Activities of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2020/2079(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Economic policies of the euro area 2020 - Employment and social policies of the euro area 2020 (debate)
Amendments (37)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 62 a (new)
Citation 62 a (new)
- having regard to the Committee of the Regions Opinion of 15 September 2017 entitled ‘Entrepreneurship on Islands: contributing towards territorial cohesion’,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU GDP is forecast to contract by about 7,58.3 % in 2020, while euro area GDP is forecast to contract by 8.7 %;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member Statelong-term budgetary rigour is needed to sustain the Member States’ welfare systems;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7,.5 % in 2019 to about 9,.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States, rising to over 20 %;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is an urgent need for a vision of society in which families and businesses are among the core elements, as they generate the wealth that balances the social and labour-based ecosystem;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas young people, the long- term unemployed and older workers are at risk of being excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas entrepreneurship is the primary generator of employment and wealth in society, and whereas families depend on policies that foster and marshal resources to enable entrepreneurs to provide workers with decent, stable jobs;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the public purse should be used for the benefit of people’s personal, family and working lives to guarantee proper social cohesion and to ensure that the link between public and private life is not broken;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demandeconomic growth;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the development and training of workers in their vocational and personal skills are the best way of helping them achieve the excellence expected of them, fostering social responsibility that guarantees respect for personal freedom and dignity;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas cultivating virtues during character-building is essential to ensure that people have the values and principles that enable a society to encompass personal considerations and collective ones;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not– via the application of the escape clause – allowings Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, despite the how importance oft sound and responsible fiscal policies, and budgetary stability should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systemare to guarantee the long-term sustainability of the welfare system; points out, furthermore, that the Member States should be given fiscal space in the short term to protect the businesses affected, as well as their workers;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus their efforts on safeguarding industry as a whole, along with potential jobs, by paying special attention to SMEs and the self-employed;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan, and calls for its budget to be centred around the Member States’ most pressing healthcare and socio-economic needs, with climate- neutrality objectives being postponed; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR); stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension, guaranteeing human dignity in every case;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that fostering social policies that support and provide incentives as regards the needs of families is a priority in terms of achieving maximum wealth in society, at both material and human level;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to provide preventive restructuring and second-chance schemes to enable honest debtors with financial problems to become solvent again and prevent insolvency;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme and a more effective and inclusmore effective Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to invest adequately invest in active, effective active labour market policies to, bespoke labour-market policies that make it possible for workers to improve their skills and/or acquire new ones, and that promote dual training systems and lifelong learning, in order to improve workers’ employability and prevent long- term unemployment;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tailor education and training systems so that they better meet the needs of the labour market to facilitate a smooth transition between the two; calls, therefore, for businesses to be more involved in the design and implementation of such systems;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining authorised for that purpose by each Member State;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s second -phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safthe analysis of minimum wages in the EU, and on compliance with the subsidiarity principle as reguards for decent old-age pensions for all workerthe setting of those minimum wages;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the CommissionCalls on the Member States to propose legal instruments to ensure and regulate decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workersespecially in the new employment relationships that are emerging at present;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions includingbased on business-level agreements in which decent working conditions are guaranteed, including, among other things, respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for an updated EU insularity strategy, in order to promote harmonious development and allow the provision of remedies for the islands’ permanent natural and demographic handicaps, while allowing them for transition to future centres of remote working and prosperous living;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to come up with directives that could inspire national legislation to shape policy to promote family cohesion so as to foster an ideal environment within which children can develop in perfect conditions, and where families are given the resources required to bring about better cohesion, thereby protecting and safeguarding disadvantaged children;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy which respects disability in all its forms so as to respond in a dignified manner to safeguard people’s lives, health and social inclusion;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in societydisadvantaged groups in society; points out, furthermore, that account should be taken of the educational freedom parents want for their children and of the child’s best interests; points out that these centres provide education that does not segregate children according to their disability, but treats them in an excellent manner in line with their educational needs;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the necessary investment in infrastructure to guarantee broadband access in all European regions, in particular in rural areas and the regions covered by Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; calls on the Commission to present a new Strategic Framework for Hhighlighted the emergence of new kinds of employment relationships; urges the Commission to draw up recommendations on health and Ssafety, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategynd on emotional and social relations, addressing all the disorders caused by these circumstances, in particular emotional, employment-related and educational disorders;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union, calls on thehealth to be given a more prominent role in EU policies, fostering interaction and the exchange of good practices among Member States toand ensureing access to high- quality healthcare that is affordable for all;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to protect the health of the elderly, providing them with hospital treatment and healthcare and avoiding any form of age- based discrimination;