17 Amendments of Pernille WEISS related to 2021/2253(INI)
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas changing the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been may improve the quality; whereas national differences in social policy should be respected with regard too slowthe principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas more than one third of people over 65 years of age are living with two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or respiratory diseases1a; _________________ 1a https://www.efpia.eu/media/636465/its- time-to-power-up-health-systems.pdf
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the Commission's ambition for a proposal for a Council Recommendation on a “European Care Strategy”; urges the Commission to adopt a comprehensive and holistic approach to care which includes adequate use of screening, early detection and prevention for non-communicable diseases (NCDs); urges the Commission to focus on strengthen EU's resilience in crises situations such as health crises; urges the Commission to promote research, innovation as well as business development in life-science;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission’s “NCD Roadmap” and its focus areas which include: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological disorders and determinants of health; urges the Commission to address the broader societal burden of NCD's including the gender-related inequalities for NCD carers; regrets, however, that other important NCDs have not been included in the scope such as Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that adequate and accessible social protection systems and support to families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systemsto encourage more to participate in the labour market;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young childrencan make sharing of care responsibilities between parents possible; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of different societal models and the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, as well asCalls for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including the definition of disability, result in a common approach to disability on EU level and a more mutual recognition of disability statuses in the Member States;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Member States to promote the provision of adequate, inclusive and accessible care, technical aids and housing for people with disabilities of all ages, as well as support to their families and network; notes that special efforts should be made to promote de-institutionalization including in the field of mental health;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that an ageing European population has led to a growing prevalence of NCDs which has increased the number of informal carers in the EU; underlines that most informal carers in the EU are women;
Amendment 764 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level 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 recipientwork towards a common definition of informal care to achieve further mutual recognition in the Member States;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with andor beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in generalensure adequate wages;
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equalrecognises the importance of making shareing of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periodsparents possible, which would enable more women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work- life balance; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 965 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines the need to recognise the entrepreneurial potential of women in the care sector who can contribute with innovations such as new technologies; notes that women are overrepresented as professionals working in the care sector and are an valuable and untapped source of entrepreneurial potential in Europe;