19 Amendments of Agnes JONGERIUS related to 2015/2223(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2013 on Social housing in the European Union1 a __________________ 1 a Textes adoptés, P7_TA(2013)0246
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas not having adequate heating and housing has a negative impact on a person’s health, in particular for children and older persons;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas financially vulnerable groups, such as unemployed, students, single-parent families, low-income families, widowed, permanently ill, suffer particularly of high level on living costs;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas EU-SILC figures show that housing cost overburden (by tenure status) is higher for tenants housed in the private rented sector, which may be explained by low housing quality and high prices;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution 'Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union' of 20 November 2012 (Thyssen report) called for a European Social Pact as the fifth pillar of the EMU in order to promote amongst others decent living wages with minimum incomes preventing in-work poverty;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. Housing deprivation and energy poverty are higher in countries with a lower share of social rental housing i.e. Eastern and Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to present, in the context of the announced social pillar, an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income in 2016 in order to support social convergence across the EU;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure a more efficient and targeted use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) by national, regional and local authorities in order to tackle energy poverty, especially households living in inefficient housing stock and housing in bad condition;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure a more efficient and targeted use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) by national, regional and local authorities in order to tackle energy poverty and other increasing living costs, such as a lack of affordable (social) housing;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for a revision of the Almunia Package, which is hampering social/non- profit housing for lower and middle income households in several Member States;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Finds regrettable that the EU2020 target to reduce poverty in Europe by lifting at least 20 million people out of poverty appears even further out of reach than when it was set; reiterates that one of the target groups is people that face severe material deprivation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to renew their commitment to the poverty reduction target by:
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
- prioritising decent living standards and reducing poverty and social exclusion and devoting a summit to it;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
- taking measures to address extreme forms of poverty that currently fall beyond the scope of the target, namely homelessness;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
- ending anyWelcoming social factors as part of economic governance and implementing effective social impact assessment to prevent EU policies in other policy areas that may lead to increase poverty;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
- ending any policies in other policy areas that may lead to increase poverty; such as pro-cyclical austerity, persistent wage moderation, lack of investment and decreasing social and health expenditure;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- taking note of the situation of people suffering the effects of the economic crisis and as a result of this end up with extremely poverty and debt burden; encouraging Member States to prepare their legislation in a way that it prevents the formulation of the housing bubble, for example being able to change loan conditions;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 b (new)
- highlighting the fact that Member States have several forms of social housing and these differences should be taken into regard;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls for a comprehensive strategy to fight poverty based on access to decent jobs leading to quality employment, services, and the activation of minimum income and social protection according to the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating and electricity disconnection moratorium so as to ensure that during a defined winter period no household can be cut off from energy or that those who are must be reconnected to energy needed for heating that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperature; points out that such a moratorium aims to decrease excess winter mortality, supporting the most vulnerable groups, especially young children, the elderly and permanently sick and disabled people so as to protect their health and well-being;