Activities of Radka MAXOVÁ

Radka MAXOVÁ, Pina PICIERNO, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Member States to train and educate the police in order to ensure that people in prostitution and the police communicate on a basis of trust and therefore are able to detect exploitation as fast and effective as possible; recalls that migrants, racialized and trans people are overrepresented in prostitution and condemns that they are especially targeted and criminalised by the police; calls for the same comprehensive training for the judiciary;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Recognises that legalising all facets of prostitution also has added value, such as the visibility of the women who are therefore safer and are not forced to continue their activities undergrounds;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Pina PICIERNO, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Condemns the reality of coercion, manipulation, violence and exploitation in prostitution, where a lack of language skills, vulnerabilities and precarious conditions are exploited to make women enter and stay in prostitution;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Pina PICIERNO, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Acknowledges that different policies to combat sexual exploitation can have different effects in different Member States; Regrets the fact that regulations, including the legalisation or criminalisation of prostitution, the involvement of exploitative third parties and the purchase of sex does not mean an end to the stigma for women in prostitution;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Pina PICIERNO, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Refrains from comments on the effectivity of individual regulatory models and their mutual comparison; underlines that the implementation of different models regarding the regulation of prostitution across Member States allows for the conclusion, that none of the regulatory models has achieved the complete elimination of stigmatisation and discriminatory treatment of people selling sex neither effective safeguards to ensure access to health, social and justice services for people selling sex;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Highlights that the approach of discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is therefore of utmost importance in order to combat the exploitation of women and girls, to protect victims and to achieve gender equality and should therefore be developed further in the revision of the EU Anti-Trafficking directive;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Pina PICIERNO, Vera TAX, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the decriminalisation of pimping and of the purchase of sex increases demand, empowers the demand side and normalises sex buying; underlines that the stigmatisation of people, especially women, in prostitution nevertheless persists;deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Underlines the importance of discouraging demand in a way that does not harm or create negative repercussions for those in prostitution and provide sufficient safeguards;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls ~~for specific measures to assist~~on Member States to implement specific measures and to provide sufficient financial support to assist people and especially women in prostitution with their social and professional reintegration; calls for such exit programmes to work gradually, for women to be supported on their personal paths and for people’s potential to be recognised, with and professional training and further education programmes being adapted to take account of this, with a special focus on people with migration background;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission to put forward awareness-raising campaigns with the aim of discouraging the demand, highlighting the link between the demand for sexual services and the phenomenon of trafficking for sexual exploitation and the high numbers of women being trafficked inside and to the European Union; furthermore calls for awareness- raising for the particular risks people and especially women in prostitution face, including the high prevalence of gender- based violence; calls for these campaigns to further target young people and men while also dismantling stereotypes;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Calls for full access to non- discriminatory and universal health and social services as well as to the justice system for everyone, especially for people and women in prostitution;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas women and girls are disproportionately affected by conflict, with particular regard to sexual violence, displacement and trafficking in human beings1 , access to SRHR and impoverishment; _________________ 1 https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemake r.un.org/files/SC_ResolutionWomenPeace Security_SRES1325%282000%29%28engl ish_0.pdf

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. Whereas conflicts and following humanitarian emergencies and forced displacement, have detrimental consequences on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), resulting in lack of reproductive health information and services—including obstetric, prenatal, and postnatal care; modern contraceptives including emergency contraception; and safe abortion and post-abortion care;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

A b. Whereas Russian Federation’s military aggression and invasion against Ukraine has had detrimental consequences on women, forcing them to flee, putting them at risk of falling victim to human trafficking and subjecting them to gender based violence and sexual violence as a weapon of war;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the Russian invasion of Ukraine underlines the unequivocal need for security and defence measures to be gender-responsive; Restate sits condemnation in the strongest possible terms of the Russian aggression against and invasion of Ukraine and condemns any war crimes being committed against civilian population, including sexual violence as a weapon of war;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Highlights that gender equality is a precondition for democracy, human rights, sustainable development and a successful management of the effects of climate change and thus for peace and security;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Highlights that climate change can contribute to destabilisation and can lead to forced displacement and migration; stresses that women are vulnerable to the effects of climate change and armed conflicts, notably due to persistent cultural and structural gender inequalities, being at risk of poverty, gender based and sexual violence and trafficking; stresses the importance of gender perspective in climate change policies and meaningful representation of women in peacebuilding and conflict resolution;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls ~~on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions~~for gender mainstreaming to be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas gender analysis and a gender perspective constitute a foundation of effective and sustainable conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; active participation of women in all the parts of the post- conflict resolution process should be ensured; Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and enlargement missions; Underlines that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the work and it increase the EU credibility as a proponent of equal rights formen and women worldwide; recalls that gender diversity in CSDP is important for implementing many operational tasks and effective executing of the duties such as increasing situational awareness, reaching out to different groups in society, or further strengthening training and monitoring; calls specifically for the next CSDP Compact to set targets for gender balance in the personnel, especially in leadership positions as there are only three female heads of civilian missions and no female commanders of military missions;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize women and girls as drivers of change capable of offering an important and unique contribution, and to support their safe, meaningful and equal participation in civic and public life and in decision making structures; Calls to eradicate the dominantnarrative around women and girls based on victimization that deprives them of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the inclusion of women’s rights organisations, as well as women led organisations and defenders of women’s human rights, in humanitarian coordination and decision-making EN structures;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Calls on the EEAS and the EU Delegations for human trafficking awareness internal programmes to be implemented to trainings and capacity- building, in order to better recognise and protect victims;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the important work of gender advisers in CSDP missions; regrets that the post of gender adviser remains vacant in several military missions and calls for these posts to be filled; recognises the relevant role of the gender focal points network in missions and expects its continued development and training; encourages structured exchange of best practices between civilian and military missions; Call for a strengthened position of the gender advisor in order to mainstream gender approach into all programmes and policies;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the eradication of gender stereotypes that contribute to the unequal representation of women in the security and defence sector; Underline the need to have more women working in the European Security and Defence and consequently the need for young girls to be encouraged to approach and study these subjects;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Alessandra MORETTI, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for a zero-tolerance approach to sexual and gender-based harassment and sexual exploitation within all CSDP missions and insists that independent oversight be employed to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable; urges the EEAS and the Member States to guarantee safety from sexual exploitation; calls for specialised support, including counselling and psychological services, to be made available to all victims, as well as training on preventing and combat gender based violence;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses th~~e importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to~~at mental health is an integral part of the right to health and well-being and that the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation; are discrepancies in how mental health issues affect men and women. Highlights the significance of adopting a gender- sensitive approach to research and treatment of mental health illnesses as well as of mainstreaming mental health in general and for effective communication strategies to target stereotypes regarding mental health.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. C~~ondemns all violence against w~~alls for sexual and reproductivehealth and rights to becomen an~~d children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’~~ integral part of the EU’s promotion of humanrights in the world. Access to contraception, comprehensive sexuality andrelationships education, universal access to SHRH services, as well as eaffor~~ts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;~~dabilityand accessibility of SRHR health centres in particular, should all be promoted,as should coordinated support of civic organisations which fight for SRHR and providingsupport to those in need.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Emphasizes the importance of setting a leading example by enshrining SRHR in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors to take all necessary legislative and administrative steps and measures to promote a culture of acceptance, mutual respect and human dignity for men and women at all stages of development and aging;Deplores the large increase in the number of people caught in modern slavery. Calls for a victim-centric and human-rights-centric approach to combatting this crime. Highlights the gender dimension of human trafficking with 65 % of total victims being women and girls and 92 % of them being trafficked for sexual exploitation. Calls for coordinated action focusing on recognition of victims and their effective reintegration into society, as economic and gender inequality are one of the major drivers of victimization.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights that any conflict, such as the war in Ukraine, creates an opportunity for human traffickers who are misusing people’s vulnerability. Calls for the establishment of safe and legal migration routes and legal guarantees, as well as transparent information campaigns, so that people who are fleeing conflict and/or distress are not susceptible to falling into trafficking chains.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on global actors and the Member States to forcefully tackle the plight of women and girls throughout the world who are subjected to human trafficking and sexual exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims and to rigorously prosecuteDeplores that around the world, more than 35 % of women have been victims of sexual violence. Calls for ratification and effective implementation of international instruments aimed at targeting this terrible crime, such as the Istanbul convention and the UN General Assembly Resolution on International cooperation on access to justice for survivors of sexual violence. Highlights, the need of providing victims with effective reparations and refor~~m male and female offenders, including by dismantling criminal gangs who prey on those duped into taking deadly journeys to enter the EU illegally;~~ legal provisions which count with a difficult and often long investigation as well as with instances that happened a long time ago.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for the identification of gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in the Article 82(1) TFEU.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Highlights the need to tackle discrimination against women and harmful stereotypes from early childhood, as those are one of the major driving factors of GBV. Highlighting that many women are facing intersectional and multiple discrimination. Calls for better protection of women from vulnerable groups, such as LGBTIQ, women with disabilities, with a migrant background, older women and women from rural areas.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls ~~on the Member States to promote healthcare prac~~for collection and deep analysis of gender-disaggregated data and gender mainstreaming in healthcare sector in order to bridge the disparitices ~~that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;~~in the quality of treatment of men and women. Later diagnosis, inadequate treatment, and lack of women in studies are all prevalent issues for access to quality healthcare for women.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020-2024 to protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypes; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self- determinDeplores that trans and gender- diverse persons continue to face discrimination and difficulties with legal gender recognition.Calls to abolish the still prevalent harmful practice of sterilization, as ~~enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights~~a condition for legal gender recognition.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Is concerned that EU’s anti- gender movements are heavily financed byforeign actors, who are seeking to curb, among others, sexual and reproductivehealth and rights, against LGBTIQ rights and equality in general. Calls for a careful analysis of this issue and ensuring that European money, as well as foreign donations, do not finance organisations that are actively targeting equality and trying to restrict the rights of others.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Deplores that human rights defenders continue to face scaling-up attacks, including judicial harassment, smear campaigns, and hate crimes. Calls for adoption and implementation of anti- slapp laws as well as effective prosecution of discriminatory behaviour and zero tolerance for hate speech and hate crimes. Highlights that women rights activists face harassment and violent threats for their actions, especially on social media without effective protection.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the EU leaders to promote and ensure the respect of the rights of human rights defenders, particularly women’s and LGBTIQ rights defenders, and to protect them from attacks and threats from state and non-state actors.

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Public policy within the meaning of the Regulation must be interpreted restrictively in accordance with the case law of the CJEU. In its judgment C- 490/20, the CJEU reiterated its view that "the concept of 'public policy', if it is to justify a derogation from a fundamental freedom, must be interpreted restrictively, so that its scope cannot be determined unilaterally by each Member State without control by the Union institutions."

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Under Article 21 TFEU and secondary legislation relating thereto as interpreted by the Court of Justice, the respect of a Member State’s national identity under Article 4(2) TEU and a Member State’s public policy cannot serve as justification to refuse to recognise a parent-child relationship between children and their same-sex parents for the purposes of exercising the rights that a child derives from Union law. The refusal can never go against the best interest of the child and the best interest of the child has to be always adhered to. Under no circumstances can the best interest of the child be used as an excuse for refusal on the basis of the gender of the parents. In addition, for the purposes of exercising such rights, proof of parenthood can be presented by any means52 . Therefore, a Member State is not entitled to require that a person presents either the attestations provided for in this Regulation accompanying a court decision or an authentic instrument on parenthood, or the European Certificate of Parenthood created by this Regulation, where the person invokes, in the context of the exercise of the right to free movement, rights that a child derives from Union law. This should not, however, prevent a person from choosing to present in such cases also the relevant attestation or the European Certificate of Parenthood provided for in this Regulation. To ensure that Union citizens and their family members are informed that the rights that a child derives from Union law are not affected by this Regulation, the forms of the attestations and of the European Certificate of Parenthood annexed to this Regulation should include a statement specifying that the relevant attestation or the European Certificate of Parenthood do not affect the rights that a child derives from Union law, in particular the rights that a child enjoys under Union law on free movement, and that, for the exercise of such rights, proof of the parent-child relationship can be presented by any means. _________________ 52 Judgments of the Court of Justice of 25 July 2002, C-459/99, MRAX, ECLI:EU:C:2002:461, paragraphs 61 and 62, and of 17 February 2005, C-215/03, Oulane, ECLI:EU:C:2005:95, paragraphs 23 to 26.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56

(56) Considerations of public interest should allow courts and other competent authorities establishing parenthood in the Member States to disregard, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of a foreign law where, in a given case, applying such provisions would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, the courts or other competent authorities should not be able to apply the public policy exception in order to set aside the law of another State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination or contrary to the best interest of the child.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60 a (new)

(60a) In order to prevent fragmentation of legal regimes for cross border families, Commission in cooperation with Member States shall draft a model international agreement, which would be based on the rules and principles of this regulation and would be used by Member State to enter into bilateral relations with third countries where mutual recognition of parenthood would be applied.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75

(75) Considerations of public interest should allow Member State courts or other competent authorities to refuse, in exceptional circumstances, to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or authentic instrument on the parenthood established in another Member State where, in a given case, such recognition or acceptance would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, the courts or other competent authorities should not be able to refuse to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or an authentic instrument issued in another Member State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination or contrary to the best interest of the child.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation lays down common rules on jurisdiction and applicable law for the establishment of parenthood in a Member State in cross-border situations; common rules for the recognition or, as the case may be, acceptance in a Member State of court decisions on parenthood given, and authentic instruments on parenthood drawn up or registered, in another Member State; and creates a European Certificate of Parenthood. These rules shall apply without prejudice to the nature or type of family or to cases of adoption, established in a Member State, by one or both parents.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. These rules shall apply without prejudice to the nature or type of family or to cases of adoption, established in a Member State, by one or both parents.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination and can under no circumstances be used as an excuse for discrimination based on gender of parents. The refusal can never go against the best interest of the child and the best interest of the child has to be always adhered to.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the Member State in which recognition is invoked, always taking into account and protecting the child’s interests ;

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the Member State in which recognition is invoked, always taking into account and protecting the child’s interests; Under no circumstances can the best interest of the child be used as an excuse for refusal on the basis of the gender of the parents.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2

2. The public policy (ordre public) referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non-discrimination and has to always be in line with and promote the best interest of the child.

2023/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC are highly interconnected and contain very similar provisions for oversight and equivalent principles for safety and quality in the two sectors they regulate. In addition, many authorities and operators work across these sectors. As this Regulation aims to define high level principles that will be common to both the blood and of tissues and cells sectors, it would be appropriate that it replaces these Directives and merges the revised provisions into one legal act, taking into consideration the special characteristics of each type of substance.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) All SoHOs that are intended to be applied to humans fall within the scope of this Regulation. SoHOs can be prepared and stored in a variety of ways, becoming SoHO preparations, which can be applied to recipients. In these circumstances, this Regulation should apply to all activities from donor recruitment to human application and outcome monitoring. SoHOs or SoHO preparations can also be used to manufacture products regulated by other Union legislation, or as the starting and raw material thereof, in particular on medical devices, regulated by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council19, on medicinal products, regulated by Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20and by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council21, including on advanced therapy medicinal products, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council22, or on food, regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council23. The criteria that define when SoHOs or SOHO preparations become products regulated under other Union legislation are not defined in this Regulation but are defined in those other acts. In case of products covered by other legislation of the Union, this Regulation shall only apply to those parts specified on it, without prejudice to other legislation of the Union.Inaddition, this Regulation should apply without prejudice to Union legislation on genetically modified organisms. _________________ 19 Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1). 20 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 21 Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1). 22 Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 121). 23 Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26).

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) As a matter of principle, programmes promoting the donation of SoHOs should be founded on the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation, altruism of the donor and solidarity between donor and recipient. ~~Voluntary and unpaid SoHO donation is also a factor which can contribute to high safety standards for SoHOs and therefore to the protection of human health.~~ It is also recognised, including by the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics24, that while financial gain should be avoided, it may also be necessary to ensure that donors are not financially disadvantaged by their donation. Thus, compensation to remove any such risk is acceptable but should never constitute an incentive that would cause a donor to be dishonest when giving their medical or behavioural history or to donate more frequently than is allowed, posing risks to their own health and to that of prospective recipients. Such compensation should, therefore, be set by national authorities, at a level appropriate in their Member State to reach such objectives. _________________ 24 Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO). Guide for the implementation of the principle of prohibition of financial gain with respect to the human body and its parts from living or deceased donors (March 2018). Available at https://rm.coe.int/guide-financial- gain/16807bfc9a.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) The EDQM is a structural part of the Council of Europe working under the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. The text of the Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (ETS No. 050), accepted by Council Decision 94/358/EC2613, is considered to be the text of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement. Member States of the Council of Europe that have signed and ratified the European Pharmacopoeia Convention are the member States of the European Pharmacopoeia Partial Agreement and are therefore the members of the intergovernmental bodies functioning within the framework of this partial agreement, including among others: the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), the European Committee on Blood Transfusion (CD-P- TS) and the European Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Care (CD-P-PH). The European Pharmacopoeia Convention has been signed and ratified by the European Union and all its Member States, all of whom are represented in their intergovernmental bodies. In this context, the work of the EDQM on developing and updating guidelines on safety and quality of blood, tissues and cells, should be considered an important contribution to the field of SoHOs in the Union and should be reflected in this Regulation. The guidelines address issues of quality and safety beyond the risks of communicable disease transmission, such as donor eligibility criteria for the prevention of the transmission of cancer and other non- communicable diseases and the assurance of safety and quality during collection, processing, storage and distribution. It should therefore be possible to use those guidelines as one of the means to implement the technical standards provided for in this Regulation. _________________ 26 Council Decision 94/358/EC of 16 June 1994 accepting, on behalf of the European Community, the Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 17)A transparent and inclusive stakeholder consultation process shall be put in place for the development of the provisions and guidelines from the expert bodies. The consultation should include all key stakeholders: patients, consumers, health professionals, and industry representatives - both public and private.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) In order to limit administrative burden on competent authorities and the Commission, the latter should establish an online platform (the ‘EU SoHO Platform’) to facilitate timely submission of data and reports as well as improved transparency of national reporting and supervisory activities. and better communication, collaboration, coordination and exchange of SoHO between Member States. Member States should preferably use this new platform in their exchanges to limit the administrative burden.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47

(47) The exchange of SoHOs between Member States is necessary for ensuring optimal patient access and sufficiency of supply, particularly in the case of local crises or shortages. For certain SoHOs that need to be matched between the donor and the recipient, such exchanges are essential to allow patients to receive the treatment they need. In this context, the objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure quality and safety of SoHOs and a high level of protection of donors, needs to be achieved at Union level, by establishing high standards of quality and safety for SoHOs, based on a common set of requirements that are implemented in a consistent manner across the Union. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objectiveThis Regulation will increase coordination between Member States and facilitate the cross-border exchange of SoHO.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)

(47 a) The objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure quality and safety of SoHOs and a high level of protection of donors, needs to be achieved at Union level, by establishing high standards of quality and safety for SoHOs, based on a common set of requirements that are implemented in a consistent manner across the Union. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0216(COD)

Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Sara CERDAS, Tudor CIUHODARU, Romana JERKOVIĆ, César LUENA, João ALBUQUERQUE, Biljana BORZAN, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert HAJŠEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation establishes measures setting high standards of quality and safety for all substances of human origin (‘SoHOs’) intended for human application and for activities related to those substances in order to ensure a high level of human health protection, in particular for SoHO donors, SoHO recipients and offspring from medically assisted reproduction, and for enhanced coordination between Member States to improve the availability and accessibility of SoHO across the Union. This Regulation is without prejudice to national legislation which establishes rules relating to aspects of SoHOs other than their quality and safety and the safety of SoHO donors, recipients and offspring of medically assisted reproduction.

2023/03/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) The dissemination of child sexual abuse material is a criminal offence that affects the rights of the victims depicted, whom to the vast majority are girls. Victims should therefore have the right to obtain, upon request, from the EU Centre yet via the Coordinating Authorities, relevant and age-appropriate information if known child sexual abuse material depicting them is reported by providers of hosting services or providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services in accordance with this Regulation.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67

(67) Given its central position resulting from the performance of its primary tasks under this Regulation and the information and expertise it can gather in connection thereto, the EU Centre should also contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation by serving as a hub for knowledge, expertise and research on matters related to the prevention and combating of online child sexual abuse. In this connection, the EU Centre should cooperate with relevant stakeholders from both within and outside the Union and allow Member States to benefit from the knowledge and expertise gathered, including best practices and lessons learned. The EU centre shall also provide knowledge, expertise and best practice on preventive measures targeted at abusers.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j

(j) ‘child user’ means a natural person who uses a relevant information society service and who is a natural person below the age of 178 years;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii

(ii) where the service is used by children, the different age groups of the child users and the risk of solicitation of children in relation to those age groups, as well as the risk of adults using the service for the purpose of solicitation of children;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) targeted and proportionate in relation to that risk, taking into account, in particular, the seriousness of the risk, specific vulnerabilities of children online and offline including age, gender and disability, as well as the provider’s financial and technological capabilities and the number of users;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission, in cooperation with Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online and in the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) take reasonable measures to prevent child users from accessing the software applications not intended for their use or adapted to their safety needs in relation to which they have identified a significant risk of use of the service concerned for the purpose of the solicitation of children;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission, in cooperation with Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online, and to the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) where the draft implementation plan concerns an intended detection order concerning the solicitation of children other than the renewal of a previously issued detection order without any substantive changes, conduct ~~a data protection impact assessment~~impact assessments on data protection, gender, and child rights, and a prior consultation procedure as referred to in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, respectively, in relation to the measures set out in the implementation plan;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c

(c) where point (b) applies, or where the conditions of Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 are met, adjust the draft implementation plan, where necessary in view of the outcome of the ~~data protection~~ impact assessments on data protection, gender, and child rights, and in order to take into account the opinion of the data protection authority provided in response to the prior consultation;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point d

(d) establish and operate an accessible, age-appropriate, gender-sensitive, and user-friendly mechanism that allows users to submit to it, within a reasonable timeframe, complaints about alleged infringements of its obligations under this Section, as well as any decisions that the provider may have taken in relation to the use of the technologies, including the removal or disabling of access to material provided by users, blocking the users’ accounts or suspending or terminating the provision of the service to the users, and process such complaints in an objective, effective and timely manner;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The Commission, in cooperation with the Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of Articles 7 to 10, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online, and the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. The provider shall establish and operate an accessible~~, age-appropriate~~ and user-friendly mechanism with gender and age- appropriate options that allows users to flag to the provider, including anonymously, potential online child sexual abuse on the service.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. New possible child sexual abuse material reported by a user shall immediately be assessed to determine the probability that the material represent risk or harm to a child. If the potential online child sexual abuse on the service is flagged by a user known to be a child, the provider shall provide the child with essential information on online safety and specialist child support services, such as helplines and hotlines, in addition to the reporting of the material.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)

(ca) if the user is a child, referral to competent national support services and essential information on online safety, in a child-friendly language.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

As regards the first subparagraph, point (a), the provider may also preserve the information, including data on gender and age, for the purpose of improving the effectiveness and accuracy of the technologies to detect online child sexual abuse for the execution of a detection order issued to it in accordance with Article 7. However, it shall not store any personal data for that purpose.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1

1. Coordinating Authorities shall cooperate with each other, any other competent authorities of the Member State that designated the Coordinating Authority, the Commission, the EU Centre and other relevant Union agencies, including Europol, to facilitate the performance of their respective tasks under this Regulation and ensure its effective, efficient and consistent application and enforcement. Coordinating Authorities shall establish systematic practises on the exchange of information and best practices related to the prevention and combating of online child sexual abuse and solicitation of children.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2

2. The EU Centre shall contribute to the achievement of the objective of this Regulation by supporting and facilitating the implementation of its provisions concerning the detection, reporting, removal or disabling of access to, and blocking of online child sexual abuse and gather and share information, gender and age-disggregated statistics, and expertise and facilitate cooperation and sharing of best practices between relevant public and private parties in connection to the prevention and combating of child sexual abuse, in particular online.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Heléne FRITZON, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)

(ca) Establish mechanisms to listen to and incorporate the views of children in its work, in accordance with the UNCRC, the Directive 2012/29/EU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Equality between women and men and non-discrimination are core values of the Union and fundamental rights enshrined, respectively, in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and in Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’). Violence against women and domestic violence endanger these very principles, undermining women and girls’ rights to equality in all areas of life and preventing the full advancement of women, girls and our societies as a whole.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Lina GÁLVEZ, Alessandra MORETTI, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) This Directive should apply to criminal conduct which amounts to violence against women or domestic violence, as criminalised under Union or national law. This includes the criminal offences defined in this Directive, namely rape, female genital mutilation, the non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, cyber incitement to violence or hatred and criminal conduct covered by other Union instruments, in particular Directives 2011/36/EU36 and 2011/93/EU37 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which define criminal offences concerning the sexual exploitation of children and trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Lastly, certain criminal offences under national law fall under the definition of violence against women. This includes crimes such as femicide, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, stalking, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, forced sterilisation and different forms of cyber violence, such as online sexual harassment, cyber bullying or the unsolicited receipt of sexually explicit material. Domestic violence is a form of violence which may be specifically criminalised under national law or covered by criminal offences which are committed within the family or domestic unit or between former or current spouses or partners irrespective of whether they shared housing or not. _________________ 36 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1–11. 37 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1– 14.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) The measures under this Directive have been designed to address the specific needs of women and girls, given that they are disproportionately affected by the forms of violence covered under this Directive, namely violence against women and domestic violence. This Directive, however, acknowledges that other persons may also fall victim to these forms of violence and should benefit from the measures provided for therein without discrimination on account of any ground. Therefore, the term ‘victim’ should refer to all persons, regardless of their sex or gender.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Due to their vulnerability, children who witness violence against women or domestic violence suffer a direct emotional harm, which impacts their development. Therefore, such children should be considered victims and benefit from targeted and specialised protection measures.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a major public health problem and is a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sex and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination and violence, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence and domestic violence. For example, acts of gender-based violence which seek to punish victims for their sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or sex characteristics such as so- called “corrective rape”, should be given particular attention.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Evelyn REGNER, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) Victims of violence against women and domestic violence are at an increased risk of intimidation, retaliation, secondary and repeat victimisation. Particular attention should thus be paid to these risks and to the need to protect the dignity and physical integrity of such victims. Highlights that most of the time (67 %) the victim of sexual violence has had some previous acquaintance relation with the perpetrator and therefore, robust victim protection is needed in order to prevent further attacks6a. _________________ 6a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2014-vaw-survey-main- results-apr14_en.pdf page 49

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) It is necessary to provide for harmonised definitions of offences and penalties regarding certain forms of cyber violence. Cyber violence particularly targets and impacts women politicians, journalists and human rights defenders, as well as persons who are part of marginalised communities. It can have the effect of silencing women and hindering their societal participation on an equal footing with men. Cyber violence also disproportionately affects women and girls in educational settings, such as schools and universities, with detrimental consequences to their further education and to their mental health, which may, in extreme cases, lead to suicide. Women and girls exposed to discrimination and violence on the basis of a combination of their sex or gender and other grounds are disproportionately affected by cyber violence, including cyber harassment or cyber incitement to violence or hatred.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Evelyn REGNER, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) Especially due to its tendency for easy, swift and broad distribution and perpetration, as well as its intimate nature, the non-consensual producing and/or making accessible of intimate images or videos and material that depict sexual activities, to ~~a multitude of~~other end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, can be very harmful for the victims. The offence provided for in this Directive should cover all types of such material, such as images, photographs and videos, including sexualized images, audio clips and video clips. It should relate to situations where the producing and/or making accessible of the material to ~~a multitude of~~other end-users, through information and communication technologies, occurs without the victim’s consent, irrespective of whether the victim consented to the generation of such material or may have transmitted it to a particular person. The offence should also include the non- consensual production or manipulation, for instance by image editing, of material that imitates intimate images or that makes it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activities, insofar as the material is subsequently made accessible to ~~a multitude of~~other end-users, through information and communication technologies, without the consent of that person. Such production or manipulation should include the fabrication of ‘deepfakes’, where the material appreciably resembles an existing person, objects, places or other entities or events, depicting sexual activities of another person, and would falsely appear to others to be authentic or truthful. In the interest of effectively protecting victims of such conduct, threatening to engage in such conduct should be covered as well.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45

(45) Assistance and support to victims of violence against women and domestic violence should be made available and provided before, during and for an appropriate period after the criminal proceedings have ended, for example where medical treatment is still needed to address the severe physical or psychological consequences of the violence, or if the victim’s safety is at risk in particular due to the statements made by the victim in those proceedings. Assistance and support shall be available to victims regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been initiated.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50

(50) The traumatic nature of sexual violence, including rape, requires a particularly sensitive response by trained and specialised staff. Victims of this type of violence need immediate medical care and trauma support combined with immediate forensic examinations to collect the evidence needed for prosecution. Rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres should be available in sufficient numbers and adequately spread over the territory of each Member State. Similarly, victims of female genital mutilation, who are often girls, and of intersex genital mutilation, typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victims.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Evelyn REGNER, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Vera TAX, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Lina GÁLVEZ, Alessandra MORETTI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)

(50a) In implementing this Directive, Member States should take into consideration that by ensuring a worker`s entitlement to paid leave from work, they entitle the victim an opportunity to take care of various issues related to the abuse and allow them to enforce their rights, whilst protecting them from labour market expulsion at the same time. In implementing this Directive, the Member States should use an opportunity to promote and encourage the abovementioned policies, aligned with the aims of the adopted Work-life Balance Directive. Member States are encouraged to grant the paid carers’ leave to all workers, being a family or a household member, who is closely supporting the victim of domestic violence.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Lina GÁLVEZ, Alessandra MORETTI, Vera TAX, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 52

(52) Member States should ensure that national helplines are operated under the EU-harmonised number [116016] and this number is widely advertised as a public number, free of charge and available round-the-clock. The helplines should be accessible to victims with disabilities and provide easy to understand information, including in different languages. The support provided should include crisis counselling and should be able to refer to face-to-face services, such as shelters, counselling centres or the police.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Marc ANGEL, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Malin BJÖRK, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Maria WALSH, Pierre KARLESKIND, Matjaž NEMEC, Cyrus ENGERER, Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD, Dietmar KÖSTER, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Diana RIBA I GINER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Irène TOLLERET, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4

4. The competent authorities shall promptly refer victims to relevant health care professionals or specialised support services referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 29 to assist in securing evidence, in particular in cases of sexual violence, where the victim wishes to bring charges and make use of such services.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. The assessment shall take into account the victim’s individual circumstances, including whether they experience discrimination based on a combination of sex or gender and other grounds and therefore face a heightened risk of violence, as well as the victim’s own account and assessment of the situation. It shall be conducted in the best interest of the victim, paying special attention to the need to avoid secondary or repeated victimisation.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 a (new)

Article 29a Specialist support for victims of intersex genital mutilation 1. Member States shall ensure that victims of intersex genital mutilation are provided with effective support, including gynaecological, psycho-social, psychological and trauma care and counselling tailored to the specific needs of such victims, after the offence has been committed and for as long as necessary thereafter. This shall also include access to treatment and medications needed as a consequence of intersex genital mutilation. 2. Article 27(3) and (6) and Article 28(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the provision of support to victims of intersex genital mutilation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyn REGNER, Vera TAX, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – title

30 Specialist support for victims of sexual harassment at, cyber violence and third-party violence in the world of work

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Alessandra MORETTI, Lina GÁLVEZ, Vera TAX, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ~~ensure~~, in consultation with the social partners, take measures to ensure that external counselling services and legal service are available for victims ~~and employers~~ in cases of sexual harassment at work or cyber violence and harassment at work. These services shall include advice on adequately addressing such instances at the workplace, on legal remedies available to the employer to remove the offender from the workplace ~~and providing the possibility of early conciliation, if the victim so wishes.~~ pending the outcome of dismissal procedure. The possibility of early conciliation should be available only if the victim so wishes. The costs of such counselling services and legal services shall be covered by the Member State or by the employer. 2. Member States shall ensure that victims of sexual harassment at work or cyber violence and harassment at work including victims of domestic violence shall be entitled to paid leave in order to attend counselling services and to paid leave of appropriate duration. Workers shall have the right to receive support and representation from their trade union, and to have access to information on available remedies and access to legal remedies. Trade union representatives shall be able to support workers in any relevant proceedings. 3. Member States shall ensure that employers take appropriate measures to prevent and address instances of sexual harassment, cyber violence and third- party violence at work. Employers must be prevented from direct and indirect discrimination of workers on the basis they have sought to vindicate their rights under this Directive, taken a claim, or being proved to be a victim of sexual harassment, domestic violence, cyber violence, and / or exposed to non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material. 4. Member States shall ensure that undertakings (or group of undertakings) take, in consultation with trade unions and workers’ representatives, appropriate measures to prevent and address instances of sexual harassment, cyber violence and third-party violence at work, to provide a safe working environment and to support victims, within their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries and third party operations with whom the undertaking or group of undertakings or its subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement or franchise agreement. 5. Undertakings or group of undertakings establish, where applicable through collective bargaining with trade unions, training programmes and policies to prevent and tackle sexual harassment, cyber violence and third-party violence at work and shall provide accessible and effective complaint mechanisms for victims. 6. Undertakings or group of undertakings shall apply the policy, training programme and complain mechanisms referred to in paragraph 5 to all workers employed throughout their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and third party operations with whom the undertaking or group of undertakings or its subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement or franchise agreement. 7. Member States shall ensure that undertakings (or group of undertakings) provide public, adequate and transparent reporting concerning prevention and corrective measures, the number of complaints received and their treatment.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 a (new)

Article 30a Domestic violence safe-leave 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that each worker affected by domestic violence has an individual right to safe-leave of up to 10 days that is to be taken in any period of 12 consecutive months, in order to attend to ongoing matters arising due to domestic violence, to be specified by each Member State or by collective agreement. The domestic violence safe leave shall be a paid leave. 2. The right to domestic violence safety leave shall be granted irrespective of the worker's marital or family status, as defined by national law. Member States shall ensure that the domestic violence safety leave will be distinct from other leave entitlements. 3. One person with close ties to the victim, such as a relative or household member, and who is closely supporting the victim, shall be entitled to minimum 3 days of paid domestic violence leave each year.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure the provision of specific support to victims at an increased risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women living in rural areas, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applying for international protection, women fleeing from armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, women with a minority racial or ethnic background, women sex workers, women detainees, o~~r o~~lder women, victims of so-called "honour crimes" or LBTIQ women and other LGBTIQ people subject to gender-based violence.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5

5. Preventive measures shall in particular aim at challenging harmful gender stereotypes, capacitating society with the knowledge to understand consent and identify and address instances of violence, promoting equality between women and men, encouraging all, including men and boys, to act as positive role models to support corresponding behaviour changes across society as a whole in line with the objectives of this directive.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Pina PICIERNO, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Evelyn REGNER, Vera TAX, Radka MAXOVÁ, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Lina GÁLVEZ, Alessandra MORETTI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Marc ANGEL, Pierre KARLESKIND, Terry REINTKE, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Maria WALSH, Malin BJÖRK, Maria NOICHL, Monika VANA, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD, Silvia MODIG, Alice KUHNKE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas we face a critical time in our history, with the idea that economic growth automatically trickles down to all sectors of society being widely discredited; whereas we are witnessing a thinning of the middle class, increasingly precarious job conditions for blue collar and low- skilled platform workers and growing polarisation in terms of income and wealth;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Karen MELCHIOR, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls upon the Member States to address the challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR using an intersectional approach and ensure that no person is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health;

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to Article 22, 23, 24 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 11 and 17,

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995,

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)

- having regard the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’),

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 2

— having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 20158,

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the right to ~~life~~the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 23 of the CFRharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas ~~Member States must adhere to all rule of law standards for justice, truth and democracy to flourish in all societi~~the EU continued to provide support to non-EU countries, civil society, social actors for the implementation of Democracy, Rules of Law and Human Rights principles;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015;~~deleted

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives as they affect women and men differently all over the world, and the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Exp~~Stresses concern at the global population outlook, with under- population forecast to bring economic crises, instability and social upheaval; urges Member States to address this danger with demography-friendly policies encouraging gender complementarity and a positive image of the familythe need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and information, including comprehensive sexuality education and adequate health-care services;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Notes that feminicide, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and creates imbalances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, ra~~Stress the need for a guaranteed access to safe and legal abortion, both within and beyond the Europe an~~d forced prostitut~~ Union;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors and Member States to end the plight of women and girls throughout the world subjected to human trafficking and sexual ~~abuse~~exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims, and to prosecute and reform offenders; Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and domestic violence against women, and protect marginalised groups, children, single parents and minority groups, LGBTQI+ and refugee and migrant women;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. CRecalls on the ~~Commission and Member States to promote healthca~~EU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal re practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingesentation of women and men in leadership and in the decision-making; Calls for the increase the presence and contribution of women in the artificial intelligence, digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the world;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn surrogacy~~Calls on the global actors to take into account the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTI+ people, who are victims of discrimination and violence, and to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes; Furthermore calls global actors to take all necessary steps, legislative and administrative measures to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. CRecalls on the EU Commi~~ssion to address the pheno~~tment for the improvemenont of ~~young women in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.~~the functioning of the EU internal market for certain accessible products and services by removing barriers to facilitate the work and businesses for persons with disabilities;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the need for global actors to secure continued access to education, with due attention to vulnerable children or at risk/in poverty, and girls who face a greater risk of early and forced marriage;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectional perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2208(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls for specific gender chapters in all future EU trade and investment agreements;

2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2020/2201(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Laurence FARRENG, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Highlights that the Conference on the Future of Europe will play a crucial role in the further development of the citizens’ participation in the policy- making process in the European Union and pave the way to establish a new permanent mechanism for citizen participation, reforming and transforming current top-down approach into a bottom- up approach; considers necessary the integration of culture, education, youth and sport policy and participation of respective sectors in the Conference framework;

2021/02/03
Committee: CULT

2020/2201(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that civic education and learning about the EU is key to enabling EU citizens to make informed choices; calls on the Commission to develop a common curriculum on EU learning in order to foster objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Union; ; welcomes the ‘Back to school’ and “Europe at school” initiatives as best practice examples of initiatives to popularise the European project; Calls for recognising the work of civil society organisations in civic education and learning, and thus also encourages a holistic approach to civic education, including both formal and non-formal education and informal learning”;

2021/02/03
Committee: CULT

2020/2201(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Laurence FARRENG, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Believes that ensuring youth participation will be an essential part of the long-lasting impact of citizens’ dialogue initiatives; welcomes peer-to- peer educational programs, such as The European Youth Parliament and the EU Youth Structured dialogue as examples of good practices;

2021/02/03
Committee: CULT

2020/2201(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Laurence FARRENG, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that the current COVID- 19 crisis and the digital transition have introduced new ways of work at the European Union institutions; ; calls therefore for the systematic use of various online platforms and tools for the dialogue between EU institutions and the citizens as well as providing opportunities for civil society input and comments on specific legislation proposals;

2021/02/03
Committee: CULT

2020/2201(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Laurence FARRENG, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls the EP position on the Conference on the Future of Europe and reiterates the need to create structures of engagement for young people and youth organisations within the Conference on the Future of Europe process.

2021/02/03
Committee: CULT

2020/2194(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that for the first time the Court has also issued an overall assessment of the conditions put in place by the Union to enable the agencies to deliver their policies for the public good and has found that there is a need for more networking and cooperation as well as more flexibility in the set-up, functioning and possible winding-up of agencies while acknowledging the diverse governance structures, mandates, tasks and challenges of the agencies; further notes the recommendations of the Court to the Commission and the agencies to ensure the relevance, coherence and flexibility of the set-up of agencies, allocate resources in a more flexible manner, improve governance, accountability and reporting on performance and strengthen the role of agencies as centres of expertise and networking;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2194(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes and encourages the cooperation among the agencies within and beyond the framework of the EU Agencies Network (EUAN), which constitutes an important inter-agency cooperation platform to identify and promote possible efficiency gains, to add value and to ensure efficient communication between the agencies and relevant stakeholders; appreciates and encourages the close collaboration among the agencies under the remit of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in order to ensure synergies, complementarity and sharing resources;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2194(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that, similarly to previous years, most of the observations the Court has made in its Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2019 concern shortcomings in public procurement procedures; urges the Union agencies to improve their public procurement procedures with a view to compliance with applicable rules and as a result, the achievement of the most economically advantageous purchases, while respecting the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non-discrimination;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2173(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union ~~is to~~ aims to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, thereby ~~establish~~promoting the principle of gender mainstreaming in all of its policies;

2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2020/2173(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, fem~~inis~~ale- dominated sectors and the informal economy; whereas these impacts range from a worrying increase in gender-based violence and harassment, unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities, through restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), to significant economic and work impacts for women, particularly healthcare workers and caregivers;

2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2020/2173(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all of the Union’s policies;

2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2020/2173(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses EIGE’s central role in collecting, analysing, processing and disseminating data and information that are of great added value for policy makers; reiterates its call on the Commission to provide EIGE with an adequate budget to enhance their recruitment and research capabilities; encourages collaboration between EIGE and other European Union agencies such as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), whilst calling on the Commission to respect the specific mission of EIGE and refrain from the possibility of merging EIGE with other agencies:

2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2020/2173(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM); stresses the contribution that EIGE can make to all committees in order to better integrate the gender perspective in all EU policies and encourages the European Parliament to establish an ever closer cooperation;

2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM

2020/2159(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Appreciates the work of the Foundation in supporting the reform of vocational training in the Union’s partner countries by assisting the Commission in the implementation of various vocational training programmes; welcomes in particular the Foundation's initiative ‘Skills for Enterprise Development’ addressing the need for skills adaptation and enhancement enabling enterprises to respond and manage challenges, including those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and contribute to greener, inclusive and innovative societies, and its focus on achieving social inclusion through education and learning, in particular its working paper on training and support for women's entrepreneurship in line with the new gender action plan (GAP) III 2021-2025;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2159(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Appreciates that the Foundation is the only Union agency with a mandate to work outside the Union in supporting the Union external action in the area of education, vocational training, skills and labour market systems and human capital development in the Union partner countries to improve the employability and employment prospects of their citizens;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2159(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is satisfied that the Foundation has acted upon ~~all~~the majority of the observations made by the discharge authority in the framework of the 2018 discharge procedure but draws attention to the fact that it still has to take action to respond to Court’s observations as regards non-competitive price elements in award criteria;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2155(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Appreciates the Agency’s activities to develop, gather and provide reliable and relevant information, analysis and tools on occupational safety and health, including preventative measures, which contribute to Union policy aiming to promote healthy and safe workplaces across the Union; notes in particular the role the Agency can play in supporting the Union institutions' work on the new occupational safety and health strategy framework, the upcoming revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive and the legislative own-initiative report on protecting workers from asbestos; believes the Agency can provide useful information and analysis on the impact of telework and other digital solutions for both employers and workers on occupational safety and health in the context of working conditions in the pandemic;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2155(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes ~~with regret from~~according to the Court’s report that the Agency exceeded the contractual ceiling with regard to the Third European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-3) by 2,4 % without any amendment of the contract; further notes the Agency's reply that this was due to a delay in confirmation of a small part of the funds to cover additional countries under the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) for the survey by the Commission after the procurement was completed and notes to the file were prepared recognising that the specific contracts would take expenditure over the initial foreseen volume;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2151(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Appreciates the Foundation’s work to enhance and disseminate knowledge, and to provide evidence and expertise to support policies concerning the improvement of living and working conditions in the Union; welcomes in particular the Foundation's recent e- survey, ‘Living, working and COVID-19’, which aims to capture the far-reaching implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the labour market, working conditions and quality of life across the EU; believes that the Foundation can play a crucial role in further analysing the increase in telework and related impacts on work-life balance and quality of working conditions, dissemination of best practices and assessing possible policy responses; believes that the Foundation, in its future work programme, should analyse policy options to improve the working and living conditions of seasonal and other mobile workers;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2151(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with regret from the Court’s report that with regard to a framework contract for a maximum amount of EUR 170 000 for the supply of electricity, the Foundation incorrectly used a negotiated procedure with a single candidate, which resulted in irregular related contracts and associated payments; welcomes the Foundation's reply that the new tender has already been planned for early 2021 and will be of a competitive nature;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2150(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Commends the continually high budget implementation rate of 99,99 % in 2019 (compared to 100 % in 2018);

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2150(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Appreciates the Centre’s continued high-quality work, providing research, analyses and technical advice in vocational education and training, qualifications and skills policies; notes in particular the Centre's recent work in helping to analyse the impact of the pandemic on skills demand and employment in the EU labour market via the Skills-OVATE (Online Vacancy Analysis Tool for Europe);

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2150(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the importance of the Centre's role in ensuring digital skills are integrated into VET across the Union and monitoring the implementation and impact of Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience1, the new Skills Agenda for Europe and the Digital Education Action Plan; ____________________________ 1 OJ C 417, 2.12.2020, p. 1.

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2150(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Ilana CICUREL, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with regret that the Court identified weaknesses in one procurement procedure for cleaning services for which the Centre accepted a change in the execution of the contract following its signature, without properly documenting the change or incorporating the change into the framework contract; welcomes in this regard the Centre's commitment to formalise its guidelines on contract management to include ways to document modifications during implementation and the signature of relevant contract amendments where necessary and to provide dedicated training to staff in order to ensure proper and timely communication between staff managing contracts and the procurement service of the Centre;

2021/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that 2019 is the penultimate year of the implementation of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 and that all the financial programmes are fully operational at this stage; notes that the Court issued a clean opinion on the reliability of the 2019 accounts of the European Union and found that revenue for 2019 was legal, regular and free from material error while issuing an adverse opinion on expenditure;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is one of the values on which the European Union is founded and the Union is committed to ~~promote~~eliminate inequalities, promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming in all of its actions as enshrined in Article 8 TFEU;

2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that in 2019, the Court noted a significant increase in payment claims for the European Structural and Investment (ESI) funds which include the European Social Fund; further notes that in 2019 the rate of cumulative absorption from the ESI funds remained lower than under the previous MFF and only nine Member States had higher absorption rates under the current MFF than under the previous one; calls on the Commission to analyse the reasons for the low absorption levels and take measures to avoid both undue pressure on the level of appropriations in the first years of the next MFF 2021-2027 and unnecessarily complex and/or burdensome rules; regrets that at the start of the sixth year of the current MFF, only around 17 % of the total ESI funding committed through financial instruments under shared management (FISMs) had reached final recipients and urges both the Commission and Member States to examine and address this issue;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls that spending under this subheading is aimed at strengthening competitiveness and reducing development disparities between the different Member States and regions of the EU; stresses the importance of EU cohesion policy in supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and assisting Member States and regions to harness new opportunities and address challenges, such as globalisation, unemployment, industrial change, digitalisation and supporting up and re-skilling and lifelong learning;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes with concern that the estimated overall level of error in the policy area ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ in 2019 stood at 4.4 % (2018: 5.0 %); underlines that despite the slight decrease in comparison with the previous year, this figure is still largely above the 2 % materiality threshold and the estimated level of error in expenditure for the Union budget as a whole (2.7 %); recognises that the majority of spending in this area is deemed high-risk expenditure as mainly reimbursement- based and often subject to complex rules; notes that the most common errors under the Cohesion heading were ineligible projects and infringements of internal market rules in particular non- compliance with public procurement and state aid rules;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that women’s rights and a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process, including the implementation of the budget and the assessment of its execution; reiterates its demand to include gender-specific indicators in the common set of result indicators for the implementation of the EU budget;

2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the crucial role of audit authorities in the Member States in the assurance and control framework in the cohesion policy area; regrets the fact that also for 2019 financial year, the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) concludes that the weaknesses detected in some audit authorities’ sampling methods have affected representativeness, and that shortcomings remain in the way audit authorities perform and document their work; welcomes the Commission’s and audit authorities’ joint efforts resulting in a ‘good practice note’ for the documentation of audit authorities’ work as a first step to improvement;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. TRecalls the vital importance of the ESF as the EU's main tool in fostering increased employment, education and training and promoting social inclusion; takes note that for the ESF, representing 94.7 % of DG EMPL’s 2019 budget, the major inherent risk relates to the complexity of the operations and activities financed, the typology and variety of recipients, and the high number of annual interventions;

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance to better integrate gender mainstreaming throughout the whole budgetary procedure, particularly in light of the multiple gendered impacts of the COVID- 19 pandemic on women’s rights;

2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM

2020/2140(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that gender equality and mainstreaming has been introduced as one of the horizontal principles for Union funds in the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, stipulating that gender equality and gender mainstreaming will now be prioritised in the MFF; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of these horizontal principles in all of the EU policy areas and provide gender impact assessments of all of its policies and programmes;

2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM

2020/2140(DEC)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Notes that for the first time the Court also issued an overall assessment of the conditions put in place by the EU to enable the agencies to deliver their policies for the public good and recommends to the Commission to ensure the relevance, coherence and flexibility of the set-up of agencies, allocate resources in a more flexible manner, improve governance, accountability and reporting on performance and strengthen the role of the agencies as centres of expertise and networking1a; __________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR20_22/SR_Future_of_EU_Age ncies_EN.pdf

2021/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2020/2140(DEC)

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to strengthen the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights in the Union; welcomes the fact that the new MFF includes the rule of law conditionality for access to the Union funds; calls on the Commission to strictly apply this conditionality and effectively protect the Union’s budget in the event of generalised deficiencies in upholding the rule of law, breaches of human rights and violations of the fundamental values of the European Union.

2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)

D. whereas there is a gender gap in digital skills of 11%; Whereas women are still under-represented at all levels in the digital sector in Europe and the share of women in this sector is decreasing and the percentage of women in ICT careers still remains below 2% of women's total share in the European labour market; whereas four times more men than women in Europe have ICT-related studies;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)

~~1 A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, COM/2020/152 final~~ E. whereas the average percentage of females in AI and cybersecurity, worldwide, are 12% and 20%, respectively despite the fact that the demand for labour in these two domains has increased drastically over the years.; Whereas the low numbers of women who work in disruptive technologies that are transforming our reality can highly impact the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes and the development of gender biased algorithms;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital M (new)

M. whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ from boys and girls through primary education, however, gender stereotypes negatively impact girls’ self- confidence to pursue continued studies in STEM and ICT related subjects, hampering their ability to work in developing future oriented sectors and related high quality, better paid jobs;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital P (new)

P. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown the need to increase investments in digital skills and online education;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital S (new)

S. whereas girls’ access to related infrastructure and services such as ICT equipment and broadband are essential to their pursuit of digital literacy and skills; whereas girls in rural and depopulated areas face more barriers to enroll in digital education and access good ICT infrastructure and services;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. Whereas digital literacy must be addressed in a multidimensional approach, covering technical skills, digital literacy, disseminated content and access to digital infrastructure;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas digital technologies harbour substantial potential for teachers and learners across education sectors and settings; whereas, however, teachers' freedom of teaching should remain at the heart of the educational process and whereas face-to-face teaching can never be replaced in quality by e-learning; whereas it is necessary to limit the time learners spend in front of a screen;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the sudden shift to online and distance learning also revealed alarming gaps in the digital skills of teachers, parents and learners and in their ability to use digital technologies effectively and safely;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a (new). Welcomes the Gender Equality Strategy’s focus on gender equality in the digital transition; Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming across all EU policies regarding education, skills and digitalisation, in particular the updated Digital Education Action Plan, Updated Skills Agenda for Europe and the Council recommendation on vocational education and training; Welcomes the Commission’s Women in Digital (WID) Scoreboard to monitor women’s participation in the digital economy;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a (new). Stresses the need for digital education to begin from an early age and include a strong gender perspective ensuring bias-free education curricula and materials which combat gender stereotypes; encourages a more social approach to ICT and STEM education to underline the social impact of these careers through, for example, introductory courses of social sciences in each technical subject during the digital education;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic will herald profound changes ~~and may well not be the last pandemic~~for our way of life; whereas it would be unforgivable not to be properly prepared to deliver full- scale quality digital education for all ~~in the event of a potential second wave~~;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a (new). Encourages the Commission to facilitate best practices between Member States in this regard and for Member States to ensure educators are aware of the digital education gender gap and its causes and that appropriate measures are introduced to address them;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a (new). Considers that, given the rising demand for ICT practitioners and the importance of digital careers in the future of European economy, it is critical to increase the share of women in the digital sector to build a more sustainable and inclusive economy and society through scientific, digital and technological innovation; Encourages public and private actors to increase the visibility of women leaders in digital and technology to establish stronger role models and break existing stereotypes;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a (new). Stresses that digital education must include digital literacy and cyber hygiene and safety modules to equip young people to navigate disinformation and cyber violence and harassment online, in particular for girls and women who are disproportionately affected; Encourages Member states to set strict codes of conduct and protocols to report to the relevant authorities all cases of harassment;

2020/10/06
Committee: FEMM CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas basic skills, such as numeracy, critical thinking and social communication skills, are a fundamental prerequisite for the acquisition of digital skills and competences;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas excessive use of technological and digital equipment, such as computers and tablets, can also have negative effects on health and well-being and can cause problems such as sleep deprivation, and a sedentary lifestyle, especially in early age, when the brain and body is still developing;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas basic education in cyber hygiene, cyber safety, data protection and media literacy must be age- and development- oriented in order to help children become critical learners, active citizens, internet users and make informed decisions, and be aware of the risks associated with the internet, such as online disinformation, harassment and personal data breaches;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the updated Digital Education Action Plan as a further step towards a more comprehensive digital skills and education strategy; believes that the plan will have been a success if, by its completion, digital education is considered a significant part of education policy and has delivered clear, consistent and positive results in terms of availability, access and quality across the Union;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes, however, that delivering the plan effectively depends on coordination across a broad range of programmes and between the Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure effective synergies between these programmes and to avoid overlap between the different national and European policies in this area;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes, however, that delivering the plan effectively depends on coordination across a broad range of programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure effective synergies between these programmes, while respecting the limits of subsidiarity in this regard;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points to the importance of the ‘Connect’ and ‘Reskill and upskill’ flagship investment priorities in the Recovery and Resilience Facility for driving the digital education agenda; calls for ~~10 %~~a significant share of the facility’s funding to be allocated to education and encourages the Member States to increase their education funding;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the Commission’s scheduled mid-term review of the plan and its intention to ramp up data collection; reiterates the need for a clear implementation timetable; remains convinced that the plan needs a clearer governance and coordination structure, in which Parliament should be involved, to monitor developments and performance on an ongoing basis; calls on the Commission, therefore, to establish a forum bringing together the Member States, Parliament and other relevant stakeholders, including education providers and civil society organisations, and experts; urges the Commission to better integrate digital education into the European Semester exercise;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Digital Education Hubs as a first step towards a co-creation process involving key stakeholders; calls on the Commission to supervise implementation at national level and ensure fair representation and independence within the hubs; calls on the Commission to fully involve Parliament in creating European and national hubs and in nominating relevant stakeholders;deleted

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls for interdisciplinary research into the various impacts of digital technologies on education and development of children, linking education sciences, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, neuroscience and computer science so as to achieve as deep an understanding as possible of how the minds of children and adults are responding to the digital environment and what challenges might be connected with digital education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Notes with satisfaction the growing number of digital education platforms being set up; calls on the Commission, in particular through a dedicated Knowledge and Innovation Community within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and the Erasmus+ and InvestEU programmes, to support the creation of pan-European platforms for the broad dissemination of educational content and tools in an inclusive and multilingual way; stresses the importance for teachers and pupils to have access to content hosted and stored in a Member State and not in a third country; notes the huge potential of the eTwinning platform and calls on the Commission to promote it as widely as possible;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deplores the persistent digital divide in the Union; regrets the fact that in some Member States, ~~like Romania,~~ efforts to provide access to quality digital education have failed, leaving ~~more than 30 % of~~too many pupils without access to education for several months; shares the Commission’s analysis that fast and reliable internet and quality digital equipment in educational establishments, non-formal settings and the home are prerequisites for effective digital education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Insists that broadband should be considered a public good and be universally accessible as a critical step in closing the digital divide; calls for specific measures to enhance access for all schools, especially those in remote, rural and mountain areas with low connectivity and limited access to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain, new educational devices or gamification, in the light of their growing importance and potential; calls for a new initiative on AI and robotics for education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at ~~other~~all formal and non-formal educational establishments ~~besides schools~~;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at other educational establishments besides schools; highlights that educational establishments should be given considerable autonomy in achieving innovation and in developing teaching methods for education in the digital era, as they are closest to the learner;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Insists that greater attention be devoted to teacher training as the plan is rolled out so as to ensure that teachers not only possess digital skills, but can also teach them, freely and within the framework of the pedagogical exception provided for in Directive (EU) 2019/790; calls for a pan-Union initiative to develop new pedagogical methods for the digital environment; underlines the increasingly important role played by parents and tutors in distance learning and calls for them to be given special training and support mechanisms; stresses the essential role of Erasmus+ and teacher mobility for the acquisition of skills; notes with interest the potential of the future Teacher Academy;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Stresses the importance of the portability and certification of digital skills; notes with interest the Commission's initiative to establish a European digital skills passport; calls for it to be developed in accordance both with the systems already in place and usedin the Member States and with the European Digital Competence Framework, in order to avoid duplication and overlapping; stresses the need to integrate this future passport into Europass; calls on the Commission to study its integration into the future European Student Card; calls on the Commission to support the development of European open badges;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation in the digital environment, including in terms of mental health and wellbeing; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital and media literacy campaigns; stresses that while digital skills have to be promoted they should not overshadow traditional and humanistic skills;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats including online child pornography and grooming, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation in the digital environment; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital literacy campaigns; notes the importance of widely promoting events such as the EU Code Week and the Safer Internet Day;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. In light of the growing use of digital tools within educational curricula, calls on the Commission to address the specific nature of educational data and the risk posed by the lack of regulation on their exchange and storage; calls on the Commission to involve the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in a reflection on the creation of a specific status for data relating to pupils and learners;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the need to enhance tools at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials~~; calls on the Commission to create an Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe~~ sourced, verified and validated by the competent administrations;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the need to enhance tools and mechanisms at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities for all and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials; calls on the Commission to create an Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to earmark funding for the acquisition of professional and secure digital educational resources hosted and stored in Europe, co-created in cooperation with professionals and experts in the production of educational material;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recalls that special attention should be paid to digital proficiency for lower- skilled adults, persons with disabilities, persons from vulnerable groups and older people; points out that in 2018, just 4.3 % of low-skilled adults used any form of adult learning; notes the potential of the ESF+ programme for lifelong learning;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores, therefore, the continued absence of measures targeting lower- skilled adult learners and older people; stresses that this omission undermines the essential lifelong learning dimension of digital education and hampers efforts to ensure that everyone has essential life skills; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work with regional and local authorities to put further measures in place, to incentivise adult education by making it available and accessible, so as to ensure that these population groups can truly benefit from the digital transition;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores, therefore, the ~~continued~~ absence of measures targeting lower- skilled adult learners and older people in the Digital Education Action Plan; stresses that this omission undermines the essential lifelong learning dimension of digital education and hampers efforts to ensure that everyone has essential life skills; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work with regional and local authorities to put further measures in place to ensure that these population groups can truly benefit from the digital transition;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Laurence FARRENG, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Highlights that a rights-based approach to digital education is necessary to ensure that policies are aimed at the making of the right to education a reality; stresses that successful digital education can be achieved only through inclusive digital education.

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for a European horizontal strategy for SME recovery in order to support them by reducing red tape, improving access to finance and by fostering investments in strategic value chains, start-ups and micro SMEs in line with the European Green Deal;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to urgently support businesses, especially SMEs, by reducing unnecessary administrative burdens and by facilitating their access to liquidity; welcomes in this respect the temporary SURE initiative, proposed by the Commission; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that alternative financing options, such as credit unions and private equity investors are available to SMEs; calls for the establishment of capacity building programmes, within the Recovery plan, aimed at helping SMEs, particularly micro SMEs to readjust their businesses to COVID-19 affected markets;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Believes that the digitalisation provides an abundance of opportunities for SMEs and can significantly improve their productivity, business management and resilience; considers that an ambitious timetable is needed to harmonise digital aspects of the single market and foster e-Government solutions; calls for standardisation and digitalisation of procedures and forms which will help SMEs in the long-term;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that EU’s entrepreneurs will be at the heart of the recovery process and stresses that promoting entrepreneurship is an important driver for social inclusion, smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth and competitiveness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to foster and support the development of entrepreneurial spirit and skills and to facilitate the establishment of new business models for SMEs;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines the importance of SME friendly legislative environment; calls on the Commission for a strict application of the ‘SME test’, which would help implementing the important ‘Think Small Principle’; supports Commission’s plans to appoint an EU SME envoy to address and facilitate SMEs related issues and solutions;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Recommends strengthening the exchange of SME focused initiatives, which have proven to be successful and best practices among the Member States; furthermore, recommends the establishment of platforms for exchanges among SMEs that are developing innovative, breakthrough technologies;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2131(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Emphasises the need to support social and solidarity-based enterprises by creating a favourable environment for their development; stresses that the Commission and Member States should promote the establishment of social and solidarity-based enterprises;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers and challenges for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and protection of all persons must be secured and their specific needs addressed by taking due account of an intersectional approach;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings; and calls on the Council to establish targets for the provision of accessible, affordable and quality long term care equivalent to the Barcelona objectives; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks are sdeemed essentilal ~~accessible and~~services adequately adapted to the circumstances; and that provision for the specific needs of people with disabilities and in particular women and girls is made in future crisis and emergency planning measures;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, ~~who face challenges in maintaining hygiene and~~homeless people, refugees, migrants who face challenges in adhering to confinement measures and hygiene measures due to a lack of access to basic infrastructure, services and information;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world and conflict areas in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender based violence, including FGM and child and forced marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; notes that in many partner countries women are the breadwinners for their family and that feminised sector such as the garment industry and food production have been hardest hit, with knock-on impacts for their families’ and communities’ poverty levels and the economic independence and health and safety of women and girls; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission to support partner countries in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach and earmarked gender equality spending in the allocation of these funds;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2121(INI)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Stresses the need for gender and trade chapters and gender provisions in trade agreements. Calls on the European Commission to use free trade agreements to work towards the equal pay and reward of women in the world;

2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM

2020/2084(INI)

Ilana CICUREL, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that education is an investment for the Union’s future and a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which states that ‘everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life- long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society’;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Ilana CICUREL, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation, social justice and poverty eradication; calls for the Union to facilitate stronger cooperation, information sharing and exchange of best practices between Member States and their education and training systems;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Ilana CICUREL, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that Member States’ education and training systems must be adapted to make full use of the opportunities offered by the digital transition; digital skills development, e- learning initiatives and the connectivity of schools must be fostered and most vulnerable groups should be supported in obtaining equal access to them; calls on the EU and Members States to provide incentives for digital education and careers; emphasises that the participation of women in STEAM studies must be promoted;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Ilana CICUREL, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls the Union to strengthen the portability and full recognition of skills and professional qualifications to increase mobility and optimal attainment of skills within the internal market and ultimately Europe’s competitiveness in the world;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Ilana CICUREL, Laurence FARRENG, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Monica SEMEDO, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes and measures to ensure that vulnerable individuals have the skills necessary ~~for a successful transition to a zero-emission economy~~to embrace the green and digital transitions; recalls particular attention must be given to people with disabilities who often fall under double discrimination;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2076(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)

E a. Whereas Eurostat statistics1a show that almost half of the Europeans in age group 25-64 do not wish to participate in education and training, with 77,8% of them believing they need no further education or training, becoming thus vulnerable to shocks and unaware of the role changes and the professional pathways that they might have in the future; __________________ 1a https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/s ubmitViewTableAction.do

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Highlights that digitalization, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cyber security, innovation and development of measures for sustainable industries are essential for creating better social cohesion, achieving the European green deal objectives and ensuring EU’s competitiveness.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses the importance of cross border and seasonal workers for the provision of services as a key component of the economic recovery effort and calls for measures aimed at encouraging their mobility and protecting their labour rights, including a better implementation of existing legislation;

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Cristian GHINEA, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Highlights the need for the European industry based on ecosystems that rely on entrepreneurial discovery and invest in the creation of start-ups and new SMEs that will reinforce smart specialization and provide the ambition for business growth and expansion; considers that developing entrepreneurial skills is a key factor for building resilience, since several regions in the EU still witness a low survival rate of newly established start-ups and SMEs; stresses the need to boost the next generation of entrepreneurs in order to ensure the emergence of fast growing firms and unicorns helping Europe to have a significant impact on the global industrial landscape.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Underlines that the EU industrial strategy should be developed together with skilling, reskilling and upskilling policies aimed at the development of the right skills for the shift to sustainable ways of production and service delivery, in line with the EU commitments to achieve climate-neutral economy by 2050.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Acknowledges that skills shortages are among the biggest challenges faced by businesses today, which impedes production and growth; believes that businesses are key actors in fostering the development of skills and competences; calls on the EU and the Member States to encourage and support better cooperation between educational institutions and firms to provide the new skills for new occupations and sectors that will emerge from transitioning to sustainable, digital and green economy.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Cristian GHINEA, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the need for a faster integration into the labour market of young apprentices via high quality, paid internship; calls on the Member States to promote the VET educational culture from the time of primary education, in which trades are appreciated and the VET educational path becomes a desirable and predictable path;

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Stresses that high-skilled and specialised workers are major resource for innovation and competitiveness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the mobility within the internal market, removing all remaining obstacles, ensuring the portability and full recognition of skills and professional qualifications and effective protection of the social security right of mobile people within the EU;

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Cristian GHINEA, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Calls for a better forecast of the European Commission of the skills needed across sectors and industry to adapt to the change required by a new green economy and in particular to provide models for the employment effects of decarbonizing scenarios; encourages the European Commission to continue the consultation process of all relevant stakeholders, including VET providers, universities, public employment services, companies, trade unions, local and regional authorities.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2076(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Highlights that EU citizens and businesses across the EU should have equal opportunities to profit from the industrial transformations; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that the transition towards more digital, innovative and sustainable industries boost economic growth and prosperity and does not lead to exclusion or social and geographic polarisation.

2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL

2020/2071(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls the shortages of female hormonal drugs used for contraception and hormone replacement therapy (HRT); notes with concern the threats they pose to women and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights; stresses the importance to enhance control and management of the manufacturing, stockpiling and marketing of those medicines to ensure continuity in supply chains, fair pricing and availability for women;

2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas ~~the Paris Agreement~~climate change erodes human freedoms and limits choice; whereas the Paris Agreement acknowledges gender equality and empowerment of women should be promoted by all parties and establishes that gender-responsive climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the agreement;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcomes of its review conferences outline three strategic objectives to improve women's environmental decision-making, integrate the gender perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels to assess the impact of development and environmental policies on women;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that rural women are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member states to strengthen cooperation with partner countries to include a strong gender dimension in all agricultural and rural development policies;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die during climate disasters and to be displaced, that this is due notably to a lack of access to information and their role as caretakers; stresses that women and girls are also particularly exposed to sexual violence, exploitation and school drop during these crises and in their aftermath; calls on the EU to reinforce this gender dimension into its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the need for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to support gender-sensitive approaches in its processes and operations, including the need for dedicated climate projects and programs which specifically address gender concerns;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that women are powerful agents of change in particular for climate action and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation ~~at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilience~~of women and their organisations at all levels and at all stages of policy design, planning, financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as their inclusion is crucial to climate mitigation and resilience, fair allocation of resources, to tackle the obstacles that affect them disproportionately and to ensuring long- term sustainable climate solutions; stresses in this regard, the need to support capacity building and adequate financing for these organisations;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that climate finance should be accessible to both men and women and designed to generate mutual benefits rather than exacerbate existing patterns of inequality;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally.;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2042(INI)

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environmental and development policies;

2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the need to strike a balance between economic, social, cultural and environmental needs in order to comprehensively ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism; stresses the need to study the resilience of cultural heritage;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises that cultural tourism has significant potential to generate growth and jobs in the EU, with as many as four in ten tourists already choosing their destination on the basis of its cultural offering; recalls the role of the EAFRD and more particularly the LEADER programme;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to further promote sustainable cultural tourism, paying particular attention to local economies, lifestyles and traditions and ensuring that local industries and communities are closely involved; stresses the role of the Cohesion Funds, and in particular the ERDF, in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage, by making it possible to fund alternative tourism using new digital means and construction techniques where sites are too fragile to be visited;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Insists on the need, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to promote and supplement the capacities of the Member States in education and training in the field of sustainable tourism; stresses the importance of using virtual technologies to raise awareness of the cultural heritage; also recalls the importance of training skilled craftspeople and of the necessity of European exchanges of ancestral know- how;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned about the impact on cultural heritage sites of poorly managed tourism and uncontrolled development; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures to preserve and protect cultural heritage in the light of these human-made hazards; calls for the most endangered European cultural sites to be identified at EU level in order to provide them with greater protection and adequate funding;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that the impact of COVID-19 may result in a dramatic change in tourists’ destination choices and in the emergence of new opportunities for the tourist industry; in this context, stresses the importance of promoting a shift from mass tourism to other forms of cultural and sustainable tourism;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2038(INI)

Laurence FARRENG, Bernard GUETTA, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for European funds, within the framework of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, to be mobilised to relaunch sustainable tourism and responsible territorial marketing in the regions hardest hit by the partial or total shutdown of the tourism sector, due to the COVID-19 crisis;

2020/05/04
Committee: CULT

2020/2029(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Bettina VOLLATH, Caterina CHINNICI, Petar VITANOV, Tudor CIUHODARU, Isabel SANTOS, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria NOICHL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Bettina VOLLATH, Petar VITANOV, Tudor CIUHODARU, Isabel SANTOS, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria NOICHL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Evin INCIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Member states to ensure strong child protection measures, presumption of childhood and child age assessment, the protection before and during criminal proceedings, access to unconditional assistance, compensation, non-punishment, assistance and support to the family member of a child victim as well as prevention;

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the principle of equal treatment is enshrined in Article 45(2) of the TFEU, forbidding any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas the free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the European Union and essential to the proper functioning of the Internal Market;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. wWhereas the free movement of services ~~must under no circumstances undermine~~and workers’ rights, as well as social protection orbased on the principle of subsidiarity, support each other, and whereas digital technology can facilitate the supervision and enforcement of the rules safeguarding the rights of mobile workers;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the free movement of services must under no circumstances undermine workers’ rights, social protection or the principle of subsidiarity, and whereas digital technology can facilitate the supervision and enforcement of the rules safeguarding the rights of mobile workers; and should therefore be promoted and used to improve information exchange and control systems and fight abuses of any kind as well as to inform workers about the rules applicable to them;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. Whereas free movement of services stimulates economic growth by enabling people to travel, study, shop and work across borders and by allowing companies to recruit from a larger talent pool;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. wWhereas the ~~social implications of the~~ free movement of services ~~mean the EU needs~~, a robust cohesion policy and a ~~fair and geographically balanced industrial policy~~forward looking EU industrial policy contribute to job creation and upward social convergence;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Regrets that only 3,9 % of EU citizens in the working age reside in an EU country other than that of their citizenship in 2018; calls for increased efforts from the Commission and Member States to reduce mobility barriers for workers and businesses;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Calls on the social partners along with other stakeholders to play their part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Calls for a more efficient coordination at EU level and enhanced commitment on addressing key social challenges in the areas, in particular portability of social entitlements of mobile workers while upholding the diversity of national systems and respecting Member States competences as enshrined in the Treaties as well as the principle of proportionality and subsidiarity;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Opposes the introduc~~Notes that the country of destination ofis the ~~country-of-origin principle, and considers that the free movement of services must be achieved without undermining workers’ rights and social rights~~principle guiding the services directive and considers that this provision should not be changed; considers that the free movement of services and labour mobility will benefit when the rules on working conditions and health and safety of mobile workers’ are upheld;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to work together with the social partners to devise strategies to guarantee ~~and~~, facilitate ~~the voluntary – rather than enforced –~~and promote mobility of workers, by implementing the right public policies and providing high- quality job opportunities which match workers skills;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Besides the guidelines published on 30 March concerning the exercise of the free movement of frontier, posted and seasonal workers in critical occupations, welcomes the European Commission’s announcement that it is preparing guidelines on seasonal workers1a to ensure their health and safety at work; considers that these could be useful tools to support free movement of workers while contributing to safe working conditions; __________________ 1aCommissioner Nicolas Schmit’s speech on Thursday 18 June during the debate on the European protection of cross- border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In light of the COVID-outbreak Member States should rapidly establish specific burden free and fast procedures to ensure swift passage for frontier workers and seasonal workers, while ensured safe working conditions.;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for the full implementation of Services and the Professional Qualifications Directive built on mutual recognition to facilitate the free movement of services and workers, while reducing the amount of regulated occupational standards;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Notes that at least 80 million workers in Europe are mismatched in terms of qualifications and more than 5 out of 10 jobs that are hard-to-fill are found in high-skilled occupations; stresses the need to create additional ways to attract talent and well-needed skills; calls for the current Blue Card proposal to be unblocked;

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Stresses the importance of supporting and updating workers’ skills, in particular digital skills, through existing mechanisms for recognition and compatibility of skills and qualifications, such as EURES, Europass online platform and ESCO.

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of digital tools ~~and provide labour inspectorates with sufficient resources~~such as the introduction of a digital European Social Security Number and the swift completion of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information in order to enhance cooperation between Member States and allow for a smooth and fair mobility of European workers; equally calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the European Labour Authority becomes quickly fully operational and to provide labour inspectorates with sufficient resources so as to tackle fraud and the lack of enforcement of the European legislation.

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2020(INI)

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Ilana CICUREL, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of digital tools and provide national labour inspectorates with sufficient resources; in this context, urges the Member States to commit themselves fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems.

2020/06/25
Committee: EMPL

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core principle of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties, and should be reflected in all EU policies, not least in education, culture and the audiovisual; and the development of disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas gender inequalities and discrimination have been reproduced through the design, input, development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems; whereas incomplete datasets and incorrect bias can distort the reasoning of an AI system, and jeopardise the achievement of gender equality in society;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas gender inequalities are also created and replicated through the language and images disseminated by the media and AI-powered applications; whereas education, culture programmes and audiovisual contents are a fundamental tool for combatting gender stereotypes and establishing strong role models;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas women are significantly underrepresented in the AI sectors, either as creators, developers or consumers; whereas the full potential of women’s skills, knowledge and qualifications in the digital, AI and ICT (information, communication and technology) fields can contribute to boosting the European economy; whereas globally only 22 % of AI professionals are female; whereas the lack of women in AI development not only increases the risk of bias, but also deprives the EU of talent, vision and resources, and is therefore an obstacle to innovation; whereas gender diversity enhances female attitudes in teams, and team performance and favours the potential for innovation in public and private companies;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the EU is facing an unparalleled shortage of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers and education given that women account for 52% of the European population, yet only account for 1 in 3 of the STEM graduates; whereas despite the positive trend in the involvement and interest of females in STEM education, the percentages remain insufficient, especially considering the importance of STEM related careers in an increasing digitalized world;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that AI has great potential to promote gender equality provided that conscious and unconscious bias are eliminated; stresses the need for AI to respect the principles and values of equality and non-discrimination between women and men; stresses, further, the importance of a risk-based approach, transparency, accountability and of continuous monitoring of existing and new algorithms;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for policies targeted at increasing the participation of women in the fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and the adoption of a multi-level approach to address the gender gap in all levels of education and employment in the digital sector; recognises that gender stereotyping, cultural discouragement and the lack of awareness and promotion of female role models hinders and negatively affects girls' and women´s opportunities in ICT, STEM and AI related studies, careers and entrepreneurship, and leads to discrimination and fewer opportunities for women in the labour market;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises the cross-sectoral nature of gender based discrimination, rooted in conscious or unconscious gender bias, covering the education sector, the portrayal of women in the media and advertising on-screen and off- screen, and the responsibility of the public and private sector in proactively recruiting, developing and retaining women talent and instilling an inclusive business culture;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to devise policy measures that fully incorporate the gender dimension, such as awareness-raising campaigns, training and curricula, which should provide information to citizens on how algorithms operate, and their impact on citizens’ daily lives; and to nurture gender-equal mindsets and working conditions that lead to the development of more inclusive technology products and work environments ;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2017(INI)

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the importance of the development and deployment of AI applications in the educational, cultural and audiovisual sectors in collecting more accurate and sex-disaggregated data, and applying modern machine learning de- biasing techniques, if needed, to correct stereotype gender bias, which may have negative impacts; highlights that one the most critical weaknesses of AI relates to the different types of biases it is subject to, such as gender, race or sexual orientation, as a result of already inherent human biases;

2020/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. Wwhereas the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and related technologies in everyday life and in the workplace is increasing;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas AI, robotics and related technologies can make a huge contribution to achieving the common goal of improving the lives of citizens and fostering prosperity within the EU as well as managing the twin transitions towards a green and digital economy, if harnessed correctly;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas according to CEDEFOP’s European Skills and Jobs survey about 43% of EU adult employees have experienced new technologies at work, such as the introduction of machines and ICT systems; whereas about seven in ten EU workers require at least moderate digital skills to do their job;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Monica SEMEDO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the need to develop criteria for the use of AI in education, media and creative sectors, by developing benchmarks for ethically responsible and accepted uses of AI technologies in these areas, including a clear liability regime for products resulting from AI use; underlines that these criteria must be constantly adjusted to the progress in AI technologies;

2020/04/15
Committee: CULT

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas on average, about one quarter of EU citizens have no or low- level digital skills; whereas the digital divide also has specific gender, accessibility, age and geographic aspects, which must be addressed;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Monica SEMEDO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notices that AI personalised learning systems are increasingly being deployed in schools and universities, which is changing the role of teachers in the learning process ~~to one more of facilitation~~by individualising monitoring and teaching; stresses that this shift should be reflected in school curricula, as well as in teacher training; recalls that AI should always be a support and not a replacement for the education provided by teachers;

2020/04/15
Committee: CULT

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. Wwhereas AI solutions and robotics are expected to have a ~~strong~~marked impact on the labour market1 and increase the need for skills and specialized labour.2 __________________ 1 STOA, “The ethics of artificial intelligence: issues and initiatives” March 2020 2European Parliament “Encouraging STEM Studies for the labour market” March 2015

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas AI constitutes a strategic priority, considering that it should benefit citizens and society, by increasing competitiveness, creating job opportunities and economic prosperity;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Highlights the need to thoroughly assess the effects or implications of AI applications~~Stresses that the scope of any framework on the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies should be adequate, proportionate and thoroughly assessed to avoid hampering future innovation and job creation; highlights in particular the need to thoroughly assess the opportunities and challenges that AI, robotics and related technologies can present in companies and in public administration, including in relation to workers, jobs and workflows; considers it indispensable as part of this assessment that ~~workers and their representatives are consulted and receive sufficient information before AI applications are put to use;~~ the social partners are consulted on any European or national legislative or non-legislative frameworks regarding use of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies which impacts workplaces and invites them to include the ethical aspects of AI and its effects on the economy and employment, including in their joint work programmes at sectoral and cross-sectoral level where relevant;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Monica SEMEDO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that education should empower citizens to develop new forms of critical thinking, including ‘algorithm awareness’, an understanding of the functioning of AI and its inherent biases, and the ability to reflect on the impact of AI on information, knowledge, and decision-making;

2020/04/15
Committee: CULT

2020/2012(INL)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Monica SEMEDO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the importance for transparency and accountability of algorithms used by media streaming companies, in order to ensure access to culturally and linguistically diverse content; believes that every user should be properly informed when an algorithm is used to recommend content and optimise his or her choices; stresses that such algorithms should be designed in such a way that they do not privilege specific works by limiting their ‘personalised’ suggestions to the most popular works; considers that any user should also be able to disable content recommendation by AI;

2020/04/15
Committee: CULT

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that AI solutions have the potential to improve working conditions and the quality of life~~, yet they can also lead to disproportionate and illegal surveillance of workers,~~ for all workers particularly as regards employment and social inclusion of, and accessibility for, workers with disabilities as well as improving work-life balance, while they can also in the context of the workplace raise concerns as regards privacy and occupational health and safety such as the right to disconnect and discriminatory treatment or recruitment processes due to biased algorithms, including gender and racially biased algorithms3 ~~- and they can undermine~~ ; stresses the need to ensure that people from diverse backgrounds, including women, young people and people withe di~~gnity and autonomy of people~~sabilities are included in inclusive development, deployment and use of AI; __________________ 3European Parliament “Education and employment of women in science, technology and the digital economy, including AI and its influence on gender equality”, April 2020

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Monica SEMEDO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Insists that user data collected by AI, such as cultural preferences or educational performance, cannot be transmitted or used without the owner's knowledge;

2020/04/15
Committee: CULT

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that AI solutions have the potential to improve working conditions and the quality of life, ~~yet they can also~~and points out that these technologies remain subject to legislation on the use of data and privacy such as the General Data Protection Regulation, to avoid situations leading to disproportionate and illegal surveillance of workers, discriminatory treatment due to biased algorithms, including gender biased algorithms3 - and they can undermine the dignity and autonomy of people; __________________ 3 European Parliament “Education and employment of women in science, technology and the digital economy, including AI and its influence on gender equality”, April 2020

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that it should be mandatory for users and consumers to ~~receive all relevant information on the ethical aspects of AI applications so that they may make informed decisions~~be informed when a system uses AI and related technologies, particularly AI systems which personalise a product or service to its users, whether they can switch off or limit such personalisation and in cases where they are faced with an automated-decision making technology so that they may make informed decisions; stresses the need to ensure that professionals using algorithms understand how data is used and valued; considers that workers should receive adequate training and education on the various issues involved in the use and implication of the AI tools they use;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the opportunities of AI solutions rely on Big Data, with a need for a critical mass of data to train algorithms and refine results; welcomes in this regard the Commission proposed creation of a common Data Space in the EU to strengthen data exchange and support research in full respect of data protection for workers and employers;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that a European Teleworking Agenda must take into account the impact of AI and related technologies on remote work;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights the importance of education and continuous learning to develop the skills of tomorrow, to ensure the complementarity between human and machine at work, and to ensure the re- skilling of workers in the sectors heavily impacted by the risk of automation; calls therefore for a Programme for European AI teaching posts, a Europe-wide academic AI exchange programme for university networks;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the need to ensure that productivity gains due to the development and use of AI and robotics ~~do not only benefit company~~ benefit society at large, including companies and workers by driving EU growth and competitiveness and the creation of quality employment; notes that sectors and occupations requiring medium-or lowner~~s and shareholders, but also society at~~-level skills are more prone to automation; considers it essential that the Member States, with the support of the Commission and in co- operation with relevant actors such as businesses and academia, invest in high quality, responsive and inclusive education, vocational training and lifelong lear~~ge, especially where such gains co~~ning systems and up- and re- skilling policies in order to equip students and workers with basic literacy, numeracy and digital skills as well as competences in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and transversal soft skills such as entrepreneurship, creativity and critical thinking to avoid skills obsolescence and ensure employability in transformed a~~t the expense of jobs;~~ nd future-oriented sectors; calls for the Updated Skills Agenda for Europe and the reinforced MFF for 2021- 2027 to play a strong role in this regard;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Jordi CAÑAS, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reminds that the EU employment and social acquis remains fully applicable irrespective of the involvement of AI and believes the Commission and Member States should ensure it is enforced adequately where AI is used and address any potential legislative gaps;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the adoption of an updated Skills Agenda for Europe and Digital Education Action Plan in order to provide digital literacy to workers across all sectors;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the application of the precautionary principle with regard to new technologies based on AI; underlines that ~~humans must always be in control of AI and that AI decisions must be reversible~~there should be adequate and sensible human oversight and control relative to the AI use case, ensuring that there is accountability over AI decision-making;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2012(INL)

Jordi CAÑAS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for a legislative framework on the ethical aspects of AI applications in the workplace, especially with regard to workers’ rights and working conditions, in line with a proportionate and risk-based approach such as outlined in the Commission White Paper on Artificial Intelligence;

2020/06/24
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority of which approximately 6 million lives in the EU; whereas about 80 % of Roma live below their country’s at-risk-of-poverty threshold; 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1 ; whereas 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)2 ; whereas the increasing share of Roma NEETs was an area where the situation had deteriorated in 2016 compared to 20113 ; _________________ 1European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 3. 2Report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies – 2019, COM(2019)0406, p. 4. 3 Roma inclusion measures reported under the EU framework for NRIS, SWD(2019) 320 final, PART 1/2, p. 18.

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the living conditions of Roma, their level of schooling and their health status determine their social and labour-market situation and often serve as pretexts for their exclusion and for racism, and whereas all this hinders their chances to break the vicious circle of poverty and prevent the exercise of the most fundamental human and civil rights;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Roma civil society organisations, experts and community members, particularly those active at local and regional level in the policy debate and in decision-making;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; calls on the Council to unblock negotiatons on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieve equality in the EU; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Cristian GHINEA, Samira RAFAELA, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions, to address the issue of homelessness and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Cristian GHINEA, Samira RAFAELA, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Calls on the Member States to address the issues of housing and homelessness, through developing the social housing stock and through promoting non-discriminatory access to social housing;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Cristian GHINEA, Samira RAFAELA, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Highlights the promising approaches of "housing first" initiatives to prevent and combat homelessness and housing in segregated areas and calls on Member States to consider shifting from staircase model of service provision to housing-led services, complementing provision of housing with accompanying support combining elements of employment, education, health and community development;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that in order to fight against disinformation and fake news, reinstate a climate of trust in the media and counter threats to democratic political processes, a comprehensive strategy is needed, based inter alia on media and information literacy, and aimed at empowering citizens to critically assess media content and recognise the difference between opinion and facts; in this context reminds that, independent and pluralistic media based on freedom of information and expression is a core element of any functioning democracy;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that media freedom has been acutely deteriorating across Europe over the past decade, facing challenges highlighted by court cases, official enquiries, reports by the European institutions and non-governmental organisations; while the decline can be attributed to a range of legal, political and economic factors, the European institutions must respect and protect the fundamental rights of media freedom and pluralism as the essential pillar of democracy enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a strategy for improvement, implementation and monitoring of media legislation to effectively tackle the spread of disinformation and fake news, while supporting independent broadcasting, fostering transparency, credibility and independence of media and their freedom;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to work in close cooperation with the Member States, candidate countries and civil society organisations to develop commonly understood curricula on media literacy and to reach out to all citizens through formal, non-formal and informal education, and through lifelong learning; this should allow the citizens to fully understand the effects of disinformation, to identify and make the distinction between evidence and opinion, while giving them the ability to access and assess information;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the maintenance of media freedom and pluralism for democracy, and of strengthening the economic growth and its sustainability; therefore encourages the Commission to provide a common mechanism of transparency of media ownership and funding sources, thus allowing citizens to make an informed judgement about the source of the information received; reiterates the importance of ensuring the protection of journalists and adequate protection of journalistic sources, especially during the societal crisis and the transformation of the media sector;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Ilana CICUREL, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recognises the internet as the new digital common source of information, giving citizens new opportunities for participation, discussion, shaping of opinions and sharing of information; calls on the Commission to provide a clear legislative path with necessary regulatory and self-regulatory measures for safeguarding the citizens against the illegal content and goods; stresses that special attention needs to be given to measures aimed at preventing repeated offences;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the COVID-19 outbreak has claimed thousands of lives in Europe and has led to an unprecedented crisis with disastrous consequences for people, families, workers and businesses, and therefore requires an unprecedented response; highlights that 2021 will be a critical year for the budget, as the first year of the 2021-2027 MFF and the first “post- COVID-19 recovery” year; highlights in particular that the budget should help improving the situation in the social and employment area, in time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; welcomes in this regard that the 2021 budget will be complemented by €211 billion in grants and approximately €133 billion in loans under Next Generation EU which must also help to address the social and economic impacts of the crisis;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the budget for 2021 should primarily focus on mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting Member States' recovery, while also building on the European Green Deal and digital transformation; stresses that the Union and all Member States must show full solidarity with those most in need and ensure that no country is left on its own to fight the pandemic;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recalls that the European Parliament, in its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, called on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise aid and crisis-mitigation measures for the Overseas Countries and Territories and outermost regions by means of a dedicated exceptional support fund;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the Commissions proposed budget with a bigger envelope for external action, which includes the European Development Fund (EDF.); recalls the addressed proposal on the budgetisation of the EDF and its inclusion in the EU budget, which is supported by the Parliament and the Commission; also recalls that the Overseas Territories and Countries should benefit from the EDF funds;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS, Cristian GHINEA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints and of the post-COVID-19 recovery, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2021 general budget, including future skills policies and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, automatisation and digitalisation, particularly by improved integration of ~~potentially~~ vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market; further underlines the importance of addressing social inequalities pertaining to youth unemployment and young people's access to the labour market;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Strongly believes that gender responsive budgeting must be mainstreamed in the 2021 general budget to better align policies and activities that promote the equal participation of women in the labour market and to have comprehensive systems to monitor and measure gender budget allocations;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation when delivering true value for money for EU citizens, including a stronger focus on evidence-based policymaking that is inclusive and special attention to social, regional and territorial disparities;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Cristian GHINEA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the important contribution of the agencies in dealing with a wide range of employment, social issues and data collection; stresses that their tasks are developing and hence they must be given the necessary resources to fulfil them; therefore calls for a thorough assessment of the new tasks assigned to the agencies and of their overall performance, with a view to ensuring appropriate and efficient budgetary allocations only and that they are equipped with the necessary funding to be able to collect the qualitative data necessary to better fulfil these obligations; insists, in particular, for a proper staffing and financing of the European Labour Authority;

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/1998(BUD)

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are very valuable tools to test new activities and innovative solutions in the fields of employment and social inclusion; recalls that it is paramount for PPs/PAs to be assessed solely on the basis of their merit and EU added value. These tools should be efficient, low threshold and clear to be able to promote new and innovative ideas that reflect the needs of the current crisis and the future policies.

2020/09/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Milan BRGLEZ, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) Sound rules, procedures and practice for setting and updating statutory minimum wages, including through automatic indexation, are necessary to deliver adequate minimum wages, while safeguarding jobs and the competitiveness of firms including small and medium-sized enterprises. They include a number of elements to preserve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, including criteria and indicators to assess adequacy, regular and timely updates, the existence of consultative bodies and the involvement of social partners. A timely and effective involvement of the latter is another element of good governance that allows for an informed and inclusive decision-making process.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0030(NLE)

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Jordi CAÑAS, Cristian GHINEA, Stéphane BIJOUX, Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

2020/0030(NLE)

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5

Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. Member States should take into account the proposed minimum percentage as laid down in the proposed Directive on improving the gender balance on corporate boards. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and binding pay- transparency should be ensured. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men.

2020/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/0030(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1

In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment, and the necessary flexibility for employers to adapt swiftly to changes in the economic context, while preserving appropriate security and healthy, safe and well-adapted working environments for workers, protecting labour rights and ensuring social protection. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions should be prevented, including in the case of platform workers and by fighting the abuse of atypical contracts. Member States should ensure that these workers genuinely enjoy fair working conditions and access to adequate social protection. Access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, should be ensured in cases of unfair dismissal.

2020/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2020/0030(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4

The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring fair conditions for all those pursuing a cross-border activity, by stepping up the portability of rights and allowances, and stepping up administrative cooperation between national administrations with regard to mobile workers. Barriers to mobility in education and training, in occupational and personal pensions and in the recognition of qualifications should be removed and recognition of qualifications made easier. Member States should take action to ensure that administrative procedures are not an unnecessary obstacle to workers from other Member States taking up employment, including for cross- border workers. Member States should commit themselves fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems. Member States should also prevent abuse of the existing rules and address underlying causes of ‘brain drain’ from certain regions including through appropriate regional development measures.

2020/05/07
Committee: EMPL

Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

(ii) employment in mining and energy use of coal and lignite (weighting 25%),

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – Reference: Article 7(2)(a) – point 1.1

1.1. Outline of the expected transition process towards a climate-neutral economy, in line with the objectives of the ~~National Energy and Climate Plans and other~~ existing transition plans with a timeline for ceasing or scaling down activities such as coal and lignite mining or coal fired electricity production

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0006(COD)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.4 – Reference: Article 7(2)(h) and Reference: Article 7(2)(i)

– tables

Reference: Article 7(2)(h) To fill in only if support is provided to productive investments other than SMEs: - an exhaustive list of such operations and enterprises and for each of them a justification of the necessity of such support through a gap analysis demonstrating that the expected job losses would exceed the expected number of jobs created in the absence of this investment Reference: Article 7(2)(i); To fill in only if support is provided to investments to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC: - an exhaustive list of operations to be supported and a justification that they contribute to the transition to a climate- neutral economy and lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions going below the relevant benchmarks used for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC and provided that they are necessary for the protection of a significant number of jobsdeleted

2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Recital A

A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society, whereas more than half of the Member States are depriving people suffering from mental health problems or with an intellectual disability of their right to vote;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

- with ambitious ~~and clear~~, clear and measurable targets,

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities ~~and~~, of their representative organisations and supporting families who have an active role in fulfilling the rights of their relatives with disabilities, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-building;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to include a review of the post-2020 Strategy every 53 years with a clearly defined role for the EU CRPD Framework;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 Strategy will especially guarantee access to employment, trainings, inclusive education, to affordable quality healthcare services, to digital services, to sport activities for persons with disabilities;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures in order to ensure that all economically active persons with disabilities can exercise their freedom of movement;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings, but services in the community that foster inclusion;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities and the society in general, with the aim of changing negative attitudes about disabled people into positive and to avoid discrimination;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format, including an easy-to- read version, to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities and the society in general;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on the Commission to actively involve persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in awareness-raising activities in order to achieve better results;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on all Member states to support and increase the prestige of social work -social workers and people being active in social services;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on the Commission to create a clear mechanism of responsibility, control and sanctions for the set strategies;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls on all Member states to solve the question of homeless people with disabilities- a specific group of which are people on the autism spectrum;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Calls on all Member states to ensure sufficient support - financial as well as professional - for people taking care of their family members with disabilities who live in the same home. The fact that they have to take care of their relatives often has a negative impact on their family and professional life, they face exclusion and discrimination. It is essential that even they can enjoy all their rights in all areas of life.

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Radka MAXOVÁ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, especially by granting them the right to vote in European and local elections in line with article 12 of the UNCRPD, and to promoting respect for their inherent dignity also by implementing the post-2020 Strategy and to allocate adequate human and financial resources to its implementation;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2212(INI)

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Sylvie BRUNET, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts in investing in accessible and high-quality education and training, reinforcing upskilling and reskilling measures including digital skills, and to promote lifelong learning; stresses that convergence between qualifications and skills with job opportunities is a precondition for creating a competitive EU labour market and should be tackled by facilitating closer cooperation between education systems and businesses, for example by promoting apprenticeships, work-based learning and lifelong training; expects a lot from the updated Skills Agenda for Europe announced by the Commission to respond holistically to the challenge of adapting skills to the ecological and digital transition;

2020/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2019/2212(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on Member States to invest in quality education, digital skills, digital vocational training and digital upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning schemes for workers;

2020/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2019/2212(INI)

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jana TOOM, Sylvie BRUNET, Jordi CAÑAS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Notes with concern the inadequacy of and lack of access to social protection systems for atypical workers and the self- employed; calls on Member States to implement measures to address these issues, notably following the Council recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed agreed on 6 December 2018; welcomes this recommendation as a first step and the Commission's commitment to strengthen social protection systems in Europe, but stresses that more needs to be done to ensure access to social protection for all;

2020/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2019/2199(INI)

Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Radka MAXOVÁ, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Robert HAJŠEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria19 ; whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities20 ; whereas in some Member States, such as the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilisation and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights21 ; __________________ 19Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, pp. 42-44; Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017 ; European Roma Rights Centre, Romani woman harassed by racist hospital staff during childbirth wins case, European Roma Rights Centre, 18 January 2017, http://www.errc.org/press-releases/romani- woman-harassed-by-racist-hospital-staff- during-childbirth-wins-case 20Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017. 21 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Slovakia, 18 October 2019, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3, paras. 44-45; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Czechia, 19 September 2019, CERD/C/CZE/CO/12-13, paras. 19-20; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Slovakia, 12 January 2018, CERD/C/SVK/CO/11-12, paras. 23- 24; Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the fourth report of Slovakia, 22 November 2016, CCPR/C/SVK/CO/4, paras. 26-27.

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

2019/2188(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the average gender pay gap in the ~~28 EU Member States~~EU stands at 1~~5.7~~6 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers ~~as a result of these low-security contracts~~;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas one of the EU’s strengths is its social model; whereas the technological change and the global trend of rising inequalities require that social model to be reassessed and adapted to the modern, fast-paced, complex and unpredictable global environment;

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service, tourism, hospitality and care sectors, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas according to Eurostat’s definition, individuals are at risk of in- work poverty when they work for over half of the year and when their equivalised yearly disposable income is below 60% of the national household median income level (after social transfers); whereas the latest Eurostat figures show that 9.4% of European workers were at risk of poverty in 20181a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/sdg_01_41/default/table?lang=en

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~there is great~~ inequality exists both within and between Member States and varies significantly; whereas the gap between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007 ; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality~~the factors contributing to the increase of inequality are very complex and interlinked, among which inequality in wages, technological changes, policy and regulatory reforms; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also ~~exacerbates~~may lead to economic disparities within and between Member States;

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the number of people who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion continues to steadily decline to below pre- crisis levels, helped in particular, by improved labour market conditions and decreases in severe material deprivation and the share of people living in households with very low work intensity;

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU ~~has clearly missed its~~poverty statistics show large differences between the Member States in meeting the target to reduce poverty and social exclusion by 2020, with some countries moving towards the target, while others have moved away from it; whereas 8.2 million people were lifted out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion compared to the 2008 baseline which is a good progress but still far from the EU target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and ~~place in society~~wellbeing of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU- 27) are at risk10 ; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90%13; __________________ in the majority of the Member States rents are constantly rising and housing cost burdens vary considerably across the income distribution; whereas in the EU, low- income tenant households face median housing costs between 20 to 45% of disposable income; whereas in 2018, 9.6 % of the EU-27 population lived in households that spent 40 % or more of their equivalised disposable income on housing2a; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Housing_statistics#H ousing_affordability 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28)~~; whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment~~15 ; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator~~more analysis and researches are needed in order to examine the effects of privatisation and outsourcing ofn the ~~increase in precarious employment~~employment rates, worker’s wellbeing, wages and productivity;

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19 ; whereas over 1/3 of part-time workers involuntarily work part- time and one in two work in short-term employment ~~only for lack of any alternative~~20 ; __________________ 19Labour market and Social Development (ETUI, 2019) Benchmarking Working Europe, 2019. 20 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States t~~o achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de- solidarisation within and between Member States~~hat preventing in-work poverty must be part of the overall goal to reduce poverty in the EU; stresses the need to tackle in-work poverty through upward social and economic convergence and through appropriate and dedicated measures, such as ~~the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions;~~ fostering equal opportunities in education and training from early ages, ensuring access to affordable and quality services including childcare, promoting gender equality, addressing regional disparities, ensuring robust social protection systems and supporting social dialogue;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the digital transformation and the growing number of high-skilled professions require targeted investment in lifelong learning to help people adapt to the changes or move into better-paid jobs which will reduce in- work poverty in the EU in the long term; calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer coherent and comprehensive support for building up the needed digital skills ensuring fast and successful digital transformation;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that ~~the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer app~~a focus on employment and wages alone is not sufficient to address the issue of in-work for poverty; believes today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreementhat a holistic approach combining both direct and indirect measures targeted towards household as well as aind ~~minimum wage systems~~ividual incomes should be fostered;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that high quality education, including vocational education and training, is essential for the reduction of inequalities, improving the employability and adaptability of the workers and facilitating their successful transition into employment; calls on the Member States to guarantee equal access to inclusive education and training and to strength their efforts to reduce early school leaving;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates that one of the essential step towards reducing inequalities is eliminating the persistent gender-based wage gap; calls on Member States to continue their efforts to eliminate the gender pay gap by enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that changes in technology and the structure of the economy are concentrating more economic activity and high-skilled jobs in metropolitan areas, which increases social and geographical inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen investments in digital technology in the rural areas in order to enhance public services, improve their quality and efficiency and create new modes of service delivery for the remote and underserved regions, in order to address inequalities and create better job opportunities;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legal instrument to ensure that every worker in the Union receives a fair minimum wage21 ; calls also for this plan to ensure, through legislation or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can live from their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60% of the national gross median wage; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a supplement that ensures a decent lifelaunch of second stage consultations of social partners on fair minimum wages in the EU21 and awaits their findings as a basis for the Commission’s anticipated proposal; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_de.pdfhttps://ec.europa.eu/co mmission/sites/beta-political/files/political- guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission ~~to ensure mandatory~~and the Member States to monitor and enforce existing labour law and minimum working conditions for all workers, in particular for those employed in atypical and precarious work, cross-border workers or the bogus self-employed~~, either by improving existing directives or through new legal acts, and to ban zero-hour contracts~~ and address legislative gaps where relevant;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that labour mobility is essential for getting the most out of Europeans’ talents and ambitions, maximising economic performance and prosperity of companies and individuals and offering people various opportunities; calls on the Commission and Member States to remove the existing barriers to the mobility in the European Union;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to ~~adopt the Directive~~organise a European Summit on platform work, which is intended to e~~nsure that platform workers are covered by existing labour law, are socially insured and are able to form workers’ representations and organise in unions in order to conclude collective~~xplore possibilities to improve the labour conditions of platform workers as well as its commitment to closely monitor and enforce existing EU law in this agre~~ements~~a;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States~~, when~~ to swiftly transpose and implement~~ing~~ the work- life-balance Directive22 ,and to ensure ~~that~~ access to ~~childcare in general and~~affordable childcare, in particular for single parents ~~is secured so that they are not pushed into precarious and low-paid work~~, which should be available to workers with young children in households characterised by lower levels of work intensity and less stable jobs that are associated with lower earnings; __________________ 22Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for compliance with the rules on equality and anti-discrimination, particularly with regard ~~to wages~~people with disabilities, ethnic or racial minorities, LGBTQ community, women and other groups of disadvantaged workers; calls in this regard for an immediate unblocking of the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the ~~Commission and the~~ Member States to ensure access to decent, affordable housing for all and to do more to promote affordable public housing; encourages Member States to strengthen the exchange of best practices on effective social housing policies;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the ~~Commission and~~ Member States to ~~enforce, effectively and through sanctions,~~guarantee the right of workers to organise and to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to ~~ensure that unions can enter plants, speak to workers at work and organise them~~undertake immediate actions when this right is being violated;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work to change European competition rules so that public service institutions, for instance, hospitals and care facilities, can remain under, or revert to, public control;deleted

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Proposes to the Commission to change European rules so that~~Acknowledges that the digitalization and globalization led to significant increase of self-employment and atypical forms of work; proposes to the Commission and the Member States to examine the need and the possibilities for solo self- employed and non-standard workers ~~can~~to unite and conclude collective agreements and to propose regulatory changes where necessary;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Points out that imbalances must not be exacerbated and that the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis must not be borne by workers or the poor through austerity measures or through the European Semester; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessarythe policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis must be human- centred and built on global solidarity; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessary; calls on the Member States to ensure adequate protection for all vulnerable workers during the pandemic and to work together with businesses and social partners on the development of effective, practical, and equitable solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mitigate the worst consequences of COVID-19 through targeted European and national support~~, with the~~ and allocation of ~~public money, e.g. through SURE, being linked to a ban on shedding existing jobs~~sufficient recourses; welcomes, in this regard, the creation of the temporary instrument SURE and calls on the Member States to implement it swiftly;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2188(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to invest in innovation, new jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, digital change and ‘green transition’.;

2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 4 March 2021 entitled ‘The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan’,

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission Consultation Document of 24 February 2021 entitled ‘First phase consultation of social partners under Article 154 TFEU on possible action addressing the challenges related to working conditions in platform work’,

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)

– having regard to the ILO report of 23 February 2021 entitled ‘World Employment and Social Outlook 2021: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work’,

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has served to highlight the crucial role played by platform workers in ensuring business continuity for thousands of SMEs and consumers across the EU by providing a much needed interface between key sectors such as the food and hospitality industries and citizens, and the opportunities and flexibilities provided by the platform model prevented major income loss;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Samira RAFAELA, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas some categories of platform work do not require high education nor intensive trainings, creating the opportunity for young people neither in employment nor in education or training, as well as low skilled people to benefit from this and be integrated in the working field as long as they can obtain certification attesting this work experience;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Samira RAFAELA, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas platform work facilitates the access to the labour market through modern forms of employment and encourages the development of technologies in order to ease the use of platforms and bring closer both the companies and the consumers.

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas platform work seems to reproduce gender inequalities from the broader labour market, such as the gender pay gap and gender segregation in occupations or sectors;1a __________________ 1aEuropean Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Gender Equality Index 2020. Digitisation and the future of work.

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas platform work is a growing phenomenon since its emergence facilitated by the development of digital technologies in recent years; whereas, nevertheless, it still represents a small share of the general labour market, with an estimated 11% of EU’s workforce which have provided services via on- location or online labour platforms at least once and only 1,4% of them doing it as a main job;2a __________________ 2aEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, Platform workers in Europe: Evidence from the COLLEEM survey (2018) and New evidence on platform workers in Europe: Results from the second COLLEEM survey (2020).

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas there is a lack of European-wide data on platform work and data collection methodology varies across Member States; whereas however its continued growth in the labour market can be considered highly likely;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas people working in the platform economy are generally classified as formally self-employed; whereas, as such, these people do not benefit from the equivalent social, labour, health and safety protection that are connected to an employment contract in most countries; whereas a smaller share of platform workers operate under the status of employee, agency worker or other flexible forms of employment;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Samira RAFAELA, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence decisions has become an important segment in the platform work industry, and the selection of workers should be under human oversight and not be affected by stereotypes related to gender, ethnical background or sexual orientation, avoiding as a consequence any risks of discrimination.

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas new forms of work should remain sustainable and fair and platform work be guided by the values of the Union, ethics and a human-centric approach where digital technology remains a tool; whereas in this regard, equipping every European citizen with digital skills is paramount in the context of the digital transition;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas Member States have developed different approaches, leading to fragmented rules and initiatives; whereas there is a need for European level action to overcome the resulting legal uncertainty and improve platform workers’ rights and working conditions, maximise innovation potential of the platform work model, and level the playing field with ‘traditional’ economic actors;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the ~~current European framework is unsatisfactory, with EU legal instruments which do not~~re is no harmonized EU framework covering all platform workers in their personal scope and which do not address the new realities of the world of work; regrets that this fragmentation places some platform workers in a legally precarious situation, resulting in some platform workers enjoying fewer or more limited rights than should be guaranteed to all platform workers regardless of their employment statuscompanies and their self-employed partners; Notes that Member States' different enforcement in combination with an growing digital service sector in some cases can put platform companies and self-employed in a precarious situation;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that ~~this legal uncertainty must be urgently addressed, while acknowledging that it cannot be easily solved by a one-size-fits-all approach~~measures aimed at clarifying the legal status should avoid affecting the growth of platform services and be based on comprehensive impact assessments in consultation with relevant actors; while acknowledging that it cannot be easily solved by a one-size-fits-all approach; emphasizes the importance that any initiative must respect national competences while ensuring Member States the opportunity to adapt measures in accordance to their legal tradition; believes that any proposal must recognise the heterogeneity of platforms and of platform workers, and take into account the current digital labour platforms model, where some platform workers are genuinely self-employed and wish to remain so;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that any regulation regarding online platforms must respect the principle of subsidiarity and the different approaches of the Member States, given the existing differences between platforms - from the number of workers to the extent to which they cover the rights of workers - and must stand the test of time and digital transformation;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is of the opinion that the hypothesis of a new EU so-called ‘third status’ between worker and self-employed would not help to solve the current problems and risks further blurring already confused concepts;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to better combat bogus self-employment by means of a directive, so as to cover platform workers which are fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship based on the actual performance of work, and not on the parties’ description of the relationship; is of the opinion that special attention should be given to digital labour platforms that strongly organise conditions and remuneration of online and on-location platform work, which could be used as guidance for determining the degree of responsibility of platforms towards platform workand to provide for legal certainty, so as to provide for clear criteria, stresses that platforms should be allowed to provide protections such as insurance, sick-pay, and holiday pay, to their self-employed partners;.

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that some platform workers may be subject to increased health and safety risks; is of the opinion that the Commission proposal must address the occupational health and safety of platform workers a~~s well as establish minimum requirements to enable them exercise a right to~~nd if necessary, formulate guidance to give platform workers the opportunity to be disconnected without ~~any adverse consequences;~~being disadvantaged.

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that some platform workers may be subject to increased health and safety risks with unpredictable working hours, intensity of work, competitive environments (rating systems, work incentive through bonuses), information overload and isolation as emergent factors for psychosocial risks; is of the opinion that the Commission proposal must address the occupational health and safety of platform workers as well as establish minimum requirements to enable them exercise a right to disconnect without any adverse consequences;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recognises that freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are fundamental rights for all workers, and believes ~~a directive on platform workers should ensure that these right~~in this are ~~effective and enforced; notes the potential for imbalanced relationships between digital labour~~gard that an initiative on platform~~s and~~ workers, who may lack the individual bargaining power to negotiate their terms and conditions; notes further that there are also practical issues such as a lack of common means of communication and opportunities to meet online or in person, which can prevent collective representation in practice; calls on the Commission to address such impediments in its proposal; stresses the need for platform workers and platforms to be properly represented in order to facilitate social dialogue should identify measures on how to increase possibilities for self-employed to invoke proper working conditions;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Sylvie BRUNET, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Regrets t~~Notes established l~~egal difficulties in~~aw in regards to collective representation faced by platform workers, and is aware that the solo self- employed are considered ‘undertakings’, and as such are subject to the prohibition on agreements that restrict competition; welcomes in this regard the inception impact assessment published by the Commission16, and the planned initiative to address this obstacle; is convinced that EU competition law must not hinder the improvement of the working conditions (including the setting of remuneration) and social protection of solo self- employed platform workers through collective bargaining; __________________ 16https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/ALL/?uri=PI_COM%3AAres %282021%29102652

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Regrets the legal difficulties in collective representation faced by platform workers, and is aware that the solo self- employed are generally considered ‘undertakings’, and as such are subject to the prohibition on agreements that restrict competition; welcomes in this regard the inception impact assessment published by the Commission16 , and the planned initiative to address this obstacle; is convinced that EU competition law must not hinder the improvement of the working conditions (including the setting of remuneration) and social protection of solo self-employed platform workers through collective bargaining; __________________ 16https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/ALL/?uri=PI_COM%3AAres %282021%29102652

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that basic training must be provided to platform workers by the platform at least on the use of their website or the application; believes further that platform workers, in particular less qualified workers, should be offered training enabling skilling and re-skilling to improve their employability and career paths; calls for the facilitation of the recognition, validation and portability of attainments in the field of non-formal and informal learning; believes in this regard that a ‘certificate of experience’ should be issued for platform workers who have participated in such training, which could be uploaded on individual learning accounts; in this regard, calls on the Commission to address platform workers’ education and training in the forthcoming proposals on a European approach for micro-credentials and Individual learning accounts;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Highlights some strategic partnerships established by platforms to ensure access to training for platform workers (such as language courses, personalised coaching and video coaching) to enable them to take the next steps in their careers; believes such best practices should be mainstreamed across platforms in all sectors;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Believes that the training of algorithm developers in ethical, transparency, and anti-discriminatory issues should be encouraged;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alin MITUȚA, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that a considerable amount of platforms are working on implementing internal regulations and programs in order to create a more secure environment for their workers and considers that such practices must be encouraged by EU actions on the field;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2186(INI)

Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Alin MITUȚA, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Notes that data is still fragmented as to the quantity of platform workers, as well as their distribution by sector; calls on the Commission with the collaboration of the Member States to collect robust and comparable data on platform workers in order to get a more accurate idea of the scale of the platform economy and deepen the knowledge on social security coverage and the income of these workers;

2021/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

— having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 6 ~~and 8~~, 8, 10, 83, 153, 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

— having regard to Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on The EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the TEU, Article 8 of the TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the TFEU expressly states that the Member States must ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23

— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 9 and 915,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a~~s well as the declarations adopted in the framework of the UN Summits Beijing +5, Beijing +10, Beijing +15 and Beijing +20~~nd the outcomes of its review conferences,

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)

Ag. whereas according to the latest figures from the Commission, the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16%, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas only 67% of women in the EU are employed, compared to 78% of men; whereas the gender pension gap stands at 37% and on average women’s pensions are 30.1% lower than men’s;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Stéphane BIJOUX, Monica SEMEDO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)

Am. whereas women’s economic empowerment is key to achieving gender equality, combatting poverty and social exclusion and improving the European economy; whereas the economic loss resulting from the gender employment gap amounts to around EUR 370 billion per year1a;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A x (new)

Ax. whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A y (new)

Ay. whereas the participation of women in the labour market continues to grow; whereas women work more frequently in jobs that they are over- qualified for;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas harmful gender structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas ~~overcom~~dismantling these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Takes note of the basis for EU intervention as described in the EC road map on the Gender Equality Strategy; underlines the importance of a Gender Equality Strategy that supports, coordinates and complements equality actions by the Member States;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas discrimination on the basis of gender is often combined with discrimination based on identities such as race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, class and/or migration status triggering double and multiple discriminations; whereas a horizontal intersectional perspective is essential in any gender equality policy in order to recognise and address these multiple threats of discrimination;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. Welcomes the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality 2020-2025, in particular the inclusion of the horizontal principles of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality; stresses the importance of ensuring that all women, including those from minority groups such as women with disabilities, migrant, women of colour and ethnic minority women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people, benefit from its objectives and actions;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)

-1f. Is concerned about the limited social mobility that hinders labour mobility amongst women; stresses the need to improve opportunities for labour mobility within the EU;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided ~~key impulse~~crucial progress to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gender equality policies and women’s rights have flourished; whereas these movements are attempting to influence national and European policies in order to block continued progress towards gender equality and worryingly to roll back already established fundamental rights;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission ~~to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which~~, on the basis of its recent evaluation of the functioning and implementation of the EU’s equal pay laws, to present a timely revision of Directive 2006/54/EC inc or~~porates the gender perspective~~der to update and improve existing legislation and improve enforcement in line with ECJ case law;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns onto undermine the gender equality ~~also focu~~movement also block progress on the issue of eliminating violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas trafficking in human beings represents one of the most flagrant violations of fundamental rights and human dignity, since women and girls are 80 % of the registered victims of trafficking and 95% of the registered victims of trafficking for purpose of sexual exploitation, which is directly connected to the demand of women and girls in the prostitutions industry;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency as soon as possible~~Welcomes the Commission's commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency in order for workers to have the necessary information about pay levels in order to detect gaps and discrimination and take action where necessary; stresses the importance of delivering the proposal by the end of 2020 as promised; believes these measures should build upon the 2014 Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency1b; stresses the importance of the social partners in efforts to improve gender employment, pay and pension gaps, in particular for the forthcoming pay transparency proposal;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work, is mostly carried out by women, resulting in gaps in employment and career progression and contributesing to the gender pay and pension gaps; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes note of the Commission consultation on a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to respect the principle of subsidiarity as enshrined in the treaties when proposing labour market and social policies;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into availability of and access to pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the need to combat such stereotypes and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to ~~strengthen~~promote the role of social partners and collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies that promote the employment of women and their financial independence, including policies that promote the integration of women from marginalised groups into the labour market; calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation by investing in education and training to ensure women's access to high-quality employment in future oriented sectors, in particular in the areas of entrepreneurship, STEM and digital education;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on Members States to reduce regulatory burden for companies and high levels of labour taxes in order to stimulate job creation and participation of women in the labour market;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare~~, are essential to achieving gender equality~~ and rights, including contraception and abortion care, are essential to achieving gender equality and prevent gender-based and intimate partner violence; whereas violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, including denial of safe and legal abortion care, are a form of violence against women;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a ~~Care Deal for Europe to cover~~n EU framework for care services to set minimum standards and quality guidelines to address all care needs throughout the lifecycle in the context of demographic change; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement ~~and go beyond~~ the Barcelona care targets as well as long- term care services and progressive working arrangements to facilitate women’s participation in the labour markets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality ~~universal public~~, accessible and affordable care services; urges Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1 as quickly as possible and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector and highlights the need for a gender perspective in and gender impact assessment of all policies addressing the digital transformation; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the ~~occurrence of~~potential for discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be ~~aware of~~trained to recognise unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them; whereas ~~the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation;~~ investing in capacity building and skills in gathering adequate gender data is of paramount importance in achieving this objective; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy has the potential to create new opportunities for employment, including for groups normally excluded from the labour market but may also exacerbate existing economic gaps and labour market segregation if not harnessed correctly; whereas in this regard it is essential that women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship, STEM and ICT education and employment is encouraged;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas women are disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media; whereas the unequal portrayal of women and men in the media perpetuate stereotypes affecting the image of women and men;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas, including within the EU Recovery Plan to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification and implementation by all Member States; calls on Member States to ratify and implement ~~the Istanbul Convention and~~ ILO Convention No 190 on combating violence and harassment in the world of work without delay;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, as evidenced by increasing cases of domestic violence against women and children, growing risks of loss of income and poverty, rising unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities and restricted, timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas united action is essential to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States by sharing and committing to the most ambitious legislation and best practices currently in force in the EU;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas there is a Commissioner exclusively responsible for Equality and the European Parliament has a committee dedicated to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, there is no specific Council configuration on Gender Equality and Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality have no dedicated forum for discussion;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need for Member States to present evidence-based, well- designed labour market policies and reforms that de-facto improves women’s’ working conditions and increases quality employment;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines the need to emainsutream the gender ~~sensitive rights~~perspective using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3 of the Pillar; calls on the Commission, to that end, to ~~develop and include a~~include the EIGE's Gender Equality Index in the Social Scoreboard and CSRs in order to feed into the European Semester toprocess and monitor the gender effects of macroeconomic policies as well as of the green and digital transitions.;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional and gender mainstreaming approaches effectively as well as adequate resources to do so; calls on the Commission to establish monitoring mechanisms to track the Strategy’s progress so as to ensure the full realisation of its commitments;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to respect the commitments of the 2020 Work Programme in any revision and deliver on time a proposal for binding pay transparency measures, an EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, a LGBTI Equality Strategy, a post 2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion Strategies, a New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and a EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive and the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive which are key to achieving the aims of the Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU institutions lead by example and ensure a minimum of 50% of women in senior management positions; calls further on the Member States to establish transparency reporting by companies as to the percentage of women in their senior management positions and information on pay levels;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in line with the aims of the Strategy to systematically incorporate a gender perspective in all stages of the response to the Covid-19 crisis and promote women’s involvement at all levels of the decision-making process;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights in Europe by introducing in their respective legislation the most ambitious national measures and practices currently into force in the EU Member States;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Calls on the Council to adopt Council Conclusions to approve the Gender Equality Strategy and identify concrete actions to implement it;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to implement the social aspects of the Country Specific Recommendations, having in mind both the respect for subsidiarity and national competences;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls the importance of improving the collection of gender- disaggregated data, in particular on the participation of women in the labour market and the underlying causes of gender inequality;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States particularly during the current COVID-19 public health crisis to address the increased cases of male violence against women and girls; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of a~~dditional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women~~ framework Directive on preventing and combatting violence against women based on Article 84 TFEU to fight against all forms of violence through a strong intersectional approach; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issue, to build on provisions as set out in the Istanbul Convention and also meeting needs to combat sexual exploitation, trafficking and cyber violence;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Stéphane BIJOUX, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6h. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including employment and social policy;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Jordi CAÑAS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Radka MAXOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6j. Calls on the European Commission to further strengthen the role of the EU as a catalyst for gender equality worldwide;

2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the commitment to ensure that the new Victims’ Rights Strategy will address the specific needs of victims of violence against women and girls; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, specially the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation, as well as possible legislation, on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender- based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; urges that appropriate follow-up measures are put forward, all respecting the principle of non-discrimination;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace and the need for concrete measures at the EU level to fight against psychological and sexual harassment to address these issues; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence in the framework of a Directive on preventing and combatting all forms of violence against women and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector, while also safeguarding fundamental rights online;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear ~~gender focus~~recognition of the gendered nature of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand, tackle the rise of sexual trafficking both within and between Member States as well as third countries and emerging uses of the internet for the purposes of exploitation and to combat all types of gender-based violence, including FGM and early/forced marriage;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women; stresses the need for comprehensive and comparable gender- disaggregated data at EU level and for harmonisation of data collection systems among Member States;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets and the call on Member States to ensure adequate investments in early childhood education, care services and long-term care services including from available EU funding; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets; calls for ~~financial~~ support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies;

2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM

2019/2169(INI)