Activities of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2015/2284(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014 (A8-0227/2016 - Marian Harkin) FR
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014
Amendments (6)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to conduct thorough ex ante and ex post impact assessments of all trade agreements and stresses the importance of anticipating, in those impact assessments, the social consequences of the agreements. Sectors identified as vulnerable should be closely monitored and subject to appropriate specific measures. Social partners, enterprises and Member States with sectors at high risk should be duly informed and assisted in the process of application;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to prepare, on the basis of these impact assessments and together with the social partners and enterprises, strategies to anticipate the projected labour market changes. Applications to the EGF should be based on these strategies. Welcomes the fact that access to the EGF has been expanded to new sectors;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to strengthenensure that the Information and Consultation Directive. Workers’ representatives and trade union is properly implemented. The social partners should be made aware in good time of all plans for restructuring or plant closure arising from the effects of tradeconomic and financial crisis or globalisation, so that negotiations for a suitable social plan can take place in fair conditions with equal access to information. In this way it should be ensured that companies assume their full responsibilitiesbetter support could be provided for job-seeking and retraining;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to lowerStresses the importance of ensuring that SMEs can also access the EGF. Points out that the threshold for EGF eligibility, which currently stands at 500 redundancies. This has the effect that in practice only large corporations -which are often globally profitable - are eligible. To make sure that , and stresses that the possibility of using the derogations in Article 4(2) of the current regulation must be maintained, as this allows employees of smaller companies in sectors that are directly hurt by the effects of globalisation arto be assisted, the threshold should be lowered to 100 redundancies and supported in their reintegration into the labour market;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission to unlock the modernisation of Trade Defence Instruments (TDIs). Updated and strengthen without weakening them and to make them quicker, more effective and more accessible to SMEs. Effective and reformed TDIs shwould be used to ensmake it possible to reduce the frequency of recourse thato the EGF is not unnecessarily used for redundancies brought on byn cases of social, environmental or price dumping by other countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission only to grant market economy status to trade partners where they meet the five criteria which it has set. Points out that any granting of market economy status to third countries could cause significant distortions in the European market and result in frequent use of the EGF. Calls on the Commission, in this regard, to establish a clear and effective strategy on issues relating to the granting of market economy status to third countries, in order to maintain the competitiveness of our enterprises and to pursue our objectives in tackling all forms of unfair competition;