2020/2079(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

- having regard to Articles 3, 5 and 5Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to the European Council conclusions of 8 June 2020 on “Demographic challenges - the way ahead”,

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas progressive taxation is crucial to fight inequality in order to finance more inclusive welfare systems;

Amendment 101 #

Klára DOBREV, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Brando BENIFEI, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Gabriele BISCHOFF

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas entrepreneurship is the primary generator of employment and wealth in society, and whereas families depend on policies that foster and marshal resources to enable entrepreneurs to provide workers with decent, stable jobs;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas the current crisis also entails a risk of widening regional and territorial disparities across and within Member States;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas the Country Specific Recommendations do not have a clear focus on wealth taxation and on progressive income taxation;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas in the next decade, job polarisation is expected to grow further, jobs in the higher and lower skills spectrum are expected to grow; whereas this trend is likely to be further reinforced by the pandemic; whereas progressive taxation is a necessary precondition to reduce overall inequality and finance well-functioning welfare states;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas the public purse should be used for the benefit of people’s personal, family and working lives to guarantee proper social cohesion and to ensure that the link between public and private life is not broken;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~fair living wages~~the adoption of legislative measures to ensure fair living wages and, in any case, wages that are above the relative poverty level, strong collective bargaining systems, and ~~social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease~~the highest levels of social protection are paramount for combating in-work poverty and economic and social inequalities, and for generat~~e demand;~~ ing demand; whereas employment and social policies should be fully consistent with the goal of fully implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, ~~and~~democracy at work, wage transparency, predictable working hours, adequate social protection and tax benefits can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demand; whereas, according to Eurofound definition, a living wage is the amount of income needed to provide an employee with a basic but socially acceptable standard of living; whereas minimum wages in the majority of countries remain below 60% or even below 50% of median wages;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, ~~and~~flexible sectoral agreements and company-by- company arrangements, as well as social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demand;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, andequate social protection and investment in public services can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demand;

Amendment 11 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)

- having regard to Council conclusions of 20 June 2011on the reconciliation of work and family life in the context of demographic change (11841/11),

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities ~~and~~, generate demand and improve health and wellbeing;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease health and social inequalities and generate demand;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate ~~demand~~economic growth;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas fair ~~living wages, strong collective bargaining~~remuneration, decent and syustemainable jobs, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demand;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the COVID-19 has thrown a spotlight on the future importance of health and safety in the workplace, and the need to improve working conditions as well as working time conditions and adapt them to the new reality, including flexible work arrangements (with workers being given more freedom to organise their work) and work-life balance, all of which are important EU policy objectives;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the development and training of workers in their vocational and personal skills are the best way of helping them achieve the excellence expected of them, fostering social responsibility that guarantees respect for personal freedom and dignity;

Amendment 116 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas social protection systems are under severe pressure to mitigate the social impact of the crisis and ensure decent living conditions for all as well as access to essential services such as health, education and housing;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas a variety of minimum income schemes exist in the majority of Member States in order to establish a safety net for those living at risk of poverty; whereas a European directive on minimum income would be welcomed;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas digitalisation and artificial intelligence and their promotion in an inclusive, secure and neutral way are crucial for all industry sectors, increasing competitiveness, creating job opportunities and economic prosperity;

Amendment 119 #

France JAMET, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Dominique BILDE, Elena LIZZI, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the organisation of the labour market in all its aspects, and particularly legislation on the minimum wage, is the responsibility of the Member States;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Delegated Regulation480/2014 supplementing Regulation 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas various forms of minimum income schemes exist in all Member States in order to provide a social protection floor and safety net for those in need;

Amendment 121 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas COVID-19 has exposed the gaps in social protection for many in our societies, in particular for platform workers, migrants and refugees;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;

Amendment 123 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas the Commission communication of 20 October 2010 entitled ‘Solidarity in Health: Reducing Health Inequalities in the EU’ (COM(2009)0567) underlines that, throughout the EU, there is a social gradient in health status; whereas the WHO defines this social gradient as being the link between socioeconomic inequalities and inequalities in the areas of health and access to healthcare; whereas health inequalities are rooted in social inequalities in terms of living conditions and models of social behaviour notably linked to gender, educational standards, employment, income and the unequal distribution of access to medical assistance, sickness prevention and health promotion services;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas current and traditional demographic trends in the EU are negative; whereas COVID-19 puts additional burden on most vulnerable groups of society and sound families have proven again to be a fundamental shelter against poverty and social exclusion;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas cultivating virtues during character-building is essential to ensure that people have the values and principles that enable a society to encompass personal considerations and collective ones;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas COVID-19 has worsened the already unacceptable gender employment gap which will worsen the gender pensions gap; whereas COVID-19 has worsened the already unequal sharing of caring responsibilities between men and women;

Amendment 127 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the fight against climate change persist and require a just transition so as to leave no one behind;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. Whereas homelessness has increased consistently in most Member States over the past decade; whereas at least 700,000 people are homeless on any given night in the EU, 70% more than a decade ago; whereas COVID-19 has demonstrated that homelessness is both a social and public health crisis;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019; calls for the implementation rate of the country specific recommendations to be stepped up in the euro area and beyond; urges the Commission to enhance the CSRs for eurozone members by creating a matrix framework where social policies related to the European Pillar of Social Rights, such as inclusive access to education, health, nutrition, employment and housing, and the preservation of social rights, are analysed by social segment, for example children, young people, older people (in the field of long- term care for elderly people), minorities, migrants and people with disabilities, thereby creating a much more accurate image of the economic and social health of the Member States, and to examine the possible extension of this new component of the CSRs to non-Eurozone members; points out that CSRs should be coherent with economic, social and environmental EU objectives and should reinforce rather than contradict each other; calls on the Commission and the Member States to define a European sustainability strategy to overcome social, economic and climate challenges; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce social rights by proposing legislation, including financial instruments where appropriate and following review, to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights within the limits of their respective competences as laid down in the Treaties and in compliance with subsidiarity;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 33

- having regard to the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, and to the European Pact for Gender Equality 2011-2020 and the Council conclusions thereon of 7 March 20119 and the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, __________________ 9 OJ C 155, 25.5.2011, p. 10.

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); ~~exp~~stresses ~~its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019;~~ that the continued existence of the rules laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact is preventing Member States from making the necessary progress in order adequately to respond to the unprecedented economic and social shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; is of the view that the CSRs should be the expression of a new regulatory framework that allows for the adoption of multi-tier public policies that are fully consistent with the aim of achieving full employment, the full enjoyment of social rights for all citizens and a swift and socially just transition to a circular, climate-neutral economy;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019 and progress remains uneven across policy areas; points out that since the start of the European Semester in 2011 progress has been particularly slow on broadening the tax base, as well as on health and long-term care with the healthcare systems being further challenged because of the COVID-19;

Amendment 132 #

Samira RAFAELA, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019; and progress is uneven across Member States and policy areas; points out that the focus on CSRs in labour market deregulation, procyclical economic policies and privatizations have left several Member States with significant vulnerabilities when facing Covid-19 economic and social crisis;

Amendment 133 #

Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019; stresses that the implementation of CSRs is crucial to foster social inclusion and improve social rights; urges the Commission to put pressure on Member States, regardless of their membership in the euro area, to implement the recommendations;

Amendment 134 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019; regrets the fact that too many CSRs are not implemented and urges the Member States to implement them, particularly those concerning employment and social aspects;

Amendment 135 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern~~Is of the opinion that labour market and employment policy should belong to the exclusive competence of thate Member States ~~have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019~~and, accordingly, rejects the Commission's country-specific recommendations (CSRs);

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups~~; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;~~ such as older people, people with disabilities, women, racial and ethnic minority, LGBTQI+ people, refugees and migrants who are particularly vulnerable to the virus or its consequences; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis; calls on the Member States to use the REACT-EU package to help the most disadvantaged by ensuring adequate funding from the European Aid Fund for the Most Deprived (FEAD), to support employment especially the youth in the funding granted by the European Social Fund (ESF) ) as well as to act concretely in favour of EU cohesion, notably in the outermost regions and the Overseas Countries and Territories;

Amendment 137 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups, especially workers who were in the front line during the crisis; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis; calls in this context on the Member States to use the REACT-EU package to ensure aid for the most deprived by guaranteeing adequate funding for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), to support retention and the return to employment by prioritising young people in the funding provided by the European Social Fund (ESF), and to take specific action in support of cohesion and the territories of the Union, in particular the outermost regions;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response ~~will offse~~, based on a new European economic governance framework, can enable the necessary employment and social policies to be adopted in order fully to protect the econ~~sequence~~omic and social rights of all citizens and to avoid any harmful social repercussions of the current unprecedented crisis;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on ~~vulnerable groups~~women, elderly and vulnerable groups which further increases inequalities and social divergences and weakens social and employment standards in Europe; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the social consequences of the current crisis and will demonstrate that the EU is an indispensable project based on social justice, solidarity and integration;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission report of 29 May 2013 on Barcelona objectives -The development of childcare facilities for young children in Europe with a view to sustainable and inclusive growth (COM (2013)322),

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups, especially the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons belonging to minorities or persons facing multiple discrimination, but also new vulnerable groups created by the pandemic; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response that also thinks ahead to future crises will offset the consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 141 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 ~~crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current~~ crisis;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, ~~in particular on vulnerable groups~~exacerbating and widening pre-existing inequalities, while creating new ones, in particular on women, elderly, vulnerable and minority groups such as the Roma; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and people with disabilities; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups increasing inequality; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the social consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 145 #

Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social and psychological effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups; stresses that ~~only~~ a decisive and coordinated European response will help offset the consequences of the current crisis;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that despite the announcements about the urgent necessity of balancing economic and social dimensions and foster upward convergence, the European Semester does not have a concrete agenda and actions to fight poverty and therefore a concrete strategy with a set of targets and a monitoring process should be established;

Amendment 149 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Regrets that only 3,9 % of EU citizens in the working age reside in an EU country other than that of their citizenship in 2018; calls for increased efforts from the Commission and Member States to reduce mobility barriers for workers and businesses;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 entitled ‘European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience’,

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary~~; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;~~ in order to preserve jobs, help companies and support a robust recovery; demands a supportive fiscal stance (active fiscal policy) to currently be warranted in all Member States to facilitate the recovery of consumption, investment and growth; demands for lending and financial support to specific sectors including the health sector, ideally via Manacle-Bonds1; demands that social, economic and ecological objectives should have equal priority and be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability within the next budget; and that the European Semester should be enhanced to include a social dimension all throughout its cycle involving the competent bodies of the EU and Member States which deal with social policies; demands an ambitious MFF that will meet the needs of existing and new programmes; demands that new own resources and the abolishment of rebates are put in place; _______________________________ 1A concept developed by the Family Party of Germany to fund projects to tackle the impact of COVID-19

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and to prevent and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; ~~demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability~~warns that this overly restrictive nature of the SGP is counterproductive in the path towards social and ecological justice, as long as the objectives of the EPSR and of the Sustainable Development Goals are not made mandatory; therefore, demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability; calls for the adoption of a permanent ‘silver rule’ on social investments to be applied when implementing the SGP, namely to consider public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis too, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, by not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands th~~at social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability~~e immediate revision of the Stability and Growth Pact and calls for social and ecological objectives to be included in a number of multi-tier regulatory measures, reflecting a holistic approach that is able to ensure full implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact ~~has proven to be inadequate, not~~– via the application of the escape clause – allow~~ing~~s Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate ~~the~~ social consequences~~, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability~~;

Amendment 156 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 157 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 158 #

Dennis RADTKE, Miriam LEXMANN, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis~~, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not allowing Member States the fiscal spac~~ Member States remain fully committed to the Stability and Growth Pact and welcomes their decision to make use of the general escape clause to ensure they need ~~to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences, which mad~~ed flexibility to take all necessary measures to support the the ~~activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability~~alth of the European citizens and civil protections systems and to stabilise the European social market economy; asks for better integration and strengthening of the role of the social and ecological objectives;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be ~~inadequate, not~~sufficiently flexible, with the activation of the general escape clause, to allow~~ing~~ the Member States to use the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances, support companies and workers and mitigate the social consequences~~, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary~~; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;

Amendment 16 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 20 October 2010 entitled ‘Solidarity in Health: Reducing Health Inequalities in the EU’ (COM(2009)0567),

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be in~~adequate~~sufficient on its own, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences thereof, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same ~~legal enforceability~~relevance as fiscal consolidation and financial stability where applicable;

Amendment 161 #

France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be ~~inadequate~~damaging to the economy, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances, prevent and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systemsStresses the importance of fiscal systems based on the utmost fairness in the implementation of the progressivity criterion, in order to ensure the highest levels of social justice; considers that there is an urgent need for appropriate measures to be taken at EU level to put an end to the aggressive tax planning permitted under current legislation in some Member States and to combat tax havens outside the EU more effectively; stresses the need to adopt stricter rules to tackle corruption, tax avoidance and tax evasion; points out that appropriate measures to counter these serious problems would generate substantial additional amounts for the budget that would significantly increase public investment to improve education and public health, social protection systems, health and safety at work, active labour policies, policies to protect against poverty and social exclusion and to speed up the socially just transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems; points out that our common human values should be guiding our debates on the budget and we should aim for a budget that will lead to an economy that reflects this notion better and will lead to a more humane Europe; calls for enhancing the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of how EU funds are used so as to improve effective use and public interest;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in ed~~Calls on the Member States to secure the adequacy and sustainability of the pension systems for workers and self- employed. Pension reforms should be supported by measures that extend working lives, such as by raising the effective retirement age, and be framed within active ageing strategies. Member States should establish a construcati~~on, social and healthcare syste~~ve dialogue with social partners and other relevant stakeholders, and allow an appropriate phasing in of the reforms;.

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems; stresses that the debt reduction focus in the Semester’s macroeconomic imbalance procedure (MIP) has regressive impact as it reduces the capacity of public services to address inequalities;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that~~, despite the importance of~~ sound and responsible fiscal policies, and in general budgetary stability ~~should not be detrimental to~~are the key to sustained, robust public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems, always bearing in mind the need to ensure enough flexibility to respond to unforeseen events or crises;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out ~~that, despite the~~ how importan~~ce of~~t sound and responsible fiscal policies, and budgetary stability ~~should not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare system~~are to guarantee the long-term sustainability of the welfare system; points out, furthermore, that the Member States should be given fiscal space in the short term to protect the businesses affected, as well as their workers;

Amendment 169 #

France JAMET, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that~~, despite the importance of~~ sound and responsible fiscal polic~~ies,~~y builds on budgetary stability ~~should not be detrimental to~~, but does not hinder effective public investment~~, especially in~~ in reformed education, social ~~and health~~, healthcare, childcare and dependent-care systems;

Amendment 17 #

France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43

~~— having regard to its resolution of 10 October 2019 on employment and social policies of the euro area14, __________________ 14 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0033.~~deleted

Amendment 170 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out ~~that, despite~~ the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies~~, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to~~; calls, nonetheless, on the Member States and the Commission, in response to the health crisis, to boost public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, b~~Budgetary stability should not be detrimental to indispensable public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems;

Amendment 172 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out ~~that, despite~~ the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should ~~not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems~~be promoted while encouraging public investment;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out ~~that, despite~~ the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should however temporarily not be detrimental to public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to meet international legal obligations in relation to children’s rights that Member States (as well as the EU as a whole for some of them) are committed to upholding; calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, calls for using opportunities in the 2021-2027 MFF for investing in children and funds to be employed to develop the potential added value of the EU Child Guarantee when combating poverty as well as harmful negative trends with regard to demographic change in Europe; demands to use soft law initiatives encouraging and incentivising Member States (through peer pressure rather than obligations) to establish European and national action plans to ensure children’s access to the five key social rights (access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition); asks for protection of families and children via the immediate introduction of a 25/25 European child maintenance allowance, an essential and long overdue measure with a view to implementing the Child Guarantee. This additional child maintenance payment must not be offset against any other benefits and would be demonstrably the largest economic development project of all time, since families would pump the additional money they receive into the economy, thereby benefiting all Europeans either directly or indirectly;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that, while focussing on social inclusion and poverty, the European Semester still lacks an agenda to monitor and address the increase of inequalities in Europe, urges therefore the Commission, to better assess the distributional impact of public policies and the imbalances in terms of income and wealth distribution, also through individual in-depth review (IDR) reports if these imbalances are detected, as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performance; calls on the Commission to study which should be the most accurate indicators of economic inequality (from among the Gini index, Palma indexes, Theil index, wage share, ratio of minimum wage to GDP per capita or to average wage, etc.), and to monitor the evolution of inequalities;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to make their tax schemes and social security scheme more efficient with a view to create incentives to work; Emphasises the importance of tax systems that are fair and easy to abide with; Reiterates that tight labour law and too generous benefit systems hampers the level of employment and in the long run results in unsustainable cost increases for Member States; calls on the Member States to make the necessary economic reforms to create a thriving business climate and increase productivity growth; Recalls that our social welfare is built on thriving businesses and well-functioning national economies;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes that during the COVID- 19 pandemic, many Member States have taken extraordinary measures to prevent and address homelessness by stopping evictions and providing emergency housing; urges Member States to provide sustainable, proactive and reactive solutions in order to eradicate homelessness by 2030; urges the Commission and the Member States to collect data on homelessness and mainstream homelessness in all relevant policies;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus their efforts on safeguarding industry as a whole, along with potential jobs, by paying special attention to SMEs and the self-employed;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and ~~invest in people and social welfare systems~~to make investments with a view to strengthening social welfare systems, providing full protection against poverty, ensuring stable and quality employment and protecting employees and the self-employed from the risk of unemployment and loss of income; considers it necessary, moreover, to step up support for businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis, with a view to maintaining employment levels and upholding health and safety standards in the workplace; calls for investments within the framework of Next Generation EU to be fully in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 18 #

France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 44

— having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2019 on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 201915 , __________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0202.deleted

Amendment 180 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; insists that the recovery plan must contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing our growth strategy as set out in the Green Compact, and fulfilling the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; calls on the Member States to make full use of the ~~general escape clause~~potential offered by the general escape clause to support companies which are in difficulty and lack liquidity, particularly SMEs; safeguard the jobs, wages and working conditions of European workers; and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause ~~and inv~~; strongly regrets that the social development procests in ~~people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states~~Europe has come to a standstill, which should not be a reason to orientate Europe as a welfare state, because stronger welfare states would cement poverty in Europe; demands as Europe’s objective that the social development process should now be accelerated so that people can lead an independent, self-determined life;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan, and calls for its budget to be centred around the Member States’ most pressing healthcare and socio-economic needs, with climate- neutrality objectives being postponed; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 183 #

Klára DOBREV, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; regrets however that significant imbalance exist between the green and digital transitions on one hand and education, social and healthcare infrastructure on the other; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and ~~social~~ welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcome~~Calls for a more ambitious Next Generation EU~~, the~~ and EU’s recovery plan; stresses that, without own resources, the recovery fund is basically a debt instrument, as it is guaranteed by future budgets; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 185 #

Dennis RADTKE, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems, without endeavouring fiscal sustainability and remaining committed to respect the Stability and Growth Pact; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; cCalls on the Member States to ~~make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare state~~view funding under this instrument as a great opportunity to finance the necessary reforms, while bearing in mind that these funds must be returned over the next 10 years and thus considering investments in terms of their effectiveness, sustainability and returns;

Amendment 187 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan~~Is of the opinion that the financing model of the Next Generation EU proposal exceeds the powers transferred to the EU; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective, equitable and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 189 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on Member States to ensure that no one is left behind in the Covid-19 crisis by supporting vulnerable groups in informal economy who lost their income as well as unemployed, particularly women and single parents by creating fair minimum wages and binding pay transparency measures;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 58 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on the EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-191, ________________________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA-PROV(2020)0205

Amendment 190 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR); stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension;deleted

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of ~~the~~ European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR)~~; stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension;~~ and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the European Recovery Plan in order to ensure social fairness, social cohesion and prosperity for all; is concerned that in the current crisis welfare systems are experiencing unprecedented pressure and that related public expenditure will exponentially increase; stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension strengthening welfare systems and investing in social security, healthcare, education, housing, employment, justice and social services for vulnerable groups in order to combat the social impact of the crisis;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the European Recovery Plan; stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan and MFF must have a strong social dimension, particularly by investing in stable social security systems, healthcare, education, housing, employment, culture, justice and adequate and accessible public social services with the objective of combating the social impact of the crisis and definitively tackling poverty eradication;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and its role as compass for a process leading to renewed socio-economic convergence and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension and ensure that none is left behind and support transition to European green and digital transformation;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR)~~Notes that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) could be a guideline for Member States when fuelling their recovery; stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong ~~social dimens~~future-looking dimension, creating a prosperous Europe for coming generations;

Amendment 195 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of ~~the implementation of~~respecting Member State competence as enshrined in the Treaty, especially with regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR); stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan ~~must have a strong social dimension~~should stimulate economic growth on the single market;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses th~~e importance of the implementation of~~at the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) is a political declaration without legal binding force and that the principle of subsidiarity shall be respected; stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

- having regard to Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 60 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission report on equality between women and men 2014,

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises that fostering social policies that support and provide incentives as regards the needs of families is a priority in terms of achieving maximum wealth in society, at both material and human level;

Amendment 201 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Stefania ZAMBELLI, France JAMET, Elena LIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 202 #

Klára DOBREV, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s SURE proposal as an emergency measure in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Member States to reach a swift agreement to allow its urgent implementation; recalls however that SURE is of temporary nature and will terminate once the COVID-19 pandemic is over; invites therefore the Commission to propose a permanent special instrument outside the MFF ceilings, to be activated – upon request of Member States – in case of any unexpected crisis that led to a steady rise in expenditure for short-time work schemes and similar measures;

Amendment 203 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s SURE proposal as an emergency measure in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Member States to reach a swift agreement to allow its urgent implementation and, as a result, to increase the chances of companies obtaining the liquidity necessary for resuming economic activity and safeguarding jobs;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s SURE proposal as an emergency measure to offer financial support with regard to EU Member States efforts to adapt or extend (to self-employed workers) their short-time work schemes in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Member States to reach a swift agreement to allow its urgent implementation;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s SURE proposal as an emergency measure in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Member States to ~~reach a swift agreement to allow its urgent implementation~~make us of it in an effective way; Takes note of the temporary nature of the instrument and welcomes the sunset clause;

Amendment 206 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the Commission’s commitment to mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on employment; calls therefore on the Member States to rapidly submit to the Commission applications for funding to support European workers who have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 in their retraining, requalification and reintegration into the labour market;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to provide preventive restructuring and second-chance schemes to enable honest debtors with financial problems to become solvent again and prevent insolvency;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens; stresses that we need to strengthen the strategic capacity of the EU by making sure that this time the money will not disappear from Europe through outsourcing; demands to make sure that companies receiving investment through EU instruments need to meet clear benchmarks so that only companies that adhere to social standards including good and family-friendly employment practices, that have just salaries, sound finances and protect the environment are eligible for this support;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens; demands that funds and resources be directed to projects and beneficiaries that comply with our Treaty-based fundamental values and that recipient firms protect their workers and ensure fair working conditions, pay their fair share of taxes, and refrain from paying out dividends or offering share buy-back schemes aimed at remunerating shareholders;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 61 a (new)

- having regard to the European Commission “Feasibility Study for a Child Guarantee - final report” of March 2020,

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens; and that companies using public financial support will protect workers, ensure fair working conditions, pay their fair share of taxes, and refrain from paying out bonuses to management or dividends to shareholders; companies refusing to negotiate with the trade unions should not receive public resources or financial assistance;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens; Member States should furthermore ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements. Member States should ensure that recipient undertakings refrain from making share buy backs or pay dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements and refrain from making share buy backs or paying dividends to shareholders or bonuses to executives, and that these undertakings are not registered in tax havens;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens and that recipient firms refrain from buying back shares or paying dividends to shareholders and bonuses to managers;

Amendment 214 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in t~~ax havens;~~he countries listed in the Annex 1 of the Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes; 1a __________________ 1aCouncil conclusions (6129/20) on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes of 18 February 2020

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~ensure that financial assistance is only provided to~~bear in mind, when granting financial assistance, the issue of the deliberate registration of undertakings in so-called tax havens, and to be particularly vigilant for cases in which an undertaking does not ~~registered in tax havens~~carry out genuine economic activities in its country of registration;

Amendment 216 #

Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens outside the European Union;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets;~~deleted

Amendment 218 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets;~~deleted

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating fur~~Stresses that a simple and easily interpreted scoreboard is more likely to have an impact on actual policies; Stresses ther i~~ndicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social target~~mportance of ex ante evaluations as well as thorough post evaluations of the National Reform Programmes; Calls on Member States and the Commission to strictly observe and act against all kinds of green-washing with EU-funds;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 62 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 entitled ‘Youth Employment Support: a bridge to jobs for the next generation’ COM(2020)276),

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to improve the social scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear ~~targets~~ reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets and to develop a taxonomy for social sustainability integrating the social aspects of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. CEmphasises the central role of the Social Scoreboard in the European Semester; calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets namely on poverty reduction;

Amendment 223 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to ~~improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets~~build upon existing indicators and reinforce the scoreboard by reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR;

Amendment 224 #

Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR~~, and to develop mandatory social targets~~;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop ~~mandatory~~ social targets;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Is concerned about the unfold impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the supply chains in European strategic sectors, which is resulting in demand disruptions and unprecedented job losses that risk of negatively affecting the European labour market in the long-term;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies ~~to prevent long-term unemployment~~and implement employment retention measures as well as to carefully design and promote flexible work arrangements with gradual reduction of weekly working hours and job sharing with full wage compensation to prevent unemployment, and in particular to invest broadly in education, training and life-long learning and especially in the upskilling and reskilling of workers and employees across our Union as ways to support economic recovery and social cohesion; stresses the need to strengthen the capacities for all people to enable them to benefit from change at work, to strengthen the institutions of work to ensure adequate protection for all workers, and to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all; equally stresses the critical role of international labour standards in advancing these goals;

Amendment 229 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; cCalls on the Commission to ~~propose a permanent~~open a public debate on the possible need to design an EU unemployment reinsurance scheme ~~and~~, to evaluate the benefits of the Youth Guarantee to date and, on the basis of this evaluation, to consider proposing a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment, particularly among sections of the population left unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in order to help young people, persons with disabilities and people facing discrimination to enter the labour market;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 62 a (new)

- having regard to the Committee of the Regions Opinion of 15 September 2017 entitled ‘Entrepreneurship on Islands: contributing towards territorial cohesion’,

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment and the associated rise of poverty and divergences of living standards, which will especially affect youth, women1a and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment;, especially in those regions which suffer significant demographic disadvantages, such as depopulated or sparsely populated regions and rural areas; __________________ 1a OECD, Employment Outlook 2020

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 233 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 235 #

Dennis RADTKE, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 236 #

Guido REIL, France JAMET, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; ~~calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU u~~rejects the proposal of a European Unemployment rReinsurance sScheme ~~and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee~~because such a scheme does not solve the structural national or regional labour market problems that are of a permanent nature and are based on wrong policies; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 24 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Miriam LEXMANN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC

Motion for a resolution
Citation 69 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis2, ______________________________ 2 Text adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 241 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise the fight against youth unemployment, particularly in the context of the European ‘Next Generation EU’ recovery; to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes such as Erasmus +; and to take appropriate measures to tackle youth unemployment and improve the employability of young people;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes with great concern the high level of youth unemployment in a number of Member States and the fragility of young workers’ employment contracts, particularly in sectors seriously impacted by the COVID-19, such as the tourism and hospitality industries; calls on the Member States and the Commission to make the fight against youth unemployment a priority by, among others, fostering youth employability and tackling job polarisation;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the COVID- 19 pandemic does not worsen the position of those groups furthest from the labour market, such as informal carers, people with long-term illnesses, disabilities, health problems or complex chronic diseases, migrants and refugees, and people from ethnic and religious minorities;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out the need to fight ageism in labour markets, including by raising awareness of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, and by securing access to life-long learning opportunities through customised courses and trainings;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tailor education and training systems so that they better meet the needs of the labour market to facilitate a smooth transition between the two; calls, therefore, for businesses to be more involved in the design and implementation of such systems;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners~~; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining~~ , the strengthening of workers’ and trade union rights, as well as collective bargaining and workers’ participation, as fundamental tools for democracy and inclusion; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue at all levels, collective bargaining and the involvement of workers in company matters, to promote collective bargaining as a precondition to public procurement as well as to ensure that social partners are fully involved in policymaking, including the European Semester;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining; Calls on the Commission to promote the use of ESF+ for capacity building of social partners with the aim of strengthening collective bargaining in Europe; Calls on Member States to consult and involve national social partners in law making that is of relevance to them;

Amendment 248 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper~~Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and ~~eff~~collective ~~involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining~~bargaining in the interests of their citizens;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires more direct involvement of citizens in decision-making processes, a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of citizens and the social partners in order to strengthen the transparency and democratic quality of decision-making processes, social dialogue and collective bargaining;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 69 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission's Economic Forecast Summer 2020,

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue at all levels and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen ~~social dialogue and collective bargaining~~trade union density, social dialogue and civil society participation and to extend collective bargaining coverage in order to ensure a democratic and socially just recovery;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; ~~calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining;~~

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of ~~the~~ social partners~~; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining~~ authorised for that purpose by each Member State;

Amendment 253 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls for no reduction in funding for programmes focused on cohesion and well-being such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+);

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls ~~on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages~~for adequate minimum wage levels to be set in Member States well above the poverty threshold ~~for all workers~~ through collective agreements or through national law~~; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers;~~ where applicable; Stresses the need for a clear distinction between labour markets with existing statutory minimum wages and those where wage levels are established exclusively by collective agreements; Stresses that any initiative must not harm the autonomy of social partners and wage-setting in collective-bargaining systems; stresses that a framework must not require implementation of instruments that makes collective agreements universally applicable;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’s second -phase consultation of the social partners on a~~n EU~~ framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safthe analysis of minimum wages in the EU, and on compliance with the subsidiarity principle as reguards ~~for decent old-age pensions for all worker~~the setting of those minimum wages;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law~~; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers~~ in line with national traditions and with due respect for the autonomy of national social partners and well-functioning collective bargaining models; calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to avoid unhealthy labour cost competition and increase upward social convergence for all;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 69 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Identifying Europe’s recovery needs’ (SWD(2020) 98),

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcomes~~Takes account of the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; cCalls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards forMember States to guarantee decent old-age pensions for all workers;

Amendment 261 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum~~Encourages the Member States to ensure that employed people receive a wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workershat allows them a decent life in their country; recalls in this regard that any decision on setting minimum wages is a Member State’s prerogative;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present an E~~uropean framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty~~U directive on minimum wages in order to combat social dumping and eliminate in-work poverty, abuse and discrimination by ensuring decent living wages above the relative poverty threshold for all workers, t~~hrough~~o reinforce collective agreements or th~~rough~~e national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers and, in any case, pensions that are higher than the relative poverty threshold;

Amendment 265 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’´s second phase consultation o~~f the social partners on an EU~~n a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to pres~~ent a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work pover~~pect the principle of subsidiarity byas ensuhrin~~g decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all worker~~ed in the treaties when proposing labour market and social policies;

Amendment 266 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers ~~through collective agreements or through national law~~in line with national traditions and law and with due respect for the autonomy of national social partners and well-functioning collective bargaining models; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law~~; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent~~ and to promote collective bargaining, and by combatting the gender and ethnic pay gap; calls for EU-level promotion of adequate old-age pensions for all workers;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum, national, adequate wages to eliminate in- work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements ~~or through national law~~, flexible sectoral agreements or company- by-company arrangements; calls for EU- level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas EU GDP is forecast to contract by about 7.5 % in 2020, while the euro area GDP is forecast to experience an even sharper drop of about -8,7% in the same period;

Amendment 270 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes with concern the inadequacy of access to social protection systems and the lack of such access for non-standard and self-employed workers; calls on the Member States to take measures to remedy these problems, in particular by following the Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed; welcomes, once again, the adoption of this recommendation as a first measure and the Commission’s commitment to strengthening social protection systems in Europe, but stresses the need to make universal access to social protection a reality, especially in the current difficult situation;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) recognises the need for workers to earn a living wage, as does the International Labour Organisation Constitution (1919), and that all human rights declarations agree that remuneration should be sufficient to support a family; stresses that wages should enable workers to meet their needs and those of their families and that every worker in the Union should receive a living wage, asks the Commission to study how to identify what a living wage could encompass and how it should be measured, which could serve as a reference tool for social partners;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Reiterates that Member States are primary responsible for improving social developments; Notes that wages are important to fair working conditions and for a thriving social market economy; Believes that strengthened collective bargaining is the best way to promote decent wages within the EU; Calls, in this regard, on the Commission to promote collective bargaining through for example coordination of mutual learning and analyses with a view to identify barriers to social dialogue within the EU;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls for work on adequate minimum income to be accelerated and guidance issued in the form of an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income (incl. reference budgets) to identify the level of social benefits necessary to ensure people are able to retain a dignified life;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls for the EU-level promotion of adequate old-age pensions for all workers; highlights that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old-age pensions shall be granted to all; acknowledges the challenges faced by Member States to strengthen the sustainability of pension systems, but stresses the importance of safeguarding solidarity in pension systems; underlines the importance of public and occupational pension systems which provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold; believes that pension system reforms should focus among other aspects on the effective retirement age and reflect labour market trends, birth rates, the health and wealth situation, working conditions and the economic dependency ratio; considers that these reforms shall also take account of the situation of millions of workers in Europe, particularly women, young people and the self-employed, suffering insecure, atypical employment, periods of involuntary unemployment and reduced working time;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a legal EU framework similar to the Californian ‘AB5’-law to establish a test on the employment status of independent contractors; Stresses that an EU framework of such kind must not lead to any new types of employment status but exclusively function as a test of employment status and to combat false self-employment; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen co~~llective bargaining coverage~~verage for social agents for collective bargaining, flexible sectoral agreements or company-by-company arrangements, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers where clear, simple guidelines are set on price setting, contract conditions, ownership of means of work, and differences between business activities and those of service providers;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Asks the Commission~~Calls on the Member States to propose legal instruments to ensure and regulate decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workersespecially in the new employment relationships that are emerging at present;

Amendment 278 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ~~ban~~combat the improper use of precarious and non- standard contracts, particularly zero- hour contracts~~, end~~ and cases of bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to ~~present a European directive on decent working conditions~~conduct a comprehensive assessment of the working conditions of non-standard workers and to present a European regulatory framework aimed at strengthening and ensuring decent working conditions, rights and access to social protection for platform workers and non-standard workers;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to present an assessment of the working and employment conditions of essential workers, identifying the sources of their precariousness and to propose legal instruments to ensure sufficient working hours and decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non- standard workers;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas EU GDP is forecast to contract by about ~~7,5~~8.3 % in 2020, while euro area GDP is forecast to contract by 8.7 %;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero-hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive onhelp strengthen collective bargaining in order to reach a higher coverage across the Union; calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments where Community legislation is absent and necessary to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and ~~improve~~consider non- legislative instruments to support Member States in improving their social protection ~~standards~~; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non- standard workers;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 283 #

Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ~~ban zero- hour contracts,~~ end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers and adjust the rules on competition to enable platform workers to take part in collective bargaining;

Amendment 284 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage~~, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices,~~ and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers ~~and~~, non-standard workers and workers in precarious forms of employment;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure adequate work hours decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;

Amendment 286 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Asks the Commission to propose legal instrument~~Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage,; ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the ~~Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for~~Member States to ensure that platform workers and non-standard workers work under decent working conditions;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Asks the Commission to propose ~~legal instrument~~solutions to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European ~~directive~~framework on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;

Amendment 288 #

Dennis RADTKE, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Cindy FRANSSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States swiftly to adopt all necessary measures to combat the scourge of precarious employment; takes the view that penalties should be adopted more rapidly and effectively in cases of discrimination and abuse against workers, ensuring proper compliance with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union; stresses the need to step up inspections so that workers subject to temporary or flexible contractual arrangements may tangibly benefit from the same protection as all other workers; considers that the use of open-ended employment contracts should also be encouraged through binding measures and specific legislative intervention aimed at discouraging the use of fixed-term contracts;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Is concerned about the working and living conditions of seasonal workers and other cross-border workers in the low-wage sector; calls for an EU-wide subcontractor liability in certain sectors like agriculture and meat industry, especially in the case of on-site work contracts, and clear rules on subcontracting practices in general;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU entered the deepest economic recession in its history, economic activity in Europe dropping at an unusually fast speed; whereas according to the Summer 2020 Economic forecast, EU GDP is forecast to contract by about 8.3% and the euro area by 8.7% in 2020;

Amendment 290 #

Dennis RADTKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Acknowledges the crucial role of European carers during the pandemic; calls for a European carers’ strategy to ensure fair labour mobility in this sector and improve working conditions for carers;

Amendment 291 #

Guido REIL, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET, Elena LIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;~~deleted

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. C~~alls f~~onsiders that the recent pandemic has shown the importance of digital solutions, particularly telework an ~~EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to~~d the need to establish guidelines and regulations at European level; believes that telework offers opportunities such as better work-life balance, reduced CO2 emissions related to the daily commute, and enhanced employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and may serve as a tool to tackle rural depopulation; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework with a view to regulate telework conditions across the EU and ensure decent working conditions, including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect; calls for account to be taken of the situation of parents with young children, single parents and informal carers providing continuous care to dependent relatives, as the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that these groups have had the greatest difficulty in reconciling work and family life in connection with teleworking;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls f~~Underlines the impor tan ~~EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal~~ce to help working parents find child-care solutions in situation where one parent is a healthcare professional, caregiver, member of the armed forces or the police; points out that the other parent should be entitled to working from home or at least working part-time to take care of the children; calls for an EU teleworking agenda to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 295 #

Monica SEMEDO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect; calls on the Commission and Member States in strong cooperation with social partners to propose a directive on work-related stress and in this regard to require all companies to form a company policy towards work-related stress;

Amendment 296 #

Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of location-less jobs, which can prevent depopulation of rural areas in the European Union;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 298 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls ~~for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect~~on the Member States to cooperate on how to reach decent working conditions for teleworkers;

Amendment 3 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

- having regard to Articles 6, 9, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 168, 174 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the European Union and essential to the proper functioning of the Internal Market;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave, work-life balance and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave, work-life balance and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, ~~including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including~~based on business-level agreements in which decent working conditions are guaranteed, including, among other things, respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 303 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative ~~proposal~~framework to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a ~~legislative~~ proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 305 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a ~~legislative~~ proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect;

Amendment 306 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Miriam LEXMANN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Pays attention to the fact that flexible working arrangements and tele- working also play an important role in preserving jobs and production and are one of the key factors in supporting better work-life balance;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for an updated EU insularity strategy, in order to promote harmonious development and allow the provision of remedies for the islands’ permanent natural and demographic handicaps, while allowing them for transition to future centres of remote working and prosperous living;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;~~deleted

Amendment 309 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;~~deleted

Amendment 31 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis is a symmetric shock affecting all Members States, though the impact of the crisis is set to be uneven; whereas the COVID-19 crisis requires a coordinated European response ensuring social and territorial cohesion;

Amendment 310 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ACalls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the portability of rights and ensure fair and just working conditions for mobile, cross- border and seasonal workers in the EU; calls on the Member States to commit fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems; therefore asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;

Amendment 311 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Asks~~Calls on the Commission to p~~ut forward~~romptly introduce a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number; believes that a European Social Security Number has a strong potential of establishing a control mechanism for both individuals as relevant authorities to secure that social security is paid in accordance to the obligations and to combat social fraud;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. AReiterates that the rights and decent working conditions of posted and cross-border workers should be guaranteed; asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number to facilitate fair labour mobility;

Amendment 314 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Believes that every worker must have access to a full overview of who their employers are and their salary- and working rights, either in accordance to the sectorial collective agreement or national legislation where applicable; believes that this information should be available for labour inspectorates to control that employers live up to their responsibilities; believes this could take form in a special ID-card for all workers which has proven effective to combat social dumping in some Member States;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; ~~stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participation~~points out that high levels of inequality reduce economic output and the potential for sustainable development; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle inequalities and fight discrimination; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participation; stresses that investment in education and skills, as well as better designed tax and benefit systems are key policy tools for reducing inequality and promoting equal opportunities;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participation; Therefore, taxation should be shifted away from labour towards other sources where it will have a less harmful effect on inclusive growth and at the same time ensure the full alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the climate and environmental objectives as defined in the European Green Deal;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness, protects families by promoting a work-life balance and provides incentives for labour market participation;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; ~~stresses that~~considers that the Member States should design their national tax and benefit systems ~~must be designed~~ in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participation;

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis isproduced a symmetric shock affecting all Members States, though the impact of the crisis is set to be uneven having a stronger impact on the more than 109 million citizens already living at risk of poverty before the pandemic;

Amendment 320 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about limited intergenerational social mobility ~~and increasing income inequality~~; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that ~~reduces inequalities, promotes~~promote education, fairness and provides incentives for labour market participation;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about the limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participationsocial mobility that hinder labour mobility and the realisation of a well-functioning single market; Stresses the need to improve opportunities for mobility responding to labour market shortages in Member States;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Is concerned about growing discrimination and racism in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the implementation of anti-discrimination legislation, policy, and practice, to end structural discrimination against racialised minorities in access to employment and in the workplace and promote positive narratives of diversity;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard; as rapidly as possible, considering the enormous impact of the crisis caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic; stresses, moreover, the need for the Commission and the Member States to collect better and more harmonised data on the number of homeless people in Europe, as this constitutes the basis of any effective public policy;

Amendment 325 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights-based, comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum incomeNotes that poverty is still unacceptably high; stresses that child poverty has many different causes and that relevant issues such as healthcare, education, childcare, nutrition and housing fall within the competence and responsibility of the Member States; encourages the Member States to tackle child poverty as a priority; points out that the rise of homelessness has many different causes and that an efficient fight against homelessness requires measures in different fields such~~emes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard~~ as health care, labour market policy, protection of women against domestic violence, EU freedom of movement and asylum and migration policy;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020 building on the 3 pillar approach of the Council recommendation of 2013 on investing in children, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, as well as the post 2020 EU Roma Strategic Framework with concrete objectives and national funding monitored through the European Semester, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy with a designated poverty reduction target, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, which provide a social protection floor and safety net for those in need and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights-based, comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies,~~In the context of a European rights-based, comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy, calls on the Commission to present in 2020 an EU child guarantee, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, a long- term post-2020 EU Disability strategy, a renewed EU Roma Integration Strategy, and to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States~~, and~~ to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a ~~framework~~directive in this regard;

Amendment 329 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies by adopting the ‘Housing First’ principle, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis is a symmetric shock affecting all Members States, though the impact of the crisis is set to be uneven and likely to penalise vulnerable people and workers the most, and to increase the existing inequalities;

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy~~, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies,~~ to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;

Amendment 331 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee ~~in 2020, a rights- based,~~as soon as possible, a comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases ~~with a view to presenting a framework in this regard~~;

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 335 #

Klára DOBREV, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Milan BRGLEZ, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Brando BENIFEI, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to present ~~an EU child guarantee in 2020,~~ a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation dimension of welfare systems to absorb social shock waves caused by external effects such as recessions; calls therefore on the Member States to introduce policies to re-establish employment security by providing pro- active protection, including in the case of dismissals; calls also on the Member States, in view of ILO Recommendation No 202, which defines social protection floors, to ensure and increase investment in social protection systems in order to guarantee their performance in tackling and preventing poverty and inequalities while ensuring their sustainability;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to come up with directives that could inspire national legislation to shape policy to promote family cohesion so as to foster an ideal environment within which children can develop in perfect conditions, and where families are given the resources required to bring about better cohesion, thereby protecting and safeguarding disadvantaged children;

Amendment 338 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put forward specific proposals to ensure a just transition in terms of improving the energy efficiency of housing and to adequately address the problem of energy poverty in relation to the objectives and principles of the Green Compact;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Believes that reforms to social protections systems by the Member States must aim to facilitate labour market participation for those who can work by making work pay; stresses in this regard that income should be targeted at those most in need;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the current crisis has had a huge impact on our working habits - flexible working arrangements, such as remote work and flexible working hours have become the norm and the use of digital technologies is on the rise; whereas their use in the future would be economically and socially beneficial in the long run, but brings about very challenging issues like, social isolation, data protection, workers' health and the protection of employees and workers' rights;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Believes that in order to maintain and increase global competitiveness, the labour market regulatory framework in Member States needs to be clear, simple and flexible while maintaining high labour standards;

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities;~~deleted

Amendment 342 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, ~~and~~including a male- female wage equality index; urges their swift adoption of these measures in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities; calls on the Member States and the Commission to support entrepreneurship among women and facilitate access to financing for them; calls on the Member States to unblock the negotiations on the Women on Boards Directive in the Council;

Amendment 343 #

Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities; Believes the proposal is essential to tackle the gender pay gap and the following causes of pension gap; Calls on Member States in strong corporation with national social partners to address the gender gap challenge in pay and pensions;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities; further stresses the need for gender budgeting as well as for the monitoring of this spending and gender mainstreaming across all budgetary, policy and legislative proposals, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce ~~binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalitie~~measures to bridge the pay gap and the associated gender pension gap, notably by guaranteeing pay transparency; considers that other measures should include better adjustment of the assessment during maternity and parental leave and adequate inclusion of this period in pension entitlements;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce ~~binding~~a directive on pay transparency measures, which should include strong enforcement measures, such as penalties and sanctions for employers that violate the right to equal pay, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities and discrimination in the labour market;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce ~~binding~~ pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce ~~binding~~ pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities;

Amendment 35 #

Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas in particular the pay gap, the employment gap as well as the social protection gap between men and women, disproportionate burden on women in the provision of care, strengthening and equality of families, youth unemployment, labour market segmentation and inequalities, in-work poverty, productivity, wage growth, pensions, social protection and health care systems were areas for significant improvement even before COVID-19 crisis;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Recalls that in the EU, workplace discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, disability, ethnic or racial origin, religion or belief, or sexual orientation, is banned and that everyone is entitled to equal treatment in recruitment, working conditions, promotion, pay, access to training and occupational pensions; calls on the Commission to present a strategy to prevent labour market segregation of ethnic minorities as well as to present a Communication on guidelines and standards for discrimination-free recruitment policies for Member States and employers, including recommendations for the adoption of equality plans at company level and in sectoral collective agreements and the implementation of diversity task forces in the workplace, including tackling stereotypes, prejudice and negative attitudes, preventing discrimination in recruitment, promotion, pay and access to training; highlights that these equality action plans should be also used to promote ethnic and cultural diversity at the workplace, to develop internal regulations against racism, related discrimination and harassment in the workplace, to monitor and review recruitment, progression and retention of workforce by equality strand in order to identify direct or indirect discriminatory practices and to adopt corrective measures to reduce inequality in each of these areas and, to this effect, collect equality data in respect of privacy and fundamental rights standards;

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Emphasises and strongly support the aim to strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women; underlines that pay transparency is crucial in counteracting unfair wage differentials and discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure that a binding EU legislation in relation to gender pay transparency, fully respects the autonomy of national social partners and contractual freedom of social partners in particular in those Member States where pay is also a responsibility of the social partners;

Amendment 352 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities; calls, in this regard, on the Member States to swiftly and fully implement the Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers;

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care and social services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities to facilitate women’s participation in the labour market; calls for the development of an EU framework for care services to set minimum standards and quality guidelines;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls ~~for~~on Member States to provide accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities;

Amendment 356 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for the introduction by the Member States of accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy;~~deleted

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy that is fully consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with a view to its full and effective implementation; points out that the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the living standards of people with disabilities and that even before this crisis some 100 million people with disabilities in the European Union were still being deprived of their basic human rights and prevented on a daily basis from leading an independent life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to mobilise essential investment and resources in order to ensure full protection of the economic, social and cultural rights of people with disabilities, in accordance with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas, since long, the world of work is undergoing transformative change in the form of shortage of work, concentration of work, increased demands, more controlling, more flexible, precarious employment relationships and seasonal work;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy, including concrete measures to take into account the needs of persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts towards the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market by removing barriers with the opportunities that digital work offers for their inclusion and creating incentives for their employment;

Amendment 361 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy; notes that the guiding principles underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, such as full and effective participation and inclusion in society, equal opportunities and accessibility, must be fully applied at both EU and national level;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy based on consultations of persons with disabilities and their representative family members or organisations and to take crisis- mitigation measures in line with the UN CRPD in order to protect them and to ensure their equal and non- discriminatory access to services;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy; Calls on the Commission to present a strong and comprehensive legal framework to secure full accessibility for persons with disabilities to the labour market;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a ~~comprehensive and long-term~~ post-2020 EU Disability Strategy which respects disability in all its forms so as to respond in a dignified manner to safeguard people’s lives, health and social inclusion;

Amendment 365 #

Monica SEMEDO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Samira RAFAELA, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy which addresses accessibility to goods and services as well as to leisure activities, such as sports;

Amendment 366 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls on the Member States to improve the~~Is concerned about the stagnating share of early school leavers, especially amongst marginalised groups, and the increasing share of underperforming pupils; stresses that gaps in basic numeracy, literacy and digital skills are severe impediments to meaningful participation in society and the labour market; calls on the Member States to guarantee that high quality, accessib~~ility~~le and inclusive~~ness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills~~ education, training and life- long learning are a right for everyone, and to ensure high-quality basic qualifications and vocational education and training with tailored support, especially for the low-qualified and the most marginalised groups in society supported by substantial public investment; stresses that educational outcomes are negatively affected by social exclusion, discrimination, stereotyping, poverty and segregation, which must also be addressed; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the driving factors behind early school leaving, including social aspects, and present a proposal to tackle the problem;

Amendment 368 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in society; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to invest in quality, accessible education and training, strengthening requalification and retraining measures, in particular the acquisition of digital skills, and to promote lifelong learning; stresses that matching qualifications with skills on the one hand and job opportunities on the other is a prerequisite for the creation of a competitive European labour market and that this should be achieved by facilitating closer cooperation of education systems with businesses, for example by promoting learning, work experience and lifelong learning;

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most ~~marginalised groups in society~~disadvantaged groups in society; points out, furthermore, that account should be taken of the educational freedom parents want for their children and of the child’s best interests; points out that these centres provide education that does not segregate children according to their disability, but treats them in an excellent manner in line with their educational needs;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas this transformative change is driven by the principle of profit maximisation instead of people, technological innovation, digitization, demographic shifts, climate change, and globalisation;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic and digital skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in society; calls on the European Commission for an ambitious Digital Education Plan underlining the key role of the digital skills and life-long learning in order to adapt workforce to changing labour markets requirements;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility ~~and~~, inclusiveness and future-proof character of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in society; calls on the Member States to make the most of digital solutions and AI in the field of education, taking into account the rapid development of technology and future labour market needs.

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in society with a specific focus on early school leaving which was aggravated by the pandemic;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to ~~improve the~~ guarantee that high-quality, accessib~~ility~~le and inclusive~~ness of their education systems~~ education, training and lifelong learning are a right for everyone, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the low-qualified people and the most marginalised groups in society;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to develop a political strategy to replace Europe 2020 which aims to eradicate poverty, bringing together key instruments such as the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Semester with a longer-term vision of an economy of wellbeing and the sustainability of our environment and social models, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

Amendment 376 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition;~~deleted

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition; Stresses the urgent need to establish a skills-guarantee in line with the principles of the youth guarantee; believes that all Europeans should be guaranteed to receive good quality upskilling and reskilling opportunities within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education; agrees that a strong focus on digital skills are necessary;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transi~~Welcomes the Updated Skills Agenda for Europe, which provides the tools to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and to support the green and digital transition; welcomes the Pact for Skills announcement and stresses that its works should have a forward-looking action plan, with a particular focus on young people, long-term unemployed persons, victims of gender violence, people with disabilities and other groups at risk of discrimination;

Amendment 379 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Miriam LEXMANN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition; underlines that supporting adequate skills with emphasis on digital skills will improve the productivity and resilience of the labour force easing the ecological and digital transition towards a greener and smarter economy;

Amendment 38 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis;~~deleted

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition and to address digitalisation, automatisation, skills shortages and mismatches and digital exclusion;

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements and future challenges of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market, the society and of the ecological and digital transition;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Highlights that qualifications and certified competences provide added value to the workers, improving their positions in the labour market and can be transferred in labour market transitions; calls for public policy on skills to be oriented to certification and validation of qualifications and competences; stresses that skills based compensation systems should be established in companies accessing public funds for upskilling workers and in agreement with workers representatives, as this system would ensure that there is a return in that public investment;

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses the opportunities that the digital transition may offer to companies, SMEs and start-ups, as well as for new business models, to foster employment growth and new employment positions; calls on the Commission for a coordinated EU initiative to ensure that workers who experience new forms of work, in particular platform workers, have access to a social protection system and are guaranteed all their social rights, regardless of their employment status, and to extend collective agreement coverage to platform workers;

Amendment 385 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in sustainable and inclusive development, economic growth and job creation in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support for SMEs and their workers in the resumption of economic activity and in the transition towards a more digital and greener economy;

Amendment 386 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the necessary investment in infrastructure to guarantee broadband access in all European regions, in particular in rural areas and the regions covered by Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; calls on the Commission to present a new Strategic Framework for Health and Safety, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy; calls for the role of the EU-OSHA to be strengthened to promote healthy and safe workplaces across the Union; stresses that investments in occupational health and safety improve job quality and the wellbeing of workers and contribute to the productivity and competitiveness of the European economy;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; Calls for an urgent revision of the Biological Agents Directive 2000/54/EC with the purpose to adapt it to global pandemics and other extraordinary circumstances in order to secure the full protection of workers against the risks of exposure; calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible a new Strategic Framework for Health and Safety post- 2020, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy;

Amendment 389 #

Guido REIL, Stefania ZAMBELLI, France JAMET, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester at its core is crucial for mitig~~the immediate revision of the Stability and Growth Pact and the establishment of a new European coordination framework for economic, social and health policies are crucial for appropriately protecting the living standards of all citizens without exacerbating the effects of the crisis;

Amendment 390 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; calls on the Commission to protect all workers in the workplace and to present a new Strategic Framework for Health and Safety, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has ~~resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; calls on the Commission to present a new Strategic Framework for H~~highlighted the emergence of new kinds of employment relationships; urges the Commission to draw up recommendations on health and Ssafety, a ~~directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy~~nd on emotional and social relations, addressing all the disorders caused by these circumstances, in particular emotional, employment-related and educational disorders;

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union, ~~calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all~~the stress-testing of EU healthcare systems, minimum standards for quality healthcare, a European Health Response Mechanism, as well as strengthened EU health agencies and civil protection capacities, calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all; welcomes the shift from cost saving to performance orientation and health outcomes with regard to healthcare in the European Semester; calls for the development of common indicators and methodologies to assess health inequalities and the performance of healthcare systems;

Amendment 393 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union, calls on the Member States to ensure ~~access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all~~high-quality, people-centred and accessible healthcare, including efficient and well-resourced preventative and health-promoting approaches that are available and affordable for all; calls on the European Commission to step up its action on tackling inequalities in health between and within EU Member States;

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union~~, calls~~ based on the ~~Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all~~principles of solidarity, strategic autonomy and cooperation, placing public health considerations at the core of the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities, as enshrined in the Treaty, with systematic health impact assessment of all relevant policies;

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union, calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all; calls for uniform framework conditions so that, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States create equal quality standards and ensure free access for all citizens;

Amendment 396 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for ~~the creation of a European Health Union, calls on the~~health to be given a more prominent role in EU policies, fostering interaction and the exchange of good practices among Member States toand ensureing access to high- quality healthcare that is affordable for all;

Amendment 397 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. CRecalls ~~for the creation of a Europea~~the importance of the principle of subsidiarity in Hhealth ~~Union, calls on the Member States to ensure access to high- quality healthcare that is affordable for all;~~care policy and the fact that health care is a national competence; emphasises the need to advance the directive on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.

Amendment 398 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls ~~for the creation of a European Health Union, calls~~ on the Member States to ensure access to high- quality healthcare that is affordable for all;

Amendment 399 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, France JAMET, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Calls for the creation of a European Health Union,~~ calls on the Member States to ensure access to high- quality healthcare that is affordable for all;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

- having regard to Articles 9, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 168, 174 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis; whereas a stronger involvement of the European Parliament strengthens the democratic oversight of the Semester;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Reiterates the importance of the rule of law – including independent and efficient justice systems, quality public administrations and public procurement, and robust anti-corruption frameworks – as the basis for a sound business environment, functioning labour markets and the proper use of EU funds; stresses that the assessment of the rule of law and the effectiveness of the justice system should thus continue to be included in the European Semester; calls on the Member States to ratify the revised European Social Charter;

Amendment 401 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to present a communication on guidelines and standards for discrimination-free recruitment policies for Member States and employers, including recommendations for the adoption of equality plans at company level and in sectoral collective agreements and the implementation of diversity taskforces in the workplace, including tackling stereotypes, prejudice and negative attitudes, preventing discrimination in recruitment, promotion, pay and access to training;

Amendment 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Highlights the need to address the social, economic and environmental determinants of health; considers, in this regard, that the European Green Deal brings opportunities for diseases prevention, in line with the “One Health” approach recognising the interconnection between human health, animal health and the environment and that implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights would contribute to tackle the social gradient in health and reduce health inequalities;

Amendment 403 #

Dennis RADTKE, Cindy FRANSSEN, Miriam LEXMANN, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Antonius MANDERS, Romana TOMC, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Member States to actively promote the development of the circular and social economy, foster social innovation, social enterprises and strengthen their sustainability, and encourage those forms of work which create quality job opportunities;

Amendment 404 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Member States to protect the health of the elderly, providing them with hospital treatment and healthcare and avoiding any form of age- based discrimination;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Calls on the Commission to adopt a common set of health determinants to monitor health inequalities by age, sex, socio-economic status and geographic location and establish a methodology for auditing the health situation in the Member States, with a view to identifying and prioritising areas in need of improvement and increased funding; considers that the Commission should evaluate the effectiveness of measures in order to reduce health inequalities resulting from policies covering social, economic and environmental risk factors;

Amendment 406 #

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for all;

Amendment 41 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis and ensuring a recovery which is economically innovative, socially fair and environmentally responsible;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination ~~with the European Semester at its core~~ is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis; whereas a stronger involvement of the European Parliament in the Semester will ensure a more democratic economic governance;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester based on the European Pillar of Social Rights at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas according to the accompanying Staff Working Document Identifying Europe’s recovery needs, the most pressing social need is addressing unemployment; whereas, the Commission in this document estimates that the investment needed for social infrastructure will be 192bn;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. while investment in skills, qualifications and formal training for adults strengthens the employability of workers, wage developments and business competitiveness;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social investments are essential to ensure sustainable development, poverty eradication and inclusive societies; whereas the decision of the Council of 23 March 2020 of activating the General Escape Clause should lead to a revision of the Stability and Growth Pact in order to better tackle the consequences of the pandemic as well as the causes for the imbalances between Member States;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~social investments are essential to ensure sustainable development and inclusive societies;~~ it is essential to improve legal safeguards through appropriate regulatory action and an increase in social investments in order to combat poverty and social exclusion adequately, while guaranteeing sustainable development and inclusive societies that are capable of ensuring that all citizens enjoy their social rights in full;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Council decision of 23 March 2020 activated the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact allowing for the needed flexibility to take all necessary measures to support the economies and health systems; whereas social investments are essential to ensure sustainable development and inclusive societies;

Amendment 49 #

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Monica SEMEDO, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social investments are essential to ensure sustainable development and inclusive societies; whereas social investments such as the availability of childcare and early childhood education and training result in people being more productive and feeling more comfortable;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

- having regard to Articles 4, 9, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 174 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 50 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social investments are essential to ensure ~~sustainable development and inclusive societi~~the material and social progress of the Member States;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas implementation of the 2013 EU Recommendation on investing in children has not had as great an impact as hoped for; whereas the European Semester has not sufficiently prioritised tackling child poverty and social exclusion and EU funds have not been used as extensively or strategically as they could have been;

Amendment 52 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the urgency of the recovery must go hand in hand with the commitments of the European Union and its Member States to implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the objectives of the Green Compact and the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas, as was the case with the Council Recommendation on a Youth Guarantee, even if it remains a soft instrument, the introduction of new (Council) Recommendation on an EU Child Guarantee building on the existing legal frameworks and policy instruments and especially the 2013 Recommendation on investing in children, would be an effective way to ensure that Member States make visible a high-level political commitment to guaranteeing the social rights of children(particular those in vulnerable situations) and combating child poverty and social exclusion; whereas implementing this via some selective, high-profile, clear-cut, concrete and relatively operational objectives as well as concrete policy levers and policy outcomes - for which the political authorities can be held accountable - would then become a priority for the European Member States;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which were not sufficient to proportionally and adequately support people experiencing poverty and inequalities aggravateding the effects of the pandemic in ~~certain~~the majority of Member States;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas austerity policies resulted in ~~less protective and underfunded~~a reduction of workers’ rights, the growth of precariousness and in-work poverty and a decrease in the funding and protection of social and healthcare systems, ~~which~~leading also to an aggravatedion of the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which were unable to adequately support people in need, reduce poverty and inequalities, and aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;

Amendment 59 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~austerity policies resulted in less protective and~~certain political choices made in the wake of the financial and economic crisis had regrettable consequences on the level of protection provided by the sometimes underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Title IV (Solidarity) thereof and the Racial Equality Directive (Directive 2000/43/EC),

Amendment 60 #

France JAMET, Elena LIZZI, Dominique BILDE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member State~~long-term budgetary rigour is needed to sustain the Member States’ welfare systems;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the austerity policies implemented by the bodies of the European Union resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;

Amendment 62 #

Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas auexcessively resteri~~ty polic~~ctive spending policies and investment priorities resulted in less protective and underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~austerity policies resulted in less protective and underfunded~~the pandemic has underlined the need of strong social and health care systems~~, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain~~ in the Member States;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas decisive measures and investment are needed for a speedy recovery that should focus on mitigating the economic and social effects of the pandemic, restart the economic activity, foster sustainable development, the green transition, the digital transformation and implement the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in order to achieve more effective and stronger welfare states;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas those Member States that will be benefitting from the proposed Recovery and Resilience Facility should establish plans in the context of the European Semester with clear targets on social progress based on the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas ECB programs did not reach the real economy and simultaneously a lot of capital was extracted from the real economy; whereas this dual development contributed to the vulnerability of our societies that manifested itself during the health crisis;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas socially sustainable reforms are those based on solidarity, integration, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures equality and social protection, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation and citizenship and improves living standards for all citizens;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas reinforced social protection systems are crucial for the fight against poverty and inequalities;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas to benefit from the proposed Recovery and Resilience Facility Member States will prepare recovery and resilience plans annexed to their national reform programmes taking into account the findings of the European Semester, as well as national energy and climate plans and just transition plans, and report on their progress in implementing the plans in the context of the European Semester; whereas these plans should include specific social progress plans outlining how the principles of the EPSR are going to be implemented and where social investment is going to be targeted;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the Joint Research Centre Technical Report entitled “The COVID confinement measures and EU labour markets” published in 2020 and, in particular, its analysis of the most recent evidence available of the patterns of telework in the European Union,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas social welfare systems guarantee a decent life; whereas these systems include social security, healthcare, education, housing, employment, justice and social services for vulnerable groups and play a key role in achieving social sustainable development, promoting equality and social justice and ensuring the right to social protection as it is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); whereas social protection policies are vital elements of national development strategies to reduce poverty and vulnerability across the life cycle and to support inclusive and sustainable growth;

Amendment 71 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7,.5 % in 2019 to about 9,.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States; whereas many companies have either been forced to close or are likely to have to do so; whereas national short-time working systems, supported by European measures, enable jobs to be maintained and salaries to be broadly kept unchanged; whereas many jobs remain at very high risk in the medium term;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7.5 % in 2019 to about 9.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States; whereas unemployment is set to rise unevenly across sectors and groups of population affecting youth and those in low-skilled or temporary work and in precarious working conditions;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7.5 % in 2019 to about 9.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States, impacting differently youth, low-skilled, non-standard and other precarious workers;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7.5 % in 2019 to about 9.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States, genders, age groups and socio-economic groups;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7,.5 % in 2019 to about 9,.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States, rising to over 20 %;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the primary responsibility for tackling youth unemployment rests with the Member States in terms of developing and implementing labour market regulatory frameworks, education and training systems and active labour market policies;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas there is an urgent need for a vision of society in which families and businesses are among the core elements, as they generate the wealth that balances the social and labour-based ecosystem;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the crisis is leading to a degradation of the labour market conditions which risks to limit increases in wages and reinforces the declining of collective bargaining power;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas short-time work schemes, wage subsidies and support for businesses will limit job losses but significant effort will be needed to tackle unemployment;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

- having regard to the announcement by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen in ‘A Union that strives for more: My agenda for Europe - Political Guidelines For The Next European Commission 2019-2024’: ‘To support every child in need, I will create the European Child Guarantee, picking up on the idea proposed by the European Parliament’,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas in the first half of 2020,the euro area labour market underwent a massive deterioration induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it; whereas the decline in employment of about 4% in 2020 hides a more substantial deterioration in the number of hours worked, as employees in short-time work schemes are de facto unemployed but remain statistically employed; whereas, to be counted as unemployed, a person has to be available to the labour market, which was not possible everywhere during strict lockdowns and many persons only loosely attached to the labour market were also discouraged from actively seeking a job and therefore did not count as unemployed;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas Member States are faced with structural challenges in the labour market such as low participation as well as skills and qualification mismatches; whereas there is a growing need for concrete measures for the integration or re-integration of inactive workforce to meet labour market demands;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)

Fc. whereas extended short-time work schemes have played an important role in keeping employees attached to their jobs and the number of persons notified for short-time work have reached unprecedented levels; whereas these schemes are not identical in all Member States, which contributes to marked differences; whereas, in the future, the European Unemployment Reinsurance scheme could limit such differences by assisting Member States to cover the costs directly related to the creation or extension of national short-time work schemes;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)

Fd. whereas the burden of the labour market deterioration is carried unevenly across labour market categories; whereas workers with precarious working conditions and contracts, including contract workers and workers employed through temporary agencies were the first to lose their jobs; whereas oftentimes they are unable to enforce their rights, have little or no job security and social insurance protection and face higher health and safety risks; whereas the youth unemployment rate has increased more than the overall rate and self-employed persons have also suffered massively from the shutdowns;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)

Fe. whereas according to the Summer 2020 forecast, several factors are expected to slow the labour market’s return to its pre-pandemic situation, for instance limited time short-time work subsidy schemes; whereas in the case of a prolonged period of weak economic activity and with an increasing number of firms expected to downsize their activities or go out of business, schemes cannot fully prevent an eventual increase in unemployment; whereas the expected rise in unemployment rates across the EU may prove particularly hard to overcome in those Member States where unemployment was already relatively high before the start of the pandemic, where the economic rebound is expected to be slow, or labour markets and social safety nets lack efficiency and effectiveness;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)

Ff. whereas according to Eurostat, in 2018, there were 8.3 million underemployed part-time workers in the EU-28, 7.6 million persons were available to work, but did not look for a job, and another 2.2 million persons were looking for jobs, without being able to start working within a short time period; whereas in total 18.1 million persons experienced some resemblance to unemployment in the EU-28 in 2018;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F g (new)

Fg. whereas between 2002 and 2018, the EU share of middle-paying jobs declined by 13 percentage points;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F h (new)

Fh. whereas the deterioration in the labour market situation is projected to limit increases in wages and salaries and weakened the bargaining power of workers; whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining are key instruments for employers and trade unions to establish fair wages and working conditions, and strong collective bargaining systems increase Member States’ resilience in times of economic crisis;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F i (new)

Fi. whereas the right to establish collective bargaining is an issue that concerns all European workers with crucial implications for democracy and rule of law, including the respect of fundamental social rights and collective bargaining is a European fundamental right and European Institutions are bound by Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights to respect it; whereas, in this context, policies that respect, promote and strengthen collective bargaining and the workers’ position in wage-setting systems play a critical role in achieving high-level working conditions;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F j (new)

Fj. whereas collective bargaining coverage deteriorated in 22 of 27 Member States since 2000; whereas the average level of union membership across the European Union is around 23%, with great differences among Member States, ranging from 74% to 8 %;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

- having regard to the Commission communication of 26 April 2017 entitled ‘Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights’ (COM(2017)0250), and in particular Principle 11, reinforcing the importance of promoting children’s rights,

Amendment 90 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions~~, in particular for vulnerable groups;~~; whereas the COVID-19 crisis affects vulnerable groups in particular, resulting in increased inequalities, fragility, poverty, unemployment and social divergences, as well as undermining social and employment standards in Europe; whereas young people and non- standard workers are at greatest risk of losing their jobs and falling into poverty,

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions, in particular for ~~vulnerable group~~women workers, elderly people and vulnerable groups, including workers on temporary contracts, persons with low qualifications, the involuntary part-time and self-employed, and migrant workers; whereas many workers in essential occupations in the frontline response to the COVID-19 pandemic belong to these vulnerable categories;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions, in particular for vulnerable groups, including workers on temporary contracts, persons with low qualifications, involuntary part- time and self-employed, platform and migrant workers widening inequality and the risk of poverty;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis ~~will~~caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the most vulnerable groups hardest and has created new vulnerable groups, and it is anticipated that it will continue to have a significant impact on social conditions~~, in particular for vulnerable groups~~;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions, in particular for ~~vulnerable~~women workers, elderly people, vulnerable and minority groups;

Amendment 95 #

France JAMET, Guido REIL, Nicolaus FEST, Elena LIZZI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on ~~social conditions, in particular for vulnerable groups~~the socio-economic situation of the citizens of the Member States, in particular the least well-off;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the crisis has shown that every worker is essential and that if our societies are functioning in confinement, it is not only thanks to healthcare workers, researchers and security forces but to a large extent also to cleaners, transport workers, supermarket cashiers, care workers, delivery workers, domestic workers, platform workers, workers in call centres, food and agricultural workers, fishermen and many others whose contributions are indispensable; whereas too often these workers have poor working conditions and low wages and in many sectors the majority of them are women;

Amendment 97 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Jordi CAÑAS, Monica SEMEDO, Stéphane BIJOUX, Ilana CICUREL, Samira RAFAELA, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the pay and pension gaps between men and women remain and are likely to widen with the COVID-19 crisis; whereas across the EU, women still earn on average 16% less than men and the gender gap for pensions is around 37.2% in the EU;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the digitalisation can be an opportunity to reduce social inequality but it might also become a force for digital exclusion and exacerbate the pronounced inequalities that already exist today;

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