7 Amendments of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2307(INI)
Amendment 3 #
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1. Considers it necessary to refocus the European Semester on the delivery of the Europe 2020 objectives for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, paying more attention to the social, education and employment targets, particularly in southern European countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as to properly recognise the contribution of culture in reaching the so-called ‘Social Triple A’ for the development and wellbeing of individuals and societies;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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2. Reiterates its cCalls on the Commission and Member States to shift their macroeconomic approach towards encouraging social investment in the public sector;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission, in this perspective, to use the flexibility clause of the Stability and Growth Pact to take measures to allow Member States to enhance investment in cultural and youth policies, in education and training and in research, in particular by excluding such investments from the calculation of national budget expenditure;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the right to high-quality education, investing in outreach to the most vulnerable learners, and to use the new skills agenda to strengthen human capacity, support an inclusive labour market and tackle social inequalities, which are becoming steadily wider within the Union, therefore focusing on social, intercultural, creative and transferable skills;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls the urgent need to invest in children and youth, especially with regard to thematic areas with direct relevance to the Europe 2020 strategy, such as early school leaving (ESL), higher education, youth employment, vocational education and training (VET), lifelong learning and mobility;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for the creation of a child guarantee and for a proper and swift implementation of the Youth Guarantee, including through a proper funding allocation so as to to combat high youth unemployment rates in EU Member States such as Greece, Italy and Spain;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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7. Recalls that the European Semester should be a more open, transparent and democratic process; cCalls on the Commission to introduce guidelines for stakeholder dialogue in order to improve the quality of civil society participation.