23 Amendments of Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI related to 2016/2307(INI)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas also one of the five Europe 2020 targets aims at reducing by at least 20 million the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this objective is far from being achieved and in 2013 almost 123 million people in the EU are in this situation of whom 32,2 million persons with disabilities in 2012; whereas in 2013 26,5 million children in the EU28 were at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; whereas high levels of inequality reduce the output of the economy and the potential for sustainable growth;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. Whereas however the increasing of the employment rate in member states has been unfortunately accompanied by the increase of atypical, precarious and non-formal forms of employment, zero- hour contracts included; the weakening of social dialogue giving rise to negative impact on worker's rights, on purchasing power of EU citizens and growth;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas inequalities and polarization of incomes threaten social cohesion and sustainable growth and whereas in countries with decentralised collective bargaining and low collective bargaining coverage earning dispersion is higher and minimum salaries are lower
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas, despite EFSI, last years total investment has continue to shrink, which might have been caused by the substitute effect of European investments on those that could had been made by the Member states, and therefore undermining the positive effect that the Juncker plan could have
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in many Member States the working-age population and the labour force are continuing to shrink, notably as a result of low birth rates, ageing, emigration, and health-related exits from the labour marketWhereas women's participation in the labour market is an opportunity for Member states to cope with this issue and reinforce the work force in EU; The ongoing arrival of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers could also help to reinforce the work force in EU;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the Treaty enshrined in Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which must guarantee a fair competition between companies of each member states but also protect workers in accordance with articles 151 and 153.1 a, b of TFEU on fundamental social rights and the improvement of working conditions; therefore, social and fiscal dumping must be tackled at all level of the European Union through a fair collaboration between the various institutions of the Member States to the risk of being in contravention of the treaty;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 emphasis is placed on the importance of ensuring social fairness as a means of stimulating more inclusive growth, as well as on creating quality and inclusive jobs and enhancing skills and on the need to strengthen competitiveness, innovation and productivity; stresses that the need to invest in social development is not just a means of guaranteeing that economic growth and convergence can be achieved, but must also be a specific target in itself; calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards, building on better use of social indicators in this context; takes note of recent studies by the OECD (OECD, 'in it together : why less inequality benefits all", 2015) and the IMF (IMF report 'causes and consequences of income inequality", June 2015) underlining that social inequalities in Europe hamper economic recovery; stresses that more effort is needed to improve the political visibility and impact of the scoreboard of key employment and social indicators; calls for the commission to make sure that member states with low social performance adequately address the problems of social inequalities; Stresses that employment and social considerations should be put on equal footing with the economic ones in the framework of the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP);
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Believes that economic growth should guarantee a positive social impact; Calls for the introducing of a 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; takes the view that in case of placing employment and economic indicators on an equal footing it should go hand in hand with upgrading the role of the EPSCO Council in the European Semester
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Reminds the invite of the European Council to use the gender equality annual reports in the context of the European Semester to enhance gender mainstreaming; reiterates that the goal of coordinating economic, social and fiscal policies in the Member States can only be achieved if policies on equality are also coordinated;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Is of the opinion that the data contain on the Employment and Social Scoreboard is useful but it is not enough to assess the evolution of the employment and social situation in the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to complement the Scoreboard with data on the quality of employment and poverty, with especial emphasis on multi-dimensional child poverty
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Commission to present employment and social data in connection with the evolution of the macroeconomic data so that the analysis presents a comprehensive picture of the interconnection and impacts of different policy choices
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that insufficient investment in public education system, may undermine Europe's competitive position and the employability of its workforce; Stresses the need to invest in people as early as possible in the life cycle to reduce inequality and foster social inclusion at a young age; Stresses also the need to fight against stereotypes from the youngest age at school by promoting gender equality at all level of education;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Notes the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Calls therefore on the Member States to implement policies guaranteeing an access to quality, inclusive Education and training at an affordable cost but also the implementation of the lifelong learning framework approach towards a flexible education path recognizing formal, but also non formal and informal learning to foster equity and social cohesion and allowing employment opportunities for everyone;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Deplores Gender inequalities in terms of employment rate, gender pay and pension gap and so on; Emphasises that a better work-life balance is essential for supporting the participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to put in place proactive policies and appropriate investment aimed and designed to promote women's participation in the labour market; Calls also on the Member States to set minimum social standards, including maternity, paternity, parental leave provisions and appropriate policies to support women and men entering, returning to, staying and advancing in the labour market, after periods of family and care-related types of leave, with sustainable and quality employment, in line with Article 27 of the European Social Charter;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Calls on the Commission to continue to provide CSRs with regard to improved childcare services and to pay particular attention to flexible working time arrangements, to the needs of ageing men and women and other dependent persons as regards long-term care and to the elimination of gender pay and pension gaps;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4 h. Deplores the persistence of the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the EU and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners and gender equality organisations, to set out and implement policies to close the gender and pension pay gap; calls on the Member States to carry out wage-mapping on a regular basis as a complement to these efforts;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4 j. believes that it is crucial to ensure a level playing field and fair competition across the EU and to eliminate social and fiscal dumping; Calls on the Member states to provide labour inspectorates or other relevant public bodies with adequate resources for their control bodies but also calls on Member states to improve cross- border cooperation between inspection services and the electronic exchange of information and data, in order to improve the efficiency of controls intended to combat and prevent social fraud, bogus self-employment and undeclared work;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4 k. Calls on the commission and the Member states to take adequate measures to help refugees settle and integrate, as well as ensuring that public services are sufficiently resourced and early anticipation of the requirements to facilitate their integration;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take adequate measures for guaranteeing to digital workers the same rights and level of social protection agreed in the sector concerned then to the same type of workers;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights that European funds and programmes such as Erasmus for Entrepreneurs, the European Employment Services (EURES), the programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME), the programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) have the potential to facilitate access to financing and boost investment and, therefore, entrepreneurship; recall; Calls on the Commission to provide CSRs on the using of EU funds theo importance of the partnership principle, the bottom- up approach and adequate resource allocation; calls on the Commission to ensure the close monitoring of the use of EU fundslement and to increase the coverage and effectiveness of social and active labour market policies at a national level;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcome the proposal from the Commission to extend the EFSI (proposal for an "EFSI 2.0") and double its amount to reach EUR 630 billion by 2022, while at the same time improving geographical and sectorial coverage; Highlights the importance of the EFSI insofar as it permits improved social and economic convergence of Member States and their regions within the Union; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States are fully using the possibility of accessing this fund; Reiterates its calls on the Commission to monitor and control investments under the EFSI and to measure their economic and social impact;investment on human and social capital such healthcare, childcare or affordable housing and so on.