Activities of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2021/2062(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Employment and social policies of the euro area 2021 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on employment and social policies of the euro area 2021
Amendments (21)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 Long- term care report, jointly prepared by the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic and crisis has had an uneven impact on social groups, sectors and regions; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest and is leading to an increase of poverty level across the EU; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest; whereas the crisis has had a devastating effect on different vulnerable groups and has posed an unprecedented challenge on the workforce providing elderly care;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas unequal societies create a climate of competition, stress and disillusionment that leads to all members of society, not justespecially the deprived, suffering from reduced levels of wellbeing;
Amendment 33 #
D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 th have been one of the groups hardest hit by the pandemic and the crisis; whereas young people have experienced forced online learning and the sharpest decline in employment15 and as a consequence are facing more mental health challenges; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions including seasonal workers and migrants have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic and had suffered from a lack of social protection; _________________ 15 https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/nb/publi cations/report/2021/covid-19-implications- for-employment-and-working-life
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, regarding the social dimension of the RRF, the Regulation establishes the general objective of promoting the Union´s economic, social and territorial cohesion by mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, in particular on women due to the increasing care and labour burden unevenly shared by gender and segregated and precarious labour market participation, by contributing to the implementation of the EPSR and to upward social convergence, and by fostering high quality employment creation;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, healthy and safe working environments and conditions, social progress and covergence, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the promotion of scientific and technological progress, combating poverty, social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child; insists that these goals must be the overarching priorities for the EU’s long-term sustainable growth strategy in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EPSR, the Green Deal, and underpin Member States’ recovery and resilience plans; calls on the Commission to establish the future alignment of the European Semester along these goals and strategies, making the European Semester a truly comprehensive tool;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that economic policy cannot be analysed from a purely macroeconomic perspective focused on traditional indicators of growth, debt, deficit and employment rate; insists that the Sustainable Semester must be based on an integrated approach combining economic, social and, environmental and climate policies that together address structural change for social progress, sustainable development and well-being;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030; warns, however, that the ambition remains insufficient and unable to combat discrimination, as well as it does not meet Sustainable Development Goals targets; calls on Member States to adopt more ambitious national targets that will exceed the Commission proposal with a focus on intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that in order to achieve the 2030 SDGs and to properly integrate them in the Semester process, a revision of the Social Scoreboard is needed with indicators on in-work poverty and homelessness; stresses that the Social Scoreboard indicators must be broken down by age, gender, country of birth and disability status; calls on the Commission to align the Social scoreboard and the EPSR with the SDGs on gender equality;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Deplores the fact that the pandemic has increased existing inequalities and deteriorated the situation of the most vulnerable, particularly that of people at risk or experiencing homelessness; urges the Commission to propose a comprehensive Antipoverty Strategy, and calls on the Commission and Member States to increase investment into poverty reduction with an intersectional focus and into affordable housing; calls for an EU Framework of National Homelessness Strategies with a dedicated target of ending homelessness by 2030;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy; deplores the fact that this is not reflected in the Commission’s analysis and in the submitted National Recovery and Resilience Plans; calls on the Commission to integrate social and environmental imbalances into its analysis in the framework of the Semester;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the Commission is still proposing measures that might pututting at risk the adequacy and sustainability of social protection systems in Member States by continuing to promoteing reforms aiming to shift taxation from labour to the environment, especially in a context of serious macroeconomic imbalances; warns about the risks of replacing stable taxes with others from more volatile sources; stresses that the EU should first consolidate the minimum corporate tax of 15 % to avoid tax dumping and ensure fairness for the middle class and working people in the EU;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the importance of integrating sustainable well-being in the EU budgetary planning; stresses the importance of setting up a comprehensive and integrated framework with a specific attention to the most vulnerable and marginalised groups of the society;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, and stresses that people and SMEs have to be protected from being trapped into over- indebtedness; believes, that regarding non- performing loans, it is not credit purchasers and credit servicers who should be supported, but rather it is European SMEs, workers and civil society; therefore calls for extending of moratoria on evictions in cases of household rent arrears to avoid an increase in evictions that can lead to increase of homelessness;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees with European leaders, with regard to economic and social governance of the EU, on the need for a regular assessment of progress towards the 2030 headline targets and upward convergence at the highest political level; including a revision of the headline targets towards the SDG targets, in particular the SDG poverty target;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the European social partners’ joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social and, environmental and climate policy progress, supplementing GDP as welfare measurement for inclusive and sustainable growth; stresses the importance of taking into account the interests of most vulnerable and marginalised members of our society;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs, digital jobs and, the gender and non- discrimination perspective, and on a system of quality and green job creation conditionalities for companies accessing public funds; calls for close monitoring of active outreach measures to ensure equal participation of those farthest from the labour market in quality jobs;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common European project; insists that more investment is needed in social services, reskilling and upskilling, research, innovation, and zero carbon technologies;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Warns that only country-specific recommendations (CSRs) that contribute to the social objectives established in the RRF Regulation can be taken into account in national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), and that for NRRPs CSRs have to be interpreted in a way that contributes to the achievement of the Regulation’s social objectives; demands a revision of the CSRs in order to ensure coherence between them and the general and specific objectives of the RRF Regulation and more ambitious social dimention;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls that the Pillar of Social Rights is the basis for social inclusion measures both in the European Semester process and the cohesion policy funds 2021-2027; urges therefore the European Commission to integrate the Pillar of Social Rights more strongly into the Semester process as of 2022;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls that the RRF Regulation foresees that mainstreaming of equal opportunities for all during the preparation and the implementation of the NRRPs should be safeguarded, which is duly explained by rising inequalities in several EU Member States; calls on the Commission to place special emphasis on monitoring the implementation of the NRRPs from this angle with the help of the relevant civil society organisations and equality bodies in the Member States;