14 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and the gap between rich and poor is wideningpoverty, social exclusion and inequalities are deepening also due to several factors including the coronavirus pandemic; 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 ; __________________ 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
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU has clearly missnot reached its target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 ; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas family poverty is increasing: 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 ; whereas families with a child or other relatives with disabilities are at a particular risk of poverty; __________________ 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view
Amendment 104 #
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 ; whereas women are, due to the gender pension gap, even more endangered; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable 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 pensionclosing the gender pay gap and gender pension gap including by an appropriate financial benefit for the childcare provided during maternity and parental leave as well as by a just and adequate translation of the value of the contribution of raising children during these periods into the pension schemes, by providing an appropriate social security systems for all age groups, providing quality care systems for children and dependant relatives or providing a system of fair wages;
Amendment 203 #
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 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 effectivmust become a political priority with the intense effort to find appropriate csollective agreements and minimum wage systemsutions to this complex phenomenon;
Amendment 291 #
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 childcare in general and in particular for single parents as well as the care facilities for persons with disabilities or dependant relatives 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 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for compliance with the rules on equality and anti-discrimination, particularly with regard to wages and working conditions;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor compliance with applicable labour and social legislation more closely by instituting controls and to involve the European Labour Authority (ELA) in cross-border situations;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enforce, effectively and through sanctions,sure 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 400 #
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 workersthe COVID-19 crisis should not cause a slowdown orf the poor through austefforts to combat poverity measures or through the European Semester; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessaryand in-work poverty; recalls that the European Semester should also serve to reach this aim;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mitigate the worst consequences of COVID-19 through European and national support, with the allocation of public money, e.g. through SURE, being linked to a ban on shedding existing jobs;