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Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2018/2034(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Employment and social policies in the euro area (short presentation) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2034(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the employment and social policies of the euro area PDF (423 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2018/2034(INI)
Documents: PDF(423 KB) DOC(74 KB)

Amendments (17)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Declaration 16 on Article 55(2) of the Treaty on European Union and the fourth subparagraph of Article 3(3), which provides that the Union shall respect the richness of its cultural and linguistic diversity,
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, stipulating that EU citizens have the right to address the institutions and advisory bodies of the Union in any of the Treaty languages and to obtain a reply in the same language,
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in June 2018 the euro area countries had an unemployment rate (8.3%) that was twice that of the countries outside the euro area (4.2%);
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the official rate of unemployment in Germany (3.4%) in June 2018 was not credible in the light of the hearings at the European Parliament, which confirmed that only 5% of the 1.2 million refugees who had arrived in Germany in 2015-2016 were working full- time in 2017;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the employment rate in France in 2016 was 72% for people born in France, as against 54% for people born outside the European Union; whereas the same pattern can be identified in countries in western Europe where immigration has not been controlled; whereas conversely, in Central and Eastern European countries, employment rates of immigrants and native-born people are very similar;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increased financial support, via the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), for Member States to pursue their reforms; welcomes the Commission proposal to enlarge the scope of the SRSP to cover countries whose currency is not the euro, with the aim of fostering economic and social convergence throughout the EU;deleted
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the Commission’s 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSR) as an important part of the European Semester process and welcomnotes the special attention given in them to ignore some social challenges; notes with concern that only 50 % of the recommendations for 2017 were implemented fully or partially and therefore encourages the Member States to step up their efforts to implementabstain to follow these recommendations, in particular in the fields of education, sustainability of pension systems, and healthcare, including long- term care;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that job creation and wage growth have a significant impact on reducing inequalities, improving standard of living and, supporting economic recovery and improving public accounts, and that Member States’ reforms should therefore focus in particular on policies that increase productivityinternal demand and growth potential, support the creation of quality jobs and reduce inequality;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that work permits should be issued to non-European citizens only if no EU citizen is available to fill the post;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that public authorities should check the real investment made by the undertaking in order to find a European who is available;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that labour inspection authorities should monitor the development, by enterprise and by type of job, of the proportion of employees who do not have a European nationality;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the Commission communication of 13 March 2018 on monitoring the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) (COM(2018)0130), which aligns the Pillar with the European Semester cycle by reflecting the priorities of the EPSR in the analysis of measures taken and progress made at national level;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to increase employment rates, in particular among low-skilled, young and older workers, women, migrants and people with disabilities, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goal of an employment rate of at least 75 % and to mitigate the social and financial risks they face;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that it is critical that compliance with labour and migration law should be monitored in order to ensure that European citizens are not disadvantaged by employers offering lower wages to socioeconomic migrants;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that the lack of control over the influx of socioeconomic migrants in Europe should not have the effect of cutting the pensions of European citizens;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that employers of non- European non-nationals must contribute to the training of European citizens and unemployed people through a specific fund;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to undertake the necessary reforms to increase the accessibility, quality and cost- effectiveness of their healthcare systems, provided that the fundamental right to universal and free healthcare is not compromised for European citizens;
2018/09/05
Committee: EMPL