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Activities of Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA related to 2014/2222(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2015 (A8-0043/2015 - Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto) PL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2222(INI)

Amendments (9)

Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU needs to make a decisive changeinvestments and adjustments in an economic policy that hasin order to allowed the Union to drift away frommeet the EU 2020 targets, and that has increased the risks of secular stagnation; whereas the EU is worryingly losing weight in the world economy, while most other countries are showing solid signs of recoverovercome stagnation; whereas the EU shall aim at being a leader in the world's economy; whereas in October 2014 the IMF estimated that the probability of a recession in the euro area had increased and would reach 35-40% at year’s end;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to prioritise investments in economically weaker regions suffering from high unemployment, and in SMEs in such regions, given their very limited access to financing, to ensure that these efforts have a meaningful impact where they are most needed; choice being made with due regard to the investments' economic features;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong economy and a productive labour force; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European framework for minimum wages with a view to reducing wage inequalities and limiting nominal imbalances in competitiveness;deleted
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member States have mainly promotednot managed to decrease the level of precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of jobs created in 2014 were temporary jobs; notes that, according to the Commission, in-work poverty persists, and that for 50 % of all job seekers, securing employment is not enough to lift them out of poverty, nor does it raise productivity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make job quality a priority and to address labour market segmentation;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Given the number of workers, particularly young people, who are now leaving their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunities, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate measures to guarantee that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to further improve EU labour mobility while upholding the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls on each Member State to establish social and employment policies for equal rights and equal pay at the same place of work with regards to the freedom of movement of workers and especially between women and men;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its warning of the socioeconomic challenges facing the Union and the risks to its sustainability and its stable growth potential posed by a reversal in regional convergence; recalls that more than 122 million EU citizens are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including in- work poverty and child poverty, and that these levels are unacceptable and need to be reduced immediately; calls for a true ‘social pillar’ to be implemented within the EMU asa part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the fact that the Joint Employment Report annexed to the AGS includes a scoreboard for employment and social policies; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators are not sufficient and that they have not been made binding, which would allow them to be used more forcefully; asks the Commission to remedy this situation;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European minimum income, as announced by its President during the investiture debate, with the aim of reducing poverty in EU;deleted
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to tackle immediately the alarming increase in child poverty throughout the EU through the introduction of a child guarantee against poverty;long- term and holistic measures.
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL