9 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2015/2284(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a valuable instrument through which the EU expresses its solidarity with workers and which should continue to operate outside the MFF during the next programming period;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, between 2007 and 2014, 134 funding applications for a total amount of EUR 561.1 million were submitted by 20 Member States to provide support to 122 121 workers and that this amount must be added to the mandatory contributions of the Member States, the inclusion of which is governed by national laws;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the scope for implementing the EGF budget more flexibly, and therefore more effectively, also by making the application procedure faster in order to make the fund more effective for workers who have been made redundant; in spite of its budget reduction for the period 2014-2020, the potential for an optimal use of the EFG remains largely untapped, and 50.2% of contributions have had to be reimbursed by the Member States for 34 cases closed in 2013 and 2014;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that nearly 50 % of workers who received financial assistance under applications dealt with in 2013-2014 are now back in employment; emphasises, however, that the EGF should provide funding for sectors likely to face problems in the future, in order to ensure that workers concerned, in sectors with future potential, are guaranteed sustainable re- employment;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for greater coordination of the EGF with the ESF and the ERDF at national and regional level, in order to accompany businesses in difficulty through a job-creating transitional phase, and proposes that applications for EGF funding should be submitted by the authorities that manage the Structural Funds in each Member State;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Believes that more widespread use of the derogation from the eligibility thresholds, particularly to benefit SMEs, extension of the reference periods and the possibility of classifying workers who provide related services and who are made redundant as workers made redundant by the company claiming assistance would make for more efficient use of the EGF budget; points out to that end that the impact on sectors connected to those affected by redundancies (local impact on trade, cottage industries and social life) should be included among the application criteria for EGF assistance;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. TCalls on the Commission to include in its mid-term review a specific analysis of the support given to unemployed young people who have dropped out of school and are not receiving any training; takes the view that the derogation relating to persons who are neither in employment nor in education or training (NEETs) should be extended beyond 2017;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to carry out sector-specific studies on the impact of globalisation and, on the basis of the findings, make proposals to encourage companies to anticipate changes in their industries and to prepare their workers before making them redundant. , by using, inter alia, EGF applications as an early warning sign for a given sector and by establishing a tool to assess global economic developments and a fund for supporting and advising SMEs with a view to anticipating any market changes;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to draw up proposals to introduce genuine social and fiscal harmonisation, the lack of which is currently causing 'European globalisation', in particular in the transport sector;