10 Amendments of Jordi CAÑAS related to 2020/2244(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas improved productivity is crucial for retaining the EU's competitive position and for improved wellbeing; whereas reforms that can lead to enhanced productivity should be welcomed in light of the mixed results to date, including the pre-pandemic slow pace of economic recovery, continuing concerns over productivity in some Member States relative to competitors and the increase in precarious employment;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas in 2018, 9.6 % of the EU- 27 population lived in households that spent 40 % or more of their equalised disposable income on housing, although substantial differences between Member states were recorded;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the inclusion of the EPSR in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) 2021; calls for fairness and social rights to be given the same importance in the new economic model as macro-economic stability; emphasises the central role of the Social Scoreboard in the European Semester18 ; notes with satisfaction that the Commission is looking into the possibility of developing a Sustainable Development Goal expenditure tracking methodology for the EU budget;19a _________________ 18Social Score of Indicators. Eurostat 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/european -pillar-of-social-rights/indicators/social- scoreboard-indicators 19aCommission staff working document “Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals- A comprehensive approach”, SWD (2020) 400 final.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EHighlights that social progress is one of the EU’s goals as stipulated in Article 3.3 of the Treaty on the European Union; emphasises the need to integrate social progress as an investment priority, together with green and digital transitions, in order to protect vulnerable people against the negative impact of the current crisis; recalls that social progress plans must be included in national recovery and resilience plans, outlining the implementation of the EPSR and of social investment;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming Child Guarantee guarantees children’s equal access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to collect better and more harmonised data on the number of homeless people in Europe as this constitutes the basis of any effective public policy;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that fiscal flexibility to support investment in social rights is vital, as is the mainstreaming, effectively and at all stages, of all principles enshrined in the EPSR; demands that any proposed fiscal measures be ex-ante assessed and monitored against the provisions of Article 9 of the TFEU to evaluate their social impact, and that they only be considered when they will be beneficial for upward social convergence and increasing wellbeing standards in Member States; encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the use of financial rewards instead of sanctions to achieve higher fiscal responsibility;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a quality employment package and nNotes that macroeconomic policies that guarantee high levels of employment, as well as fair taxation, are essential for the sustainability of our national pension systems in a demographic context of ageing European populations; calls on Member States to develop and strengthen incentives to continue working at an older age including the promotion of phased retirement, and to increase employment opportunities for older workers including by putting in place schemes to make it easier to work and enjoy retirement, whilst concurrently ensuring adequacy and sustainability of pension payments;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare and, to refocus health systems on preventive care, notably byto put an end to precariousness and the abuse of temporary work in the health sector, and to depoliticise the management of public health, by, inter alia, implementing relevant country- specific recommendations;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to analyse brain drains in certain regions and sectors, and to support mobile workers by ensuring fair mobility and strengthening the portability of rights and entitlements; asks Member States to assess the use of fiscal incentives to encourage people and companies to settle in areas at risk of depopulation;