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28 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2021/2253(INI)

Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination;deleted
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in 2019, the total fertility rate in the European Union was just 1.53 children per female, far below the population replacement threshold rate; whereas easier, low-cost access to childcare services would have a positive effect on the European birth rate;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and informal care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions and integrated services, attractive pay packages and adequate funding;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the recruitment of male carers is essential in some care sectors such as support services for disabled or elderly persons with impaired mobility, which require that patients be carried; whereas, conversely, other sectors such as infant care are likely to remain female- dominated;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care, and public policy should make the fight against medical deserts a priority; whereas that shift has been too slow;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the abuses observed in certain large private care corporations have turned the care sector, particularly elderly care, into a business that grossly prioritises profit to the detriment of service quality and the right to dignity of the dependent persons;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector;deleted
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the work of carers, whether male or female, is under- appreciated, devalued and insufficiently paid, and the overwhelming majority of formal carers are women;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overproportionally more represented than men and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, of which makes care an extremely gendered issuewomen make up the majority;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas full-time work is not an end in itself, and policies should aim to enable parents who wish to do so to work full time and be provided with adequate childcare services, but should also provide those who wish to reduce their working hours, or take a career break to raise their children, with financial assistance and assistance to retrain, and allow them to have the years spent raising their children included in their pension entitlement calculations;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directlyoften linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 340 #
La. whereas access to affordable quality care is essential at any age in life, but the assistance provided by loved ones, particularly the family, is irreplaceable due to the human connection it provides; whereas this assistance should be considered a social investment;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas access to various care services is more difficult in rural areas than in urban ones, and in view of the existence of medical deserts, including in the wealthiest Member States;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care acrossin all Member States of the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States and with respect for their competence and the principle of subsidiarity;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, respecting personal and family choices, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to establish pro-natalist policies, including easier and low-cost access to childcare services and a revaluation of family benefits, aiming to overturn European population decline and mitigate population ageing
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on Member States to consider the situation of parents in education or training, by providing appropriate childcare services located close to the place of learning.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States to mitigate the variance of access to care between urban and rural areas, by planning specific policies to develop care provision in rural areas and combating the phenomenon of medical desertification.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level, respecting the competence of Member States, on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Member States to place a value on the time informal carers spend caring for their loved ones through financial assistance or tax incentives, and through valuing the time dedicated to this social investment in terms of pension entitlements;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that mobile and migrant 25. workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU; points out that there is sometimes a shortage of these workers in their countries of origin, particularly in eastern and southern European countries; points out the need to train the citizens of Member States in the care professions, and give them an attractive pay package so that they continue their careers in this sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 919 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equalimplement measures to facilitate the shareing of care responsibilities between men and women, particularly by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods, which would enable women who wish to do so to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 927 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave or longer career breaks, particularly for stay-at-home mothers who wish to go back to work after raising their children;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 964 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States to invest in the training of their citizens in the care professions in order to train more Europeans in this sector, and provide high-quality training; and also to invest more in the pay and working conditions of these workers in order to ensure the retention of trained and experienced staff in the sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and housework;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM