13 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2023/2066(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Observes that disparities across the EU have been exacerbated by mass and uncontrolled immigration, the COVID- 19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine and the current rise in living costs and have negatively affected children and their families in terms of income, access to employment, living and security conditions, education and skills and access to care;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Observes that disparities across the EUthe decline in the standard of living of Europeans haves been exacerbated by the COVID- 19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine and the current rise in living costs and haves negatively affected children and their families in terms of income, access to employment and housing, living conditions, education and skills and access to care;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to introduce measures to promote purchasing power by targeting unavoidable family expenditure, such as reducing value added tax (VAT) on all energy products (fuel, fuel oil, gas, electricity), given that these products are essential goods;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages the Member States to support victims of domestic violence by facilitating their access to social housing, social support services and appropriate infrastructure. Calls, to that end, on the Member States to use the European Social Fund Plus (ESF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the InvestEU programme;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to introduce measures to promote access to property for young couples in order to support them in their desire to become parents, such as the introduction of a zero-interest public loan for future parents, on which the outstanding capital could be written off from the third child, up to a possible limit of EUR 100 000;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Member States to take measures to facilitate access to social and student housing, such as the launch of a large-scale plan to build and renovate housing and the introduction of national priority for households in which at least one of the parents is a national of the country in which they reside, in order to reduce excessive delays in access to housing;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the important role of parents in the education of their children and therefore the need to devote sufficient time to them. Calls on the Member States to introduce measures to support parents who spend part or all of their time on bringing up their children, such as better consideration of maternity and paternity leave in the calculation of pension rights and support for reintegration into employment;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to introduce tax measures to support the purchasing power of families, such as the introduction of a full tax share from the second child onwards;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Member States to pay a sufficient family support allowance to single parents, in many cases single mothers, so that they can meet their children’s basic needs;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the deterioration in the quality of the education system and the need to encourage the Member States to adopt adequate measures to restore the principle of the essential transmission of values, history, our knowledge heritage and culture;
Amendment 108 #
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address inequalities concerning women’s access to the labour market, including all forms of difficulties and insecurity they have to face when travelling to the workplace, including on public transport and in the street;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to introduce measures to support apprenticeships in order to increase young people’s incomes and relieve the pressure of study-related expenditure;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that access to quality healthcare has been complicated by poor management of public services. Notes that the quality of care infrastructure and working conditions has deteriorated. The number of medical deserts is growing because of the lack of attractiveness of the sector, which is creating a labour shortage. Calls for the Member States to put care at the centre of their policies and guarantee timely and equal access to quality care services, while making efficient use of the available EU tools and funds in this area. throughout their territory;