Activities of Jan KELLER related to 2014/2238(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Green employment initiative - Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States CS
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Green Employment Initiative: Tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy PDF (235 KB) DOC (172 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas improvements to the EU’s ecological situation have largely been achieved by shifting pollution-causing production methods to third countries with less stringent environmental regulations and cheaper labour (‘carbon leakage’), which has led to a substantial number of jobs being lost in the EU;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas women must benefit equally from the creation of suitable green jobs and the ‘glass ceiling’ must be broken;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas austerity measures have had particularly serious repercussions for women; whereas the green economy tends to create unstable jobs;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the transition bears significant potential to create local jobs which cannot be offshored, including in sectors hit by the crisis; greater emphasis must be placed on giving the different regions a higher level of self-sufficiency by satisfying the needs of their inhabitants and reducing their dependence on goods imported from overseas;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. calls on the Commission and the Member states to find better ways of gathering data so that a more detailed analysis of new jobs can be carried out. The data should be broken down in such a way that it is possible to take into account the gender factor. When assessing the quality of green jobs, and in particular the salaries they offer, the absence of social dialogue and collective agreement negotiations in the large majority of green sectors must be taken into account;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. stresses that, as labour taxes are gradually replaced by green taxes, it is necessary to make sure that this change will not have unwanted repercussions on the social security system;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account, when making the transition to the green economy, the needs of women and girls for better lifelong learning opportunities, especially in fields which have the potential to provide a significant number of new green jobs, such as science, research, engineering, digital technology and new technologies. They should do this with the aim of strengthening women’s position in society, removing gender stereotypes and providing jobs which fully correspond to the particular needs and skills of women;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. calls on the Commission to help revive the repairs sector, which would lead to the creation of new jobs that are by their very nature environmentally friendly;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to show greater solidarity and conformity in their policies and to make more substantial political commitments at the highest level in related areas such as tax on capital and corporate gains, tax on financial transactions and the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up international efforts to create a global environmental policy that can limit the damage caused by industry outside the EU and carbon leakage;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to help to incorporate groups that are disadvantaged on the job market (women, the young, people with disabilities) into the green economy by promoting business models based on high levels of cooperation, e.g. cooperatives and social enterprises, creating green jobs in public services and introducing specific criteria for access to public procurement and subsidies or microloans for businesses.