Activities of Thomas MANN related to 2016/2269(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth (debate) DE
Amendments (14)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and can damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progress;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the performance and outcomes of economic policy coordination, taking into account the evolution of social progress and social justice in the EU; warns that the European Semester has not been successful in the achievement of these aims and in reducing inequalities;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the building of a deeper and fairer social dimension of the EMU, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted toWelcomes the continued development of a social dimension of the EMU, which can help guaranteeing true social progress;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a common approach across Member States regarding the introduction of a Mon the Member States, when introducing minimum Iincome Scheme, in orders, to support people with insufficient income, ease access to fundamental services, combat poverty and foster social integration;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a European Unemployment Insurance scheme, complementing current national benefit systems; considers that such an automatic stabiliser can play an important role in reducing inequality between countries and in neutralising the consequences arising from the absorption of asymmetric shocksRejects the creation of a European Unemployment Insurance scheme;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to set up a living wage index for each Member State and to recommend the establishment, through legislation or collective bargaining, of national wage floors with the involvement of social partners that should be the basis for binding targets in national reform plansadhere strictly to the subsidiarity principle in all matters relating to wage determination;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that regressive labour market reforms have weakened the representation and bargaining power of labour, undermined the fairness of collective bargaining relations, and increased the inequality of labour with respect to capital; expresses its concern at the repercussions of these labour market reforms on increased precarious working conditions and lower wagare still urgently needed in some Member States;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that, in many countries, the welfare and social protection systems have been severely undermined by austerity mof many countries in Europe feastures with huge consequenc among the best in terms of income inequalitiehe world in international comparisons;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Affirms that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old-age pensions must be granted to all; calls on the Commission to support Member States in strengthening public and occupational pension systems to provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold and to allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate a common approach towards a National Child Basic Incomechild social security benefits to ensure that every child receives a minimum incomesocial security benefits, thereby helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy on reducing poverty and the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to complete its work-life balance legislative package with two essential initiatives: a proposal for a new Maternity Leave Directive renewing these rights and, such as a new proposal for a directive on long-term care and carers;