Activities of Tamás MESZERICS related to 2016/2237(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises
Amendments (15)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas digitalisation, ambitious climate change goals, migration issues and, community development and provision of essential services, as well as the fight against poverty and gender inequality offer great potential for social entrepreneurship at the service of society and sustainable development;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the hundreds of thousands of social economy enterprises in Europe, which employ around 15 million people, and their invaluable contribution to continued sustainable economic growth, social progress and inclusion in the EU internal market;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and national authorities to respect the historical and legal specificities of social economy enterprises when it comes to market regulation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, given the constantly rising demand for social services, social enterprises in the EU bear enormous social responsibility and are becoming increasingly important; therefore recommends that a favourable legal framework for social economy and social enterprises is developed in all Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that social enterprises often have a positive environmental and ecological impact compared to traditional purely profit oriented businesses, therefore the gained social benefit might be larger and broader than the direct impact on the life of participating people;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of networking among social enterprises, and calls on the Member States to optimise knowledge transfer throughout the EU; and to encourage the setup of national focal points to facilitate the exchange of best practises; calls for a joint effort by the European Commission, Member States and social economy representative organisations to promote mutual knowledge sharing and business relations between traditional businesses and social enterprises;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages public authorities to make the best use of the new public procurement rules, namely the possibility to include social considerations and reserved contracts in their tendering procedures;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to introduce at EU level a ‘European social label’ for social enterprises, based on clear criteriarules, namely the possibility to include social considerations and res, where the promotion of gender equality should be an important priority;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that investment priorities for social economy and social enterprises should not be limited to social inclusion, but should include employment and education, to reflect the wide range of economic activities in which they are present;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to proactively promote the “European social label” and advertise the social benefits of social enterprises;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the funds to be used effectively, and stresses that access to EU funds, including EFSI, needs to be made easier, not least in order to rule out the emergence of consultancy services provided solely for profit.
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the European Commission and Member States, as well as regional and local authorities, should mainstream the social enterprise dimension in relevant policies, programmes and practices.
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Social enterprises have a great potential to make a meaningful contribution to fight gender inequalities and promote a fairer economy for women and girls’ empowerment. By integrating gender equality objectives social enterprises can promote a greater gender balance in decision making, equal pay for equal work, anti-sexual harassment policies, encourage the equal distribution of care and reproductive work and encourage better work-life balance policies for both women and men, among other.
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Greater gender balance indecision-making has been consistently shown to produce more innovation, transparency, and attention to risk than in male-dominated enterprises;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Integrating gender in all the phases of the business process (e.g. product design, production, marketing, sales) has the potential to make social enterprises more resilient, successful, and impactful; social enterprises can also increase productivity through improved engagement of female employees and investments in capacity building for women;