Activities of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2017/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Economic policies of the euro area (debate) PT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the economic policies of the euro area
Amendments (18)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the call for the three new headline employment indicators to be placed on an equal footing with existing economic indicators, thereby guaranteeing that internal imbalances are better assessed and making structural reforms more effective;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Member States should give priority to reforms that will give sustained support to social and economic recovery, create quality employment and boost social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the European Semester process should help to address not only existing but also emerging societal challenges in order to ensure greater economic efficiency coupled with a more socially cohesive European Union; acknowledges, in this respect, the need for an assessment of the social impact of EU policies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Proposes introducing a non- punitive social imbalances procedure in the design of the CSRs so as to prevent a race to the bottom in terms of social standards, building on effective use of the social and employment indicators in macroeconomic surveillance;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Reiterates the call for the three new headline employment indicators to be placed on an equal footing with existing economic indicators, thereby guaranteeing that internal imbalances are better assessed and making structural reforms more effective
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) up to the end of the current MFF, while at the same time improving its functioning and implementation; stresses the need for a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the jobs created;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to implement the proposals contained in the Council Recommendation of 15 February 2016 on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (2016/C 67/01);
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the social economy has been overlooked by the Commission in its package of assessments/recommendations; points out that this sector encompasses 2 million businesses employing more than 14 million people and contributing to the achievement of the 2020 targets; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give social economy enterprises greater recognition and a higher profile, through a European Action Plan for the social economy; considers that this lack of recognition makes it harder for them to access funding; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for a European statute for associations, foundations and mutual societies;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of increasing public investment and enhancing private-sector involvement in economic and social development;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make every effort to reduce the resulting administrative burden and financial cost to the business sector, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and to repeal legislation resulting in excessive bureaucracy, thereby boosting growth and employment;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the profound changes ushering in the labour market of the future following the emergence of artificial intelligence; calls on Member States and the Commission to develop instruments and cooperative initiatives, involving the social partners, to enhance skills in this sector by means of preliminary, initial and ongoing training;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. To this end and also as a means achieving work-life balance, calls for consideration to be given to flexicurity arrangements, including teleworking and flexitime, in consultation with the social partners;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights the importance of investment in human capital a driving force behind development, competitiveness and growth;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for an integrated anti-poverty strategy in order to achieve the Europe 2020 poverty target; underlines the role of Member States’ minimum income schemes in seeking to reduce poverty., especially when combined with social inclusion measures that involve the beneficiaries;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points to the need for the coordination at European level regarding the management of social security systems, for which the Member States are responsible; stresses the absolute priority of ensuring the sustainability of social security systems, this being a central pillar of the European social model;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Member States to establish specific investment programmes for their regions whose unemployment, youth unemployment and long-term unemployment rates exceed 30 %;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Deplores the fact that, in its package of recommendations, the Commission has disregarded Parliament’s request to step up the implementation of Article 349 TFEU, in particular through the adoption of specific measures designed to integrate the outermost regions more closely into the EU; notes that these regions have their own particular characteristics and constraints, with unemployment at over the 30 % mark; stresses the need for differentiated measures and programmes to reduce asymmetries and thereby maximise social cohesion in the EU;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets that Parliament’s position, after being adopted in plenary, will have little possibility of influencing the CSRs under discussion; calls for an agenda focusing more closely on Parliament's position and taking in into account before a decision is reached; calls for the strengthening of the role of the EPSCO Council in the European Semester;