Activities of Lena DÜPONT related to 2020/2255(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Legal migration policy and law (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on legal migration policy and law
Amendments (13)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that, in order to face demographic challenges, the Union needs third-country workers of all skill levelsAcknowledges the need to address skills shortages within the Union to increase its economic competitiveness and its global influence as the champion of democracy, inclusion, human rights, free trade in goods and services and the rule of law, and as the leader in the fight against climate change; highlights the favourable effects of legal migration in the fight against illegal migration;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests that the Commission submit, by 31 January 2022, on the basis of Article 79(2), in particular points (a) and (b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for an act that would serve as a package of proposals to facilitate and promote entry into and mobility within the Union for legally migrating third-country nationals applying for work and to reduce bureaucracy and promote equal treatment, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; calls on the Commission to propose, as a first step towards simplification and coherence, alignments to the existing legal framework and calls on the Member States to properly implement it;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s statement in its communication of 23 September 2020 on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum regarding the enhancement of bona fide short-term mobility as a complement to legal pathways, especially for the purposes of research or study in order to improve upstream cooperation with third countries, for example to stem irregular migratory flows, and asks the Commission to explore this direction further;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes Directive (EU) 2021/...15 , but considers it insufficient due to the fact that the labour markets of the Union are also in need ofthat some Member States´ labour markets could also benefit from low- and medium- skilled workers; calls, therefore, on the Commission to include in its proposal an admission scheme for low- and medium- skilled third-country workers, including the creation of a framework for the validation and recognition of their skills and qualifications, based on objective and uniform criteria; reminds that Article 79(5) of the TFEU reserves the right for Member States to determine volumes of admission of TCNs coming to their territory to seek work as well as types and categories of employment according to the labour market needs; _________________ 15EUT number of 2016/0176 COD to be inserted.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Commission to include in its proposal a framework for talent partnerships between Member States and third countries, tailored to the situation ofand the third country in questionbenefit of sending and receiving countries, which should include vocational training programmes based on skills, in particular aptitude tests, workplace observation and simulations, and that Member States could opt into on a voluntary basis; calls on the Commission to ensure that the framework allows for Parliament to be able to fully exercise its scrutiny and evaluation role;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the objective of Directive 2011/98/EU to simplify and harmonise the rules concerning permits currently applicable in the Member States has not been fully achieved with some of the provisions being implemented in different ways across Union; requests the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Member States implement that Directive fully; further considers that that Directive should be amended to allow applications for a single permit to be lodged from within both afurther simplified and harmonised and properly implemented by Member States and a third country, and, in order to further simplify and harmonise the rules, to clearly regulateregulate appropriately the procedure for obtaining an entry visa so as to avoid applicants having to submit the documents needed to obtain a single permit twice, and calls on the Commission to include such amendments in its proposal;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests that the Commission includes in its proposal the establishment of a transnational advisory service network, to be managed by the Commission, for legally migrating third- country workers, with each Member State designating a lead authority to process applications and to coordinate the advice and information provided to third-country nationals applying for work in the Union; insists that the lead authorities should be responsible for the sharing of information among Member States on third-country workers and should act as contact points for the talent pool; asks that the lead authorities be responsible also for close coordination with one another with regard to applications lodged for a single permit to reside and work in accordance with Directive 2011/98/EU in order to avoid double submissions; points out the need to facilitate the gathering of data, statistics and evidence as well as information- sharing between Member States to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquis;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to include in its proposal an amendment to Directive 2014/36/EU to allow holders of work permits under that Directive a period of three months to seek new employment after having left their previous employer without having their work permit revokedfor Member States to renew work permits, for the purposes of seasonal work, from a pool of seasonal workers created for this purpose, which should be extended for a period of up to 5 years;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Requests the Commission to include in its proposal an amendment to Directive 2009/52/EC to adapt its scope to include exploited legally residing third- country nationals working in the Union by conditions that affect workers’ health and safety and are offending against human dignity;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the view that Directive 2003/109/EC should be amended to allow third-country nationals who are long-term residents of a Member State to reside permanently within another Member State from the day their permit is issued on terms similar to the terms applicable to Union citizens and to reduce the number of years of residence required to acquire Union long-term residence status from five to three years; calls on the Commission to include those amendments in its proposal, which is currently under- used and does not provide an effective right to intra-EU mobility, should be reviewed in order to create a true EU long-term residence status, in particular by strengthening the right of long-term residents to move and work in other Member States;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the view that sufficientif additional funding for the proposals set out in this report is required and considers that the financial implications of the requested proposalit should be covered by the relevant Union budgetary allocation;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 1
- IGiven the demographic challenges and the global competition for talent, it is a pressing need for the Union to particularly improve its attractiveness for allhighly skilled third-country workers, not only for highly-skilled workers.labour to the EU; With the revision of the Directive (EU) [EU BLUE CARD], the Union has taken furthersignificant steps to achieve that goal for highly-skilled third- country workers. However, it is imperative to achieve that goal for low- and medium- skilled third-country workers in order to fill vacancies and improve matching on the Member States’ labour markets,n order to fill vacancies, it is imperative to improve matching on labour markets needs, determined by Member States, to further enhancinge the Union’s economic competitiveness.
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 2
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 2