42 Amendments of Sven SCHULZE related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication on the Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative three years on of 4 October 2016,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towardalready has a strong European social model based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures good social protection for all, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a pillar of social rights is useful if it sets benchmarks which can facilitate reform processes in the Member States to produce a flexible labour market and make social systems sustainable;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the population of the EU represents 7% of the world’s population, the EU generates 20% of global wealth and whereas the EU and its Member States account for more than 40% of global public social security expenditure;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas no inefficient double or parallel structures should be established through producing a social pillar;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the Commission consultation process on the social pillar will end on 31 December 2016 and only then is an assessment of the opinions possible;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission is expected to come forward in the spring of 2017 with a proposal for a binding European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) cannot be limited to a declaration of principles or good intentions but must consist of real matter (legislation,an important instrument for policy -making mechanisms and financial instruments)aims at EU level to stimulate national social policy, delivering positive impact on citizens’ lives in the short term and enabling support for European construction in the 21st century by effectively, thus upholding social rights and Treaty objectives, strengthening cohesion and upward convergence, and helping to complete EMU;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rightsan analysis of the implementation of the existing social standards on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and consultation rights; underlines that this directive should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non-standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on-deme EPSR can be an instrument to make social standards in the Member States comparable and can lead to a better and wmork, self-empe precise develoypment, crowd-working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all worker of statistics; recognises at the same time the potential for an assessment of the EU acquis;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Quality and fairsustainable working conditions
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also foran ongoing analysis of work intermediated byg conditions on digital platforms; underlines that open-ended contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio-economic security; calls for the directive on faircalls for a recommendation on sustainable working conditions to includeand relevant minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibieventing those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers cannoto make ends meet;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c. limits regarding on-demand work: zero-hour contracts should be banned and certain core working hours should be guaranteed to all workers;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wagelet social partners play a supporting role in generating prosperity and to facilitate social partnerships;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the right to healthy and safe working conditions also involves limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods and annual leave; awaits Commission proposals for legislation and other concrete measures to uphold this right for all workers, reflecting, with all current knowledge about health and safety risks being reflected;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protectionthe coordination of social security systems in accordance with Regulation 883/2004; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, following a thorough assessment of the legal and technical feasibility of that, which could improve individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that rising life expectancy and workforce shrinking pose a challenge to the sustainability of pensions systems and to intergenerational fairness; reaffirms that the best response is to increase the overall employment rate, taking particular account of the younger generation; considers that pensionable ages should reflect, besides life expectancy, other factors including labour market trends, the economic dependency ratio, the birth rate and differences in job arduousness;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. InsistRecommends to Member States that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time unemployment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training;
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework forHighlights the EU’s lack of regulatory competence as regards establishing minimum income schemes; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty to be a major issue on which Europe should ‘act big’; calls for the swift implementcombationg of a Cchild Guaranteepoverty in all Member States, so that every child now living in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquirethe acquisition of digital knowledge as a fundamental skills for the 21st century, including digital literacy; highlights this as an important social investment, requiring adequate financing;
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed at the spread of precariousness arising from the excessive use of ‘atypical’ contracts; sStresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provide adequate protection for people in non-standard forms of employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 694 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point a
Paragraph 19 – point a
a. social insurance schemes must be broadened in order to enableMember States must organise social insurance schemes in such a way that all workers tocan accumulate entitlements providing an income security in situations such as unemployment, involuntary part-time work or career breaks for family or training reasons;
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
Paragraph 19 – point b
b. all workers should have a personal activity account, easily accessible through a website and/or a smartphone application, where they could consult their social entitlements, provided that that is warranted on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis and no legal problems stand in the way;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
Paragraph 19 – point b
b. all workers should have a personal activity account, easily accessible through a website and/or a smartphone application, where they could consult their social entitlements, provided that that is warranted on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis and no legal problems stand in the way;
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point b
Paragraph 22 – point b
b. there is a need for new legislative proposalMember States must implement European provisions on family leave schemes, including maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and carers’ leave, encouragresulting ing equal take-up of leave arrangements by men and women across all categories of workers in order to improve women’s access to and position within the labour market and facilitate work-life balance;
Amendment 781 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to set out new concrete measurerecommendations to ensure non- discrimination and equal opportunities;
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 808 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards;
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to proposeut forward a clear roadmap for legislative updates and other measures that are necessary for full practical application of the EPSR; highlights that in cases of conflict of law,emphasises, in that connection, the importance of the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social convergence should be underpinned by a set of targets, building on the Europe 2020 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals and serving to guide the coordination of economic, employment and social policies in the EU; believes, and that these targets could also form part of the Convergence Code currently being discussed for the euro area, and couldpossibly be based on the following indicators which are directly affected by public policies:
Amendment 931 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for a rebAcknowledges the link between social ancing of the European Semester so thatd economic aspects, and draws attention to the role of the existing scoreboard of key employment and social indicators and the new Convergence Code are directly taken into acin the count inext of formulating CSRs and the euro area recommendation as well as for the activation of EU instruments; urges a stronger role for the Macroeconomic Dialogue with social partners; considers ‘macro-social surveillance’ to be of great importance for avoiding that economic imbalances are reduced at the expense of worsening the employment and social situation;
Amendment 955 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied w, in the context of then implementingation of the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certain public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. childcare or education and training) as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessingfor the Pact also to cover public social investments, which, with a view to making social security systems sustainable and intergenerationally fair, should not serve as a justification for a higher government deficits and compliance withfor circumventing the 1/20 debt rule;
Amendment 972 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomena of capital-intensive production, high rates of inequality and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work imply a need to increase the role ofit must be for the Member States to decide whether or not to use general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemes in order to provide decent social protection for all;
Amendment 1015 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
c. the establishment of a new instrument, to be financed, for example, from EU revenue arising from competition law enforcement, to support the implementation of threduce Cchild Guaranteepoverty;
Amendment 1046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – introductory part
Paragraph 32 – introductory part
32. Considers that the specific dynamics of economic adjustment within the euro area call for the development of two financial instruments, within the euro area’s fiscal capacity, that would be particularly relevant for the impleare determined by the existence of the Structural Funds and by the country-specific recommentdation of the EPSR:s;
Amendment 1049 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point a
Paragraph 32 – point a
Amendment 1063 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point b
Paragraph 32 – point b
Amendment 1081 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 1095 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to translate the EPSR into relevant external action, in particular byseek to promotinge the implementation of the UN SDGs, the ILO conventions and European social standards through trade agreements and strategic partnerships;
Amendment 1108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the EPSR should be adopted in 2017 as a bindingn agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council, involving social partners at the highest level, and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;