9 Amendments of Phil BENNION related to 2012/2078(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the need to improve social governance at the European level taking into account the principle of subsidiarity in parallel with the establishment of European economic governance;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for enhanced surveillHighlights the importance of social and employment policies comparable to the provisionand the need to assess their economic and social impacts oin the context of surveillance under art 121 TFEU of national economic policies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the establishment where appropriate of employment and social benchmarks in addition to fiscal and macroeconomic benchmarks within the rules for binding supervision of budgetary discipline in the euro area to ensure the appropriate implementation of Article 9 TFEU;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the existence and aggravation of internal imbalances call fornecessitates consideration of possible automatic stabilisers at EU or euro area level,; such as a youth guarantee or a minimum nationally determined unemployment allowance;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the balance between the social and economic policy provisions set out in Article 121 TFEU and Article 148 TFEU must be restorobserved;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to insist on the submission of National Job Plans by Member States as part of their National Reform Programme; Recognises that job plans must be consistent in their structure and content in order to fulfil their objective; Insists that clear guidance on the content and structure of job plans must be provided by the Commission, and adhered to by Member States in their submissions under the Annual Growth Survey and other Economic and Social Governance measures;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of the democratic dimension of the European Semester, including by reinforcing Parliament's role through the ordinary legislative procedure and by involving national parliaments, in interaction with social partners and civil society while recognising the annual nature of the European Semester;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that the social dialogue must be an actual dialogue with political and democratic legitimacy, openness, and transparency in order that the outcomes of social dialogue and social partners negotiations reflect the democratic will of European citizens, and are justifiable to those citizens;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States, where unjustified blocking minorities arein circumstances where there is a divergence in political direction between Member States preventing necessary progress, to expand the principle oflore whether enhanced cooperation could be used instead, with regard to social and employment policies.