7 Amendments of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that many Member States still have large deficits and that there is a need to develop rigorous fiscal responsibility programmes that are fully compatible with qualitydecent job creation, economic growth and welfare state sustainability; calls on the Commission, which has already received the national budget proposals for 2016, and within the framework of COM(2015)00121, to provide a flexible process of fiscal responsibility at national level that allows for the adoption of socially responsible and economically efficient policies aimed at decent job creation while remaining within the framework of the fiscal policy defined in the Stability and Growth Pact; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0012, ‘Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP’.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WNotes the efforts made to guarantee the stability of the financial system and urges that the necessary effort be made to ensure that the financing of the real economy is restored; welcomes the fostering of a European investment policy aimed at boosting growth and job creation; considers it regrettablunwise, however, thato have neglected Parliament’s call3 to promote social investment not only in pursuit of financial profit but also with the aim of promoting a positive social impact has been neglectedand reducing inequality by improving the public services that guarantee equal opportunities; __________________ 3 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraphs 10 and 18.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effective; considers it regrettablenotes that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining; calls for labour reforms; calls for labour reforms in the Member States where they are still necessary, taking advantage of the fact that we have now reached a turning point in the cycle, that should be capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capital;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the lack or slow pace of structural reforms is a well-known problem in certain countries, and therefore believes that the Commission should look more intensively, as part of its objectives in the European Semester, at assessing the damage to medium-term job creation resulting from the lack of responsibility shown by certain states in failing to carry out structural reforms;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand) problems caused by the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; considers it regrettable that there is no reference to the importance of increasing wages, especially in those countries where wages are below the poverty threshold; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States (Bulgaria EUR 184/month, Luxembourg EUR 1 923/month), and reiterates its request for a study4 on this issue; __________________ 4 Resolutionof 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraph 47.problems that the uneven dynamic is creating for economic growth itself, and consequently for job-creation potential; notes that income and its distribution (wages and others) represent a fundamental aspect of the uneven dynamic; considers it to be very important at the present time, and above all in certain Member States, for economic policies to heighten the importance of income policies and for the Commission to provide firm guidelines;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some labour reforms have introduced new contractual formulas that, according to the Commission, have increased precariousness in the labour markets; it is primarily the poor use of those new – a priori legal – formulas and illegal employment situations that cause the greatest degree of labour precariousness; of particular concern are some Member States whose rates of temporary employment are over 90 % for new contracts, which particularly affects young people and women and which, according to the OECD1, is one of the direct causes of increasing inequality; __________________ 1 OECD report ‘In it together: Why less inequality benefits all’, 21 May 2015.
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that high rates in long-term unemployment in the EU, especially in some Member States, are resulting in an increasing number of workers losing their benefits before finding a new job; considers it regrettable that many Member States have limited access to such benefits or have reduced the amount available and/or the eligibility period for them; considers it important to maintain a balance between adequate social protection and adequate incentives for active job searching; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guarantee minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families; notes the need for tailored solutions that will reduce the extent of low educational qualifications among some of these groups, enabling them to return to the labour market and preventing any risk of social exclusion;