7 Amendments of Kateřina KONEČNÁ related to 2014/2221(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the fact that moving towards a truly sustainable economy and that the greening of EU economies and putting at equal stand the Europe 2020 targets will contribute to achieving the Union’s environmental goals, to restoring the European economy’s competitive edge and to creating quality jobs; deplores the fact that the lack of a European strategy for sustainable development during the crisis has kept growth in the EU well below its potential;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that the European Semester, introduced in 2010, is setting up a yearly cycle of economic policy coordination with a detailed analysis of EU Member States' plans of budgetary, macroeconomic and structural reforms in order to achieve the Europe 2020 targets for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, amongst others in the field of climate change and energy, social exclusion and fighting poverty;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Emphasises that in order that the Member States boost their employment by exploiting the employment potential of the green economy, action in required on three main fronts: boosting labour demand in eco-industries through adequate levels of investments, anticipating and managing skills needs in both green and greening sectors, and ensuring job quality for high-, medium-, and low-skill occupations; from the point of view of labour market policy, enhanced attention should be dedicated to devising adequate training programmes to tackle specific skill shortages, and to considering the dynamic interaction between skills supply and age structure of the workforce in green and traditional industries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the fact that the European Semester should be a tool for safeguarding high quality and high efficiency in national health systems.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines the fact that ensuring equal access to health care contributes to social cohesion, to social justice, to tackle social exclusion and it contributes to a sustainable development as it adds to intergenerational solidarity and can correct negative population health externalities;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Stresses the importance of the sustainability of the healthcare sector which plays an important role in the overall economy as it accounts for 8% of the total European workforce and for 10% of GDP in the European Union; for being able to provide equal access to healthcare services for the citizens, as health is an essential factor of stability, sustainability and further development of Member States and their economy;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls both Member States and the European Commission, in this period of economic crisis, to avoid most damaging measures like short-term savings which will lead to high costs in the mid to long- term and instead to concentrate on further development of high-quality and high-efficiency health care systems.