28 Amendments of Sara SKYTTEDAL related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is greatare inequalityies both within and between Member States and the gap between rich and poorthe wealthiest percentiles and the rest is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007; whereas the main contributor to the widening of net wealth can be found in changes in house prices; whereas the ratio between the median net wealths of households in the top quintile (80-100%) and the bottom quintile (0-20%) of net wealth distribution was lower in 2017 than in 2014; whereas the 20% with the lowest income have seen a steeper increase in their income than those in the three middle quintiles (20-80%); whereas inequalities are much lower after social transfers within the EU8a; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac 8aThe Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 30. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps /ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fb eb0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the number of people at risk of poverty in the EU27 fell by 8.575 million people between 2008 and 2018;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas poverty should mainly be viewed in absolute, rather than relative, terms;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequalitydifferences are widening between those with highest wages and the rest; whereas some wage differentiation is an important incentive for the personal economy as well as the economy as a whole; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases in some Member States also exacerbates economic disparities within and between Member States; whereas decreasing productivity within EU is a real concern, especially for unemployed;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8, 9.38% when adjusted for different causes9a; whereas the gender pay gap is generally much lower for new labour market entrants; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic 9a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ai d_development_cooperation_fundamental _rights/report-gender-pay-gap-eu- countries_october2018_en_0.pdf
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10 ; whereas 85.3 million people (16.9%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion after social transfers; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 ; whereas this problem is the most pressing; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas family poverty is indecreasing:10a: still, every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ; __________________ , down 3.1 percentage points since 201011a; __________________ 10a http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/sh ow.do?dataset=ilc_li03〈=en 11a http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/sh ow.do?dataset=ilc_li03〈=en 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas rents are constantly rising, generally nominally, and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90%13 ; __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU- 28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18 ; whereas the numbers are declining in the aftermath of the euro crisis; __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RemindsCalls on the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparablecreate decent living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de-solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure mandatoryMember States to ensure minimum working conditions for all workers, in particular for those employed in atypical and precarious work or the bogus self- employed, either by improving existing directives or through new legal acts, and to ban zero-hour contracts in the gig-economy;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to adopt the Directive on platform work, which is intended to ensure that platform workers are covered by existing labour law, are socially insured andensure that platform workers are able to form workers’ representations and organise in unions in order to conclude collective agreements;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, when implementing the work-life-balance Directive22, to ensure thataffordable access to childcare in general and in particular for single parents is secured so that they are not pushed into precarious and low-paid work; __________________ 22Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access to decent, affordable housing for all and to do more to promote affordable public housing;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to target atypical and precarious employment groups in the labour markets and to take measures to coMember States to secure decent working conditions for atypical and precarious employment groups; calls on the Commission and the Member States to refrain from using a one-size-fits-all approach, but to treat platform workers in a highly targeted manner in order to not untderact this form of employmentmine the emergence of new and important forms of work;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enforce, effectively and through sanctions, the right of workers to organise and to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to ensure that unions can enter plants, speak to workers at work and organise them;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that imbalances must not be exacerbated and that the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis must not be borne by workers or the poor through austerity measures or through the European Semester; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessary;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European andproven effective national employment programmes and to invest in new jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, digital change and ‘green transition’.; points out the importance of effective and meticulous monitoring of EU funds in order to mitigate ineffective programmes and fraud, such as green washing;