Activities of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2015/2105(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a new forward-looking and innovative future strategy on trade and investment
Amendments (7)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that EU exports provide roughly 31 million jobs in the EU, that is to say, every seventh job in the EU depends on exports;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Deplores the fact that only 13% of European SMEs have been operating internationally outside the EU and points out that many of them are being prevented from doing so by non-tariff barriers; welcomes the fact that a chapter on SMEs is to be included in free trade agreements;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for encouragement to be given with a view to expanding and modernising the EU’s free trade agreements with non- EU countries;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreements, should, where appropriate, be applicable to contractual service suppliers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitmentsPoints out that Mode 4 should be applicable only to the movement of highly skilled workers for a specific purpose in a given period, in accordance with clearly defined conditions laid down by the national law of the country where the service is to be performed and under a contract conforming to that national law;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standardNotes with satisfaction that EU trade agreements include a specific chapter on sustainable development; calls on all parties to endorse and implement the main ILO standards and principles and to encourage the adoption of other ILO conventions and UN resolutions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of binding measurencouraging the adoption of voluntary initiatives for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyondas well as voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;