Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2015/0051(NLE)
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Amendments (6)
Amendment 63 #
Recital 5
(5) In accordance with the Treaty provisions, the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal policy and macro- structural policies. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic and, budgetary surveillance, employment and social policies. The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey will further improve its functioning.
Amendment D #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In accordance with the Treaty provisions, the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal policy and macro- structural policies which have a strong impact on the social and employment situation in the Union. These policies may result in a trend of stagnation and deflation in some parts of the Union, which could discourage growth and employment. In this regard, it is vital to take into consideration the new social indicators and the asymmetric shocks that certain Member States experience as a result of the crisis. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic and, budgetary surveillance, employment and social policies, and should be better geared to delivering on the EU2020 targets. The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey willmay further improve its functioning, but this instrument has not yet improved the economic situation in the Member States worst affected by the crisis.
Amendment G #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesivelso by providing more reliable figures on extreme poverty, and aim at building an inclusive and more just society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. ANon-discriminatory access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced substantially, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and adequate social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participation. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regionsunnecessary administrative barriers and barriers to labour market participation, in particular those affecting people with disabilities. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regional and local entities. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool in this respect by helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data.
Amendment 79 #
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participation. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool in this respect by helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data.
Amendment 233 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 3
The pension systems should be reformed in order tostructured in a way that secures their sustainability and adequacy for women and men in a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, including by linking statutory. The ratio of unemployed people and pensioners to the employed (economic dependency ratio - as defined in the White Paper on Pensions) is decisive for the sustainability of pension systems. Despite the accelerated ageing of the population in the decades ahead, the economic dependency ratio can be greatly limited if the currently very small proportion of people of working age who have high- quality employment is improved. Linking retirement ages to life expectancy, by increasing effective retirement ages, and by developing complementary retirement savings. fails to take account of the importance of labour market trends and is therefore not an appropriate instrument by means of which to tackle the challenge of ageing.
Amendment 241 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 4
Member States should improve the accessiquality, accessibility, affordability, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and long term care systems, while safeguarding fiscal sustainability.