8 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2013/2134(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that this year’s Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) are particularly important, because Member States define their investment priorities for cohesion policy in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); calls in this context for increased targeting of EU funding on growth and employment policies, especially on combating youth unemployment and creating lasting jobs which are not precarious, entail the compulsory payment of social security contributions and are adequately remunerated;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that all Member States have received recommendations with regard to levels of labour market participation; calls on those Member States with high levels of unemployment to step up, in consultation with the social partners, active labour market measures, such as training and employment services, and to introduce further reforms to facilitate access to employment, prevent early withdrawals from the labour market, reduce the cost of labour and combat labour market segmentation; observes that in the Member States, as a transitional measure, it will be necessary for the State to subsidise training and jobs in order to prevent long-term unemployment and enable young people to find jobs; calls on the Member States, the Commission and the Council in this connection to establish investment programmes to develop lasting jobs, and observes that, in order to combat unemployment in a lasting manner, binding targets must be set for the investment to be made in the Member States;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption of the Youth Guarantee by the Council and observes that the earmarking of EUR 6 billion for Youth Employment Initiative as part of the next MFF; calls on is not sufficient to combat youth unemployment in a lasting manner; calls on the Council, as well as it can, to financially assist the Member States toin implementing Youth Guarantee Schemes;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to continue the work of the Youth Employment Action Teams to help the Member States with the highest levels of youth unemployment to reprogramme EU structural funding in order to target it at young people; welcomes the Commission’s intention to build on the European Job Mobility Portal (EURES) by intensifying and broadening its activities and, in particular, by promoting youth mobility; observes, however, at the same time, that mobility must remain voluntary and that efforts to create jobs and training places on the spot must not be limited by it;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the long-term unemployed should be supported by activation incentives, such as welfare-to-work programmes, and adequateneeds-based benefit systems in reconnecting with the labour market;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the large economic and job potential of the services sector remains untapped; calls for full and appropriate implementation of the EU Services Directive; calls on Member States to remove barriers in the retail sector and excessive restrictions in professional services and regulated professionsobserves at the same time that wage and social standards must be complied with in all fields; calls on Member States, in all fields which are not covered by collective agreements between the social partners, to institute a statutory minimum wage based on the collective agreements customary in the sector concerned;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the skills mismatches and bottlenecks in many regions and sectors and the inadequacy of certain education and training systems to cope with market demands; welcomes the reforms of vocational education and training systems undertaken by several Member States in order to adapt skills and competences to labour market needs, especially those of young people; recalls that almost all Member States need to undertake further action and investment in the field of education and training; observes that austerity measures and budgetary consolidation requirements must not prevent investment in training and in secure, non-precarious jobs;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the crisis has had a severe and lasting impact on the Member States’ levels of unemployment and their social situation, which has led to unsustainable increases in poverty and social exclusion, including child poverty, homelessness, in- work poverty and over-indebtedness of households; calls in this context on Member States to reinforce the safety nets and ensure the effectiveness of the welfare systems that deal with those affected; observes that austerity measures to consolidate budgets must not result in the people concerned being deprived of necessary support payments;