Activities of Eugen TOMAC
Plenary speeches (4)
The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (B10-0007/2024)
The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)
Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (debate)
Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)
Institutional motions (8)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the presidential elections and constitutional referendum on EU integration
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
Amendments (364)
Amendment 24 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Subject to an assessment by the Commission carried out in the context of the regular monitoring of the impact of this Regulation and launched either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures for imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products. There is a particularly precarious situation in the markets for cereals, oilseeds, poultry, eggs, and sugar and honey that may harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. It is appropriate to introduce an automatic safeguard for cereals, oilseeds, eggs, poultry, and sugar and honey products that is activated if quantities imported pursuant to this Regulation exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Amendment 46 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
If a product covered by Article 1(1) or any other product originating in Ukraine is imported under conditions which adversely affect the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products, the Commission may impose any measure which is necessary by means of an implementing act. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(3).
Amendment 60 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, during the period 6 June to 31 December 2024, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry orcommon wheat, wheat flours, and pellets ; barley, barley flour and pellets ; oats ; maize, maize flour and pellets ; barley groats and meal; cereal grains otherwise worked ; sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; honey; eggs, poultry, sugar since 1 January 2024 reach the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2022 and1, 2022, 2023, the Commission shall, within 210 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478:
Amendment 77 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) reintroduce for that product the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b, until 31 December 2024 or in the case of sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; introduce a new tariff-rate quota based on the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2021, 2022 and 2023, until 31 December 2024; and
Amendment 83 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) introduce from 1 January 2025 either a tariff-rate quota equal to five twelfths of that arithmetic mean or the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b, whichever is highlower.
Amendment 89 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
If, during the period 1 January to 5 June 2025, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry orcommon wheat, flours, and pellets ; barley, flour and pellets ; oats ; maize, flour and pellets ; barley groats and meal; cereal grains otherwise worked ; sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; honey; eggs, poultry, sugar for the period since 1 January 2025 reach five twelfths of the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Commission shall, within 210 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards, reintroduce for that product the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1) or in the case of sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; introduce a new tariff-rate quota based on the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2021, 2022 and 2023, point b.
Amendment 104 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms eggs, poultry andcommon wheat, flours, and pellets ; barley, flour and pellets ; oats ; maize, flour and pellets ; barley groats and meal; cereal grains otherwise worked ; sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; honey; eggs, poultry, sugar, refer to all products covered by the tariff-rate quotas in the Appendix to Annex I-A of the Association Agreement for, respectively, common wheat, wheat flours, and pellets ; barley, barley flour and pellets ; oats ; maize, maize flour and pellets ; barley groats and meal; cereal grains otherwise worked ; sunflower seeds, oil and meals; rapeseed seeds, oil and meal; honey, eggs and albumins, poultry meat and poultry meat preparations, and sugars, and the arithmetic mean shall be calculated by dividing the sum of import volumes in 2021, 2022 and 2023 by twohree.
Amendment 123 #
2024/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. If a product covered by Article 1(1) originating in Ukraine is imported in the EU or transit by the EU, the destination for all consignments of that product should be determined prior to entry into the EU by Ukrainian authorities. Furthermore, Ukrainian authorities should provide to the European Commission the necessary documentation certifying that those consignments reached their destination.
Amendment 23 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund,
Amendment 24 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to the European Year of Skills 2023,
Amendment 25 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
Amendment 42 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a just transition should involveenable and seizinge the opportunity to create quality jobs with decent working conditions, tackle discrimination at work and raise labourcompetitive labour market standards;
Amendment 57 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas some sectors where job opportunities are expected to emerge in the transition to low carbon neutral economies remain highly male-dominated;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 will require the anticipation of change and suitable framework conditions to support job-to-joblabour market transitions, including the necessary skilling, reskilling and upskilling of the current workforce;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the prosperity of workers and societies must be ensured in the transition to a low-carbon economy; wheares in this shift, some jobs are expected to be made redundant, which will impact on communities; whereas workers will need training, new employment opportunities and may have to relocate; whereas entire regions and industries dependent on fossil fuels will have to be redesigned by 2050;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas there is a lack of comprehensive scientific evaluation1a of the social consequences of climate change and the social impacts of adaptation measures; whereas the importance of addressing the social impacts is acknowledged, the awareness of the potential impacts has not yet been translated into specific policy measures; _________________ 1a Monitoring and evaluation of national adaptation policies throughout the policy cycle — European Environment Agency (europa.eu)
Amendment 71 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas apart from ensuring that sufficient labour market entrants acquire the skills needed for the economy of the future, another challenge lies in the need to up and reskill workers, in particular to meet current and evolving labour market needs; whereas this can be difficult for older workers and especially for low- skilled workers, as it may be challenging for them to ‘skill up’ and compete for new jobs; whereas as there is also a spatial challenge in that jobs in the low-carbon economy may be created in locations very different from those suffering job losses. Education and training efforts therefore need to be linked with a just transition policy. Disadvantaged workers and communities will need targeted assistance to ensure they are not left behind.
Amendment 73 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas more investment is needed in professional education and up and reskilling; whereas employers know best the workforce, skills and competences they need; whereas the importance to match these needs with people's aspirations and to strengthen Europe's growth;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas having a skilled workforce that are aligned with the demands of the labour market contributes to sustainable growth, leads to more innovation and improves companies' competitiveness;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas the green transition requires significant investments in reskilling and upskilling to equip the workers with the technical (specific to each occupation) and core (soft) skills required; whereas skills gaps and labour market shortages are almost inevitable whenever any new product or service appears, and the green and digital economy is no exception;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. whereas learning or improving certain core skills is likely to be of greater relevance for a person’s employability than skills and competences that are highly specific to certain occupations or technologies; whereas competencies in literacy and numeracy, as well as in decision-making, teamwork and communication, are critical in that they affect people’s ability to function well in teams, thus enhancing their adaptability and their occupational mobility;
Amendment 77 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
Recital D h (new)
Dh. whereas the green and digital transitions, technological change, supply- chain transformations and changing consumer expectations are all generating demand for new jobs and skills across industries and regions and they are opening new opportunities for workers, employers and the EU economy; whereas these positive drivers are offset by growing geo-economics tensions and high inflation leading to a cost-of-living crisis;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
Recital D i (new)
Di. whereas targeted training by well- equipped teachers and trainers is essential;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the participation of workers and workers representatives, including trade unions in the governance of the transition and the anticipation and social management of change is a prerequisite for a fair, inclusive and successful transition;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the administrative and technical capacity of different stakeholders needs to be built; whereas the Member States still face many challenges in effectively managing and implementing the EU funds at local level, or in assessing the various impacts of climate policies;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Green and digital economy opportunities for tha competitive labour market
Amendment 108 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that a transition towards renewable and circular societeconomies and economsocieties generates the potential both to create new jobs and to transform existing employment into green, competitive and sustainable jobs in virtually allmost sectors;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the job potential of the green transition is also connected to sustainable and growth enhancing economic activities such as energy renovation, repair and organic farming being moresome of which may be more labour- intensive than the activities they replace whereas others may be less labour- intensive than the activities they replace;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the job potential of the green transition is also connected to sustainable economic activities such as energy renovation, repair and organic farming being more labour-intensive and requiring higher level skills than the activities they replace;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the green and digital transition has significant potential to create local jobs which cannotEuropean, national, regional and local quality jobs with decent working conditions which are difficult to be offshored, which wouldand that will contribute to strengthening European sovereignty and, resilience, and competitiveness;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the transition has significant potential to create local jobs which cannot be offshored, which would contribute to strengthening European sovereignty and, resilience and work opportunities;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work on conceptual guidelineWelcomes the ongoing work on international level by the OECD and the ILO on greening jobs and skills; Calls on the European and national social partners to discuss working conditions oin what constitutes a green job, based on its potential fthe economic sectors involved in the green transition, considering the sectors potential to enable a more greening the and digital economy, itsand contribution to people’s health and wellbeing and decent working conditions;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to help companies, in particular SMEs (small and medium enterprises), to address skills shortages in the EU and to promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling, helping people to get the right skills for quality jobs;
Amendment 151 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the regulatory burden on EU employers and its possible negative impact on competitiveness, growth and quality job creation in the context of the green and digital transitions; continues to support the ‘one in, one out’ principle and calls on the Commission to develop a more ambitious Better Regulation agenda, which should lead to a reduced regulatory burden for EU employers;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’ aiming to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements by 25 % for each of the green, digital and economic thematic areas, and the Commission’s presentation of a proposal for achieving this by autumn 2023; calls on the Commission to demonstrate this commitment swiftly, thereby improving the competitiveness of all undertakings in the EU, including small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), and enhancing the basic conditions for social justice and prosperity; recalls that SMEs are the backbone of our social cohesion;
Amendment 159 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the green transition of the joband digital transitions and impact on labour markets should go hand in hand with upwardincreased economic growth and upward social convergence towards better working conditions and attractive and competitive career paths;
Amendment 163 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call that EU funding, including State aid, should be conditional on public policy objectives, in particular social requirements; underlines that public authorities should lead by example and set social criteria in public procurement; calls to revise the Public Procurement Directive to ensure that benefiting companies supprecipients of EU funding should respect applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law ort collective bargaining, high-quality jobs, high- quality apprenticeships, decent and equal pay and trainingagreements;
Amendment 171 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to enforce the social clause in the existing EU Public Procurement Directive and recalls that according to this directive, it is necessary for economic operators involved in public contracts to comply with all applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law or collective agreements, or by applicable international environmental, social or labour law provisions, including respect for freedom of association, the right to organise and collective bargaining; recalls, in addition, that according to this directive, it is possible for Member States to exclude from participation in a procurement procedure economic operators that have been sentenced for not respecting existing legislation and collective agreements or for being in breach of their obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions; notes the relevance of reinforcing the selection of sustainability criteria to promote the best use of public spending, quality employment and social inclusion; calls on the Member States to make sure their judicial systems have sufficient capacity to exercise their authority and address primary contractors and subcontractors of joint liability who have repeatedly engaged in unfair competition, tax fraud or tax evasion; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure compliance with and monitoring and enforcement of the Public Procurement Directive;
Amendment 177 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EU health and safety strategy should takestrategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 highlights the need to modernise and simplify EU occupational safety and health rules in the context of the green and digital transitions, taking into account specific risks in new sectors and incorporate risks deriving from climate change and environmental degradation;such as increased ambient temperature, air pollution and extreme weather.
Amendment 201 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that gender equality should become an integral part of green economy strategies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all measures to ensure that pre-existing gender inequalities are not transferred to the emerging green economy; highlights the importance of the equal treatment and economic opportunities for women in context of climate change;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Skills and competences for a just transition set for the future
Amendment 212 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to offer education and training in areas linked to skills and competences needs that are identified in labour markets and future-oriented sectors to address skills mismatches and labour- market shortages, and make sure that the labour market is ready for the green transition and that training and education programs are aligned with the needs of the economy and the society of the future;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to offer education and training in areas linked to skills needs that are identified in labour markets and future-oriented sectors to make ensure that the labour market is ready for the green transition;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Warmly welcomes the European Year of Skills and the opportunities it provides to promote reskilling and upskilling, in particular the context of seizing the opportunities of the green and digital transition;
Amendment 228 #
2022/2170(INI)
10b. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act aiming to enhance skills for quality job creation, including the creation of European Net Zero Industry Academies and recognition of professional qualification;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Emphasises that effective training depends on the availability of teachers and trainers with current knowledge on sustainable and green economy, energy efficiency and green and digital technologies; highlights that their role is critical in promoting the right skills and competences for both the younger and older generations of workers and appropriate reskilling and upskilling training for the persons affected by the green transition; stresses that the education and training of such teachers and trainers should therefore be a top priority in any skills response strategy at European, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 237 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that every worker mustshould have an individual right to professional education, employee training and lifelong learning, which should be reflected in allrelevant EU and national environmental policies, as well in company mitigation and adaptation strategies where appropriate; highlights the fact that the right tosuch training should include paid educational leavetake place during working hours;
Amendment 240 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that education and training institutions need to enhance the relevance of their training in line with the competitive labour market needs and prepare learners, trainers and teachers with the relevant knowledge and skills to be active agents of change in a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and a society for all;
Amendment 244 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the crucial role of social dialogue, collective bargaining and social partners in designing national, sectoral and company- specific skills and competences for quality job strategies and training;
Amendment 246 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the importance of core and cognitive skills and the preparation of the necessary instruments to encourage citizens to consider also their personal development and growth with these skills, such as creative thinking, resilience, flexibility and agility; motivation and self- awareness; curiosity and lifelong learning – in recognition of the importance of workers ability to adapt to disrupted workplaces, self-efficacy, and working with others in teams;
Amendment 254 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to integrate sustainable development, digital and environmental competences and skills into training and education systems;
Amendment 262 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that training should be of a good enough qualityhigh quality, aligned with the needs of the labour market, and lead to a qualification that is validated through transparent and clear recognition and certification systems which allow for comparabilitymutual recognition between Member States;
Amendment 268 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Public policy coherence to fully develop the job potential of the green and digital transition
Amendment 279 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include for all environmentalHighlights the importance of science-based policy making and calls on the Commission to ensure diligent and comprehensive impact assessments for all proposed legislation, assessing the socio- economic impact assessment taking intond with due consideration to jobs, skills, competences and working conditions;
Amendment 284 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 292 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of the Member States in promoting sectoral social dialogue and collective bargaining, especially in newly emerging green and digital industries, and also in ensuring the inclusion of small and medium-sized businesses; stresses that the Minimum Wage Directive represents a great opportunity to strengthen collective bargaining on wage-setting and the presence of trade unionsocial partners in emerging sectors;
Amendment 296 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for an update to Directive 2002/14/EC on informing and consulting employees in the EU in order to include on the Commission to consult social partners and evaluate the possible need for an update of the Directive 2002/14/EC on informationing and consultation rights in transition plans implemented by companies across their operations and value chaining employees in the EU;
Amendment 304 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for mandatorythe adoption of just transition plans to be adopted by all companies affected by the green and digital transition, negotiated with trade unions and worker representatives;
Amendment 313 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets that the Commission proposal on the economic governance review does not create enough fiscal space for Member States to make the green and social investment at the scale neededsolid enforcement mechanisms to ensure that economic governance rules and, in particular, debt sustainability are followed by Member States, and the lack of building sufficient fiscal buffers, i.e. fiscal space; Calls on Member States to implement structural reforms;
Amendment 318 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 327 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Takes note of the legality and advantages of fair and transparent tax competition as a way of improving tax efficiency in and among Member States; calls on the Commission and the Council to coordinate in order to simplify the regulatory burden in tax matters to boost Europe's competitiveness, to create jobs and to improve fiscal fairness; warns against the risks of establishing a wealth tax because of the difficulties in defining the tax base and the enormous and disproportionate bureaucratic effort on tax collection; recalls that the treaties do not provide any legal basis for an EU initiative on this matter; considers that tax authorities shall use their limited resources better than chasing an ill- defined wealth tax;
Amendment 330 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the importance of strong safety nets to complement job creation measures and ensure that no one is left behindand resilient national social security schemes, including adequate minimum income support, adequate unemployment benefits and minimum wages protection, combined with job creation measures, active labour markets integration measures, re- and upskilling efforts, in order to ensure that no one is left behind;
Amendment 332 #
2022/2170(INI)
23. Highlights the importance of strong safety nets to complement job creation measures and ensure that no one is left behind,guarantee the successful transition of each individual through measures that includinge adequate minimum income support, adequate unemployment benefits and minimum wages, ensuring that no one is left behind;
Amendment 339 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recognises the importance of impact investing in providing finance tofacilitating access to funding for public and private companies, and organisations addressing social and, environmental needs with the explicit expectation of a measurable social and environmental return, including on employment and job quality; and digital skills and education needs in order to address skills mismatches and labour market shortages with the explicit expectation of quality job creation and sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 342 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to make full use of the opportunities provided by Union funds such as the Just Transition Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and the European Social Fund Plus, to support Member States and regions to promote up and reskilling in order to ensure a skilled, resilient and competitive workforce, in particular in the context of the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 347 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls for an increased investment in building administrative and technical capacity at local level, through training and the use of technical assistance available under different EU funds;
Amendment 348 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a low-carbon economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations for 2024 of EUR 1,486 billion; highlights its importance for addressing the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers and workers affected by the green transition;
Amendment 353 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the crucial role of the private and financial sector in channelling funding into sustainable investments and enabling the transition to a resilient, competitive and climate-neutral economy;
Amendment 366 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the swift creation of a European sovereignty fund with newly allocated EU money to mobilise large- scale investments in green technologyUnderlines the need to mobilise available money from EU funds and programmes as a first step to strengthen the EU technology base, skills sets and other initiatives to enhance competitiveness;
Amendment 372 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 382 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to continue monitoring and fostering investment and spending onaccess to funding to stimulate quality job creation within NextGenerationEU, - the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the European Social Fund Plus and to ensure that the European Parliament remains closely involved;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to Articles 9 and 149 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 3 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to European Labour Authority Report on Labour Shortages and Surpluses, November 2021;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas recent studies have shown that social inequalities are the biggest concern of people in the EU; whereas high income inequalities can have damaging effects on economic growth and endanger, competitiveness and upward social cohesionnvergence;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in-work poverty remains a challenge for themany Member States;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas climate change and environmental destructionthe COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic and social consequences caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have exacerbated already existing inequalities and disproportionately affected the poor and the most vulnerable groups in society;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas rapid increases in energy prices and high inflation across the EU are placing a burden on households and SMEs;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the new digital economy should generate benefits for society as a whole by improving quality of life and working conditions and, preserving as well as creating new employment opportunities;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that the swift and coordinated EU policy action during the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented economic shocks and protected the population from the most adverse consequences of the crisis; believes that, although the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses multiple new economic, social and geopolitical challenges to the EU economy and society, other, longer- standing social challenges such as poverty, social exclusion and inequalities continue to grow and must be tackled with appropriate actions by the Member States; stresses that anticipating and better adapting the society to the labour market leads to more resilient economies in view of future economy shocks which require active labour market policies, continuous upskilling and reskilling of workers and strong social protection systems;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the Commission’s and the Member States' ambition of further strengthening coordinated EU and national policy responses to mitigate in the short term the burden that high energy prices, inflation, supply-chain disruptions, rising debt levels and the increased cost of borrowing are placing on European households and businesses; highlights the fact that social, economic and structural investment iss are essential to allow forenable sustainable growtheconomic growth and a highly competitive social market economy in the medium and long term and that national welfare systems have an essential stabilisationupport function;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that public services are pillars of democracy and a bulwark against populism, ensure core democratic values including respect for fundamental and human rights and play a crucial role in overcoming crises; recalls for the revision of the legal fthat social inclusion services often serve as an entry point into the national social protection system and therefore, vulnerable people with no or limited access to targeted social services have their access to other important public services, such as healthcare or training, negatively impacted; calls for the Commission to consider the possibility of a revision of the EU Quality Framework for services of general economic interest to ensure that households in need ha(SGI) to help support the Member States to improve access to good- quality essential services, particularly housing,such as energy, transport, water, the internet and sasanitation, financial services and digital communitcations;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports a more democratic European Semester process, with Parliament strongly involved in setting economic and social policy priorities as well as in the taking of economic governance decisions, especially those with a strong social dimension; calls on the Commission; to considers that the Europea how to strengthen Sdemester process should follow the community method and be agreed between the Council and Parliamentocratic decision-making in the context of the European Semester process;
Amendment 77 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the need to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens for companies, especially for SMEs and start- ups, while maintaining the highest standards for consumers, workers, health and environmental protection;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports a shift towards a sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth model, strengthening the sustainable developmentcompetitiveness and resilience of the EU’s economy and, with special attention for SMEs as the backbone of our economy, and a competitiveness check; the full implementation of the EPSR, including its relevant headline targets for 2030, a social progress protocol and promoting future- oriented investments focused on the just green and digital transitions, with a strong social dimension, including gender equality;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the revised European Semester process, with a broader scope and enhanced multilateral surveillance to take into account the creation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, with a broader scope and enhanced multilateral surveillance; the European Semester will complement the implementation of Europe’s Recovery Plan, reforms and investments through the national Recovery and Resilience Plans, Europe’s clean energy transition through REPowerEU, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the new dual function of the national reform programmes (NRPs); reminds the Member States of their obligation to undertake reforms and make investments that contribute to the implementation of the EPSR through their national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), as well as their commitment to continuing to deepen this io promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience, crisis preparedness, adjustment capacity and growth potential of the Member States, by mitigating the social and economic impact of that crisis, in particular on women, by contributing to the implementation of the EPSR through their national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), as well as their commitment to contribute to upward economic and social convergence, restoring and promoting sustainable growth and the integration of the economies of the Union, fostering high quality empleoyment creation, at EU and natnd contributing to the strategic autonomy of the Union al levels in order to reduce inequalities; ongside an open economy and generating European added value;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Reminds that the European Semester should further integrate the principles of the EPSR, with particular attention to be given to principle no 11 regarding childcare and support to children; the availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out- of-school care, education, training, health, as well as access to adequate housing and healthy nutrition are necessary conditions for ensuring equal opportunities, fighting poverty and social exclusion; addressing child poverty requires appropriately funded, comprehensive and integrated measures, together with the implementation of the European Child Guarantee at national levels; reiterates that Member States should spend more than 5% of their allocated ESF+ funds on fighting child poverty and promoting children’s well- being;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Is concerned of the reported labour shortages in many occupations, in particular those related to STEM qualifications and healthcare; highlights that these shortages are mainly due to underlying structural developments in the European economy and society and stresses the need to strengthen EU education programs while at the same time aligning training and education with the needs of the economy and the society of the future, supporting employees and teachers to train the right skills, as well as investments in the digital infrastructure; highlights in this regard that a significant part of the funds provided by the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be spent on upskilling and lifelong learning;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that the constraints imposed by the stability and convergence programmes mighNotes that the rules of the stability and convergence programmes aim to prevent the emergence or exacerbation of fiscal difficulties of the Member States and ensure sound fiscal health; underlines that the rules should not hinder the proper implementation of severalthe principles of the EPSR;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to present a regulation on a social convergence framework, establishing a new mechanism to monitor social concommunication setting out the orientations for a reformed EU economic govergenance risks, prevent other policy actions or economic shocks from having negative social spillover effects on upward social convergence, detect potential setbacks for the proper implementation of the EPSR and establish mandatory social targets to be achieved; believes that social diframework1a; _________________ 1a Commission communication of 9 November 2022 on orientations for a reform of the EU economic govergenance risks should be included in the country-specific recommendations and taken into account when defining fiscal adjustment paths; framework (COM(2022)0583), https://economy- finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022- 11/com_2022_583_1_en.pdf
Amendment 116 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Highlights the high level of regulatory burden on European employers and its negative impact on competitiveness, growth and quality job creation; continues to support the ‘One In, One Out’ principle and calls on the Commission to develop a more ambitious Better Regulation agenda, which should lead to a reduction of the regulatory burden for European employers of at least 20%;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Underlines the importance to strengthen the competiveness of European economies and develop the right skills set for the future, in order to keep up with the demands of a modern labour market; highlights the need to reform and update education and training systems to adapt to the qualifications of workers to the requirements of the labour market, including the green and digital transitions, and to make Europe the entrepreneurial hotspot in the world;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of better assessing the distributional impactimpact on competitiveness, economic growth and upward social governance of existing and new policies and reforms monitored through the European Semester process; calls on the Commission to include distributional impact assessment requirements in the NRPs; points out that fiscal consolidation can only be fair and sustainable if the distributional impact of reallocated expenditure or shifts in revenues is well calibrated and contributesreminds Member States of the requirements to include in the NRPs an explanation of how the measures are expected to contribute to gender equality and equal opportunities for all and the mainstreaming of those objectives; points out that economic growth and sound fiscal policies are prerequisites to sustainable labour markets, job creation and to reducing inequalities;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the revised social scoreboard doesmay not propersufficiently cover the 20 EPSR principles; calls, therefore, for the Commission to assess whether a further revision and improvement of the social scoreboard and the inclusis necessary, including the addition of relevant indicators to identify social divergences through a dynamic assessment; draws attention to the importance of including indicators that fully reflect the trends in and causes of inequality, such as indicators on good- quality employment, wealth distribution, access to good-quality public services, adequate pensions, minimum income schemes, occupational diseases (including mental healthequal opportunities, fair working conditions) and unemployment benefits, as well as indicators measuring the social impact of environmental degradation and climate changesocial protection and inclusion; reminds the Commission that the ‘at risk of poverty or social exclusion’ (AROPE) indicator does notmay not sufficiently capture the wider and more complex causes of inequalities;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges the Commission proposal for the revision of the economic governance framework to strengthen debt sustainability and enhance sustainable and inclusive growth through investment and reforms; points out that, with the objective to facilitate economic surveillance and to ensure equal treatment; points out that the Member States' cyclical expenditure for unemployment as well as other social expenditure and investment required tomust comply with NRRP milestones must be excluded from excessive-deficit calculations in order to increasthe European economic governance framework and the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact; calls on the Member states to ensure fairness in the green and digital transitions, social resilience and the implementation of the EPSR, while ensuring the sustainability of public finances in the Member States;
Amendment 140 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the current economic landscape, forecasts for the near future and the impact that wage increases below inflation could have on living standards in the EU; calls on the Member States to rapidly implement the provisions established in the Minimum Wages Directive1 , so that minimum wages are increased to at least 60 % of a country’sWelcomes the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2023 and notes that despite the current economic shock caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, GDP growth in the EU remained robust in the first half of 2022 and stayed positive in the third quarter with unemployment reaching a record low and employment a record high; notes the forecasts that EU GDP growth will slow from 3.3 % in 2022 to only 0.3 % in 2023, but picking up to 1.6 % in 20242a; is concerned of the impact of the high inflation on wages and on living standards in the EU; calls on the Member States to rapidly implement the provisions established in the Minimum Wages Directive1 , so that Member States with statutory minimum wages establish necessary procedures for setting and updating minimum statutory minimum wages, where Member States may use indicative reference values commonly used at international level such 60 % of a gross median salary orwage and 50 % of the gross average; calls on the Commission to monitor the state of play in relation to minimum wages and ensure that low-, and/or indicative reference values used at national level; calls on the Member States to ensure that adequate minimum wages, with aim to achieve a decendt salaries, and particularly minimum wages, reflect the soaring cost of livingtandard of living, reducing in- work poverty as well as promoting social cohesion and upward social convergence, and reducing the gender pay gap; _________________ 1 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33. 2a Commission Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2023
Amendment 157 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the agreement on the adoption of the Social Climate Fund; warns that both the aims and the funding of this instrument make it clearly insufficient to address thunderlines that the general objective is to contribute to a social fair transition towards climate unequal impact of climate change and environmental degradation on different income groupsutrality that leaves no one behind; highlights the urgeimportancye of adopting instruments that enableing all parts of society to enjoy the benefits of a climate-neutral economy, and that protect households from the impact of both climate change and pollution and prevent them from suffering any negative social consequences that might arise from the implementation of European Green Deal policieso support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users, especially those in energy poverty or mobility poverty; insists that social and environmental policies and objectives must be integrated on an equal footing with the economic ones;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – introductory part
Paragraph 15 – introductory part
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to lay the foundations for the development of greeMember States to invest in social protection schemes2 at national level with EU funding support, in order to strengthen social resilience against the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation by addressing the side effects of green policies on jobs and living conditions; points out that these schemes should include the following aspects: _________________ 2 https://www.social- protection.org/gimi/RessourcePDF.action ?ressource.ressourceId=57240.nd promote quality jobs and decent working conditions;
Amendment 166 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point a
Paragraph 15 – point a
Amendment 168 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point b
Paragraph 15 – point b
Amendment 169 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point c
Paragraph 15 – point c
Amendment 171 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point d
Paragraph 15 – point d
d) social assistance benefits for people affected by climate shocks, supporting their income and food security;eleted
Amendment 172 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point e
Paragraph 15 – point e
Amendment 181 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to propose a new directive on mental health, toLooks forward to the Commission’s forthcoming comprehensive approach to mental health in response to the European Parliament own-initiative report on mental health in the Digital World of Work, and underlines it needs to address matters related to the prevention and management of the psychosocial risks at work and ensure the well-being of workers;
Amendment 187 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights that, with the working- age population shrinking, policies that bring more people into the labour market are essential; Member States should identify specific measures in the workforce demography while facilitating youth employment and pre-retirement transition, together with the transfer of knowledge and experience from one generation to the next one;
Amendment 190 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the discrepancies between the analysis and recommendations of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) on skills policy and the policies implemented at EU and national levels, which might be causing inefficiencies; draws attention to the evidence laid out in Cedefop reports3 regarding skills underutilisation, overqualification, low skills demands and limited complexity in many European jobs and the relatively modest level of digital skills demands in Europe, and that while 45 % of adult workers acknowledge they need new knowledge and skills to work with digital technology, only one in four took part in digital skills training in 2020-2021, which could hinder the digital transition; calls on the Commission to present proposals and coordinatecoordinate European and national policy actions that contribute to increasing the number of more digitally complex jobs and facilitate the design of incentives that boost the digital upskilling of workers; _________________ 3 https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3092_ en.pdf.
Amendment 192 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 195 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that Cedefop’s reports stress that recruitment difficulties (including owing to skills mismatches) also reflect to a considerable extent poor job quality, a lack of people-oriented HR policy and untapped job design opportunities; calls on the Commission to revise its upskilling and reskilling policies in light of Cedefop’s findings, for instance by elevating skills demands and job complexity at European firms via demand-side interventions;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the EU industrial strategyUrges the Commission to develop an EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs; one of the objectives of this strategy should be to ensure that the jobs of tomorrow are not only green and digital, but above all decent, well paid and based onwith good working conditions, with health and safety at work, robust social protection and; Member States should also ensure robust national social protection systems and ensure that work-place policies are inclusive and respecting gender equality; calls also for iton European employers to ensure that peopletheir employees are adequately remunerated, in line with their qualifications and certified competences;
Amendment 6 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social and economic consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, and more generally the uncertain economic outlookre affecting the post- pandemic economic recovery of the EU and require a strong response for people, families, workers and businesses; highlights in that regard the crucial role of Union funds and financial instruments, including the Next Generation EU with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which complement the action by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) as the key driver for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable, just, inclusive and non-discriminatory recovery in line with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, as well as the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF); welcomes the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive with regard to persons fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking refuge on the territory of the Union, and calls for continuing funding for its implementation; calls on the Commission to carefully monitor the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive by Member States and to provide the relevant guidance to facilitate the implementation;
Amendment 18 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the budget should help create quality employment, reduce with decent working conditions, adequate social protection, gender-balanced opportunities, while reducing poverty and increaseing upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented and cumulated crises so that no one is left behind; stresses that factors such as supply chain disruption, high energy prices, rising inflation and continued pressure on essential services have exacerbated social and economic inequalities and worsened the living and working conditions, as well as the mental health, of many workers and their families; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities; takes note of the Commission’s intention to come up with an amending letter this autumn with regards to the budgetary consequences of the war in Ukraine and the RePowerEU initiative; stresses in that regard the importance of taking into account the socio-economic implications of the war and recommends that the potential of supplementing ESF+ funding be analysed;
Amendment 29 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, to strengthen the competitiveness of our economies, as well as to further develop resilient social systems around the Union; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies, and life-long learning policies, to strengthen education and training programs that keep up with the demands of a modern labour market and to address the demographic challenge, and on the need for unemployment prevention mechanisms and professional reconversion tools to be made available to workers in order to sustainably support the green and digital transition; insists on the importance of investing in social inclusion and support measures for children and young people; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, the unemployed, and people displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine, is paramount;
Amendment 38 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 16,7129 billion in 2023 to ESF+; insists that ESF+ must play a key role in supporting Member States to achieve high employment levels, adequate social protection and a skilled, competitive and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy;
Amendment 45 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RUnderlines the need for policymakers at both EU and national level to facilitate and support young people (re-) entering and staying in the labour market, accessing good quality housing, and completing their educational trajectory and developing skills, including digital and green economy skills; recalls the obligation by Member States with rate of young people who of 15 to 20 yeares not in employment, education or training that is higher than the Union average to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on Member States to make the best use of the Employment and Social Innovation strand (EaSI) of ESF+ for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility; takes note of the late start of EaSI in 2021 and the reduced budget for 2023 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues, and expects that it will reach its full working regime in 2024; stresses the importance of following up the European Year of Youth 2022 with concrete actions and policies for social inclusion and employment measures for young people; recalls that the Commission should report on a regular basis on the implementation of the Council recommendations establishing a European Child Guarantee and reinforcing a Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 49 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address that issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty and support the effective implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 72 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the important role of available budget lines to provide financial support in areas of social policy, including social dialogue, to maintain, develop and improve the capacity of national social partners; is concerned of the reported difficulties of some social partners and European Works Councils with accessing financial support provided by the European Commission and stresses the urgent need to facilitate the application procedure and reduce all administrative burdens to access EU funding;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the RRF created an unprecedented structure adapted to addressing the complex effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economy, society and institutions and is positively contributing to the EU’s recovery and resilience, including economic growth, cohesion, jobs, productivity, competitiveness, research, development and innovation, and a well-functioning internal market with robust small and medium enterprises SMEs;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas a large number of reforms and investments aim to improve territorial infrastructure and services provided at local level; whereas these measures can also boost the local economy, national competitiveness and institutional resilience;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the importance of local and regional involvement in implementing the national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs); whereas local and regional authorities are responsible for one third of all public expenditure and more than half of public investment in the EU1a, a large portion of which is in policy areas that are key for the RRF; _________________ 1a OECD, Key data on Local and Regional Governments in the European Union (brochure), 2018. Available at: https://www.oecd.org/regional/EU-Local- government-key-data.pdf
Amendment 49 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has already left many people jobless or in precarious employmentunemployed and young people are particularly affected by the COVID-19 crisis in terms of employment, education, training and mental well-being; calls on the Commission and Member States to fight against youth unemployment and to ensure that young people, especially those not in employment, education or training (NEETs), receive adequate, pairemunerated and quality first working experience;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) as an ambitious and timely tool to enable the EU to emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis. Supports the European Commission's view that most Member States have satisfactory drawing up the (NRRPs) in a short space of time;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Emphasizes that in several Member States the NRRPs are only part of broader national recovery plans, and points to the need for more exchange of best practices between Member States and a comprehensive approach at European level, in order to overcome the crisis and make the EU economy more robust, resilient and competitive for the future;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses Member States should focus on reforms and investments to support job creation, and the transition to new sectors and occupations, to boost competitiveness and improve the performance, functioning and resilience of the labour markets. Special attention should be given to horizontal upskilling programmes in digital skills, green skills and especially financial literacy;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 86 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Welcomes that over a third of measures and around two thirds of the expenditure linked to the effectiveness of public administration and to business and public service continuity relate to the digital transformation1d; Highlights that the measures to enhance civil service diminish regulatory and administrative burdens, improve public procurement procedures and contribute to the effectiveness of the public administration; _________________ 1d Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Amendment 90 #
2021/2251(INI)
2 d. Emphasizes that 10 NRRPs contain measures to improve the training development and work conditions of civil servants by facilitating flexible working arrangements, implementing a better pay system in the public service and the modernisation of recruitment processes and notably the effectiveness of the judicial systems are found in 13 NRRPs;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls for clear coordination between the NRRPs and the ESIF programmes, as this is mandatory in accordance with Article 17 of the RRF Regulation; therefore calls on the Commission to draw attention to this in the agreements concluded with the Member States on the NRRPs. The synergies between the NRRPs and the ESIF programmes should also be part of the Commission's annual reports on the implementation of the RRF and of the scrutiny by the European Parliament;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Calls for coordination with the other programmes funded by NextGenEU (e.g. REACT-EU) and for the alignment between the seven existing and new programmes funded by NextGenEU concerning ambitions for a green and digital transition and effective implementation by local and regional authorities of the recovery programmes;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2 g. Invites the European Commission to actively support local and regional authorities that have experienced problems while absorbing EU funds in the past, in addressing these problems, so that the NRRP scan be successfully implemented across the European Union;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2 h. Calls on the Member States to focus on a more decentralized approach in order to tackle possible territorial differences, both in terms of challenges and opportunities. Believes that, in this way, NRRPs could be more efficient; Points out that regions that were already lagging behind in their development before the outbreak of the pandemic are at risk of an even greater development gap, in employment, educational attainment, business support, digitalisation, mobility or other key policy areas;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2 i. Emphasizes that apprenticeships and remunerated traineeships, including strong training components, in particular for young people, contribute to labour market transitions, notably towards activities contributing to climate and environmental objectives, and sectors facing particular skills shortages. Increasing adult participation in lifelong learning should be promoted to meet upskilling and reskilling needs, inter alia by empowering individuals to seek training that is tailored to their needs and via short, quality-assured courses on skills for the green transition;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support legislative and policy initiatives aimed at reducing inequalities and promoting decent working conditions for all, with a particular focus on telework, the right to disconnect, mental well-being at work, occupational health and safety, ensuring quality jobs for essential workers, and strengthenpromoting the role of the social partners and collective bargaining; calls in this regard for the swift adoption of the directives on improving working conditions in platform work and on adequate minimum wages in the European Union;
Amendment 126 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the creation and publication of the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard., and should be further developed; asks the European Commission to ensure the "territorial dimension" and to ensure the role of local and regional authorities is properly reflected in the biannual scoreboard, without leading to excessive administrative burden for the relevant authorities;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Given the fact that human rights dialogues are intended to be a central part of the EU’s foreign policy toolbox, highlights that they cannot be an end in themselves; therefore calls on the EEAS and the Council to strike a better balance between diplomacy, interests and values, more in line with the human rights objectives guiding the EU’s external action with a greater focus on a long-term perspective and therefore reiterates that respect for human rights must be an underlining conditionality of EU’s support towards partner countries;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is seriously concerned at the precarious situation of human rights defenders and deplores the fact that they are the victims of increasing violence, including targeted killings; underlines the particularly severe situation, further aggravated by COVID-19, of female, environmental, labour, environmental and indigenous human rights defenders; reiterates that human rights defenders are oftentimes the only interlocutors able to conduct on-site monitoring and human rights protection in territories with uncertain legal status, especially in frozen conflict areas, where both international community and the EU have limited engagement capacities; deplores the increased use of techniques such as harassment, criminalisation and defamation campaigns, arbitrary arrests and unlimited detention in inhumane conditions used to silence human rights defenders, often on the basis of ill-defined terrorism charges; reiterates its call to EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies in third countries to regularly visit activists in prison, monitor their trials and advocate their access to justice and protection;
Amendment 349 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses the multi-faceted threat to the enjoyment of human rights brought about by modern armed conflicts, which, in addition to states, often involve non-state agents and terrorist organisations; emphasises that victims of human rights violations have very limited access to justice in territories with uncertain legal status, especially in frozen conflict areas, where developed legal and institutionalised structures for protecting human rights are either lacking or are hardly fulfilling their tasks within fragile frameworks; reiterates its call for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts in collaboration with partner countries and regional organisations, including a strong focus on conflict prevention, mediation and good offices efforts, addressing the root causes of the conflicts, humanitarian aid, providing the necessary support to the international peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions, as well as EU missions in the framework of the common security and defence policy, and post- conflict reconstruction operations supporting and applying strong integration and scrutiny of human rights and a robust gender perspective;
Amendment 391 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Underlines the important role played by digital technologies, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that these technologies will continue to be implemented around the world in the post- pandemic period and that that they should be appropriately regulated to leverage their strength while avoiding their negative effects on human rights; in particular, stresses the importance of effective safeguards to the right to privacy and data protection in the health-related systems of mass surveillance, and of their proportionate use which should also be limited in time; emphasises that democracy is facing increasing threats through covert foreign funding, disinformation and other interference online;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in the European Union, there are currently 2.8 million social economy entities, providing jobs for 13.6 million citizens; whereas differences between member states still remain high in the social economy field, with the percentage of paid jobs in social economy enterprises ranging between 0.6% and 9.9% out of the total; whereas the social economy action plan and all subsequent initiatives of the EU should aim towards reducing such differences, while, at the same time, trying to adapt the necessary actions to the level of development of the social economy in the member state in which they apply;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas social economy organisations have a long history in the majority of Member States, most of which have adopted specific laws in this field, and have established themselves as crucial market players; whereas the member states that have not yet adopted specific legislation for the facilitation of the social economy should do so, with technical support from the European Commission, in agreement with the objectives of the Action Plan for the Social Economy;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas there are plenty of successful models already developed in member states with a stronger tradition for social economy and those models could be used as role models totally or partially by other Member States with no such experience; whereas the Commission should facilitate collaboration between member states in the exchange of good practices;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 74 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Whereas the current situation caused by the war in Ukraine has demonstrated the importance of local communities and solidarity in the European Union and in the countries that border Ukraine; whereas generally social economy does not have a high adoption in these countries; whereas a higher presence of social economy enterprises could have been a great advantage in coordinating the support for the Ukrainian refugees;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission and the Member States, as well as regional and local authorities, to mainstreampromote the social economy dimension in relevant policies, programmes and practices;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that it is estimated that at least EUR 2.5 billion have been mobilized from the EU budget to support the social economy in the 2014-2020 programming period; welcomes the Commission’s ambition to increase the financing of social economy for the actual MFF; encourages member states to step up their efforts in absorbing the funds that are made available to them for the social economy field;
Amendment 126 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the great potential that the social economy could have in the employment of young people, who tend to be more attracted to projects that give back to the community than the older generation; notes that youth unemployment is still a pressing issue of the European Union and believes that a higher number of social economy enterprises would lead to a better integration of youth in the labour market; encourages member states to make full use of the funds available under the reinforced Youth Guarantee to achieve these objectives;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reminds the Member States that the Public Procurement Directive (Directive 2014/24/EU) allows contracting authorities to use public procurement to pursue environmental and social objectives, and, in particular, allows for reserved tender procedures for organisations whose main aim is the integration of persons with disabilities or other disadvantaged groups into the workforce; invites public authorities to consider socially and environmentally responsible public procurement as an investment in the socio-economic fabric with a great potential to combine social and competitive objectives; welcomes the guide and the collection of good practices on socially responsible public procurement recently published by the European Commission and encourages member states to make use of it;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to systematically adopt strategies aimed at developing socially responsible public procurement, thus establishing a link across policy areas between the delivery of services and products and the contribution to social objectives; considers that the transposition of the Public Procurement Directive must be coupled with initiatives to increase knowledge about the relationship between public spending and its contribution to achieving the SDGs, and to build capacity among public procurement officers and social economy organisations; encourages public procurement officers to carry out pre- market consultations before drawing up tender documents, with a view to better understanding the existing needs and how social economy organisations could meet them; encourages member states to develop systems that take into account not only the price, but also the social benefits of a project or an enterprise when organising public tenders, with a view of developing a stronger ecosystem of socially responsible public procurement;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to systematically adopt strategies aimed at developing socially responsible public procurement, aimed at increasing transparency in the process and tackling corruption, thus establishing a link across policy areas between the delivery of services and products and the contribution to social objectives; considers that the transposition of the Public Procurement Directive must be coupled with initiatives to increase knowledge about the relationship between public spending and its contribution to achieving the SDGs, and to build capacity among public procurement officers and social economy organisations; encourages public procurement officers to carry out pre- market consultations before drawing up tender documents, with a view to better understanding the existing needs and how social economy organisations could meet them;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up capacity-building partnerships and formal agreements with social economy networks in order to provide social economy organisations with advisory services such as tailor-made mentoring and coaching, financing capacity-building, training and education, incubating services and networking for capacity-building; calls for greater cooperation of labour authorities of the member states, both at a local and at a national level, in order to promote larger adoption of social economy and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the key role that new technologies can play in developing and scaling up social economy projects and the importance of giving social entrepreneurs priority access to training programmes on digital skills and advanced technologies, both at EU and national levelincluding media literacy, participatory leadership, resilience and the green transition, both at EU and national level, in order to support them to enter or remain in the labour market, and calls on the Commission and Member States to explore how mainstream businesses and social economy organisations can cooperate in that regard;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the key role that new technologies and artificial intelligence can play in developing and scaling up social economy projects and the importance of giving social entrepreneurs priority accesequal opportunities to training programmes on digital skills and advanced technologies, both at EU and national level, and calls on the Commission and Member States to explore how mainstream businesses and social economy organisations can cooperate in that regard;
Amendment 219 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it regrettable that social economy organisations do not feature to the same extent as more conventional businessesare not present enough in the curricula of mainstream school education and higher education enterprise and business education14 ; in light of this, invites sector-representative bodies and relevant public authorities, in partnership with the relevant stakeholders, to review and evaluate the curricula and put forward policy recommendations for academic institutions; _________________ 14 Eurofound (2019), Labour market change. Cooperatives and social enterprises: work and employment in selected countries.
Amendment 222 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that higher education institutions can be a great catalyst for the development of the social economy and for the fostering of social innovation; welcomes the newly announced "European Competence Centre for Social Innovation" and asks the Commission to ensure continuous collaboration between this centre and higher education institutions in all member states with the scope of developing joint projects and raising awareness of the possibilities that the social economy offers to future young entrepreneurs;
Amendment 234 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the possibilities offered under InvestEU to support the social economy; urges the Commission and the implementing partners to design financial products tailored to the needs of social economy enterprises under the Social Investment and Skills window and to allocate sufficient resources to these products; notes that sound eligibility criteria should be developed to target financial intermediaries that specifically support the social economy and considers that advisory services should be made available under the InvestEU Advisory Hub in order to maximise the potential of these financial intermediaries to tap into the InvestEU programme; calls on the Commission to ensure that other InvestEU financial products such as those targeting SMEs are made accessible to social economy organisations, most of which are micro, small and medium-sized organisations; believes that all measures taken in support of the social economy should be taken in a way that improves competitiveness and creates a better environment in which the SMEs can thrive;
Amendment 273 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the proposal of a Council recommendation on social economy framework conditions to be approved in 2023; believes that it should serve as a compass to strengthen the social economy legal and policy frameworks, especially in Member States where the social economy ecosystem is less developed, and should clearly highlight the support instruments made available by the EU and provide guidance in relation to specific policies such as public procurement, employment and social policies, taxation, education, skills and training and the importance of linking the circular economy and the social economy agendas; expects that these recommendations take, to the extent possible, note of the member states’ differences in governance, economy, culture and general adoption of the social economy;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the development by certain member states of labels and certification systems that can enable beneficial treatment to enterprises that have a social scope and encourages all member states to make use of such tools; invites the Commission to explore the possibility of adopting social economy labels and certification schemes at EU level;
Amendment 288 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the full potential of the social economy sector for addressing socio-economic challenges requires a clear identification of social priorities by public authorities; highlights that social economy projects do generally require a close partnership with public entities, and calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to develop, within the macro- economic governance framework provided at EU level, a social investment strategy where social priorities are clearly identified and which can provide a framework for cooperation between public authorities and social economy organisations; invites the Commission to make the EU Social Economy Gateway operational as soon as possible and believes that member states should also be quick to raise awareness about this unique information access point;
Amendment 316 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to designate social economy coordinators and to set up local social economy contact points with a view to facilitating access to funding, including EU funding; calls on the Commission to facilitate communication and knowledge exchange between these local points at an EU level;
Amendment 323 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Ensuring correct determination of the employment status should not prevent the improvement of working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work. Where a digital labour platform decides – on a purely voluntary basis, as a result of collective bargaining, based on the Code of Conduct agreed among the relevant stakeholders, or in agreement with the persons concerned – to pay for social protection, accident insurance or other forms of insurance, training measures or similar benefits to self-employed persons working through that platform, those benefits as such should not be regarded as determining elements indicating the existence of an employment relationship.
Amendment 357 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Code of Conduct based on the agreement among relevant stakeholders as a form of self-regulation focused on improving working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work including their social protection should be encouraged by the Commission and Member States. Improving working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work by the platforms involved in the Code of Conduct shall not be considered as fulfilling the criteria as outlined by Article 4 paragraph 2.
Amendment 525 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Amendment 605 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Controlling the performance of work within the meaning of paragraph 1 shall be understood as fulfilling at least two majority of the following, without prejudice to collective agreements between digital labour platforms and persons performing platform work:
Amendment 616 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) effectivelyDe facto determining, or setting upper limits for thethe total level of remuneration, beyond what is required by law;
Amendment 627 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) requiring the person performing platform work to respect specificextensive binding rules with regard to appearance, conduct towards the recipient of the service or performance of the work;, beyond what is required by law or reasonably necessary to safeguard health and safety or to ensure the essential functioning of the service.
Amendment 640 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) supervising the performance of work or verifying the quality of the results of the work including by eleincluding by electronic means beyond what is required by law or reasonably necessary to safeguard health and safety or to ensure the essential functrionic means;ng of the service.
Amendment 649 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) effectivelyDe facto restricting the freedom, including through sanctions, to organise one’s work, in particular the discretion to choose one’s working hours or periods of absence, to accept or to refuse tasks or to use subcontractors or substitutes;
Amendment 657 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) effectivelyde facto restricting the possibility to build a client base or to perform work for any third party.
Amendment 726 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Ensuring correct determination of the employment status should not prevent the improvement of working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work. Where a digital labour platform decides – on a purely voluntary basis or in agreement with the persons concerned or based on the Code of Conduct – to pay for social protection, accident insurance or other forms of insurance, training measures or similar benefits to self-employed persons working through that platform, those benefits as such should not be regarded as determining elements indicating the existence of an employment relationship.
Amendment 745 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Where the digital labour platform argues that the contractual relationship in question is not an employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in the Member State in question, with consideration to the case- law of the Court of Justice, the burden of proof shall be on the digital labour platform. Such proceedings shall not have suspensive effect on the application of the legal presumption.
Amendment 770 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Improvement of working conditions for genuine self-employed persons performing platform work Ensuring correct determination of the employment status shall not prevent the improvement of working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work. Where a digital labour platform decides, in agreement with the persons concerned, to pay for social protection, accident insurance or other forms of insurance, training measures or similar benefits to self-employed persons working through that platform, those benefits as such shall not be regarded as determining elements indicating the existence of an employment relationship.
Amendment 904 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations under Directive 2002/14/EC, Member States shall ensure information and consultation of platform workers’ representatives or, where there are no such representatives, of the platform workers concerned by digital labour platforms, onMember States shall ensure that Directive 2002/14/EC is applied to decisions likely to lead to the introduction of or substantial changes in the use of automated monitoring and decision-making systems referred to in Article 6(1), in accordance with this Article.
Amendment 910 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 913 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 984 #
2021/0414(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that digital labour platforms createfacilitate the establishment of the possibility for persons performing platform work to contact and communicate with each other, and to be contacted by representatives of persons performing platform work, through the digital labour platforms’ digital infrastructure or similarly effective means, while complying with the obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Member States shall require digital labour platforms to refrain from accessing or monitoring those contacts and communicationswhile complying with the obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 88 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Commission Communication The European Green Deal29 sets out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a sustainable, fairer and more prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. The Commission proposes also to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. Finally, the Commission considers that this transition should be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 29 COM(2019)640 final.
Amendment 127 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels may disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access to alternative, interconnected, efficient and affordable mobility and transport solutions and, who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumplow-carbon alternatives and implying low capacities to adapt to the consequences of the green transition.
Amendment 160 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Transport poverty is a combination of different metrics, which define the social and transport disadvantages one can have such as transport affordability (inability to meet the cost of transport), mobility poverty (lack of transport options), accessibility poverty (lack of access to essential services, such as education, food, healthcare). It is also highly related to access to goods and services, yet these aspects are strongly distributed geographically, temporally and socially and it is related to transport supply, minimum levels of mobility and individuals’ accessibility levels. Transport poverty can determine transport-related social exclusion, which can be defined as the inability to sufficiently participate in society due to transport-related or social disadvantages;
Amendment 178 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable and carbon neutral sources, and granting improved access to affordable and efficient zero- and low-emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 185 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Support should be provided for accessing to quality employment, notably through tailored job search assistance and flexible and modular learning courses that also target green and digital skills where appropriate; consider also Well- designed, targeted and time-bound employment programmes should also be considered in order to prepare beneficiaries via training, in particular people in vulnerable situations, for continued participation in the labour market.
Amendment 192 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 c (new)
Recital 13 c (new)
(13c) Job creation is crucial in the context of this Regulation, in particular in territories most affected by the green transition and, where appropriate. The Commission and the Member States should facilitate access to finance and markets for micro, small and medium- sized enterprises with a view to promoting competitiveness, innovation and employment across the single market, including in sectors of strategic relevance in national and local contexts.
Amendment 302 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit their Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plansand transport and infrastructure plans (including charging infrastructure) in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 332 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union general budget as own resources. Member States are to co-finance 50% of the total coststheir Plan differently, depending ofn their Plan themselvesGDP per capita. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 420 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable and carbon neutral sources, and granting improved access to efficient and affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport while maintaining technology neutrality.
Amendment 436 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable and carbon neutral sources;
Amendment 438 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty asthe situation defined in point [Article 2(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliamentthe Energy Efficiency Directive recast27a, namely a ‘household’s lack of access to essential energy services that underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances, in the relevant national context, existing social policy and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]r relevant policies’28a; _________________ 27a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast), COM(2021) 558 final. 28a While it is left to Member States to define the concept of ‘vulnerable customers’, it comprises households unable to heat or cool their homes adequately and/or having arrears in paying their utility bills in line with Commission Recommendation on energy poverty, C/2020/9600 final (OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35).
Amendment 446 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) ‘transport poverty’ means poverty affecting households and users that have a high share of mobility expenditure to disposable income or a limited availability of affordable, efficient interconnected modes of individual or public transport required to meet essential socio-economic needs, with a particular focus on households in rural, insular, mountainous, outermost regions, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas, caused by one or a combination of the following factors: high fuel expenditures, the phase- out of fossil fuels, high costs of the uptake of zero or low-carbon vehicles, non- sufficient transport infrastructure and alternative fuel infrastructure including electric charging, high costs or lack of availability of adequate, efficient and affordable public modes of transport;
Amendment 456 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Amendment 460 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘transport users’ means households, people Not engaged in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs) and students, irrespective of the income level of their households or micro-enterprises and SMEs that use various transport, freight and mobility options;
Amendment 467 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in energy and transport poverty or households, including lower middle- incom who face or are at risk of facing a situation of significantly limited access to quality employment, including self-employment, and/or to education and training, and/or to a decent standard of living and essential services, implying low capacities to adapt to the cones, thatsequences of the green transition and are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 480 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 489 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) ‘vulnerable SMEs’ means SMEs that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive2003/87/EC;
Amendment 555 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable and carbon neutral energy sources;
Amendment 566 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transport, while maintaining technological neutrality.
Amendment 583 #
2021/0206(COD)
(b) concrete accompanying measures needed to accomplishimplement the measures and investments of the Plan and reduce the effects referred to in point (c) as well as information on existing or planned financing of measures and investments from other Union, international, public or private sources;
Amendment 587 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) information on existing or planned financing of measures and investments from other Union, international, public or private sources;
Amendment 590 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidence of energy poverty and transport poverty, on micro- enterprises, SMEs and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficientthe appropriate level of regional disaggregation, taking into account the national specificities and elements such as access to public transport and basic services and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories whi, shared mobility, availability of efficient transport infrastructure and also alternative fuel infrastructure including ch are remote and ruralging infrastructure;
Amendment 616 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged specific milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by 31 July 20324;
Amendment 635 #
2021/0206(COD)
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concerned, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; indicators related to transport poverty shall be regularly collected by European Statistical office and Transport Poverty Observatory shall be created by the European Commission; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 639 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a summary of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan;
Amendment 644 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Plans shall be consistent with the information included and the commitments made by the Member States under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1057, under their cohesion policy operational programmes under Regulation (EU) 2021/105855 , under their Recovery and Resilience Plans in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council56 , under their long-term buildings renovation strategies pursuant to Directive 2010/31/EU and under their updated integrated national energy and climate plans under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. They shall also be complementary to the Territorial Just Transition Plans pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 . _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 56 Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17). 57 Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 666 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) zero- and low-emission mobility and transport, while maintaining technological neutrality;
Amendment 686 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 743 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings and the integration of energy from renewable and carbon neutral sources that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
Amendment 759 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikesother means of transport, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low-emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be providedalternative fuels infrastructure networks;
Amendment 773 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport orand adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable and carbon neutral mobility on demand and shared mobility services;
Amendment 781 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and private entities in developing and providing affordable and efficient zero- and low-emission mobility and carbon neutral transport services and the uptake of attractive active mobility options for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 846 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-20324 shall be minimally EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU.
Amendment 854 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The fund shall be financed from the EU general budget as the fund shall be fully budgeted by the contribution of Member states stemming from the revenues related to the extension of the ETS[A1] [A2] in accordance with the Chapter IV a ofDirective2003/87/EC39a; _________________ 39a The revised ETS Directive 2003/87/EC obliges the Member states to send 25% of the ETS2 revenues to the general EU budget to the Other resources.
Amendment 863 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
10 Resources from shared management programmes and uUse of resources
Amendment 865 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Resources allocated to Member States under shared managementfrom the Fund may, at their request, be transferred to the FundPrograms under shared management, subject to the conditions set out in the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. The CommissionMember States shall implement those resources directly in accordance with Article 62(1), first subparagraph, point (ab) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Those resources shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 883 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
If Member States opt for transfer of resources to shared management programs, the Fund shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant rules of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
Amendment 901 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall contribute at least to 50 percent of the total estimated costs of their Plans. The co-financing rate, applicable to the Member States shall not be higher than: (a) 85 % for less developed regions41a, whose GDP per capita is less than 75 % of the average GDP per capita of the EU-27; (b) 70 % for transition regions, whose GDP per capita is between 75 % and 100 % of the average GDP per capita of the EU-27; (c) 50 % for more developed regions, whose GDP per capita is above 100 % of the average GDP per capita of the EU-27; (d) The co-financing rates set out under point (a) shall also apply to the outermost regions. _________________ 41a Regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level regions’) established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/2066.
Amendment 1012 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The individual legal commitment covering the period 2028-20324 shall be concluded subject to the availability of the amounts referred to in Article 9(2) of this Regulation under the annual ceilings of the multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU.
Amendment 1013 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Budgetary commitments may be based on global commitments and, where appropriate, may be broken down into annual instalments spread over several years.
Amendment 1092 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 December 20335, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an independent ex post evaluation report.
Amendment 92 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 99 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, contrary to the crowding- out hypothesis that has prevailed in economic thinking for the last three decades, public investment and its crowding-in effects should play a central role in this new economic paradigm; whereas investments and reforms should also focus on digital skills and educational and vocational training for all in order to have a positive impact on social cohesion, which is a pre-condition for economic growth, job creation and employment;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas cohesion policy, as the EU’s main investment policy for social, economic and territorial development, has demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing inequalities and regional differences, in particular regarding the poorest regions;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
O b. whereas social protection systems and labour market policies are deeply rooted in national traditions and there is great variation between the Member States, which should be maintained when working towards common social goals through the European Semester; whereas issues lacking a transnational dimension are dealt with at national level in line with TFEU146(2), 147(1), 151 and the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
O c. whereas the green transition and the digitalisation of the economy will involve substantial economic diversification and transformation of business models and policymaking; whereas that will create new opportunities as well as significant socio-economic challenges in many regions and industrial sectors; whereas the EU needs a common strategy to accompany workers and businesses concerned in order to ensure that no one is left behind;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the inclusion of the EPSR in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) 2021; calls for fairness and social rights to be given the same importance in the new economic model as macro-economic stability; emphasises the central role of the Social Scoreboard in the European Semester18 ; _________________ 18Social Score of Indicators. Eurostat 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/european -pillar-of-social-rights/indicators/social- scoreboard-indicators
Amendment 115 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 129 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reform the financial legal framework and the European Semester process in order to strengthen democratic accountability and the involvement of the European Parliament; stresses that the social progress objectives regarding social welfare systems and quality employment must be shielded from the application of macroeconomic conditionality;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that fiscal flexibility to support investment in social rights is vitalimportant, as is the mainstreaming, effectively and at all stages, of all principles enshrined in the EPSR; demands that any proposed fiscal measures be ex-ante assessed and monitored against the provisions of Article 9 of the TFEU to evaluate their social impact, and that they only be considered when they will be beneficial for upward social convergence and increasing wellbeing standards in Member States;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the way data is presented in the joint employment report is not clear and that the data is often inconclusive or difficult to compare, regarding the evolution of wages, productivity, capital gains and profits, subsidies and tax breaks for corporations, or the tax wedge for labour and capital; warns that multifactor productivity is not being measured; calls on the Member States to include the Gender Equality Index as one of the European Semester’s tools and to analyse the structural reforms from a gender perspective;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a quality employment package, including legislative initiativesinitiatives contributing and supporting Member States actions in the field taking into account diverse forms of national practices and the role of social partners and collective bargaining aimed at improving wages and protecting decent working conditions for all, with a particular focus on telework, the right to disconnect, mental well-being at work, occupational health and safety, the rights of platform workers, ensuring quality jobs for essential workers, and strengthening democracy at work and the role of the social partners and collective bargaining;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that Members States should also focus on innovation and investments for improved connectivity and artificial intelligence methods and systematic deployment of 5G and Gigabit infrastructure along urban and rural households and large-scale transport corridors in line with EU’s 2025 5G and Gigabit connectivity objectives;
Amendment 201 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a quality employment package and notes that macroeconomic policies that guarantee high levels of employment, as well as fair taxation, are essential for the sustainability of our national pension systems in a demographic context of ageing European populations;
Amendment 218 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that implementing the EU skills agenda equitably is critical for promoting health systems and tackling skills shortages for people in new fields of work; warns, however, that a skills agenda is not enough to tackle the increasing precariousness and in-work poverty in the EU labour market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts to invest in affordable, accessible, inclusive and high- quality vocational education and training, to reinforce upskilling and reskilling measures, including digital and transferable skills, and to promote lifelong learning to prepare workers for the needs of the labour market affected by the green and digital transformations; takes the view that the mutual recognition of qualifications will be beneficial for overcoming skills shortages and skills mismatches;
Amendment 240 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to analyse brain drains in certain regions and sectors, and to support mobile workers by ensuring fair mobility and strengthening the portability of rights and entitlements; underlines that the digitalisation of public services can help to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a growth- friendly investment climate and to support SMEs and their employees in the transition to a more digital and greener economy, and to give adequate consideration to the interests of SMEs in the policy making process by analysing the possible effects of policies on SMEs; highlights the importance of improving access for SMEs to public and private funding, including microcredits and crowdfunding, and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that fairness conditions must be establishshould be considered for companies that wish to access public funds and support in order to avoid such support going to companies based in tax havens, to those without significanta jurisdiction referred to in Annex I to Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes1a, should not subvert collective bargaining, workers’ participation in company matters or codetermination, or those without a ban on bonuses to limit CEO and top executive remuneration;or codetermination in company decision-making processes in accordance with national law and practice, and should be conditional on maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights, including protection against dismissals and reductions in wages, no bonuses to managers or dividends to shareholders; _________________ 1a OJ C 64, 27.2.1010, p. 8
Amendment 7 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are leading to fundamental and structural changes to the labour market, the workplace, the work patterns and the work profile of every worker;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas new opportunities brought by digital transformation and digital single market should empower and allow to prosper all EU citizens;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas digitalisation and artificial intelligence has the potential to substantially change the way people receive information, the way they communicate and the way they think;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas greater challenges are posed on the synergies between labour market and education system as the education system should better foresee the future needs of the labour market and be able to adapt accordingly;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the use of AI holds potential for safer and more inclusive workplaces and labour markets;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments plausibly facilitate human-machine synergies, thereby producing a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate outcomes, but also pose serious challenges in terms of workforce reorganisation and the potential elimination of more sectors and employment than the new forms they createsome employment sectors while at the same time creation of new employment opportunities;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the fast technological change is often accompanied by the spread of false information, hoax and misinterpretation that can undermine the positive aspects and opportunities brought by the development;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas artificial intelligence (including high risk AI) is increasingly used not only in the work place but also in the recruitment and other administrative processes;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the future regulatory framework for AI in the European Union shouldmust ensure that workers’ human dignity and rights are fully respected and adapted to the new forms of work relations and work organisation, in a way that secures jobs and improves upon wages and working conditions, while safeguarding the quality of employment as well as workers´ work-life balance; stresses, in addition, that the European AI framework should respect European values, Union rules and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and set clear and predictable rules for civil liability connected to AI;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the urgent need to recognize the ethics-by-default principle as a leading principle for the design and use of artificial intelligence;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that AI must always be human-centric and thus serve exclusively as an aid to human performance and comply with all rules ensuring respect for fundamental rights with human dignity at the forefront, including the protection of personal data and privacy, and the prohibition of arbitrary profiling;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that new technologies including AI should be used to improve labour market functioning and produce sustainable and inclusive labour market matches between workers and businesses;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt communication strategies in order to enable smooth transposition of the changes brought by the development of AI. Calls on the special attention to be paid to providing detailed information on the changes to the workers, trade unions and social partners and thus prevent the spread of misinformation and hoaxes;
Amendment 96 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the use of AI applications, algorithms and process development affecting all aspects of work and workers’ rights, such as recruitment processes, must not discriminate against workers and vulnerable groups or reinforce inequalities inter alia on the pretext of gender, age, disability or nationalityand health state or nationality; underlines the need to provide information in a simple and understandable manner regarding the use of the AI in recruitment processes or work-related administrative processes as explainability of the basic features of algorithms is a pre-condition for an ethical usage;
Amendment 121 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the potential of artificial intelligence to mitigate the inequalities in society and stresses the need to focus on the solutions provided by the artificial intelligence that can help the most vulnerable groups like persons with disabilities or persons living in remote or rural areas to improve their opportunities on the labour market;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the process of machine learning needs to be based on a sufficient amount of quality and diverse data that prevent the incidence of biased algorithms; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate in the collection of quality and diverse data ensuring the unbiased AI to avoid possible collateral deepening of inequalities in the society;
Amendment 141 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to update the European Skills Agenda and the Digital Education Action Plan, so that workers can reskill or upskill and become qualified for the challenges of the future world of work; calls on the Member States to update their national vocational and professional training and upskill, reskilling, upskilling and lifelong learning programmes so as to ensure digital literacy and promote digital inclusion (οn average, 16 % of EU workers fear that digitalisation will render their skills outdated2 ); __________________ 2 Cedefop, ‘Artificial or human intelligence? Digitalisation and the future of jobs and skills: opportunities and risks’, p. 3.
Amendment 160 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Labour Authority to take leadership in facilitation of the transformation process towards a social-digital economy;
Amendment 89 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on adequate framework for promoting levels of minimum wages in the European Union
Amendment 121 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Chapter II of the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed at Gothenburg on 17 November 2017, establishes a set of principles to serve as a guide towards ensuring fair working conditions. Principle No 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights reaffirms the workers’ right to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living. It also provides that adequate minimum wages shall be ensured, in a way that provides for the satisfaction of the needs of the worker and his/her family in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work. Furthermore, it recalls that in-work poverty shall be prevented and that all wages shall be set in a transparent and predictable way and respecting the autonomy of the social partners.
Amendment 128 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Guideline 5 of Council Decision 2020/ 1512/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States37 calls on Member States to ensure an effective involvement ofthe collaboration and/or cooperation with the social partners in wage-setting, providing for fair wages that enable a decent standard of living and allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity levels and developments, with a view to upward convergence. The Guideline also calls on Member States to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining on wage setting. It also calls on Member States and the social partners to ensure that all workers have adequate and fair wages by benefitting from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, and taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty. The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202138 states that Member States should adopt measures to ensure fair working conditions. In addition, the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202039 recalled that in the context of growing social divides, it is important to ensure that each worker earns an adequate wage. Several Country Specific Recommendations have also been issued to some Member States in the field of minimum wages. However, individual countries may be little inclined to improve their minimum wage settings because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. __________________ 37 Council Decision 2020/1512/EU of 13 October 2020 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 22–28). 38 Commission Communication COM(2020) 575 final. 39 Commission Communication COM(2019) 650 final.
Amendment 138 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages, benefit both workers and businesses in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage and adequacy of minimum wage protection contributes to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and promote economic, social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards, innovation and productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.
Amendment 147 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) When set at adequate levelsever levels are set, minimum wages protect the income of disadvantaged workers, help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to work, reduce wage inequalities and in- work poverty.
Amendment 157 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Women, young and low-skilled workers and persons with disabilities have a higher probability of being minimum wage or low wage earners than other groups. During economic downturns, such as the Covid-19 crisis, the role of minimum wages in protecting low-wage workers becomes increasingly important and is essential to support a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery. Addressing minimum wage contributes to gender equality, closing the gender pay and pension gap as well as elevating women out of poverty and tackling child poverty.
Amendment 178 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Minimum wage protection set out by collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequate in most cases; statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in nine Member States. In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages negatively affect their adequacy.
Amendment 198 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and new forms of work.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission has consulted management and labour in a two-stage process with regard to possible action to address the challenges related to adequate minimum wages protection in the Union, in accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. There was no agreement among the social partners to enter into negotiations with regard to those matters. It is, however, important to take action at Union level to ensure that workers in the Union are protected by adequate minimum wages, taking into account the outcomes of the social partners’ consultation.
Amendment 220 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure both that minimum wages are set at adequatea framework at Union level for promoting minimum wages levels and that workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage or in the form of wages set under collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
Amendment 247 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) This Directive should apply to workers who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State, with consideration to the criteria established by the Court of Justice of the European Unionin collaboration and/or cooperation with the social partners for determining the status of a worker. Provided that they fulfil those criteria, domestic workers, on-demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher based-workers, bogus self-employed, platform workers, trainees and apprentices could fall within the scope of this Directive. Genuinely self-employed persons do not fall within the scope of this Directive since they do not fulfil those criteria. The abuse of the status of self- employed persons, as defined in national law, either at national level or in cross- border situations, is a form of falsely declared work that is frequently associated with undeclared work. Bogus self- employment occurs when a person is declared to be self-employed while fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship, in order to avoid certain legal or fiscal obligations. Such persons should fall within the scope of this Directive. The determination of the existence of an employment relationship should be guided by the facts relating to the actual performance of the work and not by the parties' description of the relationship.
Amendment 257 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Well-functioning collective bargaining on wage setting is an important means to ensure that workers are protected by adequate minimum wages. In the Member States with statutory minimum wages, collective bargaining supports general wage developments and therefore contributes to improving the adequacy of minimum wages. In the Member States where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining, their level as well as the share of protected workers are directly determined by the functioning of the collective bargaining system and collective bargaining coverage. Strong and well- functioning collective bargaining together with a high coverage of sectorial or cross- industry collective agreements strengthen the adequacy and the coverage of minimum wages.
Amendment 275 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In a context of declining collective bargaining coverage, it is essentialrecommended that the Member States promote collective bargaining to enhance workers’ access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements. Member States with a high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers and high minimum wages. Member States with a small share of low wage earners have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 70%. Similarly, the majority of the Member States with high levels of minimum wages relative to the median wage have a collective bargaining coverage above 70%. While all Member States should be encouraged to promote collective bargaining, those who do not reach this level of coverage should,while being in consultation and/or agreement with the social partners, provide for or, where it already exists, strengthen a framework of facilitative procedures and institutional arrangements enabling the conditions for collective bargaining. Such framework should be established by law or by tripartite agreement.
Amendment 278 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Sound rules, procedures and practice for setting and updating statutory minimum wages are necessary to deliver adequate minimum wages, while safeguarding jobs and the competitiveness of firms including small and medium-sized enterprises. They include a number of elements to preserve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, including criteria and indicators to assess adequacy, regular and timely updates, the existence of consultative bodies and the involvement of social partners. A timely and effective involvement of the latterA timely and effective collaboration and/or cooperation with the social partners is another element of good governance that allows for an informed and inclusive decision-making process.
Amendment 294 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Minimum wages are considered adequate if they are fair in correlation towith the wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living. The adequacylevels of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicat and in collaboration and/ors commonly used at intopernational level, such as 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wage with the social partners.
Amendment 326 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of framework for minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be limited to a minimumnon- discriminatory and proportionate, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages may bare justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may be unjustified or disproportionate.
Amendment 327 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be limited to a minimum, whiledrawn ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages may be justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may be unjustified or disproportionate.
Amendment 333 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) An effective enforcement system, including enhanced controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of national statutory minimum wage frameworks and the respect of labour standards for all workers. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, a close cooperation with the social partners is also needed, including to address critical challenges such as those related to sub- contracting, bogus self- employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should have easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure an adequate degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions, as well as access to information on complaints mechanisms.
Amendment 348 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are keyimportant to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of levels and developments in the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.
Amendment 359 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The reforms and measures adopted by the Member States to promote adequate minimum wage protection of workers, while being steps in the right direction, have not been comprehensive and systematic. Moreover, individual countries may be little inclined to improve the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 371 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) This Directive lays down minimum requirementsa framework, thus leaving untouched Member States' prerogative to introduce and maintain more favourable provisions. Rights acquired under the existing national legal framework should continue to apply, unless more favourable provisions are introduced by this Directive. The implementation of this Directive cannot be used to reduce existing rights for workers, nor can it constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection afforded to workers in the field covered by this Directive.
Amendment 392 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, this Directive establishes a framework for promoting:
Amendment 404 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting adequate levels of minimum wages;
Amendment 452 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘statutory minimum wage’ means a minimum wage set by law, or other binding legal provisions, with the exclusion of those set by a collective agreement made universally applicable;
Amendment 473 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘collective agreement’ means all agreements in writing regarding working conditions and terms of employment concluded by the social partners as an outcome of collective bargaining;
Amendment 474 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 482 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Amendment 488 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With the aim to increase the collective bargaining coverage Member States that set minimum wages only through collective agreements shall take, in consultation with the social partners and in accordance with national laws and practices, at least the following measures:
Amendment 502 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote the building and strengthening of the capacity of the social partners to engage in collective bargaining on wage setting, in particular, at sector or cross-industry level;
Amendment 520 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 521 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of thmay establish, in accordance with the national practice wforkers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling social dialogue, by tripartite agreement or by mutual agreement among the social partners, a framework with favourable conditions for collective bargaining, either by law after and consultolidation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an action plan to promote collective bargaining. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commissionexisting one. The agreed measures shall be made public.
Amendment 550 #
Amendment 563 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall takeestablish the necessary measures to ensure that theframework for setting and updating of statutory minimum wages ar. Such setting and updating shall be guided by criteria set to promote andequacy with the aim to achieve decent working and living conditions, social cohesion and upward convergence. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national practices, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.
Amendment 572 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The national criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shallmay include at leastsome of the following elements, whose relevance may be decided by Member States in accordance with their prevailing national socio-economic conditions:
Amendment 580 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the purchasing power of statutory minimum wages, taking into account the cost of living and the contribution of taxes and social benefits;
Amendment 589 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the general level of gross wages and their distribution;
Amendment 601 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) labour productivity levels and developments.
Amendment 616 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 641 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular and timely updates of statutory minimum wages in order to preserve their adequacy.
Amendment 658 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall establishnsure that consultative bodies are in place to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages.
Amendment 675 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allow different rates of statutory minimum wage for specific groups of workers. Member States shall keep these variations to a minimum, and ensure that any variation is non- discriminatory, proportionate, limited in time if relevant, and objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim.
Amendment 681 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 701 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensurable thate involvement of the social partners are involved in a timely and effective manner in statutory minimum wage setting and updating, including through participrepresentation in consultative bodies referred to in Article 5(5) and notably as concerns:
Amendment 708 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the selection and application of criteria and indicative reference values referred to in Article 5 (1) (2) and (32) for the determination of statutory minimum wage levels;
Amendment 718 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 730 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, in consultation and/or cooperation with social partners, take the following measures, where appropriate to enhance the access of workers to statutory minimum wage protection as appropriate:
Amendment 746 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) develop guidance for enforcement authorities to proactively target and pursue non-compliant businesseemployers;
Amendment 761 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU and Directive 2014/23/EU, Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public procurement or concession contracts economic operators comply with the wages set out by collective agreement, and their subcontractors, comply with the applicable obligations regarding wages in the field of labour law established by Union law, national law, collective agreements or by international labour law provisions for the relevant sector and geographical area and with the statutory minimum wages where they exist.
Amendment 769 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 788 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 794 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 798 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
Amendment 814 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 823 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 828 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 841 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 868 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 889 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the respective provisions already in force. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 896 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States may entrust the social partners with the implementation of this Directive, where the social partners jointly request to do so. In so doing, the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the results soughet by this Directive are guaranteedcomplied with at all times.
Amendment 911 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive is without prejudice to any other rights conferred on workers by other legal acts of the Union.
Amendment 77 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The implementation of reforms contributing to achieve a high degree of resilience of domestic economies, strengthening adjustment capacity and unlocking growth potential are among the Union’s policy priorities. They are therefore crucial to set the recovery on a sustainable path and support the process of upward economic and social convergence. This is even more necessary in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis to pave the way for a swift recovery, especially since even prior to the pandemic, the EU has been suffering from a social investment gap estimated by the European Commission at €142 billion per year across different sectors, with €15 billion shortfall in education and €70 billion in health.
Amendment 89 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Facility established by this Regulation will contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and environmental sustainability and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Furthermore, given that the Agenda 2030 requires a holistic and cross-sector policy approach to ensure that economic, social and environmental challenges are addressed altogether, the social dimension of sustainability needs to be equally prioritised in the framework of the Facility and all policies should have people’s well-being at core.
Amendment 110 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, and actions aligned with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union.
Amendment 144 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, social protection, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.
Amendment 149 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth. The well- being of people must be at the heart of all policies.
Amendment 153 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans, while taking into consideration that economic disparities, social inequality and poor social protection have spillover effects that undermine the overall stability of the EU. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 21 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy and employment, with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022 stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche of the additional resources.
Amendment 26 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to allow maximum flexibility to Member States for tailoring crisis repair actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, allocations should be established by the Commission at Member State level. Furthermore, the possibility for using any additional resources to support aid for the most deprived should also be provided for. In addition, it is necessary to establish ceilings concerning the allocation to technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States while allowing maximum flexibility to the Member States as to its allocation within operational programmes supported by the ERDF or the ESF. It should be clarified that there is no need to respect the ESF minimum share for the additional resources. Taking account of the expected quick spending of the additional resources, the commitments linked to those additional resources should only be decommitted at the closure of the operational programmes.
Amendment 42 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children and elderly people. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time.
Amendment 53 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With a view to allow the targeting of these additional resources to the geographic areas where they are most needed, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the general rules for allocating Structural Funds resources, the additional resources allocated to the ERDF and the ESF are not to be broken down per category of region. However, Member States are expected to take into account the different regional needs and development levels in order to ensure that focus is maintained on less developed regions, in accordance with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 173 TFEU. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society and social partners, in accordance with the partnership principles.
Amendment 56 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 63 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5
By way of derogation from Articles 86(2) and 136(1), the commitments for additional resources shall be decommitted in accordance with the rules to be followed for the closure of the programmesat 31 December 2024.
Amendment 74 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States may allocate the additional resources either to one or more separate priority axes within an existing operational programme or programmes or to a new operational programme referred to in paragraph 11. By way of derogation from Article 26(1), the programme shall cover the period until 31 December 2022, subject to paragraph 4 above.
Amendment 82 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8– subparagraph 4
Article 92b – paragraph 8– subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children and elderly people.
Amendment 96 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 92b – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 17 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to the Moldovan National Action Plan on the Implementation of the EU-Moldova- Association Agreement, the National Action Plan on Human Rights 2018-2022, the National Strategy on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence 2018-2023, which mentions explicitly the ratification of the Istanbul Convention,
Amendment 251 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Moldovan authorities to ratify the Istanbul Convention which was signed by the Republic of Moldova on the 6th of February 2017 but whose ratification is lagging behind despite being mentioned as an explicit objective of the National Action Plan on Human Rights 2018-2022 and of the National Strategy on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence 2018-2023; recalls that violence against women and girls is prevalent in Moldova and two in five women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of a partner or non- partner since the age of 15;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— – having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, principles 5 and 6,
Amendment 9 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-194a crisis, __________________ 4a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.
Amendment 11 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
Amendment 37 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas minimum pay levels in the Member States differ substantially, ranging from EUR 312 to EUR 21426a; whereas the percentage of those on minimum pay varies considerably between Member States; whereas, even if the minimum pay gap between countries is narrowed once price differences are factored in, purchasing power disparities remain wide6b; __________________ 6a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics 6b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics#Minimum_wages_expressed_in_pur chasing_power_standards
Amendment 45 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15 % less than men on average8; whereas, in 2017, the risk of poverty and social exclusion was 23.3% for women, greater than for men, for whom the risk was 21.6%8a; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic 8a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20181017- 1?inheritRedirect=true
Amendment 53 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, in times of economic recession, people living in poverty or at risk of poverty are in a weaker position on the labour market;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, in 2017, the percentage of young people aged 18-24 who, although in employment, were at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated at 11% and as much as 28.2% in Romania13a; __________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20190122- 1?inheritRedirect=true
Amendment 136 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas standard full-time open- ended contracts account for only 59% of total employment in the EU, with atypical and precarious employment continually on the rise17a; __________________ 17a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%2 82016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 176 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Amendment 211 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that those in precarious or atypical employment are protected and covered by legislation requiring decent working conditions and adequate social protection; calls on the Commission and the Member States, to limit precarious and atypical employment in sectors where this is possible and beneficial;
Amendment 249 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legal instrument to ensure that every worker in the Union receives a fair minimum wage21; calls also for this plan to ensure, through law or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can live from their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60% of the national gross median wage; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a supplement that ensures a decent life; stresses that Member States must have the right to impose a minimum wage exceeding that resulting from calculation of the European minimum wage; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_en.pdf
Amendment 259 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States to ensure that national labour inspectorates take all measures to uphold the rights of those in atypical or precarious employment; calls on the Member States to cooperate in this respect with the European Labour Authority when it becomes operational;
Amendment 273 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that those in atypical or precarious employment are informed in a language they understand of their rights, obligations and procedural safeguards under the terms of the contract before the latter is signed;
Amendment 275 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Member States to transpose the revised posting of workers directive in a correct and timely manner, ensuring genuine protection for workers in this category;
Amendment 318 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide young people with a suitable and adequate level of education and training, enabling them to meet the challenges of the labour market, making them aware of their rights, especially in atypical or precarious employment;
Amendment 343 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 365 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 410 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to pay particular attention to the economic impact of short-time work and layoffs and the social impact on people living precariously; calls on the Member States, where possible, to favour reduced working hours over redundancies, so as to avoid certain categories being unfairly affected by the economic crisis;
Amendment 7 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis8a, __________________ 8a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.
Amendment 8 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal8b, __________________ 8b Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0005.
Amendment 35 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, through the European Green Deal, the European Union set itself the goal of making buildings more energy-efficient;
Amendment 46 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has aggravated housing insecurity, overindebtedness, and the risk of eviction and homelessness; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the European labour market, which the International Labour Organization estimates20a in the second quarter at working-hour losses equivalent to 44 million full-time jobs; whereas the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may leave millions of citizens unable to pay their rent or mortgage; __________________ 20a ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Fifth edition.
Amendment 53 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the self-isolation and quarantine requirements imposed by Member States have led to a high number of European citizens having to share accommodation with other people;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas inadequate housing conditions negatively affect not only people’s health, wellbeing, and quality of life but also their access to employment and to other economic and social services; whereas inadequate housing conditions and homelessness have an extremely negative impact on people’s mental health;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas 2.1% of European citizens do not have indoor bathroom, shower or toilet facilities in their dwellings; whereas most of these citizens are to be found in five Member States: Romania (27.7%), Bulgaria (15.3%), Lithuania (10.6%), Latvia (9.9%) and Estonia (5.3%)20a; __________________ 20A https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20191119-1.
Amendment 84 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas a considerable proportion of the housing across Europe comprises old buildings that are past their expected lifespan; whereas there are many buildings in earthquake-prone regions of Europe that are not equipped to withstand an earthquake within the recommended parameters; whereas buildings at high risk from earthquakes represent a danger to the lives of European citizens, particularly in the case of a major earthquake;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that most seasonal workers in Europe do not have access to adequate housing that meets the required health and social-distancing requirements;
Amendment 134 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access for all to decent housing, including clean and high- quality drinking water and, adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene, and connection to sewage and water networks, and to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, hence contributing to eradicating poverty in all its forms; reaffirms its call for EU- wide action for a winter heating disconnection moratorium; calls on the Member States to meet the standards laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO) for adequate housing temperature; demands that the revision of the air quality regulation be aligned with WHO standards;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the Renovation Wave within the Multiannual Financial Framework and Next Generation EU, placing people in vulnerable situations at the centre of the recovery policies, and to ensure equal access to renovation projects for all; calls on the Member States to prioritise renovation in their recovery and resilience plans in order to contribute to achieving deep renovation of 3% of the European building stock per year; calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the renovation of buildings at high risk from earthquakes in Europe’s earthquake-prone regions;
Amendment 202 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy with a designated poverty reduction target, including for child poverty; calls for a European framework for minimum income schemes; calls for the development of a strategy to facilitate the integration of homeless people into the labour market;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Roma continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in housing projects, to prevent forced evictions, and to provide halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investment in this regard;
Amendment 253 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages Member States to collaborate with the banking sector in order to issue state-guaranteed affordable loans to people who do not own a home but wish to acquire one; calls on the Member States to improve access to credit facilities for people from socially and economically disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 254 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to draw up programmes to help citizens who risk defaulting on their mortgages as a result of social and economic crises, in order to prevent them from becoming homeless;
Amendment 289 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to pursue housing policies that are based on the principle of neutrality between home ownership, private rented accommodation and rented social housing; calls on the Commission to respect this principle in the European Semester; calls on the Member States to adopt equitable legislation that provides protection for both landlords and tenants, and covers the terms for the signature and enforcement of tenancy agreements, and the legal means of resolving any disputes;
Amendment 339 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to adapt the target group definition of social and publicly funded housing in the rules on services of general economic interest, so as to allow national, regional and local authorities to support housing for all groups whose needs for decent and affordable housing cannot be met within market conditions, while also ensuring that funding is not steered away from the most disadvantaged, in order to unblock investment and ensure affordable housing, create socially diverse neighbourhoods and enhance social cohesion; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure maximum transparency and predefined standards in the selection of social housing beneficiaries so as to prevent corruption in allocating such housing and deviating from the objectives of these measures;