Activities of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2015/2038(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility
Amendments (6)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the ILO’s eight core labour standards and the four ILO Priority Conventions for the industrialised countries to be systematically included through a binding social clause in all bilateral EU trade agreements; stresses the need to ensure not only ratification, but full incorporation into national law and its effective implementation, which requires adequate staffing of labour inspectorates in line with ILO recommendations and the participation of social partners in the monitoring of labour law and agreed social standards;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need to include social clauses in public procurement aligning social and labour standards for third- country providers with those found at national level;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for social and sustainable impact assessments and human rights impact assessments to be carried out, at bilateral level, before, during and after the negotiations; takes the view, also, that negotiators should take into account to a greater extent the priorities and concerns that emerge from these impact studiescondemns the lack of initiative of the Commission in this regard; calls for the creation of review mechanisms triggering the suspension of those provisions in trade agreements found to have a negative social impact;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to reject the use of ‘stand still’ and ‘ratchet’ clauses and ‘negative or hybrid’ listing in trade agreements as well as the inclusion of investor-State trade dispute mechanisms, such as ISDS, since they jeopardise future improvements in social and labour standards;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned at the dilution of legal and economic responsibility across subcontracting chains; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that MNCs are held accountable for social abuses committed by third parties operating within their supply chain; stresses that ensuring the full compliance of providers with national laws and a relevant core of labour and social standards, such as those addressed in the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda, should be a minimum requirement of Corporate Social Responsibility;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Strongly urges the Commission to suspend all EU trade agreements with Morocco and Israel applying to Western Sahara and Palestine, respectively, following the ECJ ruling of 10 December 20151a ; stresses that a just and fair trade agenda is incompatible with the commercial exploitation of labour from territories under occupation; __________________ 1a http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/doc ument.jsf?docid=172870&%3Bdoclang=F R