4 Amendments of Dominique MARTIN related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that despite the introduction of the European Semester for economic policy coordination and the launch of the Europe 2020 strategy many Member States still have large deficits andthat are exacerbated by the costs borne to tackle the crisis and an unprecedented increase in refugees; notes that there is a need to develop fiscal responsibility programmes that are fully compatible with quality job creationemployment creation, support for companies, economic growth and welfare state sustainability; calls on the Commission, which has already received the national budget proposals for 2016, and within the framework of COM(2015)00121, to provide a flexible process of fiscal responsibility at national level that is not driven exclusively by austerity and spending cuts but which allows for the adoption of socially responsible policies designed to provide citizens with continuity in the public services they need in order to tackle the consequences of the crisis, and economically efficient policies aimed at decent job creationthe creation of growth and employment; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0012, ‘Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP’.
Amendment 39 #
3. Welcomes the fostering of a European investment policy aimed at boosting growth and job creation; notes the failure of the Europe 2020 strategy as far as employment is concerned; calls for national legislation governing labour costs to be harmonised as soon as possible in order to combat social dumping and unfair competition and to ensure that competition in the internal market is fair; considers it regrettable, however, that Parliament’s call3 to promote social investment not only in pursuit of financial profit but also with the aim of promoting a positive social impact has been neglected; __________________ 3 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraphs 10 and 18.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and; calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effective; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining; calls for labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity andthe labour markets of Member States to be harmonised, bringing real salaries into line with labour productivity in the euro area; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security; calls for labour reforms capable of increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capitalemployment;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that high rates in long-term unemployment in the EU, especially in some Member States, are resulting in an increasing number of workers losing their benefits before finding a new job; considers it regrettable thatcaused also by counter-productive EU-imposed austerity measures that are still being applied despite the clear evidence of the damage they are causing in some Member States, are resulting in an increasing number of workers losing their benefits before finding a new job; notes that the social emergencies caused by an unprecedented increase in the number of refugees in our cities, together with EU-imposed austerity measures, have forced many Member States haveto limited access to such benefits or haveto reduced the amount available and/or the eligibility period for them; considers it important to maintain a balance between adequate social protection and adequate incentives for active job searching; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guarantee minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families;