Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2011/2320(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2012 PDF (205 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to ensure coherence between the different priorities in its policy guidance, so that guidance on fiscal consolidation does not hamper efforts to tackle unemployment and mitigate the social consequences of the crisis;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned about the fact that the current national targets are not even in theory sufficient to achieve the EU2020 headline targets for employment, education and poverty reduction; urges the European Council to ensure that all Member States, and Member States which currently have a Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, IMF and ECB in particular, step up their national targets and that these are accompanied by concrete and realistic roadmaps for implementation and assessed using clear and consistent indicators drawing on the agreed Joint Assessment Framework, so that the EU is put on a clear and feasible track to reach all EU2020 objectives and that progress can be transparently measured;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the European Council to give the necessary budgetary leeway and encouragement for investments in sustainable job creation and that such flexibility is also available in Member States which currently have a Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, IMF and ECB; calls on Member States with a current account surplus to contribute to the reduction of macroeconomic imbalances by increasing internal demand in order to prevent a recessionary spiral detrimental to job growth across the EU;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the European Council to endorse the policy guidance to shift the tax burden away from labour, making hiring employees more attractive in order to improve the situation of vulnerable groups, young unemployed people, low-skilled workers, people with low incomes and second earners; calls on the European Council in line with the subsidiarity principle to endorse the guidance on increasing revenue through fair, effective and efficient taxation and better tax coordination to combat tax evasion;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that policy guidance aimed at making work more attractive does not address the quality of jobs and that too little attention is devoted to putting in place the necessary preconditions for increasing labour participation, notably of women; calls on the European Council to include guidance on decent work and efforts to support the reconciliation of work, family and private life, by means of affordable care and childcare provision, family- related leave and flexible working arrangements;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that Article 9 TFEU needs to be reflectmainstreamed throughout the European Semesters, including in the country- specific recommendations, which should be accompanied by ex-ante and ex- post social impact assessments;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on Member States to promote business start-ups and support existing SMEs in their job creation activities;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the EU2020 headline target for the employment rate can only be achieved if the labour market participation of women is increased significantly; believes that guidance to Member States should aim at putting in place the necessary conditions for higher employment rates among women, such as affordable care and child care, adequate maternity, paternity and parental leave schemes and flexibility in working hours and place of work;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to invest in education, training, the promotion of entrepreneurial skills, lifelong learning and informal and non-formal learning, and warns of the long-term social and economic costs of cuts in education budgets;