Konstantinos Arvanitis

4 c. Notes that inclusive growth has not reached all socio-demographic groups, with vulnerable groups experiencing widening relative disparities; emphasises that divergence is evident in areas...

10 b. Highlights the need for fair, progressive and efficient tax systems as a key component of sustainable and socially balanced fiscal policies; stresses that tax reforms should reduce...

G. whereas data indicates that more effort is needed across most Member States to reach the target of 60 % of adults participating in education and training by 2030; whereas the integrated approach...

4 a. Calls on the Commission to systematically integrate the Social Scoreboard and the indicators of the European Pillar of Social Rights into the European Semester, ensuring that country...

4 d. Recalls the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion, which aims to combat poverty and social exclusion by promoting adequate income...

10 a. Recalls that the Maastricht fiscal criteria are defined as ratios in which the denominator is gross domestic product (GDP), notably the deficit-to-GDP and debt-to-GDP ratios; notes that...

5 a. Recalls that Member States must swiftly and effectively implement the Directive on adequate minimum wages, especially with regards to collective bargaining coverage, and underlines that...

B. whereas the European Semester remains a central instrument for coordinating economic, fiscal, employment and social policy across the EU, and should aim to embed social, environmental...

3 a. Recalls that the creation of quality jobs is key to attracting a skilled workforce and incentivising employers to invest in workers’ skills development; recalls that recruitment...

3 b. Underlines the need for CSRs issued under the European Semester to include measures that ensure the equal treatment and access of persons with disabilities to social protection, essential...

D. whereas climate change and environmental destruction have exacerbated inequalities and affected the most vulnerable groups; whereas the transition towards climate neutrality is expected to...

E b. whereas the new digital economy has the potential to generate benefits for society as a whole by improving quality of life and working conditions and creating new employment...

6. Emphasises that the Commission’s affordable housing plan should be integrated better into the European Semester, with a stronger focus on affordable, sustainable and decent housing in country-...

9. Regrets that Member States have committed to investing 5 % of GDP annually in core defence requirements and related security spending by 2035, including through the activation of the...

4. Welcomes the permanent inclusion of the social convergence framework in the European Semester; stresses its importance, together with the social scoreboard, for identifying risks and tracking...

F a. whereas climate change risks are associated with increased exposure to hazards, for example high temperatures, leading to lower standards of job quality, productivity loss and greater job...

4 e. Highlights that investing in the improvement of living and working conditions, including addressing social exclusion and poverty, is needed to prevent poor mental health; emphasises that...

4 b. Underlines that rising in-work poverty constitutes a failure of labour market outcomes even in contexts of increasing employment rates; calls on the Commission to treat increases in in-...

7 a. Recalls with deep concern that rising gender-based violence in several Member States coincides with a deterioration of women’s economic security, including increasingly precarious work,...

1. Stresses the competitive advantage of investing in the EU’s social model; calls for the recommendations of the High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state, as...

7. Emphasises that investment in education, upskilling and reskilling is a strategic social investment with long-term returns for competitiveness and cohesion; emphasises that the impact of...

5 b. Calls on the Commission to systematically assess collective bargaining coverage within the European Semester framework and to strengthen collective bargaining coverage by revising the...

B a. whereas social cohesion and upward social convergence are core objectives of the European Union and should therefore be central to the European Semester; whereas persistent inequalities...

C a. whereas the European Semester should aim to steer Member States’ policies towards poverty eradication with even more targeted measures, as the Commission prepares to launch the EU Anti-...

E. whereas the persistent cost of living, housing cost pressures and high energy prices impose significant burdens on households; whereas access to affordable housing is...

D a. whereas defence production is comparatively capital-intensive and generates fewer jobs per unit of investment than education, healthcare or green sectors; whereas the planned reallocation...

5 c. Stresses that well-funded public services are pillars of democracy and social cohesion and that universal access to quality essential services, including housing, energy, transport,...

F. whereas the EU faces a persistent shortage of workers and skills, owing to a number of factors, including poor job quality; whereas, according to the European Working Conditions Survey...

8. Emphasises that intergenerational fairness, in the context of the digital, green and demographic transitions, must become a structural component of the European Semester; calls on the...

11. Supports a more democratic European Semester process, with Parliament strongly involved in setting economic policy priorities and taking economic governance decisions; insists that the...