2021/2062(INI) Employment and social policies of the euro area 2021
Next event: Debate in plenary scheduled 2021/10/05
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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | EMPL | GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ Lina ( S&D) | KYMPOUROPOULOS Stelios ( EPP), VEDRENNE Marie-Pierre ( Renew), ŽDANOKA Tatjana ( Verts/ALE), REIL Guido ( ID), SZYDŁO Beata ( ECR), ARVANITIS Konstantinos ( GUE/NGL) |
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2021/10/05
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2021/09/27
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2021/07/15
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2021/06/22
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2021/05/20
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/05/17
EP - GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ Lina (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2062(INI)
2021/07/15
EMPL
248 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the non-paper by Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden, containing input for the declaration of the Porto Social Summit1a, _________________ 1a https://www.government.se/articles/2021/0 4/social-summit-non-paper-by-austria- bulgaria-denmark-estonia-finland- ireland-latvia-lithuania-malta-the- netherlands-and-sweden/
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 b (new) — having regard to the European court of Auditors (ECA) report on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)1a, _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/News Item.aspx?nid=9700
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that austerity policies, characterised by excessive and inflexible fiscal discipline led to health and social systems in many Member States being ill- prepared to face the pandemic; stresses that it is essential to take into account other criteria, especially those that take into consideration the need for sustained public, social and environmental investment, public sector economic activity, and preventing jeopardising social progress towards the implementation of the EPSR in the Member States; believes necessary to deduct social and environmental investments from budgetary constraints, in order to facilitate the development of a fairer and climate neutral economy; believes that merely reaching pre-crisis economic activity levels might not be sufficient to consolidate a sustainable recovery; believes that the Stability and Growth Pact
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that excessive and inflexible fiscal discipline led to health and social systems in many Member States being ill-prepared to face the pandemic; stresses that it is essential to take into account other criteria, especially those that take into consideration the need for sustained public, social and environmental investment, public sector economic activity, and preventing jeopardising social progress
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to launch as soon as possible a formal discussion for the revision of the Stability and Growth Pact which over the past decade has proved inadequate to achieve the EU's growth objectives and risks, under the current governance framework, to undermine any recovery-oriented action;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 106 #
6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy; deplores the fact that this is not reflected in the Commission’s analysis;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 c (new) — having regard to the report from the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter1a, _________________ 1a https://undocs.org/A/HRC/47/36/Add.1
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy; deplores the fact that this is not reflected in the Commission’s analysis;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing economic and environmental sustainability, and social inclusion
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy; deplores the fact that this is not reflected in the Commission’s analysis and in the submitted National Recovery and Resilience Plans; calls on the Commission to integrate social and environmental imbalances into its analysis in the framework of the Semester;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the President of the Commission has committed to placing sustainability, social inclusion and citizens’ well-being at the heart of the EU economic strategy;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 116 #
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Points out that public social protection systems are crucial for the fight against poverty and inequalities, as well as to support inclusive and sustainable growth; Regrets that the Commission is still proposing measures that might put at risk the adequacy and sustainability of social protection systems in Member States by continuing to promote reforms aiming to shift taxation from labour
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that the Commission is still proposing measures that might put at risk the adequacy and sustainability of social protection systems in Member States by continuing to promote reforms aiming to shift taxation from labour to the environment, especially in a context of serious macroeconomic imbalances; warns about the risks of replacing stable taxes with others from more volatile sources;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic and crisis has had an uneven impact on social groups, sectors and regions
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Re
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that the Commission is still proposing measures that might put at risk the adequacy and sustainability of social protection systems in Member States by continuing to promote reforms aiming to shift taxation from labour to the environment, especially in a context of serious macroeconomic imbalances; warns about the risks of replacing stable taxes with others from more volatile sources; stresses that the EU should first consolidate the minimum corporate tax of 15 % to avoid tax dumping and ensure fairness for the middle class, low income households and working people in the EU;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that the Commission is still p
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions; believes that
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems, sustainable jobs and dignified salaries are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions; believes that tax systems should focus on
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the crisis has had an uneven impact on social groups, sectors and regions; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions; believes that tax systems should focus on taxing high- income, and especially high-wealth, property, capital income and gains, and wealth at the same level as labour income in order to make the systems fairer, to reduce inequalities
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions; believes that
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that well-designed labour taxation systems are essential to ensuring high standards of worker protection against risks and illness, and the provision of old age pensions; believes that tax systems should focus on taxing high- income, with strongly progressive tax rates and especially high-wealth, property, capital income and gains, and wealth at the same level as labour income in order to make the systems fairer, to reduce inequalities and to significantly increase the revenue; stresses that this revenue could be used to fund key priorities and help address Member States’ fiscal challenges, and contribute to the long-term sustainability of public finances, including by strengthening the coverage, adequacy of health and social protection systems for all, and ensuring their long-
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of integrating sustainable well-being in the EU budgetary planning ensuring coherence of public expenditures, investments and revenues with social and environmental goals and identifying potential wellbeing impacts of budgeting choices; calls on the Commission to integrate sustainable wellbeing budgeting in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) and in the CSRs;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of better integrating s
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of integrating sustainable well-being in the EU budgetary planning; stresses the importance of setting up a comprehensive and integrated framework with a specific attention to the most vulnerable and marginalised groups of the society;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis has exposed gaps in access to social protection, highlighting the importance of fostering greater resilience, through, for example improving adequacy and coverage of minimum income schemes and pensions, and easing eligibility conditions;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Reminds that housing is a human right and that, in order to implement principle 19 of the EPSR, access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality shall be provided for those in need; warns about the signs indicating a housing bubble in the EU, with an increase of 5.8% in the housing prices in the last year in a context of economic and social crisis; highlights that the European Commission has an important number of competences related to housing market, among which: banking supervision, monetary policy, loans, mortgages, debt settlement procedures, intervention capacity in case of financial bubbles, public cost of social financing of housing and non-performing loans (NPLs); Reminds the Commission and Member States that failing to regulate the real estate market and the financial actors operating on that market so as to ensure access to affordable and adequate housing for all, would mean non- compliance with their obligations with respect to the right to housing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make sure that they regulate the real- estate market in a way that it produces sufficient affordable housing, that housing is not left vacant and that some of the profits from housing or other economic activities are redirected to ensure the availability of adequate housing for low-income and middle- income households, and that these measures include preventing any privatization of public or social housing that would reduce the capacity of the State to ensure the right to adequate housing, maintaining a rental regulatory framework that preserves security of tenure and affordable housing for tenants, including through rent caps, controls or rent freezes where needed, requiring full and public disclosure of all investments in residential housing to help prevent corruption, money-laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance, imposing taxes on residential real estate and land speculation to curb the short-term resale of properties and on residential real estate left vacant and removing preferential tax breaks on real estate investment trusts;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the crisis has had an uneven impact on social groups, sectors and regions; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest and especially young people; whereas some companies have been severely impacted, in particular our SMEs and micro enterprises;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Stresses that the investment gap for affordable housing amounts to EUR 57 billion per year; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the provision of sufficient adequate and affordable social housing to cover the housing needs of the three bottom quintiles of society and reduce by half the overburden housing costs of these groups by 2030; calls on the Commission to include this objective in the Country Specific Recommendations; calls in this regard for a reform of the economic governance framework allowing Member States to make the green and social public investments needed, including those related to the development and improvement of social, public, affordable and energy-efficient housing;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, and stresses that people and SMEs have to be protected from being trapped into over- indebtedness and calls for further improvement of debt advisory and debt protection services; believes, that regarding non-
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, and stresses that people and SMEs have to be protected from being trapped into over- indebtedness; believes, that regarding non- performing loans, it is not credit purchasers and credit servicers who should be supported, but rather it is European SMEs, workers and civil society; therefore calls for extending of moratoria on evictions in cases of household rent arrears to avoid an increase in evictions that can lead to increase of homelessness;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, and stresses that people and SMEs have to be protected from being trapped into over- indebtedness; believes, that regarding non- performing loans, it is not credit purchasers and credit servicers who should be supported, but rather it is European SMEs, workers and
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, and stresses that people and SMEs have to be protected from being trapped into over- indebtedness;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is concerned about over- indebtedness arising from the
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 EU sustainable
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 EU smart, sustainable
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had and will most likely continue to have a significant but uneven impact on
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Reiterates the urgency of starting a real fight against inequalities, precariousness, low wages, which have been hampering economic growth and social progress; remembers, however, that this is not possible within the European economic governance and the Lisbon Treaty; calls, therefore, for the repeal of the European Semester and the convening of an intergovernmental summit with the aim of institutionalizing the reversibility of the treaties, the repeal of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the Stability and Growth Pact and the intergovernmental Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that, in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plans, skyrocketing public debt levels and the upcoming reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Semester process, Parliament’s proposal for the adoption of a sustainable well-being and social progress pact making social and sustainable targets mandatory in order to achieve the UN SDGs has become more relevant than ever; in this regard SDG 8 on sustainable growth, employment and decent work proved to be a driving factor for the entire UN2030 agenda;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that, in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plans, skyrocketing public debt levels and the upcoming reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Semester process, Parliament’s proposal for the adoption of a sustainable
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that, in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plans, skyrocketing public debt levels and the upcoming reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Semester process, Parliament’s proposal for the adoption of a sustainable well-being and social progress pact
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that this pact could define the sustainable
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that this pact could define the sustainable well-being related policy objectives in an improved fiscal policy framework ensuring that the EU economic and fiscal governance would work towards the achievement of these objectives;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that this pact could define
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that this pact could define the sustainable well-being related policy objectives in an improved fiscal policy framework ensuring that the EU economic and fiscal governance would work towards the achievement of these objectives; points out that this pact would contain
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. States that this Pact could stipulate the sustainable wellbeing-related policy objectives to be proposed by the European Commission and iterate an improved fiscal policy framework that ensures that EU economic and fiscal governance works to achieve these objectives, it could contain legally binding provisions under a comprehensive surveillance procedure inside a new Sustainable Wellbeing Governance System; considers that, in terms of its fiscal components, the pact should comprise a set of provisions which clearly acknowledge qualitative aspects and social impact of fiscal policies and reward sustainable wellbeing-oriented investments and reforms and thus contain incentives for related action at the national level; points out that the formulation of the sustainable wellbeing pact should consider the use of fiscal standards instead of fiscal rules, committing government spending to the pursuit of sustainability and wellbeing- related policy objectives, and set out an effective methodology to assess and ensure the sustainability of public finances over time;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Stresses that greater economic and social governance between the Member States, particularly by moving towards greater convergence of tax rules, would be a driving force for recovery;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. States that a future system of European Sustainable Wellbeing Governance must employ updated sustainable policy objectives from the European Sustainable Wellbeing Pact; considers that Sustainable wellbeing for all implies a long-term perspective and would therefore be needed to change the European Semester’s current focus, aiming to guide national (fiscal and macroeconomic) policy from one year to the next with a multi-annual sustainable wellbeing strategy that works to achieve progress through coherent, long-term- oriented policies that reach into all relevant fields of economic, social, and environmental governance;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Agrees with European leaders, with regard to economic and social governance of the EU, on the need for a regular assessment of progress towards the 2030 headline targets and upward convergence at the highest political level, as well as that the implementation of the Social Pillar principles will be essential to ensure the creation of more and better jobs for all within the framework of an inclusive recovery; welcomes that European leaders are putting education and skills at the centre of their political action noting that the green and digital transitions will require more investment in education, vocational training, lifelong learning, upskilling and reskilling in order to stimulate employment transitions towards sectors with a growing demand for labour;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Agrees with European leaders, with regard to economic and social governance of the EU, on the need for a regular assessment of progress towards the 2030 headline targets and upward convergence at the highest political level; including a revision of the headline targets towards the SDG targets, in particular the SDG poverty target;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the crisis has had an uneven impact on social groups, productive sectors and regions; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Believes that it is necessary, within a governance review process, to involve the Ministers of labour and social policies, giving them an equal role to that of the Ministers of the economy and finance, in order to give equal value to social aspects and employment issues under the European Semester mechanism;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Agrees with the Council that the implementation of the EPSR will strengthen the Union's drive towards a digital, green and fair transition and contribute to achieving upward social and economic convergence and addressing the demographic challenges and that the social dimension, social dialogue and the active involvement of social partners have always been at the core of a highly competitive social market economy; believes that, for progress on these matters to be tracked, the Social Scoreboard has to be revised, as part of the policy coordination framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Believes necessary to follow up on the 2016 statement "New start for Social Dialogue" and review ways of involving social partners in the governance of the European Semester, which has been so far inadequate, thus sharing the reform objectives with workers and businesses, hence facilitating their implementation;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Reiterates the essential role of social partners on the development of effective, practical, and equitable solutions to the challenges posed in the post-pandemic era; Welcomes the European social partners’ joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social and environmental progress, supplementing GDP as welfare measurement for inclusive and sustainable growth; stresses that social partners must be involved in the decision-making process for the initiation of any action in the purpose of recovery; believes that any action taken in this regard must not interfere with social partners' autonomy;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the European social partners’ joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social and environmental progress, supplementing GDP as welfare measurement for inclusive and sustainable growth; believes that the social scoreboard must integrate new indicators fully reflecting inequality trends and causes, including the evolution of financial and non-financial profits compared to the evolution of wages and private debt and the evolution of compensation of CEOs and top executives;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the European social partners’ joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Warns about the need to measure the social impact of environmental degradation and climate change; calls for the protection at EU level of the right to health and to a healthy environment, as this right is essential to ensure the realisation of most other fundamental rights (like food, shelter and work) and for achieving an inclusive transition;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that trade unions have access to the workplace and the workers themselves, including where work is carried out digitally; stresses the need to guarantee that all workers, including those in the digital economy, have the right to collective bargaining and to take collective action;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas according to the Commission’s European Economic Forecast Spring 20211a, the EU economy will expand by 4.2% in 2021 and by 4.4% in 2022; whereas the unemployment rate in the EU is forecast at 7.6% in 2021 and 7% in 2022; whereas these rates remain higher than pre-crisis levels; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/eur opean-economic-forecast-spring-2021_en
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 From protecting to creating
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Agrees with the European leaders that, with unemployment and inequalities increasing due to the pandemic, it is important to channel resources where they are most needed to strengthen our economies and to focus our policy efforts on, equal access to quality services in order to improve equal opportunities, on quality job improvement and creation, entrepreneurship, up- and reskilling and reducing poverty and exclusion; stresses that the extraordinary resources made available to support Europe’s recovery are a chance that cannot be missed;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Reminds that both employment and social policies of the euro area promoted by the EU institutions have been mainly leading to the deregulation and flexibilization of labor markets, to the liberalization and privatization of the public services, as well as threatening State’s social functions and pushing down workers’ wages and social benefits;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Stresses the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the European labour market, the unprecedented job losses, especially in strategic sectors, as well as the associated rise in poverty and divergences in living standards, which especially affect youth, women and workers in low-skilled positions and precarious employment;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis level of quarterly output by the end of 2022;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis level of quarterly output by the end of 2022; warns that for the recovery to be sustainable, it is essential that quality jobs are also created for medium- and low- skilled workers and especially for women and young people, and geographically evenly distributed to avoid imbalances between regions, as it has been proved that they are essential for the resilience of our societies and economies;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis level of quarterly output by the end of 2022; underlines that new COVID-19 variants, including the Delta variant that is dominant in numerous Member States, threaten to significantly jeopardise EU's economic recovery; emphasises that, in this context, it is necessary to retain a flexible approach to new appearing data and do the outmost to achieve full economic recovery; highlights that strengthening EU's strategic autonomy must be a priority; warns that for the recovery to be sustainable, it is essential that quality jobs are also created for medium- and low-
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis level of quarterly output by the end of 2022;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas combating age discrimination and removing barriers for senior citizens to voluntarily work beyond the regular pension age is important for active ageing and more solidarity between generations;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the Member States are projected to reach their pre-crisis
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Calls for a European Care Strategy, with a strong gender dimension, that takes a holistic and life-long approach to care while envisaging specific measures and actions for both carers and those who receive care both in the formal care sector and informally within the home; Also calls on Member States to examine and exchange best practice on how best to support societal groups with particular care needs, including single parents, parents with children with serious illnesses such as cancer and disabled children as well as best practices on how to reflect periods spent on care responsibilities in pension schemes, with a view to closing the gender pension gap;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring that workers in the EU are protected by adequate minimum wages defined by law or collective agreements, according to national tradition and practices, ensuring they have a decent standard of living wherever they work; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, which aims to increase collective bargaining coverage, fight against in-work poverty and increase up- ward social convergence;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Believes that the financial and human resources of Public Employment Services (PES) need to be increased; calls on the Member States to put in place effective performance management mechanisms in PES in order to assess the impact of their labour market programmes and explore ways of improvement; invites Member States to equip their PES with technological solutions to allow them to efficiently streamline the intake of jobseekers and better assess and match the skills thereof;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Reminds the Member States that independent living, quality social and employment services, adequate social protection and a strengthened social economy are indispensable for decent living for all persons with disabilities, as highlighted in the EU strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Calls for effective active labour market and work-life balance policies to further preserve family life, including through the transposition and implementation of the Work-Life Balance Directive, as well as a proposal for a Council recommendation on the provision of care;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs, digital jobs
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs, digital jobs and the gender perspective, and on a system of quality and green job creation conditionalities for companies accessing public funds; warns that access to public funds must be given to companies that respect workers’ rights, collective bargaining and promote the well-being of their employees;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the fight against climate change, regardless the COVID-19 crisis, persist and require a just transition so as to leave no one behind;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs, digital jobs and the gender perspective, and
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a quality job creation target with a tracker system on public investments at all levels, including a dedicated section on green jobs
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Highlights that addressing the socio-economic dimension of environmental policy and climate action not only constitutes basic fairness, but also creates opportunities to realise broader wellbeing gains for all and create virtuous circles rather than negative feedback loops; believes that, if well designed, green and digital investments have a great potential for quality job creation and reduction of inequalities; demands that, in order to achieve this potential, social conditionalities are attached to companies accessing RRF funds for green and digital investments, in the form of quality job creation targets and collective agreement coverage; demands the Commission and Member States to ensure a fair distribution of the benefits and profits of the green and digital investments, and that this aspect is also monitored in the scoreboard, in order to ensure that they and benefit the most vulnerable communities and regions and the most affected by climate change as well as the gender impact; stresses that the expected social return of green and digital investments should be defined ex ante in the NRRPs in order to ensure the maximum impact;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Member States to take measures to remedy the lack of access to social protection systems, in particular by following the Council Recommendation of 8 November2019 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; calls on the Commission 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 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Commission to update its framework for the establishment and development of cooperatives and social economy enterprises, which by nature place a stronger emphasis on fair working conditions and the empowerment of workers;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16 b. Stresses that implementing the EU skills agenda equitably is critical for tackling skills shortages, especially for people in new fields of work; calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts to invest in affordable, accessible, inclusive and high- quality vocational education and training, to reinforce upskilling and reskilling measures, including digital and transferable skills, and to promote lifelong learning to prepare workers for the needs of the labour market affected by the green and digital transformations; underlines that the mutual recognition of qualifications is key for overcoming skills shortages and skills mismatches;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16 b. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework to regulate teleworking conditions across the EU and ensure decent working and employment conditions in the digital economy; Calls on the Commission to improve labour conditions for platform workers in its upcoming legislative proposal in order to guarantee healthy and safe working environments, quality employment and wages and the right to disconnect;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the socio-economic consequences sparked by the pandemic have aggravated pre-existing inequalities, disproportionately impacting persons with disabilities;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common European project;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common European project; insists that more investment is needed in research, innovation, and zero carbon technologies, taking into consideration the peculiarities of micro and SMEs, which are key players in the European economic fabric, in order to make the most of their innovative potential;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common European project; insists that more investment is needed in social services, reskilling and upskilling, research, innovation, and zero carbon technologies;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery,
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that if the EU wants to lead global sustainable recovery, millions of well-paying jobs must be created, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the common European project; insists that more investment is needed in research, innovation, and
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Highlights that greater investment in public health and social care including workers’ wages and training is essential to improve recruitment and retention, and to ensure adequate and needs-oriented staffing levels; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that significant amount of investment from the National Recovery and Resilience Plans is dedicated to improve public healthcare, including improving working conditions and staffing levels, training needs and increasing key services, reconstructing provision of basic care and supporting long term care and other public social services; insists on the weaknesses identified in the stress tests of the health and social sector to be addressed through the NRRPs, the next EU programme for health (EU4Health) as well as through ‘positive’ CSRs on financing these sectors;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Underlines that homelessness is one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion; welcomes the launch of the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness with the ultimate objective of ending homelessness by 2030; calls on Member States to adopt ambitious national strategies, with adequate national and EU funding, based on the housing first principle promoting the prevention of homelessness and providing access to adequate, safe and affordable housing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to come up with specific proposals to adequately address the problem of energy poverty in the context of our Green Deal objectives;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas the coronavirus pandemic represented a shock of historic proportions for Europe's economies, with an economy contraction by 6.1% in 2020: whereas businesses and consumers have adapted to cope better with containment measures, some sectors - such as tourism and in-person services - continue to suffer;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, as stated in the report on Long Term Care (LTC) which was prepared by the European Commission (DG Employment) and the Social Protection Committee1a, to implement reforms that “address the common objectives of ensuring good-quality long- term care, accessible and affordable to all, delivered in a financially sustainable way”; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=8396
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Reiterates the importance of ensuring a growth-friendly investment climate, reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens or red-tape and improving SMEs' access to public and private funding;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Underlines the importance of the intra-EU labour mobility and that free movement of workers contributes to economic growth and cohesion in the Union and creates job opportunities; underlines also that labour mobility must go hand in hand with fair and common rules based on the principle of equal treatment; calls, in that sense, on the Commission to establish clear quantitative and qualitative indicators for the purposes of the European Semester and the publication of country-specific recommendations in order to monitor the implementation and enforcement of the rules on the free movement of workers; calls on the Commission to analyse brain drains in certain regions and sectors, and to support mobile workers by ensuring fair mobility and strengthening the portability of rights and entitlements; 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 an ambitious proposal for a digital EU Social Security Pass;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17 c. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has shown the necessity to develop an EU common approach towards health, including health at work ; calls for the creation of the European Health Union based on the 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; welcomes the ambitious target to "zero work related death" in the new EU Strategic framework for Health and Safety at work; recalls, once again, the need for the inclusion of substances toxic to reproduction in the scope of the Carcinogens and Mutagen Directive, and for Hazardous Medicinal Products to be included in Annex 1 of the Directive to better protect healthcare workers;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17 c. Reminds that principle 15 of the EPSR establishes that workers and the self-employed in retirement have the right to a pension ensuring an adequate income and that everyone in old age has the right to resources that ensure living in dignity; warns that any pension reform undertaken in NRRPs has to contribute to the achievement of this principle and must include the non-contributory pensions of which women are the majority recipients;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Regrets that the European Semester process has proved insufficient to address social and employment imbalances and inequalities in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently reform the financial legal framework and the European Semester process in order to effectively promote fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, build a truly social Europe and enhance democratic accountability;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Warns that only country-specific recommendations (CSRs) that contribute to the social objectives established in the RRF Regulation can be taken into account in national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), and that for NRRPs CSRs have to be interpreted in a way that contributes to the achievement of the Regulation’s social objectives; calls for a review of the social scoreboard, to insert new parameters and indicators, such as adequate minimum wages, in order to provide an in-depth analysis within the country reports, thus identifying the employment and social challenges of the Member States; demands a revision of the CSRs in order to ensure coherence between them and the general and specific objectives of the RRF Regulation;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Warns that only country-specific recommendations (CSRs) that contribute to the social objectives established in the RRF Regulation can be taken into account in national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs)
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas unequal societies create a climate of competition, stress and disillusionment that leads to all members of society, not just the deprived, suffering from reduced levels of wellbeing; whereas, the reduction of inequalities is a crucial prerequisite for achieving sustainable wellbeing for all, due to their detrimental impact on the overall performance of societies across key wellbeing indicators such as mental and physical health, trust in democratic institutions, as well as on social peace and security;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Warns that only country-specific recommendations (CSRs) that contribute to the social objectives established in the RRF Regulation can be taken into account in national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), and that for NRRPs CSRs have to be interpreted in a way that contributes to the achievement of the Regulation’s social objectives; demands a revision of the CSRs in order to ensure coherence between them and the general and specific objectives of the RRF Regulation and more ambitious social dimention;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Stresses that the country-specific recommendations are a blatant affront to sovereign, democratic decision-making by the Member States’ peoples concerning the future of their countries; recalls that these recommendations have focused on liberalising and privatising strategic sectors of the economy (energy, transport, telecommunications and banking), imposing labour market flexibility, eliminating labour rights, containing rises in, or even reducing, wages and pensions, cutting public spending on social support, health and education and, thereby, cutting social entitlements;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Recalls that the Pillar of Social Rights is the basis for social inclusion measures both in the European Semester process and the cohesion policy funds 2021-2027; urges therefore the European Commission to integrate the Pillar of Social Rights more strongly into the Semester process as of 2022;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Recalls that as per the RRF Regulation, reforms and investments “should lead to the creation of high- quality and stable jobs [as well as] the inclusion and integration of disadvantaged groups”;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18 b. Stresses that one of the objectives of the RRF Regulation is to foster high quality employment creation; stresses that labour reforms included in the NRRPs have to contribute to improving quality employment; calls on the Commission to analyse labour reforms in the NRRPs on this specific aspect and to reject those that might be counterproductive and increase precariousness in the labour market; Reminds that article 152 of the TFEU establishes that the Union recognises and promotes the role of the social partners at its level and must respect their autonomy; warns that the Commission should not interfere in any way with social dialogue process at national level undertaken in the framework of NRRPs reforms;
Amendment 236 #
18 c. Regrets that the RRF Regulation does not establish a social investment threshold and does not introduce requirements to prevent social washing; in this regards, highlights the importance of agreeing on a social tracking methodology to evaluate the NRRPs ex ante, in order to make sure that the actions in the plans contribute to the social objectives as established in the RRF Regulation; believes that the social tracking methodology must follow the structure of the EPSR and analyse the contribution of the actions to the implementation of each of the 20 principles of the Pillar; states that the scoreboard and common indicators needed to evaluate the progress of the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans in each of the six pillars towards the achievement of the general and specific objectives needs to be efficient; insists that the best evaluation mechanism to follow the progress towards upward social convergence is the Semester Social Scoreboard and therefore, suggests that this Scoreboard is integrated in the Common indicators as the tool to monitor the social progress;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18 d. Calls on the Commission to include the social indicators from the Social Scoreboard of the European Semester, in particular those related to decent work, social justice and equal opportunities, robust social welfare systems and fair mobility, in the common indicators to be used in the RRF for reporting on progress and monitoring and evaluating the plans, as well as in the methodology for social tracking, including for the Child Guarantee and Youth Guarantee; stresses that the European Parliament will closely analyse the delegated act that the Commission will present on this matter, in order to establish if the social indicators, scoreboard and social methodology comply with the objectives, and to verify that there are no objections to be made;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 e (new) 18 e. Insists that the role of social dialogue is key to ensure efficient reforms and investments notably in sectors that the transitions will modify deeply; Underlines that adequate involvement of stakeholders, such as the national parliaments, local and regional authorities, social partners, NGOs and civil society, in the preparation and implementation of the plans is decisive for their success;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas unequal societies create a climate of competition, stress and disillusionment that leads to all members of society, not just the deprived, suffering from reduced levels of wellbeing, as well as of life and employment opportunities, with the potential rise in social tensions;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that according to the RRF Regulation, gender equality
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that according to the RRF Regulation, gender equality has to be
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that according to the RRF Regulation, gender equality has to be mainstreamed in the preparation and implementation of NRRPs, and that gender reporting and mainstreaming cannot be mixed with social tracking and social investments;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that according to the RRF Regulation,
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Recalls that the RRF Regulation foresees that mainstreaming of equal opportunities for all during the preparation and the implementation of the NRRPs should be safeguarded, which is duly explained by rising inequalities in several EU Member States; calls on the Commission to place special emphasis on monitoring the implementation of the NRRPs from this angle with the help of the relevant civil society organisations and equality bodies in the Member States;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Highlights that the digital and green transformations and investments should also be assessed from a social perspective in order to avoid risks for job destruction or labour market disruption, risks of employment polarization due to the destruction of middle skilled jobs and ensure that digitalisation and green transition processes of companies are not used as an excuse for labour saving cost reduction strategies;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19 b. Stresses that social dialogue and collective bargaining are key instruments for employers and trade unions to establish fair wages and working conditions, and that strong collective bargaining systems increase Member States’ resilience in times of economic crisis; stresses that in several countries governments did not consult or did not properly consult social partners when drafting their NRRPs;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19 c. Stresses that the private sector has to contribute to green and digital transitions, endure a just transition and achieving social objectives of the EU. In this regard it is important to encourage sustainable investments providing a social taxonomy that builds on the EPSR and seek greater alignment of impact of private investments and public investments under the RRF;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 d (new) 19 d. Demands that the supervision of the Semester includes the monitoring of workers' mobility and that their rights are fulfilled, especially for seasonal workers;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas unequal societies create a climate of competition, stress and disillusionment that leads to all members of society,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. 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 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new) — having regard to the Porto Declaration of 8 May 2021,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 ; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic; whereas parents had to support their children’s education in addition to their own work which created additional difficulties for their equal participation to the labour market; whereas many people had to provide care to their older relatives or relatives with disabilities which posed a significant pressure on their career prospects and work-life balance; _________________ 15
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the euro area unemployment rate considerably increased the last two years, with substantial differences among Member States; whereas unemployment is set to rise unevenly across sectors, genders, age and socio-economic groups; whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 ; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic; whereas one of the most pressing social need is addressing unemployment; _________________ 15
Amendment 33 #
D. whereas you
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 ; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic; whereas one of the main priorities is to avoid another ‘lost generation’ of young people; whereas policies that increase inequalities between generations affect the sustainability of our welfare system as well as our democratic health; _________________
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 and unemployment among elderly people and people with disabilities remains a significant problem; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic; _________________ 15
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15 ; whereas workers with precarious employment conditions have been particularly exposed to job losses because of the pandemic
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas young people and women have experienced the sharpest decline in employment15
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas permanent short-time working systems that can be activated in a crisis and that allow for the structural adjustment of economies and human resources will be critical; whereas the strong involvement of social partners and other stakeholders would prevent unforeseen exclusion in relation to eligibility; whereas, these job retention schemes continued to cushion developments in the labour market, covering an estimated 5.6% of the labour force in February, up from around 5% in October in response to the latest lockdown measures1a; _________________ 1a https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/economic- bulletin/html/eb202103.en.html
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas possible establishment of the permanent short-time
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the European Court of Auditors (ECA) have pointed out that the EU’s budget cycle did not adequately take gender equality into account; whereas ECA has recommended to the European Commission to assess and report whether Member States’ recovery and resilience plans address gender equality; whereas Next Generation EU is addressed to Green and Digital Transitions, affecting primarily sectors and professions which are male dominated;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, regarding the social
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, regarding the social dimension of the RRF, the Regulation establishes the general objective of promoting the Union´s economic, social and territorial cohesion by mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, regarding the social dimension of the RRF, the Regulation establishes the general objective of promoting the Union´s economic, social and territorial cohesion by mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, in particular on women due to the increasing care burden unevenly shared by gender and segregated and precarious labour market participation, by contributing to the implementation of the EPSR and to upward social convergence, and by fostering high quality and permanent employment creation;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, regarding the social dimension of the RRF, the Regulation establishes the general objective of promoting the Union´s economic, social and territorial cohesion by mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, in particular on women due to the increasing care and labour burden unevenly shared by gender and segregated and precarious labour market participation, by contributing to the implementation of the EPSR and to upward social convergence, and by fostering high quality employment creation;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, regarding the social dimension of the RRF, the Regulation establishes the general objective of promoting the Union´s economic, social and territorial cohesion by mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the specific objective of the Facility is to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their NRRPs; whereas this means that any action in the plans (including digital and green investments) and agreed reforms have to contribute to the principles of the EPSR, quality job creation and upward social convergence; whereas actions that do not contribute to these social objectives are not in line with the requirements of the Regulation;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. 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 for all, 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;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas it is imperative to break with the neoliberal principles that have governed the policies imposed by the European Union on the peoples and workers of the Member States; whereas such principles run counter to social progress and sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas climate change, global warming and loss of biodiversity are exponentially accelerating according to the latest report of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); whereas climate breakdown and extreme weather events consequences are being felt more intensely and more frequently by European citizens and workers; whereas 2030 decarbonisation targets have been raised to reach carbon-neutrality by 2050; whereas increased mitigation and adaptation efforts lead to profound transformation of the European and national economies and labour markets;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas according to article 17.3 of the RRF regulation, national plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, as well as those identified in the most recent Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for Member States whose currency is the euro;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas the provisions of the Fiscal Compact, which require significant and persistent primary budget surpluses, have devastating economic and social consequences;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) F c. whereas the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the digital transition of the European and national economies and the development of new methods of work; whereas digitalisation, robotization, automation and artificial intelligence must benefit workers and society by improving working conditions and quality of life, ensuring high standards of work- life balance, creating better employment opportunities, and contributing to socioeconomic convergence;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) F c. whereas the pandemic significantly demonstrated the importance of integrated care with the focus on delivery of quality services across the life- course cycle, and special attention to child, disabled, vulnerable and elderly care;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F d (new) Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) — having regard to the 2021 Long- term care report, jointly prepared by the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the promotion of scientific and technological progress, combating social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, a high
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the promotion of scientific and technological progress, combating social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child and persons with disabilities; insists that these goals must be the overarching priorities for the EU’s long- term sustainable growth strategy in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EPSR, the Green Deal,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that according to the treaties the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the promotion of scientific and technological progress, combating social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child; insists that these goals must be the overarching priorities for the EU’s long-term sustainable growth strategy in line with
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Member States to make full use of the potential offered by the general escape clause, the new MFF and Next Generation EU to support companies which are in difficulty and are lacking liquidity, particularly by improving access for SMEs to funding, safeguarding the jobs and working conditions of people working in the EU and accompanying enterprises and workers in the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Is concerned about the serious social and employment effects of the COVID-19 crisis, especially for young people; calls on the Member States and the Commission to make sure that every young European has access to education, training and the labour market; 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; highlights also that the new European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers (EGF) could be mobilised 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 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that economic policy cannot only be analysed from a purely macroeconomic perspective focused on traditional indicators of growth, debt, deficit and employment rate; insists that the
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that economic policy cannot be analysed from a purely macroeconomic perspective focused on traditional indicators of growth, debt, deficit and employment rate; insists that the Sustainable Semester must be based on an integrated approach combining economic, social and environmental policies that together address structural change for social progress, sustainable development and well-being and that not having in mind the social effects of such economic policies is not only harmful for many disadvantaged people and social groups but also for the functioning of the economy, social cohesion and therefore for our democracies and the European project;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that economic policy cannot be analysed from a purely macroeconomic perspective focused on traditional indicators of growth, debt, deficit and employment rate; insists that the Sustainable Semester must be based on an integrated approach combining economic, social and environmental policies that together address structural change for social progress, sustainable development and well-being and therefore adding a conditionality to social and environmental indicators as it is the case for the economic ones;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) — having regard to the statement of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Social Partners of 2016 entitled "A New Start for Social Dialogue",
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that macroeconomic polic
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that economic policy cannot be analysed from a purely macroeconomic perspective focused on traditional indicators of growth, debt, deficit and employment rate; insists that the Sustainable Semester must be based on an integrated approach combining economic, social
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030; warns, however, that the ambition remains insufficient as the headline indicators do not cover all social risks that stem from the pandemic crisis on economy, employment and health and that green and digital transformation will induce on people and workers; notes that SDGs monitoring and the new social scoreboard provide a more comprehensive monitoring of these risks but without providing clear targets to measure impact of the EU action; supports an ambitious agenda of strong, sustainable and inclusive economic and social recovery and modernisation that goes hand in hand with strengthening the European Social Model, so that all people benefit from the green and digital transitions and live in dignity;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030; warns, however, that the ambition remains insufficient; insists that reinforced public social protection systems are crucial for the fight against poverty and inequalities, as well as to support inclusive and sustainable growth; acknowledges that access to essential services, such as water and energy, are critical to ensure social inclusion and basic sanitary standards; calls on support measures to ensure universal access to essential services in the framework of the EPSR action plan implementation;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030; warns, however, that the ambition remains insufficient and unable to combat discrimination, as well as it does not meet Sustainable Development Goals targets; calls on Member States to adopt more ambitious national targets that will exceed the Commission proposal with a focus on intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030; warns, however, that the ambition remains insufficient, compared to the difficult employment and social conditions, exacerbated by the pandemic;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes EU leaders’ commitment to the implementation of the EPSR and to the three new EU headline targets to be achieved by 2030;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls that in order to achieve the 2030 SDGs and to properly integrate them in the Semester process, a revision of the Social Scoreboard is needed with indicators on in-work poverty and homelessness; stresses that the Social Scoreboard indicators must be broken down by age, gender, country of birth and disability status; calls on the Commission to align the Social scoreboard and the EPSR with the SDGs on gender equality;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Deplores the fact that the pandemic has increased existing inequalities and deteriorated the situation of the most vulnerable, particularly that of people at risk or experiencing homelessness; urges the Commission to propose a comprehensive Antipoverty Strategy, and calls on the Commission and Member States to increase investment into poverty reduction with an intersectional focus and into affordable housing; calls for an EU Framework of National Homelessness Strategies with a dedicated target of ending homelessness by 2030;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a different sustainable governance architecture in the EU; warns against taking the decision to deactivate the general escape clause based only on an overall assessment of the state
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a different sustainable governance architecture in the EU; warns against taking the decision to deactivate the general escape clause based only on an overall assessment of the state of the economy based on quantitative criteria, with the level of economic activity in the EU compared to pre-crisis levels as the key quantitative criterion; is concerned that this criterion will not properly reflect underlying inequalities and social risks to which groups of the population in different segments of the labour market or specific economic sectors are over exposed;
Amendment 89 #
4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a different sustainable governance architecture in the EU
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard the Long Term Care Report 2021 prepared by the Commission and Social Protection Committee1a, _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=8396
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that excessive and inflexible fiscal discipline led to health and social systems in many Member States being ill-prepared to face the pandemic;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that
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