Activities of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2011/2320(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2012 PDF (205 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation1, __________________ 1 OJ L 303, 02.12.2000, p. 16.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas inequalities and polarization of incomes threaten social cohesion and sustainable growth; whereas, according to the findings of the Commission document of the annual review on Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2011, earning dispersion is higher and minimum salaries are lower in countries where decentralised collective bargaining is implemented;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in-work poverty and precariousness are increasing in the EU and whereas the crisis has created new categories of people at risk of poverty; whereas the Social Protection Committee (SPC) warns of increasing numbers of people at risk of income poverty, child poverty, severe material deprivation and social exclusion because of the impact of wrongly-targeted and regressive fiscal consolidation measures on social protection systems;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas there is a lack of real proposals in the Annual Growth Survey to enhance and promote real economy sustainable growth that is job creating, while there is an excess of legal, administrative and procedural proposals for adjustments, in many instances without a real justification based on accurate data and evidence;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to ensure coherence between the different priorities in its policy guidance, so that guidance on fiscal consolidation is based on social justice and does not hamper efforts to tackle unemployment and the social consequences of the crisis, increase poverty and damage social cohesion;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the European Council to give the necessary budgetary leeway and encouragement for investments in sustainable decent job creation; calls on Member States with a current account surplus to contribute to the reduction of macroeconomic imbalances by increasing internal demand in order to prevent a recessionary spiral detrimental to job growth across the EU;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the European Council to endorse the policy guidance to shift the tax burden away from labour while requiring the companies benefiting from those exemptions/reductions to offer decent living wages in return, making hiring employees more attractive in order to improve the situation of vulnerable groups, young unemployed people, low-skilled workers, people with low incomes and second earners; calls on the European Council to endorse the guidance on increasing revenue through fair, progressive, redistributive effective and efficient taxation and better tax coordination to combat tax evasion and that this new revenue is dedicated to building a stronger social Europe;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the European Council to set up a tax on financial transactions which will shift the focus from the labour market back to the real economy and give the economy the necessary breathing space to enhance sustainable job creation while decreasing public deficits;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the European Council to address proposals to Member States to raise low wages, especially in those countries where they lag significantly behind productivity developments, and to facilitate upward transitions, since this will help to overcome low-wage trap, motivate more people to increase their employment participation and reduce in- work poverty;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the European Council to assess the effectiveness of its policy recommendations in supporting labour market participation of all adults in the household, in providing a decent living wage and in facilitating upward transitions for those trapped in low-paid or precarious jobs, as these are the three mechanisms that can reduce in-work poverty;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that the increased importance of the European dimension of the economic policies of Member States should go hand in hand with increased democratic legitimacy and appropriate accountability to the European Parliament and national parliaments; considers that, in the absence of a legal basis for ordinary legislative procedure applicable to the AGS, the European Council has a special responsibility to take into account parliamentary comments when endorsing the policy guidance in order to give it democratic legitimacy and that by no means the sense of urgency in implementing austerity measures and fiscal discipline can override the need for a democratic decision-making process;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to ensure that people on temporary or part-time contracts or who are self-employed enjoy equal treatment - including dismissals and pay - have adequate social protection and access to training and that framework conditions are set to enable them to make a career; calls on the Member States to implement the framework agreements on part-time work and fixed-term employment and to effectively enforce the Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that, in its «'Youth on The Move»' flagship, the Commission promised to propose a Quality Framework for Traineeships, and calls on it, without delay, to submit such a Framework in the form of a directive for decent conditions on traineeships and apprentices;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Combat poverty and, promote social inclusion and the quality of public services
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on EU and Member States to ensure that any reforms on health systems are focused on improving quality and ensuring adequacy, affordability and universal access;