6 Amendments of Eleni THEOCHAROUS related to 2013/2277(INI)
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the adjustment policies and structural reforms in the four countries have led to dramatic unemployment rates, historically high rates of job losses and worsening working conditions and therefore the relevant policies of the EU and the four countries should be reviewed and adapted in order to respond to the needs of the society and ensure social cohesion; points out that the consequences for activity rates, in particular as regards the sustainability of social protection and pension systems, are even more serious because the gap between the Europe 2020 targets and reality is rapidly growing ever wider;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with great concern that it is young people who are suffering the highest levels of unemployment, with the situation in countries such as Greece, where the rate is over 50%, or Portugal and Ireland, where it is in excess of 30%, or in Cyprus where it is about 26.4%, being quite devastating; regrets the fact that even those who do find a job often find themselves working under precarious conditions or on part-time contracts which make it hard to live independently;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, among the conditions for financial assistance, the programmes include recommendations for specific cuts in fundamental areas of the fight against poverty,; such as pensions, basic services, health care and pharmaceutical products for the basic protection of the most vulnerable; highlights the fact that the main impact of these measures is on the fight against child poverty; points out that serious and severe problems prey upon the Elementary and High Schools in Greece and Cyprus where children face the nightmare of starvation and the states cannot put in practice efficient and effective policies due to the austerity measures imposed by Troika and therefore social and psychological problems emerge threatening the normal way of life, the structure of the society and EU cohesion
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU to provide support, after the assessment, including through financial resources where appropriate, for the recovery of social protection standards and of the fight against poverty reduction and the renewal of social dialogue through a social recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose measures and address the severe problems that children face in Greece, Cyprus and even in other countries, in order to prevent worsening of the existing situation and support and protect the social cohesion and the children and students' rights; calls on the Commission, the ECB and the Eurogroup to phase out the exceptional measures that have been put in place;
Amendment 217 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU not to apply such institutional and financial solutions in futuras soon as possible, and to put in place mechanisms of crises management enabling the EU institutions to achieve the social goals and policies set out in the Treaties, in particular those relating to the individual and collective rights of those at greatest risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 226 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the European Council to stop marginalising the role of the European Parliament and to put forward political and even institutional procedures and reforms so that no decision can be taken in the future about such issues and crises unless the voice of the European Parliament is heard and its position is taken into consideration.