Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2016/2061(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the Gender Pension Gap
Amendments (5)
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to establish appropriate penalties to curb violations of the principle of equal pay for the same work and for work of equal value;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to reduce inequalities, in financial terms, between minimum and maximum ('gold- plated') pensions, by increasing minimum pensions and decreasing maximum pensions;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase investments in services for 'baby citizens', so that mothers are not forced to take career breaks;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the Commission and its common tendency to ask Member States to gradually raise the pensionable age, which does not allow for generational turnover or a work-life balance, even more so when it comes to the more arduous jobs, which are often done precisely by women;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recommends that the first of the three pension pillars should be promoted in order to eliminate pension inequalities, particularly gender-based ones, and that the practice of private pension schemes should be avoided, making it a voluntary option and not a practice to be prioritised;