14 Amendments of Roger HELMER related to 2009/2221(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas economic growth is crucial for job creation, as more economic growth brings more employment possibilities; reminds that more than 50% of new jobs in Europe are created by SMEs,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas education programs should be improved significantly, while university-business partnerships, efficient apprenticeship schemes, career development loans and investment in training by employers should be encouraged,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas decent work shifts young people from social dependence to self- sufficiency, helps them escape poverty and enables them to actively contribute to society, economically and socially; whereas discriminative legislation in some Member States, such as the minimum wage for young people in the UK, the Revenu minimum d'insertion in France and the reduced employment benefits for young people in Denmark, prevent young people from entering into an adult, independent life,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take a rights-based approach tomaximise opportunities for youth and employment. The qualitative aspect of decent work for young people must not be compromised, and the core labour standards and other standards related to the quality of work, such as working time, the minimum wage, social security, and occupational health and safety, must be central considerations in the efforts that are made;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to instigate wide-ranging measures aimed at stimulating the economy, such as tax reduction and reduction of the administrative burden on SMEs, in order to bring growth and create new jobs, especially for young people;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to rexpand financial capacity form the European Social Fund, in order to earmark a minimum of 10 % of this fund for projects targeting young people and to ease access to the fund; urges the Member States to improve their targeting of youth;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States to prioritise business-education provider co-operation as the right tool to combat structural unemployment;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for more and better traineeships; calls on the Commission and the Council to set up a European Quality Charter on Traineeshipswork with industry to ensure their educational value and avoid exploitation;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the role of private sector education providers, as the private sector is usually more innovative in designing courses and more flexible in providing them;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to revise the flexicurity strategy in order to place transition security at the top of the agenda while creating mobility and easier access for young people; underlines that flexibility without social security is not a sustainable way of combating the problems young people face on the labour market;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point c
Paragraph 12 – point c
c. effective active labour-market policies that focus on marketable skills and inclusion,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22