14 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2018/0202(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its ‘White Paper on the Future of Europe’19 - which has since then almost disappeared from all discussion fora - the Commission expresses concerns regarding isolationist movements, growing doubts over the benefits of open trade and the Union’s social market economy in general. _________________ 19 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/white- paper-future-europe-reflections-and- scenarios-eu27_en.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In its ‘Reflection Paper on Harnessing Globalisation’20 the Commission identifies the combination of trade fails to investigate, never mind identify, the negative implications - from an environmental perspective especially, but also from the perspective of probable increased centralization of food production and of manufacturing - of all the major trade deals now in the process of being negotiated; it does, however, identify the combination of trade-related globalisation and technological change as the major drivers of an increased demand for skilled labour and a reduced number of jobs that require lower qualifications. Despite the overall tremendous advantageLooking thus at the implications of more open trade and further integration of world economies, these negative side effects need to be tackled. As the current benefits of globalisation are already unequally distributed among people and regions, causing a significant impact on those adversely affected, there is a danger that the ever faster evolving technological advances will further fuel these effects. Therefore, in line with the principles of solidarity and sustainability, it will be necessary to ensure that the benefits of globalisation will be shared more fairly by reconciling economic opening and technological advance with social protection. _________________ 20 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publicatio ns/reflection-paper-harnessing- globalisation_en.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In its ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of Union Finances’21 the Commission underlines the need to reduce economic and social divergences between and within Member States. Therefore, a key priority is to invest in fairer wealth distribution, equality, social inclusion, education and training as well as health. _________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publicatio ns/reflection-paper-future-eu-finances_en.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Globalisation and technological change is likely to further increase the interconnectedness and interdependence of world economies. Labour reallocation is an integral and inevitable part of such economic change. If the benefits of change are to be distributed fairly, offering assistance to displaced workers and those threatened by displacement is of utmost importance. The ‘EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring’22 , is the Union policy instrument that sets the framework of best practice for anticipating and dealing with corporate restructuring. It offers a comprehensive framework on how the challenges of economic adjustment and restructuring and their employment and social impact should be addressed by adequate policy means. ItWhere corporate opportunism in the guise of relocation is established, however, a means must be found to ensure that the companies/corporations laying off such workers must share the cost of those adjustment. The EU Quality Framework also calls upon Member States to use EU and national funding in a way to ensure that the social impact of restructuring, especially the adverse effects on employment, can be cushioned more effectively. The main Union instruments to assist workers affected are the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which is designed to offer assistance in an anticipatory way, and the EGF, which is designed to offer assistance in the case of unexpected major restructuring events in a reactive manner. _________________ 22 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring, (COM(2013)882 final, 13.12.2013).
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The EGF was established by Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 for the multiannual financial framework from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.The EGF has been set up to enable the Union to show solidarity towards workers who lost their jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisand the financial opportunism of global corporations, due to globalization. _________________ 23 Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The scope of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 was broadened in 2009 by Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 as part of the European Economic Recovery Plan to include workers who lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the endemic greed and systemic weaknesses in the finance and banking sector worldwide, itself facilitated by deregulation, and which led directly to the global financial and economic crisis. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 26).
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Commission underlines the continuing importance of the role of the EGF as a flexible fund to support workers who lose their jobs in large-scale restructuring events and to help them to find another job as rapidly as possible. However, consideration must also be given to imposing financial penalties/cost- sharing on the companies and corporations involved in those mass layoffs. The Union should continue to provide specific, one-off support to facilitate the re- integration into employment of displaced workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering a shock of serious economic disruption. Considering the interplay and mutual effects of open trade, technological change or other factors like the transition to a low carbon economy, and therefore considering that it is increasingly difficult to single out a specific factor that causes job displacements, the mobilisation of the EGF shall in the future only be based on the significant impact of a restructuring event. Given its purpose, which is to provide support in situations of urgency and unexpected circumstances, complementing the more anticipatory assistance offered by the ESF+, the EGF shall remain a flexible and special instrument outside the budgetary ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework, as set out in the Commission's communication.' A Modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends - The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021 – 2027'and its annex27 . _________________ 27 Commission SWD (2018) 171 final and its annex COM (2018) 321 final.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The EGF shall contribute to a better distribution of the benefireducing the negative impacts of globalisation and technological advance by helping displaced workers adapt to structural change. As such, the EGF shall contribute to the implementation of the principles defined under the European Pillar of Social Rights and enhance social and economic cohesion among regions and Member States.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the programme is to demonstrate solidarity with and offer support to displaced workers and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the course of unexpected major restructuring events resulting from globalisation, referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The specific objective of the EGF is to offer assistance in case of unexpected major restructuring events, particularly those caused by globalisation-related challenges, such as outsourcing by global corporations and others of jobs from the European Union to cheaper labour markets, changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, major trade deals, financial or economic crises, the transition to low- carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation. Particular emphasis shall lie on measures that help the most disadvantaged groups.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. TUnless in extraordinary circumstances, the applicant Member State shall submit an application to the Commission within 12 weeks of the date on which the criteria set out in Article 5(2) or (3) are met.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. A financial contribution from the EGF shall notever replace measures which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
11 Equality between men and womenthe genders and non-discrimination
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that equality between men and womenthe genders and the integration of the gender perspective are an integral part of, and are promoted during, the various stages of the implementation of the financial contribution from the EGF.