2019-2024

Committee on Budgets

2021/0116(BUD)

20.5.2021

AMENDMENTS 1 - 8

Draft report Eero Heinäluoma (PE692.745v01-00)

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - EGF/2020/007 FI/Finnair - (2021/0116(BUD))

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PE692.943v01-00 2/6 AM\1232083EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. Whereas the Commission acknowledged that the COVID-19 health crisis generated an economic crisis and pushed for a Relaunch Plan that underlines the key role played by the EGF in assisting redundant workers;

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Amendment 2 Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new)

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E a. Whereas this is one of the first mobilisations of the EGF due to the COVID-19 crisis, following the inclusion in its resolution of 18 June 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - Technical Assistance at the initiative of the Commission)1 of the mention that the EGF could be mobilised to support permanently dismissed workers and the self-employed in the context of the global crisis caused byCOVID-19 without amending Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013; _____ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0141.

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Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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G a. Whereas the Helsinki Airport is a major air travel hub and Finnair a major carrier between Europe and Asia, and in January 2020 passenger volumes to China increased by 58 % compared to January 2019; whereas in February 2020 passenger volumes decreased sharply by 73 % due to the epidemic situation;

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Amendment 4 , , , Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

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2. Notes that the Finnish authorities 2. Notes that the Finnish authorities submitted the application on 30 December submitted the application on 30 December 2020, and that the Commission finalised its 2020, and that the Commission finalised its assessment on 6 May 2021 and notified it assessment on 6 May 2021 and notified it to Parliament on the same day; to Parliament on the same day; regrets that the assessment of the Commission took so long in current circumstances;

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Amendment 5 Nils Torvalds, Mauri Pekkarinen, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

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PE692.943v01-00 4/6 AM\1232083EN.docx EN 3. Notes that the application relates in 3. Notes that the application relates in total to 508 workers made redundant in total to 508 workers made redundant in company Finnair Oyl and one company Finnair Oyj and one subcontractor; further notes that Finland subcontractor; further notes that Finland expects that 500 out of the total eligible expects that 500 out of the total eligible beneficiaries will participate in the beneficiaries will participate in the measures (targeted beneficiaries); measures (targeted beneficiaries);

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Amendment 6 Nils Torvalds, Mauri Pekkarinen, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

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4. Recalls that the social impacts of 4. Recalls that the social impacts of the redundancies are expected to be the redundancies are expected to be considerable for workers in the Helsinki- considerable for workers in the Helsinki- Uusimaa region, where the number of Uusimaa region, where Finnair has its unemployed jobseekers increased by 22,5 operating hub, and where the number of % between February and April 2020, and unemployed jobseekers increased by 22,5 by 0.8 percentage points between 2019 and % between February and April 2020, and 202013 , leading to difficult prospects in by 0.8 percentage points between 2019 and terms of reemployment of the dismissed 202013 , leading to difficult prospects in workers; notes therefore that the dismissed terms of reemployment of the dismissed workers could benefit from customised workers; notes positively therefore that the job-search guidance and support, along dismissed workers could benefit from with tailored upskilling and reskilling to customised job-search guidance and increase their chances of re-employment; support, along with tailored upskilling and reskilling to increase their chances of re- employment; ______13 Finland's statistical database 13 Finland's statistical database https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/Stat https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/Stat Fin/ Fin/

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Amendment 7 Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

AM\1232083EN.docx 5/6 PE692.943v01-00 EN Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4 a. Underlines the need for all employees, without discrimination and independently of their nationality, to be integrated and supported by the measures included in this EGF mobilisation;

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Amendment 8 Nils Torvalds, Mauri Pekkarinen, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

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7. Recalls that personalised services to 7. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers and self- be provided to the workers and self- employed persons consist of the following employed persons consist of the following actions: coaching and other preparatory actions: coaching and other preparatory measures, employment and business measures, employment and business services, trainings, pay subsidy, start-up services, trainings, pay subsidy, start-up grant and allowances for travel, grant and allowances for travel, accommodation and removal; welcomes accommodation and removal; welcomes the provision of vocational qualification the provision of vocational qualification trainings to the beneficiaries, including trainings to the beneficiaries, including courses such as artificial intelligence (A.I.), courses such as artificial intelligence (A.I.), digital security and robotics; further digital security and robotics; further welcomes the use of pay subsidy by welcomes the use of pay subsidy by Finland to reduce the payroll costs of the Finland to reduce the payroll costs of the beneficiaries as well as start-up grants to beneficiaries as well as start-up grants to promote the creation of business activity; promote the creation of business activity but reminds that this support should be conditional on the active participation of these beneficiaries in job-search or training activities;

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