Activities of Patrice TIROLIEN related to 2010/2205(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the external dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and the European Corporate Social Responsibility
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that measures to guarantee the social rights of the greatest number, in particular women and vulnerable individuals, should be one of the principal objectives of development cooperation and trade relations between the EU and the ACP countries;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to bring pressure to bear on European companies established in developing countries to set an example of social responsibility and the promotion of acceptable working standards;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that FTAs contain few references to social standards; urges the EU to incorporate a social clause into all EU external trade agreements, including those coming within the ambit of the WTO; urges first and foremost that the EPAs currently being negotiated by the Commission contain such social clauses and for the development pillar of these agreements to be given a central position thereby adding a strong social dimension to globalisation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to involve trade unions and NGOs more closely in its strategy for the promotion of social and working standards, in the context of not only its trade policy within the WTO and other international institutions, but also the programmes resulting from EU bilateral and regional cooperation agreements;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to promote the core ILO conventions in a more proactive way and to set up an EU child labour hotline where citizens can report European companies that make use of child labour anywhere in the world; this hotline should have a small but sufficient research capacity enabling it a) to publish an annual report on its findings and b) to assist European companies in their efforts to eliminate child labour from their supply chain.