3 Amendments of Chiara GEMMA related to 2021/2179(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the approximately 2.8 million social and solidarity-based enterprises in the EU, 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, and particularly persons with disabilities, the inclusion of migrants and refugees in society, gender equality, improvements in health and the environment, biodiversity and the fight against climate change;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission’s action plan for the social economy and supports the proposals to improve social economy framework conditions, in particular regarding taxation, public procurement, State aid and access to any kind of public funding, notably to the European Structural and Investment Funds; considers that provision should be made for specific facilities for SMEs operating in the sector;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 social inclusion of the vulnerable, and safeguarding the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, 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;