Activities of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2022/0170(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Greece – EGF/2021/008 EL/Attica electrical equipment manufacturing
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of globalisation and of technological and environmental changes, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, significant changes in the trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market and financial or economic crises, as well as the transition to a low- carbon- neutral economy, or as a consequence of digitisation or automation;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the application relates to 206 displaced workers whose activity ceased in six companies4 during the reference period, and who will all be considered to be eligible beneficiaries; whereas 180 of the displaced workers are men (87,4 %) and 26 are women (12,6 %); whereas 26 of the displaced workers are under the age of 30 (12,6 %), 137 are between 30 and 54 years old (66,5 %) and 43 are over the age of 54 (20,9 %); whereas 167 of the displaced workers have lower secondary education or less (81,1 %), 6 have upper secondary or post- secondary education (2,9 %) and 33 have third-level education (16,0 %); _________________ 4 Bsh Oikiakes Syskeves Anon. Viom. Etairia [Bsh-Pitsos], Seller Hellas Avee, Nexans HellasMonoprosopi Ave, Kampourakis Georgios - G.E.M.A., Sammler V. Michalopoulos Aeve, Mavilek Avee
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas expenditure for new household appliances in Greece was strongly impacted first by the economic crisis in the years from 2008 to 2016 (35 % decrease) and second by the COVID-19 pandemic (50 % decrease between 2019 and 2020), having recovered by 9,5 % between 2017 and 2019;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in that context, the lackoss of competitiveness of the Pitsos production plant and the decision to move its production to Turkeydue to a combination of factors, such as a lack of automation and advanced manufacturing, the high production costs of electrical household appliances, a shortage in the domestic supply of electrical components, the BSH- Pitsos management decision not to support the capital investments required to optimise the production facility of the plant and the decision to move production to Turkey for lower production costs (while the brand, sales and service department was retained in Greece) led to the announcement of itsthe closure of the Pitsos production plant in September 2017; whereas production was extended until the beginning of 2021, and 166 workers were dismissed in 2021;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas, although the unemployment rate in Greece has been gradually declining since 2013, when it reached its highest peak of 27,5 %, Greece continues to have very high unemployment rates; whereas, in 2021, the unemployment rate in Greece was the second highest in the Union at 14,7 %, compared to a Union average of 7,0 %4b; _________________ 4b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/tps00203/default/table?lang=en
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that assistance from the EGF must not replace required actions by Members States to enhance the competitiveness of companies, particularly SMEs, and their capacity to adapt to the rapidly transforming digital economy, actions to enhance the digital skills of workers in order to address the risk of technological lag and digital illiteracy, measures to enhance the purchasing power of the population, as well as further targeted active employment policies to combat unemployment and facilitate the reintegration of displaced workers in the labour market;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for the swift release of the EGF financial contribution of EUR 1 495 830 to Greece;