5 Amendments of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2020/2244(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Asserts that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is reshaping the European Semester process; underlines that the two processes should be fully coordinated towards building resilience and supporting the recovery from the impact of the a sustainable, fair and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; reminds that the crisis further widened social inequalities, as labour market shocks triggered by the sanitary crisis have a stronger impact for those categories of workers that are already in a position of disadvantage1a; highlights the importance of wage compensation schemes that contributed to mitigating lay-offs and reduced working time, which have been impacting millions of workers in the EU; reminds also that the provision of public services has been put under high levels of strain due to the pandemic and that stresses that ensuring access to affordable and high quality services is a key element of a just recovery; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=COVID- 19 crisis;_labour_effects_across_the_income_dis tribution&oldid=503441#A_EU_level_ove rview
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that in the area of social and employment policies, Next Generation EU (NGEU) and the EU budget can play a subsidiary but instrumental role in triggering, bundling and directing investments towards social development and resilience; appreciates that this role will be enhanced by resilience and to promote innovative actions; and calls for better coordination of national policies towards overarching EU objectives such as the European Green Deal, the digital transition and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and, the EU Gender Equality Strategy and Barcelona targets for high quality and affordable childcare and early childhood education;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that women have been over-proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as not only are they the majority of workers in the care sector, including health care across the EU, but also they also often faced the challenge to balance unpaid care work with their employment responsibilities, which is especially difficult for single mothers or those with small children; moreover, women are overrepresented in the sectors most affected by lockdowns of the economy, such as retail, hospitality, education, personal care or tourism; therefore, underlines that the European Semester process, and by extension the preparation and approval of national recovery plans under the RRF need to counter this by responding specifically to needs of women with relevant measures;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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3. Highlights the importance of horizontal coordination between EU programmes and national measures for social justice and combating the risk of poverty and the social exclusion, the reformed European Social Fund being the prime example; holds, however,strongly underlines at the same time that the social and employment impact should be a transversal consideration across all expenditure programmes;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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5. Regrets that the limited size of the EU budget means that its redistribution and stabilisation functions are also limited; stresses that it is all the more important to take full advantage of all possibilities under the multiannual financial framework (MFF), the NGEU and the own resources system to support nationalinclusive recovery, social justice, and environmental, economic, social and inclusivestitutional resilience.