L’UE doit faire toute sa place aux questions de l’emploi dans les régions ultrapériphériques

Cet après-midi, en commission de l’emploi et des affaires sociales, Max Orville a présenté l’avis dont il est rapporteur sur la stratégie de l’Union européenne pour les régions ultrapériphériques. Par ce texte, il souhaite donner toute sa place aux questions essentielles pour ces territoires : les politiques sociales et de l’emploi.

Les régions ultrapériphériques font face aux mêmes problématiques sociales que les régions de l’Europe dite continentale, mais la situation est exacerbée par l’éloignement et l’insularité notamment.

Fighting unemployment, especially youth unemployment, must be a priority.  He therefore called for better communication on the possibilities of using European funds and tools such as the ESF+ and the European Youth Guarantee. In a very concrete way, he would like to see a digital one-stop shop set up, bringing together all local stakeholders such as the private sector, universities and local authorities. The aim of this one-stop shop would be to help young people find their first job or become entrepreneurs.

He also wants the EU to pay more attention to the impoverishment of women in the outermost regions. Acting to empower women financially is, in his view, the most effective way of combating insecurity. Thus, by promoting appropriate training and stable, high-quality jobs, it will enable women to provide for themselves in the long term.

A stimulus is therefore needed to create jobs and develop skills in these territories. This is exactly what he is calling for with the establishment of social free zones in the outermost regions.

To consult the opinion : https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-PA-739829_FR.pdf