2021/2233(INI) European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2022
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- Vote scheduled in committee 2022/03/03
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | EMPL |
GEUKING Helmut ( EPP)
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DURÁ FERRANDIS Estrella ( S&D),
PÎSLARU Dragoş ( Renew),
ŽDANOKA Tatjana ( Verts/ALE),
BILDE Dominique ( ID),
SZYDŁO Beata ( ECR),
RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
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2022/03/07
Indicative plenary sitting date
2022/03/03
Vote scheduled in committee
2022/01/20
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/01/06
EP - Committee draft report
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2021/12/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/10/25
EP - GEUKING Helmut (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
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| Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2233(INI)
2022/01/20
EMPL
275 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 on a European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (COM(2020)0274),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the non-paper1a by Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden, containing input for the declaration of the Porto Social Summit, __________________ 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 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the well-being of the EU
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the well-being of people in the EU is at the heart of a modern sustainability
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls that, according to the Treaties, the Union shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth, full employment, healthy and safe working environments and conditions, and social progress, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the promotion of scientific and technological progress, combating poverty and inequalities, social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting upward social convergence, 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 and the Green Deal, and underpin Member States’ recovery and resilience plans; calls on the Commission to ensure that the European economic governance is aligned with these goals and strategies;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission to draw lessons from this crisis and work towards the implementation of a transformed sustainable governance architecture in the EU based on solidarity, social justice and integration, fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, high-quality public services, including a public, universal and high-quality education system, quality employment and sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, prior to taking the decision to deactivate the general escape clause, to consider not only an overall assessment of the state of the economy based on quantitative criteria, but also one that properly reflects underlying inequalities, as well as the employment, social and health situations of the Member States affected; believes that the transformation of the EU economic governance framework should take place prior to the deactivation of the general escape clause;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Calls on the Commission to go beyond the Fiscal Compact and to repeal the Stability Growth Pact (SGP) to promote greater flexibility and to enable necessary social and environmental investments as a matter of urgency; stresses that it is crucial to set EU economic rules that go beyond GDP when assessing Member States’ performance, and to consider the success of the EU economy in relation to citizens’ and workers' wellbeing, inclusive labour markets, and labour and environmental standards;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Highlights the need to transform the macroeconomic imbalances procedure (MIP) to include economic, social and environmental indicators that take into account the greater need for investments and public spending required to support the environmental, digital and societal transitions;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of inclusive and sustainable economic growth must be to
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of sustainable economic growth must be to weather future crises in the best possible way; highlights that a substantial part of the revenues generated by economic growth, and subsequent fiscal revenues, should be used to finance public services, including public health and education systems; points out that strong support for public services, health and education systems will be necessary to stimulate quality employment creation and an inclusive recovery and anticipation of future crisis;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the Resolution of the European Parliament on employment and social policies of the euro area 2021 (2021/2062),
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of sustainable economic growth must be to
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of sustainable economic growth must be to weather future crises in the best possible way; welcomes the Action Plan for the Social Economy; believes, as stated in said Action Plan, that the social economy can help implement the European Pillar for Social Rights;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of sustainable economic growth must be to weather future crises in the best possible way; underlines that growth is only possible by supporting our industrial sector; and that protectionist measures are necessary;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the aim of sustainable economic growth must be to weather future crises in the best possible way, by strengthening the competitiveness of our economies and developing the right skills set for the future to keep up with the demands of a modern labour market;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that countries were already heavily indebted before the COVID-19 pandemic, that these debts are to be borne by future generations and that some Member States have little room for manoeuvre to support economic recovery through national measures; is convinced that additional instruments are needed that do not place a lasting burden on national budgets; insists to develop a “golden rule for public investments” that would exclude net public investment (new investments) from deficit calculations in the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact, since they bring high economic returns; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take real measures to combat tax avoidance and tax fraud as an important means of reducing economic inequalities and improving the collection of tax revenue in the Member States;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the Declaration of Astana on Primary Health Care (2018),
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights that democratic accountability for the current Semester evaluation process needs to be strengthened; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reform the financial legal framework and the European Semester process in order to ensure that the new economic governance framework will strengthen democratic accountability and the involvement of the European Parliament, strengthen the role and participation of EU and national social partners, and ensure a performance based and results oriented approach for policy objectives;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls for an ambitious debate on the future of the EU economic governance framework, preventing procyclicality and ideologically-driven austerity calls, and allowing sufficient fiscal spaces for public investment and just transitions processes, while maintaining a high level of quality of universal public services and preserving fiscal sustainability;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Considers that references to the gender gap in pensions need to be included in the annual sustainability growth strategy(ASGS), as has been in the case in some past ASGS;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Invites the Commission to reflect on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and existing national disability strategies in the Semester process; encourages the Member States and the Commission to assess the adequacy of social protection and disability measures, including also income protection benefits, against poverty;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Notes that the country-specific recommendations remain focused one- sidedly on narrow concepts of competitiveness instead of on the sustainable development of prosperity and wellbeing, and points out that there is a need for strong parliamentary oversight of the Commission and governments during the process, in order to hinder restrictive, one-sided reform targets;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Believes that a new investment fund in the scope of the EU budget could be useful in order to ensure higher investments in the long term to promote sustainable and upward convergent development of prosperity and wellbeing in the EU, with the focus on social progress and climate protection, and that in any case national investments concerning the Green Deal, digitalisation, and robust social welfare systems, should be more strongly financed by the EU in light of the reform of the European Semester; considers that fiscal councils and productivity boards should be replaced by councils for the sustainable development of prosperity and wellbeing at the European level, and that there should also be an advisory body, whose analysis could conclude the past European Semester and serve as the informal start of the new European Semester, with its experts being nominated by the European Economic and Social Committee and by the European Parliament;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a Social Climate Fund to address the social consequences of the transformation of our societies towards climate neutrality; warns that the instrument proposed is clearly insufficient both in its aims and in its funding; is convinced that the social impact of green policies has to be tackled in a wider manner, and highlights the urgency of adopting instruments that enable all parts of society to enjoy the benefits of a climate-neutral society and protect “people and households”, in particular the most vulnerable ones from both the impact of climate change and pollution, and that prevent them from suffering any negative social consequence that might arise from the implementation of the European Green Deal climate actions; insists that in order to design these new generation game-changer policies, social and environmental policies and objectives must be integrated on an equal footing with economic ones; in this sense, is convinced that the Stability and Growth Pact is outdated and does not offer neither the flexibility nor the architecture necessary to put in place a new Sustainable Development and Social Progress governance in the EU;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), proclaimed by the European Council, Parliament and Commission in November 2017,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Believes that future financial instruments focused exclusively on financing the fight against climate change would be too narrow and would not fulfil the wider Treaty objectives of social justice, decent work and sustainable development to improve the lives of all Europeans; stresses that the Social Climate Fund should be considered as the right tool to enable future investment capacity of the EU, it could be financed in a similar fashion than the RRF, and the access to this Fund would depend on compliance with the economic, social and environmental targets set for each Member State, and respect of the no environmental or social harm principle; points out that investments approved through the Social Climate Fund should be excluded from the deficit and debt calculation;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 h (new) 3 h. Supports a more democratic semester process, with the Council and the European Parliament deciding on the Country Specific Recommendations on equal footing; firmly believes that the reform of economic governance needs to go hand in hand with the reinforcement of the social dimension, social minimum standards (especially for unemployment insurances), and a Social Progress Protocol at the level of EU primary law, prioritising fundamental social rights (including trade union rights), ahead of market freedoms, the consolidation of the principle of equal pay and equal working conditions for equal work in the same place (especially in connection with tackling wage and social dumping effectively), and ensuring the autonomy of social partners; in addition, believes that gender equality policies must be anchored and mainstreamed in all phases of economic governance;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 i (new) 3 i. Warns once again that quality employment is still not captured in the social scoreboard, as it does not include indicators like unionization rate and collective agreement coverage, stress at work, suicide rate or professional occupational diseases; reminds the Commission that the AROPE indicator does not capture inequalities, especially wealth inequalities, accurately and that there are still lacking indicators on the evolution of wages compared to the evolution of profits, the wage dispersion or the labour share of income compared to the capital share; moreover, points out that equal opportunities only capture gender and access to education and that inequalities are not reflected other than the AROPE indicator and the poverty related with the low work intensity; is worried that the indicator on the integration of people with disabilities refers only to employment rate of people with disabilities, and that the housing cost overburden indicator does not capture the real problem of the lack of access to housing, the evolution and speculation of the housing market, and how it is impacting the access to housing for all; stresses that the housing cost overburden indicator should be lowered from 40% to 25% in order to reflect more accurately, the situation of middle and low income households; in addition, points out that on public services, there is only the indicator on public expenditure but the scoreboard does not capture universal access, quality or services provided, and it does not include the number of people without social protection for example; finally highlights that the adequacy of pensions, adequacy of minimum income, and adequacy of unemployment benefits, are not even considered; asks the Commission to revise the indicators and to make them reflect all the principles of the EPSR;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 j (new) 3 j. Is concerned about the difficulties for the analysis of social indicators due to the excessively long time-lag, and urge the Commission to draw up more stringent and clear conclusions about the results, even if one or a few Member States have not provided the required data;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 k (new) 3 k. Acknowledges the proposal for a Social Imbalances Procedure; however, considers that in the framework of the new Semester for Sustainable Development and the proposed Sustainable Development and Social Progress Pact, the Commission and the Member States should work with the European Parliament on a Social and Ecological Wellbeing Procedure (SEWP), to be established through a decision by the Council and the European Parliament, in order to monitor progress towards the related SDGs and possible social and environmental imbalances; believes that this procedure should focus on the prevention of the negative impacts of political choices on socio-ecological progress and well-being, and it should include social taxonomy to improve living standards and identify economic activities making a substantial contribution to social objectives, including the principle of no social harm; considers that companies and investors should prevent any social harm from being done, and it should be monitored that companies implement systems to ensure human rights are respected, and that investors help improve working conditions and the provision of basic goods and services, especially for vulnerable people and groups; stresses that this socio-ecological procedure should trigger changes in other policy areas like taxation, transport, corporate governance, competition, single market, etc., in order to prevent negative spill overs from political choices in other areas, and in line with the spirit of article 9 TFEU that every policy and activity must contribute to the achievement of socio-ecological objectives or else be changed;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 l (new) 3 l. Believes that social taxonomy in the new semester, should include a monitoring system of sustainability risks with the focus on: complying with recognised labour standards, fulfilling employment-related safety and health protection requirements, ensuring appropriate remuneration and fair working conditions, ensuring workplace diversity, providing training and development opportunities, respecting trade union rights and freedom of assembly, guaranteeing adequate product safety, including by protecting workers’ health applying the same requirements to supply chain businesses as to others, and ensuring that projects are inclusive and take the interests of communities and social minorities into account; calls on the Commission to revise the Taxonomy Regulation in order to include a social taxonomy with social objectives, and a framework defining the substantial contribution and the do no significant harm criteria for these objectives; supports that this is also included in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive as well as those on sustainable corporate governance, mandatory human rights and due diligence;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. I
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) — having regard to the Action Plan for the Social Economy of 9 December 2021,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that bureaucratic obstacles hinder economic growth; calls on the Commission to recommend reforms to all Member States for immediate implementation to cut red tape and simplify access to funding opportunities; emphasises that particularly SMEs suffer as a result of excessive administrative burden;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that bureaucratic obstacles hinder economic growth; calls on the Commission to recommend reforms to all Member States for immediate implementation to cut red tape and simplify access to funding opportunities, in particular for entrepreneurs, SMEs and social economy enterprises;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that bureaucratic obstacles hinder economic growth;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that bureaucratic obstacles hinder economic growth; calls on the Commission to recommend reforms to all Member States for immediate implementation to
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has already left many young people jobless or in precarious employment; calls on the Commission and Member states to fight against youth unemployment and to ensure that young people receive adequate and quality first working experience; calls on the Commission to guarantee access for young people to paid quality traineeships and apprenticeships, and condemns the practice of unpaid internships as a form of exploitation of young workers, and a violation of their rights; calls on the Commission to put forward a legal framework for an effective and enforceable ban on such unpaid internships, traineeships and apprenticeships;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to revise the European economic governance framework, before the general escape clause is deactivated and to exclude green and social investments from the calculation of the deficit; furthermore, stresses the need to face the problem connected to the excessive debt accumulated during the pandemic, avoiding the adoption of austerity measures, in order to guarantee a sustainable recovery that ensures the wellbeing of people;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the Commission communication of 9 December 2021 entitled ‘Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy’; Calls on the Commission to put forward ambitious measures 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 and citizens;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the Commission to review existing European instruments such as the Quality Framework for Traineeships, and the European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships, and to include quality criteria for the offers made to young people, including the principle of fair remuneration for trainees and interns, access to social protection, sustainable employment and social rights;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Is convinced that, as part of the review, it is necessary to attribute an active role to the ministries of labour and social policies, equal to that of the ministries of economic and finances, in order to ensure equal value to the social and employment aspects in the new framework of the economic and social governance of the European semester;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Highlights that a slow reallocation and skills mismatches may lead to major disruptions of the process of linking vacant jobs to jobless people, and can lead to higher structural unemployment; points out that policy needs to support workers to find jobs, which require different qualifications from those of their previous occupations; calls on the Commission to present a proposal that offers an allowance scheme for the obtention of qualifications to every adult in need that wants to enrol in vocational training or tertiary education, and which covers educational costs and essential needs of the person and his/her dependants;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Stresses that improving employment and working conditions of groups most negatively affected by the pandemic, would contribute to preventing the scarring effects of unemployment and inactivity, and the rise of inequalities; believes that the combination of high collective bargaining coverage and unionization rates, well-financed active labour market policies, and generous social benefits, are essential instruments to fight in-work poverty;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Believes that pay transparency rules are an important instrument raising awareness of pay discrimination against women, can provide the right to information on pay levels by gender, require companies to report information on employment and pay by gender, and incentivise them to undertake gender pay audits; highlights that equal pay for work of equal value measures are particularly important for certain countries with large initial gender wage gaps early in worker careers;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the Commission’s strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027, in particular, the introduction of the Vision Zero approach to work-related accidents and diseases; regrets however the level of ambition of the OSH Strategy not corresponding to its objective of the Vision Zero and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals matching this ambition; calls for the establishment of a roadmap for the reduction of accidents and deaths at work, with adequate funding for Member States and companies to complete the transition towards ‘zero fatalities’; stresses that the Vision Zero should not lead to under- reporting of work-related accidents and diseases; calls on the Commission to cover all injuries and accidents, physical and mental attrition in the Vision Zero approach; calls on the Commission and Member States to significantly increase the focus on prevention strategies such as strengthening labour inspectorates, national health and safety services and social partner dialogue to secure that all employees, regardless of type or size of the employer, have a right to the highest level of health and safety protection possible;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Believes that strong cooperation with social partners and legislative action are needed on several aspects of EU policy on occupational health and safety in order to complement the variety of soft measures envisaged in order to make Vision Zero a reality; calls for a clear focus on workers’ participation and the strengthening of social partners consultation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses the emergence of new OSH risks due to the acceleration of climate change and its potential effect on workers as well as technological break through such as Artificial Intelligence and digitalisation that could lead to hazardous working conditions; welcomes the adoption of the European parliament report on protecting workers from asbestos (2019/2182(INL) as well as the progress made in the revision process of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive – CMD4; calls on the commission to take appropriate and proportionate legislative and non-legislative actions to master these emerging risks;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. 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 propose a directive on the right to disconnect; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the central role in the EU strategic framework of health and safety at work; notes that prevention so as to ensure safe and healthy working conditions contributes to the health of workers in order to maintain productivity and competitiveness; highlights the need to focus the strategies on tackling the challenges coming from the increasing proportion of older workers, workers with disabilities or chronic diseases; reiterates that stress, anxiety or depression belong to the second largest group of self-reported work-related health problems that can significantly increase the risk of other health problems including autoimmune diseases or musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic/chronic inflammatory diseases;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the central role
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the central role in the EU strategic framework of health and safety at work; notes that prevention so as to ensure safe and healthy working conditions contributes to the health of workers
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in coordinating economic, budgetary, employment and social policies in the Member States, the European Semester
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the central role in the EU strategic framework of health and safety at work; notes that prevention so as to ensure safe and healthy working conditions contributes to the health of workers in order to
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to propose a new directive on mental health, to prevent the proliferation of psychosocial risks at work and to ensure the well-being of workers; believes that binding regulation is key to efficiently prevent mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, burnout and post-traumatic stress, as well as for their recognition as occupational diseases; considers that minimum requirements for remote work should be addressed under this directive to ensure workers can exercise their right to disconnect, regulate the use of existing and new digital tools for work purposes, and clarify working conditions of teleworkers, that must be equivalent to those of comparable workers;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted pre-existing structural problems of the social sector, in particular in long-term care, including issues such as staff shortages, poor working conditions, low wages and low uptake of digital solutions;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Commission to present a new directive on the use of AI at the workplace, to prevent negative impacts that digitalisation and new sophisticated technologies have in the world-of-work; recalls that the pandemic has only highlighted the risks of a new digital economy, that is transforming the nature and organisation of work, and have dire consequences on the working conditions, increasing control, surveillance and pressure, work-loads and the working hours, creating work-complexity, eradicating transparency and social interaction, and deeply affecting the health and safety of workers; considers that by addressing issues such as privacy, vigilance and tracking, non- discrimination and ethical aspects, the EU must protect workers against surveillance at the workplace; highlights that tracking apps to monitor workers as well as recruitment discrimination due to the use of algorithms, or employment screenings services in breach of data protection, represent dangerous trends and have to be urgently tackled; points out that the use of employment screening services is in breach of data protection and puts any applicant in a vulnerable position in recruitment processes; stresses that workers data that is not related to the performance of the job, should be banned from being collected, shared, processed or traded, and that private employment screening services should be banned;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that increasing purchasing power is a guaranteed means of ensuring further economic recovery, however, wages in general will grow below inflation for the year to come, thus workers will lose spending power; warns that purchasing power of wages could stagnate or even fall as energy, housing and food prices continue to rise again, and that minimum wage policy alone might not be enough to protect low- income households from being negatively affected by raising prices of services and essential goods; stresses that, in order to enlarge the middle income household share, this should be combined with policies strengthening collective bargaining coverage and unionization, in order to rebalance power among different groups in society;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that increasing purchasing power
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in coordinating economic, budgetary, employment and social policies in the Member States, the European Semester must
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that increasing purchasing power is
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that increasing purchasing power is a guaranteed means of ensuring further economic recovery; stresses the importance of tackling in- work poverty, energy poverty and long- term unemployment in this regard;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that wages increas
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that policies that foster European competitiveness, economic growth and increasing purchasing power is a guaranteed means of ensuring further economic recovery;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that increasing purchasing power is a
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is concerned that despite recent minimum wage increases in many Member States, statutory minimum wages often remain low compared to other wages in the economy, and many are well below the 60% of the median wage of the country; calls on the Commission to present an action plan for the achievement of 90% collective bargaining coverage of workers in the EU, which is key in achieving decent living wages across the Union; considers that the use of temporary contracts has to be limited, and precarious contracts like zero hour contracts should be banned in the EU;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Considers that our dependence on gas and electricity prices can be reduced with nuclear energy;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, of which 24.9 % are children6 ; stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, of which 24.9 % are children6
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, in
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, of which 24.9 % are children6 ; stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic makes the child guarantee even more important; calls on the Commission to be more active in combating poverty, especially child poverty; is highly concerned that the rate of youth unemployment in the EU is over 15%7a; __________________ 6European Commission web page entitled ‘Poverty and social exclusion’, accessed on 10 January 2022. 7aEurostat, November 2021, Unemployment statistics, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Unemployment _statistics#Youth_unemployment
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, of which 24.9 % are children, 23.3% are women, 18.2% of those over 656
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that 22.4 % of the EU population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, of which 18.2% are over 65 years old and 24.9 % are children6 ; stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic makes the child guarantee even more important; calls on the Commission to be more active in combating poverty, especially
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that there is enough adequate and affordable social housing to cover the housing needs of the population and to reduce the housing cost overburden rate; calls, in this regard, for a reform of the economic governance framework in order to enable the Member States to make the requisite green and social public investments, including those related to the development and improvement of social, public, affordable and energy-efficient housing; underlines that homelessness is one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion; welcomes the launch of the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness and its ultimate objective of ending homelessness by 2030; calls on the Member States to adopt ambitious national strategies with adequate national and EU funding, based on the housing- first principle, to promote the prevention of homelessness and provide access to adequate, safe and affordable housing; urges the Commission to propose a comprehensive antipoverty strategy;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access to decent housing for all, through National Affordable Housing Plans included in the National Reform Programmes with the provision of sufficient adequate and affordable social housing, to cover the housing needs of the three bottom quintiles of society and to reduce by half the overburden housing costs of these groups by 2030; stresses that the Commission and the Member States should implement a standard that, at least 30% of all new housing projects receiving public support, should be affordable housing for lower-income group, and at least 30% affordable housing for the middle-income group;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Considers that quality, adequate, accessible and affordable social services are a pre-requisite for the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic and the successful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular in reducing poverty and social exclusion in all its forms;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that the European Commission's target to eradicate homelessness by 2030 is unattainable without a drastic diminution of immigration;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Notes that the headline target of reducing poverty by 15 million will not be reached without addressing the most vulnerable; calls on the European Commission and Member States to develop targeted ways of supporting the long-term unemployed and homeless, as well as persons facing multiple barriers and discriminations;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Welcomes the attention to LGBTIQ homelessness, particularly LGBTIQ youth homelessness, in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy; invites the Commission to tackling the problem of LGBTIQ homelessness between Member States;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Highlights that the EU institutions and Member States have made a joint commitment to work towards the goal of ending homelessness by 2030, and welcomes the launch of the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness; calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious work programme for the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness, which should include country-specific analysis and recommendations on addressing homelessness; calls on Member States to take urgent measures to address homelessness in the context of the 2022 Semester, mobilising the MFF, RRF and national funds;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in coordinating economic, budgetary, employment and social policies in the Member States, the European Semester
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee universal access to free public education 0-3 in the EU, which would contribute to equal opportunities for the next generation as well as to an increase of the labour market participation of women; insists on the importance of transposing the Work- Life Balance Directive in order to provide an equal access and balanced use of leave arrangements by men and women, which will allow parents with children or workers with dependent relatives, to better balance caring and professional responsibilities;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families a
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Co
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that families are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had and will most likely continue to have a significant but disproportionate impact on different Member States, social groups, sectors and regions, and is leading to an increase in poverty levels across the EU; whereas the most vulnerable have been hit hardest; whereas the crisis has had a devastating effect on different vulnerable groups and has posed an unprecedented challenge for the workforce providing elderly care; whereas women, when compared to men, as well as young people, low-skilled workers, migrants, persons with disabilities, people from disadvantaged backgrounds, older people, and people with temporary contracts or in other non-standard forms of employment, but also the self-employed, have been disproportionately affected;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Highlights that it is necessary that Member States continue to invest sufficient ESF+ resources in measures supporting targeted actions and structural reforms for quality youth employment, vocational education and training, particularly apprenticeships and entrepreneurial skills; further stresses that Member States must include reforms and investments in the next generation, children and the youth in line with the objectives of the Child Guarantee and Youth Guarantee in order to access financing under the RRF; calls on the Commission to closely monitor Member States' investment in this area via the Semester cycle and the national reform programmes in line with the RRF;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. C
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers that a 25/25 child allowance is an economic stimulus package that is geared towards people, combats poverty, generates purchasing power and provides incentives that favour demographic change; acknowledges nevertheless the gendered dimension of children’s poverty, and asks for additional measures and funds to suitably address the obstacles leading to women’s poverty;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers th
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Highlights that all children are entitled to enjoy human rights and a safe environment as essential conditions, in order to prevent early school leaving, protect their mental health, and participate fully in society and in the labour market; regrets that, in this regards, LGBTI children are often victims of bullying and violence in schools. and that this has a serious effect on their well- being; believes that anti-bullying policies as well as children’s access to information concerning sexual orientation and gender identity, should be an integral part of the education systems;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Underlines the need of the country-specific recommendations in the European Semester to invest in adequate disability allowance that is compatible with other forms of income, to reduce the risk of poverty faced by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the 2022 Joint Employment Report has a stronger focus on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in line with the commitments of the Action Plan of March 2021 and by the EU Leaders in the 8 May Porto Declaration; whereas its implementation should strengthen the Union’s drive towards a green, digital and fair transition and contribute to achieving upward social and economic convergence, addressing the demographic challenges and it should also contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Stresses the need for decisive and effective social investment at European, national and regional level to strengthen social services;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need to ensure gender equality, non-discrimination and social equality in employment relationships; recalls that the Covid-19 crisis disproportionately affected women in the socioeconomic sphere, considering that they have lower salaries, savings and pensions, suffer higher rates of unconventional and precarious forms of work and poverty, lack equal access to social protection, are more at risk of being laid off or given shorter hours, face increased and specific burdens as a result of the unequal distribution of unpaid domestic and care work and will bear a disproportionate burden in the care economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by improving working conditions, including pay, in feminised sectors; calls for gender mainstreaming in employment policies related to sustainability and just transition strengthening gender-sensitive policies at the EU level, essential to ensure that the impact of the crisis does not widen gender inequality and that the responses contribute to reduce discrimination against women;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need to ensure
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need to ensure
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need to ensure
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the highly damaging and diverse health consequences of sexual and gender-based violence, which has been shown to have the potential to lead to severe physical and mental health consequences; calls, therefore, for proper protection and adequate resources for victims of sexual and gender-based violence, with an increase in resources and effective action to that end;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the importance of well- resourced public employment services; believes public employment services should offer individualised support and needs assessment to job seekers with disabilities, older job seekers and the long-term unemployed;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Believes that more upcoming European Semester recommendations should include a focus on the quality and funding of, as well as working conditions in person-centred, long-term care, including social care and support; reminds Member States of the Declaration of Astana (2018) and their commitment to strengthen primary health care to deliver equitable, accessible, safe, and affordable community-based care for older people;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Is highly concerned about the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of workers and society at large; invites the Commission to systematically put forward recommendations to strengthen mental health care systems;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the fight against climate change persist regardless of the COVID- 19 crisis and require a just transition so as to leave no one behind; whereas climate change, global warming and biodiversity loss are accelerating exponentially, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); whereas the consequences of climate breakdown and extreme weather events are being felt more intensely and more frequently than before by EU citizens and workers; whereas 2030 decarbonisation targets have been increased in order to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050; whereas increased mitigation and adaptation efforts would require the profound transformation of European and national economies and labour markets;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10 d. Considers that employment policy recommendations should not lose sight of long-term unemployment and inactivity, especially of older persons; welcomes past recommendations addressed to some Member States that refer to the need to review the system of hiring incentives to promote youth employment; in this regard, invites the Commission to extend them to older job seekers;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to identify shortages at production sites – e.g. of semiconductors –
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to identify shortages at production sites – e.g. of semiconductors – in order to re- Europeanise them and provide them with financial support; claims that Member- States can lead relocation and reindustrialisation policies;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to identify shortages at production sites
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to identify shortages at production sites
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Considers that workers involvement in company matters is essential, in order to ensure sustainable corporate governance and to prevent shortages of strategic goods and the delocalisation of production; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish the necessary conditions and requirements, in order to have at least 80 % of corporations covered by sustainable corporate governance agreements by 2030, establishing strategies agreed with workers in order to positively influence environmental, social and economic development through governance practices and market presence, improve directors’ accountability as regards integrating sustainability into corporate decision-making, and promote corporate governance practices that contribute to company sustainability, with reference inter alia to corporate reporting, board remuneration, maximum wage ratio difference, board composition and stakeholder involvement;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas at the Porto Social Summit of 7 and 8 May 2021, EU leaders recognised the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as a fundamental element of the recovery, and underlined in the Porto declaration their determination to continue deepening its implementation at EU and national level; whereas Economic coordination policies should aim to implement the EPSR’s objectives and SDGs in order to make progress toward more inclusiveness and resilience;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission to enhance European industrial and production capacity in order to reduce dependencies, stresses the importance of developing techsovereignty and to create European value and jobs in strategic industrial areas; underlines the importance of EU strategic autonomy and resilience of supply chain;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Believes that a strong industrial base needs a level playing field for companies, with fair tax rules, strong incentives for innovation, high environmental standards and good working conditions; considers that trade unions must be involved in developing industrial strategy at all levels, and particularly in meeting the challenges of digitalisation, climate change, restructuring and globalisation; calls for a directive on binding human rights, due diligence and responsible business conduct, including workers’ rights such as the right of association, the right to collective bargaining, the right to health and safety, and social protection and good working conditions, establishing mandatory due diligence covering companies’ activities and their business relationships, including supply and subcontracting chains; stresses that this directive should ensure the full involvement of trade unions and workers’ representatives in the whole due diligence process, and should guarantee the right to reach collective agreement at the relevant levels on the due diligence policies; underlines that both national labour inspectorates and the European Labour Authority (ELA), must be able to conduct joint inspections throughout the chain, open to filing complaints, and able to offer support for compliance, in relation to all EU companies and companies wanting to access the internal market; calls on the Commission to insist on the ratification of ILO Conventions 81 (labour inspection) and 129 (labour inspection in agricultural sector) by all trading partners of the EU;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to ensure the
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to ensure the economy is crisis-resistant, to attract investment and entrepreneurship and to ensure a fair and social EU with well
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to ensure the economy is crisis-resistant, to attract investment and entrepreneurship and to ensure a fair and social EU with well-paid jobs, while respecting the subsidiarity of the Member States;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to include in its recommendations an invitation to all the Member States to invest in the social economy and the circular economy, not only for their job creation potential, but also as enablers for an inclusive economic recovery and the green transition;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the United Nations, and whereas the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, social affairs and employment, the European Green Deal and
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Stresses that minimum incomes are needed to lift people out of poverty and urges the Commission to come forward with EU legislation to guarantee a minimum income for those most at risk of exclusion;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills shortages; notes that these shortages are holding back productivity and economic growth; expresses concern that digital skills in the EU need to play catch up and that this is reflected in the shortage of IT
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills shortages; notes that these shortages are holding back productivity and economic growth; expresses concern that digital skills in the EU need to play catch up and that this is reflected in the shortage of IT professionals;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills shortages and gaps; notes that the
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills shortages; notes that these shortages are holding back productivity and economic growth; expresses concern that digital skills in the EU need to
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need to address skills shortages
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls the European Commission to set a priority to the reform of and investment in long-term care in the European Semester process and needs of providing quality, accessible, affordable and adequate long-term care with the focus on community-based, person- centred and empowering care services, which meet the needs of people and are accessible to persons with lower incomes; notes that investment in long-term care is an opportunity to create jobs; stresses the importance of paying attention to creating quality jobs with decent wages and working conditions;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that training,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the United Nations, and whereas the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, social affairs and employment, the European Green Deal and poverty must be taken into account in the 2022 annual sustainable growth strategy, with a special focus on vulnerable groups and workers that will suffer from the economic downturn and structural transformations of the European economies linked to the twin transitions; whereas gender equality and gender mainstreaming should be at the core of the 2022 annual sustainable growth strategy;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that training, education and research are key to economic policy; recalls in this regard the need to ensure equal access to employee training to all workers irrespective of their contractual situation, salary and skills levels;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses th
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers that the transition to a low-carbon economy must be based on a social market economy; stresses the need to enable public and private sector financing and promote research and innovation in new technologies, while safeguarding
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers that the transition to a
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers that the transition to a low-carbon economy must be
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers that the transition to a
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Recalls the crucial role played by European, national and sectoral social partners in the anticipation of change; highlights the need to closely involve trade unions and workers’ representatives at all decision-making levels, in order to ensure efficient and fair transitions; stresses the critical role of collective bargaining to ensure the highest occupational health and safety standards, relevant skills developments and strategic anticipation of change; stresses that European and international human rights guarantee all workers the right to organize, form and join a trade union, engage in collective bargaining, take collective action to defend their rights and enjoy protection under collective agreements, regardless of their employment status; calls on the Member States to remove any national legislation that hampers collective bargaining, including by ensuring trade unions’ access to workplaces for the purpose of organising, information sharing and consultation, strengthening worker’s representation;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU and its Member States have committed to uphold
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Calls for the EU industrial strategy to ensure that the jobs of tomorrow will not only be green, but will primarily be decent, well-paid, and based on good working conditions, including on health and safety at work, a robust social protection, and gender equality; calls also to ensure that the qualifications and certified competences are adequately remunerated;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15 c. Reiterates that a Governance framework for a social and sustainable Europe should be anchored in the following reforms: the integration of the EPSR and a social progress protocol in the Treaties, protecting social rights over economic freedoms in the single market, and the adoption of a Sustainable Development and Social Progress Pact making social and sustainable targets mandatory; considers that, additionally, the Semester Process should follow the community method and be agreed between the Council and the European Parliament, while more social policy areas should fall under the qualified majority decision process, in particular non-discrimination, social protection of workers, the protection of workers where their employment contract is terminated, the representation and collective defence of the interests of workers and employers, and the conditions of employment for third-country nationals legally residing in the EU;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15 d. Agrees with the ILO in its definition of the just transition to sustainable development as a human- centred approach to the future of work, that transforms economies and societies, maximizes opportunities of decent work for all, reduces inequalities, promotes social justice, and supports industries, workers and communities; observes however that the just transition is mainly benefiting big corporations, allowing energy companies to make obscene profits and the super rich to hoard on the planet resources; points out that game changers policies are needed to ensure fairness if we really mean to achieve a Just Transition for all; believes that EU funds in the RRF and Social Climate Fund (SCF) should be aligned to the mandatory objectives of this Sustainable Development and Social Progress Pact, to ensure coherence in the public financing of the just transition;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Points to the need for the principles of production, service and trade with certification to be improved so as to improve quality; stresses
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Points to the need for the principles of production, service and trade with certification to be improved so as to improve quality; stresses, with reference to the Commission’s proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving working conditions in platform work (COM(2021)0762), that adherence to social standards in the context of platform work is necessary; the national level is the most relevant to solve the problem;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU is founded on and upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the United Nations,
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Stresses that social policy should remain at national level;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Calls for the primacy of the Member-States on the development of their national policy;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the United Nations, and whereas the consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, social affairs and employment, the European Green Deal and poverty must be taken into account in the 2022 annual sustainable growth strategy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the United Nations, and whereas the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, social affairs and employment
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to the Commission European Economic Forecast Autumn 2021,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU upholds the fundamental values of the Treaties and the
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas it is crucial to ensure that the Semester coordinates and monitors Member States’ efforts to deliver on the principles of the EPSR in particular the EU headline targets set out in the EPSR Action Plan ensuring that by 2030 at least 78% aged 20 to 64 are in employment, at least 60% of all adults should participate in training every year and that the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion should be reduced by at least 15 million, including at least 5 million children;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the EU's governance framework is currently under review, and whereas it has shown its shortcomings during the pandemic, exacerbating the already existing economic and social tensions and creating new ones endangering a sustainable and resilient recovery;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas the recent rise in infections rates, mainly due to the omicron variant, shows that the pandemic is not over and it will have further economic and social consequences, and therefore a premature deactivation of the general escape clause, prior the revision of the Stability and Growth Pact, could jeopardise the economic and social situation in the Member States, compromising their effort toward a sustainable recovery;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the economy
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the economy has experienced a sharp downturn as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; whereas, according to the autumn 2021 European economic forecast, growth is expected to be 5 % in 2021, 4.3 % in 2022 and 2.5 % in 2023, but the recovery will be heavily dependent on further pandemic developments1 ; whereas European regions and economies have not been affected in the same way and with the same intensity; __________________ 1European Commission institutional paper of November 2021 entitled ‘European Economic Forecast: Autumn 2021’, p. 2.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas while the economy has experienced a sharp downturn as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas according to the autumn 2021 European economic forecast, growth is expected to be 5 % in 2021, 4.3 % in 2022 and 2.5 % in 2023, but the recovery will be heavily dependent on further pandemic developments2a; whereas since the start of the recovery, labour shortages have re-emerged in manufacturing and services (especially in hospitality); whereas the increase in labour shortages may not necessarily imply hiring difficulties due to skills mismatches as vacancies usually react faster than unemployment to cyclical swings; whereas reported shortages in certain occupations in some EU countries/regions coexist with a surplus of qualified workers in others, highlighting the relevance of labour mobility and migration flows; __________________ 2aEuropean Commission institutional paper of November 2021 entitled ‘European Economic Forecast: Autumn 2021’, p. 2.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the impact of the crisis presents a stark challenge but also an opportunity to relaunch our economies and societies and accelerate the green and digital transitions in a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive manner; whereas such transformation should reverse increasing inequalities, bolster social cohesion and ensure that no one is left behind;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas the Recovery and Resilience Facility created an unprecedented structure adapted to the complex effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economy, society and institutions; whereas the European Semester, as part of the EU's economic governance framework must adapt and upgrade in order to ensure recommendations to the Member States take into account not only the economic and social objectives, but also the objectives related to the green and digital transitions, consolidation of health systems, and access and opportunity for children and youth;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 b (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 on achieving the European Education Area by 2025 (COM(2020)0625),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas labour supply dropped, due in part to health concerns of workers to come back to high-contact occupations, and lower labour mobility and migration flows linked to restrictions to individual mobility and health risks; whereas labour shortages are also driven by structural trends (e.g. ageing) and other factors that predated the pandemic and have been reinforced since (e.g. poor working conditions in the health sector, or pre- existent limited skills mismatches), reducing further an already insufficient supply of labour;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on families in terms of their everyday lives, working lives and general livelihoods2
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on workers, citizens and families in terms of their everyday lives, working lives and general livelihoods2 ; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had negative impacts on the European labour market with unprecedented job losses, especially in strategic sectors; whereas these developments led to rise in poverty and divergences in living standards, which particularly affect young people, women and workers in low-skilled positions and precarious employment; __________________ 22021 report of the Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung entitled ‘Belastungen von Kindern, Jugendlichen und Eltern in der Corona-Pandemie’.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on families and vulnerable groups in terms of their everyday lives, working lives and general livelihoods2
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on individuals and families in terms of their everyday lives, working lives and general livelihoods2
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on young people, with employment rates falling and a considerable decrease in personal income; whereas the previous crisis showed that if young people are not provided with quality traineeships and jobs – based on written agreements and decent working conditions, including a living wage, career counselling and guidance and further training – there will yet again be a high risk that they will be forced to accept precarious jobs, leave their country to find work, or repeatedly enrol in education or training; whereas traineeships must not only be paid but also be limited in length and number so that young people are not trapped in never-ending repeated traineeships and exploited as cheap or even free labour, and without social protection and pension rights; whereas one of the main priorities of the EU should be to avoid another ‘lost generation’ of young people;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 c (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 entitled ‘Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027: Resetting education and training for the digital age’ (COM(2020)0624),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas certain groups of population, such as women, young people, low-skilled workers and those with a migrant background have been disproportionally hit by the COVID-19 pandemic2a; __________________ 2a Joint Employment Report
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) D b. whereas the mental health of young people has worsened significantly during the pandemic, with problems related to mental health doubling in several Member States compared to the pre-crisis level; whereas 64 % of young people in the age group 18-34 years were at risk of depression in spring 2021, partly as a consequence of their lack of employment, financial and educational prospects in the longer run;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) D c. whereas the housing crisis is happening in both wealthy and less wealthy countries, leading to social exclusion and spatial segregation; whereas access to decent and affordable housing is harder for vulnerable groups such as the working poor, women, young people, in particular young unemployed persons, single parents, large families, the elderly, especially those living alone, LGBTIQ persons, migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, people with physical or psychiatric illnesses, and people from marginalised communities, including Roma;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) D d. whereas according to AMECO3a, the number of countries with a negative development in real wages increased from two in 2019 to thirteen in 2020; whereas real wage levels are still below the crisis- year 2009 level in many EU countries; whereas in order to maintain purchase power of workers, real wages would have to rise by 5% in 2022; __________________ 3ahttps://ec.europa.eu/info/business- economy-euro/indicators- statistics/economic-databases/macro- economic-database-ameco/ameco- database_en
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D e (new) D e. whereas according to OECD research4a, one-third of overall wage inequality can be explained by gaps in wage-setting practices between firms, rather than differences in workers’ skills; whereas high-wage firms pay about twice as much as low-wage ones for comparable workers; whereas when workers cannot easily move from one firm to another (e.g. because of job search and moving costs), wages are not only determined by workers’ skills but also by firms’ wage- setting practices; __________________ 4a https://www.oecd- ilibrary.org/sites/7d9b2208- en/index.html?itemId=/content/publicatio n/7d9b2208-en
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D f (new) D f. whereas the green and digital transitions shall lead to some reallocation of employment between tasks and sectors; whereas a reallocation of workers across sectors will be more challenging in terms of skills needs than a reallocation between firms within sectors, and may entail longer unemployment spells;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D g (new) D g. whereas telework can sometimes blur existing lines between work and private life, implying higher work intensity and difficulties; whereas digital technologies entail risks to quality of employment; whereas people who regularly work from home are more than twice as likely to work in excess of the requisite maximum 48 hours per week; whereas almost 30 % of teleworkers report working in their free time every day or several times a week;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D h (new) D h. whereas women experienced a steeper fall in working hours than men during the confinement periods, due to differences in the representation of women and men in sectors and occupations affected by the crisis, gender differences in the use of telework, and the fact that women took on the larger share of caring responsibilities; whereas, during the crisis, single women with children experienced larger employment losses than those without; whereas economic, gender, and racial inequalities - as well as the inequality that exists between countries - have increased since the pandemic started;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 d (new) — having regard to the Commissions Proposal for a Council Recommendation on individual learning accounts (COM/2021/773),
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas while attaining the EU’s climate targets
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s climate targets represent a challenge to the economy and society; whereas they also present opportunities for businesses and opportunities to redeploy workers, which will mean that socially vulnerable people, families and micro-enterprises will come under pressure; whereas policies to reach the EU climate targets influence different regions differently with the biggest impact on those highly dependent on fossil fuels;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s climate neutrality targets represent
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s climate targets represent a
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s climate targets represent a challenge to the economy and society; whereas they also present opportunities for some businesses and opportunities to redeploy workers, which will mean that socially vulnerable people, families and micro-enterprises will come under pressure;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU’s climate targets represent a challenge to the economy and society; whereas they may also present opportunities for businesses and opportunities to redeploy workers, which will mean that socially vulnerable people, families and micro-enterprises will come under pressure;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the increased need for public and private funding to strengthen the economy and invest in the twin transitions is placing budgetary constraints on the
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 e (new) — having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 of 19 May 2020 on the establishment of a European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID- 19 outbreak,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the increased need for funding to strengthen the economy
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the increased need for funding in order to cope with the public health threat as as well its consequences, including the need to strengthen the economy, is p
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas social and fiscal dumping remain a main challenge for the internal market, as they contribute to create unfair competition that leads to delocalisation, impoverishment and regional economic disparities;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change affects social systems and labour markets3 ; whereas women, and notably female workers in care and service sectors as well as single-parent family have been hit hardest by the pandemic and the economic downturn; whereas it is essential that quality jobs are created for medium- and low-skilled workers and for women and young people in particular, while evenly distributed across Europe to prevent imbalances between the regions; __________________ 3 Commission report of 17 June 2020 on the impact of demographic change (COM(2020)0241).
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change affects social systems and markets3 and requires a comprehensive approach based on a mix of policy solutions in the fields of pensions, social security, child and long-term care services, housing, early childhood schools, health systems, social inclusion, integration of minorities and migrants, work-life balance and gender equality; __________________ 3 Commission report of 17 June 2020 on the impact of demographic change (COM(2020)0241).
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas growth rate of the EU population is falling and the population is expected to decrease significantly in the longer term; whereas this negative demographic change differs in the Member States and regions, whereas the demographic change affects social systems and markets3
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change affects social systems and markets3
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change affects social systems and markets3
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas homelessness has increased by 70% in the European Union over the last ten years and migratory pressure is exacerbating the problem;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 f (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas the European Semester interferes with the freedom of Members- States to pursue a policy that respects national democracy;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas on account of artificial intelligence, the economy is on the verge of a transformation, with the opportunity to become more robust and more resilient; whereas, however, this transformation will also raise challenges for many workers and may have disadvantages in certain sectors such as the social services sector; whereas workers need to be provided with the necessary training to meet the skills needed to work with the evolving technology and the twin transitions;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas on account of artificial intelligence, the economy is on the verge of a transformation, with the opportunity to become more robust and more resilient; whereas digitalisation, robotisation, automation and artificial intelligence must benefit workers and society by improving working conditions and quality of life, ensuring a good work-life balance, creating better employment opportunities, and contributing to socioeconomic convergence;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas on account of artificial intelligence, the economy is on the verge of a transformation,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas AI potentially offers economic benefits and new opportunities for businesses, while at the same time represents legal and employment related challenges; whereas the application of AI at the workplace could have a negative impact on workers fundamental rights and occupational health and safety minimum standards;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas administrative burdens are holding back the economy and weakening the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME);
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas skilled workers, education, training and
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the informal joint declaration by Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden, submitted to the Porto Social Summit in May 2021, calling to respect 'national autonomy in social policies',
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas skilled workers, education
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas skilled workers, public education
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas skilled workers, education, training and
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas the current crisis has once again highlighted the importance and the undervalued role of care sector in our societies; whereas unpaid work too often fails to be recognised as work and its economic and social consequences completely ignored;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas 20 % of jobs in Europe are of poor quality and put workers at increased risk regarding their health; whereas 14 % of workers have been exposed to a high level of psychosocial risks; whereas 51 % of EU workers say stress is common in their workplace and nearly 80 % of managers are concerned about work-related stress; whereas 23 % of European workers believe that their safety or their health is at risk because of their work; whereas work-related illnesses and injuries cost the European Union 3.3 % of its GDP
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas work-related illnesses and injuries cost the European Union 3.3 % of its GDP5 ; whereas insufficient preventive strategies and strategies to integrate older workers, workers with disabilities as well as workers willing to reintegrate to the labour market after long diseases entail missed opportunities and even further increase of the health related costs; __________________ 5Commission communication of 28 June 2021 entitled ‘EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027: Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work’ (COM(2021)0323).
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas work-related illnesses and injuries cost the European Union 3.3 % of its GDP5
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that
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