11 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2019/2199(INI)
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to Eurostat, 21 Member States have a national minimum wage; whereas, however, in some cases the minimum wage is so low compared to the average that many workers are forced to live virtually on the poverty threshold and there is a risk of social dumping and exploitation in other Member States;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas income poverty is only a part of the overall concept of poverty, and therefore poverty does not refer only to material resources, but also to social resources, notably education, health and access to services;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas corruption constitutes a serious threat to rule of law in the EU, as citizens are burdened and discriminated against in regard to equal enjoyment of their civic, political, economic, social and cultural fundamental rights; whereas corruption distorts the size and composition of public expenditure, seriously jeopardising the state’s capacity to make maximum use of the resources at its disposal in order to enable its citizens to enjoy to the full their rights;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. States that the minimum wage shall be a tool employed to combat social decline by restoring people’s dignity; asks the Commission to comply with the European Trade Union Confederation’s call for a minimum wage, which, in the latter’s view, cannot be set any lower than 60 % of the national median wage, so as to put an end to the precarious circumstances and semi-poverty people in full-time work find themselves and to avoid unfair competition within the internal market;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the effects of austerity measures have deeply impacted the social fabric of the EU in many Member States and that this continues today – preventing the development of an approach to social investment by Member States and thereby exacerbating already widening inequalities and breaching fundamental rights – and affects women, migrants, Roma, Travellers and other disadvantaged groups with a particular ferocity;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reasserts the right of Member States to derogate from the budget austerity principle when income support measures are introduced to protect a right guaranteed by the Charter; asks in this regard that investments fostering social inclusion and income support measures be deducted when calculating the deficit under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Condemns the attacks on media freedom and freedom of expression in the EU; recalls the work by investigative journalists such as Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuckiack, who were brutally murdered because they were investigating corruption in the Maltese and Slovak Governments, fraudulent use of EU funds, and the infiltration of organised crime right up to the highest levels of state; recalls the necessity of guaranteeing freedom of expression, media pluralism and the key role independent journalism has in a democracy; calls, in this respect, on the Commission to make sufficient funds available to support independent investigative journalism in the EU;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the Recommendation of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of June 2019 entitled ‘Lives saved. Rights protected. Bridging the protection gap for refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean’27; recalls that the right to asylum is expressly protected under Article 18 of the Charter; condemns Member States which, in a clear breach of the solidarity requirement of the Treaties, refuse to receive asylum seekers on their territory; __________________ 27https://rm.coe.int/lives-saved-rights- protected-bridging-the-protection-gap-for- refugees-/168094eb87
Amendment 597 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates that corruption is a serious threat to democracy, the rule of law and fair treatment for all citizens; stresses that, by diverting public funds away from their intended public use, corruption detracts from the level and quality of public services, thereby undermining fundamental rights; calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to devise effective ways of combating corruption and to monitor regularly how public funds are used;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Believes that the fight against organised crime needs to be viewed as a priority throughout this parliamentary term; stresses in this regard that resources purloined from the legal economy adversely impact the full enjoyment by EU citizens of their fundamental rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on all Member States and the European Union to develop tangible strategies that will promote transparency, make citizens aware of their responsibilities, and fight corruption and the infiltration of organised crime into the real economy of Member States;