12 Amendments of Corina CREȚU related to 2008/2034(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point da (new)
Paragraph 2 – point da (new)
(da) Real support for the Member States with a view to bridging the social and economic divide between them, and promotion of more effective policies for supporting those Member States suffering from high poverty rates well in excess of the EU average, so that this situation, humiliating for the Union as a whole, can be overcome;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that poverty in employment must be properly addressed; recallsaffecting those who are already employed does not reflect natural or equitable working conditions, and calls for efforts to be concentrated on remedying this state of affairs in such a way that remuneration in general and especially minimum wages – regardless whether they are of a statutory nature or collectively agreed – must prevent income poverty in any eventcan ensure a decent standard of living;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ConsiderRecommends that schemes providing for minimum wages must be complemented by a package of supportive measures to facilitate social inclusion; such a package should include facilities for social inclusion, e.g. oin housing, education, training, re-training and lifelong learning and income suppas well as support for education, training and professional re-training, in such a way as to ensure the satisfaction of living needs and lifelong education needs, both fort schemes, to cover the costs to individuals and householdingle persons and families, with the stress on aiding single-parent families in view of their problems and responsibilities;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to ensure a decent invalidity and retirement pension levels, so that they guarantee living standards, while also taking account of people's special needs, in the first place for medicines, establishing affordable price levels for less-favoured social groups;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the importance of an holistic approach on child well- holistic approach to the material security being based on a child rights and wellbeing of children, based on the centred perspective framed by the UNRC, so that families can benefit from UNCRC supporting adequate sufficient income levels to give their incomes for families, adequate children adequate housing and diet, as housing for children and families, well as access to decent health and accessibility of high quality health education services, with a view to their and social services and education; harmonious development in both physical and personality terms;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point da (new)
Paragraph 10 – point da (new)
(da) granting financial aids to numerous families with a view to helping arrest population decline, as well as aid for single parents raising one child or more, together with measures to facilitate their entry into or return to the labour market, recalling that this situation is more and more widespread and that the difficulties facing a parent in such circumstances are far greater than those of two-parent families;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a. Recommends that the Member States take account of the fact that the key elements of social integration include participation in working life; in this connection, calls on the Member States to take measures to eliminate the obstacles to people entering or returning to the labour market, with particular attention to single-parent families;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17b (new)
Paragraph 17b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States to reduce fiscal pressure not only on lower incomes but also on average incomes, so as to avoid workers being caught in a low- wage trap and deter recourse to black labour;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Draws attention to the social changes in Europe, which are altering the social make-up of households; calls for these changes to be taken into account with a view to eliminating barriers to the labour market for non-working partners where an unmarried couple live together;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. ; Urges the Member States to provide provide for social default tariffs for for social default tariffs for people vulnerable groups (e.g. in the fields in material difficulties (especially of energy and public transport) in in the fields of energy and public order to promote active inclusion; transport), as well as free healthcare and education;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22a (new)
Paragraph 22a (new)
22a. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to draw up a set of urgent measures to combat black labour, forced child labour and the abusive exploitation of workers;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22b (new)
Paragraph 22b (new)
22b. Stresses the need for a uniform series of measures at European level with a view to preventing and penalising abuses of whatever kind against minorities, persons with disabilities and senior citizens, in the context of concrete actions for across-the-board reduction of the vulnerability of those social groups, including in material terms;