6 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that austerity measures in several European countries are havingthe crisis has had a negative impact on industrial structures, resulting in a fall-off in investment and more difficult access to credit for manufacturers;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, on account of changes in production patterns, the role of the European Social Fund and investment in adapting workers’ skills have grown significantly; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that available resources are used as effectively and efficiently as possible with a view to ensuring workers’ employability; calls, in particular, on the Member States and the Commission to continue to work to improve and extend the EURES platform as an effective tool to encourage worker mobility in Europe, and in particular cross-border mobility, by improving workersʼ knowledge of the EU labour market, informing them of job opportunities and helping them with formalities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Encourages Member States and the Commission to develop and support the cross-border EURES networks by granting them sufficient funding through the EaSI programme, as cross-border workers are the first to be hit by adaptation problems and difficulties in securing recognition of professional qualifications; notes that by bringing together public employment services, the social partners and local and regional authorities these networks encourage and support cross-border mobility, in particular through cross-border apprenticeship programmes;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that allWelcomes the fact that the new projects and investments promoted by EU funds should have an employment clause that includes the obligation to create new and non- precariousfor the period 2014-2020 will make it possible to create new high-quality jobs;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that it is high time for the EU to invest in businesses and support business creation, primarily SMEs, which make up 99 % of EU enterprises and generate 85 % of the new jobs created in Europe, by making it easier for them to obtain financing, but also by simplifying rules, in particular through the ongoing REFIT programme, and by reducing the administrative burden on businesses and doing away with unnecessary bureaucracy; welcomes, therefore, the intention to set up the new European Fund for Strategic Investments as a complementary tool with the potential to generate 1.3 million additional jobs within three years.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for more social and public investmentinvestments in cutting- edge sectors of industry and in modernising and digitising traditional industries, without which it will be impossible to reach the target of raising industry’s contribution to GDP to as much as 20 % by 2020; recalls that all investments and projects should enhancealso contribute towards environmental protection and a resumption of sustainable growth.