8 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2007/2290(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas social security and pensions are based on the principle of solidarity and public responsibility;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. Whereas the trend towards individualisation of social security and pensions, as mentioned in the title of the report, is a consequence of changes in society but also of the neo liberal response of the EU to these changes by policy measures like the Lisbon strategy, flexicurity approach and deregulation of labour markets, liberalisation and privatisation of services of general interest thereby endangering the base of the Welfare state,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, in the light of the Lisbon strategy and the need for action to keep the social security and pensions systems sustainable, to make more progress in shifting from a social expenditure to a social activation outlookactivation outlook forcing unemployed to accept low-wage and low- quality jobs to transitional security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and upwards mobility and thus to attract and retain more people in quality employment with rights, increase labour supply, modernissupportive social protection systems aiming at a public and universal social security based on the principle of solidarity and increase investment in human capital through better education and training;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a decreasing work force will, if the present situation continues, lead to a decrease in the total number of hours worked; considers that it may be necessary to compensateit is vital to increase the number of jobs with rights and to reduce working time without loss of pay, thius development by increasing the hours worked by the remaining workers or reducing the number of people who work part-ticontributing to enhanced job creation for the young and for women;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that increasingsolidarity is the base for the need for public spending on pensions could be reduced by a partial switch to privately funded schemes; emphasises that a stronger focus sion systems, the fundamental public responsibility for funding these systems, and the additional second privately funded pensions would increase the need for appropriate regulation of private pension fundillar pension systems under responsibility of the social partners and disagrees with a partial switch to privately funded schemes;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Observes that public funding of health care contributes to efficiency and fairness by providing protection against financial risk and by not linking payments to the risk of ill health, whereas, in contrast, private contribution mechanisms involve limited or no pooling of risks and usually link payments to the risk of ill health and ability to pay; and regrets the proposals of the European Commission for more competition in and liberalising healthcare services;