3 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2015/2284(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for greater coordination with the ESF and the ERDF, andof EGF measures with regional political authorities and local social partners; points out that better coordination with the ESF and the ERDF would enable more structural measures to be taken in areas affected by redundancy plans; proposes that applications for EGF funding should be submitted by the authorities that manage the Structural Funds in each Member State;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that more widespread use of the derogation fromthe EGF budget could be used more efficiently if the eligibility thresholds were lowered, particularly to benefit SMEs, extension of the reference periods and the possibility of classifyingfor medium-sized businesses generating local growth, if the reference periods were extended and if employees made redundant by businesses dependant on the companies claiming assistance and workers who provideing related services and who are made redundant could be classified as workers made redundant by the company claiming assistance would make for more efficient use of the EGF budget;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that ex post social intervention, often relating to the repayment of funding provided by Member States, means that the European Union's activity to assist workers who have been made redundant is invisible; calls on the Commission to step up its communication to national and local trade union networks and to the general public in order better to promote the social measures taken by the EU;