3 Amendments of Corina CREȚU related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Points out that, as a consequence of the economic crisis, unemployment and social hardship are still increasing in a number of Member States, and therefore calls on the European Union to reinforce its commitment to eradicating poverty and social exclusion, particularly child poverty, and unemployment, which is affecting a dramatic proportion of both young people and older workers, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rights and at least one in six European citizens are affected by the phenomenon;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3
Paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Council to implement as a matter of urgency a strategy to halve child poverty by 2012, and emphasises in consequence the need to mainstream individual children’s rights in all EU policies and measures to monitor and evaluate measures undertaken to end child poverty, to identify and develop priority actions, to enhance data collection and to further develop common indicators at EU level; believes that in this context it is essential to facilitate mothers' entry into and return to the labour market, as well as welfare arrangements for single-parent families in the light of the problems faced by them, while also ensuring concrete support for large families;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicator agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion; draws attention to the problems faced by millions of European pensioners whose pensions are inadequate in making ends meet and covering the particular needs associated with age, thanks especially to the high cost of medicines and medical treatment;