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Motion for a resolution
Recital A

(A) whereas living and working in a different Member State is one of the Union’s fundamental freedoms, a basic component of Union citizenship and recognised by the Treaties, yet statistics show that still too few people take advantage of this right despite the specific initiatives taken to support workers’ mobility,deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mario BORGHEZIO, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen EU policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination, exploitation of EU migrant workers and abuse of their rights due to their insufficient knowledge of languages and laws applicable to their employment in the host Member State;deleted

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

(C) whereas, according to the Commission communication of 18 November 2008, mobile workers from the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 have had a positive impact on the economies of Member States,deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

(D) whereas no negative effects have been reported in those Member States which have not applied the transitional measures concerning free movement of workers originating from Member States that acceded to the EU in 2004 and 2007, but a number of Member States have decided to continue applying restrictions in their labour markets with respect to nationals of Romania and Bulgaria,deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

(F) whereas these barriers and restrictions infringe a fundamental right of workers, make the recovery of the EU economies more difficult and can lead to counterproductive effects, such as more illegal work, an expansion of the black economy and worker exploitation,deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Welcomes Commission communication COM(2010)0373, which describes and explains the current state of play regarding free movement of workers, but regrets the lack of concrete measures or solutions;~~deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mario BORGHEZIO, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the promotion of workers’ mobility based on European law has to be complemented by EU legal provisions capable of protecting newcomers and those already operating on the new market and which foresee effective sanctions, remedies and redress in cases of violations of workers’ rights and unfair competition resulting from a distorted interpretation of EU rules in force ;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

Mario BORGHEZIO, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Member States to ~~strengthen the~~ implement~~ation of~~ Directive 91/533/EEC concerning the minimum information that workers should receive from their employer on their employment relationship, including all relevant provisions concerning their employment situation in the host Member State;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned by the poor transposition and implementation of current directives on free movement of workers, especially Directive 2004/38/EC with respect to the right of entry and residence for third- country family members, and cumbersome administrative procedures and additional residence documents (work permits, evidence of satisfactory accommodation) inconsistent with Directive 2004/38/EC;deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mario BORGHEZIO, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that increased workers’ mobility also demands the active involvement of social partners, especially trade unions, in order to provide the workers concerned, especially those temporarily working abroad, with adequate and effective information, support and protection regarding their social and labour rights;deleted

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

Mario BORGHEZIO, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States to control more strictly the work of employment agencies in order to ensure that the rights of EU migrant workers are respected., as well as monitoring and seeking to prevent social dumping and unfair competition, which increased in 2004 following the entry of eastern European countries into the EU and are affecting a number of economic sectors, not least the road haulage sector;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers that a proper assessment is needed of the social problems caused by the 2004 and 2007 enlargements, which have exacerbated the plight of workers already badly affected by the economic crisis;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to eradicate the existing transitional barriers regarding free movement of workers for the Member States who joined in 2004 and 2007; takes the view that these barriers are counterproductive and represent discriminatory measures against European citizens, calling for the preference clause to be effectively enforced for the whole Union;deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Calls on the Commission to publicise the positive effects derived from labour mobility for the host and home countries and the EU, from a socio-economic and geographical cohesion point of view;~~deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that, due to the negative effects registered due to the economic crisis, competitive pressure on labour markets increased and, as a result, the way to regain a comparative advantage is by investing in formal and informal education, vocational training, exchanges of working experience and coordinated actions to speed up the process of labour mobility;deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

Mara BIZZOTTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate on achieving higher comparability of school and University curricula and more standardisation of European education;~~deleted

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

16 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2010/2273(INI)

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