Activities of Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI related to 2018/2077(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Care services in the EU for improved gender equality (debate) FR
Amendments (13)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the European Union women remain underrepresented in the labour market; whereas the evidence suggests that one of the main causes of this is caring responsibilities;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas closing the gender employment gap is conditional on the fulfilment of basic social rights, better services for and greater acknowledgement of the role played by mothers and the provision of basic social services;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Barcelona targets of providing childcare to at least 33 % of children under 3 years of age (target 1) and to at least 90 % of children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age (target 2) have been met in just 12 Member States since 2002, with low achievement rates in some Member States worryingly low;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the gender employment gap widens substantially once families have children, which reflects the difficulties that women face in reconciling child-raising and care responsibilities with their workonce families have children family responsibilities take precedence over the professional life of one of the parents, which bears witness to the fact that parents generally attach more importance to bringing up their children than to professional success; takes the view, in that connection, that parents’ willingness to devote themselves to their children and their upbringing must be acknowledged and that the Member States would do well to consider this issue of vital importance for society; points out that the Member States, and even less so the European Union, should not seek to influence the choices parents make in their professional and private lives;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements forPoints out that, in keeping with the subsidiarity principle, it is not for the EU to helping working individuals to manage their private and professional livesers maintain a work-life balance; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aimEU should be to progressively extend parental and care leave9, and to ensure non-transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to those who need to take leave in order to care for dependents othabide by that principle and set an objective of cooperation between nations, and stop trying to harmonise all the social policies pursued by the Member States; emphasises that the care leave proposal is a good idea which would help the citizens of the Member States; points out, however, than children; _________________ 9As called for in www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010- 0373+0+DOC+XML+V0//ENt it is for the Member States themselves to consider this matter;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in a comprehensive fashion in order to meet women and men’s needs for a work-life balance and bring about equal representation in the labour marketfamily well-being;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development, including a full range of social stimuli particular through the presence of his or her parents, who must be in a position to devote as much time as possible to their children;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to develop national plans for improving care services by paying heed not only to users’ needs, but also to the work-life balance of the large numbers of carers; calls on the Member States to monitor their implementation and adopt corrective actions where and when may be needed;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to present toCalls on the Council for approvalto present a European carers’ programme, with a view to identifying and recognising the various types of informal care-giving in Europe, and guaranteeing financial support for carers, and progressively developing their work-life balance;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the CommissionMember States to set up targets on care services for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, in consultation with the Member States;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the CommissionMember States to include care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities in its monitoring and review of data in the European Semester and in the annual report on gender equality; calls on the Member States to consider including assessments of care services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in their country reports; encourages the Member States to adopt and use corrective measures should progress prove to be slow;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls onUrges the Member States to increase investment in care services and improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life which contributes to their well-being;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21