Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2014/2235(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) IT
Amendments (8)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the European economy and labour market face considerable difficulties in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the austerity policies and the consequent economic slowdown;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the wake of the European economic crisis a number of Member States are struggling with high unemployment levels (EU28: 9.9 %) as well as public debt; is further concerned that youth unemployment rates (EU28: 21.4 %) are generally much higher, especially in some countries where it reaches half of the young labour force;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of human development, career flexibility and self- responsibility; recalls in this respect that investment is needed to actively support employability and prevent skills depletion among the unemployed; emphasises that such measures should be combined with reforms in pension and social welfare systems that encourage more people toin order to develop employment opportunities for older and younger workers;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to create millions of jobs across the EU and lead to sustainable and inclusive growth
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of theat mobility of workers for a competitive labour market, and stresses the need to reduce the administrative and linguistic barriers that are liable to restrain it; encourages raising of awareness of and further improvement of the EU-wide EURES job portalshould be ensured as an opportunity for those wishing to seek employment in other Member States, not as an obligation caused by a lack of job opportunities in their home country, with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that there are currently 2 million unfilled vacancies in the EU and that there should be systems to match demand and offer in the labour market at the European level, such as a European vacancy database; emphasises the need for labour mobility in the Union in order to fill this gap, and reiterates the importance of ERASMUS+ and EURES in this respectat mobility must remain voluntary and not a necessity in order to find a job;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the importance of the mobility of highly skilled workers from third countries in the light of the demographic challengesat mobility remains only one of the many potential responses to labour market mismatches and that its eventual side-effects such as brain-drain should be minimised;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of support measures for SMEs and micro-enterprises, in order to reduce the administrative and financial barriers to their establishment and operation as well as facilitating the hiring of qualified labour and training of employees; in that respect, stresses that the tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation that are less detrimental to employment and growth, while protecting adequate social protection.