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Activities of Stefania ZAMBELLI related to 2021/2179(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

EU action plan for the social economy (debate)
2022/07/05
Dossiers: 2021/2179(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the EU Action plan for the social economy
2022/04/25
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2021/2179(INI)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(49 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Niyazi KIZILYÜREK', 'mepid': 197415}]

Amendments (6)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the approximately 2.8 million social and solidarity-based enterprises in the EUat the social economy is one of the EU's main socioeconomic drivers, there are 2.8 million agencies and enterprises in the social economy, accounting for 10% of all EU enterprises, which employ more than 13.6 million people, and their contribution to cohesion, social care, quality job creation, the circular economy, the fight against poverty and inequality, the reintegration of disadvantaged people, the inclusion of migrants and refugees in society, gender equality, improvements in health and the environment, biodiversity and the fight against climate changei.e. 6.3 % of the EU's labour force; notes that these enterprises play an important role in job creation, integrated work and inclusive and sustainable growth, and operate in many different economic sectors: social care and protection, healthcare, care for persons with disabilities, the circular economy, social housing, business, tourism;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the territorial and regional dimension is one of the characteristics marking out organisations in the social economy, and associations and foundations in particular, and stresses furthermore the important role they play in implementing the subsidiarity principle; considers it vital therefore that local bodies create an environment in which all the forms of associations and similar bodies able to contribute to the development of the territory concerned can be formed and expand;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the action plan should aim at strengthening the rights of all workers in the social economy, guaranteeing all labour rights, decent working conditions and fair wages, and safeguarding the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, where provided for under national law, as recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; also recalls the importance of public services in supporting the social economy and that the Member States and the EU need to invest in their administrations and public services;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that a link to NextGenerationEU and the RRP needs to be included in the action plan and that organisations in the social economy need to be involved in the planning and actual implementation, at EU and national level, of national recovery and resilience plans;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the action plan should be accompanied by impact assessment tools and monitoring mechanisms and that the Member States should set targets and objectives and organise a consultation process with relevant social economy actors and local and regional authorities, in accordance with the partnership principle;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to make a 5. quick and real improvement to the General Block Exemption Regulation in order to increase the de minimis threshold and ease the rules in relation to aid for social enter-prises, access to finance, training and capacity building; defends a real revision of public procurement with the inclusion of social and environmental conditionality.
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI