Activities of Nikolaos CHOUNTIS related to 2016/2307(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2017
Amendments (3)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the European Semester is one of the EU's most undemocratic mechanisms, and is the mechanism through which austerity, social regression, recession, unemployment and poverty have become permanently institutionalised in Europe;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that after five years of implementation of the European Semester, education and culture have fallen victim to the 'fiscal consolidation' that it promotes. Underfunding and cuts in public spending on education devalue education systems and, in combination with divestment, are leading to high rates of long-term unemployment, up to 40% among young people, resulting in the deregulation of labour relations and the intensification of the 'brain drain'.
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Demands the abolition of the European Semester and calls for a different mix of economic policies which will not reduce jobs or use blackmail for structural reforms, but will promote solidarity and social justice and lead to sustainable growth and increasing spending on education, youth and culture.