Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2011/0217(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Year of Citizens (2013) (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The freedom to move and reside freely should be guaranteed in all Member States and for all citizens without discrimination of any kind on grounds of gender, race, age, disability or professional qualifications.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In particular, free movement and workers' mobility help addressing the consequences of demographic change on the labour market, while also increasing the employability of people and improving the competitiveness of European industries. At the same time, free movement either enables, as an essential condition, or stimulates the exercise by citizens of a broad range of rights available to them under Union law, such asEuropean citizenship is not limited to the exercise of the right to move freely and to work in another Member State. The Union confers a broad range of rights which all citizens should be aware of and be able to exercise freely: their rights to training, to health and to retirement and their rights as to consumers to access goods and services or their rights as passengers and tourists. Facilitating free movement has therefore the potential to enhance citizens' possibilities to fully benefit from the single market, whilst being a key driver for growth. Citizens should also have access to information on all means of redress should their rights not be respected.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States is highonly valued by Union citizens as a core individual right deriving from Union citizenship. As such, it demonstrates and promotes a better understanding of the value of European integration, as well as citizens' participation in shaping the European Union. When extending aspects of their lives beyond national borders by travelling to other Member States or settling there, citizens become aware and take advantage of the broad array of rights granted to them under Union law in cross-border situations. Exercising the right to free movement and residence therefore contributes to making Union citizenship a tangible reality in the daily life of citizenslows a better understanding of the value of European integration if accompanied by practical measures taken by the Union and Member States in relation to training, recognition of qualifications, worker mobility (seasonal workers, cross-border workers, seconded workers, workers posted as a result of seat transfers...).
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Despite the fact that the right to free movement and residence is firmly anchored in primary Union law and substantially developed in secondary law, a gap still remains between the applicabletion of legal rules and the reality confronting citizens when they seekremains unsatisfactory and is a burden on citizens wishing to exercise thiseir right in ps. Member States should remove all subsisting administractice. Aside from ave and legal obstacles based on uincertainty over the advantages of being mobile, Union citizens perceive too many practical obstorrect interpretation. A special effort should be made to assist poorly qualified workers and workers with special needs due to a disability in their desire for job mobility, job exchanges and occupational training. Back-up measures should be taken by the host Member State to enable them to exercise their social rights (social security, aclces with regard to living and working elsewhere in ths to healthcare, access to educational establishments) and voting rights (local elections, trade Uunion elections, etc.).
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) All the existing websites set up by the Commission to inform citizens should be simplified to make them more accessible and to facilitate mobility for all workers, whatever their qualifications.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) It should be stressed that mobility support measures have focused mainly on citizens with educational qualifications. It is therefore time for the Union to open up mobility to the least qualified workers, workers with disabilities, through the establishment of new exchange programmes and clearly structured and user-friendly websites.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
– to raise citizens' awareness of the risks involved in illegal work and the advantages of engaging in legal employment (in terms of tax, social security, the right to occupational training, the right to citizenship. housing, family reunification, children’s access to schooling and apprenticeships through existing instruments (EURES, etc.)).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph -1 a (new)
1a. In the course of 2012, the Commission shall organise an EU-wide competition to design a logo for the European Year of Citizens.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– exchange of information, sharing of experience and good practices ofstablishment of a specific and very regularly updated internet portal to enable national, regional, and local administrations and other organisations;to provide information on employment sectors seeking labour.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– information campaigns to raise the profile of the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– modernisation of the EURES website to make it more user-friendly and improve regular updating thereof, and an information campaign to make it more visible;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 quater (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 quater (new)
– information campaigns to increase the visibility, accessibility and multilingualism of the NARIC website (recognition of diplomas and qualifications);