20 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2023/2116(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the European Semester includes a macroeconomic imbalance procedure, and a stability and growth pact:
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas with regard to the general escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact, which expires at the end of 2023, fiscal policy needs to support monetary policy in reducing inflation and needs to safeguard fiscal sustainability, while providing sufficient space for additional investments, including investment in social infrastructure and services and support for long-termstimulating growth;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the joint employment report for 2024 provides a first assessment of Member States’ state of play on the three headline targets for 2030 and shows: good progress towards the employment target with an employment level of 74.6 %, but with significant differences according to gendersex and age; progress by the majority of Member States towards their national poverty reduction targets, but changes in the opposite direction by others; a need for significant progress to reach the EU headline target of 60 % of adults in learning every year in the EU by 2030, from a low level of 37.4 % in 2016;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the inclusion of a social convergencegrowth framework in the European Semester should foster upward social convergence and should improve the assessment and monitoringstatus and trend of employment and social developments in the Member States and the EU by identifying risks tocreating opportunities for upward convergence for Member States in the joint employment report based on the Social Scoreboard headline indicators and through the Commission’s publication of social convergence reports for those Member States identified as facing risks to upward social convergencefor those Member States identified as deviating from progress targets;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the protection of family, as the bedrock of society, should be at the centre of the European Union's social policy;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas demographic ageing in the Union makes it advisable for Member States to implement policies to protect birth rate;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas the proper integration of third country nationals requires their acceptance of and alignment to the principles and values corresponding to the hosting Member State;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the EU social and employment policy should be limited to Articles 3 TEU and Articles 9, 10, 19, 45 to 48, and 145 to 161 TFEU, with full respect to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that some of the aims of sustainable economic growth must be to ensure an inclusive socio-ecological and digital transformation of our economies to prevent social, economic, digital and environmental imbalances by fighting poverty, reducing inequalities and creating decent jobs with adequate wages and working conditions, while ensuring alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), as well as to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the European Semester should remain focussed on objective, economic criteria, avoiding any kind of subjectivity;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Suggests that, if EU institutions and authorities wish to incorporate a Social Semester with due regard to social policy competences as derived from the EU primary law, they should do so without adding subjectivity or ambiguity to the European Semester;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recommends that Member States respect nationals and legal residents for the allocation of public subsidies, including housing, health and schooling;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to invest significantly in people and to offer quality, inclusive and subsidised education and training in areas linked to skills and competences that are in demand in labour markets and future-oriented sectors according to local and regional needs; further stresses the need to address skills mismatches and labour market shortages; underlines the need to ensure that workers are ready for the green and digital transitions, that they can benefit from opportunities for new employment or career progression and that training and education programmes are aligned with the needs of the planet, the economy and society of the future;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to consider the distribution of quality employment in society due to the prevalence of poverty and social exclusion among certain groups in order to better design tailored activation and inclusion policies; stresses the importance of devoting particular attention to the younger generation, which still faces difficulties entering the labour market, and to children who are at a higher risk of falling into poverty and social exclusion; insists, in that respect, on the need to better assess the impact of current policies, with the aim of enhancing Member States’ capacity to foster upward sociaoverall convergence;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the increase of EU funds dedicated to social objectives and the promotion of future-oriented investments focused on the just green and digital transitionefficient, fair and neutral allocation of EU funds for the promotion of the Union's productive sector and future-oriented investments, with a strong social dimension, including gender equality and equal access to essential services, such as education, health and digital infrastructure; stresses that financial instruments at all levels must become less fragmented and more blended and bundledbureaucratic;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that EU fiscal rules should allow for the necessary public investment and financing of the just transition to a zero-carbonstimulation of economy, as well as for the proper implementation ofalignment with the principles of the EPSR and of social investments; stresses that, although there is a need to reduce public debt within a reasonable time frame, smaller or more indebted Member States need more flexible individual adjustment paths that allow them enough fiscal space to undertake the investments and reforms needed for socially fair green and digital transitions in a way that leaves no one beh; recalls that there is a need for indebted Member States to reduce public debt; stresses that social policy should and can be implemented while respecting prudent public spendindg;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds the Member States of their commitment to undertake reforms and make investments that have a social impact and contribute to the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion and sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as contribute to the implementation of the EPSR through their national recovery and resilience plans; calls, in this sense, for a mainstreaming of the EPSR in all EU funds through the introduction of social conditionalityconsideration of the EPSR principles in their allocation rules of EU funds, as part of the Financial Regulation1 covering the EU general budget; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to develop an economic governance architecture in the EU based on transparency, accountability, solidarity, integration, social justice, convergence, gender equality, high-quality public services, including a quality public education system for all, quality employment and sustainable development;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a more democratic European Semester process, with Parliament closely involved in setting macroeconomic and social policy priorities, in particular; considers that a revised European Semester process should follow the ordinary legislative procedure and so be agreed on between the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reconfirms the role of social partners in strengthening social dialogue and considers that the revision of the European Semester process should promote further dialogue with the relevant stakeholders, in particular relevant social partners and civil society organisations, on the main policy issues where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the TFEU and national legal and political arrangements;