Activities of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2019/2188(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty
Amendments (29)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s adjusted work programme for 2020,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0012.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 e (new)
Citation 14 e (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2017 on minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted P8_TA(2017)0403.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas income distribution spread measured against purchasing power (pps - purchasing power standard) is broad both within and between Member States; whereas median equivalised disposable income in the EU-27 in 2018 was 16 938 pps, varying from less than half the EU-27 figure in Romania (6 241 pps) to nearly double in Luxembourg (31 995 pps); whereas there is a clear geographical divide in that in the Nordic and western Member States, and in Austria and Italy, median equivalised disposable income was above the EU-27 level, while in all the Member States which joined the EU after 2004 (except for Cyprus and Malta), as well as in three southern Member States (Greece, Spain and Portugal), it was below1a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Quality_of_life _indicators_- _material_living_conditions&oldid=48267 3#Income
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by or at risk of 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; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas rents are constantly rising 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, as is the case in Denmark (68.7%), Germany (49.5%) and Greece (90.7%); __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas Article 4 of the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe stipulates that all workers have the right to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas coverage is declining in OECD countries, andn OECD countries declined from, on average, 46% in 1985 to 32% in 2017, the largest fall taking place in central and eastern European countries, though there was a considerable fall in the United Kingdom and, more recently, in Greece, too, as was also the case in Germany after reunification; whereas in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80 %16; __________________ 16OECD, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, no 15.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas pay growth for the euro area between 2000 and 2016 was below productivity growth1a; whereas wage increases have not kept pace with the increase in value added, which has deepened existing inequality; __________________ 1aOECD (2019), Negotiating Our Way Up: Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work; 2019, OECD publishing, Paris, Figure 3.10, p. 125.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions particularly through upward social 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 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer applies today in many cases in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements and minimum wage systems;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework for income benefit systems which protect against poverty;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legal instrument to ensure that every worker in the Union receives a fair minimum wage21; calls also for this plan to ensure, through legislation or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can live from their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60 % of the national gross median wage of a person in full-time employment; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a supplement – set, for example, at 50% of the average wage – that ensures a decent life; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_en.pdf
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include all workers in minimum wage schemes, with no exceptions;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure mandatory 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 directives1a or through new legal acts, and to ban zero-hour contracts; __________________ 1aDirective 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union.
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to adopt the Directive on non-standard and platform workers, which is intended to ensure that platform workers are covered by existing labour law, are socially insured and are able to form workers’ representations and organise in unions in order to conclude collective agreements;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, when implementing the work-life-balance Directive22, to ensure that access to high- quality 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 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce a child guarantee; proposes an independent minimum guarantee to improve the economic situation of children and their families and thus increase their opportunities for participation in a spirit of equal opportunities;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Proposes that the Commission submit a draft legislative act requiring Member States to ensure full wage transparency by employers while preventing any practices which undermine the achievement of the ‘equal pay for equal work’ principle; stresses that the draft should include all measures and sanctions to effectively achieve the same pay and should allow social partners to negotiate and conclude positive developments through collective agreements in order to achieve this goal;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to target, in a statistically- detailed way, atypical and precarious employment groups in the labour markets and to take measures to counteract this form of employment; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals aimed at reducing precarious employment and linking legal forms of work with fraudulent intent to undercut wages and avoid social security contributions;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the autonomy of social partners is a valuable asset; welcomes the Commission’s plan to adopt an action programme to protect and strengthen collective bargaining systems at national, in particular sectoral, level and recommends taking measures under Articles 151 and 153 TFEU; stresses that collective agreements must not be subject to regulationules and interpretations at European level;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work to change European competition rules so that public service institutions, for example B. hospitals and care facilities, can remain under, or more easily revert to, public control;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes to the Commission to change European rules so that solo self- employed and non-standarnon- standard workers, possibly including self- employed workers, can unite and conclude collective agreements;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put forward minimum standards for the respective national unemployment insurance schemes and minimum security schemes in the form of legal frameworks in order to improve social security for workers and residents in Europe, in particular with regard to the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to upgrade and improve the professions identified as systemically important in the crisis, such as nurses and carers of the elderly, shop assistants, educators and cleaners, as a whole; stresses that these professions are mostly carried out by women and are often characterised by low pay and insecure working conditions;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prevent the exploitation and defrauding of mobile and seasonal workers in Europe revealed during the COVID-19 crisis in the future and to better support them in enforcing existing legislation by providing advice, including in cooperation with trade unions1a and civil society organisations; stresses that the Member States should ensure compliance with existing health and safety measures, including through better controls; __________________ 1a for example www.faire-mobilitaet.de/en
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to invest in new, well- paid and secure jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, digital change and a social, sustainable ‘green transition’.;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to be able to cope with the consequences of the crisis and the transition, e.g. through training in future- oriented jobs, and to develop the ESF+ financially to this end;