Activities of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2016/0043(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0247/2016 - Laura Agea) EL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States PDF (603 KB) DOC (330 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
1. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) stipulates in Article 145 that Member States and the Union shall work towards developing a coordinated strategy forMember States and the Union should seek to pursue strategic cooperation on employment and particularly forto promotinge a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce as well asnd labour markets that are responsive to economic change and with a view to achieving the objectives defin. Member States should promote work with rights, in accordance with labour regulations and collective agreements and based ion Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)higher wages, eliminating the harmful economic and social consequences that austerity policies have entailed for their peoples.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The "Europe 2020 Strategy" proposed by the Commission enables the Union to turnfailed to achieve high level employment and social cohesion. The EU its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high level employment, productivity and social cohesion. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, and take into account their relative starting posiin need of holistic policies and public investments that will fight against unemployment and poverty at work, as well as promote social inclusion, decent work with rights, strengthen collective agreements and collective bargaining, help the Member States on reindustrializations and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union. The European Employment Strategy has the leading role in the implementation of the employment and labour market objectives of the new strategyfully respect their rights to plan their own employment policies based on their own needs and circumstances.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The integratedemployment guidelines are in line with the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to theshould support Member States on definforming their National Reform Programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The employment guidelines should form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States under Article 148(4) of the TFEU, in parallel withown strategies on employment and respect their subsidiarity, revoking the country- specific recommendations' addressed to the Member States under Article 121(2) of that Treaty. The employment guidelines should also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and the European Commission to the European Councilusterity measures that caused impoverishment and unemployment in the Member States.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
4. The examination of the Member States’ National Reform Programmes contained in the Joint Employment Report shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the priority areas of increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment, developing a skilled workforce responding to labour markethose programmes have served to increase unemployment, lower wages, deregulate labour markets, reduce welfare provision, and wreck public services, leaving roughly a quarter of the Union population exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion. A policy of economic cooperation, basing labour relations on collective bargaining, raising wages and pursuing active policies to combat uneedsmployment and promoting job qualitye social support, and lifdeveloping learning, improving the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education, promoting social inclusion and combating povertyuniversal free public services in the areas of education, health, and social security are the best ways to enhance the well-being of, and improve living conditions for, the workers and peoples of Member States.