10 Amendments of Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Conclusions of 7 December 2015 on ‘The promotion of the social economy as a key driver of economic and social development in Europe’,
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to reach a stronger commitment to applying Article 174 of the TFEU, particularly in regions with serious and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, such as low population density or sparsely populated island and mountainous regions; Emphasises that greater territorial cohesion implies greater economic and social cohesion, and therefore calls for strategic investment in those regions with a view to making them more competitive, improving industry and territorial structure and, ultimately, stabilising the population in those areas;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to introduce policies designed to combat demographic decline and the dispersion of the population; stresses that the European Union’s cohesion policy should prioritise attention for regions suffering demographic decline;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to promote social economy business models as an effective way to ensure worker’s rights and social protection within the emerging collaborative and sharing economy;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully take advantage of enterprise models based on solidarity and worker's participation in the decision- making process, such as within the social economy enterprise models;
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role played by social economy enterprises in combating poverty and social exclusion, and in integrating the most disadvantaged groups into the labour market; points to the importance of social economy enterprises in addressing the challenges connected with the ageing of the population and care for the elderly, especially in small towns and villages, given their local and regional basis;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role of social enterprisconomy enterprises in providing these services;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and recognise social economy enterprises; considers the current lack of recognition makes it harder for them to access funding; asks the Commission to ensure that European legislation takes social economy enterprises and organisations into account in a way that enables them to operate in the same conditions as other types of enterprise; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legal framework for social enterprises through a European statute for cooperatives, associations, foundations and mutual societies;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to better acknowledge and promote social economy's entrepreneurship models because of their effective contribution to the creation of decent jobs, to the social integration of vulnerable people and to the provision of high-quality social services;
Amendment 1114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the EPSR should be adopted in 2017 as a binding agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council, involving social partners at the highest level, as well as with other socio-economic stakeholders such as within the social economy and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;