52 Amendments of Li ANDERSSON
Amendment 18 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 49 a (new)
Citation 49 a (new)
– having regarded to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) report of 24 November 2020 entitled ‘Updated analysis of the non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation and potential policy measures pursuant to EU Emissions Trading System Directive Article 30(4)’,
Amendment 33 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the richest 1 % of the global population are set to generate per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita level, while the footprints of the poorest half of the world population are set to remain several times below that level1a; _________________ 1a Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and Oxfam, ‘Carbon Inequality in 2030’, November 2021
Amendment 227 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets that fossil energy subsidies in the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and even increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘highlights the necessity to bring the fossil fuel era to an end and believes that the EU and it’s Member States must lead by example in this process; demands the Commission to propose, without delay, a binding Union framework at Union, national, regional and local level to monitor and report on Member States’ progress towards phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, based on an agreed methodology and to set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.,5 °C’ in accordance to Decision (EU) 2022/591;
Amendment 310 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreementexpresses its utmost concerns over COP29 host Azerbaijan’s human rights records and reports over intensified crackdown of the country’s independent media, civil society, and activists under the preparations of COP29 summit; demands that civil society and independent media actors' privacy, participation, freedom of expression and safety must be guaranteed in this and future COP summits; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria for COP host agreements and stresses that the respect for human rights and freedom of expression and safety of independent media and civil society actors must be a prerequisite for any country to be able to host COP summits in the future;
Amendment 334 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Strongly rejects COP29 summit’s chief executive and Azerbaijan’s deputy energy minister Elnur Soltanov’s claims that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the goals of the Paris agreement, especially as the International Energy Agency (IEA) has stated already in 2021 that no new fossil fuel projects are compatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C1a; is highly concerned over fossil fuel industry’s ties with Azerbaijan’s government and influence over the preparation of COP, for example through the inclusion of president of the state oil company of the Azerbaijan Republic, Rovshan Najaf, to the organizing committee of COP29; points out that on the 20th of March 2024 over 150 civil society organisations published an open letter expressing grave concerns over fossil fuel industries influence and clear conflict of interest in the preparation of COP291b; _________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by- 2050 1b https://350.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/OpenLetter_CO P29.pdf
Amendment 342 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Strongly believes that the current rules governing the UNFCCC are not fit for purpose as they allow excess influence of private sector polluters over UNFCCC processes, in particular in the case of fossil fuel industry; while acknowledging that engaging with industry can play a role, strongly demands to take immediate action to limit the influence of polluting industries and establish a robust accountability framework to protect against undue influence of corporate actors with vested interests that contradict the goals of the Paris Agreement in UNFCCC gatherings;
Amendment 347 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDCRegrets that EU’s updated NDC is not compatible with 1.5°C target of the Paris agreement and falls short of the Union’s and it’s Member States fair share of global climate change mitigation efforts; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce in theory the EU’s net GHG emissions by only around 57 % compared to 1990, but especially the developments of emission reductions in the sectors covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and decrease of net sinks covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841 threaten the achievement of Union’s 2030 climate goals;
Amendment 355 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Demands the Commission to propose an intermediate 2040 EU climate target that is aligned with the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C; reminds that United Nations chief António Guterres has urged developed countries to hit net- zero emissions by 2040; strongly believes that EU’s 2040 climate target and revised sectoral legislation must be designed mainly on the basis of technologies that have already been proven to deliver greenhouse gas emission reductions, while also strongly focusing on demand- side measures; stresses that the development and utilisation of expensive and yet to be proven novel climate mitigation technologies must focus on hard-to-abate sectors; believes that the recommendations of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change must be an integral part of developing the Union’s climate policy;
Amendment 362 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Reminds that the Union and its Member States cannot achieve their climate targets unless the transition is just and leaves no one behind, as policies are dependent on public support; strongly believes that more focus and a stronger framework is needed to tackle short and medium term socio-economic impacts of the transition, especially for low income households; points out that intergenerational climate justice requires a swift and permanent mitigation of greenhouse gas emission, as the pursuit of welfare by the current generation should not diminish opportunities for a good and decent life for succeeding generations;
Amendment 420 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked and the mitigation of one environmental problem cannot undermine the efforts to tackle the other; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation; believes that environmental policies should be designed with full alignment with the One Health approach; points out that Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and the Council on General Union Environmental Action Programme to 2030 holistically recognises the interconnections between human health, animal health and the environment through integration of the One Health approach in policy making;
Amendment 427 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the complementarity between the roll-out of renewable energy and nature conservation and restoration both inside and outside EU; stresses that the environmental transition should be carried out with the least environmental cost, and that synergies between renewable energy and nature conservation and restoration should be maximised; underlines the support of the renewable energy industry in the EU for a nature-positive roll-out of renewable energy infrastructure;
Amendment 458 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Acknowledges that the needed deployment of renewable energy will significantly increase the demand of certain critical raw materials; underlines the need to avoid and minimise the environmental effects of mining operations in their locations and to ensure consultation and free prior consent, human rights and health protection of affected communities; points out that large shares of these materials are located on or near indigenous peoples’ lands1a; stresses the need to strengthen indigenous peoples’ rights on land and resources, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent; _________________ 1a https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893- 022-00994-6
Amendment 599 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Recalls that aviation accounts for 2 to 3 % of global CO2 emissions and according to The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the sector’s international CO2 emission could triple by 2050 compared to 2015; points out that according to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) the non- CO2 climate impacts of aviation activities are, in total, at least as significant as those of CO2 alone and are currently unregulated both in EU and globally; underlines the need to mitigate all aviation emission with climate impact and swiftly put in place regional and global binding policies to mitigate non-CO2 emissions of aviation;
Amendment 602 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Notes that inclusion of disaggregated military emissions in UNFCCC submissions is voluntary and it is not currently possible to define reported military GHG emissions from the submitted UNFCCC data; supports introducing disaggregated compulsory reporting of military emissions to the UNFCCC; calls on the Member States to lead by example by publishing national data on the GHG emissions of their militaries and military technology industries as standard practice;
Amendment 609 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Emphasises the need for more concrete actions by all PartiesBelieves that the transformation towards a sustainable society has to be done in an inclusive, fair and equal manner, and that the gender balance and the empowerment of women and girls are key to that transformation; emphasises the need for more effective gender mainstreaming throughout all relevant targets and goals; reiterates its call on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 25) and to create a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally; believes this could set an example for other Parties to adopt similar measures;
Amendment 4 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that regular visits to and from the Agencies are a key aspect of the scrutiny exercised by the European Parliament over them; notes to this regard the success of the ENVI delegation to EMA in February 2023 and to ECHA in April 2023;
Amendment 8 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the measures taken by the aAgencies in light of the European Parliament recommendations in its discharge for the financial year 2022; stresses the importance of increasing the Agencies’ efforts in terms of cooperation with other agencies and international organisations, digitalisation, and gender and geographical balance in senior management positionsstresses the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve gender and geographical balance among institutional staff and in senior management positions, reminds the Agencies in this regard of the importance of protecting the work-life balance not least among parent staff and to continously develop strategies to protect workers' health and well-being;
Amendment 19 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes the discrepancy between ECDC and ECA on the 2022 qualified opinion provided by ECA demonstrating that the accounts were reliable but that the transactions underlying the accounts were partly not legal and regular; stresses the importance of such discrepancies to be harmonised, urges ECDC to adhere to the standards provided by ECA 1a; _________________ 1a https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/documents/consolidated-annual- activity-report-2023_1.pdf , page 56
Amendment 25 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Encourages ECDC to further cooperate with Member States to ensure an approach based on the solidarity principle in vaccine distribution and preparedness, notes that in the case of Mpox Member States undermined the ECDC capacity to face transmittable diseases by withholding vaccines;
Amendment 31 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the necessity of ensuring adequate staffing reflecting the needs of the European Green Deal and the Union Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, Circular Economy Action Plan and, in particular, the zero pollution target, and the associated increase in tasks; laments indicators from the 2023 internal staff survey showing that only 42% agree fully that their units operate in an efficient manner1b, reiterates the need for ECHA to continuously work with staff satisfaction, worker health and well-being, ensuring gender and geographical balance in the work place and facilitating the participation in the work life by parent staff; _________________ 1b https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/ 7362407/annual_Report_2023_en.pdf/ca1 6f5a4-a8ae-ac22-21f1- 57af476f0bb1?t=1713865234883 , page 57
Amendment 40 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the ECHA’s efforts to promote the use of alternatives to animal testing for the regulatory assessment of chemicals and to foster understanding of the opportunities and challenges in moving away from animal testing while ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment and encourages ECHA to promote the use of non-animal testing methods;
Amendment 41 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with concern the difficulty to recruit sufficient experts from Member States to the ECHA’s Scientific Committees, posing a risk to the ECHA’s ability to meet legal deadlines and targets in regulatory processes that are dependent on the Committees’ outputs, in particular in the light of increasing tasks being attributed to the ECHA, stresses the importance of the Commission working actively to ensure Agencies can recruit adequate competence to fulfil their missions, encourages in this regard an increased cooperation with universities and other relevant institutions;
Amendment 47 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EEA provides sound, independent information on the environment; commends the quality of its outputs released in 2023, such as Pathways towards circular plastics in Europe — good practice examples from countries, business and citizens, Assessing the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and European forest ecosystems: key allies in sustainable development, acknowledges the outmost importance of the EEA to reach the Union’s climate goals;
Amendment 64 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates the need for the EEA to adequately hire staff able to carry out the immense task devoted to the Agency, encourages in this regard the Commission to intensify its measures to assist Agencies in ensuring the competence required, reminds the EEA of the importance of achieving gender and geographical balance among staff, ensuring a healthy work-life balance for everyone but not least for parent staff and to continuously work with improving workers' health and well-being;
Amendment 66 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EFSA's' contribution to the safety of the Union food and feed chain, and its considerable efforts in providing risk managers with comprehensive, independent and up-to- date scientific advice on questions linked to the food chain, communicating clearly to the public on its outputhowever expresses deep concern over some of the aspects of the Agency's work relating to inadequate actualisation of regulation regarding pesticides and othe information on which they are based, and cooperating with interested parties and institutional partners to promote coherence and trustr toxins, deplores the close ties between the agency and agrochemical industry and reiterates the need for a thorough investigation into the food safety systemse ties;
Amendment 69 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Believes that EFSA should continue to pay special attention to the public opinion, and commit itself to increased openness, transparency and scrutiny to and by the public and independent scientists;
Amendment 72 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates its regrets that the EFSA, in relation to the two-year cooling off period, still includes in its independence policy the obligation to screen experts' interests only in relation to the mandate of the scientific group to which the expert is applying, and reiterates its regrets that the research funding from companies in the Authority's remit is not considered relevant to the cooling off period as long as amounts at stake do not rise above 25 % of the total research budget managed by the expert and/or their research team, and that the threshold is applied to individual sources as opposed to all private sources combined; highlights that the Authority's refusal to address these two very serious issues in relation to the Authority's prevention and management of conflicts of interests is unacceptable and needs to be resolved immediately;
Amendment 75 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need for the EFSA to develop strong cooperation with all its stakeholders, including the other Agencies for better connection and outputs dissemination; welcomes the fact that the EFSA developed cooperation with Member States, including with the increase support of focal points, mainly focusing on support in the area of data collection and communication; encourages EFSA to even further increase its efforts to protect animal welfare and promote the use of non-animal testing methods, also in its cooperation with other institutions;
Amendment 91 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Expresses deep concern over reports of conflict of interest and influence of the pharmaceutical industry over EMA 1d, reiterates that the agency serves the public interest of safe and affordable medicine, regrets inaction shown by the agency to tackle accusations of "revolving doors" in the case of scientific experts and their involvement with big pharmaceutical companies, regrets with profound concern the unwillingness of the Agency to challenge financial interests and to properly prioritise public health concerns; _________________ 1d https://www.investigate- europe.eu/posts/deadly-prices-big- pharma-influence-hangs-over-europes- medicines-regulator
Amendment 94 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the EMA’s efforts to contribute to Union priorities, including via inter alia the implementation of the Union Beating Cancer Plan, the Union Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and the European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance.; urges the EMA to further cooperate with relevant agencies and actors to combat new, rare and difficult-to-diagnose cancers; reiterates the need to pay special attention to often misdiagnosed conditions among women and girls and to be conscious of class bias in health related issues and pharmacological needs;
Amendment 95 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the EMA is a fee- funded agency, with 88,21 % of its 2023 revenue stemming from fees for applications for marketing licenses for pharmaceutical products and for post- authorisation activities, 11,43 % stemming from the Union budget and 0,36 % from various other sources; highlights the need to ensure transparency of these revenues and welcomes the fact that in the future the EMA will have the obligation to publish in its activity report the annual revenue received per type of fee and charge according to Regulation (EU) 2024/5682 ; reiterates the importance of scientific integrity and patient safety; commits to supporting the EMA to guard these principles regardless of the levels of fee- based incomes to the agency; _________________ 2 Regulation (EU) 2024/568 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2024 on fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency, amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 658/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 (OJ L, 2024/568, 14.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/568/oj).
Amendment 100 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Acknowledges that accessibility to medicine at affordable rates is a national competence; commits however to assuring that the EMA contributes to these ends; encourages the agency to find methods and practices that manages development costs of new pharmacological products;
Amendment 105 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge should not be granted to the Executive Directors of the Agencies EFSA and EMA in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2023, recommends that discharge be granted to all other Executive Directors of the Agencies .
Amendment 1 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is satisfied withNotes with concern the lack of increased climate ambition in the Commission's overall implementation of the budget in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety in 2023;
Amendment 5 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is mostly satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies which are under its remit, whichunder the conditions in which they operate, carrying out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies' budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale and importance of their current tasks and the increase of responsibilities some of them are facing, adequate funding and staffing must be guaranteed for the agencies and the Commission Directorates- General working in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety;
Amendment 18 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with grave concern how the mismanagement of the RRF negatively influences the EU's credibility in both fiscal and environmental matters; demands a thorough examination of the structure of the RRF, urges the commission to commit to a better controlled and more sustainable financial instrument in the future;
Amendment 25 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes with great concern the special report by the European court of Auditors titled Green transition - Unclear contribution from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, according to which the contribution by the RRF to the green transition appears to be heavily overestimated; notes further how the RRF has an unclear implementation structure in the field of green transition; notes how the RRF funds appears to have been grossly disconnected from actual costs and results in the green transitions; concludes that the RRF mismanagement and poor design has severely hindered an ambitious green transition and severed the reputation of green investment within the EU framework; regrets the missed opportunity to advance green investment through the RRF;
Amendment 37 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Insists on an ambitious and well- managed environmental policy with the highest regard for biodiversity, sustainability, social progress and animal welfare in the works of the decentralised agencies, building on successful methods and tools from the past year while continuously developing strategies to face current challenges;
Amendment 50 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data and reports available, that discharge cannot be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety for the financial year 2023.
Amendment 4 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination, and to promote social justice and protection, equality between women and menall genders, solidarity between generations and the protection of the rights of the child as laid down in Article 3 TEU. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, a high level of education and training and protection of human health as laid down in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Amendment 11 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Recital 5
(5) The Guidelines are consistent with the new EU economic governance framework, which entered into forccontribute to the full implementation of the European Social Pillar, the EU headline targets for 2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and are con 30 April 2024,sistent with the existing Union legislation and various Union initiatives, including Council Recommendations of 14 June 2021 (5 ), 29 November 2021 (6 ), 5 April 2022 (7 ), 16 June 2022 (8 ), 28 November 2022 (9 ), 8 December 2022 (10 ), 30 January 2023 (11 ), 12 June 2023 (12 ) and 27 November 2023 (13 ), Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/402) (14 ), Council Resolution of 26 February 2021(15 ), Commission Communications on building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy (16 ), on the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 (17 ), on the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (18 ), on the Disability Employment Package (19 ), on a European Care Strategy (20 ), on A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age (21 ), on strengthening social dialogue in the European Union (22 ), on Better assessing the distributional impact of Member States’ policies (23 ),and on labour and skills shortages in the EU: an action plan (24 ), Decisions (EU) 2021/2316 (25 ) and (EU) 2023/936 (26 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives (EU) 2022/2041 (27 ), (EU) 2022/2381 (28 ) and), EU 2023/970 (29 ) and EU 2024/1500 of the European Parliament and of the Council (30), and the Commission proposals for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2021 on improving working conditions in platform work (30 ) 1), for Directives establishing the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities (32), for a Directive amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils (33), and for a Directive on improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees (34) __________________ 5 Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee (OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14). 6 Council Recommendation of 29 November 2021 on blended learning approaches for high-quality and inclusive primary and secondary education (OJ C 504, 14.12.2021, p. 21). 7 Council Recommendation of 5 April 2022 on building bridges for effective European higher education cooperation (OJ C 160, 13.4.2022, p.1).) 8 Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 10), Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on individual learning accounts (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 26), Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 35) and Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on learning for the green transition and sustainable development (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 1). 9 Council Recommendation of 28 November 2022 on Pathways to School Success and replacing the Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 on policies to reduce early school leaving (OJ C 469, 9.12.2022, p. 1). 10 Council Recommendation of 8 December 2022 on access to affordable high-quality long-term care (OJ C 476, 15.12.2022, p. 1) and Council Recommendation of 8 December 2022 on early childhood education and care: the Barcelona targets for 2030 (OJ C 484, 20.12.2022, p. 1). 11 Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (OJ C 41, 3.2.2023, p.1). 12 Council Recommendation of 12 June 2023 on strengthening social dialogue in the European Union (OJ C/2023/1389, 6.12.2023). 13 Council recommendation of 27 November 2023 on developing social economy framework conditions (OJ C/2023/1344, 29.11.2023). 14 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/402 of 4 March 2021 on an effective active support to employment following the COVID-19 crisis (EASE) (OJ L 80, 8.3.2021, p. 1). 15 Council Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030) (OJ C 66, 26.2.2021, p. 1). 16 COM(2021) 778 final. 17 COM(2020) 624 final. 18 COM(2021) 101 final. 19 Disability Employment Package to improve labour market outcomes for persons with disabilities - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion - European Commission (europa.eu) 20 COM(2022) 440 final. 21 COM(2023) 62 final. 22 COM(2023) 38 and 40 final. 23 COM(2022) 494 final. 24 COM(2024) 131 final. 25 Decision (EU) 2021/2316 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2021 on a European Year of Youth (2022) (OJ L 462, 28.12.2021, p. 1). 26 Decision (EU) 2023/936 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on a European Year of Skills (OJ L 125, 11.5.2023, p. 1). 27 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). 28 Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2022/2381 of 23 November 2022 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures (OJ L 315, 7.12.2022, p. 44). 29 Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (OJ L 132, 17.5.2023, p. 21). 30 COM (2021) 762 final
Amendment 21 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Recital 7 – paragraph 1
Climate change, biodiversity loss and other environment- related challenges, the need to ensure a fair green transition, energy independence, enhanced competitiveness of net-zero industries and the need to secure Europe’s open strategic autonomy, as well as the development of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the platform economy, an increase in teleworking and demographic change are deeply transforming Union economies and societies. The Union and its Member States are to work together to effectively and proactively address such structural developments and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets, and related policies. This requires coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels while recognising the role of social partners, in accordance with the TFEU and with the Union’s provisions on economic governance, taking into account the European Pillar of Social Rights. Such policy action should encompass a boost in sustainable investment across all EU regions, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced reforms and investments that enhance sustainable and inclusive economic growth, the creation of quality jobs, productivity, adequate working conditions, social and territorial cohesion, upward socio-economic convergence, resilience and the exercise of fiscal responsibility.
Amendment 34 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Recital 12 – paragraph 3
A coherent set of active labour market policies, consisting of temporary and targeted hiring and transition incentives, skills policies including learning for the green transition and sustainable development and targeted, effective and adaptable employment services, is needed to support labour market transitions and make full use of untapped labour market potential, also in line with the active inclusion approach and in light of the green and digital transformationsas highlighted inter alia in the La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights (38 ). Adequate working conditions, including occupational health and safety, and both the physical and mental health of workers should be ensured. There is therefore an urgent need for a package on quality employment including legislative initiatives on decent working conditions with regard to telework, the right to disconnect, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the workplace; a revision of the directives on public procurement to ensure they promote collective bargaining; a “vision zero” approach aiming to prevent work-related deaths, including the prevention of hazards to workers from extreme weather caused by climate change and the need to speed up the setting of minimum standards for hazardous substances, as well as psychosocial risks at the workplace; a framework directive on minimum income schemes to ensure basic protection of persons in need and effective take-up of their entitlements; and climate change resilient safety nets integrating climate change adaptation into social protection programs and a framework for demand- driven direct employment initiatives. __________________ 38 La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights. La Hulpe, Belgium, 16 April 2024.
Amendment 58 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 3
Taxation should be shifted away from labour to other sourcescapital, notably by shifting taxes on wages to taxes on wealth, in order to be more supportive of employment and inclusive growth and in line with climate and environmental objectives, taking account of. Any tax reform should increase the redistributive effect of the tax system, while protecting revenue for adequatepublic investment, in particular quality public services, social protection and sustainable growth- enhancing expenditure.
Amendment 65 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 4
Member States, including those with statutory minimum wages, should promote collective bargaining on wage setting and ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner, allowing for adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments, inflation and cost of living, and fostering fair wages that enable a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to strengthening upward socio-economic convergence. Wage-setting mechanisms should also take into account socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness, purchasing power and regional and sectoral developments. Respecting national practices and the autonomy of the social partners, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers have adequate wages by benefitting, directly or indirectly, from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, quality job creation, purchasing power and in-work poverty.
Amendment 69 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 5
In the context of the digital and green transitions, demographic change and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, competitiveness, employability and human capital development, fostering acquisition of skills and competences throughout people’s lives and responding to current and future labour market needs, also in light of the Union and national headline targets for 2030 on skills. Member States should also modernise and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education and training including vocational education and training, improve educational outcomes and the provision of skills and competences needed for the green and digital transitions, and ensure access to digital learning, language training (e.g. in the case of refugees including from Ukraine or in facilitating labour market access in cross-border regions) and the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders, also in the context of the action plan to tackle labour and skills shortages put forward by the Commission in March 2024, to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour-market relevance, including through targeted financial and technical support. The right to paid educational leave for professional purposes should be encouraged, in line with relevant conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which allow workers to attend training programmes during working hours. This would also contribute to enabling the green and digital transitions, addressing skills mismatches and labour shortages, including for activities related to net-zero and digital industries, including those relevant for the EU’s economic security, and those related to the green transition, such as renewable energy deployment or buildings’ renovation.
Amendment 76 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 7
Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including in terms of regional coverage. In particular, children should be provided with access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education and care, in line with the new “Barcelona targets” and the European Child Guarantee Member States should raise overall qualification levels, reduce the number of early leavers from education and training, support equal access to education of children from disadvantaged groups and remote areas, increase the attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET), support access to and completion of tertiary education, and increase the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates both in VET and in tertiary education, especially women. Top performance and excellence in educational outcomes should also be supported, given their role in fostering the future innovation potential of the EU. Mermber States should facilitate the transition from education to employment for young people through paid quality traineeships and apprenticeships, as well as increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds and the least qualified. Taking into account the new requirements of digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should upgrade and increase the supply and uptake of flexible initial and continuing VET, strengthen work-based learning in their VET systems, including through accessible, quality and effective apprenticeships, and support low-skilled adults maintain their employability. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and, where appropriate, research; improve skills monitoring and forecasting; make skills and qualifications more visible and comparable, including those acquired abroad, and ensure a more consistent use of EU-wide classifications (i.e. ESCO); and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training, including for refugees and persons under a temporary protection status. Beyond using the untapped potential of the EU domestic workforce, attracting talent and skills from outside the EU viaopening legal channels for managed migration and preventing exploitative working conditions by offering working conditions to migrant workers equal with those regulated by national legislation and collective agreements can also contribute to addressing skills and labour shortages, including those linked to the green and digital transitions such as in STEM sectors and in healthcare and long-term care.
Amendment 91 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 10
In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce and new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and bogus self-employment, and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment and the necessary flexibility for employers to adapt swiftly to changes in the economic context, while protecting labour rights and ensuring social protection, an appropriate level of security,for the protection of labour rights, a high level of social protection and secure employment, inclusive recruitment, health and safety at work, as well as well-adapted working environments for all workers. At the same time, Member States should ensure a suitable environment for undertakings to thrive and thealthy, safe and well-adapted working environments for all worker flexibility for employers to adapt to changes. Promoting the use of flexible working arrangements such as teleworking can contribute to higher employment levels and more inclusive labour markets. Furthermore, Member States should support workers, businesses, and other actors in the digital transformation, including via promoting the uptake of ethical and trustworthly Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. This can range from policies to upskill and reskill workers for new occupations and incentives for companies to develop and deploy technologies that have the potential to increase productivity, complement human labour, and alleviate labour shortages in critical sectors. In general, and in the digital context in particular, it is important to ensure that the workers’ rights in terms of working time, working conditions, mental health at work and work-life balance are respected. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions should be prevented, including cases involving platform workers, by ensuring fairness, transparency and accountability in the use of algorithms, and by fighting abuse of atypical contracts. Replacement of regular employment relationships with non- standard forms of employment, bogus self-employment, bogus traineeships or other types of disguised employment should be prevented. Access to effective, impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, where applicable, should be ensured in cases of unfair dismissal.
Amendment 94 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 11
Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions, also in light of demographic change, and including in disadvantaged regions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market, especially under-represented groups, such as women and youndg people, as well as people in vulnerable situations, such as lower-skilled people and the long-term unemployed, persons with disabilities, people with a migrant background, including persons under a temporary protection status, people from marginalised Roma communities and older workers. Member States should strengthen the scope and effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach and coverage and by better linking them with social services, training and income support for the unemployed, while they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should make the best use of EU funding and technical support to enhance the capacity of public employment services to provide timely and tailor-made assistance to jobseekers, respond to current and future labour-market needs, and implement performance-based management, supporting their capacity to use data and digital technology. Private employment services also play a role in this respectNational resources should also be made available by Member States to strengthen Public Employment Services.
Amendment 99 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 12
Member States should provide the unemployed with adequate unemployment benefits of reasonablesufficient duration, in line with their contributions and national eligibility rules. Unemployment benefits should not disincentivise a prompt return to employment andThis should be accompanied by active labour market policies, including up- and reskilling measures, also in light of labour and skills shortages, and with the support of mutual learning mechanisms between Member States.
Amendment 106 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 15
Member States should also strive to create the appropriate conditions for new forms of work, and working methods, delivering on their job-creation potential while ensuring they are compliant with existing social rights. They should provide advice and guidance on the rights and obligations which apply in the context of atypical contracts and new forms of work, such as work through digital labour platforms and permanent or semi-permanent teleworking arrangements. In this regard, social partners can play an instrumental role and Member States should support them in reaching out and representing people in atypical and new forms of work. Member States should also consider providing support for enforcement – such as strengthening the resources and capacity of the labour inspectorate and further measures such as guidelines or dedicated trainings for labour inspectorates – concerning the challenges stemming from new forms of organising work, including the use of digital technologies and of AI, such as algorithmic management, workers’ surveillance and telework.
Amendment 127 #
2024/0599(NLE)
Annex I – paragraph 23
In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the adequacy and sustainability of pension systems for workers and the self-employed, providing equal opportunities for women and men to acquire and accrue pension rights, including through supplementary schemes to ensure adequate income in old agcent retirement income above the poverty line. Pension reforms should be supported by policies that aim to reduce the gender pension gap and measures that extendare based on active ageing through optimising opportunities for workers of all ages to work ing lives, such as by raising the effective retirement age, notably by facilitating the labour market participation of older persons, and should be framed within active ageing strategies good quality, productive and healthy conditions until the statutory retirement age. At the same time workers who wish to remain active after they have reached the retirement age should have the possibility to do so. Member States should establish a constructive dialogue with social partners and other relevant stakeholders, and allow for an appropriate phasing in of the reforms.