Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2010/2053(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Services Directive (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Hopes that the Services Directive will genuinely have a positive impact by creating quality jobs and improving the quality and safety of services provided;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Services Directive must be interpreted in the light of the new treaty provisions, in particular Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, the horizontal social clause in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Article 14 TFEU, Protocol No 26 annexed to the Treaties, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; points out that the right to services in the EU must be counterbalanced by the individual and collective rights of employees; stresses the need to clarify inter alia at the level of primary legislation that general fundamental rights, including social fundamental rights, are not subordinate to the internal market;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the directive excludes a number of fields from its scope of application, including non-economic services of general interest, healthcare services and most social services; calls on the Commission to exercise its right of initiative and submit, as a matter of urgency, a proposal for a directive on services of general interest and social services of general interest; adds that the directive does not apply to labour law and does not affect Member States' social security legislation either;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that those circumventing the respective national employment laws, e.g. through undeclared work or false self-employment, must be prosecuted and punished;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Employment Committee referred to in Article 150 TFEU to issue regular reports on the effects of the directive's implementation on employment and the quality of jobs, from both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view.