4 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2016/0043(NLE)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
1. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) stipulates in Article 145 that Member States and the Union shall work towards developing a coordinated strategy forMember States and the Union should seek to pursue strategic cooperation on employment and particularly forto promotinge a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce as well asnd labour markets that are responsive to economic change and with a view to achieving the objectives defin. Member States should promote work with rights, in accordance with labour regulations and collective agreements and based ion Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)higher wages, eliminating the harmful economic and social consequences that austerity policies have entailed for their peoples.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
2. The “Europe 2020 Strategy” proposed by the Commission enables the Union to turn itshinges on a putative orientation of the Union economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high -level employment, productivity and social cohesion. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which supposedly guide the action of the Member States, and taketaking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union. The European Employment Strategy has the leading role in the implementation of the employment and labour market objectives of the new strategyse objectives, however, are profoundly at odds with Union political practice, which gives less importance to territorial and social cohesion. The fact that the Union has such objectives and engages in the rhetoric of ‘social and environmental conscience’ does not alter its fundamentally federalist and austerity- ridden nature.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
3. The integrated guidelines are in line with the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their National Reform Programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The employment guidelines should form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States under Article 148(4) of the TFEU, in parallel with the country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member States under Article 121(2) of that Treaty. The employment guidelines should also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and the European Commission to the European Councilnd country-specific recommendations are anti-democratic instruments amounting to unacceptable interference in Member States’ policy- and strategy-making. In addition, these guidelines and recommendations, because they have led to wage cuts, cuts in welfare provision, unemployment, and the loss of job security, and have hence impoverished workers, have worsened the Member States’ social and economic problems. The fact that these instruments are considered social and employment indicators does not alter their anti- democratic nature, nor does it affect their implications.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
4. The examination of the Member States’ National Reform Programmes contained in the Joint Employment Report shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the priority areas of increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment, developing a skilled workforce responding to labour markethose programmes have served to increase unemployment, lower wages, deregulate labour markets, reduce welfare provision, and wreck public services, leaving roughly a quarter of the Union population exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion. A policy of economic cooperation, basing labour relations on collective bargaining, raising wages and pursuing active policies to combat uneedsmployment and promoting job qualitye social support, and lifdeveloping learning, improving the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education, promoting social inclusion and combating povertyuniversal free public services in the areas of education, health, and social security are the best ways to enhance the well-being of, and improve living conditions for, the workers and peoples of Member States.