5 Amendments of Jeroen LENAERS related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that social and employment policies should not merely be looked at from a cost perspective, but that consideration should also be given to structural reforms of the labour market and the long term benefit perspective, in order to maintain investments in society and citizens with a view to reaching the goals of the EU2020 strategy and safeguarding the future and stability of the Member States and the Union as a whole;
Amendment 107 #
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; stresses, however, that the setting of these benefits is the competence of the Member States; considers it important to maintain a balance between adequate social protection and adequate incentives for active job searching; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guaranteeconsider minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families; stresses that it is up to each Member State to set minimum income levels and that these should be commensurate to the specific socioeconomic situation in the country in question;
Amendment 134 #
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 out the importance of reducing taxes for labour and enterprises in pursuit of more redistributive forms; __________________ 3 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it regrettable that the Commission has not included in the CSR the importance of maintaining strongTakes note of the potential value of European automatic stabilisers in Member States, as called for by Parliament4, given its important role in maintaining social cohesion and stimulating internal demand and economic growth; stresses that such stabilisers should not lead to the creation of permanent transfers; calls on the Commission, in order to allow more effective analysis and to encourage the identification and exchange of best practices between Member States, for a detailed overview of Member States’ choices in different policy fields and the corresponding results; __________________ 4 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068).
Amendment 174 #
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); calls on the Commission to favour, within the revision of the economic governance mechanisms,reiterate that the current framework for economic governance needs to be fully implemented; calls on the Commission to favour a reform that grants adequate democratic legitimacy to the European Semester.