5 Amendments of João ALBUQUERQUE related to 2023/2586(RSP)
Amendment 69 #
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, even with the Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) instrument as part of the European unemployment reinsurance scheme, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis has lasted longer than anticipated; highlights, however, that thousands of jobs were saved thanks to this instrument and that the shock to the labour market was less severe than expected; notes, in this regard, that thise need for a permanent fiscal capacity as an instrument that should remain in use for the duration of the current exceptional situation and continue to be based on loans and quickly activated only in the event of external financial or, economic shocks or other moments of crisis ;
Amendment 70 #
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, even with the Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) instrument as part of the European unemployment reinsurance scheme, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis has lasted longer than anticipated; highlights, however, that thousands of jobs were saved thanks to this instrument and that the shock to the labour market was less severe than expected; notes, in this regard, that this instrument should remain in use for the duration of the current exceptional situation and continue to be based on loans and quickly activated only in the eventbecome a structural one as it has proven to be indispensable for workers and enterprises in period of external financial or economic shocks;
Amendment 80 #
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legal framework for an effective and enforceable ban on unpaid internships, traineeships and apprenticeships; welcomes the European Year of Skills which encourages EU investment in lifelong learning and highlights the importance of access to training and reskilling for workers in industries and sectors that need to undergo fundamental changes in order to achieve the green and digital transitions, ensuring no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to consider a directive on adequate minimum income in order to ensure the reintegration of people absent from the labour market, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the specificities of national social protection systems and the competences of the Member States; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to presenting a proposal, by the end of 2023, on the creation of an EU disability card to be recognised in all Member States; welcomes the ongoing negotiations of the social partners on the right to disconnect, with a view to putting forward a legally binding agreement implemented via a directive; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal for a European social security pass to provide national authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections with a real-time instrument to effectively enforce national and EU law;
Amendment 139 #
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its call that, in the light of the framework of the Green Deal industrial plan, EU funding, including State aid, should be conditional on public policy objectives, in particular social requirements, in order to offer high-quality jobs, promote collective bargaining, respect EU labour rights and standards and ensure improved working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the functioning of labour markets and to promote the integration of women, young people and vulnerable people in the labour market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enforce the social clause in the existing Directive on public procurement7 and to revise the directive in order to further strengthen social clauses in public contracts to require economic operators and subcontractors to fully respect the right of workers to collective bargaining, to account for the recently adopted Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU; __________________ 7 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65.
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need to strengthen the social dimension of the European Semester and the implementation of the EPSR, especially in the light of the economic governance review; calls on the Commission to consider presenting an instrument for upward social convergence in order to prevent social convergence risks, detect potential setbacks in the proper implementation of the EPSR and establish social targets; believes that social divergence risks should be included in the country-specific recommendations and taken into account when laying out fiscal adjustment paths; calls on the Commission and Member States to fight against all forms of discrimination, and promote equal opportunities for all, particularly addressing children at risk of poverty, the elderly, people with disabilities, people with a migrant background, disadvantaged and minority groups and the homeless;