52 Amendments of Dragoş PÎSLARU related to 2020/2084(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to Articles 9, 151, 152, 153, 156, 157, 162 and 1628 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (2020/2664(RSP)),
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas there is a strong and assumed need for a transition, in Europe and the world, to sustainable resource exploitation, lowering of CO2 emissions and strong protection of the environment in order to protect the livelihoods, security, health and prosperity of future generations, yet the transition will require ambitious reforms and refocusing of priorities, which can potentially generate social issues and worsen social exclusion for impoverished categories of society or falling behind regions;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas the transition towards a stable and sustainable green and environment-friendly economy and social dimension can only be done in close cooperation between public and private actors, by implementing bold measures and ensuring the flexibility that all citizens and all regions can access the sustainable resources and energy sources they require in order to pursue Europe's climate goals;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Europe 2020 Strategy was launched in 2010 for the promotion of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; whereas despite the words ‘sustainable’and ‘inclusive’, the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy gave priority to growth above most other objectives;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas social welfare systems include social security, healthcare, education, housing, employment, justice and social services for vulnerable groups and minorities; whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining are key instruments for employers and trade unions in order to establish fair wages and working conditions;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas key policy areas for social investment include social security, healthcare, educationnutrition, education and training, housing, employment, justice and social services for vulnerable groups;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas homelessness has increased by 70 % consistently in most Member States over the past decadethe European Union did not reach its 2020 target to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 20 million; whereas homelessness has increased by 70 % consistently in most Member States over the past decade; whereas the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion is likely to increase within the Union as a result of theCOVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the European regions where there is the greatest need for a sustainable transition are generally also the ones with high levels of poverty and exclusion, rank constantly lowest in social indicators and will require the greatest levels of investments and flexibility in order to ensure that all citizens will be given the opportunities they require;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the unemployment rate is over 7 % and the youth unemployment rate has risen to 17 % and is expected to increase further knowing that young people risk being hit the hardest due to the COVID-197 crisis; _________________ 7Unemployment statistics: Eurostat, July 2020
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis disproportionally affects women's labour and social position. 26.5% of women are in precarious jobs and women comprise 60% of part time workers, and those working flexibly(EIGE numbers). Whereas women also typically earn les then men and hold less secure jobs. Recalls the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, in particular goal 5 on Gender Equality and goal 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has brought to light abuses regarding the rights of cross- border and seasonal workers and the precarity of their situation, with low levels of adequate social protection and social security coordination;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the crisis has brought to light abuses regarding the rights of cross- border, frontier and seasonal workers as well as problems regarding tax and social security coordination when teleworking;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas a high level of human health protection must be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the EU has embarked on a transition towards a low- carbon, climate-neutral, resource-efficient and circular economy that must go hand in hand with increased wellbeing, social progress, security, prosperity, equality and inclusion; believes that social sustainability is a fundamental prerequisite for fair and inclusive digital and green transitions; believes that this recovery period must be the time forhave the goal of overpassing previous social and economic issues through reforms based on solidarity, integration, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, high-quality public social welfare systems, quality employment and sustainable growth;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that an ambitious political agenda with identifiable, feasible, sustainable, clear and mandatory targets and indicators of social sustainability must be designed; points out that the next EU Social Summit planned for May 2021 in Porto would be the perfect opportunity for adoption of this agenda at the highest political level by the leaders of the 27 Member States and of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the goals of a new agenda for a strong social Europe must be reinforced through mandatory enforceability taking into account national specificities and needs, mirroring economic and environmental obligations whose observance is linked to access to European funds; is convinced that a governance framework for a social and sustainable Europe should be anchored in the following reforms: the integration of the EPSR and a social progress protocol in the Treaties, protecting and ensuring social rights overalongside economic freedoms in the single market, and the adoption of a Sustainable Development and Social Progress Pact making social and sustainable targets mandatory;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to make full use of the fiscal flexibility to prevent and mitigate the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis; stresses the importance of the implementation of the EPSR in the context of the European Recovery Plan, and the Recovery and Resilience Facility at the same level as the Green Deal and the digital transition; calls, therefore, for the upcoming reforms linked to the recovery package to have upward social convergence as one of the main objectives of the national reform programmes, including through financial support; in this sense, believes that the new Porto 2030 targets should be included in the Recovery Plan, alongside the economic and environmental targets;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the establishment of the Instrument for Temporary Support to Mitigate Employment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) and underlines that this is a key instrument to support national short-time work schemes thus allowing to safeguard jobs and skills and to preserve large parts of wages and incomes ; invites the Commission to examine the possibility of introducing a permanent special instrument in this respect; stresses that companies benefiting from public financial support are not to lay off workers, reduce wages, reduce workers’rights and protections, or pay bonuses to executives or dividends to shareholders;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the introduction of a Just Transition Fund; recalls that the fight against climate change and the subsequent structural changes will have a severe impact on many European regions and their people; therefore recalls the importance of the social dimension of projects eligible through this fund, in particular those related to investments in social infrastructures, upskilling, reskilling and training of workers and job-search assistance to jobseekers; equally recalls the importance that eligible projects are consistent with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050, its intermediate steps by 2030 and the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the introduction of a Just Transition Fund; recalls that the fight against climate change and the subsequent structural changes will have a severe impact on many European regions and their people and calls for sustainable and ambitious use of the funds available in order to support the most vulnerable and lagging behind regions by using transitionary measures where needed;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned that in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, the need to tackle poverty including child poverty will become imminent in the coming years; underlines that Member States should allocate at least 5 % of the European Social Fund (ESF+) resources under shared management to support activities under the European Child Guarantee; insists that a separate budget line under ESF+ needs to be created for the European Child Guarantee, with an allocation of EUR 20 billion; also underlines that Member States should allocate at least 3% of the European Social Fund plus (ESF+) resources under shared management to tackle food and material deprivation as well as to support social inclusion of the most deprived ;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes in this context the Commission’s plans to strengthen the European Youth Guarantee; 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, EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and tailored measures for tackling youth unemployment and fostering youth employability;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. underlines the crucial role played by the European Globalisation Fund, being an instrument of European solidarity, in supporting displaced workers who have lost their jobs due to the transitions to a climate neutral and digital economy in their process of requalification, training and reintegration into the labour market; points out that the Commission’s undertaking to mobilise the EGF in response to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the social and economic level, and notes that extending the scope of the EGF to digital and green transitions will require sufficient funding for the years to come; calls on the Member States to make full use of this fund in order to accompany the displaced workers in these transitions ;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to present a working legal framework for minimum wages and collective bargaining that will respect national competencies and specificities in order to eliminate in-work poverty and promote collective bargaining; reiterates its call on the Commission to carry out a study on a living wage index, which could serve as a reference tool for social partners;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for a reinforced Youth Guarantee instrument to support initiatives such as those above with the aim of reducing long-term and youth unemployment by at least 50 % by 2030; believes that it is time to make the Youth Guarantee binding for all Member States; stresses the need to ensure efficient, quality and accessible education and training systems, to reinforce upskilling and reskilling measures and to promote lifelong learning so that young people can develop the skills that are necessary to face the green and digital transitions and a fast changing labour market;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission to take long term measures to reduce the significant unemployment rates among women and ensure women's participation in the labour market.
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include the overall objective of raising work quality at the European level in the Semester process and the Social Scoreboard, with a view to guiding and assessing the contribution of employment policies across Member States to the implementation of the SDGs and the EPSR; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Semester as an instrument to coordinate the EU employment and social policies in order to ensure a socially fair and ecologically responsible recovery and transition; calls on the Member States to give equal importance to the social and employment related Country specific recommendations, especially the ones following the COVID-19 crisis, as they give to the economic and budgetary ones;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work towards the objective of reducingimproving the situation of temporary employment so that it accounts for less than 10 % of total employment, with over 80 %a majority of jobs created being middle or high paying and concentrated in sustainable sectors; urges the Commission and the Member States to eliminate the practice of zero-hour contracts;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to commit to eliminating work-related deaths by 2030; urges the Commission to come up with ambitious proposals oin musculoskeletal and stress-related disthe next Strategic Framework on health and safety at work, tackling both risks to wordkers’ physical and mental health ; calls on the Commission to present a strategic EU carers’agenda as a step further in qualitatively empowering the healthcare sector in the EU;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to commit to eliminating work-related deaths and health afflictions by 2030; urges the Commission to come up with ambitious proposals on musculoskeletal and stress- related disorders; calls on the Commission to present a strategic EU carers’agenda as a step further in qualitatively empowering the healthcare sector in the EU;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to regularly update and enlarge the scope of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive to better protect workers from hazardous chemicals, including reprotoxic substances;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls for the role of EU-OSHA to be strengthened to promote healthy and safe workplaces across the Union and further develop initiatives to improve workplace prevention in all business sectors;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Reminds that according to Eurofound, just one in three workers with limiting chronic disease have their workplaces suitably adapted; Calls on the Commission and Member States to sustain their work to foster the employment, maintenance at work and reintegration into the labour market of people with disabilities and chronic diseases in Europe;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on decent working conditions and rights in the digital economy, also covering non-standard workers, workers in platform companies and the self-employed; urges the Commission to include in this directive minimum standards for fair teleworking and the right to disconnectcalls on the Commission to resolve the lack of collective bargaining possibilities for self- employed platform workers due to EU competition rules; urges the Commission to include in this directive the right to disconnect, clear standards regarding tax and social security coordination for frontier workers and minimum standards for fair teleworking, including a clarification of voluntary character of teleworking and arrangement regarding equipment such as liability;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on decent working conditions and rights in the digital economy, alsoensuring increased access to social protection, improved collective representation, fair, transparent and predictable working conditions including from a health and safety point of view, and social rights covering non- standard workers, workers in platform companies and the self-employed in the platform economy; urges the Commission to include in thisalso propose a directive with minimum standards for fair teleworking and the right to disconnect;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the implementation of the European Child Guarantee so that by 2030 every child in the EU has full access to quality and free healthcare, education and basic digital skills and childcare, is living in a decent house and receives an adequate nutrition; notes that this policy must be integrated with other measure targeting poverty and family policy in order to lead to well- rounded policy cycles able to offer opportunities for social inclusion to children and their families;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Notes with concern the risk of silo- policies, where the Commission and Member States target with important resources single policy areas, such as children, health, education or labour market inclusion, failing to create synergies between social investment cycles; calls for a lifelong policy-cycle approach, where the overall aim is to break vicious social cycles and ensure sustainable social inclusion for all;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that the Commission proposes a framework for minimum income schemes, with 100 % coverage; Notes the upcoming Commission framework for minimum income schemes, and insists that in-work poverty must be fully eliminated in the EU, with targeted, sectorial and proportional measures, through permanent dialogue with social and economic partners, ensuring that those citizens who are not represented, for example mobile or seasonal workers, have access to collective bargaining schemes and in full respect of national competencies and specificities as regards the setting of minimum income targets;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to commit to eliminating the gender pay gap - and the resulting pension gap - with a 0 % target for 2030, and to present a legal framework on binding pay transparency; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women access to finance, female entrepreneurship and women’s financial independence;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Highlights that certain Member States have legally enforced linguistic requirements for employment in the private sector which can possibly be considered as an obstacle for freedom of movement or a measure having equivalent effect; calls on the Commission to assess linguistic requirements and their compatibility with EU legislation;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to eliminating the glass ceiling effect on the boards of listed companies by introducing the objective of reaching at least 40 % representation of women in senior management positions and improve the access of women in STEM areas;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to put forward a post-2020 European Disability Strategy; supports the promotion of vocational and digital training, including for vulnerable groups and people with disabilities;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Reminds that poorer people tend to live 6 years less than wealthier peoples and that people with disabilities often face difficulties in accessing healthcare; Highlights the need to address the social, economic and environmental determinants of health in order to tackle these health inequalities; calls on the Commission to develop common indicators and methodologies to monitor health as well as the performance and accessibility of healthcare systems with a view to reducing inequalities, identifying and prioritising areas in need of improvement and increased funding;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Notes the ambitious plans of the Commission on the Roma Strategy and calls for all transition policies to provide adequate resources for the social inclusion of the Roma communities;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest 30 at least 7% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the implementation of the EPSR principles in order to eradicate poverty;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU and its Member States have an obligation towards citizens to ensure their universal access to decent, safe and affordable housing in line with United Nations Agenda 2030, in particular Goal 11 ; calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise efforts of investing in affordable housing to cover the housing needs of the low and middle-income groups (the three bottom quintiles), ensuring that at least 30 % of all newly built houses constitute affordable housing for both of these income groups, and to eliminate energy poverty by 2030; Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take measures and implement programmes for the youth who reach the age of 18 and finds themselves at risk of being homeless; stresses the importance of reliable data collection on youth homelessness.
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls on the Member States to invest in health prevention and promotion, early diagnosis, healthcare infrastructures and social protection in order to address the needs of an ageing population and a growing demand; and to ensure that every citizen can have timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality as enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to revise the Temporary Work Agency (TWA) Directive in order to establish a legal framework to ensure decent working conditions and equal treatment for intra-EU seasonal workers and mobile workers on fixed-term contracts with temporary work agencies or any other type of labour market intermediary; stresses that this legal framework should include: full access in a language that the worker can understand to their employment contract and labour rights, a ban on labour market intermediaries who do not comply with the TWA Directive operating in the single market, a guaranteed minimum wage, a guaranteed minimum number of hours per week/month that the employer cannot deduct under any heading from the minimum wage, no deductions from the wage in the case of part-time contracts, guaranteed equal treatment for any person who, in the Member State concerned, is protected as a worker working in the same company/sector, a requirement that all temporary work agencies operating in the internal market are listed on a European register and are certified to operate in the single market, and sanctions on companies using fraudulent recruitment practices and trafficking people for labour exploitation;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Notes that cross-border, frontier and seasonal workers are an integral part of the European labour markets, providing key assistance to otherwise key or labour intensive sectors and ensuring the needed flexibility for adapting to change and transition; calls for their increased protection and the facility of their unhindered access and opportunity to employment in other Member States, while enjoying equal levels of social protection as provided in Art 45(2) TFEU;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to avoid unhealthy labour cost competition, and to increase upward social convergence for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the portability of rights and ensure fair and just working conditions for mobile, cross-border and seasonal workers in the EU; calls on the Member States to commit fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems; asks the Commission. therefore, to put forward a proposal for a digital EU social security number;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate social security coordination, including through the revision of Regulation 883/2004, in order to establish a real European labour market; stresses the need to urgent implementation of digital tools in order to foster and protect workers' mobility, including the ESSN, EESSI and the SDG;