7 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2011/2071(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas since December 2010 the unemployment rate in Europe has remained constant at about 9%, but the youth unemployment rate is continuing to rise; whereas employment, labour market and social policies are therefore an essential part of the reforms to be carried out under both the macro-economic surveillance and the thematic surveillance of the Europe 2020 strategy,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas there is a need to ensure a strengthened interaction between employment, social and economic policies in the context of the European Semester, and whereas this has to be done in a manner fostering subsidiarity, democratic accountability, ownership and legitimacy,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that Europe 2020 and the European Semester as a framework for strengthened economic and social governance have a potential tocould help reinforce a common approach to the challenges, the responses and the assessment of the employment and social situation in the Member States; deplores, however, the failure to involve the European Parliament in this process if these were to progress beyond the level of nominal intention and the European Parliament were genuinely involved in this process, contrary to what happened during the first European Semester;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue inand the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in thescompetences of the Member States and social partners; also points to the need to monitor how the lack of harmonisation as regards social security is making itself felt in terms of the social dumping that is increasingly posing a threat to competition dynamics on the single mareasket;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. States its intention to contribute actively through practical action to tackling the employment and social emergency affecting European citizens, bringing critical specific scrutiny to bear on to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and theparticipating in European Semester, including to itsitiatives; also declares that it will do its utmost to ensure that employment and the social aspects, keeping thememergency remain high on the political agenda throughout the year;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
ca) Bearing in mind the outbreak of conflict in North Africa and the resulting humanitarian emergency, calls on interministerial-level representatives and leading NGOs in Member States to engage in a periodic exchange of views for the purpose of comparing the strategies implemented to tackle the immigration emergency and of setting out the projects undertaken and emerging needs;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament of the results of the activities carried out under the Mutual Learning Programme, in particular in the areas highlighted though the strategic guidance of the European Council; points to the importance of periodically monitoring the degree of access to, and the take-up rate of, the funding allocated to the programme, thereby providing a means of determining in real time what corrective measures might be needed to ensure that the usual bureaucratic pitfalls will not prevent the programme’s objectives being translated into reality;