Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2223(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs PDF (473 KB) DOC (188 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas families, women and their dependent children are disproportionately at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and the economic crisis and austerity policies have exacerbated these inequalities, leading to a ‘feminisation of poverty’; whereas income distribution within households is unequal and gendered, requiring individualised measurements of income and costs;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas mothers who perform unpaid child rearing and housework services in the home are particularly affected as they are for the most part already income- poor;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to concentrate its efforts on single or unemployed mothers and their families, as they are particularly affected by poverty;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that women, mothers, and their families are further burdened by unnecessary EU bureaucracy and calls therefore for decisive action to cut red tape affecting citizens and families;