13 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2016/2269(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the root cause of shrinking demand is the economic and financial crisis that has been rampant in the euro area for over a decade;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Oxfam Annual Report has noted that 8 people own as much as the poorest half of the world's population, in other words what those 8 own amounts to the combined wealth of 3.25 billion people (in 2015 the richest numbered 62); whereas there needs to be a step change in applying new means of redistributing wealth to combat poverty, for example citizen's income;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas inequalities increased in Member States between 2008 and 2014 in terms of household disposable income, mainly in Mediterranean countries such as Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, or Cyprus19; _________________ 19 Eurofound (2017) Income inequalities and employment patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the level of inequality is shapdetermined by institutions and political interventions;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities threatenare constantly undermining the future of the European project, erodeing its legitimacy and have damaged, and are continuing to damage, trust in the EU as an engine of social progress;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the performance and outcomes of economic policy coordination, taking into account, given the failure of economic policy coordination, to evaluate the performance and outcomes of the evolution of social progress and social justice in the EU; warns that the European Semester hasand the structural reforms imposed by the EU have not only not been successful in the achievement of these aims and, but have in creducingased the inequalities;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the building of a deeper and fairer social dimension of the EMU, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted to guaranteeing true social progress;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the Europe 2020 Strategy to include the fight against inequality among its goals, – still nowhere near to being achieved – which should be aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to counteract wage reductions and implement safeguards for workers in order to revitalise domestic demand and facilitate the redistribution of wealth within the EU:
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raiseassess the funding level of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for the period 2017-2020 to least EUR 21 billion, including young people under 30; calls on the Commission to ensure better implementation of the Youth Guarantee, taking into account the latest findings of the European Court of Auditors’ report on use of the YEI. and to bring careful and continuous monitoring to bear on the funds used, so as to make for the utmost transparency;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern regarding the negative effects of increasing automation due to the delay in adapting legislation, which threatens to exert downward pressure, given that taxing robots and a guaranteed income for all citizens would be the only ways to contain the downward pressure that automation is exerting on social protection systems and wages, especially affecting low- and medium-skilled workers;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that international trade has been an engine for growth in many countries, but also can be perceived asturn into a source of inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote fairer international trade agreements that respectinsist on compliance with European labour market regulations, while protecting quality employment and workers’ rights and ensuring; considers that such agreements should go hand in hand with intra-European and national mechanisms for the compensation of workers and sectors negatively affected;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls onUrges the Commission and the Member States to step upmake every possible effort in the fight against child poverty, ensuring the coordinated implementation of the Investment in Children Initiative through the Child Guarantee scheme;