8 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2008/2184(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas according to the Commission Communication of 18 November 2008 (COM(2008)0765) on the impact of free movement of workers in the context of EU enlargement', during the first phase (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2008) of the transitional arrangements, mobile workers from the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 have had a positive impact on the economies of Member States,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas four Member States of the EU-15 have not opened their labour markets for workers from the EU-8 Member States1, ______________________ 1 Of the remaining four Member States, Austria applies simplified procedures for 65 professions as well as exemptions from work permit and labour market test requirements for 3 more professions. Belgium has introduced an accelerated procedure for jobs in professions for which there is a labour shortage, Denmark does not require a work permit for employment that is covered by a collective agreement, and Germany exempts certain skilled engineers from a labour market test.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T c (new)
Recital T c (new)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Czech Presidency of the Union to justify its priority "to remove any barriers that still stand in the way of the full utilisation of all internal market freedoms, namely the free movement of workers and services, as well as the movement of knowledge" ("Europe without Barriers" being the symbolic motto of the Presidency) and to define its strategy with a view to ensuring access to every Union citizen to work in any Member State;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Czech Presidency to reassure Union citizens, in the light of the current economic crisis, that free labour mobility is self-regulatory, provides flexibility, reduces undeclared work and the natural rate of unemployment, and to remind Member States that, over the past five years, workers from the new Member States have helped to meet labour demand in host Member States without making heavy demands on social security systems and without significantly displacing local workers or driving down their wages;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to launch a study in order to identify the current and future labour shortages in the internal market, and the potential contribution to sustained economic growth of workers from all Member States having full access to the EU labour market;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to detail in its guidelines common criteria for setting the minimum amount regarded as sufficient resources and to clarify on which basis Member States should take into account "the personal situation of the person concerned" under Article 8(4) of Directive 2004/38/EC.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to develop in its guidelines a uniform interpretation mechanism of the normative categories of "public policy", "public security" and "public health", and to clarify how taking account of considerations such as residence period, age, state of health, family and economic situation, social and cultural integration, and links with the country of origin, are relevant for the expulsion decision provided for in Article 28(1) of Directive 2004/38/EC.