6 Amendments of Cindy FRANSSEN related to 2019/0000(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
15a. having regard to the Commission’s Recommendation of 3 October 2008 on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the social situation continues to improve; whereas poverty and the risk of poverty, and gaps in coverage of social protection systems and access to services, persist; whereas some progress has been made towards the poverty target of the Europe2020-strategy with a 5.6 million reduction since 2008 but whereas the target to reduce poverty by at least 20 million by 2020 is still far away with 113 million still at risk; whereas higher levels of poverty are experienced by children and other groups like single parents, migrants, Roma and ethnic minorities and long-term unemployed; whereas there is rapidly growing in-work poverty (9.6%) and a widening poverty and inequality gap across the EU;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission’s 2019 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) and welcomes the stronger focus on investment; notes that almost one third of the CSRs issued until 2018 have not been implemented; welcomes the fact that considerable progress has been achieved in legislation governing labour relations and employment protection; is concerned that progress on the 2018 CSRs is worse than performance in previous years and urges the Commission to put the necessary pressure on Member States to implement the recommendations; believes that strong reform implementation is crucial to strengthen the growth potential of EU economies and should serve as well to improve social rights and well-being of all citizens in the EU;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that a transformation of the education and training systems is necessary in order to make full use of the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies and the media and to develop the skills and competences required to meet the demands of the labour market of the future; considers that skills shortages and mismatches can be major investment obstacles; emphasises that in order to acquire adequate skills it is necessary to improve the quality, availability, affordability and accessibility of education and training, including vocational training, and improve the mutual recognition of qualifications; calls on the Member States to prioritise comprehensive training in digital and entrepreneurial skills, taking into account the shift towards the digital economy and to a greener economy; believes that the challenges of climate change and the transition to a greener economy demand support to help workers to adapt, especially in the most affected regions; calls for particular attention for the most vulnerable groups in society, including people at risk of poverty or extreme deprivation;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Notes that online platform work in the EU has increased by more than 25% over the past two years to up to 5 million Europeans and that a third of all platform transactions are performed cross-border; points out that platform workers are often not covered by social protection systems; calls for a coordinated EU initiative to improve access to social security rights and health insurance for all platform workers, regardless of their employment status, and to extend collective agreement coverage to platform workers; stresses, moreover, the need for the Commission and the Member States to collect better and more harmonised data on the number of platform workers, their employment status, job content and income;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the social situation continues to improve and that poverty is in decline, but that it still remains unacceptably high; stresses that while the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) in the EU continued to decrease in 2017, some 113 million people in the EU and 74 million in the euro area were AROPE in 2017; urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary steps to reduce poverty, including child and in-work poverty, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goalin-work poverty and poverty experienced by groups who are at much higher risk, such as children, single parents, migrants, Roma, ethnic minorities and the long term unemployed and homeless, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goal; urges the Commission and the Member States to promote a rights-based anti-poverty strategy based on integrated active inclusion combining the implementation of fundamental social rights, quality services and jobs with fair living wages; emphasises that decent job creation, access to social protection regardless of employment relationship or contract type, wage growth and well- resourced, quality public education systems have a significant impact on reducing inequalities, the risk of poverty and social exclusion; stresses the importance of a transparent evaluation of the Europe2020-strategy, particularly in the field of poverty reduction, and the development of a social and sustainable strategy post-2020 which prioritises the eradication of poverty and supports the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals through meaningful dialogue processes at EU and national levels with civil society and people with direct experience of poverty;