8 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2023/2586(RSP)
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to take measures to mitigate the impact of the crises on Member State labour markets in order to keep employment rates high; calls therefore on the Commission, the Member States and EU social partners to commit to reaching collective bargaining coverage of at least 80 % by 2030, with a view to improving living and working conditions in the EU, which will contribute to upward social convergence and reduce in-work poverty, social exclusion and wage inequality;
Amendment 68 #
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, even with the Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) instrument as part of the European unemployment reinsurance scheme, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis has lasted longer than anticipated; highlights, however, that thousands of jobs were saved thanks to this instrument and that the shock to the labour market was less severe than expected; notes, in this regard, that this instrument should remain in use for the duration of the current exceptional situation and continue to be based on loans and quickly activated only in the event of external financial or economic shockswas an exceptional measure not to be repeated;
Amendment 78 #
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legal framework for an effective and enforceable ban on unincentivise paid internships, traineeships and apprenticeships; welcomes the European Year of Skills and highlights the importance of access to training and reskilling for workers in industries and sectors that need to undergo fundamental changes in order to achieve the green and digital transitions, ensuring no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to consider a directive on adequate minimum income in order to enmeasures theo reintegration ofe people absent from the labour market, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the specificities of national social protection systems and the competences of the Member States; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to presenting a proposal, by the end of 2023, on the creation of an EU disability card to be recognised in all Member States while respecting the principle of subsidiarity ; welcomes the ongoing negotiations of the social partners on the right to disconnect, with a view to putting forward a legally binding agreement implemented via a directive; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal for a European social security pass to provide national authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections with a real-time instrument to effectively enforce national and EU law;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, although many legislative and non-legislative initiatives have been initiated by the Commission, so far the EU has fallen short on fully implementing the EPSR; stresses the need for further legislative action by the Commission and the Member States to ensure its full implementation, with a specific focus on implementing principles 11 (childcare), 12 (social protection), 19 (housing) and 20 (essential services);
Amendment 134 #
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its call that, in the light of the framework of the Green Deal industrial plan, EU funding, including State aid, should be conditional on public policy objectives, in particular social requirements, in order toStresses the importance of offering high- quality jobs, promoteing collective bargaining, respecting EU labour rights and standards and ensure improved working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enforce the social clause in the existing Directive on public procurement7 and to revise the directive in order to further strengthen social clauses in public contracts to require economic operators and subcontractors to fully respect the right of workers to collective bargaining, to account for the recently adopted Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU; __________________ 7 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65.ing improved working conditions;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need to strengthen the social dimension of the European Semester and the implementation of the EPSR, especially in the light of the economic governance review; cCalls on the Commission to consider presenting an instrument for upward social convergence in order to prevent social convergence risks, detect potential setbacks in the proper implementation of the EPSR and establish social targets; believes that social divergence risks should be included in the country-specific recommendations and taken into account when laying out fiscal adjustment paths;
Amendment 152 #
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that, in order to make a fair and social Europe a reality and to ensure the highest levels of social protection in the green and digital transitions, it is necessary to ensure a sustainable, fair and inclusive Europe where social rights are fully protected and safeguarded to at least the same level as economic and environmental standards; stresses the need to take steps to reinforce the role of the EPSR to ensure the equal treatment of the economic, environmental and social standards and to ensure that social standards and social rights in Europe are placed at the centre of the EU’s forthcoming political practices; notes that, consequently, social investment will be needed for the implementation of the EPSR in upcoming funding initiatives and the revision of the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 171 #
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning European Labour Authority (ELA) and calls on the Commission to make use of the opportunity presented by the evaluation due 1 August 2024 to submit a legislative proposal to review the scope of the ELA’s founding regulation9 and realise its full potential, especially concerning the ELA’s inquiry powers; __________________ 9 Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Labour Authority, amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2004, (EU) No 492/2011, and (EU) 2016/589 and repealing Decision (EU) 2016/344, OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 21.t its full potential;