Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2012/2003(INI)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the current economic and financial crisis will have long -lasting effects not only on economic growth but also on employment rates, public savings and the quality of social investments in Europe, so that steps must be taken to avert a major social crisis;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the majority of recent responses to the crisis were based mainly on short- term goals aimed at restoring stability to public finances, being crucialnecessary efforts to defend our economy, and whereas these austerity measures could have negative long-term effects on employment, growth and competitiveness if not completed with ambitious growth- and employment- friendly measures;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls for a European social pact that will include the European social partners and the European Parliament in creating an impetus for growth in the Member States and giving priority to investments in sustainable business, high-quality jobs and social justice;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
e) reform pension systems and create conditions for working, by increasing employment in all age groups, create good conditions for adequate and affordable pensions in the long term,
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages Member States to invest in supporting young persons, and in improving their access to the labour market, by providing training and youth internship programmes, byestablishing a guarantee of training and employment for young people throughout Europe, also promoting entrepreneurship and creating incentives for employers to engage graduates, by and securing a better transition from education to work and by promoting European and regional mobility;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, byand, to this end, to providinge both adequate social protection coverage for people in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities; encourages Member States to invest in services –— such as childcare and all-day school places –— that help promote gender quality, foster better work–life balance and encourage inactive and lone parents to work;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages Member States to introduce necessary reforms in order to increase the statutorcreate employment for people in all age groups, to consider the numbers in employment, the numbers unemployed, the numbers on invalidity benefits and the numbers who have taken early retirement, age and limit early retirement possibilities, as well as the actual retirement age and demographic conditions and, against this background, to combine this with thebalance the numbers of pensioners and unemployed against the numbers in employment; also to constantly improvement of working conditions and the implementation of lifelong training schemes enabling longer professional careers;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to make sure that the currently debated Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-–2020 contains appropriate budgetary resources necessary for social investments in Europe, and that the available funding can be used in a rational and efficient way, as well as to make structural funds, especially the European Social Fund, supportive of social investments, ensuring that its priorities reflect the specific needs of the various Member States; calls on the Commission, when it so deems appropriate, to make other possible sources of financing available to Member States for the purpose of social investments and, as appropriate, to open up the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for measures to create jobs, in particular to finance a ‘European Youth Guarantee’;