Activities of Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO related to 2014/2059(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (debate) ES
Amendments (7)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that Single Market legislation is generally a topic for the EU-28, but, given that the need for integration is much more significant in the Euro area, calls on the Commission to explore the possibility for EMU members to engage in enhanced cooperation with a view to adopting legislation that fosters intra- EMU labour mobility more quickly and efficient;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers necessary a re- industrialisation of Europe based on strategic sectors; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to elaborate a joint and urgent Strategy to strengthen European industry with the aim of increasing equitable competitiveness and creating quality jobs;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Emphasises that in order to achieve an equitable growth and a sustainable development of the society, the EU needs an internal market based on a social economy that stresses the support to social entrepreneurs and social innovators;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges to create a genuine internal market for energy that ensures fair market access, high level of consumer protection and an accessible market especially for SMEs;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a true «social pillar’ to be implemented within economic and monetary union (EMU) as part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms, so as to reduce unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, overcome social dumping and prevent competition for the lowest social standards in the EU; calls furthermore for a Social Union to be implemented including a Social Progress Pact with common binding targets on employment, education and research and development;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that, in many Member States and sectors, job losses are coupled with a decline in job quality, an increase in precarious forms of employment and a deterioration in basic labour standards; stresses that the Commission and the Member States need to make dedicated efforts to address the increase in involuntary part-time employment and temporary contracts, payless internships and apprenticeships, and bogus self- employment, together with the activities of the black economyand undeclared work; welcomes therefore the Commission's initiative on a European platform on undeclared work; stresses however that the platform needs to be made binding for every Member State and that also operational measures such as common controls need to be implemented;
Amendment 222 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission to immediately tackle the alarming increase in child poverty throughout Europe through the introduction of a child guarantee against poverty; believes that such a guarantee is of upmost importance in order to protect children that have been affected by the consequences of the current economic and social crisis;