29 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2015 on skills policies for fighting youth unemployment (2015/2088(INI)),
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. The social dimension of the EU is much broader than EU Social Rights, the EPRS or Social Pillar also includes an extensive body of EU and national legislation protecting workers, as well as well-developed national social systems;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) cannot be limiis a Union of National Welfare States of the EU, constituted toby a declaration of principles or good intentions but must consist of real matter (legislation,f Social Rights, the social acquis in this field (Fundamental rights, legislation and ECJ case law) and a process of policy- making mechanisms and financial instruments), needed to delivering a positive impact on citizens’ lives in the short term and enabling support for European construction in the 21st century by effectively upholding social rights and Treaty objectives, strengthening cohesion and upward convergence in all of the EU, and will helping to complete EMU;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work for wellbeing and sustainable developmentwould support National Welfare States and guide the development and convergence of them through general basic social standards and principles to attain common objectives that are shared and form part of a European Social model. EPSR enhances the legitimacy of the EU and equip European citizens with stronger means to reinforce, guarantee and update its welfare system improving the wellbeing of its citizens and socio-economic development in a context of a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that the Social Pillar should not undermine the prerogative of social partner to agree beyond minimum standards agreed at EU level, and should never impair the freedom of social partners to negotiate in areas where flexicurity-approaches have proven to be effective. Neither create any difficulty or setback to Member States, sectors or citizens that have reached levels of social rights beyond the basic frame of the Social Pillar;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In addition, EPSR should provide an instrument to foster upward convergence for national reforms of the economic, social and labour market systems of the member states to facilitate the free movement of labour in a deeper and fairer market;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that EPRS has an important economic aspect because it establishes a social floor that would encourage a minim of convergence and at the same time enables a level playing field in the EU and encourage free competition;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and social partners, should also reinforce the European social dialogue with a view to better reconciling labour markets and social protection demands in order to address social inequalities and competitiveness challenges;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. adecentquate working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet; encouraging adequate remuneration where possible and a proper training as a valuable step in the transition from education to professional life; such placement should not replace employment for young people; Encourage Member States and stakeholders to implement Council recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
ca. reduce social inequalities and promote employment, especially for young people and the long-term unemployed in order to boost economic growth;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note that traditional work patterns are being challenged by an increase in the diversity of non-standard forms of employment, and new forms of work are emerging that are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment. Calls on Member States and the Commission improve the legal certainty and legal clarity on worker´s employment status and employers responsibility;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, which could improve EU Social Security Coordination, individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the importance of universal access to timely, good-quality and affordable preventative and curative health care; emphasises that all workercitizens must be covered by health insurance;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, unemployment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework for minimum income schemesthe right to every citizen to have a minimum income schemes following schemes adapted to every Member State as important tools to combat poverty and social exclusion; Invites the Commission to carry out an impact assessment of minimum income schemes in the European Union and to consider further steps taking into account the economic and social circumstances of each Member State as well as assessing whether the schemes enable households to meet basic personal needs; invites the Commission to evaluate on this basis the manner and the means of providing an adequate minimum income in all Member States in line with national practices and traditions respecting the characteristics of each of them in order to support social convergence across the European Union; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty to be aand inequalities are major issues on which Europe should ‘act big’; calls for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so that every child now living in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutritiononsiders the right to free and universal education, health and social security systems as basic conditions for combating poverty, in particular among children; bearing in mind this objective, calls on the Commission and the Member States, in view of the weakening of public services, to introduce a child guarantee so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate the labour market;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed at the spreconcerned about the lack of stability and security of new forms of contractual arrangement and the abusive use of 'atypical' contracts that have led to a certain fade of precariousness arising from the excessive use of ‘atypical’ contractthe employment relationship, making it difficult for workers to exercise their rights at work, or gain access to social security benefits; points out that a variety of employment contracts should be available for employers and workers; stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provide adequate protection for people in non-standard forms of employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for a structured, long-term EU strategy to address the challenges posed by demographic change, as all the Member States are now faced with an increasingly ageing population; calls on the Commission, in this context, to look extensively into future shortages and mismatches in the EU labour market, and to examine in depth how such problems can be addressed across the EU, inter alia through targeted anticipation of future skills needs, and by better matching skills with the jobs available in the labour market and further strengthening labour mobility; Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue its efforts to financial aid and services to families to improve labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance;
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear roadmap for legislative updates and other measures that are necessary for full practical application of the EPSR; highlights that in cases of conflict of law,Welcomes that the EPRS delivers on the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;, calls on the Commission and Member States to inspired the action in the goals and objectives an continue to promote and attaint high level of employment, to guarantee adequate social protection, to fight against social exclusion, and to provide for a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social convergence should be underpinned by a set of targets, building on the Europe 2020 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals and serving to guide the coordination of economic, employment and social policies in the EU; Regrets that coordination mechanisms used in the employment and social fields have failed to achieve upward convergence in the past; believes that these targets could also form part of the Convergence Code currently being discussed for the euro area, and could be based on the following indicators which are directly affected by public policies:
Amendment 867 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a
Paragraph 26 – point a
a. Education, including the early school-leaving rate and the proportion of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs);
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d
Paragraph 26 – point d
d. the at-risk-of-poverty rateor social exclusion rate (AROPE) ;
Amendment 886 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point d a (new)
da. gini and palma index
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 26 – point d b (new)
db. income quintile share ratio
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point j a (new)
ja. Pensions
Amendment 933 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for a rebalancing ofstronger emphasis for the European Semester so that the existing scoreboard of key employment and social indicators and the new Convergence Code are directlyre better taken into account in formulating CSRs and the euro area recommendation as well as for the activation of EU instruments; urges a stronger role for the Macroeconomic Dialogue with social partners; considers ‘macro-social surveillance’ to be of great importance for avoiding that economic imbalances are reduced at the expense of worsening the employment and social situationCalls for the enhancement of national ownership of the CSRs in the European Semester and the incorporation of the CSRs in a legally binding convergence code;
Amendment 946 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to take effective measures within the framework of the European Semester to ensure that Member States implement the country- specific recommendations and structural reforms in order to modernise their economies, increase competitiveness and tackle inequalities and imbalances;
Amendment 1047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – introductory part
Paragraph 32 – introductory part
32. Calls for the swift implementation of the Competitiveness and Convergence Instrument (CCI) to incentives Member States to undertake structural reforms by providing financial support for their implementation; Considers that the specific dynamics of economic adjustment within the euro area call for the development of two financial instruments, within the euro area’s fiscal capacity, that would be particularly relevant for the implementation of the EPSR: