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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1

1A. ~~Deplores the fact that~~Whereas between 2008 and mid-2012, the EU27 unemployment rate has climbed from around 7% to 10.4%, or 25 million unemployed and ~~that~~ more than one out of five young people is unemployed (22%), with youth unemployment exceeding 50% in some Member States;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2

2C. ~~Calls on~~Whereas Member States need to adopt growth-friendly policies aimed at maintaining and creating jobs~~; regrets that~~ while supporting the economic transition towards a more environmental model; whereas, contrary to budgetary discipline, employment has not been considered as a EU top priority increasing the risk that, considering the financiarisation of the economy, initiatives designed to stabilise financial markets are pro-cyclical in their impact;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital D (new)

D. whereas the EU needs to embark outside of the vicious circle of austerity measures/recession and to make full use of the EU added value which is not only about rules but first about common policies;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital E (new)

E. whereas the full potential of the Lisbon Treaty has up to now been untapped, first regarding : - article 9 TFEU following which the promotion of high employment and the guarantee of adequate social protection have to be taken into account in defining and implementing the policies and activities of the EU, - article 151 TFEU which states that 'The Union and the Member States, (...), shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonization while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion', - article 153(1) TFEU in general and in particular 153(1)(h) 'the integration of persons excluded from the labour market';

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital F (new)

F. whereas the Euro is the currency of the Union and its management foreseen by the Treaty first in the framework of economic and social policies design by articles 121 and 148 that apply to all Member States;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3

3V. ~~Recalls the importance of~~whereas the adoption of the Growth Pact ~~and believes that~~is a step in the right direction after which new initiatives should follow;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4

4T. ~~Calls for~~whereas a balanced interaction between economic policies on the one hand and employment and social policies on the other hand is essential since the European social model is a driver of economic competitiveness without which the Union's social market economy will not be able to climb out of the rut;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5

5B. ~~Observes that~~whereas the roadmap «For a stable and prosperous EU» presented to the June 2012 European Council by President Van Rompuy does not address employment and social policies, though they are a fundamental element as Europe moves towards a true monetary and economic union;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – introductory part

6G. ~~Requests that~~whereas in addition to the four building blocks outlined in the EMU roadmap, a fifth one, «Towards an integrated employment and social policy framework», is set up to promote:

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)

- full respect of the autonomy of social partners;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 1 b (new)

- the introduction of a minimum employment allowance;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Title 2

Towards an integrated ~~budgetary~~fiscal framework

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 7

7O. ~~Underlines that~~whereas fiscal consolidation and economic recovery require a stable level of internal consumption and adequate contribution to the welfare state and social security systems, which can only be achieved with high levels of employment;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 8

8P. ~~Calls on~~whereas the Commission and the Council toshould ensure that policy guidance for fiscal consolidation is fully coherent with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development, based on Article 9 TFEU and that it is supplemented by a growth and employment package;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital R (new)

R. whereas any upgrade of the role of the Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs will need to be echoed by an upgrade of the role of the Commissioner for employment and social affairs so as to ensure a balanced approach of the social market economy, in the same spirit the EPSCO Council should be upgraded and organized in a euro zone formation;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital S (new)

S. whereas the current crisis has demonstrated the existence and aggravation of internal imbalances that call for the settlement of automatic stabilisers at the EU or the Euro area level, whereas such mechanisms could regard: - a youth guarantee, - a minimum unemployment allowance;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 9

9W. ~~Calls for~~whereas the monitoring of access to capital market should depend~~ing~~ on the employment content of investments and ~~for the alleviation of~~ taxation on labour be alleviated, shifting the burden to a better equilibrium with capital;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10

~~10. Deplores the fact that~~U. whereas most Member States have not submitted a National Job Plan as part of their National Reform Programme 2012; ~~considers that~~whereas an integrated and strengthened economic policy framework must build on the principles of sustainable development and employment, while promoting social cohesion;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 11

~~11. Welcome~~K. whereas the Council's commitment to eliminate further existing barriers to labour mobility ~~and urges the~~is welcome and Member States ~~to immediate~~should urgently remove all restrictions on free labour access to workers from Romania and Bulgaria;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 12

~~12. Calls on~~H. whereas the Commission musto strengthen fair mobility, full portability of workers rights and step up the fight against social dumping due to the misuse of posted workers, both in host and home countries;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 13

~~13. Reiterates its call for~~X. whereas the democratic dimension of the European Semester, needs to bye reinforced, including by strengthening the European Parliament's role ~~within~~through a co- decision procedure and by allowing it to define its calendar, content and methodology in close cooperation with National parliaments and in interaction with social partners and civil society;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 14

~~14. Calls~~I. whereas there is a need for enhanced surveillance of social policies linked with job creation to be added to the provisions on the surveillance of national economic policies;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 15

~~15. Calls on~~J. whereas the Commission toshould include, in its assessment of Member States national budgetary plans, the promotion of the EU2020' growth, employment and social targets;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 16

~~16. Reiterates its call on~~Y. whereas the Commission musto ensure a greater comparability of the National Reform Programmes and establish common benchmarks for their assessment;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 17

~~17. Call for the need to improve~~Q. whereas social governance at the European level should be improved in parallel of the establishment of European economic governance.;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Title 3 a (new)

Towards a banking Union

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital L (new)

L. whereas the Euro is a corollary to the internal market meaning that all parties concerned by the latter must be fully engaged in restoring a well functioning Euro zone;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital M (new)

M. whereas a banking union should be accompanied by a stronger regulation and supervision based on corporate social responsibility and the role of the financial system to support growth, job creation and the sustainability of social protection;

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Draft opinion
Section 1 – Recital N (new)

N. whereas the establishment of a banking union will have an impact on jobs in the banking sector in Member States that need to be properly evaluated and anticipated;

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 a (new)

Recommendation 1 17 a. Towards an integrated employment and social policy framework as a Social Pact for Europe The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows : The specific rules for a binding supervision of the budgetary discipline in the euro area can and should complement fiscal and macroeconomic benchmarks with explicit reference to employment and social benchmarks to ensure the appropriate implementation of the abovementioned provision and to ensure the sustainability of the social model as a tool of the EU competitiveness; It should be built on four blocks: 1) regarding policies : according to the Treaties the promotion of high employment and the guarantee of adequate social protection has to be taken into account in defining and implementing the policies and activities of the EU (economic strategy, integrated guidelines, European programmes, national programmes, macroeconomic surveillance and coordination with the social dimension). This need to respect the full autonomy of the social partners and of the social dialogue. 2) definition of minimum standards which requires: - the introduction a European Youth Guarantee; - a euro zone-specific unemployment insurance fund endowed with its own, dedicated fiscal resources; - high quality of public services; - decent living wages including minimum wages equivalent to 60% of the median wage per Member State; - the full portability of all workers social rights; - social housing through appropriate competition policy regarding State aids; - a social protection floor to guarantee equal access to essential health services, income support and subsistence security; - the implementation of a social protocol to protect fundamental social and labour rights; - a new health and safety strategy 3) new legislative initiatives regarding : - a European framework to manage restructuring in a social and responsible way - establishing of an European Labour Inspection to enhance cooperation between national Labour Inspection and to inspect, in cooperation with national authorities, working places with cross- borders issues; - allowing National Parliaments to require a legislative initiative from the Commission as a 'green card' based on article 352 of the Treaty; 4) proper financial means for social investment - 25% of cohesion funding for ESF - Erasmus for apprenticeship - use of globalization fund for restructuring - project bonds for social investment

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Committee: EMPL

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 b (new)

Recommendation 2 17 b. The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: The legislative act to be adopted should create a high-quality single European supervisory mechanism within the ECB (European supervisor) to ensure the effective application of prudential rules, risk control and crisis prevention concerning credit institutions and other financial institutions throughout the Union. The legal basis, form and content of the proposal should provide for the possibility of full participation of all Member States in the European supervisor. Participation of euro area Member States in the European supervisor should be mandatory. The proposal should be subject to full democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament. The legal basis should involve the European Parliament as a co-legislator when the European Parliament’s co- decision role cannot be achieved by way of a ‘supervisory package’ concept. The proposal should ensure that all tasks listed in Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 continue to be exercised at Union level. The European supervisor needs to be accountable to the European Parliament for the actions and decisions taken in the field of European supervision and should report on a quarterly basis to the competent committee of the European Parliament. The body or bodies with ultimate authority under the European supervisor should be headed by officers appointed after confirmation by the European Parliament. The European supervisor should have the competence and responsibility to: - prevent regulatory arbitrage and guarantee a level playing field; - include supervision based on corporate social responsibility and the role of the financial system to support growth, job creation and the sustainability of social protection; - strengthen international supervisory coordination.

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 c (new)

Recommendation 3 17 c. The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: The Fiscal Compact should be transposed into secondary Union legislation as soon as possible. Each mission of the Troika in a Member State must be enlarged to include a member of the ILO.

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 d (new)

Recommendation 4 17 d. The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: Enhanced cooperation should be used more frequently when an EU approach has proved to be impossible in the field of taxation (such as for establishment of a CCCTB or a financial transaction tax, shift of burden between labour and capital or environmental friendly taxation) since harmonised frameworks for taxation will enhance budgetary policy integration, favour public service financing, job creation and energy transition.

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 e (new)

Recommendation 5 17 e. The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: The free movement of capital cannot be used as a way to avoid tax, in particular for Member States whose currency is the euro and that are experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area and therefore the financing of their public services. Therefore the Commission should finalise international agreement rounds and table proposals to improve cooperation and coordination between tax authorities.

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Draft opinion
Section 2 – paragraph 17 f (new)

Recommendation 6 17 f. The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: The various steps of the European Semester should be enshrined in legislation, as follows: - The development and strengthening of the internal market, of the social model and fostering international trade links are central to stimulating economic growth, increasing competitiveness and addressing macroeconomic imbalances; therefore, the Commission should be required to take into account in its Annual Growth Survey what steps Member States have taken to complete the internal market and to favour the sustainability of the social model; - The involvement of regional and local authorities and partners in the planning and implementation of relevant programmes should be increased, in order to increase the feeling of responsibility for the goals of the strategy at all levels and ensure greater awareness on the ground of its objectives and results; - A tripartite bi-annual conference, including all Members of the Council, needs to be established to discuss national social matters that have a EU spill-over effect, the youth guarantee and the EU minimum unemployment allowance, - The Commission should adopt the Annual Growth Survey and the alert mechanism by 1 December each year with a specific chapter for the euro area; - The Commission should clearly assess, in the Annual Growth Survey, the main economic and fiscal problems of the Union and individual Member States, propose priority measures to overcome those problems, and identify the initiatives taken by the Union and the Member States to support enhanced competitiveness, energy transition, job creation and long-term investment, to remove obstacles to sustainable growth, to achieve the targets laid down in the Treaties and the current "Europe 2020" strategy, to implement the seven flagship initiatives and to reduce macroeconomic imbalances; - The Member States and their regions should involve national and regional parliaments, social partners, public authorities and civil society more closely in the formulation of national reform, development and cohesion programmes, and consult them regularly; - The Commission should identify explicitly in the Annual Growth Survey potential cross-border spill-over effects of major economic policy measures implemented at Union level as well as in Member States; - The Commissioners responsible for the European Semester should come and debate the Annual Growth Survey with the relevant committees of the Parliament as soon as they have been adopted by the Commission; - The Council should come to Parliament in July to explain any significant changes it has made to the Commission's proposed country-specific recommendations; the Commission should take part in this hearing to provide its views on the situation; - The Member States should provide information which is as detailed as possible on the measures and instruments provided for in the national reform programmes to attain the national objectives set, including in the National job plan, and the deadline for implementation, the expected effects, the potential spill-over effects, the risks of unsuccessful implementation, the costs and, if applicable, the use of EU Structural Funds.

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

Liem HOANG NGOC, Pervenche BERÈS, Elisa FERREIRA

Motion for a resolution
Annex – part 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph -1 b (new)

The Commission should bring forward a legislative proposal in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure based on Article 136 TFEU to clarify the role and status of the Annual Growth Survey for Member States whose currency is the euro; The European Semester should evolve towards full involvement of the European Parliament and national parliaments, including with respect to country-specific recommendations; In the longer run, a treaty change should allow for the introduction of co-decision powers for the European Parliament, throughout the European Semester process.

2012/10/02
Committee: ECON

Liem HOANG NGOC, Pervenche BERÈS, Elisa FERREIRA

Motion for a resolution
Annex – part 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)

- National reform programmes (NRPs) and national stability programmes (NSPs) should be closely linked; in particular, budget commitments required for the implementation of NRPs should be reflected in NSPs; adequate monitoring should ensure the coherence of NRPs and NSPs and Union legislation should ensure an operational link between the two instruments;

2012/10/02
Committee: ECON

Liem HOANG NGOC, Pervenche BERÈS, Stephen HUGHES, Alejandro CERCAS, Elisa FERREIRA, Roberto GUALTIERI

Motion for a resolution
Annex – part 3 – point 3.2 a (new)

Recommendation 3.2a on a Social Pact for Europe The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate as follows: According to the Treaties the promotion of high employment and the guarantee of adequate social protection has to be taken into account in defining and implementing the policies and activities of the Union; The specific rules for a binding supervision of the budgetary discipline in the euro area can and should complement fiscal and macroeconomic benchmarks with employment and social benchmarks to ensure the appropriate implementation of the abovementioned provision through adequate Union financial provisions; A social pact for Europe should be set up to promote: - the introduction a European youth guarantee; - a euro area-specific unemployment insurance fund endowed with its own, dedicated fiscal resources; - 25 % of cohesion funding for ESF; - high quality and appropriate financing of public services; - decent living wages; - access to affordable and social housing; - a social protection floor to guarantee universal access to essential health services regardless of income; - support and subsistence security; - the implementation of a social protocol to protect fundamental social and labour rights; - a European framework to manage restructuring in a social and responsible way; - a new health and safety strategy including stress-related diseases; - equal pay and equal rights for work of equal value for all;

2012/10/02
Committee: ECON

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