11 Amendments of Dominique MARTIN related to 2017/2260(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate in the EU is increasing and has reached 235.4 million people in jobs in the second quarter of 2017, which constitutes an employment rate of 72.3 %, meaning that the EU is on track to reach the 75 % employment rate target specified in the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, although a slight improvement in the youth unemployment rate can be observed, it still remains disturbingly high at 16.6 % (18.7 % in the euro area); whereas in 2016 there were still 6.3 million young people aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training (NEETs);
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas austerity measures, the imposition of the single currency and economic constraints prescribed by the EU treaties have had a depressive and destabilising effect on the economies of the Member States and the euro area, causing a collapse in internal demand, growing unemployment levels and a dramatic increase in social inequalities;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas societies in the European Union are ageing, which presents additional challenges for Member States’ social security and healthcare systems and the birth rate is in constant decline;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Annual Growth Survey 2018 as an important part of the European investment process, based on a strategy of investment, structural reforms and responsible public finances; calls on the Member States to take account of the priorities identified in the survey in their national policies and strategies to promote growth, employment and social protection; stresses that the long economic and financial crisis experienced by Europe has highlighted the structural limitations of the EU governance framework and the ineffectiveness of the European Semester, which, through its country-specific recommendations, promotes an asymmetrical and arbitrary approach to the rules on economic governance;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need forgative impact of the structural reforms aimed at improving labour market and social policies, in order to help the workforce to acquire the skills they need and to promote equal opportunities in the labour market, fair working conditions, increasing labour productivity to support wage growth, and sustainable and adequate social protection systemsplemented by the EU with regard to social policies and the labour market; takes the view that Member States should remain the only players and key decision-makers in social and employment-related matters, to ensure that citizens are provided with the continuity of public services that is necessary in order to deal with the disastrous consequences of the migration and austerity policies implemented by the EU;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights and believes its 20 key principles regarding equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion should serve as a point of reference when implementing the European Semester policy coordination cycle;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the new scoreboard, which provides for 14 headline indicators to screen the employment and social performance of Member States along three broad dimensions, identified in the context of the Social Pillar; underlines the fact, that for the EU on average, 11 of the 14 headline indicators recorded an improvement over the last available year, confirming the steady improvement in the labour market and social situation which has accompanied the economic recovery;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its concern at the level of youth unemployment, which remains high, with the number of NEETs having stagnated; welcomes, in this respect, an increase in funding for the Youth Employment Initiative by EUR 2.4 billion for the period 2017-2020;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take all thefor all necessary measures to be taken to improve the services and legislation that are important for a proper work-life balance; calls for Member States to be able to go back to investing – over and beyond the EU-imposed budgetary constraints – in the development of accessible and affordable childcare and early education services, and for the creation of favourable conditions for parents and carers by allowing for advantageous family leave take-up and flexible working arrangements which tap into the potential of new technologies; underlines, in this respect, the potential of public-private partnerships;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. ConsidersNotes with concern the demographic decline, which is affectsing all EU regions to different extents, to be among the serious obstacles hindering EU growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce measures designed to address this challenge; underlines the fact that demographic decline requires a holistic approach; stresses the need for Member States to be able to urgently regain their own economic and monetary autonomy in order to effectively address the employment emergency and be able to develop, through adequate public investment, a long-term structural plan for boosting the birth rate, which should include the adaptation of the necessary infrastructure, and the enhancement of public services and flexible working arrangements;