15 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2019/2212(INI)
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the Commission has to establish trust with economic actors, support entreprise development and in particular focus on supporting SME development, with the aim to promote economic growth and to support employment in Europe;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) 2020 and the refocusing of the European Semester by including the SDGs and the European Green Deal as the basis of the new European growth model ensuring creation of quality jobs, strengthening competitiveness, innovation and productivity; reiterates the need to put sustainability and social inclusion at the heart of the Union’s economic policy- making, ensuring that social and ecological objectives are treated at the same level as fiscal discipline;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that rates of unemployment and long-term unemployment are still high in some Member States; calls for a new financial instrumentusing effectively the existing EU fundings and using the potential of the newly created Just Transition Fund to tackle long-term unemployment by providing financial support for measures and projects in regions with above-average long-term unemployment;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission consultation on a European framework for minimum wages; as it enables to caolls for adequate minimum wage levels through collective agreementect views of social partners and to make sure any further EU actions on this matter is relevant and developed in full respect with national competences, social partners’ autonomy and the freedom of collective bargaining; calls on the Commission to take measures for through law, in line with national tradimore social convergence based on the results of the consultations; calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to achieve real wage growth, avoid the downward spiral of unhealthy labour cost competition, social dumping and increase upward social convergence for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collective bargaining coverage at sectorial level and the involvement of social partners in policy-making, including for the European Semester;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its concern about the high number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion; is especially worried about high rates of child poverty and in- work poverty; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive European anti- poverty strategy and establish a European Child Guarantee with adequate funding and well-designed support services; underlines the importance of increasing the fundings for the Most Deprived as a vector of European solidarity and a way of helping to combat worst forms of poverty in the Union, such as food deprivation and child poverty;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve work-life balance and gender equality and to ensure equal pay for equal work at the same place; calls for more efforts to close the gender pay and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to workgap which stands in the EU at 16% and has only changed minimally over the last decade and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to work; therefore calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to increase women’s employment rate in Europe and facilitate their access to the labour market, for example by providing further incentive to promote women entrepreneurship; calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as care services for those reliant on care, including the elderly;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities is a precondition for the creation of a competitive EU labour market; calls on the Member States to better align education and training and to adapt competences to the needs of the labour market across the EU by especially developing offers of continuous training at work in the area of digital technologies;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Rejects any reduction in the level of cohesion policy funding; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce funding for the European Social Fund Plus despite its enlarged scope as the main EU investment policy contributing to a harmonious social, economic and territorial development across Europe; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce funding for the European Social Fund Plus despite its enlarged scope and the proposal to cut funding for European Territorial Cooperation which has an essential EU added value by promoting cooperation beyond borders; stresses the need for greater alignment of the European Semester with social and cohesion funding and the policy objectives of the Union;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises which represent more than 90% of the whole businesses in Europe are important for sustainable and inclusive development and job creation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give greater consideration to the interests of MSMEs in the policy-making process, by applying the SMEs test all along the legislative process; calls on the European Commission to continue its efforts to improve the environment for SMEs and their access to public and private fundings and micro credits or crow fundings as they still face difficulties;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the European Commission to pay specific attention to rural areas that face numerous economic, social, demographic and environment issues;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. In order to boost entrepreneurship among Youth, calls on the Member States to support associations and initiatives which help young entrepreneurs in the development of innovative projects by providing them administrative, legal or organisational support;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support labour mobility all around Europe as a way to create new job opportunities for workers and to provide labour for companies; Calls for the Member States to use and to promote the European tools available to facilitate this labour mobility, especially the European jobs network EURES; In cross border regions where the labour mobility is really high, encourages Member States to develop EURES cross-border partnerships to help workers in their mobility projects;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. In order to better adapt Member States' education and training systems to the needs of the labour market, calls on the Member States to support apprenticeship and to fully use the ERAMUS + funds available for apprentices in order to guarantee the quality and attractiveness of this kind of training;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that macroeconomic imbalances need to be tackled in a symmetrical way; calls onexpects the Commission to present a European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme in order to better protect workers and reduce pressure from external shocks on public finances;