implementation of structural reforms in Member States whose currency is not the euro, the finaProgramme should be increased by using the Flexibility Instrument under Councial allocRegulation for the Programme should be increased(EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 to a sufficient level that allows the Union to provide support that meets the needs of the requesting Member States. It is important that resources allocated to the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) should not be redeployed and that Member States should not be obliged to transfer their national and regional ESIF allocations in order to fill the financing gap of the Programme.
Amendment 30 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to meet the growing demand for support from Member States, and in view of the need to suppthe financial allocation fort the implementation of structural reforms in Member States whose currency is not the euro, the finaProgramme should be increased by using the Flexibility Instrument under Councial allocRegulation for the Programme should be increased(EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 to a sufficient level that allows the Union to provide support that meets the needs of the requesting Member States. It is important that resources allocated to the ESIF should not be redeployed and that Member States should not be obliged to transfer their national and regional ESIF allocations with a view to filling the financing gap of the Programme.
Amendment 35 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 2017/825
Article 4
Article 4
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and growth-sustaining structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming and strengthening institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges, with a view to enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, job creation, and investment, which will also prepare for participation inand convergence in and outside the euro area, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient, effective and transparent use of the Union funds.;
Amendment 36 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 2017/825
Article 5a (new)
Article 5a (new)
Amendment 38 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and growth-sustaining and inclusive structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming and strengthening institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges, with a view to enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable and inclusive growth, job creation, and investment, which will also prepare for participation inand convergence in and outside the euro area, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient, effective and transparent use of the Union funds.;
Amendment 38 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
(2a) After Article 7, paragraph 2, first subparagraph, the following subparagraphs are added: Priority shall be given to requests for support that demonstrate the involvement of partners from local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and representatives from civil society in the preparation and implementation of the relevant structural reform. No priority shall be established on the basis of supplementing the financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme by transferring resources from European Structural and Investment Funds as set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/825.
Amendment 39 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
(2b) In Article 7, paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: Based on the analysis and priority referred to above, and taking into account existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes, the Commission shall come to an agreement with the Member State concerned on the priority areas for support, the objectives, an indicative timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support, to be set out in a cooperation and support plan.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 5 a
Article 5 a
Amendment 47 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
(2a) In Article 7, paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: Based on thate analysis and priority referred to above and taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes, the Commission shall come to an agreement with the Member State concerned on the priority areas for support, the objectives, an indicative timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support, to be set out in a cooperation and support plan. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32017R0825&from=EN)
Amendment 48 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) So far, and unless otherwise provided for in national law, the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator do not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit. The number of such undertakings which are active in both national and international transport operations has been increasing. As a result, several Member States have decided to apply the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, to those undertakings. To clarify the scope of that Regulation and avoid loopholes, to ensure a minimum level of professionalisation of the sector using vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes by way of common rules, and thus to approximate competitive conditions between all operators, this provision should be deleted, whereas the requirements regarding effective and stable establishment and appropriate financial standing should be rendered mandatory.
Amendment 39 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Currently, Member States are entitled to make access to the occupation of road transport operator subject to requirements additional to those specified in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. This possibility hais not proven to be necessary in order to respond to imperative needs and has led to divergences in respect of such access. It should therefore be abolishedecessary to provide for a level playing field and common standards across Member States.
Amendment 49 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is necessary to ensure that road transport operators established in a Member State have a real and continuous presence in that Member State and conduct their business from there. Therefore, and in light of experience, it is necessary to clarify the provisions regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishment. To that end, the relevant provisions in this Regulation should be aligned with those in other legislative acts that refer to an effective and stable establishment, such as Article 4 of Directive 2014/67/EC.
Amendment 62 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In view of their potential to considerably affect the road haulage market, as well as the social protection of workers, serious infringements of Union rules on the posting of workers and cabotage, and the law applicable to contractual obligations should be added to the items relevant to the assessment of good repute.
Amendment 64 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Given the importance of fair competition in the market, infringements of Union rules relevant to this issue and to the workers concerned should be taken into account in the assessment of the good repute of transport managers and transport undertakings. The empowerment of the Commission to define the degree of seriousness of relevant infringements should be clarified accordingly.
Amendment 66 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or with combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit should have a minimum level of financial standing, to ensure that they have the means to carry out operations on a stable and long-lasting basis. However, since the operations concerned are generally of a limited size, the corresponding requirements should be less demanding than those applicable to operators using vehicles or combinations of vehicles above that limit.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The rules on national transport performed on a temporary basis by non- resident hauliers in a host Member State ('cabotage') should be clear, simple and easy to enforce, while broadly maintaining the level of liberalisation achieved so far and should support fair competition.
Amendment 89 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To this end, and in order to facilitate checks, to improve the level playing field and to eliminate uncertainty and unfair competition, the limitation on the number of cabotage operations subsequent to an international carriage should be abolished, while the number of days available for such operations should be strongly reduced.
Amendment 100 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Transport undertakings are the addressees of the rules on international carriage and are, as such, subject to the consequences of any infringements committed by them. However, in order to prevent abuses by undertakings contracting transport services from road haulage operators, Member States should also provide for sanctions on shippers and freight forwarders in casas well as other contractors where they knowingly commission transport services which involve infringements of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009.
Amendment 114 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 124 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 127 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point a
Article 5 – point a
(a) have premises in which it keeps its core business documents, in particular its commercial contracts, accounting documents, personnel management documents, labour contracts, documents containing data relating to driving time and rest and any other document to which the competent authority must have access in order to verify compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation; Member States may require that hauliers established on their territory also have other documents available at their premises at any time;
Amendment 131 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) conduct a substantial part of their transport operations using the vehicles referred to in point (b) in the Member State of establishment;
Amendment 142 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
(da) the following point (f) is added: (f) have an operating centre situated in that Member State with the necessary equipment, and in particular a sufficient number of vehicle parking places for regular use by the vehicles referred to in point (b).
Amendment 148 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point xi a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point xi a (new)
(xia) cabotage
Amendment 156 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of point (b) of the third subparagraph of paragraph 1,where the transport manager or the transport undertaking has been convicted of a serious criminal offence or has incurred a penalty for one of the most serious infringements of Union rules as set out in Annex IV, in one or more Member States, the competent authority of the Member State of establishment shall carry out and complete in an appropriate and timely manner an administrative procedure, which shall include, if appropriate, an on-site inspection at the premises of the undertaking concerned.
Amendment 164 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to satisfy the requirement laid down in Article 3(1)(c), an undertaking shall, on a permanent basiat all times, be able to meet its financial obligations in the course of the annual accounting year. The undertaking shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year,: (a) it has at its disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 5 000 for each additional vehicle used; and (b) two months’ worth of salary per employed mobile worker, at the level of the Member State where, or from where, it habitually carries out its activities. Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year, they have at their disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 1 800 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 900 for each additional vehicle used.;
Amendment 170 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 12
Article 12
(8a) Member States shall carry out checks at least every 3 years to verify that undertakings fulfil the requirements laid down in Article 3.
Amendment 173 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(-a) The following paragraph is inserted: "1a. For the purposes of increasing the effectiveness of the cross-border enforcement and of targeted checks, the data contained in the national electronic registers shall be accessible in real time to all competent inspecting authorities from all Member States. The European Labour Authority shall be responsible for the monitoring and access to data contained in the national electronic registers.
Amendment 176 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 - paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 16 - paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) the following data about each employee, including mobile personnel: the name, nationality, Member State of residence, the Member State where the employment contract was registered, the Member State where social security contributions are made and the social or national insurance number;
Amendment 177 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new)
(gb) the total assets, liabilities, equity and turnover during the previous two years;
Amendment 178 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g c (new)
(gc) the risk rating of the undertaking pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 2006/22/EC;
Amendment 214 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
6. ‘cabotage operation’ means national carriage for hire or reward carried out on a temporary basis in a host Member State, involving the carriage from the picking up of the goods at one or several loading points until their delivery at one or several delivery points, as specified in the consignment note;
Amendment 221 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member State have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, with the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member States. The last unloading in the course of a cabotage operation shall take place within 5 day24 hours from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage.; Road transport undertakings shall not be allowed to carry out cabotage operations with the same vehicle, or, in the case of a coupled combination, with the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, in the host Member State within seven days from the end of the 24-hour period referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 237 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
National road haulage services carried out in the host Member State by a non-resident haulier shall only be deemed to comply with this Regulation only if the haulier can produce clear evidence of the preceding international carriage. to or from his or her Member State of establishment and if the value of the transport contract for the preceding international carriage is not obviously lower than the combined value of the transport contracts for the cabotage operations.
Amendment 240 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is inserted: "3a. In order to prove that the conditions laid down in this Article have been met, the competent authorities of the Member State hosting the cabotage operation shall verify: (a) the tachograph data of the current day and that of the previous 56 days; (b) the electronic consignment notes of the current day and of the previous 56 days; (c) the notification referred to in paragraph 1. "
Amendment 243 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Evidence referred to in paragraph 3 shall be kept on board the vehicle and shall be presented or transmitted to the authorised inspecting officer of the host Member State on request and within the duration of the roadside check. It may be presented or transmitted electronically, using a revisable structured format which can be used directly for storage and processing by computers, such as the eCMR.* During the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may provide the evidence referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 246 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(ca) The following paragraph shall be inserted: "4b. In order to monitor effectively compliance with this Regulation, road transport undertakings shall notify in writing by way of a declaration, to the relevant national competent authorities of the Member State hosting the cabotage activity, at the latest at the commencement of the cabotage operation and in (one of) the official language(s) of the host Member State, or in (an)other language(s) accepted by the host Member State, relevant information necessary in order to allow effective control of cabotage operations, including at least the following: (a) the identity of the consignor; (b) the estimated duration of the cabotage operation; (c) the following data about each driver: name, Member State of residence, the Member State in which the employment contract is registered, the Member State in which social security contributions are paid, the social or national insurance number.
Amendment 258 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall organise checks in such a way that, as from 1 January 2020, in every calendar year at least 28 % of all cabotage operations performed in their territory are checked. They shall increase the percentage to at least 310 % from 1 January 2022. The basis for the calculation of that percentage shall be the total cabotage activity in the Member State in terms of tonnes- kilometres in year t-2, as reported by Eurostat.
Amendment 23 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91(1) and points (a) and (b) of Article 153(1) in conjunction with Article 153(2) thereof,
Amendment 27 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In order to create a safe, efficient and socially responsible road transport sector it is necessaryof utmost importance to ensure adequatecent working conditions and social protection for drivers, on the one hand, and suitable business and fair competition conditions for operators, on the other and fair competition as well as a level playing field in the Union.
Amendment 29 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The inherent high mobility of road transport services requires particular attention in assuring that drivers benefit from the rights to which they are entitled, and that operators are not faced with disproportionate administrative barriers unduly restri fair level playing field is kept while respecting their freedom to provide cross-border services.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The balance between eEnhancing social and working conditions for drivers and facilitating the exercise of the freedom to provide road transport services based on fair competition between national and foreign operators is crucial forshould go hand in hand in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market and improve the working and living conditions for drivers in the road transport sector in the Union.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The administrative cooperation between Member States and Union support with regard to the implementation of the social rules in road transport has proven insufficient, making cross-border enforcement more difficult, inefficient and inconsistent. It is therefore necessary to establish a framework for effective communication and mutual assistance, including exchange of data on infringements and information on good practices in enforcement.
Amendment 49 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Difficulties have also been experienced in applyenforcing the rules on posting of workers specified in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and the rules on the administrative requirements laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council16 tofor workers in the highly mobile road transport sector. The uncoordinated national measures on the application and enforcement of the provisions on posting of workers in the road transport sector have generated high administrative burdens for non-resident Union operators. This created undue restrictions to the freedom to provide cross-border road transport services having negative side-effects on jobsose difficulties need to be remedied urgently by ensuring that every worker enjoys the rights related to minimum protection at the workplace regardless of the duration of his/her work. __________________ 15 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.97, p.1) 16 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 56 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission, in its proposal of 8 March 201617 for the revision of Directive 96/71/EC, recognized that the implementation of that Directive raises particular legal questions and difficulties in the highly mobile road transport sector and indicated that those issues should be best addressed through sector-specific road transport legislation. __________________ 17During the ongoing revision of Directive 96/71/EC, the best way to address the particular legal questions and difficulties in the highly mobile road transport sector remains to be answered by the co-legislators. The aim of sector- specific road transport legislation should therefore be to ensure the protection of the workers concerned while safeguarding implementation feasibility. COM(2016)128
Amendment 60 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the effective and proportionate implementation of Directive 96/71/EC in the road transport sector, it is necessary to establish sector-specific rules reflecting the particularity of the highly mobile workforce in the road transport sector and providing a balance between the social protection of drivers and the freedom to provide cross-border services for operatorsfundamentally step up enforcement.
Amendment 65 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 95 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure effective and efficient enforcement of the sector-specific rules on posting of workers and to avoid disproportionate administrative burdens for non-resident operators sector, specificstrong and clear administrative and control requirements in line with Directive 2014/67/EC should be established in the road transport sector, taking full advantage of control tools such as the digital tachograph.
Amendment 149 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 161 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 220 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 226 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 245 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States may only impose the following administrative requirements and controlshall take appropriate measures in the event of an infringement of this Directive. They shall, in particular, ensure that adequate procedures are available to workers and their representatives for the enforcement of obligations under this Directive. For those purposes Member States may in particular impose the following measures:
Amendment 257 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) an obligation for the road transport operator established in another Member State to send a posting declaration to the national competent authorities at the latest at the commencement of the posting, in electronic form, in an official language of the host Member State or in English, containing onlyall the following informationrelevant information necessary in order to allow factual controls at the workplace, including:
Amendment 316 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) an obligation for the driver to make available, where requested at the roadside control, in paper or electronic form, a copy of payslips for last two months; during the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may provide this copy; time-sheets or other proof of the beginning, end and duration of the daily working time and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
Amendment 322 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) an obligation for the road transport operator to deliver, after the period of posting, in paper or electronic form, copies of documents referred to in points (b), (c) and (e),this Article at the request of the authorities of the host Member State within a reasonable period of timetwo weeks of the end of the posting;
Amendment 332 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 336 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. A Union list of road hauliers that do not meet the relevant legal requirements shall be made public in order to ensure the greatest transparency. This Union list shall be based on common criteria developed at Union level and reviewed annually by the European Labour Authority. Road Hauliers listed on the Union list shall be subject to an operating ban. The operating prohibitions on the Union list shall apply throughout the territory of the Member States. In exceptional cases, Member States shall be allowed to take unilateral measures. In an emergency, and when faced with an unforeseen security problem, Member States shall have the possibility of immediately issuing an operating ban for their own territory.
Amendment 365 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Until the date referred to in the second subparagraph, Directives 2003/88/EC, 96/71/EC and 2014/67/EC shall remain applicable in their entirety.
Amendment 21 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The State of the Union address of 14 September 201617 emphasized the need to invest in young people and announced the establishment of a European Solidarity Corps with a view to creating opportunities for young people across the Union to make a meaningful contribution to society, show solidarity and develop their skills, thus getting anot only work but also invaluable human experience. _________________ 17 The State of the Union 2016: Towards a Better Europe – A Europe that Protects, Empowers and Defends, IP/16/3042 (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16- 3042_en.htm).
Amendment 24 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication “A European Solidarity Corps” of 7 December 201618 , the Commission emphasised the need to strengthen the foundations for solidarity work across Europe, to provide young people with more and better opportunities for solidarity activities covering a broad range of areas, and to support national, regional and local actors, in their efforts to cope with different challenges and crises. The Communication launched a first phase of the European Solidarity Corps whereby different Union programmes have been mobilised to offer volunteering, traineeship or job opportunities to young people across the EU. These activities, whether implemented before or after the entry into force of this Regulation, should continue to apply the rules and conditions set by the respective Union programmes that have financed them under the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps. _________________ 18 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Solidarity Corps, COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016.
Amendment 25 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities would also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmetkey societal needchallenges, contribute to strengthening communities, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.
Amendment 32 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a singlemain entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity-related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. _________________ 19Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).
Amendment 43 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity-related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
Amendment 45 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Voluntary activities constitute a rich experience in a non-formal and informal learning context which enhances young people's personal, socio-educational and professional development, active citizenship and employabilityopenness to other cultures. Voluntary activities should not have an adverse effect on potential or existing paid employment, nor should they be seen as a substitute for it. Participants in voluntary activities should be compensated for all costs related to transport from their place of residence to the place of the voluntary activity as well as food, accommodation and local transport. A decent amount of pocket money should also be provided. In order to ensure continuity with respect to the volunteering activities that are supported at Union level, the volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that fall within the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should be supported by the latter in the form of cross-border volunteering placements. The other volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that do not fall under the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should continue to be supported under the Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport20 . With respect to the interpretation of related legislation at Union level, both the cross-border volunteering placements under the European Solidarity Corps and the volunteering activities that continue to be supported under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should be considered equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service. _________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50.
Amendment 47 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 53 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity Corps, in particular by offering training, language support, insurance, administrative, pre- and post- placement support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience.
Amendment 57 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A European Solidarity Corps Portal should continuously be developed in order to ensurecontribute to an easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shop for both interested individuals and organisations as regards, inter alia, information on volunteering placements, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language, pre- and post-placement support as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future. The services provided by the European Solidarity Corps Portal should promote and supplement the ones already offered by participating organisations. Interoperability with the European Youth Portal should be ensured.
Amendment 59 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the period 2018- 2020 which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of Point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management23 , for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The prime reference amount includes redeployments from the Erasmus+ programme (EUR 197.7 million) and from the Employment and Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million) for the financial years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and it is complemented by contributions from several Union programmes under different headings, such as the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the LIFE progshould exclusively be financed through the mobilisation of unallocated margins and other flexibility instruments contained in the Multiannual Financial Framme and the European Agricultural Fund fwork Rural Developmentegulation. _________________ 23 Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 61 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 63 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow participating countries to make additional national, regional or local funding available in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 66 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In addition to the Member States, EFTA countries, countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open to the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. This participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Solidarity Corps should target young people aged 18-30. Participation in the activities offered by the European Solidarity Corps should require prior registration in the European Solidarity Corps Portalnts should register either through the European Solidarity Corps Portal or via already existing application processes provided by coordinating and sending organisations.
Amendment 79 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Appropriate outreach, publicity and dissemination of the opportunities and results of the actions supported by the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured at European, national, regional and local level. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should rely on all the implementing bodies of the European Solidarity Corps, including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders.
Amendment 80 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 85 #
2017/0102(COD)
Amendment 86 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 90 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmetkey societal needchallenges to the benefit of a community or the Union as a whole while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social and sustainable entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, youth work, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non- food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, social inclusion, in particular of marginalised communities, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 95 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) “participant” means a young person who has registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal and takes parttakes part in a solidarity activity offered by a participating organisation or in a solidarity activityproject under the European Solidarity Corps offered by a participating organisation;
Amendment 96 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “disadvantaged young people” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles or discrimination based on origin, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation;
Amendment 100 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisation” means any non-profit public or private entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 102 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) “solidarity placement” means a volunteering activity, traineeship or job in a solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability of the European Solidarity Corps participant who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);
Amendment 107 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) “volunteering” means a full-time32n unpaid voluntary service for a period of up to twelve months, which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of non-profit organisations active in solidarity-related fields, to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried out, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development, and which will also contribute to improving their employability; _________________ 32As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.;
Amendment 108 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “volunteering teams’ placements” means placements organised by a participating organisation allowing teams of European Solidarity Corps participants from different participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project for a period between two weeks and two months;
Amendment 110 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 115 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 117 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) “solidarity project” means a local, regional or cross-border initiative for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up in coordination with local, regional or cross-border organisations, and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective;
Amendment 121 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a non-profit public or private entity, non-governmental organisation, civil society organisation or an international organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 127 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) "European Solidarity Corps Portal" means a web-based tool that operates as a one-stop shop providesing relevant information and online services to the European Solidarity Corps participants and participating organisations, includingsupplementing the services already provided by the participating organisations as regards, inter alia, providing information about the European Solidarity Corps, registering participants, connecting participating organisations and participants, searching for participants for placements, advertising and searching for placements, searching for potential project partners, managing contacts and offers for placements and projects, training, communication and networking activities, informing and notifying about opportunities, providing a feedback mechanism regarding the placements' quality, as well as other relevant developments related to the European Solidarity Corps while ensuring interoperability with the European Youth Portal.
Amendment 130 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhancepromote solidarity as the core value of the European project by enhancing the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and the Union as a whole, and responding to societal challenges.
Amendment 135 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers;
Amendment 139 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the solidarity activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps participants contribute to addressing concrete, unmetkey societal needchallenges and strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.
Amendment 142 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the participating countries shall cooperate to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, by ensuring coherence between national , regional and local programmes and schemes related to solidarity, education, vocational trainon-formal and informal learning and youth on the one hand and actions under the European Solidarity Corps on the other hand. Those actions shall build on relevant good practices and existing programmes.
Amendment 150 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross- border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
Amendment 153 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training, language s whose standards are laid out in the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including training before and during the placement, language support based on experiences from the Erasmus+ Online Linguistic Support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate based on experiences from by the Youthpass that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement;
Amendment 157 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) activities and measures provided by non-profit organisations, including youth organisations as well as civil society organisations, which support young people in accessing or developing solidarity placements and projects;
Amendment 162 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 includes a financial envelope of EUR 294 200 00033 in current prices supplemented by contributions from: (a) contributing with EUR 35 000 000 in current prices; (b) Mechanism, contributing with EUR 6 000 000 in current prices; (c) contributing with EUR 4 500 000 in current prices; (d) for Rural Development, contributing with EUR 1 800 000 in current prices. _________________ 33This financial envelope constitutes the prime reference amount within the meaning of point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement (2013/C 373/01) between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.shall be financed through the mobilisation of unallocated margins and other flexibility instruments contained in the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation. the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection the LIFE programme, the European Agricultural Fund
Amendment 166 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 170 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. A participating country, regional or local entity may make nadditional funding available to beneficiaries to be managed in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps and, to this end, use the decentralised structures of the European Solidarity Corps, as long as it ensures the complementary pro rata funding of these structures.
Amendment 171 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In order to simplify requirements for beneficiaries, lump-sums, unit-costs and flat-rate funding should be used to the maximum possible extent.
Amendment 172 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall participateEuropean Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of the following countries: (a) the Member States; (b) the acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements, Association Council decisions or similar agreements; (c) those EFTA countries that are part of the EAA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that agreement; (d) those countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy that have concluded agreements with the Union providing for the possibility of their participation in the Union’s programmes, subject to the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the Union on conditions of their participation in the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 176 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. TAs of 1 January 2018, the European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries than those mentioned in paragraph 1 on the basis of bilateral agreements. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.
Amendment 177 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Young people aged 17 to 30 years willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps shall register in the European Solidarity Corps Portal or find access to this programme via already existing application processes as provided by coordinating and sending organisations. However, at the moment of commencing a placement or a project a registered young person shall be at least 18 years of age and not older than 30.
Amendment 182 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of non- profit public or private entities, non- governmental organisations, civil society organisations or international organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity Corps quality label.
Amendment 184 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. An application from an eligible entitynon-profit entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation to become a European Solidarity Corps participating organisation shall be assessed by the competent implementing body of the European Solidarity Corps in order to ascertain that its activities adhere to the requirements of the European Solidarity Corps and ensure compliance with the European Solidarity Corps Charter.
Amendment 188 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Any non-public public or private entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation established in a participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activities in the participating countries may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre-condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants.
Amendment 190 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, the implementing agencies, youth organisations and civil society organisations shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives and ensure the quality of its placements. For this purpose, and for reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, the committee established under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall assist the Commission in the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 191 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Progress on the specific objectives and the quality of the placements shall be measurevaluated by using indicators, such as:
Amendment 192 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) number of participants in volunteering placements (in-country and cross-border), by country, age and gender;
Amendment 195 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 199 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 201 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) number of participants in solidarity projects, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 203 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) number of organisations holding a European Solidarity Corps quality label, by country.
Amendment 204 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) percentage of participants who have received a certificate such as a Youthpass, a diploma or other kind of formal recognition of their participation to the European Solidarity Corps, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 205 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) percentage of participants declaring that they have increased their personal, educational, social and civic development, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 206 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) percentage of participants declaring that they have increased their language skills, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 207 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) percentage of participants declaring that they intend to continue being involved in solidarity activities, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 208 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e e (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e e (new)
(ee) percentage of participants with a disability, by country, age, gender and type of placement.
Amendment 209 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A feedback mechanism shall also be established within the European Solidarity Corps Portal so as to receive comments from the participants on the quality of their placements.
Amendment 210 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. In 2020 the Commission shall publish a report taking stock of the progress made towards achieving its results, including the target of offering 100 000 young people opportunities under the European Solidarity Corps by 2020 (covering all the placements and projects referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 7(1)). The report shall address the continued relevance of the objectives and evaluate the efficiency of the measures laid out in this Regulation.
Amendment 217 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 219 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The national authority shall, in accordance with the principle of transparency, designate an independent audit body. The independent audit body shall issue an audit opinion on the yearly management declaration referred to in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Amendment 222 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies and other stakeholders involved in the activities of the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries.
Amendment 234 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 235 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Amendment 236 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
(m) actions financed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX on the European Solidarity Corps in order to enhance the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development of young people, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market.
Amendment 237 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 238 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 239 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 240 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
Amendment 228 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all workers, men and womenirrespective of gender, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreement and/or practices in force in each Member State.
Amendment 256 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) “carer” means a worker providing personal care or support in case of a serious illness or dependencyto a relative or a person in their immediate circle with care or support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, disability, mental health ofr age relativeed problem;
Amendment 273 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all workers, men and womenirrespective of gender, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreement and/or practices in force in each Member State.
Amendment 293 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers or the equivalent second parents as defined in national law have the right to take mandatory paternity leave of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth, stillbirth or adoption of a child.
Amendment 316 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "carer" means a worker providing personal care or support in case of a serious illness or dependencyto a relative or a person in their immediate circle with care or support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, disability, mental health ofr age relativeed problem;
Amendment 372 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers or the equivalent second parents as defined in national law have the right to take mandatory paternity leave of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth, stillbirth or adoption of a child.
Amendment 463 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive, including data, disaggregated by sex and sexual orientation, on the take-up of different types of leave contained in this Directive and its impact on micro, small and medium-sized undertakings, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 664 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive, including data, disaggregated by sex and sexual orientation, on the take-up of different types of leave contained in this Directive and its impact on micro, small and medium-sized undertakings, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 15 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 d (new)
Citation 20 d (new)
- having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 of 10 November 2017 on the Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 e (new)
Citation 20 e (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2006)8 of 14 June 2006 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on assistance to crime victims;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 f (new)
Citation 20 f (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of 31 March 2010 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is still a systematic underreporting of incidences or perpetrators of domestic violence in the EU, particularly in cases involving minorities, LGBTI persons, antisemitic offences and gender-based violence;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for all victims to victim support services, particularly in the cases of LGBTI victims and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 5 b (new)
Recital I – indent 5 b (new)
- Collecting data on and analysing the culture of violence, misogyny and gender stereotypes, and their link with the incidence of hate crimes.
Amendment 137 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial as they help the victim realise that he or sthey hasve certain rights, and the right to make decisions, from the very beginning of the legal proceedings;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide training programmes and guidelines for law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judges to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- set; and help professionals prevent violence and provide appropriate support to vulnerable population groups, such as LGBTI people;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Calls on the Commission to include sectoral examinations in its monitoring and reporting, to ensure equal application of the directive to protect all victims irrespective of the ground of victimisation or specific characteristics, including race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, disability, migration status or any other status;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as trauma support and counselling as a part of targeted support for victims with specific needs, such as children , LGBTI people and people with disabilities;
Amendment 241 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as a criminal offence under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions on the 2016 European Court of Auditors' special report n°31, 'Spending at least one euro in every five from the EU budget on climate action: ambitious work underway, but serious risk of falling short', adopted on 21 March 2017,
Amendment 14 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU cohesion policy expresses the EU’s solidarity as one of the fundamental principles of the Union, by pursuing its Treaty based objective of reducing regional disparities and promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion among all regions across the EU;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas cohesion policy is a powerful tool for European integration and delivers tangible results on the ground for all citizens, in particular felt in border areas where it strives for reducing the negative effects of frontiers;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas cohesion policy combines the specific needs of a given territory with European priorities taking thereby into account the diversity of EU regions;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cohesion policy remains the main EU-wide investment policy for smart, sustainable job creationand inclusive growth after 2020, especially against the backdrop of a sharp decline in public and private investments in many Member States and the implications of globaliszation, demographic change, climate change, energy supply and transition, social exclusion and poverty and migration;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the last reform of cohesion policy in 2013 was extensive and substantial, shifting the focus of the policy towards a result-oriented approach, effectiveness and efficiency on the one hand and the partnership principlehorizontal principles including on partnership and place-based approaches on the other;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the arbitrary suspension of ESI Funds related to the failed implementation of other EU policies and objectives would strongly undermine the effectiveness of cohesion policy;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that growth and regional, economic and social convergence cannot be achieved without good governance and the effective involvement of all partners at national, regional and local level, as is enshrined in the partnership principle (Article 5 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)); reiterates that the EU cohesion policy’'s shared management arrangement, which also implies the partnership principle, multilevel governance and the coordination of different administrative levels and sectors, provides the EU with a unique tool to directly address the concerns of citizens in relation to internal and external challenges;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the catalyst effects of cohesion policy and its learning points for administrations, among beneficiaries and stakeholders as regards long-term strategic thinking, public involvement, capacity building and cooperation; Highlights the horizontal and cross- cutting approach of cohesion policy;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that in some Member States the partnership principle has led to closer cooperation with regional and local authorities, while there is still room for improvementa lot needs to be done in order to ensure the real and early involvement of all stakeholders including from civil society;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that more attention needs to be paid to making European regions more resilient towards sudden shocks and all sorts of crisis, including by drawing comprehensive conclusions from the severe economic and social crisis of the past years and the role of cohesion policy;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that territorial cooperation in all its forms, including macro-regional strategies, transposes the concept of political cooperation and coordination of regions and citizens across borders in the EU; considers that the current budgetary allocations are not sufficient to effectively support cross- border cooperation; underlines the merit of cohesion policy in addressing the challenges of outermost and northernmost sparsely populated regions;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the current categorisation of regions, the thematic objectives and the performance framework have demonstrated the value of cohesion policy and should be consolidated; asks the Commission to present ideas for greater flexibility, such as an unallocated reserve or a simplification of re-programming, in order to adapt ESIF investments to unforeseen events and to the specific needs of each regionemphasizes that addressing long term objectives should remain the core function of cohesion policy;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that arrangements should be offered, that are both flexible and strategically linked to a long-term regional development plan, to aim at accompanying regions in their transition process and pro-actively shaping their transformation also by drawing conclusions on the functioning of the EU Solidarity Fund and the Globalisation Adjustment Fund; Underlines that synergies with the Just Transition Fund need to be established;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that the partnership principle, including the Code of Conduct, needs to be strengthened by introducing clear minimum requirements for partnership involvement, which would also apply in the preparation phase of the programmes, and by providing all involved partners with technical assistance for capacity building and training to allow meaningful engagement in Monitoring Committees where all partners shall have a voting right;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Opposes macro-economic conditionalities and highlights that the link between cohesion policy and economic governance processes should be reciprocal and that a greater recognition of the territorial dimension would be beneficial for the European Semesteronsidered and based on comprehensive analysis; Underlines that the suspension of ESI Funds triggered by non- compliance with economic governance requirements is a double-punishment for EU regions, counteracts economic and social recovery efforts and should therefore be abolished;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to reflect on solutions based on proportionality and differentiation, especially with regard to the multiple layers of audit and the number of controls, to a greater harmonisation between cohesion policy and competition policy, in particular state aid rules, as well as with regard to the possibility of a single set of rules for all ESI Funds while allowing for specific rules necessary to take account of the specificities of each fund;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for reinforcing sub- delegation of competences to lower levels of governance as well as their role in planning and implementation of urban development under the ERDF by going well beyond the current arrangements, in order to tap the full potential of local and regional expertise;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that local development approaches need to be strengthened and instruments such as ITI and CLLD adapted where necessary; Calls on the Commission to make the use of CLLD obligatory for ERDF;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Further recognises the timeliness of evolving the partnerships principle towards participation of citizens in spending, in particular on local level, as part of increasing the visibility of the EU and ownership on investment decisions; Calls on the Commission to propose pilot schemes for participatory budgeting, drawing on best practice;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that grants should remain the basis of the financing of cohesion policy; notes, however, the gradual shift from grants to financial instruments; points out that the replaccomplement ofing grants by loans, equity or guarantees must be carried out with caution where such financial instruments demonstrate an added value, taking into account regional disparities and the diversity of practices and experiences; stresses the importance of assistance to local and regional authorities on the innovative financial instruments through platforms such as fi-compass;
Amendment 182 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is highly concerned about the trend of turning ESI Funds into a risk- sharing facility which does not comply with its investment character targeting the real economy and with its accountability to the public interest;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises that access to finance should be improved by simple measures to improve awareness and provide administrative and technical assistance; calls on the Commission to propose One- Stop Shops to all EU Member States and to provide holistic advice to citizens and communities wishing to participate in EU funding programmes and contributing to sustainable development;
Amendment 207 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to reflect on the development of alternative indicators to complement the GDP indicator, which remains the legitimate methodalone does not have the capacity to provide a comprehensive picture of regional development as it fails to take account of social and environmental factors relevant for allocating ESI Funds fairly; such alternative indicators may include a demographic indicator or dynamic indicators based on social and employment aspects; stresses, furthermore, the relevance of outcome indicators to strengthen the result and performance orientation of the policy;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that the respect for fundamental rights in the implementation of ESI Funds programmes requires more attention; Stresses that fundamental rights can only be ensured when appropriate principles are established which are necessarily underpinned by effective follow-up action including ex- ante conditionalities;
Amendment 220 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 223 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the need to maintain social inclusion as mandatory element of ESF spending complemented by ERDF investment in that field; Considers, in this context, that arrangements for integrated funding need to be improved without making them more complicated;
Amendment 225 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls the urgent need to tackle the situation of marginalised communities as well as refugees and migrants; underlines the important role of cohesion policy in supporting their economic, social and territorial inclusion;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Amendment 247 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Endorses the EU’s commitments under the Paris climate change agreement and underlines that the ESI Funds should be used as effectively as possible for climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as for green economies and renewable energies; Urges that the current commitment of 20% spending on climate action has to be doubled and be replaced by a legally binding obligation; Considers necessary to improve the monitoring and tracking system for climate spending complemented by more appropriate impact and result indicators and the promotion of carbon accounting tools;
Amendment 249 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. emphasises the key role of municipalities, cities and regions for implementation of the COP21 Paris agreements in the context of the EU Urban Agenda and in making use of CLLD; points to their capacity to reconcile divergent interests and to target funds according to local specificities and for facilitating the transition towards decarbonizing the economy;
Amendment 252 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Amendment 267 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the fostering of economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity across the EU to be put at the top of the EU agenda, and to maintain the fight against poverty and social exclusion, as well as against discrimination; Believes that the paradigm of cohesion policy needs to be re-considered with emphasis being put on tackling those regions and people that have been left behind from the competitiveness, growth and jobs agenda;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas corruption and organised crime remains a serious concern;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas civil society organisations (CSOs) are partly being included in the reform process in Montenegro;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the continued steady progress in the accession negotiations, noting that so far 26 chapters have been opened for negotiations and 2 chapters have been provisionally closed; encourages Montenegro to work on meeting all benchmarks and to continue focusing on the fundamentals of the accession process; recalls that it is essential to deliver concrete results with a strong and sustainable implementation record;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Commends the competent authorities for holding parliamentary elections on 16 October 2016 in an orderly manner in which fundamental freedoms were generally respected; welcomes the revised legal framework under which the elections took place, but notes the persistence of some administrative deficiencies, including on the part of the State Election Commission (SEC), as well as concerns about the accuracy of the electoral register and politicisation; expects that the alleged procedural irregularities, including alleged abuses of state funds and abuse of office, and any other reported shortcomings, will be investigated fully and addressed effectively by the competent authorities; expects that political independence of the State Election Commission is to be sustained; notes with regret that part of the opposition has not recognised the results of the elections; recognises the attempts by external actors to discredit the electoral process and the difficulties this has caused;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes the attempts by Russia to influence developments in Montenegro;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the attempts by Russia to influence developments in Montenegro; iIs concerned about the serious incidents that occurred on 16 October 2016, and calls on the Vice-President of the European Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR), and on the Commission, to follow closely ongoing investigations by the competent authorities; considers it important that relevant services of the Member States share information pertaining to these incidents among themselves and with the VP/HR and the Commission; calls on relevant authorities to investigate in a politically neutral manner and to objectively inform the wider public about evidence gathered and conclusions generated;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is deeply concerned about the government's decision to suspend the internet services of Viber and WhatsApp on election day as reported by OSCE/ODIHR and calls on competent authorities to investigate relevant decisions and measure and their compatibility with both national laws, constitutional provisions and EU principles and standards; is deeply concerned about the hacking of the website of the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) a few days before elections which also hindered the work of civil society organisations in monitoring elections;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges both Government and Parliament to introduce the criminal offence of illicit enrichment by public officials in accordance with United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) into the Montenegrin criminal code;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the Government to improve access to public information, especially in relation to large infrastructure projects such as the construction of highways, privatisation, public procurements and judicial operations;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes progress in judiciary reform, including improved institutional capacities; remains concerned about undue influence on judicial independence, especially with regard to the appointment of judges; emphasises the need to strengthen the accountability of the judiciary by developing a track record of implementation of codes of ethics and of the new disciplinary systems for judges and prosecutors; stresses the need to rationalise the judicial network, and to further improve capacities to monitor backlogs at courts and to reduce further the number of pending cases; is concerned about the lack of institutional and individual accountability and responsibility for insufficient results when it comes to processing indictments for corruption, money laundering and organised crime;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the further strengthening of the anti-corruption framework, inter alia by making the Anti-Corruption Agency fully operational and by appointing special anti-corruption prosecutors; considers it essential to ensure their independence in investigations; stresses repeatedly the need to establish a track record on successful investigations and convictions, in particular in high-level corruption cases, and on measures to prevent corruption; calls on the new government to make combating corruption one of its priorities by allocating sufficient human and budgetary resources to the task; emphases the importance of politically impartial, professional and transparent activities of the Anti- Corruption Agency, especially with regard to high-level corruption cases and political party financing;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Remains concerned about the state of media freedom in Montenegro; urges again the competent authorities to resolve the long-pending cases of violence, including the 2004 murder case, against, intimidation of and threats made to journalists, to take measures to protect media professionals and to create a safe environment for free journalism; is also concerned about attacks perpetrated by police forces and about recent cases of pressure and intimidation against journalists, including smear campaigns, physical attacks and threats, as well as cases of interference with media during anti-government demonstrations, including arbitrary arrests and seizure of equipment; is also concernend by continued lack of proper investigation into these attacks and of resolution of these cases, leading to a chilling effect on freedom of expression; insists on transparent state advertising in private media, on the amendment of the Montenegrin criminal code and on the introduction of new criminal offenses aimed at preventing and punishing attacks on journalists discharging their professional duties; acknowledges the legal measures taken to provide greater financial independence and sustainability for the public service broadcaster RTCG, and calls for further steps to ensure its independence, including editorial independence; encourages the EU Delegation and EU Member States to more regularly attend trials against journalists and media professionals;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Express concerns of the continued detention of journalist Jovo Martinovic and the lack of due process of his trial, by the use of civil defamation lawsuits disproportionately targeting critical media outlets and journalists;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the authorities of Montenegro to release journalist Jovo Martinovic on bail and respect due process standards in his trial;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WHonours the fact that according to its constitution Montenegro is an ecological state; welcomes the new law on the environment, as well as the national strategy for the transposition and implementation of the EU acquis on the environment and climate change and its 2016-2020 action plan; stresses the need to reinforce implementation efforts, in particular in water, nature protection and waste management, as well as related administrative capacities at all levels; is concerned about the significant delay in establishing protection over the potential Natura 2000 site of Ulcinj Salina; calls for further efforts to preserve the biodiversity of the Salina and the sustainable development of the coastline and national parks; is concerned about significant delays in establishing protection over protected areas which are identified as potential Natura 2000 network areas; calls on Montenegro to introduce legislation implementing the Third Energy Package;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recognises concerns expressed in the framework of the Ramsar and Bern conventions regarding the development process of the Special Purpose Spatial Plan for Skadar Lake National Park and the infinite opportunities it leaves for the creation of large scale tourist infrastructure development; is deeply concerned about threats to the ecological integrity and eco-touristic value of the potential Natura 2000 site Skadar Lake National Park due to the construction project Porto Skadar Lake; recalls the need for sound and strategic environmental impact assessments in line with the EU acquis and international standards;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Continues to be deeply concerned about unsustainable hydropower development, especially including hydropower plants development on Morača river and their significant impacts on Skadar lake which is internationally recognized as Ramsar, Emerald site, Important Bird Area (IBA) and Important Plant Area (IPA);
Amendment 178 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Notes the intention of the Montenegrin Government to build around 80 hydropower plants; is concerned about the fact that many of these plants are being planned without sound environmental impact assessment, in particular with regard to the protection of biodiversity and their impact on protected areas as required by EU legislation; calls for strategic planning approach in accordance with the guiding principles for sustainable hydropower development of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River set under the Danube River Protection Convention to which Montenegro is a signatory state; stresses the need to abandon large scale hydropower projects on the river Morača as these have significant adverse effects on lake Skadar and river Tara, which are protected under international and national legislation; recalls that the Skadar Lake is internationally recognized as Ramsar and Emerald site, as important bird and plant area;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Stresses the need to implement international commitments in the field of climate change mitigation; is deeply concerned about the Government's plan to develop the Pljevlja II coal-fired power plant which is incompatible with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 197 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomNotes the fact that Montenegro’'s NATO Accession Protocol was signed in May 2016 and is currently being ratified by NATO members; encourages NATO members within the EU to prioritise the ratification process and to recognise that NATO membership for Montenegro is an important symbolic and strategic part of the country’s Euro- Atlantic integration process;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission of defending and maintaining the partnership principle in developing and implementing projects under the ESIF; points out that civil society actors and social partners should be better involved in the development processes from an early stage and that urban and regional stakeholders should play a bigger role in the implementation of the projects to be carried out;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that a stronger Code of Conduct for partnership with certain minimum requirement could motivate the managing authorities to improve their partnership work beyond a mere obligation; reminds that the partnership principle fundamentally ensures that the programming is done closer to citizens needs and in listening to and integrating stakeholders input;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the managing authorities as well as the stakeholders concerned, to monitor regularly that all legal provisions as regards information and communication are being implemented thoroughly in order to ensure transparency and the widespread dissemination of information about the achievements of the Funds; stresses the importance of ensuring citizen-friendly language and suggests increased use of concepts such as “simple language”;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the visibility of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) by communicating the European added value of the projects, particularly in terms of job creation and social integration; reminds of the multiplying effect that the active involvement of civil society in the development and implementation of EU grants programmes entails;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to reduce the administrative burden on authorities and beneficiaries with a view to ensuring a better absorption rate, in particular for civil society organizations as well as SMEs, which have created around 85 % of new jobs within the Union in the past five years;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds of the empowering effect of early-stage funding and pre-financing for projects through the use of ESIF;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to devote an appropriate share of ESF resources to increasing technical assistance for the empowerment of partners and for strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders in Member States where needed; calls on the Commission to ensure that both the allocated budget of 20 % of the ESF for social inclusion and the minimum guaranteed ESF share in each Member State is fully achieved; calls on the Commission to assess the improvements made by the Member States in this respect.
Amendment 29 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effective mechanisms to discuss and resolve difficulties experienced when implementing YG schemes are needed, together with a strongthe political willingness and a strong financial commitment by the Member States to implement the scope of the YG in full, including partnership-building with social partners, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, ensuring an effective outreach, enabling skills enhancement and putting in place proper evaluation structures during and after the implementation of said measures;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the involvement of youth organisations in the communication, implementation and evaluation of the YG is crucial for its success;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that preventive interventions and structural reform efforts by the Member States are needed in order to reap the benefits of the YG and ensure the success of school-to-work and inactivity-to-work transitions of young people and especially NEETs; stresses in this regard the importance of training PES personnel, capacity building and cooperation with NGOs, wthe social partners, youth organisations and othere relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores that a partnership approach fully integrating social partners, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders in the design, implementation and evaluation of the YG has been scarcely respected; reiterates the idea that the partnership approach is aimed at better reaching the target population and ensuring the provision of quality offers;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that a more diversified approach in the provision of services to different groups within the youth population is needed in order to avoid ‘cherry-picking’; calls for a stronger outreach to young people facing multiple barriers (e.g. young people with disabilities and young migrant women);
Amendment 87 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need of tailoring the measures to local context needs in order to increase their impact, for example through closer involvement of local employers' representatives, local training providers and local authorities;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to provide an itemisation of the national contributions to the YEI that are necessary for each Member State in order to implement the YG effectively, taking into consideration the estimate of the ILO;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 119 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates its commitment to monitor closely all Member State activities to make the YG a reality and invites youth organisations to keep the European Parliament updated on their analysis of Member State actions; urges Member States and the Commission to involve youth stakeholders in policy making;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the role of whistle-blowers is to help inn both the public and private sector are key actors for transparency and the rule of law by reporting, remedying, deterring and preventing wrongdoing and corruption, thus contributing to the promotion of human rights, the rule of law, transparency and democratic accountability as well as workers' rights; whereas often whistle-blowers are employees bound by a working relationship and dependent on their salary as means of living income;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas recent mass leaks revealing corruption, such as the Panama Papers affair or the avoidance of rules on labour law leading in certain cases to precarious employment, confirm the importance of the role played by whistle- blowers in defending the public interest; whereas there is yet no sufficient protection or recognition of whistle- blowers in Europe;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas concerns have often been raised that whistle-blowers, but often also their family members and colleagues, face hostility, harassment and exclusion at their place of work frequently making it extremely difficult for them to find another employment, rather than being viewed positively;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the only objective of whistle- blowing that matters should be the reporting of acts that represent a threat to the public interest or a breach of law or any other wrongdoing or misconduct;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas whistle-blowers should not bear the burden of proof and whistle- blowers disclosing inaccurate information in honest error should still be protected;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas some Member States already have laws that protect whistle- blowers, but others do not, which limits the protection of whistle-blowers across the EU and creates uneven protection across the Union as well as legal uncertainty;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas corruption is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, as it can hamper a state’s ability to deliver inclusive economic growth in various fieldsresult in governmental failure to protect the population, workers, the rule of law and the economy as well as a deterioration of public institutions and services, and thus lead to a loss of trust in democracy;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas whistle-blowers are also of key importance to identify mistakes, challenges or problems within an organisation at an early stage; whereas if this practice is respected, there can be an organisational culture of learning from mistakes; whereas this has in some organisations and Member States led to support for reporting of mistakes and therefore to organisational change;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for action to change the public perception of whistle-blowers by highlighting their positive role as an early warning mechanism, and as a deterrent to prevent abuses and corruption ands well as an accountability mechanism to enable public scrutiny of state action;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to protect workers who detect and report wrongdoings in the field of unemploymenton the Commission to come out with a legislative proposal in order to create a horizontal protection for whistle- blowers at Union level; emphasises that alerts should not be limited to purely illegal activities but should also cover other forms of misconduct or wrongdoing;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that Articles 151 and 153 (2) (b) TFEU provide a clear basis for EU legislative action to empower employees to report wrongdoing in a framework of legal certainty, to establish common minimum levels of protection for workers throughout the Union and to help to protect and defend the public interest in the EU and beyond, while also leaving a degree of freedom to the Member States to adapt this protection to their domestic legal systems whilst affording higher levels of protections should they wish;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the dangers of excluding whistle-blowing workers from career progression and of retaliation by colleagues at their workplace, and the dampening, threatening and long-term psychologically devastating effects this has on those who may come across wrongdoing; highlights therefore that the definition of "whistle- blower" should be applied to as many different types of workers as possible, including current and former employees as well as trainees, apprentices and others;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of devising instruments to sanction and ban any form of harassment or retaliation, whether this be active dismissal or passive measures such as the blocking of promotion; points out that the employer must demonstrate that any measures taken against a whistle-blower are completely unrelated to the information revealed; reminds that any action taken against colleagues or family members as a result of the disclosure of information should also be prohibited and sanctioned;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges employers and the authorities to act on the information reported to them after this has beenincluding by ensuring that it is thoroughly verified, and toby swiftly addressing the shortcomings identified; emphasises that whistle-blowers should not bear the burden of proof;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that proper Union legislation is needed; encourages Member Statesthe Commission to develop a legislative instruments thato protect those who report justified and proven breaches of conductbreaches of conduct or any other wrongdoing to public authorities;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that in the event of false accusations, those responsible should be held accountable; emphasises, however, that whistle-blowers disclosing inaccurate information in honest error should still be protected.
Amendment 7 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between men and women is a fundamental right that presupposes a guarantee of equal opportunities and equal treatment;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all forms of gender and sex discrimination must be firmly combated;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships launched on 14 December 2011,
Amendment 42 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas combating poverty is one of the Commission's five measurable targets proposed for EU 2020; whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, migrant, young and old women who are affected by poverty and social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific austerity measures because it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminated;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. is alarmed at the disastrous long term impact of austerity measures on women's economic empowerment and gender equality, with rising unemployment and cuts in public services and benefits resulting in a care crisis; underlines that reductions in care services, cuts in child, disability, carers' benefits and reductions in tax credits, cuts in statutory leave, including parental and paternity leave, tend to shift care services onto unpaid women who, as a result, are unable to pursue insurable employment or may only be employed on a part-time basis;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that combating poverty and inequalities between men and women necessarily entails a fairer distribution of wealth and better employment legislation, notably through collective bargaining, higher wages, and implementation of the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ or ‘ and work of equal value, and social protection; considers it urgent to develop an EU level definition of work of equal value’, and social protectiontaking into account ECJ case law, to ensure that factors such as the working conditions, the responsibility conferred on the workers and the physical or mental requirements of the work are taken into consideration; considers it urgent to address the issue of equal pay for 'work of equal value';
Amendment 72 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that measures to increase wage transparency are fundamental to close the gender pay gap; calls on the Member States to implement Commission's recommendation on wage transparency;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to introduce legislation to protect or increase maternity, paternity and parental rights and asks that this protection should also be reflected in employment legislation; urges the Commission to submit a new maternity directive, respecting Parliament’s position.; stresses that the comprehensive legislative proposal should include as a legal basis equality between men and women, also including legislative powers for other measures ensuring the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of women and men at work;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women are more often working part-time, on time-limited or low- pay contracts and therefore overrepresented in precarious work; whereas these working conditions create lifelong losses in terms of income and protection, be it wages, pensions or social security benefits;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas young workers are at a higher risk to find themselves in a position of precarious employment; whereas the odds of being in a multiple disadvantaged position are twice as high for workers younger than 25 years compared to workers aged 50 years or older1a ; __________________ 1aEurofound (2014), Occupational profiles in working conditions: Identification of groups with multiple disadvantages
Amendment 81 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on MS and the Commission to reformulate tax and benefit systems that give financial incentives for the spouse earning less to withdraw from the labour market or to work part-time as it may run counter to a higher take-up rate of parental leave by fathers and brings negative consequences for women, such as reinforcing the gender pay, care and pension gap;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas workers in mid-skilled manual and low-skilled occupations have less earnings, prospects and intrinsic job quality and they more frequently report exposure to environmental and posture risks and experience lower levels of both physical and mental well-being1a ; __________________ 1aEurofound (2014), Occupational profiles in working conditions: Identification of groups with multiple disadvantages
Amendment 85 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the importance of adequate minimum income schemes for maintaining human dignity and to combat poverty and social exclusion as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to participate in society, and to undertake training and/or look for work; invites the Commission and Member States to assess minimum income schemes in the European Union, including whether the schemes enable households to meet their needs; invites the Commission and Member States to evaluate on this basis the manner and the means of providing an adequate minimum income in all Member States and to consider further steps in support of social convergence across the European Union, taking into account the economic and social circumstances of each Member State as well as national practices and traditions;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that migrants and refugees should have the same rights and should have access to the same benefits and services through a universal model that is not related to insurance contributions and employment history;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on Member States and social partners to promote decent working conditions and quality employment for care workers, including through decent pay, recognition of care workers' status and the development of high quality vocational training pathways for care workers;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Asks the Commission to guarantee that part-time workers, workers facing job discontinuity and workers with career gaps or with periods where fewer hours were worked have an effective equalisation to full time workers in their right to access a decent pension scheme without any form of discrimination;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses that women workers with mental health problems are at a very high risk as regards all elements of precarious work: those workers are over-represented in time-limited contracts, in-work-poverty, part-time, career disruptions and other precarious contract arrangements; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that European health and safety legislation is sufficiently strong and efficient to protect those vulnerable workers in a better way; stresses that all types of harassment at work strongly effect quality of life and work, health and well-being;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclear, remuneration below the at-risk-of poverty rate or remuneration which does not provide for a decent living income;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- no or limited social protection rights or employment-related benefits;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- no protection against any form of discrimination, sexual harassment or psychological pressure;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that precarious work is mainly provided by the most vulnerable workers who are at risk of discrimination, poverty and exclusion; recalls in particular that having a disability, being of a different ethnic, origin, religion or belief, or being a woman increases the risk of being faced with precarious working conditions;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that precarious work does not only harm the individual but also comes along with great costs for society in terms of tax losses and support for those suffering the long-term effects of income loss and difficult working conditions;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that invisible workers such as care workers, undeclared migrants, domestic workers, sex workers or those working in the informal economy are at high risk as regards precarious work; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tailor and adapt policies that protect these workers by tackling their problems irrespective of their residence status;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EFully endorses the ILO definition of decent work which states that: ‘Decent work is work that is productive and delivers a fair income, with a safe workplace and social protection, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men’12 ; advocates to add a living wage to that definition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to not only fully endorse the definition but to also to ensure that future and current employment legislation does not include elements countering this definition; __________________ 12 ILO report of 14 November 2016 on non-standard employment around the world, http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/boo ks/WCMS_534326/lang--en/index.htm.
Amendment 163 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the success factors for good practice against precarious work which are a strong legal underpinning, involvement of social partners and works councils at the work place, cooperation with relevant stakeholders, balancing flexibility and security, sectoral focus, low administrative burden for employers, enforcement by labour inspectorates and awareness-raising campaigns;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically provide a living income and guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, social security protection, core labour rights, high health and safety standards and protection of the workers’ families, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers; stresses that to deliver on these rights it is essential to improve the implementation of labour and social law;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies that support mobility towards open-ended contracts as they are the best protection from precariousness;
Amendment 192 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that numerous factors, such as digitalisation, are contributing to a radical transformation of work, with an increase in non-standard forms of employment trends that will intensify unless new regulation is put into place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that work being transformed through digitalisation, and new employment being created as a result of it, is decent; stresses that new types of policy tools need to be developed which cover all workers, deliver on rights and work in practice;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that precarious employment conditions have a long-term effect on social security protection, mental and physical health, well-being and pensions, and place workers at greater risk of poverty, social exclusion and deterioration of their fundamental rights;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, non- discrimination and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers regardless of their status; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of anregardless of the type of their employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers, interns and apprentices are aware of their rights through providing information and consultation, and can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without fear;
Amendment 230 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance and responsibility of labour inspectorates and, of Member States, the social partners and civil society in safeguarding workers’ rights, definsetting decent wages and incomes in accordance with Member States’ laws and practices, and in providing consultation and guidance to employers and workers; strongly underlines that labour inspectorates should focus on the goal of monitoring, implementing and improving working conditions, and should notmay never be abused as migration control mechanisms;; points at the risk of discrimination of the most vulnerable workers and strongly condemns the practice of companies to employ migrants without securing their full rights and benefits;
Amendment 251 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter, Article 9 TFEU, the fundamental rights Charter and the European Social Charter; calls on the Commission and the Member States to end any practices which lead to a direct or indirect an increase of precarious work; recalls that this will support the delivery on the EU2020 target on reducing poverty;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase job quality in non-standard jobs by providing at least a set of minimum standards as regards social protection, minimum wage levels and access to training and development; stresses that this should happen while maintaining entry opportunities;
Amendment 277 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess any legislation targeting aspects of precarious work as to its gender impact; considers it necessary to target legislative and non-legislative measures to the needs of women in precarious work as otherwise an already over-represented group will continue to be overly affected;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all first work experience opportunities for young people such as internships, apprenticeships or any opportunities under the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to prohibit unpaid first work experiences targeting job-seekers with professional qualifications; encourages the Member States to adopt and implement quality frameworks for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships ensuring workers’ rights and the educational focus of work experience opportunities for young people;
Amendment 290 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores that the EU economic governance in the crisis countries, and especially the Memoranda of Understanding, have in some Member States undermined labour rights and social protection, and therefore led to an increase of precarious work; calls on the Commission, the World Bank and the IMF to end all Troika policies that increase precarious work or decrease workers protection;
Amendment 293 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that marginal part-time employment is marked by lower levels of job security, fewer career opportunities, less training investment by the employers, and a higher share of low pay; calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage measures supporting longer hours for those that want to work more;
Amendment 313 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective protection to workers especially affected by uncertainty and precariousness, giving special priority to women workers, young workers, older workers, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and workers with disabilities as well as workers who need to take care of dependants;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Calls on the Parliament to change its rules governing internships offered by MEP´s and political groups in order to improve the situation of interns and trainees in the Parliament, including a decent remuneration, the definition of a limited duration of traineeships and a learning agreement.
Amendment 12 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) must be used to boost quality jobs, sustainable growth and shared prosperity acrossiming at a socially just, sustainable and inclusive Europe, with a special focus on supporting the most vulnerable groups in society;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the results envisaged in PAs and OPs, and expects Member States and regions to take the right path in order to achieve cohesion policy objectiveswith regard to decisions on investment priorities and project selection in order to achieve cohesion policy objectives as the results have far too often fallen short of expectations; reminds that a bottom-up approach could contribute to this objective;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to ensure that the specific objectives of ESF programmes relating to Europe 2020 headline targets arend to the earmarked budget of 20% of the ESF for spending on social inclusion are fully achieved, by closely monitoring the correct implementation of the actions programmed;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the successful achievement of PA and OP objectives is greatly facilitated by the active involvement of the social partners and other relevant actorscivil society actors in both the development process and the implementation of the projects to be carried out;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 13 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that benchmarking the data found in the annual report with comparable data about national spending schemes including on irregularities and fraud could help drawing targeted conclusions on cohesion policy spending including on capacity building needs;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the harmonisation of classification, detection and reporting of irregularities between Member States; recalls the urgent need to better use available information in the Member States to detect fraud; welcomes, however, the preventive and corrective measures taken by the Commission to avoid fraudulent or not fraudulent irregularities;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recommends to further promote decentralised approaches for the implementation of cohesion policy programmes and measures in order to increase ownership and responsibility on the ground in proximity to citizens which contributes to avoiding fraud;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to act in full compliance with the provisions setting out the ex-ante conditionalities in cohesion policy, in particular in the field of public procurement, which are an essential pre- requisite for preventing fraudulent and non-fraudulent irregularities in this important field of practical implementation of cohesion policy;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that steps be taken to improve the uptake of simplification measures for 2014-2020 with a view to the post-2020 regulatory framework for ESI Funds as a tool to reduce the risk of irregularities caused by errors; Underlines the importance of applying the single audit principle;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends to the Commission to analyse the benefits of introducing incentives for increasing the efficiency of spending, also in view of avoiding overpriced, wasteful or meaningless projects that are implemented for the sole purpose of absorbing resources;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the need for better understanding the reasons and possible patterns behind the aggregated data and therefore requests the Commission to name those Member States where accumulation of irregularities and fraud can be recorded.
Amendment 3 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission will present a proposal for a binding European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), which should deliver key social rights, in particular gender equality between women and men; whereas special attention should be paid to groups facing multiple forms of discrimination such as LGBTI persons in matters of social insurance schemes, social assistance programmes and public services;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas compliance with fundamental rights is an essential part of a socially fair society;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women still face many forms of discrimination in the EU and are still underrepresented in all areas of decision-making;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EU LGBT Survey finds that lesbian, bisexual and transgender face a disproportionate risk of discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the economic crises and austerity measures have disproportionately affected women, particularly young and women suffering from multiple discrimination; whereas the feminisation of poverty persists in the EU, and whereas the increasing risk of poverty and social exclusion of women is closely linked to budget cuts in public services such as healthcare, education, social services and welfare benefits;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas violence against women is a violation of fundamental rights which affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and represents a major barrier to equality between women and men;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to include gender mainstreaming as an integral part of the EPSR and to include systematic gender impact assessments as part of the fundamental rights compliance assessment;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to introduce a gender equality pillar into the Europe 2020 strategy and for greater inclusion of the gender mainstreaming perspective in the European Semester by introducing a gender dimension in the annual growth survey and in the formulation process of the CSRs;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets in this context that no EU gender equality strategy 2016-2020 was adopted and, echoing the Council Conclusions on Gender Equality of the 16th of June 2016, calls on the Commission to enhance the status of its Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 by adopting it as a Communication;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to implement gender budgeting as a tool for ensuring budgetary decisions take into account the gender dimension and address differentiated impacts;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Commission to step up efforts to increase the representation of women in decision-making in the political and economic sphere by pursuing a dual approach that combines gender mainstreaming and targeted measures;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission to improve the collection, the analysis and the dissemination of comprehensive, comparable and reliable and regularly updated data on women's participation in decision-making;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Regrets that the 2012 proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures is still blocked and calls on the Council to finally adopt a common position on this proposal;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector, fostering education and training of women and girls in ICT, increasing the visibility of women in the digital arena, enhancing gender equality and participation of women through better access to funding and supporting civil society and women's organisations in making an inclusive internet a reality;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly regrets the Commission decision to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive; calls on the Commission to put forward a new proposal and to respect Parliament's position to increase the current minimum guaranteed maternity leave from 14 to 20 weeks fully paid and for the mandatory right to paid paternity leave;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the fact that only a small proportion of men use their right to parental leave; calls therefore for concrete action to be taken in order to move towards parental leave rights that are as individual and non-transferable as possible;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the risk of poverty and social exclusion among children is strongly linked to their parents' situation in the labour market and their social conditions;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work including high levels of part-time work, low-paid, fixed term and zero-hour contracts; recalls in this context that equality between men and women can only be achieved through a fair distribution of paid and unpaid work as well as of work, family and care responsibilities;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Highlights the importance of minimum income schemes in order to fight poverty, thus calls on the Commission to evaluate the manner of, and the means for providing an adequate minimum income above the poverty threshold of 60 % of national median income in all Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national median wage and exceeding the national or regional living wage;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make funds available for female entrepreneurs and to improve access to existing funds, further highlighting the importance of women´s access to micro finance in women's entrepreneurship; further calls on Member States' governments, authorities and equality bodies to collaborate with the financial sector regarding their obligation to ensure equality between men and women in access to capital;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the revision of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation and to include, inter alia, a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality; reiterates the importance of Member States clearly including in their national legislation the prohibition of any discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity; believes that the current legal protection accorded by the directive to those who intend to undergo, are undergoing, or have undergone gender reassignment should be extended to all transgender people;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that combating the gender pay and pension gap is at the core of a socially just, gender equal society, and therefore, strongly repeats its call on the Member States to finally start actively implementing the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and continued positive action, preferably by means of legislation, and to introduce wage transparency measures and gender- neutral job evaluations;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that measures regarding work-life balance and combating the gender employment and pay gap are also effective measures to reduce the pension gap between women and men;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States that have not yet done so to move towards the individualisation of rights in social equity policy, particularly in tax systems in order to eliminate financial incentives for the spouse earning less to withdraw from the labour market or to work part-time;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Strongly deplores the fact that the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritisation of this directive by the Commission and reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that violence against women is a systematic fundamental rights abuse; calls therefore on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible and reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for a EU-Directive on violence against women and gender-based violence;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; calls for further action to push for the harmonization of criminal law across the EU in order to close the legislative gaps that still exist against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crimes;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include measures to protect women and LGBTI people against harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Cohesion Policy is the main investment policy of the Union, aimed at reducing regional disparities and contributing to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; Acknowledges the initial results of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to mobilise private investments; recalls that the EFSI must also contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion and that efforts are needed to enhance synergies and complementarity between the EFSI and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs); underlines the importance of ensuring additionality of the EFSI with respect to other EIB initiatives and EU- funded programs;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the main aim of projects financed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be to create growth and a dynamic labour market in Europe, and hence todeliver on the Agenda 2020 targets by creating quality jobs, inclusive sustainable real-economy growth and a dynamic labour market in Europe that benefits society as a whole and is sustainable in economic, social and environmental terms, and hence to reduce inequalities and enhance the well-being of EU citizenseveryone;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is concerned about the weak compliance with the principle of additionality which makes it difficult to determine whether EFSI projects help address market failure or suboptimal market situations and whether they would have been carried out also in the absence of EFSI; Urges the Commission and the EIB to step-up efforts and put in place mechanisms including a set of criteria that ensure the verification of additionality;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that implementation of EFSI remains below the expectations in terms of achieving the leverage effect envisaged and contributing to overarching Union priorities and objectives;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to help SMEs and micro- enterprises contribute to achieving the EU 2020 targets through respecting the principles of quality jobs, social inclusion and environmental sustainability to tap into funding more easily, so as to increase their capacity to implement projects and afford them better access to advisory services and technical support;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the publication of the Commission’s new guidelines of 22 of February 2016 on combining ESIFs and the EFSI; takes note, however, that the number of existing synergies between EFSI and ESIFs funds is still extremely low and calls on the Commission, the EIB, the national promotional banks and institutions (NPBI) and the managing authorities to accelerate the design and implementation of further synergies; emphasizes that EFSI and ESI Funds should complement each other;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the Commission proposal requiring the highest risk-taking tranche of the investment to be covered by ESI Funds instead of EFSI when the instruments are combined; Believes that this leads to legal uncertainty in the use of ESI Funds, and runs counter to the initial EFSI rationale to provide for new risk-bearing capacity for EU investment;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to develop national and regional platforms using the EFSI to invest in high-quality social, care and health services for new-generation jobs;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Commission, the EIB, the Committee of the Regions, and the managing authorities should better cooperate to ensure that more integratedcomplementary ESIF-EFSI projects are put forward to boost territorial development and cohesion policies;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction with the Structural Fundsand better respect of the Structural Funds to target the regions most affected by high unemployment and poverty in order to reduce inequalities through creating quality jobs, fostering social inclusion and enhancing environmental sustainability; regrets the policy shift from cohesion to investment policy as investment is not targeting need but take-up capacity;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to engage more actively in consultation at local level, especially in cooperation with national investment banks; believes that the EFSI should focus in particular on business startup projects and projects to reduce unemploymentthrough active involvement of stakeholders concerned by the investment and, where appropriate, in cooperation with national investment banks, the EIB and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds; believes that the EFSI should focus in particular on projects to reduce unemployment that have a high European added-value and contribute to achieving the objectives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as to the Treaty-based objectives of strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and reducing regional disparities;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the ECB to increase investment in projects aiming at social inclusion and enhancing environmental sustainability in the outermost regions, which are particularly handicappdisadvantaged by underinvestment in job opportunities, resulting in unemployment, exclusion, and emigration;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that there is a need to develop the thematic concentration of EFSI projects related to cohesion policyEFSI projects need to respect the requirements for thematic concentration when complementing ESI funding;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it disappointing that the Commission’'s assessmentevaluation of the EFSI has failed to record the number, types and prospects of jobs created to date under the Fund and to assess its gender impact;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the selection of EFSI financing operations and the managing of projects should be more transparent, accountable, based on defined criteria and involve local and regional stakeholders at an early stage; stresses that the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) and the EFSI investment committee should use the expertise of regional authorities in order to promote integratedcomplementary ESIF-EFSI projects; with a view to this, the EIAH should play an active role in enabling even more local and regional authorities to make the most of the EFSI;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Requests that integrated ESIF- EFSI projectssustainable investment should be excluded from calculations of budgetary adjustments under the Stability and Growth Pact; Considers that no distinction should be made whether a project is financed under the ESI Funds or by EFSI, as long as the investment concerned generates long-term societal and environmental benefits;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to lay down more clear-cut investment priorities and to draw up projects in collaboration with the European Investment Advisory Hub and local stakeholders which should be provided with the right to veto investments that are not in compliance with the EU 2020 targets and the criteria outlined in Art. 5 of the EFSI Regulation; calls on the Commission to work in closer cooperation with Member States in the European Semester process in order to help them begin as soon as possible to implement the recommendations, in particular by carrying out economic and social reforms, thus removing national barriers to investment.
Amendment 46 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Takes the view that gender equality, by increasing social and economic well-being, benefits not only women but society as a whole;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Deplores how the EU gender pension gap is at 39 % which is more than double the gender pay gap of 16 %, reflecting the lifelong consequences and impacts of the inequality in the labour market on women's rights;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that gender equality must be ensured in all areas, including in access to quality employment, career progression and reconciliation of work and private life; Acknowledges that the implementation and promotion of the principle of equal pay for the same work and for work of equal value is crucial to reducing pay and pension gaps and to eliminating the risk of poverty; calls on the EU and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners and gender equality organisations, to set out and implement policies to close the gender pay gap; calls on the Member States to carry out wage-mapping on a regular basis as a complement to these efforts;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores that in many Member States there is no entitlement to available, affordable and quality child care and long-term care and many women are forced to reduce their working time to care for children, persons with disabilities and other dependents; stresses the need to ensure women and men are equal earners and equal carers by eliminating gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work and to promote equal sharing of responsibilities, costs and care; points in this respect to the need for ensuring universal access to quality (social) services of general interest and for specific proposals making for better reconciliation of work and private life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support for childcare and to introduce targets similar to the Barcelona targets on the availability of quality long-term care services;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent publicuniversally accessible and solidarity-based statutory pension, and recalls that the Union recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age, disability or dependency on long-term care; reminds in this context that the right of older persons to live in dignity and independently is enshrined in Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that first pillar schemes have to remain at the centre of our pension systems and recalls that these must be promoted and enabled while ensuring that their resources are not drained by supplementary schemes to grant universal coverage and adequate pensions; points out that the gender gap for pensions is the smallest in the first pillar and that these schemes have proven to be the most inclusive, the most fair in re-distribution and even the most cost- efficient way of combating old-age poverty;1a _________________ 1a European Commission, The Gender Gap in Pensions in the EU, 2013
Amendment 94 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for all pension schemes, including private and occupational ones, to be based on unisex actuarial criteria, and that female life expectancy is not raised as a pretext for discrimination;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Urges the Member States to replace household unit models by the individualisation of taxation and social security rights to ensure individual rights and to counter dependency status through a partner or through the state;
Amendment 102 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a decent public minimum pension not related to previous working life; stresses the importance of shifting towards individual, rather than family-related, pension entitlements ensuring a life in dignity and inclusion in society when conditions for statutory retirement pension are not met; stresses the importance of shifting towards individual, rather than derived, pension entitlements whilst phasing out systems based on the male bread-winner model; highlights, however, the important role played by survivor's pensions in safeguarding many older women from poverty;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the current and future freezes and cuts in pensions in some Member States isare and will be hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careers (most of them women) hardest;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. AsksCalls on the Member States to increase minimum wages as anand social partners to increase wages, in particular through collective bargaining, as important tools for narrowing pension gaps; calls for a focus on the need to address the gender pay gap and job segregation in low paid sectors, raising wages in sectors where women are in the majority;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that a decent retirement income is essential in order to fight poverty among the elderly; stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of several factors including the gender pay gap, the pension gap, care responsibilities and related breaks, as well as insufficient support and taxation systems affecting households headed by single mothers; calls on the Member States to ensure that part-time workers, workers facing job discontinuity, assisting spouses and workers with career gaps or with periods where fewer hours were worked have the right to access a decent pension scheme without any form of discrimination;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CReiterates its calls on the Member States to introduce or reinforce pension credits for career interruptions resulting from caring, whatever the family and/or marital status'care credits' through labour and social security legislation for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal and unpaid care to a dependant or a family member, whatever the family and/or marital status; encourages the Member States to exchange best practices in this area;
Amendment 180 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Alerts to the risks to gender equality represented by the shifts from social security pensions to personal funded pensions since personal pensions are based on individual contributions and do not compensate for times spent caring for children and other dependent relatives or periods of unemployment, sick leave or disability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore ways to maintain and reinforce gender equality in reformed pension systems;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that both men and women have the chance to reach full contribution periods and rights to a full pension by fighting gender discrimination in employment, improving their ability to combine work with family responsibilities, improving investments in child and eldercare, establishing sound regulations on health and safety at the workplace that include gendered occupational risks as well as psycho-social risks, investing into public employment services that are able to guide women of all ages in their search for employment, introducing flexible rules for transitioning from work to retirement and pension credits for care periods;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States to provide for legal instruments in order to ensure the share of pension rights in case of divorce or separation;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to study the effects of different systems providing survivor's pensions in the light of high rates of divorce and non-married couples on poverty and social exclusion of older women;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow up on the Council conclusions of 18 June 2015 on equal income opportunities for women and men: Closing the gender gap in pensions, adopted under the Latvian presidency, including the call for the inclusion of care periods in the calculation of social protection rights, investment in accessible and affordable care systems, the developments of indicators on the gender pension gap and to promote further research on its causes;
Amendment 230 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Member States to put in place respectful and poverty-preventing rules for workers whose health does not allow to work until the legal retirement age; stresses that raising the retirement age without taking measures to include older workers in the labour market with quality jobs is not acceptable; considers that raising employment rates through quality jobs could help to considerably reduce the future increase of this ratio and, thereby, to alleviate the financial burden of ageing;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Strongly urges the Commission to complete gender impact assessments of all readmission agreements with EaP countries, involving the EU anti- trafficking coordination and EIGE;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Strongly urges EU institutions not to conclude nor enforce readmission agreements with EaP countries that do not uphold EU standards for combating human trafficking and protecting its victims, or that have problems upholding women's rights on an equal basis with men, or where child marriages prevail; believes that returns to those countries cannot be considered as "safe returns";
Amendment 67 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Urges the Commission to publish gender disaggregated data on the enforcement of readmission agreements with EaP countries;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls on Member States to ensure EaP women’s rights, such as access to visa, legal residence rights and social rights, are granted individually and not dependent on their marital status or spousal relationship;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Stresses the need for family reunification procedures to afford individual rights for women and girls joining their families in the EU, in order not to have to depend on a possibly abusive relationship with a family member for access to health, education, or work;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to impose the use of gender mainstreaming, and to implement gender budgeting and gender impact assessments in all areas of the ENP and ENI and thus ensure specific gender equality targets are developed and monitored;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture, training, youth, culture and sport, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility and lifelong learning programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need to strengthen a European approach to face common European challenges by supporting large scale innovation projects in the field of education, training and youth carried out by European Civil Society networks;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Institutions, therefore, to promptly address the shortcomings of the decentralisation in the provision of funding under KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices of Erasmus+;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training, youth and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importance of the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015, which calls for intercultural dialogue and EU-level cooperation to prevent and tackle marginalisation, intolerance, racism and radicalisation. ; notes, furthermore, that upcoming challenges, including migration and diverse societies, require more investments in education, training, youth, culture and sport as a way to reinforce cohesive, equal and inclusive societies, as well as intercultural dialogue; draws, therefore, the attention of the Institutions to the need to respond to such challenges by providing additional resources in both the directly managed programmes and the Structural Funds, in addition to dedicated budget lines;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that sustainable fisheries are crucial for the development of the ORs and are an important sector which creates large numbers of jobs; calls for everything possible to be done to strengthen the fisheries sector as a pillar for local development in these regions, in particular by supporting the creation and consolidation of fisheries in the ORs and by fostering local markets including in the supply chain of fisheries products;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the rules governing this sector are complex, and that the obstacles they create aremight create obstacles holding back the creation and development of fisheries; calls for the simplification of those rules in order to make it easier for individuals working in ORs to organise themselves into collectives, as well as to maximise the performance of EU funding and make the best possiwhile keeping up the fight against fraud and making sustainable use of fisheries assets in these regions;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the European Union, while stillrictly complying with the principles of sustainability and sustainable development established under the CFP, to exploit the exceptional fishing potential of the outermost regions and to remove all the regulatory and administrative obstacles hampering their economic development;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the EMFF shcould be used to replace and modernise small fishing boats that land all their catches in ports in the ORs and contribute to the sustainable local development of fisheries in the outermost regions; Emphasises the importance of small-scale fisheries for local labour markets and the potential of EMFF for bottom-up approaches in coastal areas in particular;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the need to tackle challenges related to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing encountered in some ports of the outermost regions which hinders a sound and sustainable development of the fisheries sector;
Amendment 83 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
Amendment 281 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 295 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 312 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to defineclarify the sconceptpe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for monthly magazines of general or special ithe normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.
Amendment 326 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 519 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 731 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 995 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 112 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for growth and job creation, gender equality, the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 116 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In shaping European Social Statistics due attention should be given to Article 10 TFEU. Therefore it is essential to ensure gender-segregated data collection to prevail, allowing for a solid factual basis to assess in how far equality has been achieved and discrimination has been tackled.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In line with the "Beyond GDP" initiative1a , it is important to complement GDP with high level indicators reflecting other dimensions such as quality of life including work-life balance, inclusion, well-being and social cohesion, highlighting the importance of ensuring that the relevant data can be segregated in order to identify, for example, gender- specific issues; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco /pdf/SWD_2013_303.pdf and http://ec.europa.eu/environment/beyond_ gdp/index_en.html
Amendment 136 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The developments described above need to be gradually streamlined, and statistical legislation in the area of social statistics needs to be modernised, in order to ensure that the high quality social indicators are produced in a more integrated, flexible and efficient manner. At the same time, due consideration must be given to the needs of users, to the burden placed on respondents, to Member States resources, the reliability and accuracy of the methods used, technical feasibility of producing the statistics, the time within which they can be available and the reliability of the results. To achieve data of high quality, due consideration should be given to the reference manual "Developing Gender Statistics: a practical tool”, prepared by the UNECE Task Force on Gender Statistics Training for Statisticians with contributions from various experts1a. __________________ 1a http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/st ats/publications/Developing_Gender_Stati stics.pdf
Amendment 146 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Data collections in the domains of time use and consumption are currently carried out voluntarily by many Member States, on the basis of agreed general guidelines. Research based on the Time Use Survey has shown its utmost importance in assessing among others gender equality in sharing work and care responsibilities. The gender dimension is also of high importance in the field of household consumption. Therefore, among others, gender equality as fundamental principle of the Union, provides for another reason to integrate those two surveys fully into the set of European Social Statistics. These two domains should be modernised, so as to take full advantage of new technological advances. Data collections in these two domains should be organized in accordance with this Regulation so as to open possibilities and create opportunities for further developments in the future, ensuring data that are more timely and relevant, and produced more efficiently. In the meantime, the Member States’ current approaches should not be changed.
Amendment 148 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Due to their specificities, demographic statistics23 , population and housing censuses24 , business surveys and statistics based on mainly administrative sources are not covered by this Regulation and should be governed separately by specific frameworks adapted to their characteristics. Statistical data is essential to describe, assess and support the improvement of life and well-being of citizens, the economy and the environment. It is of utmost importance for Union policies to be embraced by citizens. Statistical data should in this sense further advance the fundamental principle of European citizenship including non-discrimination and gender equality. __________________ 23 Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p.39). 24 Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14).
Amendment 29 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 2
Citation 2
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 46, 53(1), 62 and 62153(1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Amendment 48 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market in the Union enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and should therefore provide the combined legal basis for this Directive. The implementation of those principles is further developed by the Union aimed at guaranteeing a level playing field for businesses and respect for the rights of workerfighting unfair competition as well as ensuring respect for the rights of workers and the improvement of the working environment and working conditions.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The free movement of workers is to be secured within the Union and is to entail the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Almost twenty years after its adoption, it is necessary to assess whether the Posting of Workers Directive still strikes the right balance between the nfreedom to promote the freedom to provide servicevide services, the free movement of workers and the need to protect the rights of posted workers so as to ensure a level playing field for workers and undertakings operating in the internal market.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Rome I Regulation provides that the country where the work is habitually carried out shall not be deemed to have changed if he is temporarily employed in another country. The Rome I Regulation does not specify or define the term "temporarily employed”. It is therefore essential that for posted workers, who are, by definition, carrying out work in another Member State for a limited period of time, a specific provision is introduced in this Directive in order to provide for a period after which the country of service provision is deemed to become the habitual place of employment.
Amendment 121 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignments, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 124 months, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in which the work is carried outof habitual employment, without prejudice to any terms and conditions of employment which are more favourable to the worker. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law of the host Member Sates therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulation.
Amendment 127 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In the event that the posting is found not to be genuine, the applicable terms and conditions of employment should, in order to protect the worker, be those established by the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted, without prejudice to any terms and conditions of employment that are more favourable to the worker.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) To improve compliance with this Directive and stop circumvention it is of utmost importance that Member States make better use of Article 5 so as to ensure that this Directive is fully complied with. In the case of non-compliance effective, dissuasive and proportionate sanctions must be put into place immediately.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 170 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In a competitivetruly integrated internal market, service providers compete not only on the basis of a labour costs but also onideally a level-playing field, service providers should be able to compete with regard to factors such as productivity and, efficiency, or as well as the quality and innovation of their goods and services.
Amendment 184 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is within Member States' competence to set rules on remuneration in accordance with their law and practice. However, national rules on remuneration applied to posted workers must be justified by the need to protect posted workers and must not disproportionately restrict the cross-border provision of servnational law and practices.
Amendment 213 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The elements of remuneration under national law or universally applicable collective agreements should be clear and transparent to all service providers and posted workers. It is therefore justified to impose on Member States the obligation to publish the constituent elements of remuneration on the single website provided for by Article 5 of the Enforcement Directive, because transparency and access to information are essential for legal certainty and for the proper functioning and enforcement of law.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Laws, regulations, administrative provisions or collective agreements applicable in Member States mayshould ensure that subcontracting does not confer on undertakings the possibility to avoid rules guaranteeing certain terms and conditions of employment covering remuneration. Where such rules on remuneration exist at national level, the Member State mayshould apply them in a non-discriminatory manner to undertakings posting workers to its territory provided that they do not disproportionately restrict the cross- border provision of services.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary agency work gives expression to the principle that the basic working and employment conditions applicable to temporary agency workers should be at least those which would apply to such workers if they were recruited by the user undertaking to occupy the same job. This principle should also apply to temporary agency workers posted to another Member State. Member States should ensure at least equal treatment between posted temporary agency workers and domestically employed temporary agency workers.
Amendment 294 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1
Article 2a – paragraph 1
1. When the anticipated or the effective duration of posting exceeds twenty-four12 months, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted or where the service is provided shall be deemed to be the country in which his or her work is habitually carried out, without prejudice to any terms and conditions of employment that are more favourable to the worker.
Amendment 319 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 2
Article 2a – paragraph 2
Amendment 347 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2 b (new)
Amendment 350 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 c (new)
Article 2 c (new)
Amendment 361 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by all types of collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable within the meaning of paragraphs 8 and 8a:
Amendment 380 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) reimbursement of expenditure incurred as a result of the posting, such as expenditure with regard to travel, board and lodging.
Amendment 397 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of remuneration is defined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 436 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website and by other suitable means referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration in accordance with point (c).
Amendment 461 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
1a. If undertakings established in the territory of a Member State are obliged by law, regulation, administrative provision, contract or collective agreement, to sub- contract in the context of their contractual obligations only to undertakings that guarantee certain terms and conditions of employment covering remuneration,, the Member State may, on a non–discriminatory and proportionate basis,shall provide that such undertakings shall be under the same non- discriminatory obligation regarding subcontracts with undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) posting workers to its territory.
Amendment 464 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1a a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is added: 1aa. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that an undertaking, which appoints a subcontractor to provide services, is liable, in addition to or in place of the employer, for the obligations of that subcontractor and any other intermediary. This paragraph shall not preclude the application or introduction of more stringent rules at national level.
Amendment 479 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 482 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 484 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Amendment 487 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Article 3 – paragraph 9
(d) Paragraph 9 is deleted.replaced by the following: "Member States mayshall provide that the undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) must guarantee workers referred to in Article 1 (3) (c) the terms and conditions which apply to temporary workers in the Member State where the work is carried out."
Amendment 513 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 515 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2b) in Article 5 paragraph 2 is deleted.
Amendment 14 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, including the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the EU that call on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence,
Amendment 45 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast) and Directive 2004/113/EC on implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services,
Amendment 89 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread and one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been thesure access to justice for women victims of violence, to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;
Amendment 110 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a structural violation of fundamental human rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end by ensuring perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately sentenced and that women and girls survivors of violence receive support and recognition by the judicial system in order to break the vicious cycle of trauma, silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence;
Amendment 126 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims and extensive long term consequences for children who witness it in the context of domestic violence;
Amendment 139 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, gender stereotypes and sexism, including sexist hate speech, occurring worldwide, offline and online, in public and private life, are one of the root causes of all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 143 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;
Amendment 145 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas, due to factors such as migrant or refugee status, race, colour, language, religion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, state of health, disability, civil status, housing, women may face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing justice, support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights, and thus have specific needs, which entails that they should be granted specialist support services when implementing protection measures;
Amendment 146 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, is also importantmake a very important contribution to preventing and combating all forms of violence and their work should be recognised, encouraged and supported so that they can carry out their work in the best possible way;
Amendment 160 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard; whereas gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training has been identified as an efficient tool for reducing victimisation and its negative impacts, challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women and girls;
Amendment 192 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rapewhich includes physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, sexual harassment, stalking, rape, female genital mutilation, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 223 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
(b) To ask thtake all necessary steps to encourage Member States to swiftly ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention; to strongly condemn attempts to retract from steps already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;
Amendment 235 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
(e) To envisage rendering the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on as broad bas possibleis and without reservations;
Amendment 250 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g
Paragraph 5 – point g
(g) To ensure that the European Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a Code of Conduct concerning the cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention, including other relevant EU institutions and civil society;
Amendment 257 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h
Paragraph 5 – point h
(h) To ensure appropriate training, to produce protocols and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings;
Amendment 262 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i
Paragraph 5 – point i
(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, pregnant women, lesbian and bisexual women and trans and intersex- persons and people with additional support needs, including specialist accessible support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;
Amendment 267 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)
(ia) to ask the Commission for an EU Strategy on combating violence against women and gender-based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities integrating all EU efforts to eradicate violence against women;
Amendment 270 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j
Paragraph 5 – point j
(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to address the key role of media and to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; thus calls on Member States to adopt and implement active policies on social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, human rights education and anti-discrimination;
Amendment 286 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k
Paragraph 5 – point k
(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers have the right to live free from violence whether in the public or private sphere and are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence; and that gender- based violence mayshould be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures and respect the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 297 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)
(la) to use Articles 12, 34, 40 and especially Article 17 of the Istanbul Convention as a basis for designing and implementing policy actions to address sexist hate speech, including clarifying concepts and definitions, eliminating gaps in legislation, promoting gender-neutral language as well as gender equality training for law enforcement and judicial professionals.
Amendment 314 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to revise the current EU Framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, in order to include sexism, bias crime and incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Considers that a review of the MFF in 2016 should take stock of a number of serious crises and new political initiatives, together with their respective budgetary consequences, which were not anticipated at the time of the MFF’s adoption; notes, inter alia, the migration and refugee crisis, external emergencies, internal security issues, the crisis in agriculture, the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the persistent high level of unemployment, especially among young people, threatening social inclusion and cohesion, rising inequalities, populism and extremism challenging our democratic pluralistic societies and the payment crisis in the EU budget; observes that, in order to finance the additional pressing needs, an unprecedented recourse to the MFF’s flexibility mechanisms and special instruments was deemed necessary, as the MFF ceilings proved to be too tight in some headings; considers that, over the past two years, the MFF has essentially been pushed to its limits;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that significant budgetary means have been deployed to tackle the root causes of the refugee and migration crisis by reinforcing specific EU programmes under Heading 4; stresses the additional upcoming budgetary means necessary for the inclusion of most vulnerable migrants, especially women and girls, young and under-aged and LGBTI migrants, recalls the reallocations in favour of migration/refugee-related actions of EUR 170 million in the course of 2015, as well as the approval in 2016 of an additional EUR 130 million under Heading 4 for migration/refugee-related activities, together with the reshuffling of EUR 430 million under the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance, the Development Cooperation Instrument and the European Neighbourhood Instrument; recalls, furthermore, that in order to address the external dimension of the migration and refugee crisis the Commission has made various additional proposals having an impact on the EU budget, such as those for the establishment of EU trust funds (the Madad Trust Fund and the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, with an estimated initial budgetary impact of EUR 570 million and EUR 405 million respectively), as well as of the Refugee Facility for Turkey, for which EUR 1 billion is to be funded from the EU budget, not counting possible additional funding; stresses that further pressure on the Union budget might arise from other planned actions announced by the Commission such as the ‘London pledge’ or from events such as the EU- Turkey summit of 18 March 2016; is concerned, however, that owing to the magnitude of the problems the EU is facing further actions might still be required;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that youth unemployment remains dramatically high and represents one of the most pressing and serious problems that the EU is currently facing; highlights that 4.4 million young persons under 25 were unemployed across the Union in February 2016 and that this corresponds to a proportion of over 40 % in several Member States; consequently too many young people are at risk of social exclusion and more specific actions on including young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) should be taken;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines that the EU budget makes a significant contribution to the fight against unemployment, especially through the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); stresses that despite the initial delays in the designation of national authorities and the implementation of the YEI, the current figures indicate full absorption capacity; notes that an evaluation of this initiative will soon be concluded by the European Commission, and expects that the necessary adjustments will be introduced to ensure its successful implementation;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Strongly supports the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), as a means of ensuring an urgent response in the fight against youth unemployment, following the necessary adjustments brought about by the ongoing evaluation of European institutions as well as a continued assessment of its performance by all relevant stakeholders, especially young people and youth organisations; considers that this can only be achieved through the provision of an adequate level of commitment appropriations for the YEI for the remaining years of the current MFF; notes that this should entail an upwards revision of the ceilings of Subheading 1b, as no margins are available;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. In a context of new increasing challenges, including migration and diverse societies, more investments in education, training, youth and culture are very much needed to reinforce cohesive, equal and inclusive societies as well as intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Believes that the mid-term review/revision provides for an excellent opportunity for the first-time assessment of the functioning of the EU policies and programmes concerned, and expects the Commission to supply an analysis involving relevant stakeholders such as civil society in a structured dialogue, identifying the shortcomings of the current implementation system; invites the Commission to come up with concrete proposals to address the possible deficiencies and to improve the implementation environment for the remaining years of the current MFF, in order to ensure the best possible use of scarce financial resources;
Amendment 279 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges the increased role of financial instruments in the Union budget as a complementary form of funding as compared to subsidies and grants; recognises the potential of these instruments in terms of increasing the financial, and therefore the political, impact of the Union budget; underlines, however, that a shift from traditional financing to more innovative instruments is not advisable in all policy areas, as not all policies are entirely market-driven (e.g. youth and education sectors); underlines that increasing use of financial instruments should not lead to a reduction in the Union budget; recalls Parliament’s repeated calls for greater transparency and democratic scrutiny regarding the implementation of financial instruments supported by the Union budget;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the impact of the second cycle of the Youth Strategy (2013-2015) in providing a flexible framework forstressing the importance of a cross- sectoral involvementapproach; values the structured dialogue with youth organisations in this regard;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the Youth Strategy, given the EU’'s alarmingly high youth unemployment and, NEET rates and youth poverty; stresses that the next cycle (2016-2018) should continue to contribute to the two objectives of the Youth Strategy that are far from being reached by focusing on youth unemployment, education, and early-school leaving, vocational education and training and the transition to the labour market as well as social inclusion;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to combat early school-leaving by aidequately informing students about future labour market opportunities and qualitative apprenticeshipsntifying the shortcomings of the school system and society, supporting students in finding their own learning methods, implementing relevant and engaging curricula and realising a strong and well- developed guidance system with high- quality counselling and orientation services for all students; underlines that a holistic and inclusive educational approach is essential to make all students feel welcome and included, and feel ownership of their education;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 32 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to implement measures to facilitate the transition of young people from education to work, including by ensuring quality internships and apprenticeships, giving young people clearly defined rights that include access to social protection, written and binding contracts and a fair remuneration in order to ensure that young people are not discriminated against when accessing the labour market and adequately informing students about future labour market opportunities;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is important to ensure that young people receive the best possible training as today’s European youth is facingeducation and training, in order to tackle high unemployment and NEET rates, and in particulars well as poverty, whereas young people with poor qualifications are more likely to be unemployed and excluded from society;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underscores the importance of recognising competencies acquired in non- formal environmentthrough non-formal and informal learning and supports the implementation of lifelong learning policies; calls on the Member States to ensure the coherent validarecognition of skills and competences acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning with a view to bridging the gap between the skills shortages observed in the European labour market and the many young job seekers;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that employment and entrepreneurship constitute one of the eight priorities identified in the EU Youth ReportStrategy (2010-2018); stresses that youth work and non-formal learning, particularly as developed in youth organisations, play a vital role in developing young people’'s potential, including entrepreneurial skills, allowing them to develop a broad set of competences which can increase their opportunities on the labour market;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Views the Open Method of Coordination as an appropriateinsufficient means for framing youth policies that needs to be complemented by other measures; reiterates its call for closer cooperation on youth issues at local, regional, national and EU level; urges the Member States to agree on clear indicators and benchmarks in order to allow for monitoring of the progress made;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Erasmus+ programme, thereby fostering further cross-border career and labour mobility; by targeting all people regardless of their education level as this has a positive impact not only on employment but also on understanding and engaging in the European project by experiencing it, thereby providing young people with skills and competences for life, including language skills, broadening their opportunities and chances to participate in both the labour market and society, and exploring further cross-border career opportunities;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the Structured Dialogue as a means of listening toinvolving young people, both youth organisations and non- organised individuals, aboutbased on their real needs in order to conduct the implementation and development of youth policies more effectively at all levels and to foster active citizenship among young people; calls for further strengthening of the Structured Dialogue as a quality process of participatory decision-making;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to fully implement fullyand monitor the effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee, for example by putting in place career guidance systems and compulsory registration for the unemployed in order to gain a picture of the real situation as regards youtailor- made lifelong guidance systems that help people at any stage of their lives make educational, training and occupational decisions and to manage their individual life paths in learning, work and other settings; recalls that the involvement of youth organisations in the evaluation, implementation and communication of the Youth Guarantee is crucial for its success and encourages registration of the unemploymented.
Amendment 66 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of involving young people and youth organisations in shaping the priorities and drafting a new EU Youth Cooperation Framework after 2018;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the sharing of best practices, evidence-based policymaking, expert groups, peer learning activities and reviews to be important tools in result-oriented cross-sectorial cooperation to support young people; stresses the importance of disseminating the results of these activities to maximise the impact;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the role of family and its cooperation with schools, local communities and churches to guidefostering cooperation in the field between relevant stakeholders in order to empower young people towards be fully integrationcluded in society, providing a safe space for growing and learning;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to make the best use of available EU and national policies and financial frameworks in order to promote investment in young people and jobthe creation of quality jobs;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Youth Guarantee, based on a strong cooperation between employment services and the education system; recalls that the Youth Guarantee should be integrated in national employment plans, but also in youth policy plans and education plans; underlines that the involvement of youth organisations in the evaluation, the implementation and the communication of the Youth Guarantee is crucial for its success;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); calls for subsequent adjustments in regulation and resources to be proposed to overcome existing implementation impediments up to the end of the current financial framework;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for measures to facilitate the transition of young people from education to the labour market by providing quality internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring access to social protection and fair remuneration are guaranteed and any sort of discrimination is prevented;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of the validation of skillcompetences that have been acquired through informal, non-formal and lifelong learning as their validation is crucial in making visible the diverse and rich learning of individuals and contributes to the development of values, aptitudes and skills for young people as well as for learning about citizenship and democratic involvement;
Amendment 182 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Member States to make full use of the Erasmus+ programme in order to improve the employment prospects of young people, foster cross- border career and labour mobiliby targeting all people regardless of their education level in order to support young Europeans through cross-border experiences and intercultural learning in their personal development, also broadening their opportunities and chances to participate in both the labour market and society;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the value of youth organisations as providers of citizenship learning and education of democratic values, skills and competences, and recognises their contribution to improving youth participation in democratic processes;
Amendment 208 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the vital importance of sports and social activities for encouraging youth participation and social cohesion;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that young people’s voluntary activities should be supported and better recognised for their value as an important form of non-formal learning, contributing to the development of key competences for life;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that NGOs are an important EU partner playing a valuable role inpivotal role in in reaching out to citizens and bringing up their voices. They are crucial partners in developing and implementing EU policy and programme deliverys across policy areas, including – but not limited to – humanitarian aid inside and outside of the European Union,education, training, youth culture, human rights, health, consumer rights development cooperation, education and culture, neighbourhood policy, and the environment; and humanitarian aid inside and outside of the European Union.
Amendment 9 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the absence of a legal definition of an NGO presents a challenge for the Commission in producing reliable data on the financing of NGOs; eEmphasises the importance of access to suchgathering information or data on the scale of the role played by NGOs in EU programmes, application rates and performance; calls on the Commission to address this issue as part of the Budget for Results agendaproduce regular reports and to ensure that data are as simple and transparent as possible;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advises strongly against co-funding requirements above 20% which would bring an increased risk of instrumentalisation and damage the important advocacy and advisory role that NGOs play in EU policy; moreover, longer term structural support to NGOs providing learning opportunities and participation spaces for citizens and residents should be ensured in the form of operating grants;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Erasmus+ is the EU’s flagship mobility, education and, training, youth and sport programme, which has been allocated a 40 % budget increase as compared to the 2007-2013 period, given the positive results and high demand;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that investment from the EU budget under Erasmus+ contributes significantly to skills improvement, employability and a lower risk of long- term unemployment for young Europeans as well as active citizenship and social inclusion of young people;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the importance of the Erasmus+ Programme as one of the main flagship initiatives of the Union and encourages the Commission to propose a level of annual funding for the next generation of programmes of at least the same level as the last year of implementation of the current framework;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the structure of the programme with separate budget chapters per sector and encourages the Commission to keep separate budget chapters in the proposal for the next generation of programmes;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recognises the economic and social value of volunteering and encourages the Commission to support better volunteer based organisations across the programme actions;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the youth chapter of the programme is the one suffering the most from the increasing interest in the Erasmus+ from European citizens. Notes that at the moment 36% of all Erasmus+ submissions are in the field of youth with a 60% increase in submissions between 2014 and 2016;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Suggests more flexibility to NAs in the financial management of grant requests based on beneficiaries needs within and among the Key Actions;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the important role of non- formal education, youth work, participation in sports and volunteer activities in the Erasmus+ programme as a way to stimulate the development of civic, social and intercultural competences, to foster social inclusion and active citizenship of young people and to contribute to the development of their human and social capital;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the importance of the EU Structured Dialogue on youth, a participatory process that gives young people and youth organisations the possibility to be engaged in and influence EU youth policy making and welcomes the support the programme is providing to the process through the support to National Working Groups and the KA3 Structured Dialogue projects;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the European Commission to give more flexibility to NAs to move funds within KAs in order to overcome the potential funding gaps based on beneficiaries needs, for instance between KA1 Youth Exchanges and Youth Workers mobility;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the school education dimension of the programme, allowing for more mobility of pupils, simplification of funding and administrative procedures for schools and for non-formal education providers to support schools in organising pupil mobility, exploiting the benefits of cross-sectoral cooperation;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Encourages the Commission to strengthen youth work and non-formal education development practices within the programme by supporting youth organisations and other youth work providers, as well as by continuing the support to the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the introduction of two types of strategic partnerships as a first and important positive step towards increasing the chances for small-sizvoluntary-based organisations to participate in the programme; calls on the Commission to make further improvements in order to include more small-sizvoluntary-based organisations in programme activities, for example by reintroducing the national youth initiatives open to informal groups and by making the transnational youth initiatives more easily accessible;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the European Commission to come up with innovative solutions to maximise as much as possible the impact of the programme by proposing new eligible actions, which could be done, for example, by introducing large scale youth exchanges based on the structure of the large scale EVS in the framework of KA1;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes, furthermore, the simplification introduced by the use of lump-sum and flat-rate funding;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for taking concrete steps for volunteering to be eligible as a source of own contributions to the project budget, bearing in mind that Erasmus+ enables the recognition of volunteer time as co- financing in the form of contributions in kind and that the new European Commission proposal for financial guidelines includes this as a possibility;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Asks the Commission to harmonise the indicated pre-financing rates as much as possible throughout the programme in order to give all beneficiaries the same advantages and to facilitate project implementation, especially for small-sizvoluntary- based organisations;
Amendment 228 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls not only for the current budget level to be secured for the next programme generation under the new MFF, but considers a further budget increase, that ensures a level of annual funding for the next generation of programmes of at least the same level as the last year of implementation of the current framework, to be an important step for the continued success of the programme;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that Article 7 and Article 96 (7) of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)1 promoterequire Member States and the Commission to ensure that equal opportunities, non- discrimination and inclusion of persons with disabilities are taken into account and promoted in the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) in general and in the Operational Programmes in particular; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).
Amendment 3 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that particular attention should be paid to ensure the ESI Funds never contribute in any way to segregation; calls on the Commission to monitor closely whether the principle of non-discrimination and related legislation is respected and fully applied when ESI Funds are used;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the application of the general ex- ante conditionalities on anti- discrimination and disability and to make sure that, in accordance with Article 19 of the CPR, Member States fulfil the criteria set latest by 31 December 2016; recommends the Commission to suspend payments if the obligation to protect the rights of persons with disabilities or prevent discrimination is breached;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of involving partners at all stages of the funding cycle; Recalls that bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non-discrimination have to be included in the partnership and need to be empowered to play their role in order to ensure that the interests and concerns of persons with disabilities or at risk of discrimination are effectively taken into account;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notices that the discrimination of persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greaterremains a daily reality in the European Union and that full equality and protection from discrimination can only be achieved if discrimination and legal uncertainties for potential victims are tackled in all areas of life and if the (working) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Funds are needed;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionalisation and services and living arrangements for persons with disabilities in local communitiestake the necessary steps to move away from institutional care and facilitate the process of deinstitutionalisation while establishing inclusive services and living arrangements for persons with disabilities in local communities as well as to promote social inclusion and combat poverty and all forms of discrimination;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the ESI Funds should promote the right of persons with disabilities, including persons in need of high-level support, to live in the community with access to high-quality services;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that all necessary measures have to be taken to guarantee barrier-free access in the mobility and transport sector, in particular when ESI Funds are involved;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all actors involved to pay particular attention to the integrationneeds of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the results of the European Union lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender survey carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and published on 17 May 2013,
Amendment 17 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas poverty rates among women vary greatly between the Member States; whereas regardless of how specific the groups at risk are such as oelderly women, lone parents,single persons, single parents, lesbian women, bisexual women, transgender women and women with disabilities, the poverty rates among migrant women and women from ethnic minorities are the same throughout the European Union;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU LGBT Survey finds that lesbian, bisexual and transgender women face a disproportionate risk of discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, in employment (19%), education (19%), housing (13%), healthcare (10%) and access to social services (8%); whereas this results in disproportionate risks to their economic and social well-being;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that the lack of recognition of LGBTI families by many Member States, most notably by unequal marriage or partnership laws and parental recognition laws, results in lower incomes and higher costs for LGBTI people, increasing the risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study how procedures related to the official recognition of the gender reassignment of a person, or the absence of such procedures, affect transgender people's position on the labour market, particularly their access to employment, level of remuneration, career development and pensions;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that equal treatment legislation is a vital instrument to combat poverty resulting from marginalisation and discrimination of sexual and gender minorities; calls in this regard on the Council to adopt the 2008 proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; calls furthermore, for the explicit inclusion in any future recast of the Gender Equality Directives of a ban on discrimination on grounds of gender identity;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that improvement in rights awareness should be part of the efforts to combat gender-based poverty and exclusion; remains concerned that rights awareness in the area of discrimination on the basis of gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, and awareness of the existence of bodies and organisations offering support to victims of discrimination, is low; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to closely monitor the effectiveness of national complaint bodies and procedures in the context of the implementation of the gender equality directives with regard to gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment and the implementation of the employment equality directive with regard to sexual orientation;
Amendment 258 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to develop exchanges of best practice on legislative and budgetary instruments for combating poverty; with a focus on those groups at particular risk of poverty, including migrant women, women from ethnic minorities, single women, lesbian women, bisexual women, transgender women, older women and women with disabilities;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Considers that ITI also provides for an appropriate structure to tackle territories with poor access to services and isolated and segregated communities;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between women and men is a founding principle of the European Union, enshrined in the Treaty on European Union but far from being achieved, and is ranked among its objectives and tasks, and whereas gender equality and diversity in worker representation at board level of companies is a key democratic principle with positive economic side-effects such as inclusive strategic decision making and a reduction in the gender pay gap as well as the gender pension gap;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 21% of European listed companies guarantee workers' representation at board level and there are still 10 Member States with no or very limited participation rights; whereas workers' participation strengthens European democracy and decision- making in diversity in practice, and whereas female workers' participation is one of the key elements that enhances productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the European Union and the European social model require a strengthening of democracy towards a socially just, more sustainable and inclusive society, including economic democracy;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 21% of European listed companies guarantee workers' representation on board level and there are still 10 Member States with no or very limited participation rights;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas diversity in supervisory and administrative bodies, including through the participation of women and young people, brings along more diversity in experiences and ideas which generates a greater variety of possible answers to different challenges such as fluctuating markets and costumer demands;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas workers' participation strengthens European democracy and decision-making in diversity in practice, and whereas female workers' participation is one of the key elements that enhances productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to improve the EU company law framework so as to ensure that every company is required not only to respect existing workers' representation at board level but also to adopt the highest level of participation; calls on the Commission to safeguard pre- existing national rights in companies by closing loopholes in the SE Directive1 and the SUP proposal2a ; __________________ 1a Council Directive 2001/86/EC supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees 2a Proposal for a Directive on single-member private limited liability companies
Amendment 34 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all the Members States to implement the concept of workers' representation at board level and introduce legislative measures requiring quotas in order to increase gender balance in worker representation at board level; calls for a monitoring system to be put in place and any non-compliance with quota requirements to result in sanctions consistent with national company laws;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in workers' representation at board level and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved fruitful and effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones;16 ; __________________ 16 http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPI
Amendment 45 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas strong workers' rights contribute verifiably to achieving the Europe 2020 targets 1a and companies with worker participation have tended to weather the crisis better than others17 ; __________________ 1a ETUI (2016) Benchmarking Working Europe 2016 17 Kleinknecht R. (2015) Employee participation in corporate governance: implications for company resilience, http://ejd.sagepub.com/content/21/1/57.abs tract
Amendment 56 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the economic model based on the short-term ‘shareholder value’ principle has failed in the financial crisis; while the economic model based on worker ownership has proved a better resilience in terms of enterprises closing, job losses and level of indebtedness;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the Member States to step up their capacity for collecting gender-segregated statistics about worker board-level representatives and to analyse them in order to monitor the number of women and men in key decision-making positions so as to ensure the promotion of gender equality at board level in Europe.;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas giving priority to the fundamental economic freedoms in the European Union over employment and social rights often leads to the erosion of the national worker representation, not only at supervisory board level;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and its agencies on a regular basis and systematically to gather, evaluate and publish data and good examples relating to worker representation at supervisory board level, and to monitor its overall development in the EU;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in workers' representation in supervisory and administrative bodies and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote the participation of young workers in supervisory and administrative bodies by providing information on workers' representation and by working towards their participation proportionate to their share of the company's workforce;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that provision is made for employee representation at supervisory board level in drafting all new EU legislative acts or revising existing ones in the context of European company law that aim at enhancing information, participation and consultation of workers;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council, the Member States and the Commission to promote, respect and protect existing national forms of worker representation at supervisory board level in the EU and to counter any attempt to use existing EU law to circumvent or abuse such arrangements by establishing a strong basis for workers' representation at EU level; calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of making appropriate changes in the relevant European Treaties or legislative acts;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment and the development of worker cooperatives since by their own nature and legal requirements defining them they ensure workers participation in supervisory and administrative bodies but also workers' financial participation and control over the enterprise;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead of this proposal, to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22 Resolution of 10 March2 February 200912 with recommendations to the Commission on a 14th company law directive on the cross- border transfer of the registered office of a company seats.
Amendment 232 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests that the nature and scope of decisions requiring approval should be determined in this directive by minimum standardcommon high-level and binding standards for information, consultation and participation applicable to all forms of EU companies, which should be further development by rules in the Member States23 ; __________________ 23 e.g.Article 95 AktG, Austria. e.g.Article 95 AktG, Austria.
Amendment 245 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Demands that steps be taken, in appointing the supervisory board, to ensure that the sexes are represented according toan objective of a 40% presence of the geunder ratio in the company's workforce-represented sex among board members; calls on the Council in this connection to expedite the Parliament- backed proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures24 ; __________________ 24 COM(2012)0614. COM(2012)0614.
Amendment 259 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Demands that this Directive ensure that the representatives of the workforce are directly elected by the workforce and may also be from affiliated companies and, in the case of transnational companies, may also originate from another Member State and that trade union representatives may also be put forward and elected as external representatives;
Amendment 271 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends, with respect to the number of worker representatives sitting on the supervisory boards of companies, including direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates with more than 50 employees25 , that half the number of seats on the supervisory board should be reserved for workers or their representatives; __________________ 25advises that every workers' representative in supervisory and administrative bodies should be considered a full member with the same rights and duties as the members representing shareholders, including the right to vote; __________________ 25 In Sweden from 50 workers. In Sweden from 50 workers.
Amendment 154 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies have a recognised importance and enormous impact on the empowerment of women and girls, as they allow women to access information and knowledge beyond the traditional means, across local or national boundaries and cultures, provide information on their situation and the violations faced, raise awareness, interact and campaign to defend their human rights and freedoms;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the single digital agenda should encounter the enormous economic potential of better including women, as, according to a study commissioned by the EC, women participation in the EU digital sector at the same rate as man would generate a gain of around 9 billion EUR for the European GDP each year1 a; __________________ 1a Commission (2013), Study on 'Women active in the ICT Sector'
Amendment 337 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds the Commission of its obligation to assess the impact of any legislative proposal on fundamental rights as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; in this context, urges the Commission to perform gender impact assessments and include a gender perspective in its consultations regarding any legislative proposal put forward under the Digital Single Market Act, in order to achieve progress in closing the digital gender gap, overcome gender stereotypes, protect women´s position in the labour market, and promote women´s digital literacy and empowerment, women's rights and freedoms and gender equality;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Annual Report as the first by this Commission; stresses that the protection of the EU’s financial interests is at the core of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; notes that through a number of measures the Commission and the Member States have increased their effectiveness in fighting the overall rate of fraudulent or non-fraudulent irregularities in order to ensure that EU funds are protected from fraud; noteshowever, is concerned about a total of 1 649 cases of irregularities reported as fraudulent, this being 2 % more than in 2013 and representing EUR 538 million in EU funds;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the need to introduce a method that allows taking track from the fraudulent cases as reported to the amounts recovered, in order to be able to draw conclusions on the figures presented in the reporting of OLAF;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the failure to comply with public procurement rules has been a significant source of error, amongst others the avoidance of public procurement, splitting of contracts into smaller tenders to avoid exceeding thresholds and the use of inappropriate procedures; reminds that the new public procurement directives have to be implemented by the Member States by April 2016;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to develop a database on irregularities, capable of providing a basis for meaningful analysis in a comprehensive way of the frequency, seriousness and causes of public procurement errors; calls on the relevant authorities in Member States to develop and analyse their own data bases on irregularities in the area of cohesion policy, including those arising from public procurement, and to cooperate with the Commission to provide such data in a form and at a time that facilitates the Commission's work;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to ensure full application of the rules governing the ex-ante conditionalities, including on public procurement, that have to be fulfilled by the end of 2016;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that measures to detect irregularities continue to vary significantly between Member States, mainly on account of differing definitions of irregularities; is of the opinion that the Commission shall develop a horizontal policy on fight against fraud and corruption within Cohesion Policy; welcomes the preventive and corrective measures taken by the Commission to avoid fraudulent irregularities, including by interrupting 193 payments under the cohesion policy;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Common Provisions Regulation requires managing authorities to put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures; calls on the Commission to reinforce preventive action, in particular by strengthening the technical and administrative capacities of managing authorities to ensure more robust control systems able to reduce the risks of fraud and increase detection capacity; recalls the importance of the involvement of partners, especially in the monitoring committees, and their crucial role in the fight against fraud and for transparency and prevention of conflict of interest;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Council to support the establishment of an independent European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) provided that the relationship between the EPPO and other existing EU bodies is further defined and clearly demarcated in order to avoid an inefficient overlapping of competencies;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Notes that stakeholders generally confirm that the vast majority of victims of THB go undetected; recognises that the trafficking of certain vulnerable groups such as (homeless) youth, children, disabled and LGBTI people, has been somewhat overlooked; stresses the importance of improved data collection to enhance victim identification efforts with regard to these groups and developing best practice in dealing with the specific needs of these victims:
Amendment 11 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Gender Equality Directive (recast) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (Directive 2006/54/EC),
Amendment 32 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the 2013 LGBT survey conducted by the FRA, as well as the FRA "being Trans in Europe" report highlight the persisting discrimination of LGBT people in access to and within the labour market;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the scope of protection from discrimination available to trans people remains uncertain in many Member States; calls for measures to implement effectively national legislation transposing the Gender Equality Directive (recast); points out that such measures cshould include improved legal definitions and the extension of protections for trans people to include othersto ensure that protections include all transgender people and not only thran thoss people who are undergoing or have undergone gender reassignment21 ; __________________ 21 Ibid. Ibid.
Amendment 217 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned that rights awareness in the area of discrimination, and awareness of the existence of bodies and organisations offering support to victims of discrimination, are low, with higher rates of awareness among LGBTI people; takes the view that national, regional and local authorities, along with workers organisations, should substantially intensify awareness raising activities for both victims and employers; points out that national LGBTI organisations are key partners in this efforts;
Amendment 226 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt clear definitions of ‘family members’ for LGBTI familiesensure the mutual recognition of partnership status, matrimonial regimes and parenting rights; calls on the European Commission and Member States to take account of the specific discrimination intersex people face in employment and to review laws and practices with a view to preventing discrimination of intersex people;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas new Green technologies and ecological entrepreneurship is a sector that offers enormous potential for developing and promoting parity entrepreneurship, both in terms of equal access to funding, as well as in equal numbers of participating women and men entrepreneurs;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to put in place measures aimed at combatting stereotypical beliefs about men's and women's traits and abilities, in particular the unconscious gender bias and cultural conception regarding competences of female entrepreneurs and the investment- worthiness of their enterprises;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the value of entrepreneurship for work-life balance and to expand overall support for female labour market participation; looks forward, in the aftermath of the decision to withdraw the proposal to amend the Maternity leave Directive, to a constructive dialogue amongst institutions to see how best to support these work-life balance policies; calls upon the Commission to present, until the end of 2016, concrete steps, including legislative proposals, for increasing participation of women in the labour market by improving work- life balance;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of achieving the Barcelona targets to make work-life balance a reality for all, as well as of using the appropriate European funds to guarantee affordable care for children and elderly dependents; reminds of the importance full social rights protection has for the specific circumstances of the self-employed, without which innovative and inclusive entrepreneurship is not possible;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the huge potential of women innovators and entrepreneurs and the important role they can play in the digital transformation of the economy; calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in women and girls digital potential, and to fully support and promote a digital entrepreneurial culture for women and women´s integration and participation in information society;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to diligently monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming in the allocation of EU funds in relation to entrepreneurship; suggests to the Commission to introduce gender quotas in every targeted support provided to underrepresented and disadvantaged groups, in order to ensure progress towards achieving parity entrepreneurship;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
- 1. notes that technological progress has revolutionised the way people access and provide information, communicate, socialise and work, thereby creating new opportunities to participate in public and political discussions, opening up new prospects for an autonomous life, and resulting in enormous employment and economic potential for the European Union and beyond;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. there is a need to examine whether the spreadcalls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact that robotics has had and will continue to have on the number and types of rjobots brings welfare and progress if this happens in situations in which human labour is unnecessary within the traditional production and service structs as well as the quality and the competence profiles both as regards existing and new jobs, and gather information on new forms of employment; points out that any political decision with regard to shaping technological progress must be aimed at steering its course – in other words, what conditions are needed in addition to financial security to ensure that people remain healthy, happy and activea socially just, inclusive and sustainable way, at reducing inequality and ensuring that all human beings have equal opportunities to develop their sense of being an individual, talents and skills;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. education must pave the way for the next generatiand training can be key instruments for finding the way for everyone to be able to live fully productive livetake informed decisions and develop a sense of initiative and self-awareness in a world which will be changed by robotisation and automation;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. an answer must be found to the question of what provisions might be necessary in terms of the competitiveness of the labour force if the artificial or genetic development or supplementing of existing human capabilities results in people with extraordinary abilities, thereby altering the meaning of the term 'disability' and conferring an unassailable advantage on people with access to such tools and interventionpoints out that every choice that a human being makes with regard to their own body, insofar it corresponds with lawful activities and human rights, must be respected; an answer must be found to the question of what provisions might be supportive to improve the options, productivity and work quality of the labour force if robotics impact on workers bodily capabilities; underlines that the individual decision to choose or reject an implant, prosthesis or extension to a human body must never lead to unfavourable treatment or threats with regard to employment, education, health care, social security or other benefits;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. points out that, whilst robotics and artificial intelligence promise real advantages in the short and medium term in terms of effectiveness and economy not only for production and trade but also in areas where human intelligence hitherto meant there were only humans (whose work will be increasingly unnecessary), there is a danger, there may be a risk of the number of jobs in the field of robotics not increasing to match the number of jobs which are expected to be lost; calls on Member States and the relevant institutions of the Union to urgently develop new mechanisms of protection which are suited to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation and the increased use of robotics;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. an answer must be found to the question of which areas might see restrictions or a ban on total automation in order to safeguard employment levels, taking into accountstresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back technological progress, we have the opportunity as well as the responsibility to shape its course in order to benefit people and the planet, taking into account employment and social policy in view of demographic changes and sustainability and any unintended social consequences.
Amendment 4 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgent structural reformdevelop their schemes of vocational education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that include a strong work- based learning component, in order to facilitate school-to- work transitions; underlines in this context the potential of mutual learning and the exportation of best practice examples, but stresses at the same time that the specific strengths of each respective national system should not be eliminated and that a successful exportation of best practices is only possible if country-specific conditions are fully taken into account;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that education and skills policies should not be aimed at fulfilling labour market needs only, but also at equipping individuals with the necessary transversal competences to develop as active and responsible citizens; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to respect the fact that education and training constitute a fundamental right and carry a strong value in themselves;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. ERecalls that there are currently two million vacancies in the EU and emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; underlines in this context the importance of the adequate transferability of social rights within the Union and reiterates the importance of Erasmus+, the European Social Fund and EURES in this respect;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to strive for an individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training and believes that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage on;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that non-formal education, particularly as developed in youth organisations, fosters creativity, sense of initiative and self-responsibility, and can increase young people's chances on the labour market and positively contribute to the success of VET; calls henceforth on the Member States to implement the 2012 Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning1a as a means to recognise competences acquired through non- formal education, particularly in the volunteer and youth sector, and support the implementation of lifelong learning policies. __________________ 1a OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1.
Amendment 4 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the 2014 WSIS Action Lines, which were combined with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to enhance synergies between these global strategies, including the action to empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of irrespective of irrespective of age, disability, genetic features, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, social or ethnic origin, religion or belief, economic or other status by 2030,
Amendment 7 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 8 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
— having regards to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and more specifically its objectives with regard to "Women and the Media" calling for increasing the participation and access of women to expression and decision- making in and through the media and new technologies of communication as well as promoting a balanced and non- stereotyped portrayal of women in the media,
Amendment 20 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and girls, and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas digitalisation has a strong impact on the consumption and distribution of media, more noticeably for younger users, opening new channels for media consumption, giving the chance for a less hierarchal media landscape, but also posing new challenges to the empowerment of women through negative, degrading and stereotyped portrayals of women;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping isare an obstacle to the realisation of equality and a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Council to fully exploit the potential that the information society, ICT and the internet have to promote women’s empowerment, women’s rights and freedoms as well as gender equality, irrespective of age, disability, genetic features, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, social or ethnic origin, religion or belief, economic status;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector, to fostering education and training of women and girls in ICT, to increasinge the visibility of women in the digital arena, to enhancinge gender equality and participation of women through better access to funding and supporting, to systematically implement gender impact assessment and gender budgeting in its work on the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy and to support civil society and women’s organisations in making an inclusive internet a reality;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality between women and men 2016-2020, specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom- up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance new media can play in strengthening women´s participation in democratic processes; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote women´s full participation in the media, including management as well as regulatory or monitory bodies; more specifically calls on the Commission to create a European Media Monitoring group with a specific gender equality branch in order to strive for a more gender equal media realm fighting gender stereotyping and misrepresentation of women; furthermore urges the Commission to foster the creation of networks among civil society organisations and professional media organisation in order to empower women to take an active part and recognize the specific need of women in media;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees and to combat precarious working conditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women; highlights the importance of collective bargaining at all levels especially in branches which are strongly effected by digitalisation in order to ensure the principle of equal pay for equal work as well as safeguard working space quality and working space security in times of digitalisation; points out that necessary general framework conditions have to be found in order to safeguard the protection of personal employee data;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, as well as businesses, to promote gender equality in ICT by collecting gender-aggregated data on the use of ICT, developing targets, indicators and benchmarks to track the progress of women's access to ICT and promote best practice examples of ICT companies;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to support and promote a digital entrepreneurial culture for women, promote and financially support a European networking and mentoring platform for women and further strengthen the role of women in existing programmes; encourages Member States but also companies to create diversity policies that go beyond focusing on the recruitment of women in order to promote sustainable economic development and leadership;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation to address sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast directive on equal treatment;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Calls on the Commission to develop a code of conduct for its own communications and the communication of the EU agencies in order to foster the empowerment of women and fight stereotypes and sexism;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22 c. Calls on the Commission to prepare as soon as possible the necessary steps for ratification by the European Union of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, this being without prejudice to the EU responsibility to consider all necessary actions to end and prevent violence against women in all Member States, and to promote the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the Member States; calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 208 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Welcomes the proposal made by the Commission to include in its post-2016 Strategy on Trafficking in Human Beings provisions on prevention, assistance to victims, safe-return and reintegration, as well as the role of the internet; underlines that the phenomena of cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking should also be addressed;
Amendment 81 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The prevalence of disability in the European Union is higher among women than among men; women with disabilities are faced with multiple discrimination, facing substantial obstacles in realising their basic rights and freedoms such as physical, emotional, sexual, economic and institutional violence, discrimination in access to education and employment, which can lead to social isolation and psychological trauma; women are also disproportionately affected by disability as carers of family members with disabilities and experience discrimination by association more frequently than men; whereas equal treatment and positive measures and policies for women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities is a fundamental human right and an ethical obligation.
Amendment 85 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In its Article 6, the UNCRPD requires parties to take all appropriate measures to ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Convention.
Amendment 121 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) household electronic appliances, including their packaging
Amendment 129 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Household electronic appliances, including their packaging, shall comply with the requirements set out in Section X of Annex X
Amendment 61 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health. In addition, as set out in Article 11 of the of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, environmental protection requirements must be integrated in the Union policies with a view to promoting sustainable development. In order to promote good governance and ensure the participation of civil society, Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out that the Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies shall conduct their work as openly as possible.
Amendment 62 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health. In addition, as set out in Article 11 of the of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, environmental protection requirements must be integrated in the Union policies with a view to promoting sustainable development. In order to promote good governance and ensure the participation of civil society, Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out that the Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies shall conduct their work as openly as possible.
Amendment 62 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires that the Union shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion and aim at reducing regional disparities.
Amendment 66 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and many are facing the challenge of low potential growth, high unemployment, increased risk of poverty, shrinking social protection and widening disparities. The Union has identified the implementation of structural reforms among its policy priorities to set the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential to strengthen the adjustment capacity, and support the process of convergence.
Amendment 70 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct social and macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and many are facing the challenge of low potential growth, high unemployment, increased risk of poverty, shrinking social protection and widening disparities. The Union has identified the implementation of sustainable inclusive structural reforms among its policy priorities to set the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential to strengthen the adjustment capacity, and support the process of convergencedevelop comprehensive and sustainable inclusion policies to support the process of convergence in line with smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Amendment 71 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reforms are by their very nature complex processes that require a complete chain of highly-specialised knowledge and skills. Addressing structural reforms in a variety of public policy areas is challenging since their benefiimpacts often take time to materialise. Therefore, early and efficient design and implementation isas well as social impact assessments are crucial, be it for crisis-struck or structurally-weak economies. In this context, the provision of support by the Union in the form of technical assistance has been crucial in supporting the economic adjustment of Greece and Cyprus in the last years.
Amendment 74 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The European Court of Auditors’ Special Report (19/2015) entitled ‘More attention to results needed to improve the delivery of technical assistance to Greece’ concludes that the technical assistance delivered to Greece lacked strategic orientation, dedicated budget, ownership and effectiveness. It finds also that assistance in support of better implementation of programmes for EU funds achieved positive results.
Amendment 79 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reforms are by their very nature complex processes that require a complete chain of highly-specialised knowledge and skills. Addressing structural reforms in a variety of public policy areas is challenging since their benefitconsequences often take time to materialise. Therefore, early and efficient design and implementation is, stakeholder involvement and social impact assessments are crucial, be it for crisis-struck or structurally-weak economies. In this context, the provision of support by the Union in the form of technical assistance has been crucial in supportaccompanying the economic adjustment of Greece and Cyprus in the last years.
Amendment 82 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) As it was recognised in the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 19/2015 entitled "More attention to results needed to improve the delivery of technical assistance to Greece", the delivery of technical assistance to Member States should be based on a strategy with well-defined objectives and should improve ownership and effectiveness.
Amendment 84 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union has a long-lasting experience on providing specific support to national administrations and other authorities of Member States as regards capacity building and similar actions in certain sectors (e.g. taxation, customs, support to small and medium-sized enterprises) and in relation to the implementation of cohesion policy. The experience gained by the Union in assisting national and regional authorities carrying out reforms should be used in order to enhance the capacity of the Union to provide support to Member States. Comprehensive and integrated action is indeed necessary in order to provide support to those Member States that are undertaking growth- enhancing reforms and request assistance from the Union in this respect.
Amendment 90 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Member States may benefit from support in addressing challenges as regards the design and implementation of sustainable structural reforms. These challenges may be dependent on various factors, including limited administrative and institutional capacity or inadequate application and implementation of Union legislation.
Amendment 90 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Against this background, it is necessary to establish a Structural Reform Support Programme ('the Programme') with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States and regional authorities to prepare and implement growth-enhancing administrative and structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. The Programme is intended to contribute to the achievement of common goals towards obtaining economic recovery, job creation, boosting Europe's competitiveness and stimulating sustainable investment in the real economy.
Amendment 94 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission upon request by a Member State, in areas such as budget and taxation, public function, institutional and administrative reforms, the justice system, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, business environment, private sector development, investment, competition, public procurement, privatization processes, access to finance, investment, trade, sustainable development, innovation, education and training, labour policies, public health, asylum, migration policies, agriculture and rural development and financial sector policipolicy areas where specific needs have been identified by the Member State in consultation with regional authorities and civil society representatives.
Amendment 96 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union has a long-lasting experience on providing specific support to national administrations and other authorities of Member States as regards capacity building and similar actions in certain sectors (e.g. taxation, customs, support to small and medium-sized enterprises) and in relation to the implementation of cohesion policy. The experience gained by the Union in assisting national and regional authorities carrying out reforms should be used in order to enhance the capacity of the Union to provide support to Member States. Comprehensive and integrated action is indeed necessary in order to provide support to those Member States that are undertaking growth- enhancinginclusive sustainable reforms and request assistance from the Union in this respect.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to request support from the Commission under the Programme in relation to the implementation of reforms in the context of economic governance processes, in particular of relevant Country Specific Recommendations in the context of the European Semester, to actions related to the implementation of Union law, as well as in relation to the implementation of economic adjustment programmes. They should also be able to request support in relation to reforms undertaken at their own initiative, in order to achieve sustainable investment, growth and job creation. Member States should involve their Parliament and their partners from regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and representatives of civil society before submitting a request.
Amendment 104 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Against this background, it is necessary to establish a Structural Reform Support Programme ('the Programme') with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States and regional authorities to prepare and implement growth-enhancingsustainable administrative and structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. The Programme is intended to contribute to the achievement of common goals towards obtaining economic recovery, job creation, social inclusion, boosting Europe's competitiveness and stimulating sustainable investment in the real economy towards quality job creation.
Amendment 108 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Further to a dialogue with the requesting Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission should analyse the request, taking into account the principles of subsidiarity, solidarity, transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management and determine the support to be provided based on urgency, breadth and depth of the problems as identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas envisaged, analysis of socioeconomic indicators, and the general administrative capacity of the Member State. The Commission should also, in close cooperationBased on the specific needs identified by the Member State in consultation with regional authorities and civil society representatives, the Commission should agree with the Member State concerned, identify on the objectives, the priority areactions, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the global financial contribution for such support, taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds orand other Union programmes and instruments.
Amendment 112 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission upon request by a Member State, in areas such as budget and taxation, public function, institutional and administrative reforms, the justice system, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, business environment, private sector development, investment, competition, public procurement, privatization processes, access to finance, investment, trade, sustainable development, innovation, education and training, labour policies, public health, asylum, migration policies, agriculture and rural development and financial sector policiepolicy areas where specific needs have been identified by the Member State in consultation with regional authorities and stakeholders.
Amendment 123 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to request support from the Commission under the Programme in relation to the implementation of sustainable reforms in the context of economic governance processes, in particular of relevant Country Specific Recommendations in the context of the European Semester, to actions related to the implementation of Union law, as well as in relation to the implementation of economic adjustment programmes. They should also be able to request support in relation to sustainable reforms undertaken at their own initiative, in order to achieve sustainable investment, inclusive growth and job creation. Member States should involve their Parliament and their partners from regional and local authorities, social partners and representatives of civil society before submitting a request.
Amendment 124 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Commission Communications ‘The EU Budget Review’13 and ‘A budget for Europe 2020’14 underline the importance of focusing funding on activities with clear European added value, i.e. where the Union intervention can bring additional value compared to action of Member States alone. Against this background, the support actions carried out under the Programme should ensure complementarity and synergy with other programmes and policies at regional, national, Union and international level. The actions under the Programme should allow elaborating and implementing solutions that address national challenges which have impact on cross-border or Union-wide challenges and achieve a consistent and coherent implementation of Union law. In addition, they should contribute to further develop trust and promote cooperation with the Commission and among Member States. Moreover, the Union is in a better position than Member States to provide a platform for the provision and sharing of good practices from peers as well as to mobilise expertise. __________________ 13 COM(2010)700 of 19 October 2010. 14 COM(2011)500 final of 29 June 2011.
Amendment 129 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Further to a dialogue with the requesting Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission should analyse the request, taking into account the principles of subsidiarity, transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management and determine the support to be provided based on urgency, breadth and depth of the problems as identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas envisaged, analysis of socioeconomic indicators, and the general administrative capacity of the Member State. The Commission should also, in close cooperation with the Member State concerned, identifyBased on the specific needs identified by the Member State concerned, in consultation with regional authorities, the social partners and civil society, the Member State should agree with the Commission on the objectives, the priority areactions, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the global financial contribution for such support, taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds orand other Union programmes and instruments.
Amendment 132 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation should be implemented in compliance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the European Union. The Commission should adoptbe empowered to adopt delegated acts providing for multi-annual work programmes that set out the political objectives pursued, the expected results of the support and the funding priorities in the respective policy areas. Those elements should be further specified in annual work programmes adopted by implementing acts. __________________ 18 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 141 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Commission Communications ‘The EU Budget Review’13 and ‘A budget for Europe 2020’14 underline the importance of focusing funding on activities with clear European added value, i.e. where the Union intervention can bring additional value compared to action of Member States alone. Against this background, the support actions carried out under the Programme should ensure complementarity and synergy with other programmes and policies at regional, national, Union and international level. The actions under the Programme should allow elaborating and implementing solutions that address national challenges which have impact on cross-border or Union-wide challenges and achieve a consistent and coherent implementation of Union law. In addition, they should contribute to further develop trust and promote cooperation with the Commission and among Member States. Moreover, the Union is in a better position than Member States to provide a platform for the provision and sharing of good practices from peers as well as to mobilise expertise. __________________ 13 COM(2010)700 of 19 October 2010. 14 COM(2011)500 final of 29 June 2011.
Amendment 143 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the efficient and coherent allocation of funds from the Union budget and the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Programme should complement and be additional to ongoing Union programmes, whilst avoiding double funding for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State concerned, in accordance with their respective responsibilities should ensure at Union and Member State levels, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to ensure consistency, complementarity and synergy between sources of funding supporting actions in the relevant Member States with close links to this Programme, specifically with measures being financed from the Union funds and other Union programmes and instruments in the Member States.
Amendment 152 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to supplement and amend certain non-essential elements of the Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the multi-annual work programmes.
Amendment 154 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation as regards the adoption of the multi-annual and annual work programmes, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.
Amendment 155 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation should be implemented in compliance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the European Union. The Commission should adoptbe empowered to adopt delegated acts providing for multi-annual work programmes that set out the political objectives pursued, the expected results of the support and the funding priorities in the respective policy areas. Those elements should be further specified in annual work programmes adopted by implementing acts. __________________ 18 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 158 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to contribute to the institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national and regional authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective, since the scope of the support would be mutually agreed with the Member State concerned.
Amendment 160 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Considering the importance of sustaining the efforts of Member States in pursuing and implementing sustainable structural, institutional and administrative reforms, it is necessary to allow a co- financing rate of 100% of the eligible costs in order to achieve the objectives of the Programme, whilst ensuring compliance with the principles of co-financing and no- profit.
Amendment 162 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. 'Union funds' means the European Structural and Investment funds referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the Fund for the European Aid to the Most Deprived, established by Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 , the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund established by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management established as part of the Internal Security Fund, by Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 , and the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa established, as part of the Internal Security Fund, by Regulation (EU) 515/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 . __________________ 19Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014, on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (OJ L 72, 12.3.2014, p. 1). 20Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168). 21Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management and repealing Council Decision 2007/125/JHA (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 93). 22Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa and repealing Decision No 574/2007/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 143).
Amendment 163 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In the event of unforeseen and duly justified grounds of urgency requiring immediate response, such as a serious disturbance in the economy or significant circumstances seriously affecting the economic or social conditions in a Member State going beyond its control, upon request of a Member State, the Commission should be able to adopt special measures, for a limited proportion of the annual work programme, in accordance with objectives and actions eligible under the Programme to support the national authorities in addressing the urgent needs.
Amendment 163 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. 'Relevant country-specific recommendations' means recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multi-annual investments that fall directly within the scope of the European Structural and Investment Funds referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as set out in the Fund-specific Regulations.
Amendment 164 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. 'Sustainable investment' means investment that reduces negative externalities or increases positive externalities in a measureable way whilst generating societal benefits.
Amendment 168 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the efficient and coherent allocation of funds from the Union budget and the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Programme should complement and be additional to ongoing Union programmes, whilst avoiding double funding for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State concerned, in accordance with their respective responsibilities should ensure at Union and Member State levels, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to ensure consistency, complementarity and synergy between sources of funding supporting actions in the relevant Member States with close links to this Programme, specifically with measures being financed from the Union funds and other Union programmes and instruments in the Member States.
Amendment 169 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the promotion of European values, in particular solidarity and respect for fundamental rights;
Amendment 178 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States at their own request by providing support to national and regional authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges with a view to enhancing competitiveness, growth, jobs, and investment, in particular in the context of economic governance processessustainable investment, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds.
Amendment 179 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to supplement and amend certain non-essential elements of the Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the multi-annual work programmes.
Amendment 181 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation as regards the adoption of the multi-annual and annual work programmes, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.
Amendment 182 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to assist the initiatives of national authoritiend regional authorities and democratic institutions to design their reforms according to priorities, taking into account initial conditions and expected socio- economic impacts and the objective to contribute to delivering the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 184 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to contribute to the sustainable institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national and regional authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective, since the scope of the support would be mutually agreed with the Member State concerned.
Amendment 185 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support the national authoritiesnd regional authorities, in close cooperation with stakeholders, to enhance their capacity to formulate, develop and implement reform policies and strategies and pursue an integrated approach ensuring consistency between goals and means across sectors;
Amendment 189 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support the efforts of national and regional authorities to define and implement appropriate processes and methodologies by taking into account good practices and lessons learned by other countries in addressing similar situations;
Amendment 192 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. 'Union funds' means the European Structural and Investment funds referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the Fund for the European Aid to the Most Deprived, established by Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 , the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund established by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management established as part of the Internal Security Fund, by Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 , and the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa established, as part of the Internal Security Fund, by Regulation (EU) 515/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 . __________________ 22 European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa and repealing Decision No 574/2007/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 143).. __________________ Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 of the
Amendment 193 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. 'relevant country-specific recommendations' means recommendations relating to structural challenges where it is appropriate to address them through multi-annual investments that fall directly within the scope of the European Structural and Investment funds referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as set out in the Fund-specific Regulations;
Amendment 193 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to assist the national and regional authorities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of human resources management, where appropriate, through definition of clear responsibilities and increase of professional knowledge and skills.
Amendment 194 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to encourage the involvement of citizens in decision making through consultations and to strengthen citizenship through participatory processes;
Amendment 195 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. 'sustainable investment' means investment that reduces negative externalities or increases positive externalities in a measureable way whilst generating societal benefits;
Amendment 196 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
2c. 'social investment' means investment that addresses emerging social risks and unmet needs whilst generating economic and social returns in terms of employment prospects or labour incomes;
Amendment 197 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The specific objectives set out in paragraph 1 shall refer to policy areas related to competitiveness, growth, jobs and investment, in particular to the following:Member State shall, in consultation with regional authorities and civil society representatives, identify the policy areas it wishes to tackle in accordance with specific needs.
Amendment 200 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 201 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the development and implementation of solutions that address national challenges which might have impact on cross-border or Union-wide challenges;
Amendment 202 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 203 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the promotion of European values, in particular solidarity and respect for fundamental rights;
Amendment 204 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration;
Amendment 206 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 209 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 210 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States at their own request by providing support to national and regional authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges with a view to enhancing competitiveness, inclusive growth, jobs, and investment, in particular in the context of economic governance processessustainable investment, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds.
Amendment 212 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to assist the initiatives of national authoritiepolicy makers, national and regional authorities and democratic institutions to design their reforms according to priorities, taking into account initial conditions and expected socio- economic impacts and the objective to contribute to delivering the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 212 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 215 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support the national authoritiend regional authorities, beneficiaries and stakeholders to enhance their capacity to formulate, develop and implement reform policies and strategies and pursue an integrated approach ensuring consistency between goals and means across sectors;
Amendment 215 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 217 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support the efforts of national authoritiesnd regional authorities, in close cooperation with stakeholders, to define and implement appropriate processes and methodologies by taking into account good practices and lessons learned by other countries in addressing similar situations;
Amendment 217 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) expertise related to policy advice, policy change, participatory processes and legislative, institutional, structural and administrative reforms;
Amendment 219 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to assist the national and regional authorities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of human resources management, where appropriate, through definition of clear responsibilities and increase of professional knowledge and skills.
Amendment 219 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the provision of expert(s) (including resident and domestic experts), for a short or long period, to perform tasks in specific domains or to carry out operational activities, where necessary with interpretation, translation and cooperation support, administrative assistance and infrastructure and equipment facilities;
Amendment 220 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to encourage the involvement of citizens in decision making through consultations and to strengthen citizenship through participatory elements;
Amendment 220 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) institutional, administrative or sectoral capacity building, empowerment of civil society and related supporting actions, notably:
Amendment 223 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 223 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) organisation of local operational support in areas such as asylum, migration, border controland bottom-up approaches in order to facilitate the ownership of the reforms considered;
Amendment 226 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Programme shall submit a request for support to the Commission, identifying the policy areas and the priorities for support within the scope of the Programme as set out in Article 5(2). This request shall be submitted at the latest by 31 October of each calendar year.
Amendment 227 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall agree with the Commission on a set of policy guidelines steering the design and the content of the reform. They shall involve their Parliament and their partners from regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and representatives of civil society before submitting a request.
Amendment 229 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Taking into account the principles of subsidiarity, solidarity, transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management, further to a dialogue with the Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission shall analyse the request for support referred to in paragraph 1 based on the urgency, breadth and depth of the problems identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas concerned, analysis of socioeconomic indicators and general administrative capacity of the Member State. Taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds orand other Union programmes, the Commission in close cooperation with the Member State concerned shall identify and instruments and based on the specific needs identified by the Member State in consultation with regional authorities and civil society representatives, the Commission shall agree with the Member State concerned, in line with the agreed policy guidelines, on the objectives, the priority areactions for support, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the global financial contribution for such support.
Amendment 234 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member State shall, in consultation with regional authorities, where applicable, identify the policy areas it wishes to tackle in accordance with specific needs.
Amendment 236 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) expertise related to policy advice, participatory processes, policy change, and legislative, institutional, structural and administrative reforms;
Amendment 236 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the implementation of reforms in the context of economic governance processes, in particular of the relevant Country Specific Recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester or of relevant actions related to the implementation of Union law;
Amendment 239 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the provision of expert(s) (including resident and domestic experts), for a short or long period, to perform tasks in specific domains or to carry out operational activities, where necessary with interpretation, translation and cooperation support, administrative assistance and infrastructure and equipment facilities;
Amendment 240 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) institutional, administrative or sectoral capacity building, participatory processes and related supporting actions, notably:
Amendment 241 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The request for support under points (a) and (c) of paragraph 3 does not affect the right of Member States to take the final decision about the design, the adoption and the implementation of the reform, taking into account the EU Treaties and the EU Economic Governance framework.
Amendment 243 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) organisation of local operational support in areas such as asylum, migration, border controland bottom-up approaches in order to achieve the ownership of the reforms considered;
Amendment 244 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may define the support envisaged forsupport the Beneficiary Member States into cooperatione with other Member States or international organisations.
Amendment 247 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Programme shall submit a request for support to the Commission, identifying the policy areas and the priorities for support within the scope of the Programme as set out in Article 5(2). This request shall be submitted at the latest by 31 October of each calendar year. In line with the partnership principle as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, Member States shall involve their Parliament and their partners from regional and local authorities, social partners and representatives of civil society before submitting a request.
Amendment 248 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Taking into account the principles of subsidiarity, solidarity, transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management, further to a dialogue with the Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission shall analyse the request for support referred to in paragraph 1 based on the urgency, breadth and depth of the problems identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas concerned, analysis of socioeconomic indicators and general administrative capacity of the Member State. Taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds orand other Union programmes, the Commission in close cooperation and instruments and based on the specific needs identified by the Member State in consultation with regional authorities, the Commission shall agree with the Member State concerned shall identifyon the objectives, the priority areactions for support, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the global financial contribution for such support.
Amendment 250 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. In order to implement the Programme, the Commission shall adopt, by way of implementing acts,The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16, with a view to supplementing this Regulation by establishing multi-annual work programmes. Multi-annual work programmes shall set out the policy objectives pursued through the envisaged support and the expected results, as well as funding priorities in the relevant policy areas. The multi-annual work programmes shall be further specified in annual work programmes, adopted by way of implementing acts, identifying the measures needed for their implementation, together with all the elements required by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Amendment 254 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the implementation of reforms in the context of economic governance processes, in particular of the relevant Country Specific Recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester or of relevant actions related to the implementation of Union law;
Amendment 255 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 12(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of four years from 1 January 2017.
Amendment 256 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 12(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 257 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 12(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of the notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 263 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may define the support envisaged forsupport the Beneficiary Member States into cooperatione with other Member States or international organisations.
Amendment 6 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.
Amendment 23 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The economic and financial crisis hasand the mistakes in the economic governance have led to a lowering of the level of investments within the Union. Investment has fallen by approximately 15% since its peak in 2007. The Union suffers in particular from a lack of targeted quality investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects and competitiveness.
Amendment 33 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditInvestment projects are needed which target the most affected regions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potentiald have a value-added for society so as to help support and generate medium to long-term employment and demand.
Amendment 46 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Throughout the economic and financial crisis, the Union has made efforts to promote growth, in particular through initiatives set out in the Europe 2020 strategy that put in place an approach for smart, sustainable and inclusive growththe mistake to overfocus on austerity policies thereby negatively affecting growth. This has led to an increase in unemployment and poverty levels. The European Investment Bank ('EIB') has also strengthened its role in instigating and promoting investment within the Union, partly by way of an increase in capital in January 2013. Further and complementary action is thus required to ensure that the investment needs of the Union are addressed and that the liquidity available on the market is used efficiently and channelled towards the funding of viable investment projects with a strong focus on their growth- and job-creation potential, and their benefit to society as a whole. It is important to consider however that "any" investment without targeting nor criteria can cause major damage and that what the EU needs is investment targeted to create added value for the EU citizens, reduce inequalities and is sustainable in economic, social and environmental terms.
Amendment 51 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 53 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 55 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 58 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The EFSI isIf well-targeted and democratically governed the EFSI could become part of a comprehensive approach to address uncertainty surrounding public and private investments. The strategy has threeand the EFSI would need to extend beyond its three current pillars: mobilising finance for investment, making investment reach the real economy and improving the investment environment in the Union to deliver with as minimum: - a governance structure respecting basic democratic principles, - a system of checks and balances to ensure that investment triggered by EFSI does not cause damage to Union values nor create undesired negative effects, - the involvement of stakeholders and a right to veto investments not in compliance with the 2020 targets and the Art. 5 criteria, - a set of criteria so as to ensure that there is not "any" investment but investment to achieve the EU 2020 targets, bringing down unemployment and poverty and reducing the ecologic footprint.
Amendment 74 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing with the overall aim of generating sustainable growth, and quality jobs and social inclusion. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small, micro and medium enterprises and the social and solidarity economy. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 30 of 1500 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 87 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments targeted to regions with high unemployment and poverty and with high economic and social value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives especially regarding the employment, education and poverty reduction targets of the Europe 2020 strategy. No project may be funded which damages the EU2020 targets or negatively impacts on job creation or the environment.
Amendment 106 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economicEuropean added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote quality job creation, long- term inclusive growth and competitiveness and social inclusion. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 114 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The impact of the EFSI on employment, education and poverty reduction should be systematically monitored and further encouraged, especially with a view to achieving prolonged societal gains in the form of sustainable and quality employment, and social inclusion. This should also secure a fair distribution of investment returns among investors and workers.
Amendment 115 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In selecting investment projects, the EFSI should check that jobs which form part of these investment projects or are created by them provide a decent living.
Amendment 125 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile thanhere attracting private finance is more difficult than with existing EIB and Union instruments toas part of ensureing additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including particular in the countries most affected by the financial crisiswith high levels of unemployment or poverty. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
Amendment 132 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be socially, economically and technically viable and create an added value, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing. It is therefore necessary to lay down clear principles, criteria and conditions for EFSI support.
Amendment 146 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) DAll decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects with a proven experience in one of the 5 headline targets of the EU2020. The Investment Committee should organise a partnership with competent national, regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and relevant bodies representing civil society. The purpose of such a partnership is to ensure respect for the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality and to ensure the ownership of planned operations by stakeholders. The Investment Committee should be accountable to a Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies.
Amendment 151 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The Investment Committee experts should be approved by the European Parliament to improve democratic governance and accountability of the Investment committee.
Amendment 152 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) To deliver on the mandate of the new Commission at least one expert should be appointed to the Investment Committee who is a specialist in social policies. This should lead to the selection of projects that are consistent with the EU's social policy priorities, including the reduction of poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 158 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties may contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structure.
Amendment 161 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
Amendment 176 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened support for project development and preparation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union.
Amendment 183 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 193 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States have also begun work at national leveland their national, regional and local authorities should work on establishing and promoting project pipelines for projects of nationalEuropean significance. The information prepared by the Commission and the EIB should provide links to the accompanying national project pipelines.
Amendment 202 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred to the Commission in respect of the model to be used when submitting information on investment projects and their contribution to achieving Union policy objectives. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 204 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. TBased on a mandate by the European Council and the European Parliament the Commission shallmay conclude an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the establishment of a European Fund for Strategic Investments ('EFSI'). The agreement shall be transmitted to the European Parliament and the Council and shall be made public.
Amendment 205 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support quality investments in the Union targeting regions with high unemployment and poverty rates and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 301500 employees, with a particular focus on small, micro and medium enterprises as well as social and solidarity economy enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'). Such investments are meant to kickstart economic activity in the long- term general interest of the EU with the aim of supporting the EUs 2020 targets, especially as regards employment, environment and social affairs. No investment which is detrimental to the aims as outlined in Part 1 of the TFEU or the achievement of the EU2020 targets may be funded by EFSI. The overall objective of the EFSI shall be to promote and guarantee sustainable, inclusive and long-term growth and quality job creation as well as social inclusion in the Union.
Amendment 215 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The EFSI Agreement shall be open to accession by Member States. Subject to the consent of existing contributors, the EFSI Agreement shall also be open to accession by other third parties, including national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, and private sector entiticontrolled by Member States.
Amendment 220 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the conditions for the investment as outlined by the European Parliament and the Council in the mandate;
Amendment 221 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the methodology for determining geographic quota that adequately address the investment needs in those Member States with high rates of unemployment and poverty or most affected by the financial crisis;
Amendment 223 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The EFSI Agreement shall provide for the creation of a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') within the EIB. The EIAH shall have as its objective to build upon existing EIB and Commission advisory services in order to provide advisory support for investment project identification, preparation and devetargeting of regions with high unemplopyment and act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Unionidentify investments with high job creation potential, preparation and development. This shall include support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, use of innovative financial instrugovernance on responsible investments, use of public-private partnerships and advice, as appropriate, on relevant issues of EU legislationinnovative financial instruments.
Amendment 227 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall regularly consult with stakeholders concerned by the investment as well as where appropriate use the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Amendment 231 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that become parties to the EFSI Agreement shall be able to provide their contribution, in particular, in the form of cash or a guarantee acceptable to the EIB. Other third parties shall be able to provide their contribution only in cash. Financial contributions by Member States, including possible contributions to investment platforms, shall not be taken into account by the Commission when defining the fiscal adjustment under the preventive and corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact. In the event of an excess over the deficit reference value the Commission shall not launch an EDP. Similarly, no procedure shall be launched when assessing an excess over the debt reference value in the event that this is due solely to contributions to the EFSI.
Amendment 232 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Investment guidelines Investment guidelines 1. The EFSI shall provide support, through the implementation of operations of high European added-value, to contribute to achieving the objectives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as to the Treaty based objectives of strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and reducing regional disparities. The Commission and the EIB shall ensure that support from the EFSI is consistent with the relevant Union policies, horizontal principles referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article and priorities of the Union, and that it is complementary to other instruments of the Union. Operations supported by the EFSI shall comply with applicable Union law and the national law relating to its application. The Commission and the EIB shall ensure the effectiveness of the EFSI during implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation. The use of appropriate indicators shall facilitate the identification of economic, social and environmental benefits achieved through EFSI support. EIB financing and investment operations supported by the EFSI shall be managed in accordance with EIB rules and procedures, including on horizontal and sector policies. All projects financed under the EFSI shall be covered under the policies and procedures of the EIB complaints mechanism and memorandum of understanding with the European Ombudsperson. 2. The Commission and the EIB shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective are taken into account and promoted. They shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination. In particular, accessibility for persons with disabilities shall be taken into account. 3. The objectives of the EFSI shall be pursued in line with the principle of sustainable development and with the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment, as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. The Commission and the EIB shall ensure support for the climate change objectives and devote 20% of the budget of the Union to those objectives.
Amendment 234 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. TWithin the specifications of the mandate by the European Parliament and the Council, the EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall be governed by a Steering Board, which shall in accordance with Article 2a determine the strategic orientation, the investment criteria, the targeting, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI, in conformity with the objectives under Article 5(2). The Steering Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairperson.
Amendment 239 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. For as long as the only contributors to the EFSI are the Union and the EIB, the number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions in the form of cash or guarantees. Steering Board members from the Commission shall include representatives with proven expertise in employment and social policies.
Amendment 241 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. For as long as the only contributors to the EFSI are the Union and the EIB, the number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions in the form of cash or guarantees. The members of the Steering board shall consist of 1/2 Union representatives, elected in Secret Ballot by the European Parliament and the Council, ¼ EIB and ¼ civil society representatives, with in particular representatives of European Platforms working on Social Affairs, Environment and Tax Justice, as well as Social Partners. Additionally to these quotas at least 1 representative of the Civil Society Platform shall be a member of the Steering board.
Amendment 247 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. When other parties accede to the EFSI Agreement in accordance with Article 1(2), the number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions from contributors in the form of cash or guarantees. The number of members and votes of the Commission and the EIB, according to paragraph 2, shall be recalculated accordingly but not exceed 20% of board members.
Amendment 251 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
No decision of the Steering Board shall be adopted if the Commission or the EIB or the civil society representatives votes against it.
Amendment 256 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) The Steering Committee board members and the Managing Director have to be approved by the European Parliament and provide proof of absence of conflicts of interest.
Amendment 257 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations in line with Article 5, irrespective of their geographic location.
Amendment 261 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have to prove expertise relating to at least one of the five EU 2020 targets and have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and. 2 experts shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. 2 experts shall be appointed by the Civil Society Platform for better investment, 1 expert each by the European Parliament and the Council for a renewable fixed term of three years. The individual of the investment committee shall be approved by the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 262 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. At least one specialist in social policies shall be appointed as one of the independent experts in the Investment Committee. This expert shall be responsible for assessing the social impact of submitted projects to ensure that those receiving support from the fund are supporting the social objectives of the EU and benefit society as a whole.
Amendment 267 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
All experts have to provide proof that they have no conflict of interest regarding investment operations.
Amendment 270 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The Investment Committee shall organise a partnership with competent national, regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and relevant bodies representing civil society. These partners shall be involved in examining and approving operations for support of the EU guarantee.
Amendment 271 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Civil Society Platform for better investments The EFSI agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have a Civil Society Platform for better investment, in charge of monitoring EFSI financing or investment operations. The Civil Society Platform shall mirror the structure of the Investment Committee. Members of the Platform are suggested to the European Parliament and the Council and approved by a vote. The Civil Society Platform may veto any operation providing it has reasonable doubts regarding the fulfilment of requirements and restrictions of Article 5, any operation where it suspects a conflict of interest of any member of the Steering Committee or the investment Committee.
Amendment 272 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Transparency Clause Any remuneration and benefits provided to members of the Steering board, the Investment Committee or the Civil Society Platform as well as the remuneration and benefits for the managerial level of the EFSI shall be disclosed in full in the quarterly reports. The gender balance needs to be outlined in the quarterly reports.
Amendment 273 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Gender Clause Directive (XXXX) of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (2012/0299/COD) shall apply to any appointment, selection or recruitment procedure for EFSI bodies.
Amendment 275 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). TheAny operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and support anyt least one of the following general objectives and one of the EU2020 objectives:
Amendment 285 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in educationsocial policies including social protection, social services , social and solidarity economy education from an early age and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 289 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and, social fields and public services;
Amendment 293 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) investments in sectors with high job- creation potential, focusing on long-term and sustainable effects, including the social, health and care sectors as well as the social and solidarity economy.
Amendment 299 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Any operation shall support at least one of the EU2020 objectives: 1. An increase in the employment rate aiming at 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed 2. An increase in R&D / innovation investment aiming at 3% of the EU's GDP (public and private combined) to be invested in R&D/innovation 3. An improvement in Climate change / energy policies aiming at greenhouse gas emissions 20% (or even 30%, if the conditions are right) lower than 1990 , 20% of energy from renewables, 20% increase in energy efficiency 4. An improvement in the access to and stay in education by reducing school drop-out rates below 10%, at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level education 5. A reduction of Poverty / social exclusion by aiming at at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion
Amendment 301 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In addition, EFSI shall request for any operation a forecast of its job creation potential. Operations without job creation potential shall need to provide proof for addressing at least two out of five EU2020 objectives.
Amendment 304 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
The EU guarantee shall not be granted for support of: a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations; b) the exploitation and processing of fossil fuels; c) airport infrastructure. d) any project leading to relocation or loss of jobs; Support from the EU Guarantee shall not replace private market finance and public expenditure by a Member State for objectives referred to in the first sub- paragraph.
Amendment 305 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
The burden of proof for the fulfilment of the above-mentioned investment criteria is on the Investment Committee, which shall be obliged to respond publicly on requests relating to the requirements for the use of the EU guarantee.
Amendment 306 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 d (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 d (new)
To guide the selection of projects that the EFSI can support, the Steering Board shall include social and equality preconditions in the strategic orientation, in the guidelines on the strategic asset allocation, and in the operating policies and procedures, including the investment policies.
Amendment 310 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural and Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects in which the EIB is investing with the support of the EU guarantee. An operation may receive support from the EU Guarantee and from other Union instruments, provided that an expenditure item does not receive support from more than one source.
Amendment 316 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States,Based on the mandate by the European Parliament and the Council, the Steering Committee shall promote the creation of a fully transparent pipeline of current and potential future investment projects in the Union. Projects and operations for the pipeline can be suggested by any member of the Steering Committee as well as by the accompanying Civil Society Platform for better investments. The pipeline is without prejudice to the final projects selected for support according to Article 3(5).
Amendment 319 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the EIB shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular and structured basis, all information available on current and future investments which significantly contribute to achieving EU policy objectives.
Amendment 323 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, regional and local authorities shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular and structured basis, information on current and future investment projects in their territory. especially to stakeholders
Amendment 329 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) an assessment of the number, quality and sustainability of jobs created;
Amendment 330 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
(ab) an assessment on the European added-value and the contribution to achieving EU policy targets, in particular to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 334 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) an assessment of the quality of EIB financing and investment operations and results achieved;
Amendment 336 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the financial statements of the EFSI. including a chapter on any remuneration and benefits provided to members of the Steering board, the Investment Committee or the Civil Society Platform as well as the remuneration and benefits for the managerial level of the EFSI;
Amendment 338 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the gender balance in the Steering board, the Investment Committee, the Civil Society Platform and the EFSI management staff;
Amendment 340 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) an assessment of the contribution to the Union's social and equality objectives, in particular regarding quality job creation and the Europe 2020 Strategy targets for employment, education and poverty reduction.
Amendment 362 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In its financing and investment operations, the EIB shall not support any activities which impact negatively on or are detrimental to the EU 2020 targets. In particular the EIB shall not participate in any financing or investment operation which lead to a relocalisation or loss of jobs.
Amendment 363 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A social impact is precondition for any EFSI financing and investment operations; any proceeding with an operation in the absence of a social impact assessment will automatically trigger an intervention by the Civil Society Platform.
Amendment 3 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the LGBT survey "European Union lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender survey" by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 2013
Amendment 27 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. considering the significant influence of family attitudes, of peers and teachers in the selection of students' study areas and changing gender stereotypes, and given that teachers as agents of social change, by their attitudes and teaching practices, are essential to the promotion of gender equality, diversity and mutual understanding and respect;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in educational settings; urges the Commission to support the inclusion of objective information on LGBTI issues in school curricula; urges the Commission to facilitate peer learning amongst EU Member States in tackling homophobic and transphobic bullying and harassment;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Notes with concern that members of marginalised communities are frequently socially excluded, suffer discrimination and consequently face barriers accessing high-quality education, rights-based quality employment, health care, transportation, information and services in general, which poses a complex problem that needs to be properly addressed through the complementary use of structural funds; in line with this, emphasises the need of making special efforts regarding already existing EU programmes, such as the Youth Employment Initiative, Erasmus+, and Creative Europe to reach out to members of marginalised communities, accompanied by regular monitoring of the success of the outreach of the programmes, in order to break the cycle of poverty and marginalisation.
Amendment 5 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission's 'Guidance Note on the use of European Structural and Investment Funds in tackling educational and spatial segregation (Draft)' of 1 July 2015,
Amendment 6 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, with effect from 2014, Regulation 1303/2013/EU1 contains new elements intended to help and support the disadvantaged: it makes it compulsory to dismantle institutions with large staff complements, and, in and calls on Member States to include these in their operational programmes and take concrete and immediate steps to comply with the requirements in order to promotinge social inclusion and combating poverty and all forms of discrimination, to switch from institutional services to community-based services, and incorporated marginalised communities, which may face growing challenges and increasingly lag behind other groups in a knowledge-based society; encourages Member States to move away from institutional care and facilitate the transition to community-based care and support so as to better reach out to members of marginalised communities; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
Amendment 6 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 17 June 2015 entitled 'Report on the implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies 2015' (COM(2015) 299),
Amendment 16 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that particular attention should be paid to ensure that EU funds never contribute in any way to segregation; calls on the Commission to monitor closely whether the principle of non-discrimination and related legislation is respected and supports the Commission to start infringement procedures against Member States that transgress the Racial Equality Directive 2000/43/EC;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States to respect and the Commission to follow up closely the country-specific recommendations issued on the social inclusion of marginalised communities;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes that some Member States, including those receiving recommendations, choose the socio- economic integration of marginalised communities as an investment priority in their operational programmes; warns however that this must also be mainstreamed in policy areas such as education or employment;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that Roma people, who are Europe's largest ethnic minority and among the most marginalised communities in the EU, suffer from poorer health than the rest of the population, and gives a fair warning that, according to UNDP survey data, approximately 20 per cent of Roma people are not covered by medical insurance or do not know if they are covered, and that about 15 per cent of Roma children under the age of 14 are not vaccinated compared to 4 per cent of children from non-Roma households; calls on the Member States to improve and consequently pursue the provision of tailored health information materials and disease prevention strategies as well as community initiatives to enhance health engagement in Roma communities;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws the attention of Member States and the Commission to the fact that after 2020, even though there will be fewer and fewer people of working age, there will be ever greater competition for jobs, while the private sectStresses that education is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaty of the European Union and that education and training policy should enable all members of society to benefit from high-quality education; points out that inequalities still persist in European education systems and that inherited social standing is the major problem contributing to it; underlines that ensuring equal access to high-quality education for wiall provide fewer and fewer jobs for those who are currently relatively low-skilled, which will require a new approach and not only long-term strategies but also short-term measures,members of society is the key to breaking the cycle of social exclusion; recalls in this respect that investment is needed to enable all people, at any stage of their life, to take part in stimulating learning experiences and encourage life-long learning to enhance social inclusion, active citizenship, and self-sustainability, and to prevent permanent unemployment and a lasting increase in it;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that marginalised communities are particularly vulnerable to unemployment, and that a considerable proportion of people in vulnerable situations in paid work face precarious employment conditions; draws attention to the persistence of the phenomenon of the "working poor" can have a disastrous impact in the long run, demotivating young people from seeking a better education and from adopting life strategies based on adequate work; calls on the Member States to implement minimum wage schemes combined with social transfers to provide sufficient income to make a decent life possible;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the European Commission in close cooperation with social partners, equality bodies and other human rights mechanisms, to rigorously enforce and monitor EU legislation on discrimination, especially in employment, education and training; calls on Public Employment Services (PES) to provide high-quality, tailored services to clients in vulnerable situations and implement awareness- raising trainings for employment office servants in order to raise sensitivity towards the multiply intersecting disadvantages of unemployed in vulnerable situations to eliminate prejudiced and negative attitudes towards them;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out to the Commission that the services sector will undergo a significant transformation in the near future, primarily as a result of accelerating automation, but also because of the wider use of online tools and solutions, so that even jobs in which medium-skilled labour is employed will come under pressure, where at present people from marginalised groups find work; highlights the importance of accessible trainings for all members of society in the field of new technologies and sectors, such as the digital sector or the green economy;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States, while budgeting prudently and ensuring macroeconomic balance, to provide, as a priority, more funding and to take effective, focused measures to ensure that disparities in development within geographical regions are not passed on in the form of social inequalities and inequalities of opportunity which already manifest themselves at the free primary and secondary education levels; nor should this be allowed to happen at later stages eithertes with concern that children from disadvantaged families are over-represented in special needs schools without justification; stresses, in this context, the importance of early childhood development and equal access to high-quality education.
Amendment 95 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the ‘explicit, but not exclusive' principle implies focusing on particular target groups while not excluding others in similar socio-economic circumstances nor triggering defensive reactions from the majority population because they feel their needs are not being addressed; emphasises that this principle is a first, but not the last step in recognising the need to pay attention to some of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities and individuals;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards access to public services as one of the major goals in addressing the inclusion of marginalised groups; calls for the creation of specialised structures to accommodate the needs of and promote marginalised groups' access to public services, such as Clearing Points advising on issues related to access to healthcare, labour market and education; demands a shift from a demand-driven approach to a welcoming service approach in public administrations;
Amendment 116 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States comply with these principles when adopting and supervising the implementation of operational programmes, including tackling the causes of structural inequalities; calls on the Commission to include its analysis in its reporting, including on National Roma Integration Strategies;
Amendment 139 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to make use of the funds and not to leave them unused; emphasises the need for a special focus on funding measures that go beyond targeted action under the thematic objective for social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination, thus providing for a more integrated and systematic approach;
Amendment 172 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that EU-funded projects must have a long-term perspective in order to be effective; underlines that projects should address exclusion and marginalisation; warns that implementers may satisfy the criteria set for inclusion on paper, while not investing in the actual needs of beneficiaries and not reaching target groups; calls for qualitative evaluation and monitoring mechanisms; calls on the Commission to put in place proactive and participatory monitoring and supervision of Members States' actions in the planning and evaluation process of funds;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Invites the Commission to address marginalised communities in its annual structured dialogue with organisations representing partners, while making sure that representatives of marginalised communities participate and facilitating a debate based on quantitative and qualitative analysis;
Amendment 185 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Is concerned that there is a risk that those solutions for inclusion and participation that lead most easily to visible and measurable results are favoured over those that include more marginalised communities that are more difficult to reach; stresses that this approach must be avoided in order not to exacerbate exclusion;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. CPoints out that awareness of structural and systemic exclusion is not only called for on the part of society as a whole but is especially essential for the work of decision-makers and stakeholders at all administrative levels and other public bodies involved; calls on all public stakeholders to carry out awareness-raising of the fact that xenophobia and racism, such as anti- Gypsyism, leading to systemic exclusion must be eliminated; suggests educational and anti-discriminatory measures to be considered;
Amendment 206 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Invites the Member States to offer an award for exemplary dedication to integration and inclusion of marginalised groups in implementing EU funds; suggests that this award could be presented to municipalities or regions in the Member States for outstanding work;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Invites the Member States to enable and encourage networking among municipalities and cities dealing with the integration of marginalised groups; suggests that the Covenant of Mayors on Climate Change could serve as an example for such a network;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Underlines its full commitment to supervising both the Commission and the Member States and to supporting all action in favour of increasing the inclusion of marginalised communities;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas through thematic concentration, cohesion policy resources are targeted at a limited number of strategic goals with growth-enhancing potential, for job creation, and environmental and climate protection;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes are strategickey tools to guide investments in Member States and regions, provided for in Articles 14, 16 and 29 of the Common Provisions Regulation with a timeline for their submission and adoption, according to which Partnership Agreements should have been adopted by the end of August 2014, and Operational Programmes by the end of January 2015, at the latest;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that cohesion policy has proven its capacity to react quickly with flexible measures to improve the liquiditytackle the investment gap for Member States and regions, such as reducing national co-financing and providing additional advance payments, as well as redirecting 13 % of total funding (EUR 45 billion) to support economic activity and employment with direct effects; recalls that the environmental and climate protection must not be sacrificed over growth, but provides for development and employment opportunities to be further exploited;
Amendment 34 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a stable fiscal and economic – as well as regulatory, administrative and institutional – environment is crucial for the effectiveness of cohesion policy; emphasises that, in order to achieve both the cohesion and Europe 2020 objectives, the policy must be aligned closely with sectoral policies and synergies shall be achieved with other EU investment schemes;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that it is imperative to start the implementation of the Operational Programmes as soon as they are adopted, in order to maximise the results of the investments, boost job creation and, raise productivity growth and contribute to the Union's climate and energy targets, and that the Commission and the Member States should do their utmost to speed up their adoption; demands that the Commission – while keeping a high focus on quality and the need to keep up the fight against fraud – analyses all possible ways of streamlining its internal procedures in order to ensure that Operational Programmes resubmitted after the deadline of 24 November 2014 are also taken into consideration; is aware that two scenarios are envisaged for the adoption of Operational Programmes, both implying further delays as regards the start of implementation;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesTakes note of the new European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and its potential leverage effect; advises the parties concerned to build on the experiences gained from the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan in 2008, in particular regarding smart investments; calls for the coordination of all EU investment policies – in particular cohesion policy – to ensure complementarity and avoid overlaps as well as to guarantee a high degree of quality in the use of EU money; suggests that the implementation of this new EU investment plan build on the experiences of the three joint initiatives JEREMIE, JESSICA and JASMINE, which allowed an increase in the delivery of Structural Funds from EUR 1.2 billion in 2000-2006 to EUR 8.4 billion in 2007- 2012;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that cohesion policy legislation provides for the extended use of financial instruments, in order to double their contribution to about EUR 25-30 billion in 2014-2020, by extending their thematic scope and offering more flexibility to Member States and regions; supports, in particular, the risk-sharing ‘SME initiative’, and calls on the Commission to make all efforts to make financial instruments easily usable and tempting for Member States and regions, thus ensuring that the doubling is achieved on its own merits and that stakeholder ownership of this target is well established; emphasises the need to ensure transparency, accountability and scrutiny for financial instruments that involve EU money;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Warns, however, that the EFSI should not undermine the strategic coherence and long-term perspective of cohesion policy programming; stresses that a re-direction of Structural Funds would be counterproductive, putting their effectiveness – and the development of the regions – at risk; points out that the financial allocations to Member States agreed on under Heading 1b in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020 cannot be modified in response to potential needs of the EFSI; emphasises that the replacement of grants by loans, equity or guarantees, while having certain advantages, must be carried out with caution, taking into account regional disparities; points out that the regions most in need of investment stimuli often have low administrative and absorption capacities;
Amendment 83 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of all measures aimed at increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and result and performance orientation of cohesion policy;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines the added-value deriving from the horizontal principles and the mechanisms introduced in the regulatory framework for their strengthening in order to ensure compliance with and contributions to Union policies in the field of gender equality, non-discrimination and climate spending;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the thematic concentration supporting investments in smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; maintains, at the same time, the requirement of some flexibility for the regions, depending on local and regional specificities, especially in the context of the severe crisis; calls for a genuinely integrated and territorial approach to target programmes and projects that address the needs on the ground;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the importance of a solid macroeconomic environment for cohesionlocal and regional development in order to facilitate and continue necessary public investments and welcomes the link of the ESIF to the European Semester;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises, in this context, Parliament’s responsibility to control; demands that the Commission and the Council provide full, transparent and timely information on the criteria for, and on the entire procedure that could trigger, a suspension of commitments or payments of the ESIF in accordance with in Article 23(15) of the Common Provisions Regulation; recalls that a proposal for re- programming submitted in accordance with Article 23(4) of that regulation requires the prior consultation of the monitoring committee concerned as referred to in Article 49(3) of the same regulation;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the ESIF could make a significant contribution to reversing the negative social consequences of the crisis, and that, for this to happen, an integrated approach offered bysuch as multi-fund programming should be pursued, with more efficient coordination of, and greater flexibility among, the funds, allowing for better exploitation of the synergies between the ESF and the ERDF, in particular; emphasises that investments funded by the ESF canmay not produce optimal results if the relevant infrastructure and appropriate institutions are not in place; stresses that the integrated and territorial approach is particularly essential when it comes to environmental and energy matters; draws attention to the fact that the ESIF can effectively support social inclusion, and should therefore be mobilised to help the integration of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups such as Roma and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the integrated and territorial approach is particularly essential when it comes to environmental and energy matters; regrets that the opportunities offered by the new regulations to invest in clean and renewable energies, sustainable and multi-modal mobility as well as prevention, recycling and reuse of waste have not been sufficiently used; demands further efforts to be taken to shift towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy and green jobs;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Warns that the alarming rates of youth unemployment threaten to bring about the loss of an entire generation; insists that advancing the integration of young people into the job market must remain a top priority, to the attainment of which the integrated use of the ESF, YEI and the ERDF can make a major contribution; considers that a more results-oriented approach should be taken in this regard to ensure the most effective use of available resources;
Amendment 128 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that cohesion policy needhas to be conducted within the spirit of properly functioning multi-level governance, combined with an effective set-up for responding to the requests of the public and businessesprivate sector as well as civil society, and with transparent and innovative public procurement, all of which is crucial to enhancing the policy’'s impact; stresses, in this regard, that, notwithstanding the importance of decisions taken at EU and Member State levels, local and regional authorities often have primary administrative responsibility for public investment, and that cohesion policy is a vital tool enabling these authorities to play a key role in the EU; stresses that this level of responsibility should be taken into consideration, in keeping with the partnership principlfurther empowered including by means of capacity building and technical assistance;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes that increasing attention is paid by the Commission to the role of governance and agrees that good governance and high-quality public services including the absence of corruption are essential for a stable investment environment; requests high ambitions for making Cohesion Policy spending less prone to fraudulent use and for strict application of anti-fraud measures;
Amendment 138 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Welcomes the strengthening of the partnership principle which acknowledges the key role of the various partners for ownership of the policy and transparency and effectiveness in implementation; congratulates those Member States and regions who have managed to involve their partners for the preparation of the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes in accordance with the Code of Conduct on Partnership; however, raises serious concerns about the numerous cases of weak application of the partnership principle and calls on the Commission not to approve programmes for which the involvement of partners has not been sufficient;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is convinced that the Code of Conduct on Partnership will strengthen participation inat all stages of programming in the regions, in form and substance, and has a fundamental role to play in boosting the effects of cohesion policy and consolidating its impact;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the introduction of new tools to integrate coordination of stakeholders and EU policies, and to focus investments on the real needs on the ground, such as the Integrated Territorial Investments and the Community-Led Local Development instruments; regrets, that the use of CLLD is only voluntary for the ERDF thus calling on Member States and regions to use it more often; points to the importance of adopting instruments for assessing the territorial impact of policies, the main objective of which is to consider the territorial impact of EU policies on local and regional authorities and to draw greater attention to that impact in the legislative process; calls for an overall integrated EU investment strategy, and a strengthening of the EU Territorial Agenda 2020 that was adopted under the Hungarian Presidency 2011 and that is scheduled to be evaluated by the presidencies of 2015; is of the opinion that particular attention should be paid to strengthening the role of small- and medium-sized urban areas in the framework of an EU Urban Agenda;
Amendment 166 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the crucial importance of administrative capacities; calls on policy makers at all governance levels to favour targeted technical assistance for the implementation of cohesion policies in general, and for the extended use of financial instruments combined with ESIF in particular; calls on Member States to reinforce multi-level governance including by advancing de-centralisation and stronger involvement of local and regional authorities in investment decisions;
Amendment 169 #
2014/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Recalls that the impacts of the crisis should be thoroughly analysed as well as the adaptability of Cohesion Policy; Considers that emphasis should be given to reflections on the ability of the Union's economy, society and environment to resist an economic shock and to recover from it and on appropriate contributions from Cohesion Policy to make EU regions more resilient and increase their adaptive capacity;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 July 2014 on Youth Employment,
Amendment 5 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of learning outcomes of non-formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01),
Amendment 8 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to its recommendation and the Council Recommendation of 18 December 2006 in key competences for lifelong learning,
Amendment 15 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a European labour market rigidities are having a negative impact on job creation, while a competitive EU labour market can contribute towhich provides workers and employers with underlying security motivates for achieving the Europe 2020 employment targets;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in 2012, one out of three European employees where either over- or under-qualified for their jobs1 a; and whereas young employees are typically more likely to be formally over-qualified, whilst also more likely than older workers to work in jobs less matched to their skills; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission (2013), Employment and Social Developments in Europe
Amendment 31 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the European economy and labour marketforce faces considerable difficulties in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and the consequent economic slowdown;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the crisis measures directed towards reduced public spending in the crisis countries have already shown a direct negative impact, in particular, on young people due to cuts in education, employment creation and support services, and regrets that policies affecting young people have been developed without involving the concerned and their representatives;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the wake of the European economic crisis citizens are heavily affected by increased poverty and unemployment as well as rising inequality; notes that a number of Member States are struggling with high unemployment levels (EU28: 9.9 %) as well as public debt; is further concerned that youth unemployment rates (EU28: 21.4 %) are generally much higher than those of the rest of the population;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that ambitious economic policies and labour market reforms are needed in order to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and create more jobss well as an increased access to long-term and sustainable financing are needed in order to work towards a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive society and create quality rights-based jobs to provide workers with a living income as well as to improve social inclusion; further stresses the need for economically sustainable and decent social welfare systems which are based on incenproviding for support in tivmes to workof needs as well as to protect the most vulnerable;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Situation on the EU labour market, including labour market shortages
Amendment 63 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that youth unemployment is also unevenly distributed across the EU, with unemployment rates among young people aged 16 to 25 being higher than 50 % in some Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several important challenges are affecting Europe's labour market, including increasing demand for highly skilled labourworkers, rapid technological change and development, as well as an ageing society which requires that early retirement be made less attractive; adaption of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls on the Member States and the EU to address the impact of caring responsibilities on the workforce, on one hand as regards the working conditions of care workers, their skills development and their lifelong learning opportunities, and on the other hand the need for adaption of the workplace and the working conditions for workers with care responsibilities;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 101 #
Amendment 108 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that in order to achieve a competitn inclusive EU labour market, ambitious reforms are needed which increase inclusiveness, security, flexibility and mobility, in the light of constantly changing labour markets and production patterns;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of human development, career flexibility and self- responsibility; recalls in this respect that investment is needed to actively support employability and prevent skills depletion among the unemployed; emphasises that such measures should be combined with reforms in pension and social welfare systems that encourage more people to workpersonal and professional development as well as opportunities to further training and postgraduate professional education; recalls in this respect that investment is needed to enable people, at any stage of their life, to take part in stimulating learning experiences and encourage life- long learning to enhance social inclusion, active citizenship, and self-sustainability; emphasises that such measures should be combined with reforms in pension and social welfare systems that support people inside and outside work and encourage further training whilst at the same time continuing to support the most vulnerable;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of the fair rights-based mobility of workers for a competitas a choice for an inclusive labour market, and stresses the need to reduce the administrative and linguistic barriers that are liable to restrain it; encourages raising of awareness of and further improvement of the EU-wide EURES job portal; stresses the need for a greater recognition across countries of formal, non-formal or informal qualifications obtained in the country of origin or in another EU Member State;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses, that given predicted rapid labour market changes, it is in youth of today that investments in education and training are necessary; stresses that skills policies should not be aimed at fulfilling labour market needs only, but at equipping the individual with the necessary transversal competences to develop as active and responsible citizens; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to respect that education and training are neither merely a labour market instrument nor meant to educate future workers, but constitute first and foremost a fundamental right and have a value in itself;
Amendment 147 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers' and employees' organisations , have to be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing andmay be involved, where relevant, in the implementingation of vocational qualification programmes;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 167 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
The importance of continuous education and training and training for the unemployedall labour market actors
Amendment 169 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the rights to education is a fundamental right and stresses the need to strive for a more flexiblen individual approach to individual career development and lifelong education and training across one's personal career path; and believes that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage on in every person's education.
Amendment 174 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that training and re- qualification programs for the unemployed shouldmust be designed and implemented in close cooperation with employfirst and foremost the affected persons, but also with Social Partners' associationsnd organisations representing the unemployed, with a view to better aligning workers' new skills with the needs of employersrequirements of the labour market;
Amendment 186 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that it is of utmost importance to give personalised tailor-made guidance and counselling to jobseekers in how to look for a job and to ensure that their skills are recognisor which further education and training to undertake, and to ensure that their skills and competences are recognised and validated through ‘'competences passports' reflecting the skills and competences acquired through both formal, non-formal and informal learning settings;
Amendment 191 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that the right to education and training is of special importance to long-term unemployed; reminds that long-term unemployed benefit most from a rights-based approach targeting their specific needs and not from standard measures; stresses that long-term unemployed need to know about their right to training, that measures targeting them need to respect take-up options and that training needs to be affordable, decent and addressing their actual needs; recalls that if these conditions are met, long-term unemployed will be able to use upskilling as opportunity to improve their working and living conditions;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Strengthening connections betweenthe transition from education andto employment
Amendment 196 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. BelieveConsiders that dual vocational training and dual systems should be given more consideration, as they tend to favour integration into the labour market and have proved to be effective in fostering youth employmenthave proven to be a good instrument to provide for work-related training in combination with the transition into the labour market; stresses the need to promote these systems among employers as an investment in skilled future employees and to include employers in conveying key competences within their responsibilities;
Amendment 201 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Believes that vocational training systems that exist today are the result of certain historical and cultural forces and have been shaped by prevailing legal norms, traditions, pedagogical principles and in institutional structures;
Amendment 203 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Underlines that each national vocational training system is a tool for achieving certain objectives which can differ from one country to another and that each one can therefore be judged only by its success in achieving those objectives; stresses that exporting a vocational training system from one country to another is possible only if conditions in the respective countries are comparable or can be adapted;
Amendment 205 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of better synergies between education systems and the labour market, including exposure to the workplace and cooperation with businessesthe provision of high-quality and paid internships, job counselling and integration of practical skills into curricula;
Amendment 211 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of career orientation through individual assessment and career advice focussing on individual skills and needs provided by highly qualified employment counsellors and peer counsellors;
Amendment 214 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that for a successful transition to employment, it is of great importance to take informed decisions, and thatequip young people with key transversal competences that will enable them to take informed decisions, develop a sense of initiative and increase their motivation, and self-awareness and initiative should be encouraged; , whilst appropriate support to this regard should also be made available; stresses the importance of social security systems which provide for quality transitions, including the transition from education to work, between jobs, as well as between employment and career breaks;
Amendment 217 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need for adequate financing and take-up, by the Member States and individual employers, of quality traineeship and apprenticeship schemes as well as of school-based learning;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that close partnerships are needed between governments and employers' and employees' representatives as well as learners' organisations in order to find the best ways of tackling the problem of skill mismatches in all its dimensions;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes that the Youth Guarantee is a first step towards a rights-based approach to young people's needs with regards to employment; recalls the obligation of employers to participate in the process of providing young people with accessible vocational training programmes and quality internships; stresses that the qualitative aspect of decent work for young people must not be compromised, and the core labour standards and other standards related to the quality of work, such as working time, the minimum wage, social security, and occupational health and safety, must be central considerations in the efforts that are made;
Amendment 229 #
Amendment 233 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that there are currently 2 million unfilled vacancies in the EU; emphasises the need for voluntary labour mobility encompassed by adequate transferability of social rights in the Union in order to fill this gap, and reiterates the importance of ERASMUS+, the European Social Fund and EURES in this respect;
Amendment 243 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the importance of the mobility of highly skilled workers from third countries in the light of the demographic challenges; and stresses the need to address any unnecessary administrative barriers related to their entry into the European Union; calls on the Member States to address the impact of brain drain in the concerned third countries from an early stage;
Amendment 246 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recalls the need to ensure the full portability of social security rights within the EU as well as increasing awareness of labour and social rights for the workers concerned in order to encourage and enable intra-EU labour mobility;
Amendment 250 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Recalls that due to the crisis and the divergent economic situation across EU Member States, forced mobility of young people is an increasing reality; urges Member States to ensure that the fundamental right to freedom of movement does not do damage; calls therefore on the EU and its Member States to ensure that access to quality public services, to rights at work and to social security for young mobile students and workers is neither restricted nor denied;
Amendment 252 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Exchange and validation of best practices in the EU
Amendment 254 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to exchange and validate best practices between Member States, in particular in relation to dual learning andlearning outcomes of non-formal and informal learning, lifelong learning strategies as well as vocational education and training systems and curricula, while acknowledging the specificities of each labour market and education system;
Amendment 262 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that teaching self- responsibility and fostering entrepreneurial education from an early ageskills further improves links between school and the labour market, and canould contribute to lowering unemployment levelsincreasing entrepreneurial spirit;
Amendment 269 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Believes that special support measures should be introduced for young entrepreneurs to facilitate their access to information as well as finance and funding, including one-stop-shop services for information and support targeting young people in existing entrepreneurial support bodies;
Amendment 270 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Believes that non-formal education, particularly as developed in youth organisations, fosters creativity, sense of initiative and self-responsibility, and can increase young people's chances on the labour market;
Amendment 273 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of support measures for SMEs and, micro-enterprises, in order to reduce the administrative and financial barriers to and social economy actors in order to facilitate their establishment and operation as well as facilitating the hiring of qualified labour force and training of employees;
Amendment 284 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that incentives should be introducedfurther developed where appropriate for entrepreneurs who invest in quality training and apprenticeships;
Amendment 292 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the importance of innovation and digitalisation for competitiveness and growth, and, in this respect, of the need to provide the knowledge and skills that are neededa fairer, more sustainable and inclusive society, and, in this respect, of the need to impart knowledge, creativity and skills, as well as of motivation and determination on the part of employees and prospective employees and employers with a view to creating innovative, creative and digital products and services;
Amendment 300 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights the job creation potential offered by completing the digital single market, building the energy union, creating quality rights-based jobs through investing in research and development and innovation, and fostering transport networks;
Amendment 318 #
Amendment 320 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider innovative ways to encourage targeted quality investment in the EU in order to boost growth and jobswork towards a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive society and create quality rights-based jobs and social inclusion;
Amendment 333 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States to learn from best practices that deliver lower unemployment rates and undertake reforms which draw on those practicfinally take the step from best practices observation to policy actions that increase the employment rates, reduce poverty and inequality and undertake reforms which draw on those practices, taking into consideration the specificities of labour markets and education systems in the Member States;
Amendment 339 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls upon cities and regions to focus on quality education and training, fighting early-school leaving and combatting youth unemployment, because young people urgently need new prospects and the utmost should be done in order to support them;
Amendment 344 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Member States to include entrepreneurial skills in their education programmes, including leadership, management and financial education and business start-up advice in their education programmes, and to prioritise the further development of quality vocational training and education (VET) programmes, taking into consideration the differences between Member States in labour market and education systems, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach;
Amendment 348 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the Member States to implement the 2012 Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning as a means to recognise competences acquired through non-formal education, particularly in the volunteer and youth sector, and support the implementation of lifelong learning policies;
Amendment 353 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to support the close involvement of labour market stakeholders, including employers' and employees' organisations as well as learners' organisations, at local, regional and national level, in order to foster closer links between education and training and the workplace and to anticipate future skills needs;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the share of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) has remained high and whereas young Roma are over-represented in this group;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the unemployment rate of the Roma population in the European Union tends to be three times higher than for the majority population and whereas discrimination on the labour market makes Roma particularly exposed in times of increasing levels of unemployment;
Amendment 235 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to launch a new initiative aimed at promoting employment opportunities for Roma in the Member States with measures to promote skills and qualifications and to fight discrimination as well as promoting job creation for example through self- employment and entrepreneurship and by using innovative financial instruments;
Amendment 317 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Member States, in proportion to the size and situation of their Roma population, to ensure that young Roma should be regarded as among the key target groups for their Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans;
Amendment 11 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas violence and/or discrimination against women cannot be justified on any political, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas gender-based violence is defined as violence that is directed against a person because of that person's gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the authorities in war and conflict regions to ensure suitable medical and psychological support, free legal services and access to justice, and to complaint mechanisms for female victims of and witnesses to violence;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is deeply concerned about the raise of gender based violence in many parts of the world, as one of the symptoms of the worldwide crisis, and especially about the increasing number of feminicide (the homicides of women and girls) in Mexico and other countries of central and South America, which take place in a context of generalized violence and structural discrimination; strongly condemns all kinds of gender based violence and the aberrant crime of feminicide and the prevailing impunity for these crimes, which further pretexts and encourages the murderers;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission, the European External Action Service and the Member States to take specific actions to address the situation of women and guarantee their freedom and respect for their most fundamental rights, and to adopt measures to prevent exploitation of, and abuse and violence against, women and children;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Urges the UN, in particular its Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, to make an utmost effort to trace the victims, investigate and establish the facts and circumstances of abuses and violations against girls and women with a view of avoiding impunity and ensuring full accountability; supports the work of the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address violence against women and the gender-related dimension of human rights violations internationally, in particular in the context of the bi-lateral association and international trade agreements in force and those under negotiation;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasis that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights contributes to prenatal care and the ability to avoid high-risk births, reduce infant and child mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and safe abortion services are important elements to save women's live;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively promote non- discrimination on grounds of sex, race and ethnic origin and on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in its foreign policy including through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).
Amendment 6 #
2014/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that civil society actors and social partners should be better involved in the development processes of EU grants programmes and that urban stakeholders should play a greater role in the implementation of the projects to be carried out;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that, in the operation of the European Fund for Strategic Investment, special attention should be devoted to urban regions in order to promote socially and ecologically sustainable and employment-intensive investment, for example in social housing, renovation of buildings, education or, health and care, as well as investment that focuses on the creation of high quality employment that makes a decent life possible;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the crisis measures directed towards reduced public spending in the crisis countries have already shown a direct negative impact on youth due to cuts in education, employment creation and support services, and that policies affecting young people have been developed without involving the concerned and their stakeholders; calls upon cities, towns and suburbs to focus on quality education and training, fighting early-school leaving and combatting youth unemployment, because young people urgently need new prospects and the utmost should be done in order to support them;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CDraws attention to the fact that urban design and services addressing gender discrimination and promoting equal opportunities contribute to achieving a greater social and economic benefit; therefore calls on the Commission to actively promote gender budgeting in Europe’'s towns and cities as analysing the distribution of expenses among women and others and having a look at how planned undertaking affects all genders makes it easier to develop concepts on what specifically can be done to further develop gender equality; calls on the Commission furthermore to promote exchanges of best practices in gender budgeting;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Takes the view that gender equality, by increasing social and economic well- being, benefits not only women but society as a whole; recalls that effectively challenging gender stereotypes is crucial to increasing women's participation in all segments of the labour market; calls on the EU to be a champion in challenging gender stereotypes especially in the area of education, work and further training;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that the European Commission should propose action to (a) decrease the gender pay gap, (b) increase the economic independence of women, (c) improve women's labour market accessibility and career progression, (d) fundamentally increase equality in decision-making, and (e) remove discriminatory structures and practices related to gender;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Takes note that, in the meantime, one fourth of women remain in the category of unpaid contributing family workers, meaning they receive no direct pay for their efforts, and there is a clear segregation of women in sectors that are generally characterized by low pay, long hours and often informal working arrangements which lead to fewer monetary, social and structural gains to women than are brought to the typical working male; remarks that there are still distinctive barriers to women's labour market participation and that, on average, women in the EU earn around 16,4 % less than men; and addresses, due to these discriminatory structures and practices against women, that gender equality must be ensured in all areas, including in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for work of equal value;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination in the labour market and in access to employment, including those against women and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and to adopt social protection measures in order to ensure that women’'s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are not lower than those of men doing the same job;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to propose clear measures to combat sexual harassment at the workplace more efficiently; regrets that despite EU law protecting individuals from discrimination in employment, 30 % of trans job seekers experienced discrimination when looking for a job, and trans women were the most likely to have felt discriminated against in the year preceding the Fundamental Rights Agency's LGBT Survey; points out that this is a violation of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the effectiveness of national complaint bodies and procedures in the context of the implementation of the gender equality directives in regard to gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment; calls on the Commission to provide Member States with expertise on ways forward to address discrimination in the area of employment on the ground of "sex characteristics"; calls on the Commission to support and encourage Member States in including trans and intersex in diversity trainings and work with employers on workplace measures, e.g. promote anonymous recruitment procedures; calls on Member States to use ESF funds to actively tackle discrimination against trans people in line with ECJ case law;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to actively implement the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency1 and continued positive action, preferably by legislation as this has proven to be successful, by introducing recommended and tailor-made wage transparency measures and gender- neutral job evaluation and classification systems; __________________ 1 C(2014)1405. C(2014)1405.
Amendment 37 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that women are still heavily under-represented in senior and leadership positions at all levels of political and economic decision-making; calls, therefore, for calls on a swift adoption of the Women on Boards Ddirective as an important first step in the right direction; stresses the Commission's responsibility to take any action that could help breaking the deadlock in Council for EU legislation addressing transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to guarantee athe right of return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave, the right to the highest possible level of health and safety protection at the workplace, to safeguard their maternity entitlements, and to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and to protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that occupational and sectorthe feminisation of poverty is the result of several factors including the gender pay gap, the pension gap, care responsibilities and related breaks, as well as insufficient support and taxation systems affecting households headed by single mothers; underlines that multiple discrimination that women face on the grounds of, among others, their gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, contributes to the feminisation of poverty; Stresses that occupational and sectorial segregation of the labour market remains a factor in determining the gender pay gap; also stresses that women`'s jobs, particularly domestic workers and careers, are consistently undervalued; and underpaid; underlines in this context the importance of assessing the gender effect of social security systems, taxation, benefit systems and working time models that negatively affect women; reminds the importance of thoroughly implementing anti- discrimination legislation, taking into consideration an intersectionality approach in order to reduce poverty among women.
Amendment 68 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and NGOs)civil society as well as social partners in the realisation of gender equality, with a view to fostering equal treatment; stresses that the areas covered by social dialogue shouldall include the monitoring of gender equality practices at the workplace, the promotion ofng flexible working arrangements, with the aim of facilitating the reconciliation of work and private life, ands well as the monitoring of collective agreements, codes of conduct, research or exchanges of experience and good practice in the area of gender equality.
Amendment 71 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the high levels of undeclared work performed by women which negatively impact on women's income, social security coverage and protection and has a bad effect on the EU's GDP levels; calls for the creation of policy measures offering incentives for employers and employees to move employment from the informal to the formal economy; stresses the need to particularly address domestic work, mainly performed by women, as a special challenge, as the work is in the informal sector, singularized and by its nature invisible which requires the development of tailored measures to tackle this efficiently.
Amendment 1 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Takes the view that gender equality, by increasing social and economic well- being, benefits not only women but society as a whole; recalls that effectively challenging gender stereotypes is crucial to increasing women's participation in all segments of the labour market; calls on the EU to be a champion in challenging gender stereotypes especially in the area of education, work and further training; stresses that the new gender equality strategy should, based on the Treaties of the European Union, aim at further reducing inequalities;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1b (new)
Paragraph -1b (new)
-1. Stresses that a post 2015 Gender Equality Strategy should propose action to (a) decrease the gender pay gap, (b) increase the economic independence of women, (c) improve women's labour market accessibility and career progression, (d) fundamentally increase equality in decision-making, and (e) remove discriminatory structures and practices related to gender;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1c (new)
Paragraph -1c (new)
-1. Takes note that, in the meantime, one fourth of women remain in the category of unpaid contributing family workers, meaning they receive no direct pay for their efforts, and there is a clear segregation of women in sectors that are generally characterized by low pay, long hours and often informal working arrangements which lead to fewer monetary, social and structural gains to women than are brought to the typical working male; remarks that there are still distinctive barriers to women's labour market participation and that, on average, women in the EU earn around 16,4 % less than men; and addresses, due to these discriminatory structures and practices against women, that gender equality must be ensured in all areas, including in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for work of equal value;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the fact that the EU is facing a demographic crisis which by 2040 will result in a shortfall of 24 million in the labour force, creating an economic necessity to further include women in the labour market and fight gender-based discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in access to employment; emphasises that increasing women’'s employment rate to the level of men’'s employment would reduce the labour force shortfall to 3 million;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the viewStresses that gender equality is a necessary condition forfundamental right enshrined in the Treaties of the European Union but far from being achieved in the EU; points out that improved gender equality on the labour market can contribute to meeting the Europe 2020 strategy’'s 75 % employment rate target and is crucial forto maintaining sustainable pension systems;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that economic growth and competitiveness in the EU are dependent on closing the gap between women’'s educational attainment and their participation and position in the labour market – an effect that results in the so- called glass ceiling; stresses that positive action, in particular in the public sector, has improved gender equality at entry level but that it needs to be extended to all career levels; stresses positive experience with legislation in the public sector of some Member States;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to propose clear measures in its new gender equality strategy to combat sexual harassment at the workplace more efficiently; regrets that despite EU law protecting individuals from discrimination in employment, 30% of trans job seekers experienced discrimination when looking for a job, and trans women were the most likely to have felt discriminated against in the year preceding the Fundamental Rights Agency's LGBT Survey; points out that this is a violation of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the European Commission to monitor closely the effectiveness of national complaint bodies and procedures in the context of the implementation of the gender equality directives in regard to gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment; calls on the Commission to provide Member States with expertise on ways forward to address discrimination in the area of employment on the ground of "sex characteristics"; calls on the European Commission to support and encourage Member States in including trans and intersex in diversity trainings and work with employers on workplace measures, e.g. promote anonymous recruitment procedures; calls on Member States to use ESF funds to actively tackle discrimination against trans people in line with ECJ case law;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root ofone element adding to the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality, which should be promoted byfamily life can help as one element to further gender equality for both fathers and mothers but does not cover all dimensions of gender equality; points out that for improved reconciliation one solution could be a better investment in care infrastructure and another the encouragement of men’'s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangvailable to both parents but with strong incentives for fathers and flexible working time arrangements; stresses that unequal division of care work is also driven by societal perceptions about gender roles and that it is important to challenge these as a means to achieving a fairer distribution of both care work and paid work; calls on the Commission to address this in the new gender equality strategy; stresses that parents of families not following classical gender patterns continue to face discrimination at the workplace as regards among others parental leave, social security benefits, access to benefits for their children, right to work-life-conciliation measures at the workplace, and family-related wage elements;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the female employment rate is 63% and 53,5% if employment is measured in full-time equivalents1 a; whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4% and the gender pension gap is 39% on average; whereas positions of power and decision-making are occupied almost exclusively by men, and women are therefore severely limited in their ability to wield influence; __________________ 1aCommission, Report on Progress on equality between women and men 2012, page 8 (SWD(2013) 171).
Amendment 66 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of several factors including women’s career breaks, the gender pay gap, the pension gap and poverty , care responsibilities and related breaks, insufficient support and taxation systems affecting households headed by single mothers, and; underlines that multiple discrimination that women face on the grounds of, among others, their gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, contributes to the feminisation of poverty; stresses that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can only be achieved by anti- poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreaming; and supported by action targeting female poverty; stresses in this context the importance of assessing the gender effect of social security systems, taxation, benefit systems and working time models among others and of reacting with policy changes where women are negatively affected; reminds the importance of thoroughly implementing anti-discrimination legislation, taking into consideration an intersectionality approach in order to reduce poverty among women;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the austerity measures in Southern Europe have overly affected women who have to cope with loss in pay and benefits while having major care obligations binding them to their home region; stresses that a new gender strategy needs to address the negative impact of austerity measures on women in Europe;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need forCommission's responsibility to take any action that could help breaking the deadlock in Council for EU legislation addressing transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the high levels of undeclared work performed by women which negatively impact on women’'s income, social security andcoverage and protection and has a bad effect on the EU’'s GDP levels; calls for the creation of policy measures offering incentives for employers and workeremployees to move employment from the informal to the formal economy; stresses the need to particularly address domestic work, mainly performed by women, as a special challenge, as the work is in the informal sector, singularized and by its nature invisible which requires the development of tailored measures to tackle this efficiently.
Amendment 118 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age)based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, nationality and age; calls on the European Commission to be a leader in tackling the still existing gap in including gender identity and gender expression comprehensively in EU non- discrimination legislation;
Amendment 159 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to draft the strategy in the form of a practical action plan, ensuring that it takes into account in particular the following specific suggestions in the areas of violence against women, work and time, women in power and decision-making, financial resources, health, knowledge, education and the media, the wider world and institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming; Stresses that a post 2015 Gender Equality Strategy should propose action to (a) decrease the gender pay gap, (b) increase the economic independence of women, (c) improve women's labour market accessibility and career progression, (d) fundamentally increase equality in decision-making, and (e) remove discriminatory structures and practices related to gender;
Amendment 245 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of flexible forms of work, better investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men's participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave available to both parents but with strong incentives for fathers, in allowing women, but more especially men, to reconcile work and family life and instructs the Commission to coordinate and promote exchanges of best practices; stresses in this connection the need for awareness campaigns for the equal division of domestic work and care and nursing, for the inclusion of men and the introduction of paternity leave of at least 10 days and parental leave to be divided between both parents;
Amendment 255 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of gathering qualified, gender-specific data relating to the allocation of time to care, nursing and domestic work and leisure, with the aim of making a regular assessment; stresses that unequal division of care work is also driven by societal perceptions about gender roles and that it is important to challenge these as a means to achieving a fairer distribution of both care work and paid work; calls on the Commission to address this in the new gender equality strategy; stresses that parents of families not following classical gender patterns continue to face discrimination at the workplace as regards among others parental leave, social security benefits, access to benefits for their children, right to work-life-conciliation measures at the workplace, and family-related wage elements;
Amendment 292 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for Member States to obtain a more balanced representation of women and men in parliamentnational and regional parliaments and municipal councils and in the Commission and emphasises in this connection the importance of electoral lists alternating by gender and of proposing both a woman and a man candidate for senior EU positions;
Amendment 318 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reiterates that Directive 2006/54/EC, in its current form, is not sufficiently effective to tackle the gender pay gap and achieve the objective of gender equality in employment and occupation; urges the Commission to revise Directive 2006/54/EC without delay.
Amendment 26 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the concentration of funding advocated in the context of the revisionpeal of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) regulation can often be achieved by both supporting large-scale projects for which the budget exceeds the EUR 50 million threshold and by investing in small-scale projects which are of articulate importance for endogenous development;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that Article 3(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 refers to investment in ‘small-scale cultural [...] infrastructure’; appreciates the funding opportunities for cultural services provided for in the same regulation in Article 5(9)(a); underlines the important contribution of both small and large cultural projects for sustainable development by fostering local and regional economies and societies;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fact that ERDF cultural heritage projects are a practical example of multilevel governance and of the principle of subsidiarity; stresses that the cultural and creative sector remain a priority in ERDF spending;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas digital modes of communication have contributed to the prevalence of hate speech and threats against women, with 18 % of women in Europe having suffered since adolescence some form of online harassment and nine million victims of online violence in Europe; whereas there is a lack of responsiveness by the justice system towards violence against women online; whereas abusers and haters are very rarely reported, investigated, prosecuted and sentenced;
Amendment 223 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, a European Gender Violence Strategy that includes a legislative instrument and tackles as well new forms of violence against women and girls, such as cyber-bullying, cyber- harassment and the use of degrading images online, the distribution on social media of private photos and videos without the consent of the people involved among others; Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies to acknowledge the above forms of digital violence against women in order to concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICTs to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking; Calls for a gender impact assessment of the EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the European Cybercrime Centre (Europol) in order to include these issues and adopt a gender perspective in their work;
Amendment 12 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The nature of undeclared work varies from one country to the other, depending on the economic, administrative, financial and social context. Undeclared work has also very different patterns depending on the nature and type of work and the concerned worker. Especially domestic work, mainly performed by women, poses a special challenge, as the work is in the informal sector, singularized and by its nature invisible. Therefore the development of measures to tackle undeclared work should be tailored accordingly.
Amendment 18 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A wide range of policy approaches and measures to tackle various forms of undeclared work have been introduced across the Member States. Member States have also concluded bilateral agreements and carried out multilateral projects on certain aspects of undeclared work. The Platform will not prevent the application of bilateral agreements or arrangementMember States are also requested to sign up to the relevant ILO Conventions such as the Labour Inspection Convention (No. 81) and the Domestic Workers cConcerning administrative cooperationvention (No. 189). The Platform should accompany Member States' actions and help to improve the subscription to and application of such agreements.
Amendment 22 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to address undeclared work comprehensively and successfully, a policy mix is toshould be implemented in the Member States, that is facilitat based byon structured cooperation between all relevant authorities. The cooperation should include all national authorities which are leading and/or active in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclaredbodies and actors. Special attention needs to be paid to hidden or underestimated areas of undeclared work such as in the sector of domestic work.
Amendment 46 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall coordinate the work of the Platform and chair its meetings. , which should be organised as follows: (a) Each Platform meeting shall be chaired by two representatives of its members who must neither be of the same sex nor from the same EU Member State, (b) The chairpersons shall be assisted by two vice-chairpersons who must neither be of the same sex nor from the same EU Member State, (c) The chairpersons and the vice- chairpersons shall constitute the Bureau, (d) The Bureau shall prepare and organise the work of the Platform in conjunction with the Commission's services as a Secretariat.
Amendment 76 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 153 (2) (a)s 9 and 153 thereof,
Amendment 78 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In its Communication of 18 April 201224 , the Commission highlighted the need for improved cooperation among Member States and announced the launch of consultations on setting up an EU-level platform platform at Union level between labour inspectorates and other enforcement authoritbodies to combat undeclared work, aimed at improving cooperation, sharing best practices and identifying needs for future legislative action as well as developing common principles for inspections. __________________ 24 Communication from the Commission ‘Towards a job-rich recovery COM (2012)173 of 18 April 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId= en&catId=101&newsId=1270&furtherNew s=yes
Amendment 82 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In accordance with Article 148(4) of the Treaty, the Council by Decision 2010/707/EU25 adopted guidelines26 for the employment policies of the Member States. These integrated guidelines give orientations to the Member States on defining their national reform programmes and on implementing reforms. The employment guidelines form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council addresses to the Member States under that Article. In recent years, those country-specific recommendations have included country- specific recommendations on the fight against undeclared work indicating that a stronger Union approach would be of merit. __________________ 25 Council Decision 2010/707/EU of 21 October 2010 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 308, 24.11.2010, p. 46) 26 The guidelines have been maintained for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Amendment 84 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) sets out as the objectives in the field of social policy the promotion of employment and improved living and working conditions. With a view to achieving these objectives, the Union can support and complement the activities of Member States in the fields of health and safety at work, working conditions, the integration of persons excluded from the labour market, and the combating of social exclusion. In accordance with Article 153(2) TFEU, the Union should adopt measures to encourage cooperation between Member States.
Amendment 86 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Parliament in its resolution on ‘Effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe’ welcomed the Commission’s initiative to create a European Platform (‘the Platform’) and called for stronger enhanced cooperation at EUnion level to fightin the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work27 . __________________ 27 European Parliament resolution of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe (2013/2112/INI) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups /ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=20 13/2112(INI)
Amendment 100 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The nature of undeclared work varies from one country to another, depending on the economic, administrative, financial and social context. Undeclared work also has very different patterns depending on the nature and type of work and the worker concerned. Domestic work, mainly performed by women, poses a particular challenge, as the work is in the informal sector, singularised and, by its nature, invisible. Therefore, the development of measures to tackle undeclared work should be tailored accordingly. Setting Union-wide standards could, in this context, contribute to a level playing field and benefit those economic actors who do not resort to undeclared work.
Amendment 107 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The abuse of the As a core part of undeclared work constaitutes of self- employwork falsely declared, eithe Platform should deal with this practice. Falsely declared work refers to paid activities that could be lawful as regards their nature, but are not declared correctly to public authorities. A specific form of falsely declared work is the abuse of the status of self-employed, either at national level or in cross-border situations, is frequently associated with undeclared work. Bogus self-employment occurs when a person is declared as self-employed while fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship, in order to avoid certain legal or fiscal obligations. Bogus self-employment is, therefore, falsely declared work and should come under the scope of the Platform. The increasing phenomenon of fraudulent non- declaration of workers in cross-border service provision needs to be tackled in the Platform and main fraud risks identified.
Amendment 124 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Undeclared work has serious budgetary implications through decreased tax and social security revenues as well as a reduced income. It has negative impacts on employment, and productivity, compliance with working conditions’ standards, and undermines the financial sustainability of social protection systems. The negative impacts on the undeclared worker include among others precarious working conditions, lower wages, less rights at work, fewer protection under labour and social legislation, fewer skills development and less life- long learning. It undermines the financial sustainability of social protection systems, deprives workers of adequate social benefits and results in lower social security and pension rights and less access to healthcare.
Amendment 141 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A wide range of policy approaches and measures to tackle various forms of undeclared work have been introduced across the Member States. Member States have also concluded bilateral agreements and carried out multilateral projects on certain aspects of undeclared work. The Platform will not should accompany those actions and help to impreovent the application of bilateral and multilateral agreements or arrangements concerning administrative cooperation.
Amendment 149 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The platform should fully respect and act in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as the relevant conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in particular Labour Inspection Convention No 81, Domestic Workers Convention No 189, Labour Administration Convention No 150 and Employment Relationship Recommendation No 198.
Amendment 157 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) EU leClose and effectivel cooperation at Union level remains far from comprehensive, both in terms of the Member States involved and the issues covered. There is a no formal mechanism in place for cross-border cooperation between Member States’ relevant authorities to address issues related to undeclared work. Member States therefore need to increase resources for labour inspections to improve cross-border enforcement.
Amendment 163 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The strengthening of active cooperation, based on obligations of mutual assistance and transparency among Member States at EUnion level, is necessary to help Member States to prevent and deter undeclared work more efficiently and effectively. In this context, the Platform should aim to facilitate and support the exchange of best practices and information, to provide a framework at Union level aiming to develop common understanding, expertise and analysis on undeclared work. The Platform should also encourage cooperation between the different enforcement authorities of Member States. In the long term, the Platform should develop its capacities as advisor on required policy actions and instruments.
Amendment 183 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Platform willshould in a first phase mainly aim to facilitate the exchange of best practices and information, provide a framework at EU level to develop expertise and analysis, and improve operational coordination of actions between the different national enforcement authorities of the Member States. Based on the information gathered in this work, further tasks should be added to the Platform, especially as regards setting Union standards and as regards advice for further development of legislation relating to undeclared work.
Amendment 192 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Platform should make use of all relevant sources of information, in particular studies, bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and multilateral cooperation projects and create synergies between existing EU level instruments and structures at Union level to maximise the deterrent or preventive effect of these measures. The operational coordination ofIn order to achieve this, the Platform should involve non-state actors as important sources of information. The actions of the Member StatesPlatform could take the form of a framework for joint trainings, peer reviews and solutions for data sharing. European campaigns or common strategies could increase the awareness of undeclared work. The Platform should strengthen close and effective cooperation between the Member States by promoting and facilitating innovative approaches of cross-border cooperation and enforcement, as well as evaluating their experiences of such cooperation to draw conclusions for future policy action.
Amendment 199 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) National inspectors often need immediate access to data and information of foreign national authorities. The exchange of data needs to be improved in order to be efficient and rapid.
Amendment 205 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) ThreeSeveral different national enforcement authorities are mainly involved with undeclared work: labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates, health and safety inspectorates and tax authorities. In some cases, migration authorities and employment services as well as customs authorities, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the social partners are also involved.
Amendment 209 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The Platform should be more than a passive mapping and assessment bodies. It should also try to prevent undeclared work by setting up practical tools against serious and organised forms and networks of undeclared labour and try to remove the fraud construction by informing all the authorities concerned. The platform should also work together with partner organisations, through exchanging information concerning fraud patterns. In addition, fraud prevention could be stepped up by information campaigns and broader public relations work
Amendment 210 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to address undeclared work comprehensively and successfully, a policy mix is toshould be implemented in the Member States, that is facilitatbased byon structured cooperation between all relevant authoritbodies. The cooperation should include all national authorit, regional and Union bodies which are leading and/or active in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work. It is essential also to strengthen and further support the cooperation between relevant non-public actors that are active in combatting undeclared work and helping the workers concerned.
Amendment 218 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) The platform should in the long run work towards proposing instruments and policies which are needed at national or Union level in order better to prevent, control and sanction undeclared work.
Amendment 220 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14 b) National, regional or Union bodies which specifically represent or defend the interests of undeclared workers should participate in the Platform.
Amendment 222 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To achieve its objectives, the Platform should be supported by a ‘Single point of contact’ in each Member State who should have the necessary authority to liaise with national authoritie, regional and Union bodies and the social partners dealing with the multifaceted aspects of undeclared work.
Amendment 229 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) To achieve its objective, the work of the Platform needs to be accompanied by a strong Member State commitment to improve capacities, in particular of labour inspections, to control and prevent undeclared work. In this context Member States should report regularly to the Platform on their efforts to step up inspections and provide the relevant bodies with necessary resources.
Amendment 230 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15 b) Representatives of the social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work may be invited to meetings of the Platform to provide knowledge about their specific areas.
Amendment 231 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Platform should involve the social partners at EU level, both cross-industry and in those sectors more severely affected by undeclared work,Union level and cooperate with relevant international organisations, such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and Union decentralised agencies, in particular Eurofound and European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. TWhile the involvement of Eurofound and European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in the work of the Platform ais observersf high importance, it will not extend their existing mandates.
Amendment 241 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Platform willshould cooperate closely with the EU level relevant expert groups and, committees whose work hasand stakeholders whose activities have links with undeclared work.
Amendment 246 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Platform and its tasks shouldactivities should initially be funded through the PROGRESS axis of the programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) within the appropriations set by the budgetary authority but opts for a stable autonomous financing from the EU budget to allow for reliable long-term planning.
Amendment 251 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) A Platform to enhance EUstrengthen cooperation at Union level in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Platform’, is hereby established.
Amendment 256 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) national enforcement authorities as nominated by all the Member Statrepresentatives of each Member State representing national or, where relevant, regional enforcement bodies on undeclared work, with a mandate to carry out the tasks of the Platform and to participate in all related activities,
Amendment 266 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
(3) The following maystakeholders should attend the meetings of the Platform as observers under the conditions set in its rules of procedure:
Amendment 270 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) representatives of the cross-industry social partners at Union level, as well as social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared workrepresenting both sides of the industry at Union level,
Amendment 279 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(d a) representatives of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (SLIC);
Amendment 281 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(d b) judicial authorities or other competent authorities for coordination and cooperation of judicial measures as appointed by the Member States;
Amendment 282 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d c (new)
(d c) a representative of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems established by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council 1a; 1aRegulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
Amendment 283 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d d (new)
(d d) national, regional or Union bodies which specifically represent or defend the interest of undeclared workers;
Amendment 284 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3 a) representatives of the social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work may be invited to meetings of the Platform to provide knowledge about their specific areas;
Amendment 286 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Functioning of the Platform 1. The Platform shall be chaired by two representatives of its members. They shall neither be of the same sex nor from the same Member State. 2. The chairpersons shall be assisted by two vice-chairpersons, who shall neither be of the same sex nor from the same Member State. 3. The chairpersons and the vice- chairpersons shall constitute the Bureau of the Platform. 4. The Bureau shall prepare and organise the work of the Platform in conjunction with the Commission’s services, which shall function as the secretariat of the Platform.
Amendment 287 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 b (new)
Article 1 b (new)
Article 1 b This Decision shall be without prejudice to ILO Labour Inspection Convention No 81.
Amendment 292 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 297 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving effective and close cooperation between Member States’ different enforcement authorities at EU level to prevent and deterbodies, as well as with concerned other actors at Union level to prevent and deter undeclared work, and falsely declared work associated with undeclared work, including bogus self- employment, more efficiently and effectively,
Amendment 306 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improving Member States’ different enforcement authorities’ technicalbodies’ capacity to tackle and resolve cross-border aspects of undeclared work especially as regards cross-border enforcement,
Amendment 312 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) increasing public awareness on the urgency of action as well as the societal cost and encouraging Member States to step up their efforts in dealing with undeclared work.
Amendment 317 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Based on these objectives, the Platform shall further develop into the body responsible for combatting and preventing undeclared work at the Union level. This shall involve monitoring all relevant policies as well as proposing actions to deliver on the overall objective. a) The Platform shall give its assessment of all Union actions relevant to combatting undeclared work to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. b) The Platform shall propose to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission any initiative which it considers to be appropriate to encourage the effective enforcement of Union law in relation to undeclared work, working conditions, tax evasion and social protection.
Amendment 326 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Outline the effects of non-action.
Amendment 329 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) Develop and propose effective and efficient instruments and policy actions.
Amendment 339 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) Improve the knowledge and mutual understanding of the different national systems and practices relating to fighting undeclared work and the methods and legal framework for action.
Amendment 347 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Develop the analysis of effectiveness of different policy measures in curbing the incidence of undeclared work, including preventive and punitive as well as deterrence measures in general, also addressing procedures facilitating the declaration of work as well as support for the concerned workers where required.
Amendment 354 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Establish efficient tools, for instance an interactive knowledge bank of different practices/measures, including b based on different labour market models, and assess their application in different labour market systems, including bilateral, Union and multilateral agreements used in the Member States to deter and prevent undeclared work,.
Amendment 360 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Adopt non-binding guidelines for inspectors, handbooks of good practice and common principles of inspections to tackle and resolve undeclared work,.
Amendment 369 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Develop forms of close and effective cooperation increasing the technical capacity to tackle and manage cross-border aspects of undeclared work by developing and adopting a common framework, including binding guidelines for joint operations for inspections and exchange of staff,.
Amendment 374 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Increasing the capacity of enforcement bodies to better tackle cross- border aspects including sufficient staff resources, training and financial resources.
Amendment 379 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Examine ways to develop a reliable and efficient system of rapid information exchange and improve data sharing in compliance with the Union data protection rules, including exploring possibilities to use of the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI).
Amendment 381 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Develop and improve the permanent training capacity for enforcement authorities and adopt a common framework for carrying out joint trainings, in accordance with ILO Labour Inspection Convention No 81.
Amendment 385 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) Organise peer reviews to follow Member States progress when fighting undeclared work, including support for the implementation of country-specific recommendations related to fight or prevent undeclared work issued by the Council and trigger, where appropriate, corrective action.
Amendment 395 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) In carrying out its tasks, the Platform will make use of all relevant sources of information, including studies and multilateral cooperation projects and take into account relevant Union instruments and structures, as well the experience of relevant bilateral agreements. It will establish appropriate cooperation with Eurofound, in particular with regard to the development of an interactive knowledge bank and EU-OSHA.
Amendment 401 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve all public authoritbodies having a role in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work, such as labour inspectorates, social security authorities, tax authorities, employment services and migration authorities, hereinafter referred to as ‘"enforcement authorities’". They mayshould also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners.
Amendment 409 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall provide the Commission with the list and contact details of all enforcement authoritbodies which are involved in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work and where applicable the social partners.
Amendment 416 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
(1) Representatives of the social partners at cross-industry level, as well as from sectors with high incidence of undeclared work may shall attend meetings of the Platform as observers, according to the procedures determined by their organisations.
Amendment 422 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) On the basis of the proposals from cross-industry and sectoral social partners at Union level, this group of observersstakeholders participating to the Platform shall be composed of:
Amendment 425 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) A maximum of 8 observers representingRepresentatives of social partners at cross- industry level (divided evenly between employers' and workers' organisations),
Amendment 428 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) A maximum of 10 observers representingRepresentatives of the social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work (divided evenly between employers' and workers' organisations).
Amendment 432 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) Representatives of bodies which specifically represent or defend the interest of undeclared workers.
Amendment 433 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(1) The CommissionBureau shall coordinate the work of the Platform and chair its meetings.
Amendment 440 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) For the execution of its mission, the Platform shall adopt by majorityand all its composing bodies shall adopt its decisions by simple majority. The Platform shall deciside on:
Amendment 441 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) tThe specific rules of procedure, containing, inter alia, the decision-making arrangements of the Platform and its working groups,
Amendment 446 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
(4) The Platform shall be assisted by a Secretariat provided by the Commission. The Secretariat shall prepare the meetings, the work programmes of the Platform and its reports and shall insure proper follow- up of the decisions taken.
Amendment 450 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
(5) The Commission shall inform regularly the European PPlatform and all its members shall conduct themselves in accordance with the principle of transparency. To that end, the Commission, in its role as the secretarliament and the Council about the activities of the Platformt of the Platform, shall publish an annual report about the activities of the Platform and submit it to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 465 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Four years after its entry into force, the Commission shall, in its role as the secretariat of the Platform, shall, after approval by the Platform, submit a report on the application of this Decision to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The report shall in particular assess to what extent the Platform has contributed to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 2 and fulfilled the tasks as set out in Article 3 and in work programmes of the Platform. The report shall also identify existing shortcomings and opportunities for improvement of the work of the Platform.
Amendment 466 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Defence of rights Persons bringing cases of undeclared work to the attention of the Platform, either directly or via national enforcement authorities shall be protected against any unfavourable treatment by their employer.
Amendment 136 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) The right to health and safety is a fundamental right and all workers enjoy a legal guarantee of working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity. Considering that the cost to enterprises and social security systems of occupational accidents and diseases is estimated at 5,9 % of GDP and that adequate worker prevention promotes wellbeing, quality of work and productivity, risk prevention, in particular through the use of quality personal protective equipment, is essential to reducing the rate of work-related accidents and sickness.
Amendment 137 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) However, experience with its application has shown inadequacies and inconsistencies in the product coverage and conformity assessment procedures. In order to take account of this experience and to provide clarification in relation to the framework within which products covered by this Regulation may be marketed, certain aspects of Directive 89/686/EEC should be revised and enhanced while maintaining the overarching principle of health and safety protection.
Amendment 139 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Since the scope, the essential health and safety requirements and conformity assessment procedures are to be identical in all the Member States there is almost no flexibility in transposing Directives based on the New Approach principles into national law. Directive 89/686/EEC should therefore be replaced by a Regulation, which is the appropriate legal instrument for imposing clear and detailed rules which do not give room for divergent transposition by Member States. with a view, in particular, to safeguarding public health, improving safety at work, and ensuring user protection.
Amendment 142 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Some products on the market that provide a protective function to the user are excluded from the scope of Directive 89/686/EEC. Any such exclusion should only be allowed if an equivalent level of health and safety protection to this Regulation or Directive 89/3921/EC is provided for. In order to ensure as high level of protection for the user of those products as for the PPE covered by Directive 89/686/EEC, the scope of this Regulation should include PPE for private use against damp, water and heat (e.g. dish-washing gloves, oven gloves), in line with similar PPE for professional use which is already covered by Directive 89/686/EEC. Artisanal products, such as handmade gloves, for which the manufacturer does not explicitly claim a protective function are not personal protective equipment; they are therefore not concerned by this inclusion. It is also appropriate to clarify the exclusion list set out in Annex I to Directive 89/686/EEC by adding a reference to products covered by other legislation and therefore are excluded from the PPE Regulation.
Amendment 146 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Economic operators should be responsible for the compliance of products, in relation to their respective roles in the whole supply chain, so as to ensure a high level of protection of public interests, such as health and safety, and the proper information and protection of users and to guarantee fair competition on the Union market.
Amendment 156 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Distributors and importers, being close to the market place, should only be involved in market surveillance tasks carried out by competent national authorities when any conflict of interest can be avoided, and should be prepared to participate actively, providing those authorities with all necessary information relating to the PPE concerned.
Amendment 159 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Ensuring traceability of PPE throughout the whole supply chain helps to make market surveillance simpler and more efficient. An efficient traceability system facilitates the market surveillance authorities' task of tracing economic operators who made non-compliant product available on the market.
Amendment 169 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States should lay down rules on surveillance, control, sanctions and penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties and sanctions should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 173 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Special attention should be drawn to the field of undeclared work as, due to the impossibility of checking compliance with health and safety at work provisions, the conditions in the field of undeclared work allow workers to be exposed to high health risks and employers to escape liability. Domestic work, mainly performed by women, poses a particular challenge, as the work is in the informal sector, singularised and, by its nature, invisible.
Amendment 174 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 b (new)
Recital 35 b (new)
(35b) Raising awareness about health and safety, including PPE, should be included in education curricula from an early age so as to bring down accident rates and increase health and safety; training on health and safety and PPE should be integrated especially into vocational training, fully recognised and attested by a diploma. Efforts should be made to substantially improve information and training for entrepreneurs. The results of research for new PPE, as the consequence of technology advances and new challenges, should be better disseminated.
Amendment 183 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In that event, the health and safety of users shall be ensured as far as possible in the light of the objectives of this Regulation and in accordance with the European Framework Directive on Safety and Health at Work 89/391/EC.
Amendment 187 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. 'individually adapted PPE' means PPE produced in series where each item is manufactured to fit an individual user in accordance with his or her special needs and characteristics;
Amendment 188 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. 'made-to-measure PPE' means PPE produced as a single unit to accommodate the special needs of an individual user according to a basic model, following the instructions of the designmanufacturer of that basic model and respecting the range of permissible variations;
Amendment 191 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate and necessary measures to ensure and enforce that PPE is made available on the market only if, where properly maintained, its functioning clearly explained and used for its intended purpose, it complies with this Regulation.
Amendment 192 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
PPE shall fulfil the applicable essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II and in full compliance with Directive 89/391/EC.
Amendment 193 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall not affect Member States' entitlement, in particular when implementing Directive 89/656/EEC, to lay down requirements concerning the use of PPE provided that these requirements do not affect the design of PPE which is placed on the market in accordance with this Regulationare justified by an added value in terms of health and safety of the user.
Amendment 198 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
During demonstrations and field tests, adequate measures shall be taken to ensure the protection of persons and to raise their awareness. Field tests shall not only be designed to test the protection performance of the PPE, but to evaluate for instance comfort, ergonomics and design. All concerned parties (e.g. the employer as well as the wearer or end- user) shall be formally informed in advance concerning the scope and the purpose of this test. A 'for field test only' marking shall be clearly and indelibly affixed to the PPE.
Amendment 203 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Manufacturers shall ensure that the PPE is accompanied by the instructions set out in point 1.4 of Annex II in a language which can be easily understood by end- users, as determined by the Member State concerned as well as, where possible, by pictograms.
Amendment 204 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Manufacturers who consider or have reason to believe that PPE which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately take the necessary corrective measures to bring it into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate. Furthermore, where the PPE presents a risk, manufacturers shall immediately inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they made the PPE available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non- conformity and of any corrective measures taken. The market surveillance authorities then have the obligation to inform the public of the risk as long as the corrective measure is not in place.
Amendment 218 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Importers who consider or have reason to believe that PPE which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring the PPE into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate. Furthermore, where the PPE presents a risk, importers shall immediately inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they made the PPE available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non- conformity and of any corrective measures taken. The market surveillance authorities then have the obligation to inform the public of the risk as long as the corrective measure is not in place.
Amendment 223 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a distributor considers or has reason to believe that PPE is not in conformity with the applicable essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II, he shall not make the PPE available on the market until it has been brought into conformity. Furthermore, where the PPE presents a risk, the distributor shall inform the manufacturer or the importer to that effect as well as the market surveillance authorities. Thereafter, the manufacturer shall immediately recall the EPP from the market. The market surveillance authorities then have the obligation to inform the public of the risk as long as the corrective measure is not in place.
Amendment 224 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Distributors who consider or have reason to believe that PPE which they have made available on the market is not in conformity with the requirements of this Regulation shall make sure that the necessary corrective measures are taken to bring it into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate. Furthermore, where the PPE presents a risk, distributors shall immediately inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they have made the PPE available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non- conformity and of any corrective measures taken. The market surveillance authorities then have the obligation to inform the public of the risk as long as the corrective measure is not in place.
Amendment 234 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Where a notified body subcontracts specific tasks connected with conformity assessment or has recourse to a subsidiary, it shall ensure that the subcontractors or the subsidiaryies along the full compliance chain meets the requirements set out in Article 23 and shall inform the notifying authority accordingly.
Amendment 235 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Article 39 – title
Amendment 237 #
2014/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on surveillance, control, sanctions and penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties or sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [3 months prior to the date of application of this Regulation] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 85 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States and the EU should ensure that pensions by statutory social security schemes protect from old-age poverty and that supplementary pension schemes linked to employment contracts are promoted as additional coverage.
Amendment 87 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) TIn the internal market should allow institutionsinstitutions should have the possibility to operate in other Member States and ensureon condition that that a high level of protection for members and beneficiaries of occupational retirement schemes is ensured.
Amendment 95 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Action is needed to further develop complementary private retirement savings such as occupational pensionsensure that statutory social security schemes protect from old age poverty while occupational pension schemes can provide for a valuable addition. This is important since social-security systems are coming under increasing pressure, which means that citizens willin the absence of urgent reforms to secure their viability citizens would have to increasingly rely on occupational retirement pensions as a complement in the future. Occupational retirement pensions should be developed, without, however, calling into question the importance of social-security pension systems in terms of secure, durable and effective social protection, which should guarantee a decent standard of living in old age and should therefore be at the centre of the objective of strengthening the European social model.
Amendment 102 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Despite the entry into force of Directive 2003/41/EC important prudential barriers remain which make it more expensive for institutions to operate pension schemes across borders. Moreover, tThe current minimum level of protection for members and beneficiaries needs to be increased. This is all the more important as the number of Europeans relying on schemes that shift longevity and market risks from the institution or the undertaking offering the occupational scheme (‘"sponsoring undertaking’") to the individual has increased significantly. In addition, the current minimum level of information provision to members and beneficiaries needs to be increased. Those developments warrant an amendment of the Directive.
Amendment 106 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Institutions for occupational retirement provision are financial service providerspension institutions that serve - first and foremost - a social purpose and which bear a heavy responsibility for the provision of occupational retirement benefits and therefore should meet certain minimum prudential standards with respect to their activities and conditions of operation. Their social function and the triangular relationship between the employee, the employer and the institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) should be fully recognized and supported as a guiding principle of this Directive.
Amendment 109 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) If the institution does not work on a cross-border basis, Member States should be able to permit underfunding provided that a proper plan is established to restore full funding, protection of the employees and without prejudice to the requirements of Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer.28 __________________ 28 OJ L 283, 28.10.1980, p. 23. OJ L 283, 28.10.1980, p. 23.
Amendment 113 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Remuneration policies which encourage excessive risk-taking behaviour can undermine sound and effective risk management of institutions. Principles and disclosure requirements for remuneration policies applicable to other types of financial institutions in the Union should be made fully applicable also to institutions, bearing in mind, however, a balance between the need for transparency and the particular governance structure of institutions in comparison to other types of financial institutions and the need to take account of the size, nature, scope and complexity of the activities of institutions.
Amendment 114 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) It is essential that institutions improve their risk management so that potential vulnerabilities in relation to the sustainability of the pension scheme can be properly understood and discussed with the competent authorities. Institutions should, as part of their risk management system, produce a risk evaluation for their activities relating to pensions. That risk evaluation should be made public and also be made available to the competent authorities. In that evaluation institutions should provide among others a qualitative description of key elements determining their funding position in accordance with national law, the effectiveness of their risk-management system and the ability to comply with the requirements regarding technical provisions. This risk evaluation should include new or emerging risks, such as risks related to climate change, fossil fuels, resource use or the environment.
Amendment 116 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Institutions should provide clear and adequate information to prospective members, members and beneficiaries to support their decision-making about their retirement and ensure a high level of transparency throughout the various phases of a scheme comprising pre-enrolment, membership (including pre-retirement) and post-retirement. In particular, information concerning accrued pension entitlements, projected levels of retirement benefits, risks and guarantees, and costs should be given. Where members bear an investment risk, additional information on the investment profile, any available options and past performance are also crucial. However, clear and adequate information should not aim at the maximum of information only but also ensure that the information is adequate to the needs of the user and in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities especially as regards accessibility (Article 3) and access to information (Article 21).
Amendment 126 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall propose any necessary measures to prevent possible distortions caused by different levels of interest rates and to protect the interest of beneficiaries and members of any scheme.
Amendment 129 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may decide to permit criteria for investment which could go for lower returns but greater social benefit, if the stakeholders agree.
Amendment 131 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8
Article 20 – paragraph 8
Amendment 134 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Directive 2010/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1 a as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies shall also apply to those persons who effectively run IORP institutions so as to ensure a sound remuneration policy. __________________ 1a Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending Directives 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 138 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) a qualitative assessment of new or emerging risks relating to climate change, fossil fuels, use of resources and the environment.
Amendment 139 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The risk evaluation for pensions shall be an integral part of the operational strategy and shall be taken into account in the strategic decisions of the institutionperformed regularly and without delay following any significant change in the risk profile of the institution or of the pension scheme. It shall be made available to the Members of the scheme and be published.
Amendment 145 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) it shall be written in a clear manner, using clear, succinct, simple and comprehensible language, avoiding the use of jargon and avoiding technical terms where everyday words can be used instead and be in full compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, especially as regards accessibility (Article 3) and access to information (Article 21);
Amendment 70 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Particular attention should be paid to supporting mobility in the cross-border regions for and providing services to frontier workers who are living in one Member State and working in another and have to cope with different national practices and legal systems and encounters specific administrative, legal or tax obstacles to mobility. Member States may choose toshould set up specific support structures to facilitate this kind of mobility, such structures should, within the framework of the EURES network, address the specific needs for information, guidance, cross- border matching between labour demand and supply and the resulting placements.
Amendment 74 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) A programming cycle should be established to support the coordination of action on mobility within the Union. To be effectiveIn order to detect and prevent negative effects arising in connection with inter- Union geographical mobility, the programming of Member States' activity plans should take into account data on mobility flows and patterns, the data analysis of existing and forecast labour shortages and surpluses, and recruitment experiences and practices under the EURES network and it should consist of a review of the existing resources and tools at the disposal of the organisations in the Member State to facilitate intra-EU labour mobility.
Amendment 89 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the better functioning and integration of the labour markets in the Union;
Amendment 91 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) non-discriminatory access to job opportunities and applications and relevant labour market information
Amendment 104 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organisation of the work for EURES in the Member State taking into account regional and local actors, social partners and other relevant stakeholders, including the delivery of support services in accordance with Chapter IV;
Amendment 106 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Amendment 110 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the collaboration with stakeholders from all levels of governance such as career guidance services, universities, chambers of commerce and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
Amendment 116 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State taking into account regional and local actors, social partners and other relevant stakeholders shall set up a system to authorise EURES Partners to participate in the EURES network, monitor their activities and their compliance with national and Union law when applying this Regulation. This system shall be transparent, proportionate and respect the principles of equal treatment for applicant organisations and due process of law.
Amendment 141 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) is non-discriminatorily and easily accessible and is presented in a user friendly manner.
Amendment 148 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Each National Coordination Office taking into account regional and local actors, social partners and other relevant stakeholders draws up each year a work programme for the organisations participating in the EURES network on that Member State's territory.