5 Amendments of Sylvana RAPTI related to 2013/2277(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, according to "EU Employment and Social Situation" Quarterly Review of October 2013,the severe fall in the GDP of Greece, Portugal and Ireland was mostly translated in employment decline;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Warns that, if not remedied, these huge divergences, especially in the case of the younger generation, will result in structural damage to the labour market of the four countries, limit their capacity for recovery, provoke massive forced migration with tremendous brain-drain effects and increase the persistent divergences between Member States supplying employment and those supplying a low-cost workforce; highlights that the long-term impact of brain drain jeopardises future development and is particularly harmful for the sustainability of social protection and pensions systems;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets the fact that in all 4 countries the adjustment programmes included direct interventions in wage developments, despite the fact that the setting or harmonising of minimum wages is not included in the competences of the European Union; notes that especially in Greece, the adjustment programme imposed cuts to the minimum wage by 22% and by 32% for young workers below 25;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that despite the fact that the European Commission in its "EU Employment and Social Situation" Quarterly Review of October 2013 emphasizes the importance of Social Protection expenditure as a safeguard against social risks, Greece, Ireland and Portugal had the largest decreases in social spending after 2010 in EU;
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the ECB, the European Commission and the Eurogroup to consider the targets of "EUROPE 2020" strategy at the same level as the realisation of fiscal and economic adjustment targets for the evaluation of the programmes;