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Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 20 February 2013 "Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020",

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

– having regard to its question for oral answer O-000087/2016 of 16 June 2016,

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas income poverty is only a part of the overall concept of poverty, therefore poverty does not only refer to material resources, but also to social resources, notably education, health and access to services;

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas reference budget better reflect the diversity of consumption patterns and costs of living across Member States than minimum incomes set as a certain percentage and can be used to more meaningfully compare minimum income support across Member States;

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, according to the methodology developed by Eurostat, 120 million people in the European Union – some 25% of the total – are at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this fact is accompanied by persistently high unemployment rates;

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas having a job would protect someone from the risk of poverty and could be considered as a major indispensable means of social integration;

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘European minimum income and poverty indicators’ and ~~support~~notes the proposal concerning a directive on adequate minimum income in the European Union, which should lay down common rules and indicators, provide methods for monitoring its implementation and improve dialogue between the individuals concerned, the Member States and the EU institutions; is of the view that a framework of this kind should be based on tangible factors and should bear in mind the social and economic context of each Member State; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in this regard, to evaluate the manner and the means of providing an adequate minimum income in all Member States;

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the need for Member States to take specific action to determine a minimum income threshold, based on relevant indicators, in order to safeguard social and economic cohesion and reduce the risk of poverty throughout the European Union; calls on the Council to express its views more firmly with regard to such action;deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Jasenko SELIMOVIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Takes the view that a transitional job scheme is one of the most effective tools for improving workers’ employability in a labour market that is structurally imbalanced and to facilitate their transition from the state of being unemployed (especially long-term) to that of a private-sector employee; notes, moreover, that such schemes serve to promote non-inflationary economic growth as well as to combat unemployment and social exclusion;deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL

9 Amendments of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2016/2270(INI)

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