2020/2084(INI) A strong social Europe for Just Transition - Communication from the Commission
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2020/11/10
Lead committee dossier:
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2020/11/10
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | EMPL | RADTKE Dennis ( EPP), JONGERIUS Agnes ( S&D) | TOOM Yana ( Renew), TOOM Yana ( Renew), REIL Guido ( ID), PETER-HANSEN Kira Marie ( Verts/ALE), RAFALSKA Elżbieta ( ECR), VILLUMSEN Nikolaj ( GUE/NGL), VILLUMSEN Nikolaj ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | CULT | ROS SEMPERE Marcos ( S&D) | Andrea BOCSKOR ( PPE), Martina MICHELS ( GUE/NGL), Salima YENBOU ( Verts/ALE), Andrey SLABAKOV ( ECR), Ilana CICUREL ( RE) |
Committee Opinion | FEMM | WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga ( ECR) | Monika VANA ( Verts/ALE), Christine ANDERSON ( ID), Silvia MODIG ( GUE/NGL), Radka MAXOVÁ ( RE), Robert BIEDROŃ ( S&D), Cindy FRANSSEN ( PPE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
- 4.10.05 Social inclusion, poverty, minimum income
- 4.10.10 Social protection, social security
- 4.15.04 Workforce, occupational mobility, job conversion, working conditions
- 4.15.08 Work, employment, wages and salaries: equal opportunities women and men, and for all
- 4.40 Education, vocational training and youth
Events
2020/11/10
Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2020/09/28
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/07/02
EP - RADTKE Dennis (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/07/02
EP - JONGERIUS Agnes (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/05/28
EP - WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2020/05/27
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2020/05/27
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2020/04/07
EP - ROS SEMPERE Marcos (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
2020/01/14
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2020/01/14
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Committee draft report: PE657.413
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2020)0014
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2020)0014
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2020)0014 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE657.413
Activities
- Agnes JONGERIUS
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Dennis RADTKE
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Pedro SILVA PEREIRA
Plenary Speeches (0)
Amendments | Dossier |
152 |
2020/2084(INI)
2020/06/08
CULT
56 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that education is a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which states that
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation, social justice and poverty eradication; calls for the Union to facilitate stronger cooperation, information sharing and exchange of best practices between Member States and their education and training systems;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation, social justice and poverty eradication and can contribute to the better matching with changing labour market needs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled workers and believes that just transition funds should cover a strong investment in education, vocational education and training (VET) and retraining; stresses the importance to concentrate efforts on economic revitalisation of affected regions, rather than counting on worker mobility and risking depopulation, therefore insists that priority attention should be given to retraining provided in alignment with the needs of the regional labour market, particularly to on-the-job retraining or a combination of part-time working and part-time retraining;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled workers and believes that just transition funds should cover a strong investment in education, vocational education and training (VET) and retraining; stresses the importance of its full compliance with the principles of equal treatment and equal opportunities, in particular in regard to the most vulnerable in our societies and to disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled workers, who should have local roots in order to reduce environmental impact, and believes that just transition funds should cover a strong investment in education, vocational education and training (VET) and retraining;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled workers and believes that just transition funds should cover a strong, market-driven and competitive investment in education, vocational education and training (VET) and retraining;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled workers and believes that just transition new funds should cover a strong investment in education, vocational education and training (VET) and retraining;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that education is an investment for the Union’s future and a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which states that ‘everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life- long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society’;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point a (new) (a) Underlines the need for education and training both in skills related to the ecological and the digital transition, which can help to achieve the goals related to sustainability and digitalization, as well as in soft skills, which can facilitate to change or improve their employment sector;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point b (new) Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that Member States’ education and training systems must be adapted to make full use of the opportunities offered by the digital transition; digital skills development, e- learning initiatives and the connectivity of schools must be fostered and most vulnerable groups should be supported in obtaining equal access to them; calls on the EU and Members States to provide incentives for digital education and careers; emphasises that the participation of women in STEAM studies must be promoted;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. highlights that any transition to new, sustainable and responsible models of societies require a policy of inclusion through general education measures, ensuring equal rights and equal participation in education for all; this transition must put education, including artistic and cultural education, at the centre of its efforts, in order to ensure a future for the next generations, with skills in compliance with a new labour demand and supply focusing on a more human and ecological dimension;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the creation of synergies between the Just Transition Fund and the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps to support projects aimed at repurposing spaces affected by closures as a result of their efforts to transition towards a climate- neutral economy to accommodate new cultural initiatives, educational projects, social efforts or to preserve industrial heritage;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notices the rapid and continuous growth of the silver economy in the European Union, which by 2025 is likely to contribute 32% of EU GDP and 38% of the Union’s employment; underlines the need of vocational education, digital education and re-training schemes to adequately reflect that fact to ensure the social inclusion of seniors;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points to the need of providing sufficient funding to the re-skilling and up-skilling of workers in carbon- dominated industries form the EU Emissions Trading System Modernisation Fund so that to intensify action towards a just transition;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that a social protection schema is important for a just transition, as it enables workers and their families to meet basic needs, including the provision of both early childhood and long-term education, as well as to feel empowered to engage in lifelong learning actions and move into new jobs and sectors;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that a social protection schema is important for a just transition, as it enables European workers and their families to meet basic needs, including the provision of both early childhood and long- term education;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that education is a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which states that ‘everyone has the right to quality
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights the appropriateness of broadening Erasmus+ programme sections supporting education and training to be developed in depopulated areas to contribute to benefiting social preservation, fostering cultural heritage curation, and promoting environmental sustainability;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for a
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhanced university- business dialogue to
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhanced university- business dialogue to
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhanced European university-
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhanced
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhanced university- business dialogue and cooperation to allow for study in a sector where there will be jobs, particularly in vulnerable communities, regions and sectors;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls the Just Transition Fund to support the creative and cultural sector as key sectors that can help in the creation of new opportunities and jobs in the territories, in particular when projects include sustainable best practices and foster sustainability, energy efficiency and the protection of the environment;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls the Union to strengthen the portability and full recognition of skills and professional qualifications to increase mobility and optimal attainment of skills within the internal market and ultimately Europe’s competitiveness in the world;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for the full implementation of this principle by the Union and its Member States in line with the commitments of the March 2017 Rome Declaration and the November 2017 Gothenburg Summit; stresses the need for an Action Plan to deliver the Pillar of Social Rights and welcomes the determination of the Commission in this regard; insists on Member States implementing the country specific recommendations of the European Semester, especially on social affairs;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the importance of concrete and strong initiatives in the regions mostly affected by the just transition by allocating additional funding to projects related to education, culture, youth and sports;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on governments and
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes and measures to ensure that vulnerable groups of individuals
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes and measures to ensure that
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on governments and
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that the European Education Area should include transversal training in skills related to the ecological and digital transition, while continuing to disseminate our European cultural foundation, which is a source of intellectual growth, as well as an adequate connection with the world of work, especially at the later levels of the curriculum
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses th
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that the European Education Area should include tra
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. At the start of the Parliamentary term, the European Commission presented the Green Deal and the Just Transition Fund as one of its priorities. The appearance of COVID-19, with its devastating health and economic effects, is forcing us to redefine our priorities in the short and medium term in order to prioritise health and social policies, as well as economic development and job creation;
Amendment 50 #
7a. Draws attention that a long tradition of coal mining or industrial work shapes the local culture and identity for the communities that could be particularly opposed to a change when they experience it as a loss of history and character without a vision for the future; calls on Member States and ensure sustainable support for cultural activities of communities in transition and to respect and promote their cultural heritage;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the societal transition towards a sustainable energy basis calls for respect and promotion of a changing regional identity; notes that active promotion of industrial cultural heritage and ethnographic research is one way of achieving this goal;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notices that financial obstacles account for a large portion of reasons why many young people cannot take part in the Erasmus - based exchanges; stresses that there is a necessity to make Erasmus+ more easily accessible for students with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the most effective and inclusive education systems are those that rely on pedagogical research; calls the Union’s next flagship research programme, Horizon 2020, to be a vehicle to help further excellence in education and training;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses that just transition requires a holistic approach that encompasses economic diversification, comprehensive support for workers to transition to new jobs, environmental remediation, a due care for identity and cultural heritage of affected communities and inclusive processes that also address equity impacts for vulnerable and marginalized groups;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls for support for a regional settlement policy in declining mining areas by cultural and tourism enterprises through the restoration and repurposing of industrial sites, and a focus on exemplary renaturalisation measures that limit climate change by means of natural water reservoirs such as forests, floodplains and meadows;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Supports the promotion of democratic dialogue on a social and just transition by cultural and scientific institutions and educational establishments, and through an appropriate exchange of experience at EU level on successful developments towards an inclusive social transition;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the need of setting an annual breakdown of available allocations on education and culture by Member State under the objective of investment in employment and growth, on the basis of objective and transparent parameters and criteria in the distribution system, both from the EU to Member States and from Member States to their territories;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Underlines the convenience of fostering bilateral and multilateral exchange of experiences on lessons learnt and best practices in education and culture, as well as analysis, evaluation, monitoring and control of aid;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
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2020/10/01
FEMM
96 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic as the majority of frontline workers are women (healthcare workers and childcare workers, for example), as women are more likely than men to be in temporary, part-time or precarious employment, and as women carry out most unpaid work at home; whereas the pandemic has highlighted that
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) B b. urges to the Council and the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are at the centre of all measures linked to the recovery, incorporating lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas despite gender equality being enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the gender employment gap stands at 11.7 %, the pay gap at 15.7 % and the pension gap at 30.1 %; and whereas there is a need to guarantee equal pay for equal work and to ensure that more value is placed on the time spent bringing up children, particularly where pensions are concerned;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas despite gender equality
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas despite gender equality being enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas gender discrimination in the home and on the labour market can result in an unequal distribution of resources, making women more vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion than men; whereas if they fall into poverty, women have less chance of getting out of it;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas 15% of households with children at EU level are single-parent households; whereas on average, 85% of these households are run by single mothers, while 47% of single parent households were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2017; whereas these single-parent households were disproportionally affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) C b. whereas homelessness among women is a growing problem; whereas women experiencing homeless continue to encounter specific challenges in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, with temporary and emergency accommodation being particularly vulnerable to disease transmission, gender based violence and a lack of access to hygiene and healthcare facilities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital C c (new) C c. whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segregation in the EU is still significant, with women overrepresented in less profitable sectors; whereas especially women with precarious contracts were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as they were the first to lose their jobs leading to financial consequences for their families and to their economic independence, as well as insufficient social security protection in time of crisis;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital C d (new) C d. whereas more than 50% of carers under 65 combine care with employment this way performing a difficult balancing act; whereas carers may prefer low-skilled and low-paid jobs, which can be adapted to their caregiving schedule, as well as be obliged to reduce their working hours or leave paid work; whereas between 7% and 21% of informal carers reduce their working hours and between 3% and 18% withdraw from the labour market;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital C e (new) C e. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in the EU; whereas care needs to be viewed holistically along a continuum, from childcare to afterschool care, to care for those with disabilities to care for older persons;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital C f (new) C f. whereas adoption of the Work-life Balance Directive, was an important first steps towards harmonisation of different leaves within the EU allowing working parents to combine their professional and private life; whereas it has to be fully transposed and implemented on time by the Member States; whereas the work-life balance is in particular a difficult balancing act for many families during COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital C g (new) C g. whereas start-up entrepreneurs, 70% of whom are men while 30% are women and the self-employed, of whom 34.4% are women, have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis; whereas an updated study, showing COVID-19 short, medium and long term implications on women’s entrepreneurship in the EU 27 would be a valuable source of information for the European decision makers;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas digital education and skills are key to adjusting to the digital transition of Europe’s economy and society; whereas women are underrepresented in ICT professions; whereas the potential for just transition also rely in the new green jobs in sectors that often require high digital and ICT skills; whereas these sectors are often male-dominated; whereas when entering these sectors women face discrimination due to gender stereotypes and gender-related career expectations; whereas the proportion of green jobs held by women must be increased; whereas the obstacles for women’s access to green jobs can be tackled by elimination of labour market discrimination;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas digital education and skills are key to adjusting to the digital transition of Europe’s economy and society; whereas women are underrepresented in ICT professions; whereas only 17% of ICT specialists and 34% of STEM graduates are women; whereas at the same time women in the information and communication sector earn 19% less than men; whereas in digital skills, there is a gender gap of 11% and whereas the gap is higher for above basic skills and especially for those above 55 years;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas digital education and skills are key to adjusting to the digital transition of Europe’s economy and society; whereas women are underrepresented in ICT
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas digital education and skills are key to adjusting to the digital transition of Europe’s economy and society; whereas
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas digital education and skills are key to adjusting to the digital transition of Europe’s economy and society; and whereas
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the pressure on women has increased further; whereas new forms of work imposed, stretchable and at the expense of the separation between work and private life have led to an explosion of new forms of psychological and sexual harassment online and offline during the period; whereas the vast majority of companies and governments have not put in place any measures to counter these phenomena;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. whereas women are disproportionately affected by energy poverty and struggling to afford their energy consumption; whereas the energy sector workforce is composed mainly of men (77.9%) with women representing only 22.1%, the same trend seems to apply to the renewable energies sector, where women represent less than 30% of positions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic as the majority of frontline workers are women (healthcare workers and childcare workers, for example), as women have a lower social standing, as women are more likely than men to be in temporary, part-time or precarious employment, meaning that their pensions are much smaller, and as women carry out most unpaid work at home; whereas the pandemic has highlighted that family- friendly policies are a must;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. whereas principle two of European Pillar of Social Rights enshrines equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the increasing use of digital technologies should not detract from traditional methods of education based on learning to read from printed books and learning handwriting;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) D b. whereas women had to continue to take over major part of the domestic work and the education of children during this period, women have still seen their mental burden increase from a double to a triple day's work; whereas unpaid care responsibilities slow down or prevent progress of women’s careers and has little to no impact on men’s professional life, creating the subsequent pay gap and underrepresentation of women in certain sectors;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) D b. whereas the digital and Green transitions and the demographic changes pose both challenges and opportunities and our strategy to deal with them must be socially fair and just; whereas this strategy must support, coordinate and complement equality actions by the Member States;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital D c (new) D c. whereas women were already the first victims of poverty in Europe; whereas among them are single-parent families made up of more than 80% of single-mothers who are at risk of precariousness and worsened poverty; whereas the NGO OXFAM estimates that 500million people in the world can fall into poverty which correspond to 10% of the world population, mostly women;
Amendment 35 #
D d. whereas this crisis has also shown the huge lack of solidarity at European level; whereas a number of governments are now using the pandemic to reverse environmental commitments but also the fundamental rights of workers and women;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to put the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) at the heart of economic recovery programmes
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to put the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) at the heart of economic recovery programmes, in order to promote equal opportunities,
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to put the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) at the heart of economic recovery programmes, in order to promote equal opportunities, women’s participation in the labour market, fair working conditions, affordable and sustainable social protection, and reduce the gender gap in the renewable energy and the circular economy sector’s employment;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are considered to be disproportionately affected by the COVID-
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to put the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) at the heart of economic and demographic recovery programmes, in order to promote equal opportunities, women’s participation in the labour market, fair working conditions and sustainable social protection;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies and frameworks of social dialogue necessary to make progress in ecological transition to climate neutrality as no one left behind, which means that this process will open and enhance the resilience of the most vulnerable and marginalised Europeans, especially the women, by generating prosperity for the whole of society from an inclusive approach, suitably protecting workers, and creating quality jobs;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission, Eurostat, the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather gender- and age- disaggregated data on COVID-19 and the socio-economic impact of the virus; stresses that recovery measures must be informed by gender-disaggregated data, with special attention to areas where data is scarce and incomparable, for the informed decision making at the EU, national and regional level;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes that the under- representation of women deprives energy transitions of diverse talent, and thus impedes the transformational change required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals (global climate targets) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; calls on the equal participation of women in the workforce, being important for business, the economy, social development, and the environment; highlights that a diversified workforce delivers better results, not only in terms of increased creativity and innovation potential, but also related to better decision-making and greater profits;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission to monitor the European Strategy for Gender Equality (2020-2025) and invites the Member States to adopt national gender equality strategies on its basis as an important part for the socio-economic measures taken in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Emphasizes that the gender equality not only is a core development objective in its own right, but also enhances an economy’s productivity and improves future generations’ prospects; highlights the importance of having a higher percentage of women in decision- making positions at the local level related to the energy transition, circular non- toxic economy, which can increase innovation and profitability, decreases risk, and enhances sustainability practices;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Underlines the necessity to involve more women and youth in governments, banking sector, companies, universities and NGOs to implement a wide variety of strategies to make the green transition more diverse and inclusive;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Notes that women are vital to the sustainable energy sector and the success of a more rapid energy transition; underlines the necessity to attract, retain and promote more women, and invite more diversity of skills into the sustainable energy field;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work on improving the situation of women in the COVID-19 crisis and to adopt family-friendly policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an ambitious social and demographic investment plan to support Member States’ efforts to improve available and affordable high-quality childcare, out-of-school care and long-term care infrastructures; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make every effort to counter all forms of violence against women, children and the elderly, which has increased significantly owing to the restrictions put in place to address the pandemic, including by adopting the provisions of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work on improving the situation of women in the COVID-19 crisis and to adopt family-friendly policies; calls
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work on improving the situation of women in the COVID-19 crisis and to adopt family-friendly policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an ambitious social and demographic investment plan to support Member States’ efforts to improve available and affordable high-quality childcare, out-of-school care and long-term care infrastructures; invites the MS and the Commission to exploit all synergies in relevant EU financial instruments for development of necessary care infrastructure and services;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and endorses the Member States to work on improving the situation of women in the COVID-19 crisis and to adopt family- friendly policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an ambitious social and demographic investment plan to support Member States’ efforts to improve available and affordable high-quality childcare, out-of-school care and long-term care infrastructures;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care to feed into a study examining the care gap, with a view to propose a Care Deal for Europe aimed at supporting a transition towards a care economy; notes that the Care Deal must build synergies with the competences of Member States and regions, should aim to improve cooperation and coordination, and ensure relevant investment and legislation at EU level with benefits;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights the necessity to put an end to all austerity measures and structural adjustment plans and to invest in public services, in particular health, education, attention to addiction and care, transport, and research in order to meet people's needs, and enable women to no longer suffer double burden of work and unequally distributed domestic work and care responsibilities;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the Commission and the Member States must hold as a guiding principle that women and men should receive equal pay for equal work, especially when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; stresses in this regard the need for the Commission and Member States to introduce measures to combat gender segregation in highly feminised occupational sectors and to tackle the gender pay and pension gaps; welcomes the forthcoming proposal on binding pay transparency measures in this regard;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the Commission and the
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the EU Member States to timely and effectively transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive as well as on the Commission to effectively monitor its implementation; invites the Member State to examine which complementary measures would be needed to ensure a better work-life balance of working parents, with due attention to single parents households;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member states to maintain and develop existing jobs by subsidizing and guaranteeing full-time wages, particularly for women facing higher unemployment rates;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care (childcare, care for older people and persons with disabilities or persons requiring long term care), feeding into a study examining the care gap to inform an initiative for a European Care Strategy; notes that the strategy in question has to respect the competences of the Members States as laid in the Treaties but would aim to improve the cooperation and coordination of all measures which could be beneficial for the EU informal carers and the people they are taking care of; stresses that cooperation at European level together with the efficient use of EU funds can contribute to the development of quality, accessible and affordable care services;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Condemns the use of the pandemic as a pretext for some governments to regress on some fundamental rights of workers and women; reminds the inalienable right to have access to health care as well as the right to dispose of ones own body, highlights therefore that reproductive healthcare, contraception and abortion rights must be guaranteed, including by an extension of the legal time for an abortion, public and universal infrastructures and its reimbursement at 100% by the social security system;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Stresses that new needs for childcare services appear with the growing number of dual-earning and single-parent families; points out that high quality, available, accessible and affordable childcare services are essential to allow parents to stay in or join the labour market and reduce the gender gap in employment; stresses however that these childcare services should also be available for children of job-seeking parents and for children in precarious family situations;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Highlights that in light of emerging demographic trends, such as ageing societies, lower birth rates and consequently the decline of the working age population, the need for formal and informal long-term care services becomes more important than ever; points out that the provision of care services and infrastructure are specially relevant for women, who are often more engaged than men in both formal and informal care of older persons and/or persons with disabilities. majority of whom are also women; stresses in the regard of informal carers the importance of family supporting leave schemes and to ensure the social security rights entitlement;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Highlights particular developments in the areas of provision of care during COVID-19 measures; against this background, calls on the Commission to serve as a platform to facilitate the exchange of best practices on the quality, accessibility and affordability of care services, as well as the different models of care services; urges the Commission to examine the situation of informal carers and to share best practices on how the Member States regularise their work;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to empower women in AI, ICT and STEM sectors through high- quality, tailored digital education and individualised training and skill development
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to empower women through accessible high-quality, tailored digital education and individualised training and skill development; stresses in this regard on the need to foresee not only training and skill development online, but also specific training in the field;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to empower women who so wish through high-quality, tailored digital education and individualised training and skill development;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and endorses the Member States to empower women through high-quality, tailored digital education and individualised training and skill development;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. whereas women, are more often subject to multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination, including women with disabilities, health problems, migrant and ethnic minority women, older women, women with lower education levels, single parents, women living in rural areas, as well as LGBTQI+ persons;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Alerts with concern that telework, which was promoted as one of the measures to limit the spread of COVID- 19, according to all indications, tends to become more permanent in the labour market and that it could seriously affect working conditions, especially for women, with extendable hours, by pushing them to remain exploited from home while at the same time taking on domestic care and tasks; urges to take steps to comply with the law by strengthening controls on respect for working hours, promoting healthy and secure working conditions and rest times in accordance with labour law;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Notes that green-energy transition provides opportunities to tackle systemic gender discrimination and enable societies to reap the benefits of amore diverse workforce; calls on for a diverse range of skills, including civil engineering, environmental science, marketing, teaching, and community action;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Emphasises the creation of current and future careers opportunities and career paths in partnership with educational institutions, inclusive and incentivising programmes and policies for women and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and non-STEM positions;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable groups such as
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all,
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, women living in rural areas, single mothers and elderly women, so they can fully benefit and actively participate in the life of their communities.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, single parents, women living in rural areas and elderly women, so they can fully benefit and actively participate in the life of their communities.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and endorses the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, women living in rural areas and elderly women, so they can fully benefit and actively participate in the life of their communities.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide equal access to technology, education, training, employment, social protection systems and healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities,
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Urges the need to further incorporate the gender perspective in the upcoming Disability Equality Strategy 2021, with due attention to improved access to the labour market through targeted measures and actions;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. calls on the MemberStates to establish, while measures to face the Covid-19 crises are still inplace, a special leave for caregivers and working parents that is non-transferrable and is fully remunerated;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that neithermen nor women and girls should becoerced into taking digital education and training if this is contrary to theirpersonal career aspiration and choice;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the participation of women in the decision- making process concerning the policy responses to the Covid-19;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt binding policy measures concerning pay transparency and minimum wage;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Commission to have a specific approach for single mothers, as single mothers are particularly economically vulnerable as they often earn less than men and are more likely to leave the labour market when they become a parent; calls on the Commission to enhance in this regard the enforcement of existing legal tools on cross-border collection of alimony, with public awareness raising of their availability; urges the Commission to work closely with the Member States to identify practical problems linked with alimony collection in cross-border situations and to develop tools to effectively enforce payment obligations;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on Member States to take a relevant step forward in gender pay gap by investing in predominantly female and precarious sectors, namely care and cleaning sectors, improve working conditions, and push for a higher economic and social recognition of this work;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Urges the Member States to unblock negotiations on Women’s on Boards Directive and Anti-Discrimination Directive;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020; stresses in this regard on the importance of a full cooperation and involvement of the social partners and all the stakeholders;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Calls on Member States to improve their plans for a shared and fair distribution of unpaid care responsibilities, namely child and elderly care, by following good practice and efficient examples;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize the important value of care workers who were at the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to improve their working conditions and to revaluate these professions with involvement of the social partners and through collective bargaining;
Amendment 9 #
B b. whereas women are under- represented in economic and political leadership positions in concerning the policy responses to the Covid-19; whereas women should be included in decision- making to bring more perspectives, knowledge and experience leading to better policy outputs;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Calls on Member States to ensure that employers and the public administration create an efficient structure to prevent and deal with violence against women while teleworking, perpetrated by or against their employees;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Highlights the fact that across Europe, single-parent families are more vulnerable to poverty and insecurity than other families; calls therefore to increased social protection, an increase in family allowances and guaranteed access to public services, including housing; calls for emergency measures to protect the most poor and vulnerable women including single-parent families and to further secure their lives;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Calls on the Member States to ensure adequate social and financial support is extended to those in precarious situations, including women at risk of poverty or those living in poverty, homeless or vulnerable to social exclusion;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Urges the need of ambitious policies at destination of the most vulnerable groups such as refugees, migrants, Roma etc. by legalizing their situation and permit their integration into the labour market and guarantying them access to healthcare, treatments and asocial security;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Emphasises the need for digital literacy supports through education and provision of resources to bridge the digital divide that has been highlighted as work and schooling, as well as many services and facilities, have suddenly moved online;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Encourage the Member States to follow the Commission's Guidelines for Employment Policies in the EU, including combating precarious work that often involves more women than men, having due regard to their national labour market models; invites the Commission to examine the working conditions of platform workers with a view to suggesting improvements in their particular situation, given the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic may only reinforce negative trends in their employment;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Stresses out the changes that just transition brings to the labour market and the distribution of the new green jobs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop strategies to ensure women’s access to new green jobs and to reduce the gender gap in the renewable energy sector employment;
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