12 Amendments of Laura AGEA related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -i a (new)
(-i a) to consider the deep differences between the EU and US labour markets, to acknowledge that TTIP will displace 1.3 million workers across Europe and to put in place all necessary measures to face prolonged and substantial adjustment costs on the labour market;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -i a (new)
(-i a) to acknowledge that the econometric model used in many impact assessment studies to estimate gain and losses from TTIP, inter alia on employment, is based on non-realistic assumptions such a full mobility of workers in Europe and does not allow for calculation of net employment gain/losses;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to ensurereject TTIP unless it is proven that TTIPit will make a significant positive contribution to creating more and better jobs in Europe and the US and set ambitious global trade standards for sustainable development and labour;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that TTIP includes comprehensive provisions on labour laws and policies that are consistent with the core ILO Conventions and, the Decent Work Agenda and European and national labour law, with a commitment to promote higher standards and, furthermore, to ensure that where disputes arise labour provisions will have a conditional dimension;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(ii a) to reject any agreement that might pose a threat to labour standards in Europe and lead to social dumping;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to ensure that civil society cantizens and civil society are better informed, more closely involved in the negotiations and able to make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisions;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, organise, set quality and safety standards for, manage and regulate public services; therefore to reject the treaty if it will contain provisions on investors-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and to carefully consider its approval in light of the provisions on regulatory cooperation;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by SMEs including uneven competition with bigger US companies and trade diversion effects of TTIP are fully taken into account;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vi a (new)
(vi a) to consider that TTIP will negatively impact intra-EU trade and therefore reduce SMEs market shares in Europe;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) to guaranteeexclude from thate agreement on any dispute-settlement mechanism must take into accountfollowing the results of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), must be fully transparent and democratically accountable and must not hinder legislators from passing laws in the area of employment policyto acknowledge that such a mechanism creates discriminations between foreign and domestic investors;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) to take stepsrequest to embed a ‘positive listing’ approach in the agreement and to make sure public services are excluded from the scope of TTIP;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that statistical projections on job losses/gains, and on sectors, affected in each Member State are constantly updated so that timely intervention can be undertaken by the Commission to support affected sectors, regions or Member States.