8 Amendments of Elżbieta RAFALSKA related to 2019/2212(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas demographic old-age dependency ratio is projected to increase significantly in the EU as a whole in the coming decades
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas achieving climate neutrality will involve substantial economic diversification and transformation of business models and domestic policy-making; whereas these will create new opportunities but will also bring significant socio-economic challenges in many regions and industrial sectors;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the digitalisation can be an opportunity to reduce social inequality but it might also become a force for digital exclusion and exacerbate the pronounced inequalities that already exist today
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve work-life balance and gender equality and to ensure equal pay for equal work at the same place; calls for more efforts to close the gender pay and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to work; calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as care and long-term care services for those reliant on care, including particular the elderly;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to address the demographic challenges, in particular ageing and low birth rates, which will have a long-term impact on numerous aspects, including pensions system and healthcare;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission for a response to tackle the challenges of digitalisation and automatisation in order to secure jobs;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SBelieves that the low-carbon transformation has the potential to create new jobs in emerging new industries, however, it also implies social costs and job losses in conventional industrial in particular steel and energy sectors, often disproportionately affecting the most experienced workers; believes that the low-carbon transformation must be socially acceptable and ensure access to decent employment in those economies still dependent on fossil fuels; stresses that decisive support is needed for society, workers and businesses to face the challenges of climate change and the transition to carbon neutrality and to secure decent jobs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate social and environmental investment for a true ‘just transition’, the implementation of the EPSR and the achievement of the SDGs, by exempting social spending from the euro area fiscal rules and thereby allowing more investment in human capital, skills and health; ;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates that the rule of law, including independent and efficient justice systems, as well ase importance of quality public administrations and public procurement and robust anti-corruption frameworks, ares the basis for a sound business environment, functioning labour markets and the proper use of EU funds, and should thus continue to be included in the European Semester;