WRITTEN QUESTION No. 365/96 by Jesús CABEZÓN ALONSO , Juan COLINO SALAMANCA to the Council. Job creation
Date: 1996-02-26
Institutions: CABEZON ALONSO, COLINO SALAMANCA, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, economic growth, fight against unemployment, job creation, labour market, vocational training, wage cost













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 365/96 by Jesús CABEZÓN ALONSO , Juan COLINO SALAMANCA to the Council. Job creation  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0365/96 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso (PSE) and Juan Colino Salamanca (PSE) to the Council (26 February 1996)Subject: Job creationThe Italian Presidency of the European Union has set job creation as one of its priorities, stating that the aim is to provide a European added value.In what way does the Council consider that it can provide a specific European added value for job creation?Reply (14 October 1996)1. As early as 9 and 10 December 1974 in Essen the European Council had devised a strategy to improve the employment situation by identifying five key priority areas:- improving employment opportunities for the labour force by promoting investment in vocational training;- increasing the employment-intensiveness of growth;- reducing non-wage labour costs;- improving the effectiveness of labour-market policy;- improving measures to help groups particularly hard hit by unemployment.2. The medium-term strategy outlined in Essen and confirmed by the European Council in Cannes (26 and 27 June 1995) provided an appropriate framework for the measures which had begun to be applied in the Member States with generally positive results. The Madrid European Council (15 and 16 December 1995) approved a report on the measures taken and progress made by the Member States in implementing the Essen guidelines.3. The Florence European Council (21 and 22 June 1996) considered that the level of unemployment was unacceptable and that the fight for employment must remain the top priority for the Union and its Member States.Drawing on the strategy agreed in Essen and on the White Paper, the European Council held a detailed discussion on the subject of growth and employment on the basis of the Commission communication entitled 'Action for employment in Europe: a confidence pact', the joint interim report on employment as well as the other documents before it, particularly the conclusions drawn from the Tripartite Conference on Growth and Employment held in Rome on 14 and 15 June 1996 and the French Memorandum on a European social model.New impetus must be given to the job-creation strategy and its implementation by making use of the convergent approaches outlined in the contributions submitted. The institutions of the European Union, governments and regional and local authorities, and the social partners must all take practical action in favour of growth and employment as part of an integrated approach.The European Council anticipates that the annual joint report to the Dublin European Council (13 and 14 December 1996) will assess the implementation of national multiannual programmes and set out the benefits deriving from a coordinated approach to structural and economic measures. In addition, the Council will take stock of the President of the Commission's initiative regarding a Confidence Pact.