14 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2016/2270(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the cumulated number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion has increased by 1,6 million in the EU (+5,5 million in the Euro area) between 2008 and 2015, contrasting with the EU2020 target of reducing it by 20 million by 2020;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas 10 % of Europeans are unable to make ends meet and up to 20 % in 6 Member States 1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a number of Member States have been coerced into reducing budget deficits and cutting their social spending, which has undermined public health, education, social securityprotection and housing system and in particular the access to, adequacy, availability and quality of the related services;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas poverty may also be a cause for economic instability by containing internal demand and/or leading to a bust of household debt and by contributing to the production of an excess of liquidity;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. considering the different propensity to consume of the various quintiles of income1b where it appears that policies supporting the most deprived social sectors in the EU will benefit the whole economy and will tend to be budgetary neutral; whereas the IMF concluded that "if the income share of the top 20 percent increases by 1 percentage point, GDP growth is actually 0.08 percentage point lower in the following five years. Instead, a similar increase in the income share of the bottom 20 percent (the poor) is associated with 0.38 percentage point higher growth1c ; _________________ 1b ECB, The distribution of wealth and the marginal propensity to consume, 2014 1cIMF, Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective, 2015
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas establishing and strengthening income support schemes is an effective way to overcome poverty as well as in line with the European Commission's Social Investment Package;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas well-designed income support systems do not act as disincentives to work1d ; _________________ 1dEuropean Commission, Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2013, January 2014
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
D e. whereas according to the Parliament's Resolution of 2010, adequate minimum income schemes must set minimum incomes at a level equivalent to at least 60% of average income in the member state concerned;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that urgent practical steps need to be taken to eradicate poverty and social exclusion and promote the fair distribution of income and wealth; Insists that more attention be given by the Commission to this issue when it proposes the country-specific recommendations and that, on the occasion of the review of the EU economic governance, the pertaining EU2020 target be made more binding;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Supports the European Commission's social investment approach which views well-designed social policies as contributing to economic growth, whilst protecting people from poverty and acting as economic stabilisers 2a ; _________________ 2aEuropean Commission Communication on “Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020”, European Commission “Social Investment in Europe: A study of national policies 2015”
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that a key factor impeding the development of a social investment approach by Member states is the impact of the economic crisis and a policy environment dominated by austerity;2b _________________ 2bEuropean Commission “Social Investment in Europe: A study of national policies 2015”
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework directive establishing minimum income schemes set at above 60% of national median equivalised disposable income, taking due account of each country’s specific characteristics., notably the role of social partners; is of the opinion that a framework of this kind should contain common rules and indicators as well as concrete methods for monitoring the implementation of such schemes;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for reference budgets to be used to test the robustness of the level of minimum income and of the 60% threshold; points out that reference budgets can help setting the level of minimum income necessary to meet people's fundamental needs, including also non-monetary aspects, such as access to education and lifelong learning, decent housing, quality healthcare services, leisure and social activities or civic participation;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission: -to evaluate the experiences of basic income that were launched at the municipal, regional or national level and to identify and disseminate best practices in cooperation with civil society, in particular NGOs fighting against poverty and social exclusion; - to assess researches which indicate that basic income policies would necessitate moderate marginal tax increases and will be mainly founded on the elimination of various tax expenditures, such as deductions and personal exemptions, towards fairer and more transparent tax systems; - to consider the issuance of a Green Book and the organisation of a public consultation on a European framework on basic income at EU level.