5 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2017/2259(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to Eurostat, youth unemployment stood at 18.7 % in 2016, even exceeding 40 % in some countries, and whereas around one in three European young people aged between 18 and 24 live in difficult conditions and are at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the overall lack of investment in young people’s rights, willhich is partly due to the austerity policies adopted by the EU and obligations laid down in the European Treaties, has contributed to the aggravation in the Member States of phenomena such as declining populations, ageing populations, the lack of professional qualifications or the dismantling of social security systemsuited to a constantly changing labour market and the dismantling of social security systems; whereas these phenomena have led to the gradual impoverishment of the European people and an increase in social tensions in the Member States;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that an inclusive youth policy is inseparable from the defence and promotion of decent work, grounded in collective labour agreements, with non- precarious labour relations, adequate salaries and wages, support for entrepreneurship, high-quality, free, universal public services, and programmes facilitating political and cultural participation, parenthood, well-being and creativity;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Argues that individuals’ transition into the labour market is facilitated by a comprehensive education system that ensures they acquire cross-cutting skills that promote critical thand multimedia skills and encourages increased cooperation between trainking, universality and multicultural dialogue, fostering employability not through early specialisation, but rather by enabling the attainment of a wide variety of qualifications institutions and the labour market, for example with dual training courses that strengthen young people's acquisition of skills and know-how, through internships aimed at inserting these young people into the labour market;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to propose an increase in the funding, powers and scope ofmonitor European programmes aimed at promoting the employability and social inclusion of young people, to ensuringe that these funds are not used to help create unpaid internships or precarious work or replace permanent jobs with temporary ones or internships.resources are used in a targeted way without waste, avoiding the creation of unpaid internships or precarious work; highlights the importance of multi-level management of these resources, in order to best meet the specific needs of the areas, economies and citizens of the Member States;