11 Amendments of Ana COLLADO JIMÉNEZ
Amendment 1 #
2024/0049(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas VAD, the German subsidiary of Vallourec S.A, France, manufactured seamless hot-rolled steel tubes at its two steel mills in Germany; whereas following years of financial losses, a number of restructuring and downsizing measures and a dedicated recovery plan were launched in 2018, involving concessions by the workers on employment conditions and more than 1400 jobs lost since 2015 due to this; whereas despite some success, the economic situation following the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in further difficulties for the German tube mills and since 2015, more than 1400 jobs were already lost due to restructuring; whereas Vallourec S.A. decided in 2021 to sell its German tube mills and to offshore production to Brazil; whereas the sale failed, leading to the definitive closure of the sites and resulting in the displacement of the remaining workforce by 1 January 2025;
Amendment 3 #
2024/0049(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the MFF revision reduces the maximum annual amount of the EGF from EUR 186 million to EUR 30 million (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 as amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765; whereas all institutions need to ensure that, despite these cuts, workers made redundant can count on EU solidarity via support of the EGFthe Commission should monitor EGF implementation and to take any necessary measures to ensure that all justified requests for EGF support can be met;
Amendment 5 #
2024/0049(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it as a social responsibility of the Union to provide these workers made redundant with the necessary qualifications for the ecological and just transformation of the Union industry in line with the European Green Deal, since they worked in a sector with high carbon intensity; stresses the importance of research and innovation to make Europe future-fit for industrial manufacturing in order to prevent the EU from taking the path of decarbonisation through deindustrialisation; welcomes, therefore, the personalised services provided by the EGF to the workers, which include upskilling measures, workshops, vocational orientation, job counselling, as well as training allowances, to make the region, and the overall labour market, more sustainable and resilient in the future;
Amendment 6 #
2024/0049(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the fact that the co- ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by Germany in consultation with targeted beneficiaries, their representatives and social partners; welcomes in particular the fact that directly after the decision to close down the tube mills, the management of the enterprise and employee representatives started negotiations of a social plan, and in particular the creation of a transfer company; acknowledges that VAD made considerable efforts to minimise the social impact of the site closures;
Amendment 25 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that EU citizenship comprises the shared and common European democratic identity and the specific rights and freedoms attached to it, and that the exercise of those rights strengthens citizens’ link with the EU and its democratic legitimacy, emphasizing the importance of individual freedoms, both offline and online, as well as offering them additional rights;
Amendment 29 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the construction of EU citizenship must move forward to address the needs and challenges of the 21st century and the complexity generated by globalisation, recognizing the potential of digital innovations and the need for a balanced approach towards globalisation to ensure sovereignty and prosperity. and new technologies; stresses the negative impact of the growing digital divide on the exercise of citizenship rights, as it leaves a section of the public alienated from the European project;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to put an end to ‘golden visa’ programmes and investor schemes and any other similar national schemes that lead to the acquisition of their citizenship and involve the direct or indirect sale of EU citizenship, as these undermine the very concept of EU citizenship and violate of EU principles and values while acknowledging that some Member States have nationality acquisition programmes tailored for specific nationals or conditions. Urges Member States to ensure transparency and consistency in these programmes and to safeguard the integrity and value of EU citizenship, ensuring they align with EU principles and values;
Amendment 75 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to invest in adapting school curricula to teacheducate on the history of Europe and, the European Union, and the significance of digital revolutions, in order to increase awareness of the added value of being a European and an EU citizen;
Amendment 82 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop public consultations tailored to citizens, especially young people, in order to increase citizens’ participation; calls onencourages the Commission, in this regard, to further improve the ‘Have your say’ portal to collaborate with tech enterprises to enhance the ‘Have your say’ portal, harnessing private sector expertise for public good;
Amendment 98 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to run awareness-raising campaigns around the EU citizenship statute and to dedicate more resources to EU citizenship; emphasises that with the digital and technological revolution, both citizens have become the true pillarsand innovative enterprises are pivotal to the evolution of our democratic systems and will be the ones to defend them;
Amendment 104 #
2023/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its call for the convening of a Convention for the revision of the Treaties, as provided for in Article 48 TEU; strongly believes that the Convention should carefully assess how to strengthen EU citizenship furtherre-evaluate the role of EU citizenship in a digital age, while upholding core market principles and individual freedoms, beyond the current Treaties;