5 Amendments of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2014/2237(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Whereas organisations point out that the main cause of increasing child poverty is the so-called austerity measures (a significant reduction of social support to children and families, rising unemployment, the spread of precarious employment and an increase in the tax burden), UNICEF states that budget cuts, particularly in the Mediterranean countries, havethe crisis and the regression to levels of lower prosperity have helped increased inequalities and helped worsenexacerbate the living conditions of children10 so that these policies violate the rights of children and constitute a violation of international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; __________________ 10 UNICEF Office of Research (2014), ‘Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries’, Innocenti Report Card 12, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. Whereas all children have the right to be protected from abuse, violence and neglect and that research has concluded that financial pressures within families and cuts in public services put children at greater risk and that so-called austerity measures are leading to greater violence against childrenmistreatment and that those from deprived backgrounds should not be exposed to greater risk;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas, according to the 2012 Eurostat Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), energy poverty is a problem that affects all Member States. Children are hit hardest as it undermines their well-being, diet and health;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to refrain from recommending reformulations and cuts inwhen making recommendations to the Member States that could threaten the smooth functioning of their public services of Member States, from promoting flexible labour relations and the privatisation of public services, which have led unequivr radically change industrial relations, making it difficult to reconcile family and professional lives, to bear in mind the need to promote socially to the weakening of the social rights of initiatives to counter the risk of social exclusion, especially with respect to children;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to bear in mind the proposals contained in the Opinion published by the European Economic and Social Committee, ‘For coordinated European measures to prevent and combat energy poverty’, and to encourage the urgent adoption of a European energy security and solidarity commitment and, within this framework, the setting-up of a European poverty observatory and a European fund with the specific aim of eradicating energy poverty;