Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European Pillar of Social Rights (debate) EL
Amendments (25)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital Β
Recital Β
Β. whereas gender equality is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas, nevertheless, the employment rate for men stands at 75.6 % compared with 64.5 % for women, and whereas the gender pay gap is 16 % and the gender pension gap 39 % and whereas in workplaces in the EU Member States there is discrimination also in recruitment procedures;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2002 Barcelona targets are far from being reached, while the Charter of Fundamental Rights states that children shall have the right to protection and care, thus having a dramatic impact on female labour market participation, gender equality, work-life balance and female poverty which is particularly acute in countries impoverished by the Troika's austerity policies;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the EPSR to have a binding mechanism for both the monitoring and implementation of existing and updated social rights, especially as regards equal opportunities, including female participation in the labour market, fair working conditions, combating all forms of precarious work and adequate and sustainable social protection for women;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to come forward with a package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding work- life balance with a view to achieving gender equality, including revising the directives on family leave schemes and in particular on maternity and parental leave and proposing directives on paternity and carers’ leave;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EPSR will not deliver without social investment, especially in available and affordable high- quality childcare infrastructure, and also measures to combat discrimination between men and women, with the support of the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI);
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Α
Recital Α
Α. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towards a strong European social model based on solidarity, social justice, the rule of law, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures good social protection for all, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) cannot be limited to a declaration of principles or good intentions but must consist of real matter (legislation, policy-making mechanisms and financial instruments), delivering positive impact on citizens’ lives in the short term and enabling support for European constructionthe EU Member States in the 21st century by effectively upholding social rights and Treaty objectives, and strengthening cohesion and upward convergence, and helping to complete EMU;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on socially fair working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and consultation rights; underlines that this directive should apply to employees as well as to all workers and persons employed in non- standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on- demand work, self-employment, crowd- working, internship or traineeship; calls for action to be taken to combat all types of precarious employment, and to tackle the high unemployment rates seen in the Member States of southern Europe, such as Greece, Spain, Portugal and others; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also for work intermediated by digital platforms; underlinstresses that open- ended contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio-economic security; calls for the directive on fair working conditions to include relevantsome minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU and especially in those Member States hit by the austerity policies of the Troika, such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the right to healthy and safe working conditions also involves limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods and annual leave; awaits Commission proposals forcalls on the Commission to put forward legislation and other concrete measures to uphold this right for all workers, reflecting all current knowledge about health and safety risks;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collective rights; expects the Commission to step up concrete support for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and sectors where it is weak owing to the prolonged crisis or the prevalence ofand the rights of all workers in the EU Member States as well as taking action to combat non-standard forms of employment;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including, a European social security card, which could improve individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the importance ofStresses the need for universal access to timely, good-quality and affordable preventative and curative health care; emphasises that all workers must be covered by health insurance;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and stresses the need for investment in (re)- training;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework for a guaranteed European minimum income schemes; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work;
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured enabling services, access to the labour market and social activity and basic income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty, which has increased rapidly in certain EU Member States such as Greece, to be a major issue on which Europe should ‘act big’immediately; calls for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so that every child now living in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition;
Amendment 684 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed atDeplores the spread of precariousness arising from the excessive use of ‘atypical’ contracts; stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provide adequate protection for people in non-standard forms of employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 743 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – introductory part
Paragraph 22 – introductory part
22. Considers that decisive progress ismeasures to combat all forms of discrimination are urgently needed in the area of gender equality, together with measure to uphold and work-life balance; in particular:
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a fundamental right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards;
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for a rebalancing of the European Semester so that the existing scoreboard of key employment and social indicators and the new Convergence Code are directly taken into account in formulating CSRs and the euro area recommendation as well as for the activation of EU instruments; uUrges a stronger role for the Macroeconomic Dialogue with social partners; considers ‘macro-social surveillance’ to be of great importance for avoiding that economic imbalances are reduced at the expense of worsening the employment and social situation;
Amendment 957 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied wthen implementing the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certaination of public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. childcare or education and training), regarding them as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits and compliance with the 1/20 debt rule;
Amendment 982 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomena of capital-intensive production, high rates of inequality and unemployment and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work imply a need to increase the role of general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemes in order to provide decent social protection for all;
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
30. Reiterates its call for the raising of the MFF 2014-20 ceilings in order to cope with the increased needs of the EU Member States; calls, in particular, for: