3 Amendments of Véronique DE KEYSER related to 2012/2137(INI)
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Whereas, although the opening up of the Chinese economy has brought major benefits such as better access to the employment market and a fall in rural unemployment, not all segments of the Chinese population have equally benefited from the economic growth and there are large disparities emerging between urban and rural parts of the country;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. Whereas inequalities in incomes, access to employment, social welfare, health and education between the urban and rural populations constitute a significant cohesion policy challenge for China;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
(e) Calls on China to comply with minimum social standards; stresses that observance of human rights, in all their complexity, is essential in the cooperation between the EU and China; underlines the importance of compliance with, and a rapid implementation of all rules of the International Labour Organisation and the World Trade Organisation, including the right to freely form independent trade unions; supports the pursuit of decent pay and working conditions; calls for mutual respect for labour legislation, especially the prevention of illegal forms of labour such as child labour and prison labour; notes the improvements made by the Chinese government regarding better conditions for employees, yet observes that workers' rights are not always respected due to poor enforcement of labour laws and employers frequently failing to comply with environmental, health and safety standards, which thus leads to dangerous work environments; calls for a thorough improvement of the legislation concerned;