13 Amendments of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2003(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the current economic and financial crisis will have long -lasting effects not only on economic growth but also on employment rates, social exclusion, public savings and the quality of social investments in Europe;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the majority of recent responses to the crisis were based mainly on short- term goals aimed at restoring stability to public finances, being crucial efforts to defend our economy, and whereas these austerity measures could have negative long-term effects on employment, growth and competitiveness if not completed with growth- and employment-friendly measures through the rapid implementation of strong social governance;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Lisbon Strategy and the European Employment Strategy have failed to deliver, and whereas the success of the Europe 2020 strategy is uncertain and requires stronger engagement from Member States and the European Institutions; whereas compulsory social governance, such as economic governance, would be the only means of forcing Member States to take social measures that would create jobs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas in 2012 the rate of poverty among 16- to 24-year olds in Europe is 21.6 % on average and young people are more likely to be found in precarious fixed-term or part-time employment, and are also at a higher risk of unemployment; whereas precarious employment has significantly increased in recent years and unemployment is rising dramatically in some countries;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes therefore that social investments should be an important part of the European economic and employment policies, and of the EU’s responses to the crisis, and that this requires a better implementation of the employment, social and education goals of Europe 2020; stresses the urgency of implementing measures to ensure appropriate training for sectors with labour shortages;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. nNotes that the crisis requires a modernisation of the European Social Model, the implementation of strong social governance with a rethinking of national social policies and a transition from an ‘active welfare state’, that only responds to emerging damages caused by market failure, to an ‘activating welfare state’, that invests in people and gives citizens instruments and incentives;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
c) invest in bringing education and training into line, especially by facilitating cooperation between business sectors and schools in order to be able to guarantee improved academic guidance,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
ca) invest in innovation by supporting the manufacture of innovative goods and services, especially related to climate change, energy efficiency, health and ageing populations,
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f
Paragraph 5 – point f
f) fight poverty and social and medical exclusion.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Members States and the Commission to take steps to develop a job- friendly environmentpromote job creation with supportive SME and labour market policies, such as more effective and better targetedby linking unemployment and social assistance benefit systems linked to employment activation measures, to introduce special training and re-trainingto active job search measures, to introduce lifelong training and special training linked to sectors with labour shortages in order to sustain the employability of the long-term unemployed, and to promote up-skillingthe adequacy of skills for local or regional job markets and to develop learning, paid traineeships and on-the-job training with particular emphasis on unemployed young persons and on workers with low skills;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages Member States to invest in supportingdevelop partnerships between schools, training centres and local or regional businesses in order to provide better guidance for young persons, and in to improvinge their access to the labour market, by providing training and paid youth internship programmes, by promoting entrepreneurship and creating incentives for employers to engage graduates, byset up senior employee sponsorship schemes to be able to engage and train young persons on the job, in order to securinge a better transition from education to work and by promoting European and regional mobility;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages Member States to introduce necessary reforms in order to increase the statutory retirement age and limit early retirement possibilities, and to combine this with the constant improvement ofmprove working conditions and the implementation of lifelong training schemes enabling longer professional careers to be adapted and thus to respond to the demands of sectors with labour shortages;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that in order to secure proper implementation of employment and social targets, the recently developed system for macroeconomic and budgetary surveillance in the EU must be supplemented by an improved monitoring of employment and social policies; calls, therefore, on the Commission to consider developing a scoreboard of common social investment indicators for monitoring the progress in EU countries in this regard and to promote the corporate responsibility of companies and especially of SMEs by creating a European social label;