36 Amendments of Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN related to 2020/2079(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
- having regard to Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Title IV (Solidarity) thereof and the Racial Equality Directive (Directive 2000/43/EC),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
Citation 33
- having regard to the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, and to the European Pact for Gender Equality 2011-2020 and the Council conclusions thereon of 7 March 20119 and the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, __________________ 9 OJ C 155, 25.5.2011, p. 10.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 entitled ‘European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience’,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 62 a (new)
Citation 62 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 entitled ‘Youth Employment Support: a bridge to jobs for the next generation’ COM(2020)276),
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis is a symmetric shock affecting all Members States, though the impact of the crisis is set to be uneven and likely to penalise vulnerable people and workers the most, and to increase the existing inequalities;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester based on the European Pillar of Social Rights at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7.5 % in 2019 to about 9.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States, genders, age groups and socio-economic groups;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions, in particular for vulnerablewomen workers, elderly people, vulnerable and minority groups;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas fair living wages, strong collective bargaining systems, and social protection can reduce in-work poverty, decrease health and social inequalities and generate demand;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas COVID-19 has exposed the gaps in social protection for many in our societies, in particular for platform workers, migrants and refugees;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas COVID-19 has worsened the already unacceptable gender employment gap which will worsen the gender pensions gap; whereas COVID-19 has worsened the already unequal sharing of caring responsibilities between men and women;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. Whereas homelessness has increased consistently in most Member States over the past decade; whereas at least 700,000 people are homeless on any given night in the EU, 70% more than a decade ago; whereas COVID-19 has demonstrated that homelessness is both a social and public health crisis;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groupsexacerbating and widening pre-existing inequalities, while creating new ones, in particular on women, elderly, vulnerable and minority groups such as the Roma; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that in the current crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact has proven to be inadequate, not allowing Member States the fiscal space they need to absorb imbalances, prevent and mitigate the social consequences, which made the activation of the escape clause necessary; demands that social and ecological objectives be given the same legal enforceability as fiscal consolidation and financial stability;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes that during the COVID- 19 pandemic, many Member States have taken extraordinary measures to prevent and address homelessness by stopping evictions and providing emergency housing; urges Member States to provide sustainable, proactive and reactive solutions in order to eradicate homelessness by 2030; urges the Commission and the Member States to collect data on homelessness and mainstream homelessness in all relevant policies;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; calls on the Member States to make use of the general escape clause and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective, equitable and stronger welfare states;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to ensure that no one is left behind in the Covid-19 crisis by supporting vulnerable groups in informal economy who lost their income as well as unemployed, particularly women and single parents by creating fair minimum wages and binding pay transparency measures;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and its role as compass for a process leading to renewed socio-economic convergence and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); stresses that in order to fuel the recovery, the EU’s investment effort through the Recovery Plan must have a strong social dimension and ensure that none is left behind and support transition to European green and digital transformation;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings not registered in tax havens; demands that funds and resources be directed to projects and beneficiaries that comply with our Treaty-based fundamental values and that recipient firms protect their workers and ensure fair working conditions, pay their fair share of taxes, and refrain from paying out dividends or offering share buy-back schemes aimed at remunerating shareholders;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to improve the social scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets and to develop a taxonomy for social sustainability integrating the social aspects of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee that guarantees quality standards at European level, with specific provisions and clear objectives to reach those furthest from the labour market excluding unpaid internships; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the COVID- 19 pandemic does not worsen the position of those groups furthest from the labour market, such as informal carers, people with long-term illnesses, disabilities, health problems or complex chronic diseases, migrants and refugees, and people from ethnic and religious minorities;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for no reduction in funding for programmes focused on cohesion and well-being such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+);
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent and to promote collective bargaining, and by combatting the gender and ethnic pay gap; calls for EU-level promotion of adequate old-age pensions for all workers;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for work on adequate minimum income to be accelerated and guidance issued in the form of an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income (incl. reference budgets) to identify the level of social benefits necessary to ensure people are able to retain a dignified life;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure adequate work hours decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave, work-life balance and the right to disconnect;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Is concerned about growing discrimination and racism in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the implementation of anti-discrimination legislation, policy, and practice, to end structural discrimination against racialised minorities in access to employment and in the workplace and promote positive narratives of diversity;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020 building on the 3 pillar approach of the Council recommendation of 2013 on investing in children, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, as well as the post 2020 EU Roma Strategic Framework with concrete objectives and national funding monitored through the European Semester, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care and social services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to improve the guarantee that high-quality, accessibilityle and inclusiveness of their education systems education, training and lifelong learning are a right for everyone, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the low-qualified people and the most marginalised groups in society;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to develop a political strategy to replace Europe 2020 which aims to eradicate poverty, bringing together key instruments such as the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Semester with a longer-term vision of an economy of wellbeing and the sustainability of our environment and social models, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market, the society and of the ecological and digital transition;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the creation of a European Health Union, calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare that is affordable for allhigh-quality, people-centred and accessible healthcare, including efficient and well-resourced preventative and health-promoting approaches that are available and affordable for all; calls on the European Commission to step up its action on tackling inequalities in health between and within EU Member States;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to present a communication on guidelines and standards for discrimination-free recruitment policies for Member States and employers, including recommendations for the adoption of equality plans at company level and in sectoral collective agreements and the implementation of diversity taskforces in the workplace, including tackling stereotypes, prejudice and negative attitudes, preventing discrimination in recruitment, promotion, pay and access to training;