9 Amendments of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2016/2237(INL)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there are more than 207 000 cooperatives with 108 million members in the EU providing employment to 4,7 million people;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the mutuals operating in healthcare and social assistance in the EU employ 8,6 million people and provide support to 120 million citizens; those mutuals have a market share of 24 % and generate over 4 % of the Union GDP;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Bratislava declaration of 2016 acknowledged that social economy can contribute to sustainable job creation and social innovations and that the increasing recognition of the importance of the social economy at European and national level must be enhanced by broader and more ambitious legislative and financial tools creating proper environment;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas Regulation(EU) No 346/2013 lays down the conditions and requirements for the establishment of European social entrepreneurship funds;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that social and solidarity based enterprises have a long history in the majority of EU Member States and have established themselves as vital and important market players;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, given the constantly rising demand for social services, social enterprises in the EU bear enormous social responsibility and are becoming increasingly important; believes that this responsibility cannot be met by the social enterprises on their own without the corresponding adequate public support;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises the role of social and solidarity-based enterprises for reducing unemployment, combating poverty and social exclusion especially among the most vulnerable groups and reducing inequalities;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to offer financial support to social enterprises at regional, national and EU level, and draws attention to existing sources of funding, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Programme for Social Change and Innovationmployment and Social Innovation Programme;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a review of the existing EU state-aid legislation in order to provide the social and solidarity-based enterprises with a level-playing field and the necessary incentives for their activities;