Activities of Jérôme LAVRILLEUX related to 2018/2120(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2019
Amendments (15)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas persistent gender gaps in the EU, such as the 11.6 % gender employment gap1, the 16.2 % gender pay gap2 and the 37.2 % gender pension gap3, among others, are not only unfair, but also still too wide and put women in vulnerable or precarious situations, such as poverty or social exclusion; _________________ 1 European Institute for Gender Equality, Gender Statistics Database. 2 Boll, C. and Lagemann, A., ‘Gender paywhereas urgent action needs to be taken to bridge these gaps in EU countries based on SES (2014)’, Luxembourg: European Commission, 2018. 3 European Commission, Pension Adequacy Report 2018.order to improve gender equality in the EU;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas bridging the gender pension gap – which currently stands at almost 40% on average within the EU, and which is also the result of the accumulation of inequalities experienced throughout women’s lives, as well as periods of absence from the labour market – is particularly important; whereas acknowledging women’s work as carers is a sound basis upon which effective action can be taken to address the issue of women accruing fewer pension entitlements;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the quality of care services varies widely within and among Member States, private and public facilities, rural and urban areas and different age groups; whereas women are more affected by cuts to public services, including healthcare, education and housing, both directly as service users and employees, and indirectly through their support for family members who rely on core public services;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women are more likely to take career breaks owing to their role within the family, and whereas it is more often women who stop work to care for a child or sick relative; whereas this role that women play can impede their careers; having regard to the ongoing discussions on establishing a work-life balance;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the European Semester should contribute to the completion of the European Pillar of Social Rights to ensure equal treatment and equal opportunities for women and men, as well as to uphold the right to equal pay for equal work by women and men and the right of access to good-quality, affordable healthcare;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a gender perspective and gender indicators Advocates gender mainstreaming the framework ofroughout the European Semester, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure greater inclusion of a gender mainstreaming perspective in the development of country-specific recommendations, stability and convergence programmes and national reform programmes by introducing qualitative targets and measures that address persistent gender gaps, and to systematically apby carrying out assessments on the state of play the principle of gender budgetingwith regard to gender equality in different sectors, in particular by using gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to include the Gmonitor the situation with regard to gender Eequality Index as one ofthrough the European Semester’s tools for monitoring, so as to gain a clear idea of progress towards employment and social targets;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that unemployment, poverty and social exclusion are matters of concern, especially for women; stresses, therefore, that it is important to make sure that the European Semester process remains focused on delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, with greater coordination of national and European policies in order to create more good-quality jobs within the EU, thereby addressing the gaps between women and men in the areas of unemployment, pay and pensions;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Is concerned that the labour market is vertically and horizontally segregated throughout the EU, that there are pay and pension gaps between women and men, and that few women are involved in decision-making; emphasises that the employment rate of women is still below that of men; emphasises, furthermore, that this divergence in the employment rate is particularly marked among mothers and women with care responsibilities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its cCalls on the Commission to support the Member States in making greater use of strucadopt a comprehensive approach to all types of care services, and to strengthen provisions that make it possible for appropriate European funding schemes to be used in an effective and mutural funds for investly reinforcing manner in the areas of lifelong learning, and infrastructure research and development, in public care structures and services for children, the elderly and other dependarticular via existing European Structural and Investment Funds; notes the proposal for a European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments, and the InvestEU fund, which paves the way for sound public and private investments in order to facilitate women’s return to the labour market and ensure a work-life balanceinfrastructure, with the aim being to finance care infrastructure; encourages the Member States to prioritise funding aimed at childcare and long-term care using the European Structural and Investment Funds, without prejudice to the negotiations on the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Member States to identify effective funding models, including targeted funding, which strike a balance between public and private financing and are also tailored to suit national and local circumstances;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of lifelong learning for women, too, since it gives women an opportunity to retrain in a constantly shifting labour market; calls for increased promotion of digital and ICT-related topics that can help girls address the stereotypes that exist in education and bridge gender gaps in employment rates and pensions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that it is important to monitor the percentage of the total population considered to be NEETs between the ages of 15 and 24, as well as other auxiliary indicators, and to focus in particular on young women and girls as there is a major difference between the sexes when it comes to the proportion of young people who are not in employment, education or training;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for policies that support entrepreneurship among women, giving them access to financing and business opportunities by providing them with bespoke training and introducing measures to bring about a work-life balance;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the Commission proposal on work-life balance as a good way of encouraging employment among women and making the employment rate among women more balanced; calls on the Member States to improve gender equality in relevant sectors and in businesses whilst placing a special emphasis on disabled women, as they are particularly vulnerable in the labour market; calls on the Council to unblock the Women on Boards Directive;