8 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER related to 2011/2071(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the European Semester in order to represent citizens’ interests and to increase the legitimacy of the social policies to be conducted by the Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Wishes to see the role of the national parliaments strengthened with regard to their involvement in the process of economic and social policy-making so as to demonstrate their solidarity as partners in the European Semester; considers that this would serve to increase the legitimacy of the decisions taken and would ensure that the European Parliament is not the sole representative of the interests of European citizens and that strong political signals are sent at national level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States relating to education, employment and social affairs, macroeconomic policy and the budget, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue in the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in these areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the Commission and Council recommendations to focus as a priority on a social policy that promotes education and training, access to employment, reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market and improved coordination of social protection systems in the Member States;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) Encourages the Employment Committee (EMCO) toransparency among European Semester stakeholders, including the Employment Committee (EMCO), so as to ensure that it will regularly share the results of its employment surveillance with the responsible committee of the European Parliament,
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
c) Invites the social partners, social NGOs and other stakeholders to take part in a regular exchange of views with Parliament, in particular on the implementation of employment and social policies and on the progress towards achieving the related EU targets; requests that preparatory documents for exchanges of views be communicated in advance to the members of the appropriate parliamentary committee;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Hopes that recommendations will be drawn up long enough in advance to have a real impact on national budgetary decisions.