Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2063(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to including binding provisions on social standards and on the objectives of full and productive employment, including for women and young people, decent work, respect for workers‘ rights, and gender equality in all EU trade agreement; and public procurements, in respect of WTO rules; reiterates on this point that the EU must insist on the necessary reform of WTO rules in order to be able to promote European social standards in all trade agreements.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of binding corporate social responsibility obligations, and of encouraging employers to apply social standards which are more ambitious than current statutory provisions, including the possibility to develop and obtain a designation such as a social label; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in carefully monitoring the implementation, and ensuring the legal enforcement, of these obligations;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of establishing Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) focal points also in developing countries to improve information exchanges, inter alia on issues beyond EU competences, such as the socially-inclusive use of resource rents or taxation and remittances; calls on the Commission to mainstream social policy in the work of the EEAS; believes it is essential also for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, notably by developing taxation systems and social protection;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to engage in social dialogue with non-EU labour organisations and trade unions about the implementation of social standards in their respective countries, and to ensure more adequate technical assistance for the implementation of social and fiscal policy.