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Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas Directive 2012/27/EU calls on the Member States to develop programmes to raise awareness, and inform and advise individuals and households on energy efficiency;~~deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas EU energy policies, VAT and green taxes are making energy prices much higher and increasing household costs which leads to an increase in fuel poverty; Therefore energy policy should be completely repatriated back to Member States to ensure energy costs are kept as low as possible and also ensure that businesses remain competitive;

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt integrated frameworks to combat energy poverty by linking energy and poverty/social inclusion policies more closely;~~deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating 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;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed at setting a European framework for a minimum income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislation;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to aim for a social triple A score for the Union; finds regrettable that this is currently out of reach owing to increasing inequality, high poverty and social exclusion and less and less availability of quality and affordable social, health and care services; recalls that a social triple A must be based on Article 9 TFEU aimed at a ‘high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’; recalls that achieving a social triple A as a benchmark requires assessing both policies that hinder and work towards achieving the benchmark; finds regrettable that so far the latter has not been addressed at Union level;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop, adopt and implement an EU framework to reduce poverty and social exclusion in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, consisting of concrete measures and actions, including energy poverty;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that a decent income is a fundamental element for being able to live your life in dignity; recalls that 16.7 % of the population in the EU 28 in 2013 were at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers; ~~invites the Commission to present in 2016 in the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income;~~

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recommends that an EU framework directive on minimum income should specify which criteria Member States’ minimum income schemes would need to meet so as to lift people out of poverty; considers that such a framework would need to be rights-based, address the level of income, the non-discriminatory, efficient and easy access and the take-up, targeting especially those groups, who currently are excluded from or at risk of exclusion from minimum income schemes;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that minimum income schemes should prevent and lift households out of severe material deprivation and allow for an income above the poverty threshold; recalls that a minimum income is a key instrument for delivering on Article 9 TFEU guaranteeing adequate social protection as well as on the fundamental right to decent living conditions, participating in society and protection of human health;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address in a more balanced way both income and expenditure of poor households; points to shortcomings in addressing increasing household cost and considers the Commission’s work on a reference budget a step in the right direction; stresses that lowering household expenditure for poor households will impact positively on the concerned households as well as on the - mainly local - economy and on social cohesion;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recalls that poor households spend the largest share of their income on housing, utilities and food; stresses that one dimension of household expenditure of poor households – the cost of energy and the related issue of energy poverty lacks an in-depth assessment ~~at Union level; calls on the Commission to improve internal cooperation so as to better link the energy policy and the poverty policy~~;

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that there is so far no definition of energy poverty at Union level and therefore it is very difficult to properly assess the seriousness, the causes and the consequences of energy poverty of poor households in the Union; calls on the Commission to develop with stakeholders a common definition of energy poverty which should aim at assessing at least the following elements: material scope, difficulty for a household to gain access to essential energy, affordability and share of total household cost, impact on basic household needs such as heating, cooling, cooking, lighting and transport;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that targeting Union funding towards reducing energy costs of poor households by investing in renewables or energy efficiency has multiple positive effects: at household level, it improves living conditions and the health of those concerned as well as decreasing household costs and therefore provides budgetary relief for poor families; at regional and local level, funding will provide for local investment; at Union level it helps to both decrease poverty, improve energy efficiency and decrease energy emissions;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the fact that targeting household costs relating to energy by supporting investment in energy efficiency and renewables is programmed into and therefore in principle possible under the ESI Funds 2014-2020;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States not to exempt the energy intensive industries from taxes, but to use these revenues for measures that benefit low-income households, including targeted energy efficiency measures and financing of social security systems, which can in turn reduce the burden on labour costs; considers that such an offsetting mechanism could be an integral element of a socially equitable tax shift as proposed by the Commission in the current employment guidelines;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Jane COLLINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating 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;deleted

2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL

Activities of Jane COLLINS related to 2015/2223(INI)

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