Activities of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social Investment Pact (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Social Investment Pact – as a response to the crisis PDF (167 KB) DOC (102 KB)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 7 #
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 ands well as the quality ofand quantity of public investments in general, and social investments, in particular, in Europe;
Amendment 13 #
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 solely at restoring stability to public finances, being crucial efforts to defend our economy, and whereas these austerity measures could have negative long-termhad already negative effects on employment, growth and competitiveness if not completed with; and whereas budgetary consolidation must be combined with a comprehensive investment strategy for sustainable growth- and decent employment-friendly measure in order to overcome the crisis;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Lisbon Strategy and the European Employment Strategy have failed to deliver, and whereas the success of the Europe 2020 strategy is uncertain and requires much stronger engagement from Member States and the European Institutions;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the recently published Annual Growth Survey as well as the Joint Employment Report showed that, due to the fact thattreatment of fiscal consolidation is still treated as theop priority, social, employment and education targets of the Europe 2020 were not sufficiently addressed by all majority of Member States;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the unemployment rate in January 2012 stood at more than 10 % in the EU 27creased from 7,1% in 2008 to more than 10 % in January 2012, in the EU 27, with clear differences between southern and northern Europe, affecting especially young persons, low-skilled workers and long-term unemployed, and whereas this, together with ageing population, creates a serious risk of losses of human capital in the longer term, and could have non- reversible repercussions on the labour market and for the potential for economicjob creation and growth;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in 2010 almost 16 % of80 million Europeans weare at risk of poverty, and in the same year the level of children and adults living in jobless households has increased to almost 10 % in 2010; whereas this, combined with child poverty, the incidencerising number of working poor as well as high unemployment among young people will lead to an even higher risk of poverty and social exclusion in the future;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas education outcomes in the European Union are still inadequate to meet labour market needslacking investments in education and training result among other things in an inadequate supply of labour and fall short of the growing skill-intensity ofdemanded for available jobs;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the pressure on social assistance schemwelfare states has increased, and t due to higheir revenues have dropped considerablyspending and considerable drops in revenues; whereas persistence of high rates of long- term unemployment is, the increasing number of working poor and growing youth unemployment are likely to aggravate this trend further;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas well-targeted social investments are important to reassuring a proper employment level for both women and men in the future, stabilising the economy, enhancing human capital and raising competitiveness of the European Union;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas well-targeted social investments are important to reassuring a proper employment level in the future, stabilising the economy, enhancing human capitalskills and knowledge of the labour force and raising competitiveness of the European Union;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that social investments, being the provision and use of finance to generate social as well as economic returns, aim at addressing emerging social risks and unmet needs, and focus on public policies and human capital investment strategies that prepare individuals, families and societies to adopt to various transformations and to manage their transition towards more flexiblnew challenges of the labour markets;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes therefore that social investments should be an important part of the European economic and employment policies, and of the EU's responses to the crisis, and that this requires a better implementation of in order to reach the employment, social and education goals ofobjectives of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the crisis requires a modernisation of the European Social Modeleconomic, financial and social system, a rethinking of national economic, financial and social policies and a transition from an ‘active welfare state’ policy- making, that only responds to emerging damagcrises caused by market failure, to an ‘activating welfare state’, thatand forward-looking policy-making, focusing on investments in people and gives citizens instruments and incentives, the creation of decent jobs and the stimulation of sustainable growth;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) create sustainable and quality jobs, accessible equally for women and men, improving work productivity as well as work distribution,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) create sustainable and high-quality jobs, improving work productivity as well as work distribution,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
c a) eliminate the causes of gender segregation on the labour market;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point d
Paragraph 5 – point d
d) enhance thecreate a balance between flexibility and security and help reconciling family and professional life,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
e) reform pension systems and create conditions for working longerto reduce the economic dependency ratio,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Members States and the Commission to take steps to develop a job- friendly environment withapply supportive labour market policies, such as more effective and better targeted unemployment and social assistance benefit systems linked to employment activation measures, to introduce special training and re-training in order to sustain employability of the long- term unemployed, and to promote up- skilling and on-the-job training with particular emphasis on unemployed young persons and on workers with low skills and to ensure that full-time employees can make a living from their work;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages Member States to invest in supporting young personsople, and in improvinge their access to the labour market, by providing training andvocational schemes in cooperation with private enterprises (dual education systems), by offering youth internship programmes, by promoting entrepreneurship and creating incentives for employers to engage graduates, by securing a better transition from education to work and by promoting European and regional mobility;
Amendment 112 #
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 equally for young women and men, by providing training and youth internship programmes, by promoting entrepreneurship and creating incentives for employers to engage graduates, by securing a better transition from education to work and by promoting European and regional mobility;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to take all possible measures to improve education systems at all levels by: putting strong emphasis on early childhood development strategy; by preventing early-school-leaving; by improving secondary education and introducing guidance and counselling, by providing better conditions for students successfullyyoung people to access tertiary education or to gain direct access to the job market; by developing instruments aimed at better anticipating future skills needs and at strengthening cooperation between educational institutions, business and employment services; by improving recognition of professional qualification as well as by developing National Qualifications Frameworks;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a comprehensive implementation ofand the Member States to guarantee a good balance between security and flexicurbility principles,in the labour market and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection coverage for people in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contractjobs, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities; encourages Member States to invest in services – such as full- time childcare and all-day school placeschools – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and encourage inactive and lone parents to workcreate a framework which allows parents to enter or re-enter the labour market if they wish to do so;
Amendment 125 #
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, by providing 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 affordable and high quality 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 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages Member States to introduce necessary reforms in order to increasedecrease the economic dependency ratio which proves considerably more effective than increasing the statutory retirement age and limit early retirement possibilities, and to combine this with the constant improvement of working conditions and the implementation of lifelong training schemes enabling healthier and longer professional careers;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages Member States to make better efforts to include social investments in their medium and long-term budgetary targets, as well as in their National Reform Programmes; calls on the European Council and the Commission to better monitor the implementation of employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that in order to secure proper implementation of employment and social targets, the recently developed system for macroeconomic and budgetary surveillance in the EU must be supplemented by an improved monitoring of employment and social policies; calls, therefore, on the Commission to consider developing a scoreboard of common social investment indicators for monitoring the progress in EU countriesthe Member States and at the Union level in this regard;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States to consider signing to a ‘Social Investment Pact’, through which they woulin the framework of the European Semester 2013, which sets binding investment targets and creates a reinforced control mechanism for improving efforts to meet the employment, social and education targets ofobjectives of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to make ensure that the currently debated Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 contains appropriate budgetary resources necessary fto stimulate and support 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;