Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2061(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap (short presentation) EL
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Protocol (No 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the role of National Parliaments in the European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to Protocol (No 2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Β
Recital Β
Β. whereas women enjoy poorer pension entitlements and payments than men in most EU Member States and are both over-represented in the poorest pensioner groups and under- represented in the wealthiest;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the aim of pension policies is to make sure that pension systems give all EU citizens a decent income that safeguards them against the risk of social exclusionso as to reduce the number of citizens living in poverty and social exclusion, especially in EU Member States such as Greece;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ε
Recital Ε
Ε. whereas the pension gap tends to leaves women more at risk of economic vulnerability and dependence than men;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ζ
Recital Ζ
Ζ. whereasdeploring the fact that the lack of comparable, comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated data on the basis of which to gauge the size of the pension gap and the relative importance of the factors that contribute to it make it difficult to determine how best to tackle the problem;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the pension gap differs from one woman pensioner to another according to social, marital and/or family status and affects persons on low incomes and in part-time employment more; whereas, in view of this, a one-size- fits-all approach will not necessarily produce the best results;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgesPoints out that the implementation of the principle of equal pay for the same work and for work of equal value is crucial to reducing pay and pension gapsthe great disparities in pay and pensions between men and women and to eliminating the risk of poverty;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas traditional working time arrangements make it impossible for couples in which both partners wish to work full time to strike a proper work-life balance since the types of leave linked to family reasons are different for men and women;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas, despite the efforts made to improve the situation in this area, the employment rate among women still falls far short of the Europe 2020 strategy targets and is still far lower than that among men;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent public pension, and recalls that the Union should recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age or dependency;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital ΙΘ
Recital ΙΘ
S. whereas there continues to be a large gender pay gap in the European Union; whereas that gap, which stood at 16.3 % in 2014, is caused in particular by discrimination and segregation resulting in the over-representation of women in sectors where pay is lower than in sectors dominated mainly by men;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to work closely with the Member States in establishing a strategy for putting an end to the gender gap in wages and pensions in the European Union;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RegretsDeplores the fact that the current freeze and cuts in pensions in some Member States isn southern Europe, for instance Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, are hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careers (most of them women) hardest;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a multi-faceted approach is required in order to make a success of the strategy, which must address disparities between men and women in terms of their careers and ability to make pension contributions as well as those resulting from the way in which pension systems are organised; At the same time, there must be an increase in the sustainability of pension systems which is steadily being eroded in some Member States of the Union, such as Greece, which are affected by the Troika’s austerity measures;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to work together with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to develop reliable indicators on the basis of which to identify the various factors behind the pension gap, as well as to monitor that gap and flag up changesways of addressing it;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. EncouragesCalls upon the Member States to promote action to close the gap through their social policies, to raise awareness among decision-makers in this area and to develop programmes that will provide women with more information on the gap’s implications for them, as well as with the tools they require in order to devise sustainable pension funding strategies that are tailored to their specific needs;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages as an important tool for narrowing pension gaps and imposing transparency in pension schemes as regards men and women;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns unequivocally gender pay disparities resulting from discrimination at the workplace and reiterates its call for Directive 2006/54/EC to be revised in order to ensure more equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and pay;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports efforts to tackle horizontal and vertical segregation on the labour market by encouraging women to take up jobs and careers in innovative growth sectors which are currently dominated mainly by men as a result of the persistence of stereotypes; stresses the need to take immediate measures to stop the discrimination that exists even in recruitment procedures;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the sustainability of pension schemes can be reinforced by complementing social security with tax contributionsin some Member States of the Union, such as Greece, is being affected by the austerity measures taken by the Troika, while pension discrimination against women is becoming increasingly marked;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission swiftly to deliver on the commitments it gave under both the Roadmap and the Strategic Engagement, in order to enable anyone wishing to do so to strike a better work-life balance;
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission forthwith to carry out a thorough assessment of the impacts on the most vulnerable of the recommendations addressed to the Member States on pensions;
Amendment 222 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions (especially gender imbalances) and to take immediate measures to eradicate this discrimination.
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to assess, on the basis of accurate, comparable data, the impact that their pension systems are having on the pension gap and its underlying factors in order to combat discrimination and create transparency in the pension systems of EU Member States;