Activities of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2018/2014(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Spain – EGF/2017/006 ES/Galicia apparel) PDF (413 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is concerned at the fact that such lay-offs may further compound the unemployment situation that the region in question have been facing since the onset of the economic and financial crisis; notes in particular that, in 2017, 19 % of the population of 2,7 million people was at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that the vocational training to be provided must broaden the spectrum of opportunities for the unemployed people, that the training activities should be related to a prospective study of employment trends, which should be included within the actions of this financing, and that tit should expand the options of professional careers without any gender bias or limitation to non-qualified employment.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Considers that the approved programme should support, through advice and financial support, initiatives for the formation of cooperatives to be undertaken by the persons receiving the personalised services envisaged.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls for the modification of the initiative structures by supressing the action on "tutoring after reintegration into work" and reducing the budget for other actions, including "intensive job- search assistance", in order to make the financing of workers cooperatives creation feasible.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Points out that the coordinated package of personalised services benefiting from the EGF should be targeted, in terms of its design, to initiatives conducive to employment, to the upskilling of workers and to making the most of their employment histories as to reach out to the business community, including cooperatives, and should be coordinated with existing Union programmes, including the European Social Fund; is convinced that a coherent strategy would reduce the risk of relocation and create and environment conducive to the return of industrial production to the Union; stresses that a serious policy of preventing and pre- empting restructurings should be given priority over any use of the EGF; stresses also the importance of a genuine industrial policy at Union level to bring sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that the coordinated package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with the social partnerPoints out that strong social dialogue based on mutual trust and shared responsibility is the best tool with which to seek consensual solutions and common outlooks when predicting, preventing and managing restructuring processes; stresses that that could help prevent job losses and, therefore, new EGF cases;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that this help contributes to mitigate transitory situations of unemployed people, which is why it is important to apply it in that sense; notes, nevertheless, that the globalisation adjustment fund would have more long-term projection in the future if it strengthened a large-scale public investment plan which would be favourable to an industry with a productive model based in renewable raw materials that offers alternatives for decent employment and more added value, having in mind the industrial reactivation of vulnerable areas, as it is the case of the Ordes Region.