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7 Amendments of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2016/2269(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas inequality is usually approached merely as a social problem or, worse, as a social consideration, which can be harmful for good economic policy design; whereas although in some economic theories inequality concerns are set against efficiency, we on the contrary would argue that equality policies can help foster growth and job creation; whereas equality can, under the right conditions, be both a cause and a consequence of good economic performance;deleted
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas inequality is not a good indicator of economic performance and growth perspectives for the working poor;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas the root causes of people lagging behind on the social ladder are financial illiteracy and high indebtedness, as well as centralist public policies;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas public and private investment areis a key elements of any policy geared towards reducing inequality;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that investment creates jobs and that unemployment is obviously one of the mainf the causes of inequality both between the employed and unemployed, but also among workers themselves; notes that it is well known that high levels of unemployment exert downward pressure on wages and working conditionemployees themselves;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that uncontrolled immigration leads to an enormous reserve of working poor;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Argues that investment in public services is essential to close the qualification dimension of inequality; eEmphasises that the attainment of higher levels of education for the general population contributes not only to reducing fincome inequalityancial illiteracy and high indebtedness, but also to fighting social and cultural exclusion, therefore increasing their chances to climb up the social ladder;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON