9 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 10 #
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 of fiscal responsibility at national level, which better reflects the cyclical situations in individual Member States and that allows for the adoption of socially responsible and economically efficient policies aimed at creating decent job creation; s leading to quality employment; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0012, ‘Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP’.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that while those Member States with high deficits or debt levels need to continue their efforts to achieve fiscal sustainability, equally those Member States with fiscal space should use that space to encourage domestic demand and growth friendly investment;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the country-specific recommendations (CSR) to include the Commission’s recommendation2 on private debt aimed at creating second chances for enterprises; calls foron these programmes to be extended to families at risk of eviction from their first home and for these to be guaranteed, in particular, in banking entities within bank restructuring programmes supported by public money; Commission to investigate the possibility of extending such programmes to families at risk of eviction in order to ensure greater social cohesion by reducing the risk of homelessness; __________________ 2 Recommendation of 12 March 2014 on a new approach to business failure and insolvency.
Amendment 30 #
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, that Parliament’s call3 to promote social investment not only in pursuit of financial profit but also with the aim of promoting a positive socialNotes that while deficits have been reduced in a number of countries, this process has been largely driven by falling demand and more particularly falling investment; welcomes therefore the fostering of a European investment policy aimed at boosting growth and job creation; considers also that further efforts need to be made to ensure that the Union´s regulatory framework is supportive of jobs, growth and investment and that the Commission needs to further strengthen its regulatory tools such as impact has been neglected; __________________ 3 Resosessment, evaluationof 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraphs 10 and 18. etc.;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the social economy provides employment for over 14 million people representing around 6.5% of workers in the Union; considers it regrettable, therefore, that Parliament’s call1 to promote social investment not only in pursuit of financial profit but also with the aim of promoting a positive social impact has been neglected; __________________ 1Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraphs 10 and 18.
Amendment 61 #
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 regrettable that many 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 labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capitalleading to quality employment;
Amendment 106 #
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; recognises that improving employment policy and social protection to activate support and protect people to ensure stronger social cohesion are key components of sustainable economic growth; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guaranteintroduce minimum income schemes according to national practices in order to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families;
Amendment 133 #
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 outrecognises that while taxation is a Member State competence, progressive tax systems help to cushion the worst effects of austerity and recognises the importance of reducing taxes for labour and enterprises in pursuit of more redistributive forms and insists that tax fraud and tax evasion must be dealt with within and between Member States; __________________ 3 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is deeply concerned by the limited role that national parliaments, social partners and civil society have played in the drafting of the national reform programme (NRP) and the convergence programme (CP); Notes however the changes to the running of the 2015 European Semester to increase ownership at national level; calls on the Commission to favour, within the revision of the economic governance mechanisms, a reform that grants adequatefurther democratic legitimacy to the European Semester.