16 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2014/2217(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)
Citation 39 a (new)
- having regard to the 2011 Eurobarometer on family sizes and that actual family sizes are always below the family sizes actually desired by women,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 b (new)
Citation 39 b (new)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the existing taxation systemssingle in scome Member States are predicated on a narrow view of the family to the extent that they are biased towards families in which only one of the two parents is working inasmuch as, in many cases, they deter women from going out to work andfamilies are the most susceptible to poverty and social exclusion and neither current taxation systems nor famil to provide sufficient support to single- parent familiesy allowances in some Member States take this into account;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas work-family balance policies should be adapted to the free decisions of every woman and should not impose a particular catch-all model that is not tailored to the different circumstances that women face;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas women should be able to decide freely of the number of children they wish to have without negative consequence in their professional careers;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the employment market should be adapted to fit women's lives, providing the work-family measures necessary and not vice versa;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas chosen and quality part-time work is a tool to promote women employments for those with care responsibilities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the validation of skills gained in a non-formal or informal context to facilitate the re-entry into the labour market of women remains a challenge;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the call of the United Nations General Assembly to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes and to integrate a consequent family perspective by ensuring an intergenerational family assessment into regional, national and European policy making;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the European Commission to promote prevention strategies for social groups at risk of social exclusion, such as single mothers and large families as part of a non-legislative European Family Strategy;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxationpromote family friendly taxation systems, adequate family allowances and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one- parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish paid paternity leave of at least ten working days and to encourage measures, legislative and otherwise, enabling men, and fathers in particular, to exercise their right to achieve work-lifefamily balance, one example being to promote parental leave, to be taken either by the father or by the mother, but without swapping between them, until their child has reached a given age;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to review the current legal framework for part-time work (where women are overrepresented) in order to promote equality and improve the quality of part-time jobs enabling workers to have adequate, safe and sustainable pensions; calls for a revision of the working time directive and the part- time directive on European level;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the validation of skills acquired when performing care work or family work at home to promote the re-entry into the labour market of women who took responsibility as carers;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to value socially and financially the full-time or part-time job of mothers or fathers working at home;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Condemn any pressure on women's decisions concerning their reproductive and family life especially when these discriminations have an impact on their work life. Condemn in particular the counter-productive solutions to solving the work-family balance problem that is proposed by some multi-nationals: implementing an egg-freezing plan to push women to delay childbearing decisions.