13 Amendments of Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI related to 2023/2586(RSP)
Amendment 21 #
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to the OECD the risk of downward mobility among lower middle-income households has risen in the last two decades and is expected to continue;1a __________________ 1a OECD (2018), A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264301085 -en.
Amendment 24 #
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the social economy is a key driver for the implementation of the EPSR and can actively contribute to achieving the headline targets by 2030;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of the conclusions of the 2021 Porto Social Summit, which underline that w; recalls as well the are still living in unprecedented times; notes that COVID-19 and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on our doorstep resulted in the cost of living and energy crises, which are hitting the most vulnerable groups in our society the hardest, leading to increasing inequalities; reiterates the importance of the EPSR as a guiding compass to a more social Europe; stresses, however, that the resultinglevance of the Porto Social Commitment which states that all necessary resources ought to be mobilised to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy, based on sustainable and inclusive growth, decent work and social justice; reiterates the importance of the EPSR as a guiding compass to a more social Europe; stresses that implementing the principles and action plan of the EPSR are necessary steps to achieve the headline targets for 2030 set out by the Commission and endorsed by the Council on employment, skills and poverty are insufficient to ensure its full implementation; stresse; highlights that the EPSR is a powerful tool to ensure that the European project can act as a powerful shield protecting the health, safety and living conditions of its people and can move towards increased social convergence;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the above-mentioned conclusions of the 2021 Porto Social Summit; welcomes the adoption of the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU3 and the soon-to-be adopted directive on pay transparency4 ; urges the Council to agree on a general approach concerning the directive for platform work5 in order to improve worker protec's working conditions in the platform economy and to create fair competition; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to occupational health and safety in the workplace; welcomes the Commission’s commitannouncement to follow up with a legislative proposal after the adoption of Parliament’s resolution of 2 February 20236 in case social partners do not come up with an agreement; welcomes the launch of a two-stage consultation of EU social partners; __________________ 3 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33. 4 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 March 2021 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (COM(2021)0093). 5 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2021 on improving working conditions in platform work (COM(2021)0762). 6 European Parliament resolution of 2 February 2023 with recommendations to the Commission on Revision of European Works Councils Directive, Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0028.
Amendment 71 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that principle 11 on childcare and support to children requires further action; urgently reminds the Commission and the Member States about Parliament’s repeated call to urgently allocate more funding to the European Child Guarantee, with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion; to break the generational cycle of poverty and boost social mobility; believes that all children under the age of 3 should have access to affordable, quality, full-day early childhood education and care services to foster early childhood development; welcomes the High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU’s recommendation for Member States to provide capacitating services for vulnerable families with children to prevent child poverty6a; urgently reminds the Commission and the Member States of their commitment to reduce child poverty by at least 5 million compared to 2019 and of Parliament’s repeated call to urgently allocate more funding to the European Child Guarantee, with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion; calls on all Member States to ensure that their national action plans are effectively implemented and respond to the key principles of the Council Recommendation 2021/1004 establishing a European Child Guarantee; __________________ 6a High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU, final report, January 2023, European Commission.
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that Member States should continue the roll-out of the reinforced Youth Guarantee and should provide an adequate allowance for youth from low-income families that enables them to continue their training and studies after compulsory schooling;7a __________________ 7a High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU, final report, January 2023, European Commission.
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 8
8. Warns that, for the correct implementation of principle 12, adequate social protection needs to be expanded in order to covertake account of the risks associated with the unequal impact of climate change and environmental degradation on different income groups, as well as the social consequences of the transformation of our societies towards climate neutrality; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an European Action Plan for Social Protection that will take into account the risks of social exclusion due to climate change and environmental decline and that will contain concrete proposals for mitigating the green wave and social and labour transformation ensuing from it, leaving no-one behind and protecting those who are more vulnerable from these changes or who live in regions that are most at risk; calls on the Member States to build upon the Social Climate Fund and lay the foundations for the development of green social protection schemes at national level with EU support;
Amendment 113 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 130 #
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its concern about the lack of access to essential services (principle 20), which have come under additional stress; urges the Commission to present a revision of the services of general and economic interestnational, regional and local authorities to better tap into the potential of the specific provisions for services of general economic interest in the EU State aid regulation; calls on the Commission to assess if stronger social provision in such regulation is necessary to improve the access to essential services;
Amendment 156 #
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that, in order to make a fair and social Europe a reality and to ensure the highest levels of social protection in the green and digital transitions, it is necessary to ensure a sustainable, fair and inclusive Europe where social rights are fully protected and safeguarded to at least the same level as economic and environmental standards; stresses the need to take steps to reinforce the role of the EPSR to ensure the equal treatment of at social aspects are put on an equal footing withe economic, and environmental and social standardones and to ensure that social standards and social rights in Europe are placed at the centre of the EU’s forthcoming political practiccies and that social convergence is one of the EU’s top political priorities; notes that, consequently, social investment, including investment in human capital, will be needed for the implementation of the EPSR in upcoming funding initiatives and the revision of the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 158 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to promote targeted incentives to facilitate a gradual transition to retirement, and at a later age, by inter alia, supporting flexible working- time arrangements and making suitable adjustments to workplaces; believes that, in parallel, Member States should ensure that minimum pensions are high enough to prevent poverty in old age;
Amendment 161 #
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to present a governance framework to anticipate and manage changes related to the green and digital transitions in the world of work, focusing first on the importance of safeguarding jobaccompanying workers through labour market transformations, especially in the event of job losses, including access to adequate training, and second, on the involvement of social partners in decision- making processes; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a directive to regulate teleworking conditions across the EU and ensure decent working and employment conditions ;