Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | EMPL |
DLABAJOVÁ Martina ( ALDE)
|
JAZŁOWIECKA Danuta ( PPE),
JONGERIUS Agnes ( S&D),
MCINTYRE Anthea ( ECR),
REINTKE Terry ( Verts/ALE),
BEGHIN Tiziana ( EFDD)
|
| Committee Opinion | CULT |
KYUCHYUK Ilhan ( ALDE)
|
Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ ( PPE),
Emma McCLARKIN ( ECR),
Helga TRÜPEL ( Verts/ALE)
|
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 310 votes to 232 with 13 abstentions, a resolution on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis.
A motion for a replacement resolution tabled the Greens/EFA and S&D groups was rejected in plenary by 216 votes to 360 with 19 abstentions.
Situation and challenges : in the wake of the European economic and financial crisis and the consequent economic slowdown, a number of Member States are struggling with high unemployment levels (EU 28: 9.8 %, 26% in Greece, 23% in Spain)) as well as public debt , low growth and insufficient investment . In many Member States youth unemployment rates (EU 28: 20.9 %) are much higher and cases of improvement and lower rates are rare. According to the Commission, up to 12.4 million people have been out of work for more than a year and, of those, 6 million for more than two years.
Several important challenges are affecting Europe’s labour market, including globalisation, ageing society, rapid technological changes such as digitisation and robotisation, mismatches between skills and jobs and increasing demand for highly skilled workers, with a surplus supply of low-skilled workers, causing wage polarisation.
To respond to this situation, Parliament considered that ambitious economic and social policies and labour market reforms are needed in order to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and create more jobs leading towards quality and sustainable employment. It insisted on the need for sustainable social welfare systems which include upgrading the skills of the unemployed, fostering the employability of people lacking or having really low qualifications.
Fostering a competitive EU labour market : Parliament called for ambitious reforms to increase inclusiveness, smart flexibility, innovation and mobility, strengthen the role of social dialogue, and stimulate the creation of more jobs leading towards quality and sustainable employment.
The resolution stressed the need for continued efforts to bring education, training and labour markets together , and underlined the importance of making employment law more comprehensible for workers and employers, of eliminating barriers to employment and of promoting legal security for companies and employees. It also stressed the importance of the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) initiative.
Recalling that professional mobility is a fundamental factor, Parliament highlighted the importance of EU initiatives aimed at stimulating mobility and creating opportunities, such as ERASMUS+, the European Qualifications Framework, the Europass CV, the European Skills Passport, and the European Job Mobility Portal (EURES), which should be made an essential tool in the EU job market.
Members stressed:
the need to unlock the great economic potential of women in Europe and to create the appropriate conditions for women to progress in their career and pursue higher positions in companies or start their own businesses; the importance of active labour policies, lifelong learning and improving people’s ability to adapt to technological change. Education and training investment is necessary to assist the youth of today.
Anticipation of future skills needs : Members considered that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers’ and employees’ organisations, and education and training providers must be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing, implementing and evaluating vocational qualification programmes. They called for:
a better understanding of present and future skills needs , and for the enhancement of the existing EU Skills Panorama, in order to better identify skills gaps and deficits in specific sectors, occupations and regions; more integrated partnerships and trust between schools, higher education establishments, businesses and other relevant authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future.
Continuous education and training for all labour market actors : Parliament stressed the need to strive for a more flexible and individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training across one’s personal career path. It recognised the importance of fostering work-based learning apprenticeships as an alternative route to employment. It suggested that training and requalification programmes for the unemployed, especially for the long-term unemployed, as well as skills assessment programmes, should be offered to people to enhance their chances on the labour market.
Members underlined the need to:
give tailor-made guidance and counselling to jobseekers on how to look for a job or on which further education and training to undertake in order to ensure that their skills and competences are transferable, increase the adaptability of the workforce as a way to counter future shortages; calls on the Member States to use the structural funds, especially the European Social Fund, for this purpose;
ensure measures targeting the long-term unemployed respect take-up options and that training is affordable and decent and address their actual needs use the Youth Guarantee as a tool to assist young people in the school-to-work transition; ensure equal opportunities, and access to education and training, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
The resolution also advocated:
strengthening connections between education and employment by better targeting measures aimed at reducing the rate of early school leaving (ESL) to below 10% by 2020, as agreed in the Europe 2020 strategy. Dual vocational training through apprenticeships and similar work-based learning systems should be given more consideration as this tends to favour integration into the labour market and a smoother transition from education to work; better synergies between education systems and the labour market exchanging best practices between Member States, and regional and local authorities, as well as to compare and measure their effectiveness, in particular in relation to dual and vocational education and apprenticeship and traineeship systems; nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit from an early age . There is a call for support and incentive measures for start-ups, SMEs, microenterprises and social economy actors. Member States should reduce the tax burden on labour developing new skills and new jobs , particularly in the context of the digital expansion, building the energy union, creating jobs through investing in research and development and innovation.
Parliament called on the Member States to introduce a minimum wage with a view to addressing pay inequalities using a base level for each Member State to ensure a decent income via legal means or by way of an agreement, in line with national practice. It also petitioned the Commission to develop a European platform for recognition and validation of skills common to specific activities and professions, which incorporates the recognition of skills acquired through volunteer work.
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs adopted an own initiative report by Martina DLABAJOVÁ (ADLE, CZ) on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis.
Situation and challenges : in the wake of the European economic and financial crisis and the consequent economic slowdown, a number of Member States are struggling with high unemployment levels as well as public debt, low growth and insufficient investment. Youth unemployment varies significantly across the EU, with unemployment rates among young people aged 16 to 25 being higher than 50% in some Member States.
Europe has 24 million unemployed people, including 7.5 million young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), on the one hand, and on the other two million vacancies, and that European companies are affected by a huge lack of skilled people and labour force with transferable skills.
Several important challenges are affecting Europe’s labour market, including globalisation, ageing society, rapid technological changes such as digitisation and robotisation, mismatches between skills and jobs and increasing demand for highly skilled workers, with a surplus supply of low-skilled workers, causing wage polarisation.
To respond to this situation, Members considered that ambitious economic and social policies and labour market reforms are needed in order to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and create more jobs leading towards quality and sustainable employment. They insisted on the need for sustainable social welfare systems which include upgrading the skills of the unemployed, fostering the employability of people lacking or having really low qualifications.
Fostering a competitive EU labour market : Members called for ambitious reforms to increase inclusiveness, smart flexibility, innovation and mobility, strengthen the role of social dialogue, and stimulate the creation of more jobs leading towards quality and sustainable employment.
The report stressed the need for continued efforts to bring education, training and labour markets together , and underlined the importance of making employment law more comprehensible for workers and employers, of eliminating barriers to employment and of promoting legal security for companies and employees.
Recalling that professional mobility is a fundamental factor, EURES should be made an essential tool in the EU job market. Members stressed the importance of EU initiatives aimed at stimulating mobility and creating opportunities, such as ERASMUS+, the European Qualifications Framework, the Europass CV, the European Skills Passport.
Members stressed:
the need to unlock the great economic potential of women in Europe and to create the appropriate conditions for women to progress in their career and pursue higher positions in companies or start their own businesses; the importance of active labour policies, lifelong learning and improving people’s ability to adapt to technological change. Education and training investment is necessary to assist the youth of today.
Anticipation of future skills needs : Members considered that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers’ and employees’ organisations, and education and training providers must be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing, implementing and evaluating vocational qualification programmes. They called for:
a better understanding of present and future skills needs , and for the enhancement of the existing EU Skills Panorama, in order to better identify skills gaps and deficits in specific sectors, occupations and regions; more integrated partnerships and trust between schools, higher education establishments, businesses and other relevant authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future.
Continuous education and training for all labour market actors : the report recognised the importance of fostering work-based learning apprenticeships as an alternative route to employment.
It suggested that training and requalification programmes for the unemployed, especially for the long-term unemployed, as well as skills assessment programmes, should be offered to people to enhance their chances on the labour market.
Members underlined the need to:
strive for a more flexible and individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training across one’s personal career path; increase the adaptability of the workforce as a way to counter future shortages; calls on the Member States to use the structural funds, especially the European Social Fund, for this purpose; use the Youth Guarantee as a tool to assist young people in the school-to-work transition; ensure equal opportunities , and access to education and training, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
The report also advocated:
strengthening connections between education and employment by better targeting measures aimed at reducing the rate of early school leaving (ESL) to below 10% by 2020, as agreed in the Europe 2020 strategy. Dual vocational training through apprenticeships and similar work-based learning systems should be given more consideration as this tends to favour integration into the labour market and a smoother transition from education to work; exchanging best practices between Member States, and regional and local authorities, as well as to compare and measure their effectiveness, in particular in relation to dual and vocational education and apprenticeship and traineeship systems; nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit from an early age. There is a call for support and incentive measures for start-ups, SMEs, microenterprises and social economy actors. Member States should reduce the tax burden on labour and to compensate with increases in indirect, property and wealth taxes in order to have a more growth-friendly and neutral fiscal stance; promoting innovation and digitalisation : new skills and jobs by closing the “digital divide” and digital skills as part of lifelong learning and to integrate new media and new technologies into curricula. The report highlighted the job creation potential offered by completing the digital single market, building the energy union, creating jobs through investing in research and development and innovation, promoting social entrepreneurship and the social economy, upskilling workers in the health and social care sector, and fostering improved transport networks.
Lastly, the Commission and Member States are called upon to provide forecasts regarding changing labour markets, particularly in relation to challenges arising from globalisation, as well as forecasts on jobs and skills per Member State and broadly across the sector.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2015)748
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0321/2015
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0222/2015
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE557.150
- Committee opinion: PE549.410
- Committee draft report: PE551.790
- Committee draft report: PE551.790
- Committee opinion: PE549.410
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE557.150
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2015)748
Activities
- Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2016/11/22 Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century (A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová) ES
- 2016/11/22 Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century (A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová) ES
- 2016/11/22 Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) ES
- Jonathan ARNOTT
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Gianluca BUONANNO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Nicola CAPUTO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Valdis DOMBROVSKIS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate)
- Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Marian HARKIN
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) ES
- 2016/11/22 Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) ES
- Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Dominique MARTIN
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Notis MARIAS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Claude ROLIN
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Igor ŠOLTES
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Beatrix von STORCH
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Tibor SZANYI
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Inês Cristina ZUBER
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Laura AGEA
- Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marie-Christine ARNAUTU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Zigmantas BALČYTIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- José BLANCO LÓPEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Steeve BRIOIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Enrique CALVET CHAMBON
- Alain CADEC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Salvatore CICU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Alberto CIRIO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jane COLLINS
- Javier COUSO PERMUY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Michel DANTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Gérard DEPREZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mireille D'ORNANO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Norbert ERDŐS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Georgios EPITIDEIOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lorenzo FONTANA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Elena GENTILE
- Arne GERICKE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Thomas HÄNDEL
- Pablo IGLESIAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Cătălin Sorin IVAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA
- Marc JOULAUD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ivan JAKOVČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Philippe JUVIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Barbara KAPPEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Afzal KHAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA
- Kostadinka KUNEVA
- Marju LAURISTIN
- Krystyna ŁYBACKA
- Vladimír MAŇKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Thomas MANN
- Ivana MALETIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andrejs MAMIKINS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- António MARINHO E PINTO
- David MARTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Louis MICHEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marlene MIZZI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sophie MONTEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Alessia Maria MOSCA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- József NAGY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Momchil NEKOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Patrick O'FLYNN
- Franz OBERMAYR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Florian PHILIPPOT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marijana PETIR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Georgi PIRINSKI
- Marek PLURA
- Pavel POC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andrej PLENKOVIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Franck PROUST
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sofia RIBEIRO
- Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Remo SERNAGIOTTO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Siôn SIMON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Branislav ŠKRIPEK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Monika SMOLKOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Davor ŠKRLEC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Csaba SÓGOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jutta STEINRUCK
- Helga STEVENS
- Bart STAES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Davor Ivo STIER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Catherine STIHLER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Richard SULÍK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Adam SZEJNFELD
- Isabelle THOMAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pavel TELIČKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ulla TØRNÆS
- Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marita ULVSKOG
- Derek VAUGHAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Miguel VIEGAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Renate WEBER
- Dame Glenis WILLMOTT
- Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 9/2 #
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 38 #
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 54/1 #
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 71 #
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 85/2 #
| BE | AT | LV | MT | LT | LU | EE | IT | IE | FI | EL | PT | SI | RO | HR | DK | SK | BG | HU | GB | NL | SE | ES | CZ | DE | PL | FR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
16
|
17
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
61
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
6
|
25
|
10
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
19
|
55
|
19
|
18
|
42
|
18
|
73
|
40
|
56
|
|
| S&D |
145
|
2
|
Austria S&D |
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Italy S&DFor (21)Alessia Maria MOSCA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Damiano ZOFFOLI, David Maria SASSOLI, Elena GENTILE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrico GASBARRA, Flavio ZANONATO, Goffredo Maria BETTINI, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Silvia COSTA, Simona BONAFÈ
Against (3) |
1
|
1
|
Portugal S&D |
1
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
United Kingdom S&DFor (18) |
2
|
Sweden S&DAgainst (6) |
4
|
Germany S&DFor (18) |
3
|
France S&DFor (11)Against (1) |
||||
| Verts/ALE |
39
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
Germany Verts/ALEFor (10) |
3
|
||||||||||
 NI |
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EFDD |
40
|
1
|
16
|
United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (18) |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||
 ENF |
30
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||||||||||||||
 GUE/NGL |
33
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Spain GUE/NGLAgainst (8) |
Germany GUE/NGLAgainst (8) |
2
|
|||||||||||||||
| ECR |
53
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
United Kingdom ECRAgainst (12) |
2
|
2
|
Germany ECRAgainst (8) |
Poland ECRAbstain (16)
Beata GOSIEWSKA,
Bolesław G. PIECHA,
Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ,
Edward CZESAK,
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA,
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI,
Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI,
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI,
Marek JUREK,
Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK,
Mirosław PIOTROWSKI,
Ryszard CZARNECKI,
Stanisław OŻÓG,
Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA,
Zbigniew KUŹMIUK,
Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
|
|||||||||||||||
| ALDE |
56
|
Belgium ALDEAgainst (5) |
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
Netherlands ALDEAgainst (6) |
3
|
4
|
2
|
France ALDEAgainst (1)Abstain (3) |
||||||||
| PPE |
172
|
4
|
Austria PPEAgainst (5) |
3
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
Portugal PPEAgainst (6) |
4
|
Romania PPEAgainst (11) |
Croatia PPEAgainst (5) |
1
|
Slovakia PPEAgainst (6) |
Bulgaria PPEAgainst (7) |
Hungary PPEAgainst (11) |
Netherlands PPE |
3
|
Czechia PPEAgainst (7) |
Germany PPEAgainst (27)
Albert DESS,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Angelika NIEBLER,
Axel VOSS,
Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN,
Burkhard BALZ,
Christian EHLER,
Daniel CASPARY,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Elmar BROK,
Herbert REUL,
Hermann WINKLER,
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE,
Jens GIESEKE,
Joachim ZELLER,
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ,
Manfred WEBER,
Markus PIEPER,
Monika HOHLMEIER,
Norbert LINS,
Peter JAHR,
Rainer WIELAND,
Renate SOMMER,
Sabine VERHEYEN,
Sven SCHULZE,
Thomas MANN,
Werner KUHN
|
Poland PPEAgainst (18)
Adam SZEJNFELD,
Barbara KUDRYCKA,
Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI,
Bogdan Brunon WENTA,
Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA,
Danuta Maria HÜBNER,
Dariusz ROSATI,
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA,
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI,
Jan OLBRYCHT,
Jarosław KALINOWSKI,
Jarosław WAŁĘSA,
Jerzy BUZEK,
Julia PITERA,
Krzysztof HETMAN,
Marek PLURA,
Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN,
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
|
France PPEFor (1)Against (17) |
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 86/1 #
A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová - § 86/2 #
| DE | PL | RO | ES | CZ | IT | HU | AT | SK | FR | BG | BE | PT | NL | GB | SE | HR | DK | MT | LT | LU | FI | EE | SI | LV | IE | EL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
73
|
39
|
25
|
42
|
18
|
62
|
19
|
17
|
13
|
55
|
11
|
15
|
13
|
18
|
55
|
17
|
9
|
11
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
8
|