Activities of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2016/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European Pillar of Social Rights (debate) ES
Amendments (17)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towardsustainable growth in the European Union necessitates a strong European social model based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures good social protection for all, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas companies are responsible for creating jobs and therefore for improving social standards in society as a whole and whereas to achieve that they need favourable conditions and legal security to grow their activities;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work forit feasible for markets to be competitive and efficient, taking into account wellbeing and sustainable development;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to reach a stronger commitment to applying Article 174 of the TFEU, particularly in regions with serious and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, such as low population density or sparsely populated island and mountainous regions; Emphasises that greater territorial cohesion implies greater economic and social cohesion, and therefore calls for strategic investment in those regions with a view to making them more competitive, improving industry and territorial structure and, ultimately, stabilising the population in those areas;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to introduce policies designed to combat demographic decline and the dispersion of the population; stresses that the European Union’s cohesion policy should prioritise attention for regions suffering demographic decline;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out that the outermost regions are facing a series of factors which, owing to the fact that they are ongoing and taking place at the same time, are seriously damaging the development of those regions, which are contending with unemployment rates higher than 30%; calls on the Commission to bolster the application of Article 349 of the TFEU by adopting specific measures to improve the integration of the EU’s outermost regions; calls, with regard to the archipelagos, for the severe depopulation occurring in non-capital islands to be taken into account;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages and productivity throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage, upholding national regulations and customs;
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role played by social economy enterprises in combating poverty and social exclusion, and in integrating the most disadvantaged groups into the labour market; points to the importance of social economy enterprises in addressing the challenges connected with the ageing of the population and care for the elderly, especially in small towns and villages, given their local and regional basis;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for bids to be rewarded that offer the most economic and social value rather than the lowest price in public procurement, with social or environmental criteria being included in public procurement contracts;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and recognise social economy enterprises; considers the current lack of recognition makes it harder for them to access funding; asks the Commission to ensure that European legislation takes social economy enterprises and organisations into account in a way that enables them to operate in the same conditions as other types of enterprise; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legal framework for social enterprises through a European statute for cooperatives, associations, foundations and mutual societies;
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Expresses its concern at the low labour market participation rate of the Roma community; stresses the need to bolster the role played by specialist NGOs in promoting their participation in the labour market; highlights the need for proper implementation of Directive 2000/78/EC;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that secure professional transitions require adequate investment, both in the institutional capacity of public employment services and to assist individual job-search and upskilling; believes proactive employment policies to be worthwhile tools for the reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market; recommends that these proactive employment policies reflect the increasing importance of ICT and the digital economy;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that negotiating voluntary flexible working agreements makes for better work-life balance and hence encourages people, and women in particular, to enter and/or remain on the labour market;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that voluntary labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards; urges the Commission and the Member States to improve coordination between national public employment services to facilitate job seeking throughout the EU;
Amendment 1013 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
c. the establishment of a new instrument, to be financed, for example, from EU revenue arising from competition law enforcement, to support the implementation of the Child Guarantee;