13 Amendments of Guillaume BALAS related to 2016/2237(INL)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas social entrepreneurship itself is not governed by a clear legal framework at European level, but only at national level in some Member Statethere exists a great variety of regulatory frameworks for social and solidarity-based enterprises at national level across Europe with wide differences in terms of legal forms, business models and public supports; whereas action at European level, respecting subsidiarity and proportionality principles, is justified in order to ensure European added value in economic and social terms;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the impact of social and solidarity-based enterprises, especially during the economic crisis, has been highlighted by academic research in terms of high quality, inclusive and non- exportable job creation, fostering economic growth and strengthening social and regional cohesion;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas social enterprises are especially focused on labour market integration of vulnerable people, personal social services, health and care services, local development of marginalised areas, environmental protection, as well as culture and education; whereas these activities are fully aligned with the social targets pursuit by the Union, including the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the hundreds of thousands of social enterprises in Europe, which employ around 15 million people, and their invaluable contribution to continued economic growth in the EU internal marketquality job creation, social and regional cohesion and continued economic growth in the EU internal market, especially during the economic meltdown, which contrasts with the lack of social visibility and national awareness, in terms of public policies adapted to this sector, as well as financial comprehension of their activities and benefits for society;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, although social enterprises and their activities should not replace public social protection and welfare assistance, given the constantly rising demand for social services,; social enterprises in the EU bear enormous social responsibility and are becoming increasingly important; are becoming increasingly important in order to cushioning social impacts amongst those hit hardest by the economic crisis against the background of stricter fiscal rules and regressive structural reforms at national level imposed by the Union, which reduce public expenditure and risk national welfare states;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an online multilingual European platform for social and solidarity-based enterprises, through which they could exchange ideas on setting-up and funding procedures and the legal situation; and receive and share information on access to national and Union programmes and funding;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recognises the positive impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) criteria among the European businesses; considers, however, that this notion must be treated separately from the activities and notions involving social economy and social and solidarity-based enterprises;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to offfoster financial support to social enterprises at regional, national and EU level, and draws attentoffered by private investors and public entities to social and solidarity-based enterprises at regional, national and EU level; calls on the Commission to strengthen the social dimension tof existing sources of funding, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Programme for Social Change and InnovationUnion funding in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and other relevant funds as Horizon 2020, COSME and the European Fund for Strategic Investment, in order to promote the social economy and social entrepreneurship;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to improve the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and its Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis and to increase awareness in the financial sector about the characteristics and the economic and social benefits of social and solidarity- based enterprises;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to review in the context of the next MFF 2021-2027 the regulatory framework for social investment funds to facilitate access to the financial market for social and solidarity- based enterprises;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Member States to implement the recently provided European procurement principles in all tendering and selection procedures, which allows for social clauses and the use of the MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tender) instead of the “lower price” criteria; calls on the Member States to adapt calls for public procurement tenders in terms of pre- qualification, size of contracts, specification requirements, demanding long track records or strong financial positions, to the characteristics of SMEs and specifically of social and solidarity- based enterprises;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate a broad information campaign on social and solidarity-based enterprises as well as their social and economic benefits, including quality job creation and social cohesion;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on the Commission to better incorporate the social economy in Union legislation to establish a level-playing field for social and solidarity-based enterprises on the one hand and other forms of enterprises on the other;