# Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status

European Parliament procedure 2009/2221(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee CULT / EMPL). Stage: Procedure completed. 213 committee amendments tabled by 31 Members between 2010-03-29 and 2010-04-06.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns promoting youth access to the labour market and strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status. The amendments address youth unemployment during the economic crisis, atypical and precarious employment and the use of traineeships to replace regular employment, apprenticeships and the transition from education to work, age and gender discrimination, decent work standards, incentives and subsidies for employers, entrepreneurship and training, and the role of SMEs.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvana RAPTI | Greece | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96925.md |
| Nadja HIRSCH | Germany | ALDE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96872.md |
| Roger HELMER | United Kingdom | EFDD | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4516.md |
| Pascale GRUNY | France | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96983.md |
| Emilie TURUNEN | Denmark | S&D | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96703.md |
| Silvia COSTA | Italy | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96917.md |
| Konstantinos POUPAKIS | Greece | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96658.md |
| Malika BENARAB-ATTOU | France | Verts/ALE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96732.md |
| Joe HIGGINS | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96669.md |
| Mara BIZZOTTO | Italy | ID | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97198.md |
| Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96729.md |
| David CASA | Malta | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28122.md |
| Cătălin Sorin IVAN | Romania | NI | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96857.md |
| Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ | Slovakia | NI | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96653.md |
| Marie-Christine VERGIAT | France | GUE/NGL | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96858.md |

## Official source documents

- PE439.436: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.436+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE440.113: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-440.113+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-2221-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-2221-INI.json

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