Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Change 1

ChangedH. whereas the Draghi report identifies persistent skills shortages as a barrier to innovation, technology adoption and decarbonisation efforts in turn hampering growth and competitiveness; whereas nearly four in five small and medium sized businesses in the EU report difficulties in finding workers with the right skillset; whereas a decline in education and training systems, particularly adult education and training, are failing to prepare the workforce for the twin transitions; whereas participation in adult learning remains insufficient as only 39.5%39,5% of adults engage in training annually, far below the 2030 target of at least 60% and some 50 million more workers would need to receive training in order to reach it;

Change 2

ChangedQ. whereas the administrative and technical capacity of local stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of the Just Transition needs to be strengthened; whereas Member States still face significant challenges in effectively managing and implementing EU funds at local level and in assessing the various impacts of climate policies; whereas the implementation of the Just Transition Fund has been slow, as shown by the payment rate of only 32.2%32,2% by the end of 2024; whereas the number of jobs created by the JTF is not on track to cover the number of jobs forecast to be lost as carbon-intensive industries shift to cleaner technologies; whereas SMEs form the backbone of the European economy and create a large share of permanent local jobs; whereas specific provisions for SMEs are needed to strengthen their role in the Just Transition;

Change 3

Removed4. Reiterate its call on the Commission, following consultation of the social partners to propose a directive to ensure a just transition in the world of work and facilitate the Union’s transition to a sustainable, climate-neutral, and digital economy; believes that this proposal should include, on the basis of an impact assessment, measures to ensure, inter alia:

Added4. Highlights that the anticipation and management of change is paramount for both employers, and workers, and regional and local authorities and communities to successfully navigate the green and digital transition and effectively deal with the economic challenges brought on by adverse geopolitical events and turn these into opportunities; stresses that planning ahead for the transition can proactively prevent redundancies and lead to job creation, build long-lasting resilience in business and make best use of available resources; emphasises that such plans require decisions likely to lead to substantial changes in work organisation and, therefore, must be developed in a wide-ranging partnership through the framework of social dialogue and collective bargaining, with full respect for the right to information and consultation; calls on the Commission in this regard to monitor and enforce the full implementation of the framework set out in Directive 2002/14/EC; further calls on the Member States to enable social dialogue at relevant levels to facilitate job-to-job transitions, in particular for occupations that may disappear or be significantly reduced; recalls the early warning tools provided for in Directive (EU) 2019/1023 and believes adapting such tools to also include circumstances relevant to the twin transition would ensure better detection and response to upcoming shifts in businesses operations; stresses the need to provide businesses with incentives to establish their own transition plans; emphasises that stakeholders and civil society must be involved from the earliest stages of transition planning, ensuring meaningful participation rather than late-stage consultation;

Removed(a) a dedicated framework to anticipate and manage change through the mandatory and timely information and consultation of workers and their representatives, social dialogue and collective bargaining on the design of just transition measures and mechanisms;

Removed(b) an individual right to training for workers during working hours;

Removed(c) the establishment of national just transition strategies, that include regional and sectoral plans, developed and implemented with the involvement of social partners, while avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens on the Member States;

Removed(d) the development of business support programmes, in particular for SMEs, which ensure full respect for their obligations under EU and national social and labour law and collective agreements and the promotion of enterprise-level transition plans;

Change 4

Changed14.13. Notes the lack of accurate disaggregated data on the number of jobs lost, created or impacted by the twin transitions; underlines the importance of forecasting changes in the labour market and trends in skill needs for effective policy and timely responses; stresses the need to identify, exchange and promote best practices; calls for the consolidation of the collection of relevant data and analysis of the impact of transition policies; welcomes the inception of the pilot project for the EU Fair Transition Observatory; stresses that energy and transport poverty indicators should be systematically integrated into just transition monitoring structures to ensure funding and job creation measures target vulnerable households first;

Change 5

Removed35. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment complemented by a competitiveness and SME test and to submit, by 31 January 2027, on the basis of Articles 153(2), point (b), in conjunction with Article 153 (1), points (a), (b), (e) and (h) TFEU and the result of the aforementioned steps, a legislative proposal on the just transition in the world of work, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto, which would address the remaining gaps in existing legislation and avoid creation of overlapping legal instruments;

Change 6

ChangedANNEX TO THE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION: RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED

Change 7 under “ANNEX TO THE RESOLUTION: RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED”

ChangedThe European Parliament considers that the Commission’s proposed legislative actCommission should provide for the following principles and aims:

Change 8 under “ANNEX TO THE RESOLUTION: RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED”

RemovedThe proposal should take the form of a Directive.