25 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2012/2131(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
– having regard to the own-initiative opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 September 2012 on "The contribution of migrant entrepreneurs to the EU economy"1, 1 CESE 638/2012 - SOC/449.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound study from 2011 entitled "Promoting ethnic entrepreneurship in the European cities",
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 33
Recital 33
– having regard to the judgments of the European Court of Justice in cases nos C- 214/94, C-112/75, C-110/73, C-247/96, C- 300/84, C-237/83 and, C-60/93 and C-485/07,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas paid employment, including self-employment, is the key to successful integration;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas approximately a quarter of the new jobs created since 2000 have been established through the contribution of immigrants, including many jobs created by migrant entrepreneurs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas migrant entrepreneurship is a vital instrument for job creation, social upwards mobility, social leadership, increased social cohesion, and therefore, a key aspect for the successful integration of migrants;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas ethnic businesses play a tremendous and in many ways unique role in society, by filling the gaps in the market, revitalising neglected crafts, creating new products and services; also, ethnic entrepreneurs play a vital role as community leaders and a positive example for youth migrants;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the average educational level of third-country nationals is below that of EU nationals, and young people with a migrant background are at greater risk of exiting the education and training system without having obtained an upper secondary qualification;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to better integrate migration policies with respect to labour in order to address labour shortages and with the view to boosting domestic production;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the Member States' integration policies and measures must be better differentiated and tailored and of higher quality and, most importantly, that they must thus draw distinctions, for example, between the well qualified and the poorly qualified, between EU citizens and third-country nationals and between migrants with and without offers of employment;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that both countries of origin and host Member States have a responsibility for promoting integration into the labour market; countries of origin can contribute by means of language and other preparatory courses, the provision of information, and contacts with diaspora or the relevant departments of their embassies in host countries;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to ensure access to education for children and young people with a migrant background. properly reflecting the level of education they need when they arrive in EU; calls on the Member States to ensure that educational staff receives training for managing diversity and to consider recruitment of migrants as teachers or in the childcare workforce;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes the view that opening up further the international dimension of EU´s life-long learning mobility programmes - in particular vocational education and training programmes must be given serious consideration as it would improve labour migration and facilitate transitions between the world of education and the labour market;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to facilitate foreign students' access to their labour markets because people who have lived and completed their studies in a country and have mastered its language are thus already integrated; points out, moreover, that it makes no economic sense for the EU that resources invested in university graduates should be wasted because they cannot find jobs in the Union;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the importance of needs- orientated migration by qualified people, and calls on the Commission and the Member States, together with their regions and municipalities, to introduce a joint system of coordination at European level to identify labour-force needs and direct labour migration more effectively; therefore welcomes the Commission's plan to establish a regular systematic assessment of long-term supply and demand in the EU labour markets up to 2020, broken down by sectors, occupations, levels of qualification and countries; notes that the plan should clearly identify labour shortages in the EU in the short and medium term as well;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks that migrants should have easier access to the labour market and that they should be able to rely on the quick and inexpensive recognition and validation of their diplomas,Calls on the Commission to come up with concrete proposals on how a mechanism for recognition of professional qualifications and diplomas for third country nationals could be set up, allowing them easier access to the labour market in general and to possible employment that matches their skills and qualifications and skills;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for migrants to be prepared for the domestic labour market right at the start of their period of residencas soon as it is feasible after their arrival in the host Member State; points in this connection to best practice in the field of integration into the labour market, e.g. mentoring for migrants, integration pilots and ‘'migrants for migrants’';
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to utilise the potential of ethnic entrepreneurship to contribute to job creation (for themselves, other migrants and the wider population) and inclusive economic growth within the Europe 2020 strategy and therefore, recognise it as a key dimension of a successful integration of migrants;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States to recognise migrant entrepreneurs as an important bridge to global markets by being well-placed to engage in transnational entrepreneurship and foster international trade;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls that integration means also the right for migrants to fully participate in the democratic process;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, therefore, for a uniform and reciprocal EU approach to social security coordination vis-à-vis third countries to be adopted, covering all EU citizens and third- country nationals, without prejudice to the rights of third country nationals deriving from Association Agreements and developed by the European Court of Justice;