7 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2015/2223(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt integrated frameworks to combat energy poverty by linking energy and poverty/social inclusion policies more closelyinvest fully in the fight against poverty and social exclusion by adopting a global approach taking account of all sources of poverty and exclusion;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to present in 2016 , in the context of the European semester, to make recommendations to the Member States regarding the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directivepolicies to be put in place and the reforms to be made in order to combat poverty and social exclusion effectively, in particular via the implementation on a national level, taking into account the specific features of each Member State, onf adequate guaranteed minimum income;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed at setting a European framework for a minimum income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislationlace social and employment issues at the centre of its work programme for 2016, in particular proposing the creation of a pillar of social rights in the context of EMU; recalls the importance of the application of Article 9 TFEU, according to which ‘in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a decent income is a fundamental element for being able to live your life in dignity; recalls that 16.7 % of the population in the EU 28 in 2013 were at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers; Iinvites the Commission to present in 2016 , in the context of the European semester, to make recommendations to the Member States regarding the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directivepolicies to be put in place and the reforms to be made in order to combat poverty and social exclusion effectively, in particular via the establishment on a national level, taking into account the specific features of each Member State, onf adequate guaranteed minimum income;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that an EU framework directive on minimum income should specify which criteria Member States’ minimum income schemes would need to meet so as to lift people out of poverty; considers that such a framework would need to be rights-based, address the level of income, the non-discriminatory, efficient and easy access and the take-up,the Member States put in place, at a national level, a minimum income so as to lift people out of poverty, and to targeting especially those groups who currently are excluded from or at risk of exclusion from minimum income schemes;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the fact that European energy policy legislation recognises social aims in energy efficiency policies; finds regrettable that the relevant provisions of Directive 2012/27/EU to target households affected by energy poverty and social housing (Article 7(7)) are not used to their full potential by the Member States; calls on the Commission in its review and impact assessment of the energy efficiency package to evaluate the implementation and use of Articles 7(7) and 5(7); calls also on the Commission based on this evaluation to consider strengthening Article (7), in particular paragraph 7 thereof, so that the Member States in their energy efficiency obligation schemes are obliencouraged to include requirements containing social aims;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23