13 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that many Member States still have large deficits and that there is a need to develop fiscal responsibility programmes that are fully compatible with quality job creation, economic growth and welfare state sustainability; calls on the Commission, which has already received the national budget proposals for 2016, and within the framework of COM(2015)00121, to provide a flexible process ofencourage fiscal responsibility at national level that allows for the adoption of socially responsible and economically efficient policies aimed at decent job creation; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0012, ‘Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP’.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fostering of a European investment policy aimed at boosting growth and job creation; considers it regrettable, however, thatencourages those involved to comply with Parliament’s call3 to promote social investment not only in pursuit of financial profit but also with the aim of promoting a positive social impact has been neglectedand in particular of supporting the creation of jobs for categories of disadvantaged people; __________________ 3 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraphs 10 and 18.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets the fact that enterprises in the social economy – primarily SMEs and micro-enterprises – find it even more difficult than traditional enterprises to obtain public or private financing; in this context, underlines the need to give more support to these enterprises, which employ 14 million people and represent 10% of European enterprises, by enabling them to access different forms of financing such as European funds, micro-credits and crowdfunding;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effective; considers it regrettablenotes that manysome labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining; calls for ambitious labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity andencouraging job creation, reducing insecurity and fighting poverty in order to increasinge the productivity and competitiveness of our economy, which will be the fertile ground for long-term, inclusive growth in Europe, while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capital;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand) problems caused by the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; considers it regrettable that there is no reference to the importance of increasing wages, especially in those countries where wages are below the poverty threshold; stresses the importance of ensuring decent wages for all workers in the EU to enable them to enjoy the fruits of their labours and encourage them to stay in the job market and at the same time to encourage job-seekers to enter the job market; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States (Bulgaria EUR 184/month, Luxembourg EUR 1 923/month), and reiterates its request forcommends that a study4 on this issue be carried out; __________________ 4 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraph 47.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some labour reforms have introduced new contractual formulas that, according to the Commission, have increased precariousness in the labour markets; of particular concern are some Member States whose rates of temporary employment are over 90 % for new contracts, which particularly affects young people and women and which, according to the OECD1, is one of the direct causes of increasing inequality; __________________ 1 OECD inequality benefits all’, 21 May 2015.given rise to new kinds of contract, in response to the development of the job market in Europe and to the economic situation; stresses that these new contracts might be an opportunity for people to re- enter the job market and that they might thus contribute to fighting the scourge of unemployment; points out, however, the necessity of these contracts not jeopardising high standards of worker protection and not increasing uncertainty; report ‘In it together: Why less
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that high rates in long-term unemployment in the EU, especially in some Member States, are resulting in an increasing number of workers losing their benefits before finding a new job; considers it regrettable that many Member States have limited access to such benefits or have reduced the amount available and/or the eligibility period for them; considers it important to maintain a balance between adequate social protection and adequate incentives for active job searching; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guarantee minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the reduction in youth unemployment rates, but points out that they are still at alarming levels and not necess, particularily based on net job creation; stresses that job insecurity and underemployment have also risen and that 43 % of young people work in precarious conditions with involuntary part-time contracts or as bogus self-employed workers; in some regions where the figure is still over 25%; in these regions, urges the Member States to initiate projects as soon as possible under the Youth Employment Initiative to help young people who are unemployed and are neither studying nor undergoing training; in order to help young people gain a long-term foothold in the job market, calls on the Member States to prioritise language-learning and facilitate mobility through European programmes such as ERASMUS+ or ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs and also to take part in the EURES employment network; stresses in addition the importance of valuing and encouraging apprenticeships as a way for young people to gain the professional qualifications which will facilitate easier access to the job market;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the fact that, according to an IMF report3, the progressivity of tax systems has been weakened in recent years, resulting in increasing inequality; considers that the tax wedge has been much higher for low-wage workers and SMEs with higher effective tax rates; points out the importance of reducing taxes for labour and enterprises in pursuit of more redistributive forms; __________________ 3 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it regrettable that the Commission has not included in the CSR the importance of maintaining strongStresses the role played by automatic stabilisers in the Member States, as called for by Parliament4, given its important role in maintaining social cohesion and stimulating internal demand and economic growth; __________________ 4 Resolutionof 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068).
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it regrettable that, although the Commission has acknowledged that ‘poverty and marginalisation have increased’5, there is no reference in the CSR toRecommends that the Commission take account in its CSR of the objective set out in the EU 2020 strategy concerning the fight against poverty, and that no comprehensive strategy to fight it has been prepared; __________________ 5 COM(2015)0250 final.social exclusion;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is deeply concerned byReminds the Member States of the limited role thatportance of involving national parliaments, social partners and civil society have played in the drafting of the national reform programme (NRP) and the convergence programme (CP); calls on the Commission to favour, within the revision of the economic governance mechanisms, a reform that grantensure that the European Semester has adequate democratic legitimacy to the European Semester.