7 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2250(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
- having regard to the Commission Communication on ‘Strengthening the local dimension of the European Employment Strategy’ (COM(2001)0629) and tohe Commission Communication on ‘Acting Locally for Employment: A Local Dimension for the European Employment Strategy’ (COM(2000)0196), as well as Parliament’s resolution of 4 July 2002 on strengthening the local dimension of the European Employment Strategy1,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the social economy is a central instrument in the context of social inclusion and whereas decent employment, training and reinsertion should be linked to it,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the Commission has repeatedly recognised the concept of the social economy; stresses that, over and above recognising the concept, the Commission must change its behaviour and respect the special needs of the social economy in all its fields of activity; stresses that the social economy serves to transpose into action and implement fundamental rights, and calls for this action to be protected against interventions in the framework of competition policy; stresses in this connection the significance of the Monti package, which lays down the regulatory framework for State aid;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that there is a need for the recognition of European statutes for associations, mutual societies and foundations to ensure that social economy enterprises receive equal treatment in the internal market’s regulations; notescriticises the fact that the Commission has withdrawn the two proposals on Statutes for a European association1 and a European mutual society2;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that employers in the social economy are significant agents of reinsertion, and welcomes their efforts to create and maintain high-quality, good, stable jobs and to invest in workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and strengthen the social economy in its role as a good employer and to respect its special status;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact that part of the social economy enterprises are micro- enterprises and small businesses that may lack the necessary resources to operate in the internal market and participate in national and European programmes, and proposes that resources be put in placeargeted support and instruments to enable them to improve their contribution to the Union’s sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the features of the social economy (aims, values and working methods) are taken into account when devising European policies, by ensuring there is; asks that, when the social economy is affected, impact assessments are carried out and the interests of the social economy are respected and given priority; calls for better coordination between policies and the directorates- general in charge of those policies, particularly the Directorate- General for Enterprise and Industry and the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities;