Activities of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2015/2105(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment (A8-0220/2016 - Tiziana Beghin) ES
Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth and high-quality, decent jobs, and that future trade agreementese policies should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protection of workers’ rights and public services is concerned;
Amendment 10 #
1a. In the context of world market contraction and recession, trade and investments policies should take this into account and take alternatives to promote the job creation and sustainable and environmental friendly growth, boosting the public investment as a key priority for economic recovery;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Having regard to the Report of ITUC "Frontlines report 2016 - Scandal inside the global supply chain of 50 top companies";
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Whereas trade and investment policies should repeal the participation of multinationals companies that you use tax rulings and tax avoidance;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports, representing the majority of the social fabric and of the job creation in Europe;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation’s eight fundamental and four priority conventions, must be mandatory and equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include, firstly, a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standards and human and labour rights, and secondly, a binding social clause seeking to include provisions relating to labour, preventing the dismantling of social legislation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls trade and investment policies to have into account the full respect of EU and international law and policies, specifically in what regards occupied and under conflict territories, as well as in full compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls the European Commission to promote the women employment and decent working conditions in the development of the implementation of trade and investment policies;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls the Commission to support the inclusion of minorities in the trade and investment policies;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Domestic Advisory Groups handling the infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements and failures to uphold labour law and social standards must have sufficient financing, and that they must consist of a balanced representation of labour and business organisationthe social partners, union and labour organisations, and businesses from civil society;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls the trade and investment policies of the EU to fully respect the public ownership of strategic assets and to refuse the unfair and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources for trade purposes specifically on the third and poorest countries,
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates, in keeping with ILO recommendations, and to increase the resources available to them, to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards and to ensure that workers’ rights are upheld;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Commission in the development of their trade and investment policies to avoid the delocalisation of European manufacturing facilities to outside the EU, in order to maintain jobs in the EU Member States;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives; takes the view that corporate social responsibility requires a fair tax policy and is therefore incompatible with tax evasion strategies; calls for proportionate penalties to be applied in the event of breaches of labour provisions and standards;