3 Amendments of Konstantinos ARVANITIS related to 2019/0000(INI)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission’s 2019 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) and welcomes the stronger focus on investment; notes that almost one third of the CSRs issued until 2018 have not been implemented; welcomes the fact that considerable progres; reminds that both employment and social policies of the euro area promoted by the EU and formalised in the CSRs to Member States hasve been achieved in legislation governing labour remainly leading to the deregulations and employment protection; is concerned that progress on the 2018 CSRs is worse than performance in previous years and urges the Commission to put the necessary pressure on Member States to implement the recommendations; believes that strong reform implementation is crucial to strengthen the growth potential of EU economieflexibilization of labor markets, to the liberalization and privatization of the public services, as well as threatening States’ social functions and pushing down workers’ wages and social benefits;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Believes that defending an economic policy that goes in hand with social rights - by advocating for the reinforcement of social rights, the implementation of social aspects or the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals into economic policies, both at EU and Member States level -, without defending the repeal of the Budget Treaty and the Growth Stability Pact, is neither fair nor honest to workers and to the population fringes who, every year, have been experiencing a downward in their social and labour rights and income and who have been having their dignity threatened by the EU policies, impositions and constraints;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Reiterates the urgency of starting a real fight against inequalities, precariousness, low wages, which have been hampering economic growth and social progress; remembers, however, that this is not possible within the European economic governance and the Lisbon Treaty; calls, therefore, for the repeal of the European Semester and the convening of an intergovernmental summit with the aim of institutionalizing the reversibility of the treaties, the repeal of The Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the Stability and Growth Pact and the intergovernmental Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance;