Activities of Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the promotion of green growth and green jobs in all green-growth industries;

2012/12/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/0195(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 31 – paragraph 1

1. The Union shall ensure that natural persons from OCTs, as defined in Article 49, can participate in the initiatives and programmes of the Union concerning youth on the same basis as nationals of Member States.

2012/12/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/0195(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. The association aims at strengthening the ties between young people living in the OCTs and the Union, among others by promoting ~~learning~~educational and learning exchanges and mobility of OCT youth and by fostering intercultural learning and mutual understanding between young people.

2012/12/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/0195(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the support to the OCTs in defining and implementing education and formal and informal training policies.

2012/12/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/0195(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. The dialogue shall mainly consist of exchange of information and best practices relating to policies and legislation in the area of employment and social policy that are of mutual interest to the Union and the OCTs. In this regard, a~~reas such as skills development~~nticipating future skills requirements, skills development, the training of a qualified workforce to meet labour market needs, social protection, social dialogue, equal opportunities, non- discrimination and accessibility for persons with disabilities, health and safety at work and other labour standards shall be taken into consideration.

2012/12/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in the construction sector, and in order to protect posted workers' rights, it is necessary to ensure that in such sector at least the contractor of which the employer is a direct or indirect subcontractor can be held liable to pay to posted workers the net minimum rates of pay due, any back- payments of outstanding remuneration and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement in so far as these are covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC in addition to or in place of the employer. The contractor shall not be held liable if he/she has undertaken due diligence. The latter may imply preventive measures concerning proof provided by the subcontractor, including where relevant based upon information emanating from national authorities.

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) The obligation to impose a liability requirement on the contractor where the direct or indirect subcontractor is a service provider, established in another Member State, posting workers is justified in the overriding public interest of the social protection of workers. Such posted workers may not be in the same situation as workers employed by a ~~direct~~ subcontractor established in the Member State of establishment of the contractor with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld.

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

Where the criteria laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article are not met, all the laws, rules and collective agreements of the host Member State shall apply to the workers concerned. In that connection, steps should be taken to ensure that the workers in question enjoy the most favourable terms of employment possible.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall continue to ~~support~~provide support, in particular financial support, to the Member States in this area.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. The obligation laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not entail a duty on the part of the Member State of establishment to carry out factual checks and controls in the territory of the host Member State where the service is provided. Such checks and controls shall, if need be, be carried out by the authorities of the host Member State ~~at the request of the competent authorities of the Member State of establishment~~, in accordance with Article 10 and in conformity with the powers of supervision provided for in the host Member State’s national law, practice and administrative procedures and which respect Union law.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~may only impose~~shall impose at least the following administrative requirements and control measures:

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a ~~simple~~ declaration to the responsible national competent authorities ~~at the latest at~~before the commencement of the service provision, whereby the declaration ~~may only cover~~shall cover at least the identity of the service provider, the presence of one or more clearly identifiable posted workers, their anticipated number, the anticipated duration and location of twhe~~ir presence~~re the service is to be provided, and the services justifying the posting;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), A1 forms, payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) an obligation to provide a translation of the documents referred to under (b)~~, may be justified provided these documents are not excessively~~ in one of the official loang ~~and standardised forms are generally used for such documents~~uages of the host State;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, ~~the necessity and appropriateness of~~ the application of national control measures shall be reviewed in the light of the experiences with and effectiveness of the system for cooperation and exchange of information, the development of more uniform, standardised documents, the establishment of common principles or standards for inspections in the field of the posting of workers as well as technological developments, with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections shall be based primarily on a risk assessment to be drawn up regularly by the competent authorities. The risk assessment shall identify the sectors of activity in which the employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. When making such risk assessment the realisation of big infrastructural projects, the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringement, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers shall be taken into account.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of ~~direct~~ subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct or indirect subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non- payment of the following:

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the social consequences of the crisis are far-reaching, now exacerbated by the impact of austerity measures, cutting jobs, b~~enefits and public services~~oth in private and public sectors, benefits, especially for SMEs, public services and worsening the poverty situations across the EU;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the labour market situation is particularly critical for all young people, regardless of their level of education;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the European Council to give the necessary budgetary leeway and encouragement for investments in sustainable job creation in a wide range of sectors; 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;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the European Council to make tackling youth unemployment a priority and on Member States to develop comprehensive strategies for young people who are not in employment, education or training; calls on Member States to introduce a Youth Guarantee, securing the right of every young person in the EU to be offered a job, an apprenticeship, additional training or combined work and training after a maximum period of 4 months' unemployment; stresses the importance of reducing precarious forms of employment, such as temporary contracts, undesired part-time jobs as well as unpaid internships, among young people;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Member States to create working conditions that enable older workers who so choose to participate and remain in the labour market, by combating age discrimination, replacing incentives for older workers to leave the labour market with incentives for an inclusive labour market and adapting working conditions to the needs of older workers, such as putting in place the right to flexible working time and place of work, and the right to training ~~and the right to a flexible ex~~given that the older workers represent a real added value wit hin~~to retirement~~ their enterprise;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the EU and Member States to bridge the skills mismatches and shortages and develop comprehensive strategies increasing the synergies between universities, training institutions, youth organisations and enterprises, by improving the anticipation of skills needs to prepare the workforce for the transition to a sustainable economy;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is very concerned that in the past decade progress has only been achieved very slowly, that the wage differential between men and women has remained persistently high in recent years and that, despite the legally binding principle of equal pay for work of equal value, women’s hourly earnings in the EU27 were on average 17.5% less than men’s for the same work in 2009; notes that the flexicurity strategy is not of a nature to reduce existing disparities in employment protection and pay between women and men; stresses that women are among the sections of society worst affected by insecure employment and the social consequences of the crisis; points out that, according to the ILO report entitled ‘Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis’, more women than men are in vulnerable employment (50.5%, as against 48.2%);

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to take practical and ambitious measures to promote professional and occupational development under conditions of genuine gender equality; stresses that current work-life balancing arrangements are inadequate and are one of the reasons why part-time working is more common among women than among men;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on Member States to adopt ~~extensive~~ legally binding general rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value in all sectors and all jobs;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses thate need for the involvement of the social partners, which have an important role to play in pay negotiations at all levels in order to tackle unequal pay for male and female workers; calls, accordingly, on the Commission and the Member States to step up cooperation with the social partners;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the Commission’s measures must be directly addressed not only to Member States and the social partners but also to equal rights agencies and associations;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States and social partners to adopt measures against discrimination on grounds of gender, against inequalities of training, against segregation of the labour market and to promote a successful balance between work and private life and complete transparency with regard to pay, and to include them in legislation or collective agreements;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that, in view of the lack of progress, the Member States should give consideration to effective measures and lay down penalties against employers who contravene the principle of equal pay;

2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas cooperative enterprises also provide high-quality, inclusive and crisis- resilient employment, often with high ratios of female and migrant employment and contribute towards the sustainable economic and social development of an area by providing local, non-relocatable jobs; whereas, thanks to their cooperative business model, they increased turnover and growth during the crisis, with fewer bankruptcies and redundancies,

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Views with regret the fact that the SCE is not yet a success given its scarce use - until 2010 only 17 SCEs had been established, with a total of 32 employees14; emphasises that these stark figures show the Statute to be poorly suited to the specific circumstances of cooperative societies in Europe; takes the view that an in-depth assessment should be conducted of the Statute in order to ascertain why it is proving unattractive;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the use of the SCE is often restricted to second-degree cooperatives consisting of legal persons only and that hence it mainly benefits large companies and remains difficult for small cooperative societies to access, despite their being in the majority in Europe;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Is of the opinion that the review of the Statute must facilitate a furthering of the recognition of this type of society in the EU; emphasises that the economic weight of cooperative societies, their crisis-resilience and the values on which they are based clearly show them to be relevant in the EU of today;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas verbal and physical violence and discriminatory behaviour may occur during sports competitions,

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the specific nature of sport arises from the sum of sport’s individual and essential aspects which make it different from all other sectors of economic activity, ~~and must be considered on a case-by-base basis,~~

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas national teams have a key role to play ~~and must be protected~~, international competitions continue to constitute a reference model and action should be taken against ‘naturalisations of convenience’,

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas the very nature of competitions between national teams implies that sports federations and clubs can enhance the training of their national sportspeople,

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas professional sport generally is vulnerable to financial instability,

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on sports organisations to pay attention to the needs of disabled sportspeople by making every effort to promote their inclusion in sports activities and also by developing sports activities and competitions for people with disabilities;

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to support the fight against doping, while respecting athletes’ individual freedom; urges the Member States to treat trafficking in illegal performance-enhancing substances in the same way as trafficking in illegal drugs and to adopt national legislation to this end; welcomes the progress achieved by the Council of Europe in that regard;

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on Member States to refuse access to stadiums to supporters who have displayed violent or discriminatory behaviour and to set up a European database of those who have been banned, drawing on the work done by the Council of Europe in this area;

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses the need to boost the protection of minors in the context of international transfers; takes the view that international transfers are potentially dangerous for young athletes, who are extremely vulnerable because they have left their families and countries at a young age and should therefore receive ongoing attention from sports organisations;

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Proposes the setting up of a European register of sports agents, in which agents would list the players that they represent, and the amount they are paid; calls on sports organisations also to consider the idea of a blacklist of agents operating fraudulently and without a licence;sf

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on clubs to ensure compliance with immigration laws when they recruit young people from non-member States and to ensure that they return to their country of origin under satisfactory conditions if their career does not take off; emphasises, in this connection, that it is essential to enforce the relevant legislation;

2011/09/09
Committee: CULT

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas Internet gambling and betting are liable to undermine the principle of equality among both sportspeople and the gamblers and betters, and involve a greater risk of addiction and dangers than traditional physical, location- based gambling,

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas, in order to achieve these objectives, it is essential to introduce mechanisms for scrutinising sports competitions and financial flows, along with common supervisory mechanisms at the EU level,

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas international-level cooperation among all stakeholders (institutions, sports federations and betting operators) is also crucial with a view to pooling good practices,

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) that risks to the integrity of sporting competition are ~~preclud~~gradually eradicated and

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Sees such regulation as having the potential to ensure that sports competitions are attractive to consumers and to the public, that sports results remain credible and that the competitions retain their prestige;

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that betting on, in particular, minor-sports competitions may represent a risk to the integrity of sport; is therefore of the view that sport fraud and betting fraud should be penalised throughout Europe; calls on the Member States to class such cases of fraud as criminal offences so as to punish effectively the manipulation of betting and sports results;

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Considers stronger safeguards against the risks of on-line betting and gambling to be an essential part of protecting the integrity of sport; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to propose ways of raising the awareness of sportspeople and consumers of all ages and at all levels (both amateur and professional) from their childhood;

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2084(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is aware of the importance of the contribution from gambling revenue towards the funding of sport in the Member States; states that further development of the Internet gambling market should therefore not lead to a reduction in sports funding; considers that alternative financing arrangements involving sports betting operators should be studied; calls for balanced solutions – beneficial for both betting providers and sport as a whole – to be found;

2011/09/08
Committee: IMCO

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the financial, economic and social crisis and the associated austerity measures,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas 17% of the EU population live below the poverty threshold, and 8% of Europeans live in conditions of severe material deprivation and are thus unable to afford even the most basic necessities which the observance of human rights would demand,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas poverty can be classed as a violation of human rights and is thus proof of the effort still needed to achieve the aims set out in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Mara BIZZOTTO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Rovana PLUMB, Ádám KÓSA, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Ccalls on the Commission to ~~involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty~~boost the involvement in the development of a European strategy at all levels of governance (European, national, regional and local) of organised civil society and of all stakeholders, such as NGOs, social economy organisations, service providers, experts in social innovation and the social partners, as well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions and which have acquired experience and knowledge, particularly through the development of national platforms against poverty and social exclusion in each Member State; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between local, regional and national authorities and European Institutions, particularly the European Parliament; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs; calls for discussions with people living in poverty and social exclusion to be institutionalised, and to be extended at national level, and for their participation and contribution to be made a formal and central part of the annual convention on poverty and social exclusion, and calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for poverty awareness seminars to be organised in the European institutions and Member State governments by organisations which have specific experience of combating poverty and for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Karima DELLI, Isabelle DURANT, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Frédéric DAERDEN, Philippe BOULLAND, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Rovana PLUMB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~regular, critical monitoring of~~the establishment of a regular, critical evaluation mechanism, involving the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, based on precise indicators at national and European level, by which the multiple dimensions of poverty can be evaluated and the Member States’ progress, by gender and age, towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and towards breaking this target down into sub-targets, can be measured, in view of the fact that the lack of a precise definition of poverty leaves too much leeway for the Member States, t~~o break this target down into sub-targets;~~ hus risking aberrant interpretations; calls on the Commission to improve national and European indicators relating to the comparability of national statistics on the poverty of vulnerable people and to promote, with Eurostat, the production of more precise statistics within a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and on this basis to conduct an annual evaluation of the situations of poverty in the EU, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach; calls on the Commission to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Roger HELMER, Frédéric DAERDEN, Andrea COZZOLINO, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify more precisely the budget lines relevant to the Platform and the level of appropriations allocated to them, particularly as regards the ESF and its contribution to this flagship initiative through the funding of political priorities such as preventing school drop-out and addressing poverty among children, women, older people and migrant workers; calls on the Commission to set out its proposals on combating poverty and social exclusion in the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework in order to ensure adequate funding of the initiatives launched to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Commission to identify the financial support needed for agreed thematic priorities and to urge Member States to support financially the participation of civil society at national level in National Reform Programmes, the Flagship Platform and National Strategies for social protection and social inclusion; recommends pressing ahead with, and providing increased budgetary funding for, the European programmes which can help combat the various aspects of social exclusion, poverty and social and economic inequality, including health inequality (the research Framework Programme, the Progress programme, etc.);

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sylvana RAPTI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~employment~~growth and employment, even in a decent job, alone isare not sufficient to lift people out of poverty~~, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years,~~ and whereas the segmentation of the labour market has increased, working and living conditions have very much worsened, particularly during the financial crisis, and work has become much less secure – a trend which must be combated; whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies; whereas the number of the working poor has grown considerably in recent years, with 8% of the working population suffering in-work poverty and where 22% of those at risk of poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone, __________________ 1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC Assessment of the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Frédéric DAERDEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas employment alone is not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the ~~problem~~number of the working poor has g~~ained~~rown considerably in recent years and the increasing pre~~cognition in recent years~~valence of insecure working conditions should be combated,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocational~~Considers that a full and effective way out of poverty can only be found if the appropriate strengthening of social protection instruments is accompanied by significant reinforcement of education and training paths at every level; supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty; supports access to validation of acquired experience and life-long training, a~~nd the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups;~~ s a means of reducing poverty by securing access to employment, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to help them to access decent jobs; regards it as essential, therefore, for life-long learning programmes to be implemented properly and developed, and for Member States to cooperate in the fields of education and vocational training and personalised job-seeking assistance, and stresses that more measures of this kind must be taken to assist the most vulnerable sectors of the population; recommends the development of an EU strategy to tackle in-work poverty and create quality jobs, agreeing principles for quality work;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Mara BIZZOTTO, Jean LAMBERT, Karima DELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20% reaching a critical level in all Member States, which puts young people at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age; whereas this alarming situation calls for urgent political, economic and social responses and will, in combination with demographic changes, aggravate skills shortages; having regard to the vital role that vocational training can play in helping young people and low skilled workers to join the labour market; whereas, however, getting a job does not always mean escaping poverty, and whereas young people are especially susceptible to falling into the category of working poor,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Ádám KÓSA, Elizabeth LYNNE, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination;~~ Urges the Member States to agree and adopt as soon as possible the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426); calls on the Commission to continue to support the overcoming of technical difficulties within the Council in order to ensure a swift agreement is reached, and to close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects, with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination; Note: A citation referring to the Kosa report will be added by oral amendment.

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Commission’s desire ~~to clarify the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises so that there are no obstacles hindering their contribution to poverty reduction;~~ , through various initiatives, to take more account of the role of social economy actors – as defined in Parliament’s resolution of 19 February 2009 on the social economy – in particular by clarifying the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises (for mutual societies, foundations and cooperatives) so that there are no obstacles hindering their making a full contribution, with legal certainty, to reducing poverty and social exclusion by proposing innovative and sustainable responses to citizens’ needs, while stressing that the social economy is not limited to this scope of activities; is concerned, however, about the lack of reference to the Statute for a European association, given that the not-for-profit sector is a major actor in the fight against poverty; stresses, however, that the measures currently proposed to promote the social economy, in particular associations and mutual societies, do not adequately reflect its potential contribution to the policy to combat poverty and social exclusion, the economy and the European social model and, more generally, do not match its role in responding to the consequences of the economic and social crisis; stresses, in particular, its demands and expectations in relation to the recognition of SSGI, as reaffirmed in the resolution of the European Parliament on the future of social services of general interest adopted on 5 June 2011 (A7-0239/2011); notes the proposals for a revision of the Community provisions on public procurement procedures and state aid, and recalls its demand for them to be adapted to the specific nature of the tasks of SSGIs and to the way in which they are organised; supports the creation of decent jobs and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance via specialised training and placement agencies and social economy enterprises in view of their expertise in helping disadvantaged persons enter employment; reiterates its call for a framework directive on the quality and accessibility of social services of general interest, in particular in the areas of health, education, public transport, energy, water and communication; Note: A citation referring to the De Rossa report will be added by oral amendment, and amendment 312 will be voted on outside the compromise.

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Isabelle DURANT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Mara BIZZOTTO, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sylvana RAPTI, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,~~ 116 million people in the European Union are at risk of poverty and 42 million (i.e. 8%) live ‘in conditions of severe material deprivation and can not afford a number of necessities considered essential in order to live a decent life in Europe’1; whereas poverty is the unacceptable reflection of an uneven distribution of wealth, income and resources in a prosperous European economy; whereas the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and disabled people, have been those most severely affected by the financial, economic and social crisis and the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU in the context of the ‘Euro Plus Pact’ and the ‘governance package’, which could worsen the situation for these groups and put at risk of unemployment, economic insecurity or poverty millions of people who were still managing to live on, and meet their basic needs from, their wages or retirement pension, notably as a result of cuts in public service and social assistance budgets; whereas applying tougher conditions and penalties in social activation policies in response to the crisis aggravates the difficulties faced by the most vulnerable people at a time when few decent jobs are on offer; whereas the gap between rich and poor is getting ever wider as the crisis continues; __________________ 1 European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (COM(2010)758 final).

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas family policies are an essential part of policies to address poverty and social exclusion ,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis, reaching a critical level in all Member States; whereas this alarming situation calls for urgent political, economic and social responses,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society, in particular NGOs, social economy organisations and the social partners, at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for poverty awareness seminars to be organised in the European institutions and Member State governments by organisations which have specific experience of combating poverty;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring of, based on precise indicators at national and European level, by which the multiple dimensions of poverty can be evaluated and the Member States’ progress towards achieving the poverty reduction target can be measured, and for the Member States to break this target down into sub-targets; calls on the Commission to promote, with Eurostat, the production of more precise and more regular statistics and on this basis to conduct an annual evaluation of the situations of poverty in the EU;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify the budget lines relevant to the Platform in order to ensure adequate funding of the initiatives launched to combat poverty and social exclusion;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Supports the creation o f decent jobs ~~through vocational training and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups~~; stresses the importance of education, initial and on-going training, apprenticeships and vocational training as a means of reducing poverty by securing access to employment; regards the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance as essential, and stresses that more measures of this kind must be taken to assist the most vulnerable sectors of the population;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Commission’s desire to clarify the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises, which are central actors in the fight against poverty and social exclusion, so that there are no obstacles hindering their contribution to ~~poverty reduction~~social progress in the EU;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for the establishment of a mechanism to assess the work of the European Platform Against Poverty and Social Exclusion on a regular basis in order to improve the Platform’s work and effectiveness;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Patrice TIROLIEN, Elie HOARAU, María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Luís Paulo ALVES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, which proposes directions that policy in this area might take in the future, in particular, linking it to the Europe 2020 strategy, with a common strategic framework which would translate the Europe 2020 objectives into investment priorities; stresses that the three constituent pillars of the 2020 strategy (smart, sustainable and inclusive growth) must be complementary;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 26 May 2004 on ‘A stronger partnership for the outermost regions’ (COM (2004) 343) and the Communication from the Commission of 17 October 2008 on ‘The outermost regions: an asset for Europe’ (COM(2008) 642),

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Approves the intention of developing new macro-regional strategies and calls for steps to be taken to identify and combat regional disparities, ~~such as~~particularly in access to employment ~~and~~, education and initial and ongoing training ;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides crucial support for employment market policies ~~and plays an important part in boosting social inclusion~~, particularly those helping young people to enter the labour market, combating unemployment and promoting professional retraining; highlights the fact that the ESF plays an important part in combating poverty and boosting equal opportunities and social inclusion; points out that the ESF is used, in part, to benefit vulnerable groups in society (young people, women, migrants, the long-term unemployed, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the elderly and people distant from the labour market ); stresses, therefore, the ESF’s vital role in maintaining the cohesion of Europe’s societies;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the effectiveness of the ESF to be increased through more results-oriented action ~~and to this end considers~~; calls for thate ex ante setting of clear and measurable targets and ~~outcome indicators is needed~~indicators of implementation; considers that stakeholders concerned at all levels of governance need to be involved in the setting of these targets and indicators; believes that the adoption of this approach by these stakeholders is an essential prerequisite for its success;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Patrice TIROLIEN, Elie HOARAU, María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Luís Paulo ALVES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Commission to improve the visibility of ESF action and to make the ESF more accessible and capable of providing more support for integration into the job market, particularly ~~by setting up lifelong training to~~the integration of young people, the creation of decent jobs and guidance for entrepreneurs; calls on the Commission to enable the ESF to support and promote lifelong training; stresses that training, whether initial, professional or ongoing training, helps workers adapt their skills and qualifications to the needs of the job market, which is an absolute necessity given its ever-changing nature;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the external dimension of cohesion policy remains underexploited, particularly with regard to the remote and outermost regions; whereas the weak budgetary capacity of certain third countries can limit their ability to cofinance certain projects;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that particular attention should be paid to developing innovation and the capacity to create SME projects, which are some of the main job creators; adds that SMEs deplore the difficulties they experience in accessing funding and the expenditure, particularly administrative costs, that they incur as a result of procedures;

2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)