17 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2017/2114(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate in the euro area grew by 1.4 % in 2016; whereas in March 2017 the unemployment rate stood at 9.5 %, down from 10.2 % in March 2016; whereas despite recent improvements, unemployment rates have not yet returned to pre-crisis levelsmains wretchedly low because of the austerity policies imposed by the European Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in May 2017 the unemployment rate in the euro area stood at 9.3 %, down from 10.2 % in May 2016;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the unemployment rate in May 2017 in countries outside the euro area was much lower: Czech Republic (3.0 %), United Kingdom (4.4 %), Poland (4.8 %), Denmark (5.7 %) Bulgaria, (6.0 %), Sweden (6.7 %);
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas 19 092 million Europeans (EU 28), including 15 011 million in the euro area, were unemployed in May 2017;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas economic policy in the euro area has caused unemployment figures to rise by 3 267 million over 10 years (since May 2007) ;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas unemployed Europeans should be given priority over non- Europeans in regard to accessing jobs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in March 2017 the youth unemployment rate in the euro area was 19.4 %, compared with 21.3 % in March 2016; whereas youth unemployment remains unacceptably high; whereas the austerity policies advocated by Brussels have been tested for several years in Greece where youth unemployment has hit disastrous levels (46.6 %);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas youth unemployment could have very serious long-term consequences on retirement pensions and social security benefits in general;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour market conditions and performances show substantial differences across Member States, though these disparities are decreasing; whereas the net minimum wage in Bulgaria is EUR 160 as opposed to EUR 1 153 in France, and whereas low wages have never been a sign of a prosperous economy;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that further efforts are needed to achieve a balance between the economic and social dimensions of the European Semester process;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission not to continue the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) up to the end of the current MFF, while at the same time improving its functioning and implement; points out that, as the report by the Court of Auditors makes clear, the YEI has proven ineffective as it has failed to meet public expectations and has not given young people the opportunities it promised; urges reallocation of the budget earmarked for this initiationve;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that increasing the scope, efficiency and effectiveness of active and sustainable labour market policies should be increasedat EU level is no longer the right solution; demands rather that the Commission allows Member States with a free rein for their own initiatives, so that they may take the steps they need at national level to exit the crisis;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that insufficient and inadequately focused investment in digital skills and programming, industry and research may undermine the Union’s competitive position;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the growing inequalities and unemployment in the Member States show clearly that the EU and its policies have not encouraged progress but rather a constant erosion of social rights, devaluation of work, social insecurity and poverty; reiterates that the Member States play a key role in contributing to growth and employment in the European Union and that they have to be free to implement anti-cyclical economic policies to protect the purchasing power of wages, boost domestic demand and create decent jobs;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that better skills matching and improved mutual recognition of qualifications is necessary to address skills shortages and mismatches; calls on the Commission to develop a pan- European skills needs forecasting toolstresses that the massive influx of low-skilled populations from outside of Europe will make this situation worse;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Takes the view that those responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, which resulted in massive unemployment in Europe and the transfer of astronomical amounts of private bank debts to EU taxpayers, ought to have severe penalties imposed on them and be debarred from working in the banking sector;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for Eurostat to consolidate the economic figures of EU countries outside the euro area as a basis for informed decision-making;