7 Amendments of Lampros FOUNTOULIS related to 2014/2222(INI)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to introduce a much-needed, expansionary economic policy to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to create quality jobs, to emphasise on social investment and to create quality jobs in the Eurozone through productive investment and increased productivity; stresses that low inflation is already increasing real interest rates as well as real public and private debt, which, together with high unemployment, depresses growth and increases poverty;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to prioritise and monitoring investments in economically weaker regions suffering from high unemployment, and in SMEs in such regions, given their very limited access to financing, to ensure that these efforts have a meaningful impact where they are most needed;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that decisive investment plans for growth and job creation can only be fully realised if they are coupled with national reforms that enhance quality labour participation, boost productivity and develop human capital; believes that structural labour market reforms should introduce internal flexibility measures aimed at maintaining employment in times of economic disruption, ensure job quality and security in employment transitions, and provide unemployment benefit schemes that are based on activation requirements and linked to reintegration policies;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to design tailor-made policies to support quality job creation for the long-term unemployed, senior unemployed people, women and other priority groups hit especially hard by the crisis, such as immigrantyouths or people with disabilities, and to support the establishment of contractual arrangements combating labour market segmentation;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the reduction in youth unemployment rates in some member- states, but points out that they are still alarming; stresses that job insecurity and underemployment have also risen, and that 43 % of the young find themselves working under precarious conditions, on involuntary part-time contracts or as bogus self-employed;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Given the number of workers, particularly young people, who are now leaving their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunities, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate measures to guarantee that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to further improve EU labour mobility while upholding the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls on each Member State to establish social and employment policies for equal rights and equal pay at the same place of work;