8 Amendments of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2013/2045(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2013 23 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 15 % or less in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences both between and within Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2011 the economic loss due to the disengagement of young people from the labour market was estimated at EUR 153 billion, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP4; whereas this represents a serious, long-term social and economic burden for the European Union as a whole;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas young people are particularly disadvantaged during economic crises, more so than most groups; whereas for many young people current unemployment can be expected towill turn into long-term unemployment, which bringsgreatly increasing the risks of social exclusion; whereas this has alarming consequences for young individuals, lowering their self-esteem, leaving their ambitions unrealised, and delaying their assumption of an independent adult life including starting a family, and consequently also for society, negatively impacting on the social, economic and demographic situation in Europe in the long term;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the context of the Lisbon Strategy 2000-2010Europe 2020 Strategy the EU has undertaken to raise education levels, reduce school drop- out rates to less than 10 % by 2020, and increase the rate of completion of tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40among people in the 30-34 age group to at least 40 % and increase the employment rate in the 20-64 age group to 75 %;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of the Erasmus for All Programme and the creation of a separate chapter for youth as well as a separate budget allocation, together with increased support for those who are active in youth work but not in an institutionalised fashion; is of the opinion that acquiring more and different skills, also by studying or working abroad, will promote young people’s participation in society and, improve their prospects on the labour market and generally improve European workers’ mobility;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an ambitious holistic policy approach which looks at education, training, employment and, self-employment and labour mobility initiatives, for all young people at all the various levels, in an integrated way;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure a high-quality European frameworks programme for traineeships, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common binding quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to develop personalised career counselling and guidance, starting already during secondary school, with the aim of enabling young people to make well-informed choices about their higher education both at home and in other EU Member States, while introducing mechanisms that can monitor the opportunities offered and assess the success rate of those young people’s subsequent transition to work;