Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) FR
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all ILO core labour standardsphysical, psychological and ergonometric standards imposed by legislation on all European workers, such as those set out in the subsidiarity rules of each Member State, to be a compulsory element of EU trade agreements such as TiSA from the outset;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls furthermore, in negotiations on international trade in services, for mandatory working conditions to be secured in accordance with the respective laws on labour andnational laws on social affairs, and for mandatory conclusion of collective agreements to be provided for, as well as a ban on the dismantling of workers’ rights and social standards when services are liberalised;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for services of general interest – namely public services, and particularly national education and public health – to be excluded from the agreement, irrespective of whether they are provided privately or publicly;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Rejects negotiations on the further liberalisation of services provided across EU borders so long as no EU-wide cooperation exists to maintain working conditions in accordance with the respective laws on labour and social affairs and collective agreementsince it represents the beginning of a loss of sovereignty and subsidiarity in fundamental areas such as social protection and employment; feels that it would in fact encourage social dumping and make it impossible to have a clear national employment strategy;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermore that the EU- wide posting of workers should not be regalls for an end to the Posted Workers Directive since it represents an intolerable example of social dumping; feels that the harmonisation of social security contributions according to this model would not bring security to individual workers, as they are calculated ion trade agreementshe basis of the lowest bidder;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expects the agreement to include a clause making it possible to revise, if it is not rejected, to include a cut-off clause as regards the liberalisation of services, particularly in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;