44 Amendments of Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR related to 2019/2212(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 8 June 2010 on “Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health”;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 24 October 2019 on the Economy of wellbeing;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019) 640)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the OECD and European Commission initiative on State of Health in the EU cycle;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas across the EU women earn on average 16 % less than men; whereas the gender pensions gap is around 37,2 % in the EU;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas in the digital era, digital skills are essential for all personal or professional tasks and yet more than 40 % of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas social dialogue is a central component of the European social model; whereas there is a clear positive correlation between social dialogue and industrial competitiveness and efficiency; whereas social dialogue has been weakened and collective bargaining coverage has shrunk across Europe, with huge disparities between Member States;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas income inequalities remain at a high level; whereas wage austerity as well many Member States are facing wage stagnation; whereas tax and labour cost competition are harmful for the single market and increase inequalities and the vulnerability of low wage earners; whereas intergenerational social mobility is limited in most Member States;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas Article 168 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union provides that a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities; whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights states that workers have the right to a high level of protection of their health and safety at work and that everyone has the right to timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas significant health inequalities still prevail across Europe, which materialise notably through disparities in life expectancy depending on socio-economic status; whereas according to the OECD and European Commission1a, people with a low level of education can expect to live six years less (and even 8 years less for 30-year old men on average across the EU) than those with a high level of education; whereas the social environment of the population, including employment and working conditions, is an important factor leading to unequal health with low-income households being more likely to report unmet health needs than high-income households; _________________ 1aHealth at a Glance: Europe 2018, State of Health in the EU Cycle
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas on 5 June 2019 the Commission proposed recommendations to 16 Member States on investing, improving effectiveness, increasing accessibility and strengthening the resilience of their national health systems1a; whereas these recommendations were adopted by the Council in July 20192afor actions to be taken in 2019 and 2020; _________________ 1a European Commission, “European Semester: Commission proposes health recommendations”, 05/06/2019, [URL: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/sante/news letter-specific-archive- issue.cfm?newsletter_service_id=327≠wsl etter_issue_id=15551&pdf=true&fullDate =Mon%2006%20May%202019⟨=default 2a2019 European Semester: Country Specific Recommendations /Council Recommendations [URL:https://ec.europa.eu/info/publicatio ns/2019-european-semester-country- specific-recommendations-council_fr
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas one of the main goal of the European Green Deal is to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the environmental transition underline the urgent need for a common EU strategy to accompany workers and businesses in order to leave no one behind ; whereas these global challenges affect regions and territories in different ways;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas adequate and affordable housing is still a growing problem in many Member States and in 2017 one in ten Europeans spent 40% or more of household income on housing costs.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission willingness to ensure that all EU actions and policies will have to contribute to the European Green Deal objectives, seeking to maximise benefits for health, quality of life, resilience and competitiveness;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the inclusion of the EPSR in the ASGS 2020; emphasises the central role of the Social Scoreboard in the European Semester; calls on the Commission to reinforce the Scoreboard by integrating further indicators reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR such as inclusive access to education, health, nutrition, employment, housing, and preserving social rights and to ensure such indicators are analysed on a disaggregated basis e.g. children, youth, seniors, gender, migrants and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses however that the reference population in EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU- SILC)1a includes private households and their current members, with persons living in collective households and in institutions generally excluded from the target population; regrets that this leads to the exclusion from official data of homeless people and makes the monitoring of their situation very difficult; calls on the Commission to ensure that monitoring instruments of the EPSR and European Semester include information on the most deprived and excluded people; _________________ 1aEurostat, Statistics explained, EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) [URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Glossary:EU_statisti cs_on_income_and_living_conditions_(E U-SILC)
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets that too many country- specific recommendations (CSRs) are not implemented, calls on the Member States to implement these CSRs, especially those on employment and social aspects;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that rates of unemployment and long-term unemployment are still high in some Member States; calls for a new financialon the Commission to increase the funds at adequate level and on the Member States to fully use all the EU instruments to tackle long-term unemployment by providing financial support for measures and projects in regions with above-average long-term unemployment;
Amendment 144 #
4. Is concerned that rates of unemployment, youth and long-term unemployment are still high in some Member States; calls for a new financial instrumentdynamic measures to tackle youth and long-term unemployment as well as the issues faced by the NEETs by providing financial support for measures and projects in regions with above-average youth and long-term unemployment;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the creation of a Just Transition Fund in order to ensure that the transition to a climate neutral economy does not leave no one behind; strongly believes that the challenges of climate change and the transition to a greener economy demand decisive support for workers and businesses in order to help them cope with these crucial transformations, with a particular emphasis on the regions most affected, including Outermost Regions, by improving training and education with a view to adapting skills and creating new jobs in sustainable sectors;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission consultation of social partners on a European framework for minimum wages; calls for adequate minimum wage levels through collective agreements or through law, in line withwith due respect to all the different national traditions; calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to achieve real wage growth, avoid the downward spiral of unhealthyvoid labour cost competition and increase upward social convergence for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collective bargaining coverage at sectorial level and the involvement of social partners in policy-making, including for the European Semester;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the accessibility, availability, affordability, quality and cost-effectiveness of their healthcare systems as well as to refocus health systems towards preventive care by implementing the country specific recommendations; stresses the importance of prevention and health promotion campaigns, especially towards young people from disadvantaged populations, and to further promote and take into account health factors in employment and social policies;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its concern about the high number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion; is especially worried about high rates of child poverty and in- work poverty; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive European anti- poverty strategy and establish a European Child Guarantee with adequate funding and well-designed support servicesto propose legislation with adequate funding under the European Social Fund Plus for the implementation of a European Child Guarantee as no child should be left behind as well as well-designed support services in order to ensure children’s equal access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its concern about the high number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion; is especially worried about high rates of child poverty and in- work poverty; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive European anti- poverty strategy and, notably by increasing the financing to the most deprived persons under the new ESF+, and also to establish a European Child Guarantee with adequate funding and well-designed support services;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make the fight against youth unemployment a priority and to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee, EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and tailored measures for tackling youth unemployment and fostering youth employability;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to present a framework directive on decent minimum income schemesassess and make a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes existing in the EU; asks the Commission to draft a report, draw conclusions and highlight the best practices on this matter in order to provide a social protection floor;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an integrated response to tackleprevent the lack of affordable housing, poor housing conditions, housing exclusion and homelessnessto eradicate homelessness; calls on the Commission to propose a European Framework for Social and Affordable housing for the efficient coordination of Member State policies action in line with recommendation 19 of the EPSR; notes that the Commission should explore the implementation of existing successful models namely Housing First through adequate funds such as the European Social Fund Plus and the European Regional Development Fund; stresses, moreover, 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 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an integrated response to tackle the lack of affordable housing, poor housing conditions, housing exclusion and homelessness; calls also, in line with the Green Deal, for adequate measures to address the issue of energy poverty;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that homelessness is also a crucial health issue with life expectancy of homeless people significantly below the general population;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts in investing in accessible and high-quality education and training, reinforcing upskilling and reskilling measures including digital skills, and to promote lifelong learning; stresses that convergence between qualifications and skills with job opportunities is a precondition for creating a competitive EU labour market and should be tackled by facilitating closer cooperation between education systems and businesses, for example by promoting apprenticeships, work-based learning and lifelong training; expects a lot from the updated Skills Agenda for Europe announced by the Commission to respond holistically to the challenge of adapting skills to the ecological and digital transition;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the need to improve training and education in order to adapt skills and create new jobs in the environmental and digital sectors;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve work-life balance and gender equality and to ensure equal pay for equal work at the same place; calls for more efforts to close the gender pay and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to work; callsin this regard, welcomes the Commission's commitment to propose a directive on pay transparency in the first 100 days in order to quickly close the gender pay gap and calls on Member State to swiftly and fully implement the EU directive on work-life balance; calls for more efforts to close the gender pay and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to work; calls for policies that support entrepreneurship among women, giving them access to financing and business opportunities; calls also for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as care services for those reliant on care, including the elderly;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes with concern the inadequacy of and lack of access to social protection systems for atypical workers and the self- employed; calls on Member States to implement measures to address these issues, notably following the Council recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed agreed on 6 December 2018; welcomes this recommendation as a first step and the Commission's commitment to strengthen social protection systems in Europe, but stresses that more needs to be done to ensure access to social protection for all;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the regulation of new forms of work and improve theensure fair working conditions of, rights and social protection for platform workers;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts towards the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market by removing barriers and creating incentives for their employment, ensuring them access to education and training, and creating incentives for their employment and employability; recalls that the guiding principles which underlie the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), such as full and effective participation and inclusion in society, equality of opportunity and accessibility, must be fully implemented at both EU and national levels;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts towards the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market by removing barriers and creating incentives for their employmenwith the opportunities that digital work offers for their inclusion and creating incentives for their employment in line with the principle 17 of the EPSR on the inclusion of persons with disabilities. In this regard, the European Disability Strategy post 2020 should be aimed at facilitating employment of persons with disabilities in the labour market;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines that certain funds, namely the ESF+, the EGF and the JTF, will share the same objective in terms of accompanying workers and entreprises in the transition to a more digital and greener economy; calls on the Commission to ensure coherent implementation and articulation of these funds, while underlining the importance to maintain and strengthen each of them;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that macroeconomic imbalances need to be tackled in a symmetrical way; calls onwelcomes the announcement of Commission President1a that the Commission towill present a European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme in order to better protect workers and reduce pressure from external shocks on public finances; _________________ 1aA Union that strives for more - My agenda for Europe, Political Guidelines for the Next European Commission 2019- 2024
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. In times of demographic change and shortages of skilled workers in various sectors, notes with concern the low level of mobility of workers in the European Union and asks the Commission to analyse the root causes and ways to enhance mobility, including the portability of rights and entitlements; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure fair, equitable and loyal conditions for the mobility of workers in the EU; underlines that digitalisation, especially in the public services, can provide solutions to it;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Underlines that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are extremely important for sustainable and inclusive development, economic growth and job creation in the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their support to SMEs in order to accompany them and their employees in the transition to a more digital and greener economy;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that decisive support is needed for society, workers and businesses to face the challenges of climate change and the transition to carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate social and environmental investment for a true ‘just transition’, the implementation of the EPSR and the achievement of the SDGs, by exempting social spending from the euro area fiscal rules and thereby allowing more investment in human capital, skills and healthand to allow more investment in human capital, health, education, training, up- and re-skilling and lifelong learning schemes to fully benefit from the opportunities brought by the transition to a climate-neutral economy and to ensure that no one is left behind;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that decisive support is needed for society, workers and businesses to face the challenges of climate change and the transition to carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate social and environmental investment for a true ‘just transition’, the implementation of the EPSR and the achievement of the SDGs, by exempting social spending from; calls on Member States to use the existing flexibility in the euro area fiscal rules and thereby allowing morein order to investment more in human capital, skills and health;