27 Amendments of Anthea McINTYRE related to 2014/2222(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the European Semester is a mechanism for coordinating economic, budgetary and social policies in the Member States, and underlines that the voluntary implementation of CSRs is beneficial for achieving financial stability in the EMU that is conducive to growth and jobs;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Member States have the primary role in delivering employment policies including youth employment policies and that such measures are best delivered at the national level;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in spite of mild improvements in some Member States, the unemployment rate remains historically high, with in other, with nearly 25 million people out of work in the EU; whereas long-term unemployment is worryingly high, and 12 million people have been unemployed for more than a year (up 4 % over the previous year); whereas the labour market situation is particularly critical for young people, regardless of their level of education;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the setting of wages is a competence of the Member States;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to introduce a much-needed, expansionary economic policy to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to create quality jobs; stresses that low inflation is already increasing real interest rates as well as real public and private debt, which, together with high unemployment, depresses growth and increases povertywork with Member States to create policies that will boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the factNotes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) will be based on recycledexisting EU resources and will not raise public ‘fresh’ money, apart from an extra EUR 5 billion from the EIB; stresses the risks of an insufficient fund based on overly optimistic assumptions about the likelihood of attracting the bulk of the financing needed from private investors; calls on the Commission to consider using the EIB’s annual profits and undisbursed dividends to increase resources without endangering the bank’s AAA rating; calls on the Commission to explore ways of using the EU budget and other, new resources to ensure that it will not fail to deliver;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to review and improve the EU-EIB Project Bond Initiative, launched as a pilot project in 2012 to sum up the investment plan, with a view of giving it a greater role in promoting employment; recalls, in this context, the social impact bonds included in the SIP;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that while SMEs constitute the backbone of job creation in the EU, they continue to face major difficulties in gaining access to financing, and they are worryingly over-indebted; welcomes the Commission’s new recommendations on SME’s access to finance, involving a new approach to insolvency and business failure; calls for further efforts by Member States to improve debt-restructuring schemes as a means to this end;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the joint Commission-EIB SME lending scheme using Structural Funds to streamline investment in these companies so as to boost employment creation; calls on the ECB to complement this policy action and to explore means of purchasing SME assets, or to serve as a guarantor for SME sources of financingexplore innovative ways to further support SMEs;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that cohesion policy measures have an essential role to play in reducing internal competitive disparities and structural imbalances in regions that need it most; calls on the Commission to find specificconsider appropriate solutions for those Member States that, though facing very high unemployment, are obliged to return EU funds owing to co-financing problems; calls, therefore, on the Commission to identify the consequences of applying the frontloading principle to allthe relevant funds for these Member States in the 2014-2020 period, while always ensuring the principle of budgetary accountability is upheld;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Strongly believes that EU funding, particularly that under the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and European Social Fund (ESF) should not be used to subsidise national approaches, but should be used to provide additional support in a way that complements and enhances national programmes according to the decision of the Member States;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider innovative ways to encourage investment in Europe; highlights the recent trend of companies returning production and services to Europe and the opportunities this brings for job creation, particularly for young people; believes that the economies of the EU have a unique opportunity to accelerate this trend of re-shoring jobs;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to design tailor-made policies to support quality job creation for the long-term unemployed, senior unemployed people, women, people with disabilities and other priority groups hit especially hard by the crisis, such as immigrants or people with disabilities;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that growing international competition driven by increasingly skilled workforces have left the EU facing serious skill shortages and skill mismatches which are acting as a brake on economic growth; Believes that if Member States are to have a realistic chance of reaching the EU2020 employment targets, they must focus on creating the right environment for job creation;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that decent wages arealigning wages with productivity is important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong economy and a productive labour force; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European framework for minimum wages with a view to reducing wage inequalities and limiting nominal imbalances in competitiveness;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member States have mainly promotedresulted in some cases in precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of jobs created in 2014 were temporary jobs; notes that, according to the Commission, in-work poverty persists, and that for 50 % of all job seekers, securing employment is not enough to lift them out of poverty, nor does it raise productivity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make job quality a priority and to address labour market segmentation;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that Member States can only create jobs if the market allows for it, if they can rely on a qualified workforce, if labour markets are sufficiently flexible, if labour costs including wages are in line with productivity, if social protection systems make work more attractive and if regulation is proportionate and evidence based;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a European framework introducing minimum standards for the implementationose Member States affected by high levels of Yyouth Guarantees covering young people aged 25-30; calls on the Member States to use the availableunemployment to use the existing allocated budget efficiently and to implement the Youth Guarantees without delay; calls for the available budget to be increased during the promised mid-term review of the MFF in accordance with ILO recommendations;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Given the number of workers, particularly young people, who are now leaving their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunitito take up employment in other Member States, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate measures to guaranteensure that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to further improve EU labour mobility while upholding the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls on each Member State to establish social and employment policies for equal rights and equal pay at the same place of work;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its warning of the socioeconomic challenges facing the Union and the risks to its sustainability and its stable growth potential posed by a reversal in regional convergence; recalls that more than 122 million EU citizens are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including in- work poverty and child poverty, and that these levels are unacceptable and need to be reduced immediately; calls for a true ‘social pillar’ to be implemented within the EMU as part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. NotWelcomes the Commission objectivecommitments set out in REFIT ‘to make EU law lighter, simpler and less costly for the benefit of citizens and enterprises’; stresses that this removal of regulatory barrierurdens should undernot comprominse neither the European social acquis, the ILO core conventions nor the European Social Charterhealth, safety and employment standards;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the fact that the Joint Employment Report annexed to the AGS includes a scoreboard for employment and social policies; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators are not sufficient and that they have not been made binding, which would allow them to be used more forcefully; asks the Commission to remedy this situation;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to tacklework with Member States to immediately tackle the alarming increase in child poverty throughout the EU through the introduction of a child guarantee against poverty;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Takes note of the Commission’s recommendation to reform healthcare systems so that they meet their objectives of providing universal access to high- quality care – including affordable access to medicines, especially those that are life- saving – and to secure respect for the rights of health staff; observes that, as a consequence of the crisis, some Member States have failed to ensure full coverage of public health; calls for this situation to be corrected without delayWhile fully respecting Article 168 TFEU, takes note of the Commission’s recommendation to reform healthcare systems;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41