24 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2017/2259(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Resolution CM/Res(2008)23 on the youth policy of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on youth work;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the negative impact of the recession on young people’sand austerity measures on young people’s life, fulfilment and future prospects for developing their full potential continue to be felt across the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas many Member States, particularly those in Southern Europe, remain some wayfar from achieving their pre- crisissatisfactory levels on a number of youth indicators, such as employment, welfare and social protection;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas disadvantaged groups, such as people who face financial and social obstacles, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities or special needs, women, LGBTIQ, migrants and refugees – who are facing barriers to enter the labour market, and access culture, social services and education – are those most affected by the socio-economic crisis;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it is important that youth organisations could guarantee an adequate level of representativeness and inclusiveness of young people in order to be fully legitimate;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sustained efforts are needed to increase the participation of young people in society, particularly for people with disabilities, migrants, refugees, those not in education, employment or training (NEETs) and those at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the achievement of the objectives of the last three-year cycle of the EYS (2010-2018) seem to have been partially achieved; whereas, however,cannot be duly and precisely assessed and the comparison of the respective situations of the different Member States is very difficult to evaluate, owing to a lack of benchmarks and indicators, and to overlapping implementation instruments;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that long-term austerity measures, notably cuts in funding for education, culture, and youth policies, have had, and still have, a negative impact on young people and, their living conditions and their opportunities; warns that young people, especially the most disadvantaged, such as people who face financial and social obstacles, young women, ethnic minorities, LGBTIQ, those with special needs or with disabilities, migrants and refugees, are greatly affected by rising inequality, the risk of exclusion, insecurity and discrimination;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes not of the achievements of European cooperation in the field of youth, which has demonstrated, in certain cases, its ability to tackle the problems faced by most Europeans and to support national policymakers, providing them with expertise, and recommendations, and legitimacy, and successfully mobilising more EU funding;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesTakes note of the policy initiatives aimed at supporting the EU’s youth, in particular Investing in Europe’s Youth, the European Solidarity Corps and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); believes, however, that these instruments should be improved, better connected to the EYS and follow a bottom-up approach; calls on the Commission, therefore, to systematically link all policy proposals pertaining to young people to the overarching strategy and to involve all the relevant stakeholders, such as social partners and civil society;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the EU should express solidarity with young people and continue to empower them to meaningfully participate in society, primarily by by developing specific measures, such as mainstreaming volunteering and developing new tools, e.g. e-democracy tools;
Amendment 91 #
8. Strongly urges the Commission and the Member States to encouragempower young people, including the most disadvantaged, to pursue a participatory approach to life, by using ones, to take an active and critical role in public life, by offering them online and offline democracy tools and by involving the relevant stakeholders, such as social partners, civil society and youth organisations, - the representativeness, openness and legitimacy thereof should be assessed and taken into account - in the development, implementation and assessment of youth policies;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is highly concerned at the persistent high rates of youth unemployment throughout the EU, especially in Southern Europe; recalls that quality job creation and stable employment should be guaranteed and remain key commitments towards young people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote fair working conditions and remuneration; stresses the importance of defining social rights for new forms of employment and ensuring social dialogue;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that YEI measures have provided support for more than 1.6 million young people26 ; emphasises the need to improve theand that there is still more to do; emphasises the need of a thorough assessment of Youth Guarantee, which should be followed by a significant reform and tailored adjustments in order to provide young people with good quality of offers under the Youth Guaranteeand achieve their sustainable integration in the labour market; calls on Member States to effectively improve their monitoring and reporting systems in order to facilitate the de-velopment of more evidence-based youth policies; _________________ 26 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- //EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A8-2017- 0406+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that European measures that foster the integration of NEETs into the labour market, including paid internships, traineeships or apprenticeships, must be financially supported by the YEI, but not limited to this tool, and should not be used as a way to substitute employment, exploit or frustrate young people;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Strongly believes that quality education and training is a fundamental right; considers, therefore, that access to education should be guaranteed for all Europeans, regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnicity or gender; underlines the important role played by education in providing young people with the knowledge and skills to become committed citizens and take part in the European project; calls, therefore, on Member States to put in place specific policies and measures to implement such fundamental right;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is deeply concerned by the phenomenon of early school leaving and calls therefore for appropriate solutions to tackle it in view of achieving the Europe 2020 targets;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages the Commission to support initiatives which aim to foster active and critical citizenship, respect, tolerance, values and intercultural learning; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote spaces for dialogue with young people on a range of themes, such as sex, gender, policy, solidarity and the environment;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes with great concern, in this regard, the still high number of European citizens with poor literacy skills or literacy difficulties, including functional, digital and media illiteracy, which poses grave concerns in terms of adequate participation in the public life and in the labour market;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the importance of culture not only in combating violence, racism, radicalisation and intolerance, but also in developing a European identitystrengthening solidarity and developing a sense of common belonging; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and invest in culture and to ensure equal access;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the European Solidarity Corps – a programme to foster solidarity among young Europeans and that should not aim to tackle youth unemployment; recalls Parliament’s positionroposal to properly finance the new initiative by means of fresh resources;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Firmly believes that the Europe for Citizens programme should continue to stimulate active citizenship, civic education and dialogue and engender a sense of European identitycommon belonging; notes the low success rate of the programme due to a lack of funding; calls for a substantial increase in its funding allocation;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that the YEI budget is not sufficient to ensure that the programme reaches its targets; calls, therefore, for a significant increase in the YEI allocation under the next MFF and for the Member States to make, where necessary, provisions for youth employment schemes in their national budgets together with audit and controls procedures in order to ensure the effectiveness of such schemes;