12 Amendments of Marita ULVSKOG related to 2014/2222(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the share of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) has remained high and whereas young Roma are over-represented in this group;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the unemployment rate of the Roma population in the European Union tends to be three times higher than for the majority population and whereas discrimination on the labour market makes Roma particularly exposed in times of increasing levels of unemployment;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the labour market is still marked by significant inequalities with prevailing gender gaps in employment, number of hours worked and pay resulting in lower pension earnings for women and whereas women run a greater risk than men of living in poverty or social exclusion above the age of 55;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to strengthen the policies against discrimination on the labour market, for better inclusion of groups hit especially hard by discrimination such as immigrants or people with disabilities;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to launch a new initiative aimed at promoting employment opportunities for Roma in the Member States with measures to promote skills and qualifications and to fight discrimination as well as promoting job creation for example through self- employment and entrepreneurship and by using innovative financial instruments;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Member States to make it a priority to bridge the gender gaps in employment, particularly by addressing the gender pay gap and implementing measures to facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life inter alia through increasing the availability of childcare facilities;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Reiterates its call on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to incorporate a gender pillar into the Europe 2020 framework;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong economy and a productive labour force; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European framework for minimum wagesunderlines that in those countries where minimum wages are statutory they should be set at a level that allow for decent standards of living with a view to reducing wage inequalities and limiting nominal imbalances in competitiveness;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong reconomvery and a productive labour forceeconomy; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European framework for minimum wages with a view to reducing wage inequalities and limiting nominal imbalances in competitiveness;ensure that the European Semester in all of its recommendations and policy instruments respects and promotes collective bargaining and its coverage as well as wage floors in the form of decent minimum wages, where applicable, and this with a view to anchor price stability and fight deflation, stop the competitive wage race to the bottom, to support aggregate demand and economic recovery, and reduce wage inequalities
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member States have mainly promoted precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of jobs created in 2014 were temporary jobs; notes that, according to the Commission, in-work poverty persists, and that for 50 % of all job seekers, securing employment is not enough to lift them out of poverty, nor does it raise productivity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make job quality a priority and to address labour market segmentation through respect of the European Social Acquis and by promoting the principle of equal treatment;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Member States, in proportion to the size and situation of their Roma population, to ensure that young Roma should be regarded as among the key target groups for their Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Expresses its deep concern over the limited role that it, the national parliaments as well as the social partners and civil society have to play in the formulation of economic and social priorities in the European Semester; stresses that the persistent lack of democratic accountability in the measures and reforms that have been implemented is significantly reducing confidence in the EU project, as witnessed in the last European elections;