Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2016/2269(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth (debate) FR
Amendments (22)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the latest Eurostat figures show that out of the more than 19 million unemployed citizens living in EU-28, as many as 15 million are encompassed within the euro area;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the more extreme forms of atypical employment are increasing inequalities, casualisation, and poverty and leading to long-term implications for the social security of Member States' citizens;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas increased inequality is associated with poorer health and educational outcomessevere curtailment of the social rights of Member States' citizens and with much shorter life expectancy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the level ofdynamic of growing inequalityies is shaped by institutions and political interventionslinked to the effects of the decisions taken by the European institutions and whereas the steep rise in inequalities in the Member States is closely bound up with the economic and political governance options favoured by the EU;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that the growing inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progressin the Member States clearly show that the EU and its favoured policy options, instead of promoting progress, have brought about a continuing erosion of rights, the devaluation of labour, poverty, and social vulnerability;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that the reduction of inequalities must be an institutional priority at the European level, not only in order to tackle poverty or to promote convergence, but also as the precondition for economic recon all tiers of government; maintains that the current EU migration policy is not only leading to inequalities, but also increasing levels of poverty, qcasuality job creation and shared prosperitsation, illegal work, and the new forms of slavery;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that reducing inequalities is essential to promote fairer and more stable democracies, marginalise populism and extremism and ensure that Europe is a project embraced by all its citizen;maintains that economic inequalities have to be tackled first and foremost by responding to challenges related to training and education, health care, and social rights, all of which lie solely within the sphere of responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that the European Union must fulfil its commitments under the Treaties in terms of promoting the wellbeing of its peoples, full employment and social progress, social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations, and protection of the rights of the child20; _________________ 20 Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Preamble of the TFEU.Maintains that the neoliberal, mercantilist European Union project, as established by the Treaties, has greatly exacerbated inequalities both between countries and within them;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and the Member States to evaluMaintains thate the performance and outcomes of economic policy coordination, taking into account the evolution of social progress and social justice in the EU; warns that the European Semester has not been successful in the achievement of these aims and in reducing inequalitiesEuropean Semester has in no way enhanced social justice, but has, on the contrary, brought about the destruction of European citizens' rights and greater inequalities within the EU;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the buiPoints out that the euro and the single market mean that it is no longer possible to shield ing of a deeper and fairer social didividual national labour markets by meansion of the EMU, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted to guaranteeing true social progresfloating exchange rate regimes, thus compelling the countries hardest hit by the crisis to apply wage deflation policies;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its concern regarding the evoluIs concerned about the implications of growing inequality in the EU after the crisis, which was largely driven by growing une; maintains that the EU and its Treaties have denied Member States the possibility of imployement21; _________________ 21Eurofound (2017) Income inequaing countercyclical economic politcies and employment patterns in Europe before to safeguard the purchasing power of wages, boost domestic demand, after the Great Recession.nd create decent jobs;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise the funding level of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for the period 2017-2020 to least EUR 21 billion, including young people under 30; calls on the Commission to ensure better implementation of the Youth Guarantee, taking into account the latest findings of the European Court of Auditors’ report on use of the YEI;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Framework Directive on decent working conditions for all forms of employment,Member States to ensuringe for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, eliminating discrimination based on contractual status, ensuring a minimum number of working hours and facilitating decent working times and the right to negotiate schedules;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that, in many countries, welfare and social protection systems have been severely undermined by austerity measures with huge consequences in terms of income inequalities the austerity measures advocated by the EU have had a severe impact that is reflected in income disparities, growing inequalities, and the emergence of precarious situations, as demonstrated by the case of the Italian pension reform victims,or 'esodati', who have been left without a salary or a pension;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to reform their welfare systems (education, health, pensions and transfers) in order to achieve more effective redistribution and promote fairer distribution, taking into account the new social risks and vulnerable groups that have arisen from the social and economic challenges confronting societyact to restore social justice without delay in order to help the new categories of persons created by the EU's imposition of austerity measures, the Italian 'esodati' workers being one example;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that international trade has been an engine for growth in many countries, but also can be perceived as a source of inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member State to promote fairer international trade agreements that respect European labour market regulations, while protecting quality employment anddemns the EU-backed trade agreements, for example CETA, to the extent that they have increased social inequalities and dumping because they have served to weaken workers’' rights and ensuring intra-European and national mechanisms for the compensation of workers and sectors negatively affecin the Member Stateds;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to introduce legislation requiring Member States to publish tax rulings signed with large companies within a limited time- frame;