11 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2015/2330(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas up to 12.4 million people have been out of work for more than a year and, of those, 6 million for more than two years; whereas long-term unemployment has a negative impact on economic growth and social welfare systems and can become a structural problem affecting entire generations;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
-1a. Notes the risks highlighted by CEDEFOP concerning the skills mismatch and skills obsolescence; underlines the importance of dual education such as vocational training and apprenticeships in matching the skills of young people with the demands of the labour market.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments in terms of improving the employability of young people; stresses, therefore, the importance of creating a validation system for non- formal and informal forms of knowledge, especially those acquired via voluntary activitiesdual education systems such as vocational training and apprenticeships ;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Is deeply concerned that there is still a 26 % difference in the rate of employment for people with disabilities compared to the average EU employment rate, with the employment rate for people with disabilities standing lower than 50%
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on theUrges Member States to gradually shift taxes from labour to other sources, and to implement tax rules that foster incentives to entrepreneurship and employment creation, especially for highly qualified young people, in order to boost employment, research and innovation projects within European enterprises;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to modernise their current social protection systems, in order to guarantee their sustainability in the face of expected ageing; consiwith lower social protection systems to upgrade them, in orders that pension schemes should be linked not only to life expectancy but also to other social and labour factors, while not jeopardising the sustainability of public finances;o avoid social dumping and all others competitive distortions
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses, taking into account Member States’ difficultiesIs deeply concerned about the difficulties that Member States still experience in fully using European funds, that the; EU must guarantee proper and better use of its investments, which need to be matched to its priorities, as well as the efficient management of its resources, and must also cut red tape with regard to access, implementation and evaluationthe full use of these resources in order to avoid a jeopardised competitiveness growth scenario ;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the Commission’s call on Member States to increase their social investments, especially in healthcare, childcare, housing support and rehabilitation services to fulfil the growth of their citizens needs facing the economic crisis; calls on enterprises and other eligible beneficiaries to make better use of the investment mechanisms provided by European funds and projects having direct application;.
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. StressUnderlines that the Europe 2020 strategy still maintains its pertinence, and calls on the Member States to reinforce its implementation on the groundhardly will achive its goals; asks the Commission and the Council to more closely monitor its global and start projecting a post-Europe 2020 scenatrional implementation; considers it necessary to start projecting a post-Europe 2020 scenario, leaving behind the useless European way of acting, which is nothing but propaganda, giving European citizens needs their fair priority;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. WelcomUrges the Commission recommendation on the euro area, which consolidates the joint analysis and definition of strategies of the social and economic dimensions of Member States under EMU, stressing the need for these criteria to be reconciledto provide a way out of the failing project of the euro currency;