740 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO
Amendment 5 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Daphne is an extremely important instrument for raising visibility about the issue of violence against women and providing the possibility for women's organisations and other engaged stakeholders to develop their work and concrete actions in this field;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in the current situation of economic crisis and budgetary austerity, women have less resources to be safe, to flee, and to protect themselves and their children from male violence; and whereas it is even more important to avert also the direct financial impact that violence against women and children has on the judiciary and on health and social services; whereas, also,it is important in this context to ensure that funding for national programmes is likely to beand NGOs are not cut;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas although an individual measure by itself will not be able to stop gender- based violence, which is a structural phenomenon linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society, it is possible to reduce significantly the incidence thereof by combining various actions in the fields of education, gender equality, awareness- raising, health, and among the police and the judiciary,;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Commission proposes the DAPHNE III programme, the gender equality and non-discrimination sections of the PROGRESS Programme, and the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme to be streamlined into ‘Rights and Citizenship’ Programme in the 2014-2020 financial period; whereas combating violence against women is not mentioned among the objectives of the Commission’s proposal; whereas the proposed budget of the new programme is smaller than those of the current programmes; whereas the proposal does not guarantee the predictability of funding for its objectives;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Wishes to see the programme's objectives, in particular combating violence against women, retained in the 20134–2020 period, its funding held at a level among the objectives of the new Rights and Citizenship Programme, its funding increased comparabled to that of the earlier programmes and its profile within the new- generation programme remain high, bearing in mind its successes and its popularity, and the need to step up EU commitments to fight violence against women;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
– finding solutions to the problems experienced by the recipients of DAPHNE funding, in particular to ease the administrative burden and solve the problems in the financial management that have prevented many NGOs from proposing DAPHNE projects,
Amendment 62 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Hopes that in the future it will still be possible for a large number ofCalls for the Commission to ensure that in the future a large part of the programme funding remain targeted at beneficiaries representing smaller NGOs to be involved in partnerships of associationsworking together, as they often play a major role in identifying less well-known, taboo or new problems and in finding innovative ways to tackle them;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas the national parliaments are freely elected by the citizens and are therefore the representatives and the guarantors of the rights acquired and delegated by the citizens; whereas the introduction of the European Semester reduces this prerogative of parliaments to a purely symbolic action,
Amendment 12 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. whereas the introduction of the European Semester should in no circumstances subordinate the fundamental rights or the established social rights of citizens to budgetary restrictions,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)
Paragraph C c (new)
Cc. whereas the European Semester will allow the European institutions to comment on draft national budgets even before they are adopted at national level and whereas national budgets must be based on economic forecasts and recommendations by the Commission and Council regarding the policy choices to be made,
Amendment 22 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the neo-liberal measures which are still being applied, notably in the context of the so-called national reform plans, 'economic governance' and the European Semester, are contributing to the worsening of the social crisis in a number of Member States with more fragile economies, and this is making life ever more difficult for households and especially for women and children, who are the main victims of rising poverty, unemployment and insecure and ill-paid employment;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the neoliberal measures that are continuing to be applied, notably as part of the so-called National Reform Plans, 'economic governance' and the European Semester, are contributing to the worsening social crisis in a number of countries with more fragile economies, making life more and more difficult for families and in particular for women and children, who are the main victims of growing poverty, unemployment and precarious and poorly paid work;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to prioritise action to tackle the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, which will necessitate revision of the present economic and financial policies, especially the Stability Pact, internal market policy and competition policy, in order to put the emphasis on sustainable employment based on quality jobs with rights, investment, and quality public services guaranteeing social inclusion, especially in the fields of education, health, childcare, care of dependent persons, public transport and social services;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to prioritise action to tackle the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, which affect women above all; this necessitates revising the present economic and financial policies, especially those related to the Stability Pact, the internal market and competition policy, so as to give priority to sustainable employment/quality jobs with rights, investment and quality public services which ensure social inclusion, especially in the areas of education, health, childcare, care of dependent persons, public transport and social services;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue in the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in these areas and to consult the social partners before issuing their recommendations;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its concern that the European guidance focuses exclusively on completing the internal market through removal of all barriers to competition, without at the same time involving policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for European guidance to be supported by an impact assessment of fiscal competition between Member States and of tax exemptions within Member States on their budgetary revenue;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of public investment at EU and national level to promote social and economic cohesion, in particular investment in less developed regions; considers, therefore, that the Stability and Growth Pact must be abolished, given its negative impact on the proper implementation of the Structural Funds and investment in general; calls for a clear distinction to be established between investment and current expenditure, and considers that expenditure in such areas as education, social services, R&D and infrastructure, including renewable energies, transport and communications, constitutes an investment;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Requests that the European Semester should serve not as a system enabling national budgets to be drawn up, supervised, and checked by the Commission and the Council, but rather as a means of support allowing budgets to be drawn up without in any way undermining the fundamental rights of citizens and their established social rights;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of ensuring a mutually reinforced interaction between micro- and macro-economic policies on the one hand, and employment and social policies on the other hand, which isof respecting established social rights, and of combating poverty and social exclusion, aspects which are all essential to be able to deliver on the overall goals of Europe 2020;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Remains committed to paying special attention, including in its deliberations on the European Semester, to the impact of employment and the social situation on the macro-economic situation and vice versa, and calls on the Commission to follow the same approach.
Amendment 60 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that Europe needs a macroeconomic framework to support sustainable development, and an increase in employment and social cohesion; considers that monetary and tax policies in the EU have had a negative impact on the growth of the economy and employment, and recalls that monetary policy should contribute to strengthening economic recovery and fighting unemployment;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are in a disadvantaged position in the labour market and are disproportionately represented in part-time work and in new, often precarious forms of working arrangements, facing obstacles in seeking access to full social rights, social protection and benefits,
Amendment 8 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the increase in atypical forms of employment caused by increased flexibility disqualifies a growing number of female employees from social benefits, as eligibility for social benefits depends on an employee's employment status; whereas increased flexibility thus also endangers the financial sustainability of social security systems,
Amendment 34 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers gender gaps still remain in EU labour markets, including gender pay gap, gaps in part-time versus full time rates, gaps in employment rates, gap in the effect on employment rates due to parenthood, gender pension gaps; considers gender roles and labour market segregation in employment are a major obstacle to the functioning of EU labour market;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3b. Considers that Member States should take adequate measures to phase out precarious and atypical employment, which mainly affects women; considers that one instrument could be to establish a system of progressively rising social security contributions from employers, according to the principle ‘the lower the employment status (short period, weak perspectives, high risks), the higher the contributions to social security’; considers that progressive contributions could motivate employers e.g. to issue a permanent contract rather than to prolong a temporary one and thus encourage them to hire employees under more favourable conditions;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages a fair share of unpaid work between women and men by ensuring paid parental leave measures and the development of paid leave for care responsibilities; calls on the Commission to complement the existing legal framework on work/life balance, including provisions on paternity leave and leave for dependants other than children; calls on the Council to approve the draft legislative proposal regarding pregnant workers (Maternity directive);
Amendment 47 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that recent research demonstrates that increased flexibility has the effect of generally reducing the status of employees, especially women, who are more often not employed permanently but temporarily, not employed full-time but part-time, and more frequently turn to involuntary self-employment; whereas new research based on OECD data shows that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious and that employment flexibility has the strongest negative effect on ‘employability’ (improving the skills and qualifications of employees);
Amendment 54 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the development of care economy to meet real needs and to ensure high quality accessible care services for all, good working and pay conditions to avoid resorting to undeclared work;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas recent research demonstrates that increased flexibility has the effect of generally reducing the status of employees, who are more often not employed permanently but temporarily, not employed full-time but part-time, and more frequently turn to involuntary self- employment; whereas new research based on OECD data shows that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious and that employment flexibility has the strongest negative effect on ‘employability’ (improving the skills and qualifications of employees),
Amendment 67 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the increase in atypical forms of employment caused by increased flexibility disqualifies an increasing number of employees from social benefits, as eligibility for social benefits depends on an employee's employment status; whereas increased flexibility thus also endangers the financial sustainability of social security systems,
Amendment 68 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas numerous studies on working conditions by the Dublin Foundation demonstrate that flexible working time schemes are accompanied by an increase in irregular and unpredictable working hours, resulting in ongoing classic workplace-related health problems in combination with new ones related to greater stress at work resulting from a new work organisation designed to meet short-term market fluctuations; whereas recent research also shows that most flexible working time schemes in place in Europe do not enable employees better to reconcile employment and their private life,
Amendment 69 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Recital J d (new)
Jd. whereas women are in a disadvantaged position in the labour market and are disproportionately represented in part-time work and in new, often precarious, forms of working arrangements, facing obstacles in seeking access to full social rights, social protection and benefits,
Amendment 70 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)
Recital J e (new)
Je. whereas high unemployment and labour market segmentation need to be overcome by giving all workers equal rights, phasing out all forms of precarious employment, and investing in the creation of permanent jobs and lifelong learning,
Amendment 71 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)
Recital J f (new)
Jf. whereas the flexicurity approach adopted by the Commission is to be rejected as totally unbalanced, because flexibility is not matched by increased social security; whereas the Commission simply promotes the deregulation of job protection and more flexible employment contracts and proposes no effective measures to combat precarious employment, while maintaining policies that reduce the social security and the rights of workers and the unemployed (less ‘generous’ unemployment and social benefits to ‘activate the unemployed’, a ‘balance of rights and obligations’, reducing rights, and strengthening obligations),
Amendment 72 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas gender gaps still remain in EU labour markets, including gender pay gap, gaps in part-time versus full time rates, gaps in employment rates, gap in the effect on employment rates due to parenthood, gender pension gaps; whereas gender roles and labour market segregation in employment are a major obstacle to the functioning of EU labour market,
Amendment 88 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 117 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that national flexicurity arrangements must be strengthened and adapted to the new socio-economic contexts of each individual Member State, in accordance with its specific needs, in order to ensure a flexible and active labour market, efficient training and secure social security systems; warns against one-size-fits-all solutionsTakes the view that flexicurity strategies are not an appropriate means by which to combat precarious employment and reduce unemployment; emphasises that high levels of employment protection and job protection are based on the fundamental right of workers to be protected against unfair dismissal; stresses that job protection and employment protection must also be maintained as useful tools for an overall policy of anticipating change and promoting stability and continuity of employment;
Amendment 134 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that for many workers the reconciliation of work and family life remains a difficult task; calls on the Member States to give all parents, especially single-parent families, opportunities for integration not only into working life but also into lifelong learning processes; encourages a fair share of unpaid work between women and men by ensuring paid parental leave measures and the development of paid leave for care responsibilities; calls on the Commission to complement the existing legal framework on work/life balance, including provisions on paternity leave and leave for dependants other than children, calls on the Council to approve the draft legislative proposal regarding pregnant workers (Maternity directive);
Amendment 144 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the biggest problems in the EU concern the remaining high level of unemployment, the growth of precarious forms of employment, the erosion of workers' rights and social protection and the supply of skilled and competent workers; stresses that priority should be given to the creation of an inclusive labour market by promoting the quality of jobs and the 'Decent Work Agenda', raising educational levels and expanding training and retraining programmes, ensuring greater equality between men and women and improving the integration into the labour market of women, migrants, older or younger workers and other disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 243 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 246 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a barrier-free and competitivpriority has to be given to an increase single market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers production, high-quality public services, the creation of high- quality jobs with rights and the fight to eradicate poverty; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area;
Amendment 260 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns undeclared work which endangers both society and workers; calls on the Member States to carry out regular checks and to initiate information campaigns in order to raise awareness of long-term disadvantages for workers employed in the black economy; calls for the development of care economy to meet real needs and to ensure high quality accessible care services for all, good working and pay conditions to avoid resorting to undeclared work;
Amendment 277 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that flexicurity policies are put at the centre of the Agenda, and shares the Commission’s assessment that the crisis has put nationalrecent research demonstrates that increased flexibility has the effect of generally reducing the status of employees, who are more often not employed permanently but temporarily, not employed full-time but part-time, and more frequently turn to involuntary self- employment; whereas new research based on OECD data shows that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious and that employment flexicurbility arrangements to a serhas the strongest negative effect on ‘employability’ (improving the skills and qualificatiouns tof employeest);
Amendment 287 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses, however, that flexicurity alone cannot remedy the crisis and calls on the Commission, Member States and the social partners to pay special attention to workers from disadvantaged groups, such as young people, low-skilled workers and workers with disabilTakes the view that Member States should take adequate measures to phase out precarious and atypical employment; considers that one instrument could be to establish a system of progressively raising the social security contributions paid by employers, according to the principle ‘the lower the employment status (short period, weak perspectives, high risks), the higher the contributions to social security’; considers that progressive contributions could motivate employers e.g. to issue a permanent contract rather than to prolong a temporary one and thus encourage them to hire employees under more favourable conditieons;
Amendment 299 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. BelievNotes that, under the new momentum of social and economic changes, the four components of flexicurity – flexible and reliable contractual arrangements, active labour market policies, lifelong learning, and modern social security systems – and the balance between them should be reviewed and reinforced the increase in atypical forms of employment caused by increased flexibility disqualifies an increasing number of employees from social benefits, as eligibility for social benefits depends on an employee's employment status; takes the view that increased flexibility thus also endangers the financial sustainability of social security systems;
Amendment 313 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that, in order to emerge stronger from the economic crisis, to become more competitive and convergent, with higher levels of growth, and to secure our welfare systems in the long term, Europe needs to promote high-quality public services, make full use of its labour force potential, guarantee workers' rights, and promote collective bargaining and public and universal social security;
Amendment 352 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that job quality has to be promoted as a multidimensional concept, covering both employment relations and work itself; calls on the Commission to step up efforts to review the EU definition and common indicators of job quality, to make them more operational for the evaluation and benchmarking of Member States’ policies; stresses that high-quality employment presupposes permanent work, with decent wages and adequate social protection;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the problems and inequalities encountered by women of Kurdish origin are, in general, all the greater,
Amendment 113 #
2011/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points to the need to ensure that all women, including those of Kurdish origin, enjoy equal rights and that their culture and language are respected;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that special attention should be given to the empowerment of women in the less developed regions of Turkey; welcomes, therefore, the Turkish Government’s projects such as CATOMs (Multi Purpose Society Centres), but underlines the need for more of such initiatives that respect and promote the rights of all women, focusing in particular on the social inclusion of women in rural areas, unemployed women, and women living in poverty;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas poverty and social exclusion violate human dignity and fundamental human rights, while the key objective of income support schemes is to bring people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity, this being especially important for women since they are worse affected by poverty,
Amendment 18 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. having regard to the increase in social inequality in certain Member States arising, in particular, from economic inequality in terms of the distribution of income and wealth, labour market inequalities entailing insecurity in social terms, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education and justice, phenomena which particularly affect women since they tend to be compounded by gender discrimination,
Amendment 26 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are violations of human dignity and fundamental human rights, and the central objective of income support schemes must be to lift people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,
Amendment 30 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to take account of Recommendation 92/441/EEC and its recognition of 'the basic right of a person to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in a manner compatible with human dignity', recalling that this is a vital issue for women, and also stressing that the key objective of income support schemes should be to bring people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity, this including invalidity and retirement pensions which ensure such dignity; given this objective, recommends that the Commission establish a common method for calculating a subsistence threshold in cost-of-living terms (a 'shopping basket' of goods and services), so as to be able to draw on comparative measurements of poverty levels and determine means of social intervention, including a minimum income scheme;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2008 almost a quarter of the population of the EU-27 – 116 million people – were affected by at least one of the three forms of social exclusion recognised by Eurostat (i.e. they lived in economic poverty, conditions of severe material deprivation or a jobless household),
Amendment 32 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, according to a study published by Eurostat in 2008, poverty affects some 17% of the population of the 27 EU Member States, i.e. 81 million people, children and elderly people being the groups most at risk of poverty; whereas the same study also confirmed that the fact of having a job significantly reduces the risk of poverty in the EU,
Amendment 32 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Stresses the need for specific additional social allowances for less- favoured groups (the disabled and chronically ill, single mothers and their children and large families), in order to cover the extra costs arising from such needs as individual care, use of dedicated facilities, medical care and social support;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. mindful of the gravity of the economic and social crisis and its impact in terms of growing poverty and exclusion and rising unemployment, with one-third of the jobless being affected by long-term unemployment, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable countries,
Amendment 33 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2c (new)
Paragraph 2c (new)
2c. Stresses the need to prioritise the fight against social inequalities especially affecting women, such as economic inequality in terms of the distribution of income and wealth, labour market inequalities and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education and justice;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas more and more young people – already among the most vulnerable sections of the population, most at risk of poverty and social exclusion – are also affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,
Amendment 40 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the risk of poverty directly affects rural communities and especially small farms and young farmers threatened by the effects of the economic crisis and excessive fluctuations in commodity prices,
Amendment 43 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy aims to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million, on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households); whereas, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, this aim may be an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but it reflects the abandonment from the outset of millions of people in Europe, with the associated risk of generating threshold effects and excluding the most vulnerable people from the scope of policies geared to measurable results; whereas if the most intractable situations are not addressed from the outset, the policies implemented will have no impact on them,
Amendment 47 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, given the austerity measures that the Member States are in the process of adopting, which are a step backwards in terms of employment and social protection, there is no hope of achieving the Europe 2020 strategy aim of reducing by 20 million the number of people at risk of poverty on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households),
Amendment 50 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas certain Member States are under pressure from the Council and Commission and from international bodies such as the IMF to undertake the short-term reduction of their budget deficits, which have been worsened by the crisis, and to make cuts in spending, including social expenditure, thus undermining the welfare state and exacerbating poverty,
Amendment 52 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas social inequality is increasing in certain Member States, the result above all of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, social insecurity, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc.,
Amendment 56 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, first and foremost detrimental to the people experiencing it, but also has implications for economic growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, according to the principle that social rights in the EU are at least equivalent to those resulting from the internal market,
Amendment A #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Ccalls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on povertyboost the involvement in the development of a European strategy at all levels of governance (European, national, regional and local) of organised civil society and of all stakeholders, such as NGOs, social economy organisations, service providers, experts in social innovation and the social partners, as well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions and which have acquired experience and knowledge, particularly through the development of national platforms against poverty and social exclusion in each Member State; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between local, regional and national authorities and European Institutions, particularly the European Parliament; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs; calls for discussions with people living in poverty and social exclusion to be institutionalised, and to be extended at national level, and for their participation and contribution to be made a formal and central part of the annual convention on poverty and social exclusion, and calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;
Amendment AA #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Commission’s new strategy for implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights aims, in particular, to improve the most disadvantaged people’s access to fundamental rights; whereas the Charter must be respected in its entirety and whereas severe poverty represents a violation of human rights and a serious erosion of human dignity and encourages stigmatisation and injustice; whereas the key objective of income support schemes is to bring people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,
Amendment B #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for poverty awareness seminars to be organised in the European institutions and Member State governments by organisations which have specific experience of combating poverty and for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;
Amendment C #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring ofthe establishment of a regular, critical evaluation mechanism, involving the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, based on precise indicators at national and European level, by which the multiple dimensions of poverty can be evaluated and the Member States’ progress, by gender and age, towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and towards breaking this target down into sub-targets, can be measured, in view of the fact that the lack of a precise definition of poverty leaves too much leeway for the Member States, to break this target down into sub-targets; hus risking aberrant interpretations; calls on the Commission to improve national and European indicators relating to the comparability of national statistics on the poverty of vulnerable people and to promote, with Eurostat, the production of more precise statistics within a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and on this basis to conduct an annual evaluation of the situations of poverty in the EU, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach; calls on the Commission to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold;
Amendment CC #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Considérant C
Considérant C
C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy aims todopts, as one of its five major objectives, a soft target, i.e. one without sanctions, aiming at reduceing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million, on the basis of three indicators agreed by Member States (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the severe material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households), and whereas this aim may be an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, it reflects the abandonment from the outset of millions of people in Europe, with the associated risk of generating threshold effects and excluding the most vulnerable people from the scope of policies geared to measurable results; whereas if the most intractable situations are not addressed from the outset, the policies implemented will have no impact on them; whereas the European Platform against poverty constitutes one of the seven flagship initiatives of the EU 2020 strategy,
Amendment D #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in on the Commission to fully take account of the correct horizontal social clause as specified in Article 9 TFEU, under which the EU is to 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, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for the social impact assessments of European policies to go into greater depthe, event that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause where those policies are not initiated by the Commission but by the European Council, as in the case of the Euro Plus pact; considers that such an in- depth analysis of the application of this clause will make it possible to avoid a levelling-down of social standards in Europe and to promote the development of a common social basis in Europe; calls for this social impact assessment to be made with the associations active in combating poverty and to take account of the situation of the poorest people in Europe as a reference; considers that these assessments should involve the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Commission’s departments responsible for social affairs under the responsibility of a director- general reporting to the General Secretariat of the European Commission;
Amendment DD #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, because poverty levels in the EU Member States have been high for very many years, the impact of poverty on the economy is steadily increasing; whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, factors which in themselves create poverty and unemployment, particularly long- term unemployment, which affects one- third of the jobless, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable countries; whereas the preservation of social rights in the European Union is fundamental in any attempt to address poverty,
Amendment G #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the open method of social coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common development, implementation and evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion and protection, on the basis of commonly defined objectives, via national platforms against poverty, by exchanges of good practice on policies regarding effective access to fundamental rights and implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter (not yet ratified by all Member States), in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; stresses that, in this context, the work of the Council’s Social Protection Committee should continue to be taken into account; calls for the Platform to promote and follow up the participation of local authorities, social economy enterprises and other local stakeholders in drawing up and implementing national strategic reports;
Amendment H #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to specify th, in consultation with the European Central Bank, to propose common principles used to define the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ accessible to all; required to enable everyone to live in dignity, and points out that these immediate needs are inseparable from respect for human dignity and effective access to all fundamental rights – whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural – without exception; calls for the target of price stability to be clarified so as to allow specific national situations to be taken into account that do not necessarily have a significant impact on the euro- system indicators;
Amendment HH #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a compelling, helpful and necessary indicator, but where of relative poverty, but should be complemented by other indicators such as the concept and calculation of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as muchat national level (which does not constitute a direct response to the specific situation of people suffering from poverty) and those agreed at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in June 2010 (at-risk-of poverty, material deprivation and jobless households) as a matter of public policy needs,
Amendment J #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to the whole range of fundamental rights and the other rights enshrined in the international agreements to which the Member States are signatories, and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded people can freely express themselves, and bearing in mind that securing the right to housing is a necessary prerequisite for the full exercise of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights;
Amendment K #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that particular attention and additional measures are needed for the homeless [...] social exclusion; calls upon the European Commission to develop urgently an EU strategy on homelessness along the lines of the 2010 Joint Report of the Commission and the Council on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, the final recommendations of the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness (2010) and the European Parliament resolution on EU Homelessness Strategy; calls on the European Commission to develop a detailed roadmap [...] Note: A citation referring to the resolution will be added by oral amendment.
Amendment MM #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20% reaching a critical level in all Member States, which puts young people at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age; whereas this alarming situation calls for urgent political, economic and social responses and will, in combination with demographic changes, aggravate skills shortages; having regard to the vital role that vocational training can play in helping young people and low skilled workers to join the labour market; whereas, however, getting a job does not always mean escaping poverty, and whereas young people are especially susceptible to falling into the category of working poor,
Amendment NN #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas migrants are being hit hard by the economic crisis, nd ethnic minorities, including undocumented migrants, are especially vulnerable workers being hit hard by the economic crisis and consequently by increased poverty and social exclusion because of the precarious, temporary or atypical work they are likely to be doing thanks to their place of origin or lack of qualification; whereas migrant workers should enjoy the same working and pay conditions and the same right to training and social protection as nationals of the countries in which they are working,
Amendment 80 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone,
Amendment R #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination; Urges the Member States to agree and adopt as soon as possible the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426); calls on the Commission to continue to support the overcoming of technical difficulties within the Council in order to ensure a swift agreement is reached, and to close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects, with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination; Note: A citation referring to the Kosa report will be added by oral amendment.
Amendment T #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. AdvocatesRecommends the Member States to adopt a proactive decent housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housingquality housing at affordable prices or on preferential terms of purchase, and to prevent the loss thereof, with guaranteed access to services essential to health and safety, the lack of such housing being a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency in order to combat energy poverty; calls for more attention to be paid to housing for migrants, who are often exploited and forced to live in sub- standard housing; recalls Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon on social housing and calls for the provisions contained therein to be respected, in particular on the Member States’ freedom to organise social housing, including the question of financing; encourages the Member States to implement special housing programmes and opportunities for homeless people, in view of guaranteeing the most basic standards of living for the most vulnerable in society;
Amendment W #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomelaunch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;
Amendment 89 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a compelling, helpful and necessary indicator, but whereas the concept of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as much a matter of public policy needs,
Amendment 118 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20%, which puts them at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age,
Amendment 127 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas migrants are being hit hard by the economic crisis because of the precarious, temporary or atypical work they are likely to be doing thanks to their place of origin or lack of qualification,
Amendment 128 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas migrant workers should enjoy the same working and pay conditions and the same right to training and social protection as nationals of the countries in which they are working,
Amendment 135 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas most of the Member States now have large numbers of homeless people, owing to diverse factors, and this calls for specific measures for those people's social integration,
Amendment 145 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to involve the European Parliament and civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty; calls on it also to involve people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions;
Amendment 157 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring of the Member States’ progress towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and for the Member States to break this target down into sub-targets; calls for a set of indicators to be chosen by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold, and also calls on the European Union to devise a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion to be published each year, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach;
Amendment 174 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, in the light of the current crisis situation, for a detailed and up-to-date study to be conducted urgently into the numbers of people living in poverty and people at risk of poverty in the coming months;
Amendment 175 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to draw up and present an annual report to the European Parliament on the Member States’ progress in reducing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 182 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in the event that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for this assessment of the social impact of European policies to be carried out with the persons concerned, taking the poorest amongst them as a reference, and for the fight against poverty and for access to basic rights to be coordinated by a secretariat reporting directly to the President of the Commission;
Amendment 192 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the open method of coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion; and through exchanges of good practice on policies for effective access to fundamental rights, and for it to enable the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; calls for the open method of coordination to encourage the Member States to ratify the revised European Social Charter;
Amendment 198 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to specify the common principles used to define the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ accessible to all, and points out that these immediate needs are inseparable from respect for human dignity and effective access to all fundamental rights – whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural –without exception;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to the whole range of fundamental rights and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded can freely express themselves;
Amendment 212 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists on the need to revise the austerity policies being imposed in some Member States to fight the crisis, and stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, mobility, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence or increasing the debt still further;
Amendment 228 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists on the need for specific additional provisions for less-favoured groups (those with disabilities or chronic illnesses, single-parent families and families with large numbers of children) who incur additional costs, in particular related to personal assistance, use of specific facilities, medical care and social support;
Amendment 236 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men, given the shortcomings of the welfare systems and continuing discrimination, especially on the labour market, necessitating a whole range of specific policies which should be both gender-oriented and attentive to circumstances;
Amendment 247 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that poverty affecting people in employment implies inequitable working conditions and calls for efforts to change this state of affairs, through pay levels in general and minimum wage levels in particular, whether regulated by legislation or by collective bargaining, so that they can ensure a decent standard of living;
Amendment 255 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that priority should be given to fighting social inequality, especially in the context of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc.;
Amendment 289 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to submit national reform programmes consistent with the aim of the Platform, with a view to creating well-paid work, and calls on the Commission to refrain from restricting the Member States’ capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance, bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as indicated in the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 296 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 306 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination; , including social discrimination;
Amendment 328 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates a proactive housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housing, the lack of which is a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency;
Amendment 357 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for special attention to be given to the future of young people and for a clear strategy to help young people find a decent first job commensurate with their level of training;
Amendment 359 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that the Commission should take account of Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises 'the fundamental right of the individual to sufficient resources in respect of human dignity', while insisting that the central objective of income support schemes should be that of taking people out of poverty and allowing them to live a decent life, decent invalidity and retirement pensions being included; with this in view, recommends that the Commission consider establishing a common method for calculating a minimum survival income and a cost-of-living minimum (a 'shopping-basket' of goods and services), with a view to ensuring the availability of comparative measurements of poverty levels and establishing means of social intervention, including the minimum income system;
Amendment 372 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on a minimum income based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;
Amendment 389 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need to include the gender perspective in the regulations and in the application of all Community funds and draws particular attention to the ESF, which must have sufficient capacity to promote policies on equality, permanent high-quality employment and fair income redistribution;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Warns that cohesion policy and the associated expenditure should be used to bring about sustainable economic, social, environmental and territorial development and cannot simply be a financial instrument, thereby safeguarding its objectives and avoiding negative consequences for economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides crucial support for employment market policies and plays an important part in boosting social inclusion, which means that the funding allocated to it needs to be increased significantly;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that, in order to ensure that it does not encourage business relocation within the EU, public aid granted under the Structural Funds must be conditional on the conclusion of long-term contracts with undertakings covering location, duration and employment;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas our major energy challenges are confronting climate change, strengthening energy autonomy while reducing fossil fuel imports, achieving a competitive internal energy marketsolid energy sector at European level grounded in public sectors guaranteeing universal access to energy and acting as a lever for SMEs and economic development, and ensuring universal access to sustainable, affordable and secure energy,
Amendment 562 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recalls the importance of transparent and non-discriminatory tariffs with a view to ensuring appropriate cost allocation for cross-border investments, fair prices for consumers and greater competitiveness; stresses the need to ensure universal access to electricity and to other energy sources, with a view to eradicating the energy poverty now estimated to affect more than 50 million people in the Member States;
Amendment 569 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38a (new)
Paragraph 38a (new)
38a. Stresses the importance of ensuring a strong energy sector at European level, grounded in the national public sectors which are essential from the viewpoint of guaranteeing the eradication of energy poverty and the right of universal access to energy for the entire population, while also constituting a lever for SMEs and for economic development;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the need for budget appropriations for social action to be increased across the board; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains that the budget of the Progress programme needs to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within that programme;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is also of the opinion that, unless available resources are used more innovatively and effectively, Member States’ budgetary consolidation cannot be sustainable and that sustainable consolidation will likewise be impossible to achieve without a higher Community co-financing rate – especially for projects in social sectors (ESF, Cohesion Fund, and the PROGRESS programme) – enabling Member States with financial problems to make full use of Community funding; considers that national contributions from such Member States should not exceed 10%;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that an increasing number of women live in poverty or are at risk of poverty, in particular women with special needs, such as disabled women, elderly women and single mothers; urges the Commission to pay particular attention to this problem both when drawing up, as well as implementing, the relevant budget headings and also in the policies it adopts;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Proposes that a budget line, backed by the necessary funding, be established with a view to encouraging a change from insecure jobs to work with rights, this being a key issue where workers’ rights are concerned;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for better use of PROGRESS so as to enhance how public employment services function with regard to active labour-market measures, and points out that, under the microfinancing facility agreement, the budget for PROGRESS must be topped up; considers, given the growing difficulties with which social organisations are having to contend, that their contribution to the financing of projects supported by the EU should be no higher than 10%;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the modest scale of the budget appropriations allocated to the individual parts of the PROGRESS programme; maintains that they need to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on an increase in European Social Fund payment appropriationsacross the board in budget appropriations for social action; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund to promote gender equality, and specifically in the field of employment;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points to the need to incorporate the gender dimension in the implementing regulations of all the Community funds and draws attention to the ESF in particular, which has to attain the scale necessary to promote policies making for equality, high-quality permanent jobs, and fair redistribution of income;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out the important role of the gender equality and anti-discrimination headings of the PROGRESS programme in promoting equality between men and women and fighting discrimination in the European Union; stresses that these headings should continue to be managed by the Commission unit responsible for gender equality and asks that they be considerably increased;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists on the need to ensure that in insolvency proceedings priority is always given to workers in terms of payment of wages owed, including compensation;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Insists on the need to guarantee a standard minimum as regards the payment of compensation to workers in insolvency proceedings, equivalent to at least one month's wages for each year worked; this payment should be made immediately by the Member State concerned, which should subsequently claim the equivalent sum from the company, including as part of insolvency proceedings;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 47 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Legal and administrative barriers and restrictions imposed by Member States which are not prescribed by Union rules, or are interpreted in a manner contrary to Union law with regard to living and working elsewhere in the Union, infringe a fundamental right of citizens and in the case of workers can have counterproductive effects, such as more illegal work, an expansion of the black economy, worker exploitation or even human trafficking.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
– conferences and events to raise awareness of the benefits of the right to free movement and residence by warning women workers who move abroad for jobs as babysitters, au-pairs, nannies or nurses, against the potential threats of the black labour market, or even prostitution and others forms of violence, as they are often employed for such jobs by private entities and thus end up working without a contract or illegally, and consequently have no rights or benefits linked to social security, healthcare etc. available to them.
Amendment 15 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that education and/or training establishments must arrange extracurricular placements so as to provide students with experience in their chosen field as a means of consolidating their knowledge and forging links with the workplace;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that voluntary mobility in the framework of schooling and vocational training and for the purposes of employment should be promoconsolidated for all young people, irrespective of their financial situation, with each individual being able to determine the degree of his or her own mobility;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices, for example with the help of equality advisers, and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that an active labour market policy, including publicly funded work programmes for young people, and the creation of new, sustainable and good jobs which are properly remunerated are essential preconditions for successfully tackling youth unemployment, and that the existing funds, such as the European Social Fund, must be targeted more specifically at these objectives;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that young people whose chances of getting started in life are poorer must be supported individually to increase their employabilityvocational training for all young people must be consolidated by means of individual support and that free publicly funded training places are an effective instrument for integrating particularly disadvantaged young people;
Amendment 168 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that young people must be given access to vocational training during working time, enabling them to accumulate training credit hours while at work also, and that lifelong learning must be supported from the very first job;
Amendment 176 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that effective measures must be taken to combat discrimination encountered by girls, even those holding academic qualifications superior to those of their male counterparts, in respect of employment opportunities and pay scales;
Amendment 177 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the importance of upholding maternity and paternity entitlements by combating any form of discrimination and guaranteeing effective enjoyment of all existing statutory rights;
Amendment 178 #
2010/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses the importance of Member States promoting and implementing youth policies designed to end the social exclusion of young people, particularly those belonging to the most disadvantaged families; takes the view that Member States should guarantee free access to cultural and sports facilities, programmes and activities;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that EU regional policy is a vital instrument in promoting economic and social cohesion, which enables the EU to take measures to reduce regional disparities, promote real convergence and stimulate development, quality employment and social progress, and also benefits less developed regions;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need for gender mainstreaming in the rules and application of all Community funds and draws special attention to the ESF, which should have sufficient capacity to promote policies for equality, high-quality stable jobs and fair redistribution of income;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Warns that the cohesion policy and related expenditure should be used to achieve sustainable (economic, social, environmental and regional) development and that it is more than a mere financial instrument, in keeping with its objectives;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the ESF should provide vital support for labour market policies and play an important role in promoting social inclusion and that its funding therefore needs to be considerably stepped up;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in order to ensure that it does not encourage the relocation of businesses within the EU, the provision of public aid granted under the structural funds should be conditional on the signing of long-term contracts with the companies as regards location, duration and jobs with rights;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that, given the serious economic and financial crisis affecting a number of Member States and their regions, the co-financing rate applicable to national institutions and associations in respect of projects supported by Community funding should not exceed 10% for all the structural funds, with a view to enabling greater uptake of cohesion funding;
Amendment 153 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the need to encourage initiatives to help devise and implement positive action and human resources policies at company level to promote gender equality, while also laying greater emphasis on awareness-raising and training measures serving to promote, transfer, and incorporate practices that have been successful in organisations and companies;
Amendment 160 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Member States to recognise companies that are seeking to promote gender equality and facilitating work-life balance, the object being to help disseminate practices making for excellence in this field;
Amendment 162 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to promote vocational training policies and programmes for women, including the development of computer literacy skills, with a view to increasing female participation in industrial sectors, taking into account the financial support available at local, national, and Community levels and providing greater incentives for it to be used by large companies and SMEs;
Amendment 163 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to intensify the support given to vocational training programmes for women in industrial SMEs and support for research and innovation, in line with the Seventh Framework Programme and the European Charter for Small Enterprises, as approved in Annex III to the presidency conclusions of the Santa Maria da Feira European Council of 19 and 20 June 2000;
Amendment 164 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Regrets the low level of female participation in management and labour organisations, and calls on the social partners to intensify gender equality training for negotiators and those responsible for collective agreements, and to strengthen women’s participation in their decision-making bodies;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage balanced representation of women and men on the management boards of companies, particularly where Member States are shareholders;
Amendment 166 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16g (new)
Paragraph 16g (new)
16g. Points to the need to encourage the establishment of women’s networks within companies, between companies in the same industrial sector, and between industrial sectors;
Amendment 167 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16h. Deplores the low proportion of women in the advanced technology sector, and points to the importance of operational education and training programmes in science and technology to guarantee the quality, and diversify the range, of training opportunities for women in the Member States and to encourage girls to opt for scientific and technological studies;
Amendment 168 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Amendment 169 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 j (new)
Paragraph 16 j (new)
16j. Considers it important to disseminate existing good practice regarding women’s participation in industrial research and cutting-edge industries; points to the importance of making management in industrial companies with low female participation more aware of the gender perspective, which should translate into numerical targets;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the Commission communication on European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 does not include an integrated gender perspective or a separate chapter on gender-specific disability policies, despite the fact that disabled women are often in a more disadvantaged position than disabled men and are more often victims of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
– social inclusion of 80 million disabled people in the European Union and facilitatpeople with disabilities ing the work of their carers, particularly womeEuropean Union;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 18 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that disabled children are often cared for by their mothers, who have to cope with medical, educational and administrative procedures, which has an adverse impact on their careers; calls on the Member States to mtake working hours more flexible so that these women are no longer excluded from the job marketdue account of the problems faced by parents of disabled children, who are often forced to remain outside the labour market, and to promote policies to support and assist such parents;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to take vigorous measures against all forms of violence against the disabled, in particular women, elderly people and children, who are frequently victims of mental and physical violence as well as sexual violence; notes that almost 80% of disabled women are victims of violence and that the risk of sexual violence is higher for them than for other women; points out that violence is not only a frequent occurrence in the lives of disabled women but is also sometimes the very cause of their disability;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the difficulties disabled women face in gaining access to employment, and adds that they should be encouraged to follow study courses and use new information and communication technologies, while enterprises should be urged to employ them using positive measures and with adequate funding.
Amendment 38 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to develop both independent and collective forms of accommodation, which are of good quality and affordable for all regardless of the individual’s own financial situation;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement policies to assist persons with disabilities, particularly women and children, to support their autonomy and full integration into society ; in this context call on the Commission to support programmes for exchange of best practice between Members States, and in particular to examine the role of personal assistants for persons with disabilities and the way they contribute to facilitate the every day life and the independence of persons with disabilities ;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to ensure that co- financing by NGOs working in this area of disability in projects that they submit for Community funding does not exceed 10%;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 44 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that women with disabilities have a right to share in and benefit from the rapid development of products and services derived from new technologies on equal terms, since this will enable them to participate in an inclusive information society without barriers;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Considers it necessary to make provision for special support measures to cater for people with disabilities in lower income groups, in order to ensure that they have equal access to ICTs and avoid creating new forms of social exclusion;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses the need to establish and apply minimum incomes at EU Member State level based on the poverty threshold used by Eurostat, i.e. 60% of each country’s median income;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes measures must be taken to implement the right to physical assistance of people with functional diversity and ensure an independent life for those who want it;
Amendment 202 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Draws attention, in particular, to women with disabilities and stresses the need for measures and actions to fight double discrimination and promote full equality of rights and opportunities;
Amendment 216 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Believes that educational systems must provide a full response to special educational needs, ensuring in all circumstances the inclusion of special needs pupils by means of public policies offering them specific learning support;
Amendment 218 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Stresses that people with disabilities have the right to benefit, on a footing of equality, from the rapid development of products and services related to the new technologies, so that they can avail themselves of an inclusive and barrier- free information society;
Amendment 222 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Advocates special support measures for the needs of people with disabilities on low incomes, with a view to ensuring that they have equal access to ITC and preventing the creation of new forms of social exclusion;
Amendment 223 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24 d. Believes that more funding needs to be channelled to disabled people's organisations; insists that for such organisations the cofinancing rate should be no more than 10% of the value of the projects presented by them, in view of their known financial difficulties;
Amendment 269 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Insists on the need to create and implement minimum income levels in the Member States, starting out from the poverty threshold used by Eurostat, i.e. 60% of average income in a given Member State;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appreciates the holisticStrongly opposes the approach adopted by the Green Paper, which is intended to impart fresh impclaims that there is 'an urgent need to review the pension promise in view of what the rest of the economy – and public budgetus at national and EU level with the aim of safeguarding old-age pensions- can be expected to provide' and calls for the development of a European internal market in pension funds, which would amount to reopening the financial casino and creating new opportunities for speculation rather than restricting it, thereby putting the adequacy, safety and sustainability of pensions even more at risk;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that Member States facPoints out that investing pension contributions on volatile financial markets, as advocated in the Commission's earlier Financial Services Action Plan, did not lead to higher returns for current and future penormous challenges in ensuring that pensions meet citizens' expectsioners, but instead to heavy losses in 2008 (20% on average for pension funds) and severe underfunding of occupational pension schemes, creating problems for them in meeting their pension obligations;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sorely misses any mention of SMEs, which are one of the main sources of ePoints out that the European Union is now showing its real anti-social face: the EU and national governments are advocating and imployement in the EU and can, must and wish to make a major contribution to the sustainability and adequacy of pension systemsg a concerted austerity strategy which entails cutting pensions, raising statutory retirement ages, changing the basis for calculating pension entitlements from earnings in a person's best years to average earnings over a person's working career, increasing contribution periods, and the like;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that soundfair economic and social policies make an important contribution to growth and st, stability and social sustainability;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particulHighlights the fact that government deficits are high and public debt is soaring mainly because governments are constantly 'rescuing' the financial sector from the results of its speculation and the damage it was inflicting on the economy; strongly opposes the EU governments' austerity policies which are placing the burden of repaying public debt to the same financial sector creditors on ordinarly in the Stability and Growth Pact; workers, pensioners, etc. whose jobs, wages, social benefits, pensions and rights are under attack;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the mass mobilisations of trade unions and social movements which have occurred in a number of Member States in protest against these austerity policies in general and the new wave of neo-liberal pension 'reforms' in particular; strongly supports the prospect of EU-wide coordination of these resistance movements against the EU- wide concerted class war from above launched by the Commission, the Council and the governments of all the Member States except Cyprus;
Amendment 83 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the fact that, according to mainstream economists, maintaining average annual labour productivity growth of 1.3-1.7%, as in past decades, will make it possible to produce increasing added value with a decreasing workforce and provide a sound basis for a fair distribution of incomes between economically active and non-active persons (such as pensioners, children, pupils, students, etc.); emphasises that further productivity reserves could be mobilised by increasing energy and resource efficiency;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that securing sufficient productivity growth on a path towards sustainable development, introducing the more egalitarian distribution of incomes and wealth, phasing out precarious employment, promoting 'Decent Work' and achieving full employment are the real key economic issues when it comes to safeguarding the financial sustainability of pension systems and ensuring the adequacy of future pensions;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Observes that the EU lacks a set of common criteria which illuminate the various pension systems and that there is therefore a lack of transparent supervision applicable to all systemswould help guarantee the existence of public and universal social security systems in the context of equitable reforms enabling people to live with dignity without falling below the poverty threshold (i.e. 60% of average income in each Member State);
Amendment 115 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers and low wages, women have smaller pensions on average and are more likely to be affected by poverty;
Amendment 127 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of individualising pension entitlements in such a way as to guarantee the economic independence of men and women and ensure that pension levels guarantee a decent life;
Amendment 169 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (second pillar) afford the bestcan help improve pension levels, but that it is in all circumstances the role of the general system (first pillar) to guarantee of adequatel pension provisions;
Amendment 187 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the sustainability and adequacyimprovement of pension systems are certainly also affectobviously conditioned by the thirdfirst pillar, namely individual savings, facilitated or otherwiseas the financial crisis has shown;
Amendment 201 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States to consider introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the third pillar; notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structure;
Amendment 225 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure a general increase in the statutory retirement age and an extension of compulsory contribution periods are not necessary at all; highlights the fact that the pensions can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing an reforms of the past two decades one- sidedly froze or decreased the contributions to be paid by the employers and increased the overall contributions to be paid by employees; considers that - while maintaining the current level of employees' contributions - a return to parity financing of statutory pension schemes (at least 50% of contributions to be paid by the employer) would calls onow most Member States to consider linking themaintain or to return to a statutory retirement age to life expectancy; of 60 years;
Amendment 249 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to a prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for lonConsiders that ways of organising work and working time arrangements must be adapted to demographic change; points out that improved stability of employment, social security and health and safety at the workplace, and also shorter collective working times, are necessary for the more effective integration of young and older workers alike, in order to keep them in gainful employment, motivated and healthy, until they reach the statutory retirement ager;
Amendment 266 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 289 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that the 2020 Strategy devotes no explicit attention to sustainable and adequate pension systems; in the context of defending public and universal social security systems that guarantee decent pensions for all;
Amendment 292 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 303 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports, in accordance with the 2020 Strategy, a targeted and active labour market policy which will lead to increased participation in employment on the part of older workers, women, young people, members of minority groups and the long-term unemployed, creating jobs with rights for all;
Amendment 321 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well Points out that the 2003 directive concerning the institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) forced Member States to abolish prudential rules governing occupational pension schemes (OPS) and to open up the provision of OPS to competition; emphasises that the directive allows IORPs to invest 70% of their portfolio or technical provisions in shares and corporate bonds, including in risk capital markets, and up to 30% in assets denominated in foreign currencies, but that apart from transparency and information requirements it does not even stipulate that at least the need for such mobilityaccumulated contributions to the scheme should be guaranteed at retirement or that a minimum rate of return or a defined benefit should be set;
Amendment 334 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises that the liberalisation of prudential regulation brought about by that directive may have contributed to the losses and problems suffered by occupational pension schemes in the financial crisis; highlights the fact that the IORP Directive does not provide for proper protection of the contributions and future pensions of the members of occupational pension schemes and calls on the Commission to repeal it;
Amendment 338 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Advocates a step-by-step reintegration of the assets of funded schemes into public pension schemes - as Argentina has done - in order to strengthen the redistributive character of pension systems; calls on the Member States to promote statutory pension systems which guarantee that old-age poverty can be prevented and, through their earnings-related component, ensure that living standards are maintained;
Amendment 392 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 413 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 424 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 431 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is concerned about the inadequate information provided to the public by public authorities and bodies administering pensions concerning the necessity, possibilities, accumulated entitlements, likely results and actual state of affairs with regard to old-age pensions; calls on the Commission and Member States to launch campaigns to enable and encourage members of the public to take measures to ensure adequate pension provision for themselves;
Amendment 440 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 445 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, when pension provision is reformed, or when there is a changeover from a promised pension to a promised pension arrangement, or from a final salary to a mean salary system, the public must be promptly and fully informed of the consequences;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to develop national programmes for vocational education and training (VET) that promote gender mainstreaming as a priority for future actions and measures in this field; underlines the importance of teaching practices designed to encourage equality between men and women and combat preconceived stereotypes;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the establishment of effective partnerships between stakeholders in education, social partners and civil-society organisations in order to address the gender dimension in terms of education and training; underlines the importance of creating and training equality counsellors and calls for their intervention in both the public and private sectors;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States, as envisaged for the Europe 2020 objectives, to improve links between vocational training and labour market needs and to create new opportunities for training, including in scientific, mathematical and technological fields, in order to increase women's employability in non-traditional jobs and in the low-carbon sectors of the economy, creating permanent jobs with decent wages;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to develop high-quality, wide-ranging, flexible and affordable access for women to vocational education and training, together with specific guidance and career counselling which are relevant for women from diverse backgrounds and address their multi- dimensional training needs, with a view to effectively integrating them into good- quality jobs with decent wages;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to develop incentives for employers to facilitate the provision of cost-effective and flexible training in micro and small enterprises, adapted to the needs of women and including for home-based workers; urges the Commission and all the Member States to make determined efforts to combat wage inequalities between men and women, with a view to eliminating the current 18% gender-based wage differential by 2020.
Amendment 1 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women's rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement,
Amendment 3 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 19 December 2006 entitled ‘Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women’ (A/RES/61/143), and the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security,
Amendment 41 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 61 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- measures to address the six P framework on violence against women (policy, prevention, protection, prosecution, provision, and partnership),
Amendment 110 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the risk of re- victimisation asylum-seeking women and girls may face, and calls upon the Member States to take all necessary legislative and other measures to ensure gender-sensitive asylum procedures and reception conditions;
Amendment 111 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the need to include violence against women and gender- related persecution in the asylum systems of the EU member states;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that research into the area of violence against children, youth and women and on a more general level on gender and sexual violence should be included as a multidisciplinary research area into the future Eight Framework Programme for research and technological development with minimum resources of 20 million euros / year – launched at the year of violence against women 2013;
Amendment 144 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Member States to pay extra attention in terms of how domestic violence impacts children specifically as the rates of battering and sexual abuse on children are greater in homes where the female is beaten or emotionally abused and to devote appropriate resources in order to help children who are experiencing domestic violence;
Amendment 157 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks that Member States acknowledge the serious problem of surrogacy which constitutes an exploitation of the female body and her reproductive organs;
Amendment 158 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Emphasises that both women and children are subject to the same forms of exploitation, and both can be seen as commodities on the international reproductive market and these new reproductive arrangements, such as surrogacy, are increasing the trafficking of women and children and illegal adoption across national boarders;
Amendment 180 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the responsibility of the European Union and the Member States in further implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security, in particular through EU humanitarian and development aid;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States to promote regional planning which will help to prevent the emergence of speculative tourism undertakings which have a highly detrimental effect on the conservation of nature and of the cultural and historical heritage and which neither form part of nor involve local communities;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that better coordination of R&D in the field of tourism will result in benefits for the sustainability of the tourism sector; stresses that tourism should be seen as a factor of economic, social and environmental development that can contribute to territorial cohesion;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that the tourism sector should contribute to the development of the related regional industry, generating economic development and employment at regional level, and stresses the need for a horizontal approach to the sector in terms of Community policies and funds, for example via the creation of a specific Community programme, complementing the Member States' actions, to promote the sector and encourage synergies between the various social and economic players involved;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is aware that the main challenges to sustainable tourism include reducing the seasonal nature of demand, increasing the prosperity of local communities and improving their quality of life, minimising the impact caused by the use of resources and the production of waste, conserving and promoting the natural and cultural heritage;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the role of enterprises, including SMEs, should be widely recognised when developing tourism policy in Europe; believes that the legislative framework should therefore be more business-friendly, take into account specific needs of enterprises in tourism industry such as flexible working time arrangements;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for occupations linked to the tourism sector to be covered by laws which safeguard workers' rights and which promote worthwhile jobs and the acquisition of skills by workers in the sector - to be achieved by (inter alia) suitable vocational training, better working conditions, the promotion of stable employment contracts and fair, decent wage levels;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas diseases of poverty, such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, negatively affect women and maternal health in particular,
Amendment 61 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a Points out that diseases of poverty, such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevent women from working both through the direct effects of these diseases on women and also through the added burden on women as traditionally having primary responsibility for caring for other affected family members; calls on the Commission to increase their efforts to eliminate these diseases and particularly via the development of efficient preventative measures;
Amendment 140 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a Underlines that adequately increased financing for and effective usage of the European Social Fund (ESF) should be ensured in order to provide adequate resources for measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment and measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, especially women, including those confronted with precarious and insecure contracts; stresses that ESF regulations should be revised and changed to reach those who need it most, that visibility and transparency should be enhanced, that the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and that further emphasis should be placed on the long-term sustainability of the projects; therefore calls for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social inclusion; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects; stresses that single parents are often alone in educating their children and demands that the Barcelona targets for childcare provision should be fully implemented;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that cohesion policy is a fundamental instrument with which to promote economic and social cohesion, with the aim of undertaking measures to reduce regional inequalities, promote real convergence and stimulate growth and employment, also serving to redistribute and offset the costs of the single market and EMU for the less developed regions and helping to attain the 20-20-20 goal by 2020 and establish a coherent strategy for a European economy with, in the long and medium term, maximum energy efficiency and low CO2 emissions; is aware that investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects is not moving ahead as expected;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that subordinating cohesion policy to the priorities of the 'EU 2020 strategy' could have adverse effects on economic and social cohesion by overemphasising competitiveness, deregulation, adaptability and the business mentality to the detriment of cohesion, convergence and the necessary social sustainability;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that, in order to avoid business relocation within the EU, public aid granted under the Structural Funds must be conditional on the conclusion of long-term contracts with undertakings covering location, duration and permanent employment;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Takes the view that cohesion policy must not be seen as merely an instrument for achieving the objectives of other sectoral policies, since it is a Community policy offering substantial value added which has its own raison d'être: economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth analysis of the impact that the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, the euro and the liberalisation of internal and international markets are having on cohesion and convergence policy, particularly as regards micro-enterprises and SMEs in each of the Member States;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the light of the review of cohesion policy and the EU financial perspective, asks the Commission to ensure that energy saving is automatically includedtaken into account as a condition when granting structural and cohesion funds, provided that specific support is available for the investments necessary in order to save energy, and to earmark an increased proportion of funds to energy efficiency and decentralised renewable energy projects;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that many social and economic benefits are to be gained from the effective use of resources, particularly the creation of jobs which are not vulnerable to relocation, in both rural and urban areas, notably in the case of SMEs; is concerned that in some regions EU aid, particularly to micro-enterprises and SMEs, has not been high enough to offset the adverse effects of the single market, EMU and the liberalisation of world trade;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that, at a time when the economic and financial crisis is heightening social inequalities, the allocation of Structural Funds to the Member States is in decline;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the ESF was created with the aim of reducing differences in living conditions among the Member States and regions of the EU, in order to promote economic and social cohesion, and urges the Commission to put forward an initiative aimed at revising the criteria for co-financing by the Member States, making it easier to use for those countries that are facing the greatest financial weaknesses;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to boost the effectiveness of the ESF in guaranteeing opportunities for European citizens to make themselves employable and adaptable and in generating the conditions for sustainable growth and economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Bearing in mind that the ESF is a basic tool against poverty, social exclusion, gender inequalities, social discrimination (against people with disabilities, migrants, older people, etc.) and unemployment, calls on the Commission to strengthen the ESF’s potential, financial autonomy and flexibility and to simplify procedures, follow-up and controls, taking account of social sustainability;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that cohesion policy must not be seen as merely an instrument for achieving the objectives of other sectoral policies, since it is a Community policy offering substantial value added which has its own raison d'être: economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth analysis of the impact that the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, the euro and the liberalisation of internal and international markets are having on cohesion and convergence policy, particularly as regards micro-enterprises and SMEs in each of the Member States;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Regrets the absence of binding measures to combat the persisting pay gap between men and women; stresses the need for urgent action to improve the situation of women employed in insecure conditions, especially migrant women and members of ethnic minorities, who are even more vulnerable at a time of economic and social crisis; insists on the need for further action to reduce gender inequalities in public health systems and that equal access to those systems must prevail;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4e (new)
Paragraph 4e (new)
4e. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the need to adopt positive measures for both women and men, notably in order to facilitate returning to work after a period devoted to the family (bringing up children and/or caring for a sick or disabled relative), promoting policies for (re)integration in the labour market and, therefore, recovery of financial independence;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that women as a population group are vulnerable to poverty, thanks to unemployment, failure to share family responsibilities, insecure and ill-paid employment, wage discrimination and lower pensions;
Amendment 53 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that women form a large part of the population at risk of poverty, due to unemployment, sole responsibility for family care, precarious and low-paid work, wage discrimination and lower pensions;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6g (new)
Paragraph 6g (new)
6g. Believes that women are at greater risk than men of falling into extreme poverty;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6h (new)
Paragraph 6h (new)
6h. Believes that priority must be given to the eradication of poverty by reviewing the macroeconomic, monetary, social and employment policies that underlie it with a view to ensuring economic and social fairness for women; considers it necessary to re-examine the methods used to calculate the poverty rate and develop strategies to promote equitable income distribution, guarantee a minimum income and decent wage and pension levels, create more quality jobs with rights for women, ensure access to quality public services for women and girls, improve social protection and the associated neighbourhood services, especially crèches, nurseries, kindergartens, day centres, and community centres offering leisure facilities and support services for families;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6j (new)
Paragraph 6j (new)
Amendment 60 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6l (new)
Paragraph 6l (new)
Amendment 61 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6m (new)
Paragraph 6m (new)
6m. Calls on public and private employers to incorporate equality plans into their internal procedures, backing them up with clear objectives (short-term, medium- term and long-term), and to undertake annual assessments of real compliance with those objectives;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6n (new)
Paragraph 6n (new)
6n. Regrets the low representation of women at decision-making level, both in the business world and in the democratic processes; insists on the need for more ambitious measures to promote women's membership of company boards and in the administrations of public bodies at local, regional, national and European level;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6o (new)
Paragraph 6o (new)
6o. Calls for enhanced action, including awareness-raising and workplace inspection, with a view to ensuring better working conditions for women, in terms of working hours, observance of maternity and paternity entitlements, longer maternity leave on full pay, introduction of paid parental and paternity leave, introduction of family leave for the purpose of caring for dependent relatives, and action to fight gender stereotypes concerning the division of labour and care and counter the undermining of the above rights;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that one priority should be the fight to eradicate poverty, by revising the macroeconomic, monetary, social and labour policies that are at its root, in order to ensure economic and social justice for women; believes that the methods used to determine poverty rates should be re- examined and that strategies should be developed to promote a fair distribution of income, guarantee minimum income, pay and decent pensions, create more high- quality jobs with rights for women, ensure access to high-quality public services for all women and young girls, and improve social welfare and respective local services, particularly crèches, nurseries, day centres, community and leisure centres, and family support services;
Amendment 70 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of negotiation and collective bargaining to combat discrimination against women, particularly in access to employment, pay, working conditions, career progression and vocational training;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on public and private establishments to introduce equality plans in their internal rules and regulations, together with strict short-, medium- and long-term objectives, and to evaluate annually the achievement of these objectives;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for more action, awareness- raising and inspection of workplaces to ensure better working conditions for women, by drawing attention to working hours, compliance with maternity and paternity rights, and reconciliation of work and family life, and by calling for the extension of maternity leave with full pay, the creation of paid family leave to be used mainly to care for dependent family members, measures to combat gender stereotypes in the division of labour and provision of care, and action to combat attempts to threaten these rights;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that, with the EU 2020 Strategy, the Commission is finally acknowledging the importance of an active industrial policy for sustainable growth and employment in Europe; urges the Commission to implement suitable measures and forms of support for the Member States that will enable an active industrial policy for sustainable growth and the development of national production, as a vital stimulus from the viewpoint of decent jobs, fair wages and economic and social cohesion in Europe;
Amendment 73 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency, with a view to ensuring that European industry becomes more stable and competitive and jobs are created as a result; urges the Commission to take account, in all Community policies, especially commercial and monetary policy, of those guidelines for the protection of European industry, and to implement measures and forms of support for the Member States which will ensure sustainable industrial development;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force to this end; which will take due account of the diversity of industrial production in the Member States and the nature of the contribution made, with a view to the development of national, regional and local production;
Amendment 266 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted; considers that a continued public-sector presence in the sphere of energy is essential for the development of industry and decent employment in the Member States, and that national energy strategies that prioritise industrial production in each Member State constitute an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and the Member States to include the health status of women as gender mainstreaming in their health policies and programmes, their programmes and research from their development and design to impact assessment and budgeting;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU and Member States to give attention to women with disabilities and elderly women to guarantee the right to access to health services and quality care, regardless of their economic situation;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges that EU and Member States introduce and use gender budgeting in public health policies at all levels;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the EU and the Member States to make mandatory the collection of comparable sex-disaggregated , analyse and make effective use of data in order regularly to assess existing health policies and programmes specifically targeted at women;
Amendment 74 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the EU and the Members States must take measures to ensure that access to healthcare should be open to women regardless of their financial, social, linguistic, geographical or cultural and legal status (for example women migrants or refugees);
Amendment 79 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
(a) Calls on the EU and the Member States to recognise male violence against women as a public health issue, whatever form it takes
Amendment 83 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the EU and the Member States must take account of women'sensure women's sexual and reproductive health and maternal mortality in their policies and provide the opportunity of safe abortion within and beyond the European Union.
Amendment 95 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 96 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the EU and the Member States the necessary measures in order to eliminate discrimination against women in relation to access to Artificial Reproductive Technologies based on marital Status, age and sexual orientation;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Urges that EU and the Member States to ensure a Strager focus on women's human rights notably in preventing, banning and prosecuting forced sterilisation women with disabilities or Roma and as well genital mutilation;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Considers that the EU and the Member States must support civil society and women's organisations that promote women's right, including women's sexual and reproductive rights, and work to ensure that women have a voice in European and national health policy issues;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for funds to be allocated to the EGF budget line at least from the next financial framework so as to simplify their use, to reduce application processing time in order to provide more effective assistance for workers made redundant, and to standardise procedures; stresses the need to reduce the national share of co- financing in view of the difficulties faced by various Member States, increasing the Community financing for the EGF to 90% of the cost of measures to be supported;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the internal services market must develop fully whilst presnot be such as to undervminge the European social model, especially with regard to decent and secure employment and universal welfare,
Amendment 11 #
2010/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Hopes that the Services Directive will genuinely havebe implemented only when it has a positive impact by creating decent and secure jobs and improving the quality and safety of services provided;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the directive excludes a number of fields from its scope of application, including non-economic services of general interest, healthcare services and most social services; adds that the directive does not apply to labour law and does not affect Member States' social security legislation either, while also respecting Member States' proposals for exemptions;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Employment Committee referred to in Article 150 TFEU to issue regular reports on the effects of the directive's implementation on employment, from both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view, and insists on the need for a study of the economic and social impact of implementing the directive.
Amendment 1 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted in 1979,
Amendment 2 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reconfirmed during the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, in particular Articles 3, 16, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 29,
Amendment 3 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 26 and 131 on minimum wage fixing and No 29 and 105 on the abolishment of forced labour,
Amendment 4 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the ILO report "A global alliance against forced labour. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2005",
Amendment 5 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to Articles 34, 35 and 36 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which specifically define the right to social and housing assistance, a high level of human health protection and access to services of general economic interest1, 1 (OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1.)
Amendment 6 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0364/2008),
Amendment 12 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are violations of human dignity and fundamental human rights, and the central objective of income support schemes must be to lift people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,
Amendment 23 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men; whereas the persistent trend towards feminisation of poverty in European societies today demonstrates that the current framework of social protection systems and the wide range of social, economic and employment policies in the Union are not designed to meet women's needs or to address the differences in women's work; whereas poverty among women and their social exclusion in Europe requires specific, multiple and gender-specific policy responses,
Amendment 24 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, because social security systems are often based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; whereas an individualised right to a poverty preventing minimum income should not be conditional on employment related contributions,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas account should be taken of the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, the existence of particularly vulnerable population groups (children, women and elderly people), which also include people with disabilities, immigrants, large or single-parent families, the chronically ill and the homeless, as well as the need to incorporate action to prevent and combat poverty and exclusion in other policies, with a guarantee of universal access to public services, high- quality jobs with rights and aninfrastructure and services of general interest, high- quality jobs with rights and a poverty preventing guaranteed minimum income allowenabling people to live withsocial, cultural and political participation and a life in dignity,
Amendment 50 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the role of social protection systems is to ensure the level of social cohesion needed for development guaranteeing social inclusion, which also implies a poverty preventing individually guaranteed minimum income, improving the level of education training of those people excluded from the labour market and guaranteeing equal opportunities in the exercise of fundamental rights,
Amendment 56 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. having regard to the gravity of the economic and social crisis and its impact in terms of growing poverty and exclusion and rising unemployment (from 6.7% at the beginning of 2008 to 9.5% at the end of 2009), with one-third of the jobless being affected by long-term unemployment, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable Member States,
Amendment 57 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas certain Member States are under pressure from the Council and Commission and from international bodies such as the IMF to undertake the short-term reduction of their budget deficits, which have been worsened by the crisis, and to make cuts in spending, including social expenditure, thus undermining the welfare state and exacerbating poverty,
Amendment 58 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. having regard to increasing social inequality in certain Member States, the result above all of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, social insecurity, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc;
Amendment 59 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N d (new)
Recital N d (new)
Nd. having regard to the application of the EU's policy for social inclusion, and in particular the objectives and European programme adopted under the Lisbon strategy at the beginning of the 2000 decade, with the implementation of the Open Method of Coordination and the common objectives to be achieved under the National Action Plans,
Amendment 60 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N e (new)
Recital N e (new)
Ne. whereas most of the Member States now have large numbers of homeless, thanks to diverse factors, and this calls for specific measures for those people's social integration,
Amendment 61 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for concrete measures to effectively and significantly reducradicate poverty and social exclusion, ensuring a fair redistribution of income and wealth and also, thereby giving meaning and content to the European Year for Combating Poverty and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including guaranteeing an adequatepoverty preventing and socially including minimum income schemes throughout the European Union;
Amendment 90 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists on the need to revise the austerity policies being imposed in some Member States to fight the crisis, and stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, mobility, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence or increasing the debt still further;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need for an evaluation of social inclusion policy, the application of the Open Method of Coordination, fulfilment of the joint objectives and the National Action Plans in the context of the development of poverty, with a view to more committed action at European and national level and fighting poverty by means of policies that are more inclusive and coherent and better articulated, aimed at eradicating absolute poverty and child poverty by 2015, as well as substantially reducing relative poverty;
Amendment 102 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the promotion of social integration and inclusion, in order to guarantee protection of fundamental human rights, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universal access to public health services, education, vocational education and training, housing and energy provision, and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fairand wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyoneminimum income schemes for everyone that guarantees freedom from poverty and ensures social, cultural and political inclusion;
Amendment 123 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the European Commission, in its "‘Europe 2020"’ strategy document, announces that removing the risk of poverty for 20 million people is one of the EU'’s five headline targets; believereminds that this target should be at least doubled and made more credible with appropriatefalls behind the initial ambitions of the Lisbon Strategy (overcome poverty), believes that poverty and social exclusion must be eradicated by credible, concrete and binding measures;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that priority should be given to fighting social inequality, especially in the context of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, social insecurity, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Council and the EU Member States to base the "Europe 2020" headline target to tackle poverty on the relative poverty indicator (60% of the median income threshold), as endorsed by the Laeken European Council in December 2001, because this indicator sets the reality of poverty within the context of each member state, as it reflects an understanding of poverty as a relative condition;
Amendment 139 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by additional social integration measures, show that this is a further essential way of combating poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the European Commission to prepare an initiative supporting these experiments, taking into account best practices and ensuring an adequateindividually guaranteed poverty preventing minimum income schemes throughout the European Union as a means to preventeradicate poverty and guarantee social justice and equal opportunities for all, without calling into question the specific situations in each Member State;
Amendment 148 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that particular attention and additional measures are needed for the homeless on the part of both the Member States and the Commission, with a view to their full integration into society by 2015; this will require collecting comparable data and reliable statistics at Community level, as well as their annual publication, together with an account of the progress achieved and the objectives defined in the respective national and Community strategies for fighting poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 152 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that the Commission initiative on a guaranteed minimum income should take account of Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises 'the fundamental right of the individual to sufficient resources in respect of human dignity', while insisting that the central objective of income support schemes should be that of taking people out of poverty and allowing them to live a decent life, decent invalidity and retirement pensions being included; with this in view, recommends that the Commission consider establishing a common method for calculating a minimum survival income and a cost-of- living minimum (a 'shopping-basket' of goods and services), with a view to ensuring the availability of comparative measurements of poverty levels and establishing means of social intervention;
Amendment 161 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to define and use appropriate economic and social indicators in various areas (health, housing, energy provision, social and cultural inclusion, mobility, education, income and employment), which will allow the progress made in combating poverty and promoting social inclusion to be monitored and measured; states that these indicators should be presented annually on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), should evolve as necessary and should include gender, age ranges, households, disability situations, immigration, chronic illness and various income levels (60% of median income; 50% of median income; 40% of median income) in order to take account of relative poverty, extreme poverty and the most vulnerable groups;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists on the need for specific additional provisions for less-favoured groups (those with disabilities or chronic illnesses, single-parent families and families with large numbers of children) who incur additional costs, in particular related to personal assistance, use of specific facilities, medical care and social support;
Amendment 166 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to examine how different models of unconditional and poverty precluding basic incomes for all could contribute to social, cultural and political inclusion, taking especially into account their non-stigmatising character and their ability to prevent cases of concealed poverty;
Amendment 170 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men, given the shortcomings of the welfare systems and continuing discrimination, especially on the labour market; these factors necessitate a whole range of specific policies, which should be both gender-oriented and attentive to circumstances;
Amendment 171 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes that poverty affecting people in employment implies inequitable working conditions, and calls for efforts to change this state of affairs so that pay levels in general and minimum wage levels in particular, whether laid down in law or agreed via collective bargaining, can ensure a decent standard of living:
Amendment 172 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges those people in a state ofCalls for an integration of people experiencing poverty and their representative organisations to participateand networks in the preparation and, application and monitoring of policies, measures and indicators at European, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 180 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deeply regrets that some Member States appear not to have regard to Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises the 'basic right of a person to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in a manner compatible with human dignity';
Amendment 186 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that minimum income schemes must cover fuel costs to allow poor households affected by energy poverty to pay their energy bills; minimum income schemes must be calculated on the basis of realistic assessments of how much it costs to heat a home related to the specific household needs – e.g. family with children, older people and disabled persons.
Amendment 187 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Points out that most Member States in EU-27 have national minimum income schemes, but several do not; encourages the Member States to provide for poverty preventing guaranteed minimum income schemes for social inclusion, and urges them to exchange best practice; recognises that, where there is provision of social assistance, Member States have a duty to ensure that citizens understand and are able to obtain their entitlements.
Amendment 13 #
2010/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that every IA include a consideration of policy alternatives and urges the Commission to set up a mechanism to ensure greater inter- institutional cooperation; Advocates that every IA include a consideration of policy alternativestheir comparative impact in the social and environment fields, including on workers’ rights and gender equality, and urges the Commission to set up a mechanism to ensure greater inter- institutional cooperation;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that budget allocations for social action need to be increased across the board; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the cuts under the budget headings related to the PROGRESS programme; maintains that in this instance substantial expansion is required, given that, because of the crisis, greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Proposes the continuation of the pilot project to encourage a change from insecure jobs to work with rights, this being a key issue where workers’ rights are concerned;
Amendment 44 #
Amendment 63 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 20 #
Amendment 18 #
Amendment 7 #
Amendment 21 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 46 #
2010/0242(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe makes it more important than ever to promote healthy ageing. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer, improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems. Older people with chronic conditions who are otherwise well should be treated without prejudice or discrimination.
Amendment 101 #
2010/0242(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and working conditions to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society, and encouraging healthy ageing. Older people with chronic conditions who are well shall be included without discrimination or prejudice. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
Amendment 16 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Member States should ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1990.
Amendment 4 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, was based on an acknowledgement of the EU's need to increasemaintain its productivity and competitiveness, while enhancing social cohesion, in the face of global competitioneconomic difficulties and changes, technological change and an ageing population. The Lisbon Strategy was re- launched in 2005, after a mid-term review which led to greater focus on growth, more and better jobs. The Lisbon Strategy failed ultimately to achieve its targets. With its focus on 'competitiveness', cost-cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets in general and deregulation of financial markets, in particular, it aggravated inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the growth of poverty, social exclusion, low- paid work and precarious employment conditions. It is now time for an alternative strategy of the European Union for sustainable development, social justice and full employment.
Amendment 5 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission proposed to set up a new strategy for the next decade, the Europe 2020 Strategy, to enable the EU to emerge stronger from the crisis, and to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. In this context the Commission must recognise that changes to existing macroeconomic policies are necessary (i.e. the stability pact should be discontinued, privatisation and liberalisation processes stopped etc), in order to give priority to the creation of quality work with rights for women, better wages, reducing poverty levels and increasing social inclusion and progress. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives guiding the action of the Member States and of the Union. Member States should make every effort to meet the national targets and to remove the bottleneckobstacles that constrain growth. the creation of more quality jobs.
Amendment 7 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As part of comprehensive ‘exit strategies’ for the economic crisis, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure improved macroeconomic stability and the sustainability of public finance, improvperformance targeting socially and environmentally sustainable development. With this in mind, the cCompetitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be imission should change the current macroeconomic frameworks, to ensure public and private investment and increased production, to give priority to more jobs and better working conditions, in particular for women, social progress for all, and ensure that economic, empleoymented, and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pactsocial reforms contribute to increase the quality of life for people and giving young people a better future.
Amendment 24 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 a (new)
Annex - Guideline 7 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, was based on an acknowledgement of the EU's need to increase its productivity and competitiveness, while enhancing social cohesion, in the face of global competition, technological change and an ageing population. The Lisbon Strategy was re- launched in 2005, after a mid-term review which led to greater focus on growth, more and better jobs. Ultimately, the Lisbon Strategy failed to achieve its targets. With its focus on competitiveness, cost-cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets in general and deregulation of financial markets in particular, it aggravated inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the growth of poverty, social exclusion, low- wage work and precarious employment. It is now time for an alternative strategy of the European Union for sustainable development, social justice and full employment.
Amendment 48 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission proposed to set up a new strategy for the next decade, the Europe 2020 Strategy8 , to enable the EU to emerge stronger from the crisis, and to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and in this context the Commission must recognise that changes of existing macroeconomic policies are necessary (e.g. discontinuation of the stability pact, stopping privatisation and liberalisation processes, etc) to give priority to the creation of quality work with rights for women, with better wages, less poverty and more social inclusion and progress. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives guiding the action of the Member States and of the Union. Member States should make every effort to meet the national targets and to remove the bottleneckobstacles that constrain growththe creation of more and high-quality jobs.
Amendment 53 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As part of comprehensive "exit strategies" for the economic crisis, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure an improved macroeconomic stability and the sustainability of public finance, improve competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be implemented and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pacperformance targeting socially and environmentally sustainable development, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance high-quality employment and social protection. The fiscal stimulus should be continued over the next three to five years to overcome economic stagnation and rising unemployment. Coordinated fiscal stimulus at Member State and EU level must be oriented towards economic recovery via a targeted EU Recovery Plan which is streamlined in terms of gender-equality in all of its components, mobilising one per cent of EU GDP each year for investing in environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development, thus providing for an entry strategy for new quality employment.
Amendment 137 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline -7 (new)
Annex – Guideline -7 (new)
Guideline: Gender equality Member States will, through specific gender equality targets, gender mainstreaming and specific policy actions, increase female employment that fully respects women's rights and eliminate the gender pay gap, discrimination, and gender gaps in employment and unemployment rates; Member States should aim to achieve a 75% employment rate for women and men (based on full-time equivalents) by 2020, through, inter alia, - more public and private investment, more quality public services and support for families and individuals; - ensuring accessible, affordable, flexible and high-quality services, in particular, access to child care facilities by aiming to ensure conditions for 50% of necessary care for 0-3 year-old children and 100% of care for 3-6 year-old children, and improved access to care for other dependents, in particular older persons; - addressing precarious working conditions since the majority affected by them are women; - more and better use of skills of women belonging to minorities and migrants; - recognition of the rights of assisting spouses and life partners, who in majority of cases are women, who provide help in handicrafts, trade, agriculture, fisheries and small family businesses, to appropriate protection in the field of social security and of their work; - improving working conditions and the valuation of work in sectors where mostly women are represented (i.e., care and domestic work, certain service sectors,); Member States should step up their efforts to fully apply the principle of equal pay for equal work and aim to reduce the gender pay gap to 0-5% by 2020. These targets will be supported by the Commission revised Directive 75/117/EEC, a legislative proposal which is more effective than the existing legislation and which provides for measures in the event of a breach of the right to equal pay, and to ensure that these are dissuasive and proportional (for instance, higher sanctions in case of repeat offences);
Amendment 150 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Member States should integrate the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply themand apply the concept of GOOD WORK, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and involuntary inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both baThe concept of GOOD WORK puts a strong focus on promoting quality in work, improved social security and social inclusion, enhancing existing workers' rights and introducing new ones, promoting health and safety at work, better social risk management and the reconciliation of work and non-work life. Measures to enhance security by phasing out precarious employment and those atypical contractual arrangements related to such insecure forms of employment should be strongly launched and mutually reinforcingby Member States, with a view to restricting and reducing atypical forms of employment, whose misuse should be punished. Member States shouldmust therefore introduce a combination of flexiblsecure and reliable employment contracts, active and integrative labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to promote labour mobility, and adequatesupport the right to voluntarily chosen labour mobility, and effective, high quality social security systems to secure professional transitions accompanied by clear rights and responsibilities for the unemployed to actively seek work. for the unemployed to be entitled to adequate benefits and tailor- made measures for finding quality employment or training and upgrading of their skills and competencies if needed.
Amendment 186 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
In order to increase competitivenesspromote environmentally and socially sustainable development and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should reviewadapt tax and benefit systems and increase the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States should increase labour force participation through policies to promote active ageingthe concept of GOOD WORK, gender equality and equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and labour market integration of young people, disabled, legal migrants and other vulnerable groups. In that respect a European Youth Guarantee securing the right of every young person in the EU to the offer of a suitable well-paid job in line with their qualifications and skills, an apprenticeship, additional training or combined work and training immediately upon facing unemployment is necessary. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to a reduction of working time without loss of pay and thus raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly- skilled women in scientific and technical fields. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovationFurthermore, work-life balance policies should strengthen transition security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and social protection to prevent income risks and to ensure the maintenance and acquisition of pension rights and health care coverage etc. during employment transitions, and also during leave periods (e.g. for caring for dependent persons, further training and education, sabbaticals etc.). Member States should promote the reconciliation of work and non-work-life also by a clear reduction of the average weekly working time as well as a clear lowering of the weekly statutory maximum working hours and a strict limitation of overtime hours. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and high-valued, in particular, social services, and promote social innovation. Access to the labour market for young people and newcomers should be enabled by limiting effectively working life.
Amendment 60 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Directive adopts an integrated and holistic approach to the fight against trafficking in human beings. More rigorous prevention, prosecution and protection of victims' rights, are major objectives of this DirectiveWomen constitute the vast majority (80%) of victims of trafficking, and especially trafficking for sexual exploitation. More rigorous prevention, prosecution and protection of victims' rights, are major objectives of this Directive. This Directive adopts contextual understandings of the different forms of trafficking and aims at ensuring that each form is tackled with the most efficient measures. This includes a strong gender perspective in all provisions of the Directive, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Children are more vulnerable and therefore at greater risk of falling victim to trafficking in human beings. In the application of the provisions of this Directive the child's best interests must be a primary consideration, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amendment 71 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The levels of penalties in this Directive reflect the growing concern among Member States about increased trafficking in human beings. Considering the gravity of the crime, this Directive aims to ensure further harmonisation and a higher level of penalties in the EU. When the offence is committed in certain circumstances, for example against a particularly vulnerable victim, the penalty should be more severe. In the context of this Directive, particularly vulnerable persons should include at least all children, and adults who were particularly vulnerable on grounds of sex, pregnancy, health conditions or disability, and immigration status at the time when the crime was committed. When the offence is particularly grave, for example when the life of the victim has been endangered or the offence has involved serious violence or has caused particularly serious harm to the victim, this should be reflected in a particularly severe penalty. When, under this Directive, a reference is made to surrender, such reference should be interpreted in accordance with Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States.
Amendment 80 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Victims of trafficking in human beings need to be able to exercise their rights effectively. Therefore assistance and support should be available to victims before, during and for an appropriate time after criminal proceedings. Victims of trafficking in human beings shall have the opportunity to obtain a permanent residence permit. In order for the assistance and support to be effective, it is necessary that it is provided on an informed and consensual basis, guaranteeing that the victim agrees to for example actions to detect illnesses or other essential support measures. The assistance and support provided should include at least a minimum set of measures that are necessary to enable the victim to recover and escape from their traffickers. The practical implementation of such measures should, on the basis of an individual assessment carried out in accordance with national procedures, take into account the conditions and needs of the person concerned, including the victim's immigration status. A person should be provided with assistance and support as soon as there is an indication that he or she might have been trafficked and irrespective of his/her willingness to act as a witness. Assistance should be provided unconditionally at least until the competent authorities have taken a final decision with regard to the reflection period and the residence permit, or otherwise acknowledge that the person is a victim of trafficking in human beings. If, after the completion of the identification process or expiry of the reflection period, the person is not considered eligible for a residence permit or does not otherwise have lawful residence in the country, the Member State concerned is not obliged to continue providing assistance and support to that person on the basis of this Directive. Where necessary, assistance and support should continue for an appropriate period after the criminal proceedings, for example if medical treatment is ongoing due to severe physical or psychological consequences of the crime, or if the victim's safety is at risk due to his/her statements in criminal proceedings.
Amendment 87 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Victims of trafficking who have already suffered the abuse and degrading treatment trafficking commonly entails, such as sexual exploitation, rape, slavery- like practices and the removal of organs, should be protected from secondary victimisation and further trauma during the criminal proceedings. To this end victims of trafficking should during criminal investigations and proceedings receive treatment that is appropriate to their individual needs. The individual needs assessment should take into consideration circumstances such as sex, age, pregnancy, health, disability, immigration status and other personal conditions, as well as the physical and psychological consequences of the criminal activity to which the victim has been subjected. Whether and how the treatment is applied is to be decided in accordance with grounds defined by national legislation, rules of judicial discretion, practice and guidance, on a case by case basis.
Amendment 115 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and notably human dignity, gender equality, prohibition of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the rights of the child, the right to liberty and security, freedom of expression and information, protection of personal data, the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial and the principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for these rights and principles and has to be implemented accordingly.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the offence was committed against a victim who was particularly vulnerable, which, in the context of this Directive, shall include at least child victims, and adults who were particularly vulnerable on grounds of sex, pregnancy, health conditions or, disability and immigration status;
Amendment 148 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 are trained accordinglprovided training in human rights, women's rights and gender equality.
Amendment 159 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish appropriate mechanisms aimed at early identification, assistance and support for victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations. Member States shall work closely with civil society organisations, including those providing services to victims of trafficking, male violence against women and different forms of exploitation, including sexual exploitation.
Amendment 165 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Assistance and support measures referred to in paragraph 2 and 3 shall be provided on a consensual and informed basis, and shall include a permanent residence permit and at least standard of living capable of ensuring victims' subsistence through measures such as appropriate and safe accommodation and material assistance as well as necessary medical treatment including psychological assistance, counselling and information in a language they can understand, translation and interpretation services where appropriate, and access to education for children. Member States shall attend to victims with special needs.
Amendment 172 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that victims of trafficking in human beings have access to free legal counselling and to legal representation, including for the purpose of claiming compensation and asserting withheld wages. Legal representation shall be free of charge when the victim does not have sufficient financial resources. This paragraph will be without prejudice to the application of Article 14(2) when the victim is a child.
Amendment 176 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that victims of trafficking in human beings receive appropriate protection on the basis of an individual risk assessment, inter alia by having access to witness protection programmes or other similar measures, if appropriate and in accordance with the grounds defined by national legislation or procedures. Individual risk assessment should take into account the situation of the victim which might make the victim particularly vulnerable, including on the grounds of sex, pregnancy, health conditions or disability, immigration status.
Amendment 179 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Child victims of trafficking in human beings shall be provided with assistance, support and protection, taking into account the best interests of the child. Member States shall work closely together with civil society organisations, including those providing services to victims of trafficking, male violence against women and different forms of exploitation, including sexual exploitation.
Amendment 201 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall take measures aiming at women's empowerment in order to make women less vulnerable and reduce the risk of women becoming victims of trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 205 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall promote regular training for officials likely to come into contact with victims and potential victims, including front-line police officers, border guards, labour inspectors, health care personnel and consular staff, aimed at increasing their knowledge on gender equality and enabling them to identify and deal with victims and potential victims of trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 221 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. The tasks of such mechanisms shall include, in cooperation with civil society organisations, the carrying out of assessments on trafficking in human beings trends, the measuring of results of anti- trafficking actions and reporting to the relevant national and EU authorities. National Rapporteurs should be politically and party-independent and should avail of sufficient financial resources.
Amendment 1 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 November 2008 on the Mid-term progress report on the roadmap for equality between women and men (2006-2010) (COM(2008)0760),
Amendment 2 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Assessment of the Roadmap 2006-2010 -1a. Notes that in the field of equal economic independence for women and men, the employment rate of women has reached almost 60% as set by the Lisbon employment targets; regrets, however, the lack of binding measures addressing the persisting gender pay gap and points out the need for urgent measures to improve the situation of women working in precarious working conditions, in particular migrant and ethnic minority women, who are becoming even more vulnerable in the context of the economic and social crisis; calls furthermore for a reduction in gender inequalities in the public health system and equal access to it to be ensured;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Welcomes the legislative proposals of the Commission aimed at enhancing the reconciliation of work, private and family life; notes, however, that paternity, adoption and filial leave have not been addressed and regrets that only a minority of Member Sates has achieved the Barcelona objectives to provide access to affordable and quality childcare; therefore calls on the Member States for a renewed commitment towards this objective;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Regrets that women are still under- represented in the political and economic decision-making positions in the majority of Members States; calls on the Commission to continue with further concrete measures to promote equal participation of women and men in decision-making;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Notes the actions of the DAPHNE III programme to prevent and combat violence against women; reiterates, however, the need for legislative measures at European level to eradicate gender- based violence;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Welcomes the integration of gender equality as a priority into Community education and training programmes with the aim of reducing stereotypes in society; regrets, however, that persisting gender stereotypes still serve as a basis for many inequalities; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns to break stereotypes and traditional gender roles, in particular campaigns targeting men which highlight the need for sharing family responsibilities;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to the principles of the Millennium Development Declaration and the Beijing Platform for Action in the field of promoting gender equality outside the EU; calls for the strengthening of gender mainstreaming in development, external and external trade policies of the EU to be continued;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points to the importance of building on the analysis of the Beijing Platform (Beijing + 15) undertaken by the Swedish Presidency, not just with a view to developing appropriate indicators, but also with a view to defining goals and adopting the necessary policies in the 12 areas covered: - women and poverty - education and training of women - women and health - violence against women - women and armed conflict - women and the economy - women in power and decision-making - institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women - human rights of women - women and the media - women and the environment - the girl child;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points to the importance of ensuring that all women have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, not least by having access to contraception and abortion, free abortion advisory services, and information about their rights and the services available; stresses the importance of measures to make men more aware of their responsibility fromRecalls its resolution of 10 February 2010 and stresses the importance for women of having control over their sexual and reproductive point of viewrights;
Amendment 110 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the importance of negotiations and collective bargaining in fighting discrimination against women, especially as regards access to employment, wages, working conditions, career progress and training;
Amendment 116 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to encourage incentives for the development and implementation at enterprise level of affirmative action programmes and human resource policies aimed at promoting gender equality, with the emphasis on awareness-raising and training activities for the promotion, transfer and incorporation of successful practices in organisations and businesses;
Amendment 119 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 b (new)
Article 14 b (new)
14b. Believes it is important to look more closely into the issue of developing a methodology for the analysis of functions that can guarantee women’s right to equal pay, develop the full potential of individuals and occupations, and, simultaneously, enhance the dignity of work as a structuring element, with a view to increasing the productivity, competitiveness and quality of enterprises and improving the living conditions of both men and women workers;
Amendment 144 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that the new EU gender equality strategy and accompanying institutional mechanisms must be closely connected to the global agenda for women’s rights. This includes linking with, and supporting the new UN gender equality entity, which should combine policy and operational activities, and calls on the EU to ensure that the new entity is provided with substantial financial and human resources to deliver on the ground, and led by a UN Under- Secretary-General with responsibility for gender equality;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to support Member States' efforts to improve their public education systems, conceived as motors of research in line with Member States' needs and as making a key contribution to the progress and sharing of knowledge, and, therefore, to the innovation that is necessary for economic and social development in a changing world;
Amendment 35 #
2009/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes these innovation policy measures inter alia with a view to the necessary development of a cross-sectoral EU industrial policy strategyas complementing the national industrial strategies at Community level and in cross-sectoral terms, and urges the Commission to pursue that approach further;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title after paragraph 14
Title after paragraph 14
Encouraging private-sector financing and furthering innovation
Amendment 83 #
2009/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that, alongside public funding, more stimulus must be provided for financing from the private sector while the primary need is to promote public funding, private financing should also be ensured, targeted on SMEs and on developing research and innovation so as to guarantee that all benefit;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission, in accordance with the principles of the single market, to adjust the existing EU rules on state aid so as to support investment in urgently needed new technologies and to secure the Un, with a view to promoting economic and social cohesion between Member States and region’s long-term competitivenessand ensuring higher productivity and economic growth, with job creation on the base of fair wages in the Union in the long term;
Amendment 25 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning single market for online services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital servicessucceeded in guaranteeing full access to digital services for all sections of society; whereas access to digital services for all sections of society is today severely hiundermined by fragmented rules at national level, excessive concentration of such services in the private sector and the fact that they are being reduced in the public sector, which can be detrimental to disadvantaged sections of the population,
Amendment 112 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015 and that steps should be taken to ensure full availability of and access to the information and communication resources afforded by new technologies, including broadband, for people living in the outermost regions;
Amendment 196 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take further action to fight cybercrime and spam and urges all Member States to ratify the Cybercrime Convention;
Amendment 254 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points out that information and communication technologies (ICT) are particularly important to people with disabilities, who have a greater need than most for technological assistance in their day-to-day activities; considers that people with disabilities have a right to share, on equal terms, in the rapid development of products and services derived from new technologies, since this will enable them to participate in an inclusive information society without barriers;
Amendment 281 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Draws special attention to the guarantees which micro and small undertakings should be given to ensure that they are not deprived of the benefits of the development of ICTs;
Amendment 286 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that a cutting-edge digital agenda must reject any commoditisation of knowledge, education and research, and emphasises the need to promote free and open-source software;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Maintains that an assessment needs to be conducted as a matter of urgency to gauge the social consequences of, and determine how women’s lives are being affected by, liberalisation measures in sectors essential to social progress (transport, energy, water, postal services, telecommunications, etc.) and urges the Commission to halt further liberalisation processes for as long as such an assessment has not been produced;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to amend liberalisation policies in order to promote a policy of social progress making for universal access to high-quality public services, with special consideration for disadvantaged groups, such as single mothers, women, elderly people, children, migrants, and those with any kind of disability;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the economic and financial crisis and the austerity policies imposed by Member States should not encourage disinvestment in SSGIs, but that, on the contrary, given their importance, such services need to be further consolidated in order to meet women’s needs;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of public services – publicly owned and managed, with democratic involvement of users of such services – in areas essential to people's welfare, such as health, education, justice, water, housing, transport, childcare and care for the elderly;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points to the importance of public services – publicly owned and managed, with democratic involvement of their users – in areas essential to the welfare of women and children, namely health, education, justice, water, housing, transport, childcare, and care for the elderly;
Amendment 48 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of conducting, as a matter of urgency, an assessment of the social consequences and the impact on people’s lives of liberalisation measures in sectors that are essential to social progress (transport, energy, water, postal services, telecommunications, etc.) and urges the Commission to prevent any further liberalisation measures from being taken until this assessment has been submitted;
Amendment 74 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to review liberalisation policies in order to promote a policy of social progress ensuring universal access to high-quality public services, with special consideration for disadvantaged groups, such as single mothers, women, elderly people, children, migrants and those with any kind of disability;
Amendment 98 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that steps must be taken to address the current legal uncertainty as regards SSGI, making it clear that public goods, public services, services of general interest and the not-for-profit sector are not subject to rules on competition, public aid, public contracts and the internal market, but form a sector geared solely towards the public interest and that is organised in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity within the exclusive competence of the Member States and their respective regional and local authorities, with a view to ensuring its proper functioning;
Amendment 111 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the economic and financial crisis and the austerity policies imposed by Member States should not encourage disinvestment in SSGIs, but that, on the contrary, given their importance and absolute necessity, such services need to be consolidated in order to meet people’s needs;
Amendment 153 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to respect the diversity of the methods of organising and managing SSGIs, of their resources and of the methods of funding these services; calls on the Member States to reverse ‘reforms’ which have institutionalised market-based models of welfare provision, with competition and tendering obligations, and to cease promoting public-private partnerships or externalising social services to the private sector as these are misleading strategies for ‘modernising’ social services; considers that taking care to promote the general interest and ensure the provision of efficient and high-quality services by both the public sector and the not-for-profit 'third’ sector or the social economy is the most appropriate strategy for ensuring high-quality, integrated and inclusive social services;
Amendment 154 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for EU legislation to enablerecognise the specific nature of European models for the organisation and functioning of the social economy and to provide a specific framework for mutual societies, associations, cooperatives and foundations to operate on a transnational basis;
Amendment 184 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reform of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation so as to remove them from the sphere of competition policy, which has the effect of jeopardising their intended aims;
Amendment 185 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses regret that only certain SGI and SSGI are exempted from the scope of the Services Directive (2006/13/EC), calls for a pluralist and independent appraisal of the transposition of that directive to be performed as swiftly as possible, taking into account its partial exemptions and the impact in terms of practical access to SGI and SSGI;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas much attention has been focused on the male-dominated construction and car industry, in contrast to thethe first wave of the crisis hit mostly the male-dominated financial sector as well as the construction and car industries, this way gaining more attention, however the second wave of the crisis equally negatively affected the mostly female-dominated retailing, general services sector and tourism sectors; whereas it is urgent; therefore it is necessary to address the gender dimension of the impact of and solution to the economic and social crisis in national and European recovery plans,
Amendment 2 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which awere not sufficiently gender-sensitinclusive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres as well as social partners agreements,
Amendment 3 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions, women spend three times as much time as men on caring for children, dealing with domestic issues and looking after dependent relatives, whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, not least by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality; and whereas not counting periods of maternity and parental leave towards aggregate working times is discriminatory and places women in a worse situation on the labour market,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in times of economic recession particularly, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty become even more vulnerable, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable, especially female migrant workers and those belonging to a minority group; whereas efforts and complete solutions to eradicate poverty as agreed upon by the Lisbon European Council as long ago as 2000 have become a matter of urgency; whereas special attention should be paid to protecting those groups facing multiple disadvantages, especially the Roma, and to ensure their inclusion into society,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the bestrights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies as well as springboard to financial and psychological independence; whereas by addressing universal access to quality public services, it is crucial to design and implement policies, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively, including access to affordable and, accessible and quality care services, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively for children, the elderly and other dependents,
Amendment 6 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas domestic violence, which mainly affects women, is a widespread problem in every country and every social class; whereas studies have shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis; whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse; whereas the cost of domestic violence to the EU is in the region of EUR 16 million per annum,
Amendment 7 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. DeploNotes with regrest the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failed to acknowledge, analyse and rectify the gender impact of the crisis; criticiseregrets the fact that gender mainstreaming in the post-Lisbon strategy is basically non-existent;, calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender chapter on gender equality with specific targets into the employment and macro-economic guidelines and the EU 2020 Strategy, and to introduce gender budgeting in all policies;,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets; underlines the fact that, and to ensure that the availability of those services is compatible with women and men’s full-time working schedules; urges the Commission and the Member States to fully capitalise on the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development forand to facilitate the access to the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, including on boards of directors, and in local, regional, national and European public institutions, administrations and organisations which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. UNotes that, in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy, the 'green economy' is crucial, underlines the fact that ‘green jobs’ have the potential to become a key growth segment of the future European labour market, that today more than 20 million jobs in the European Union can be considered as ‘green’ and that recent evidence shows that jobs in the renewable energy sector alone have a potential to double to 2.8 million by 2020;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the European Institute for Gender Equality to undertake an gender impact analysis of the gender impact of the economiceconomic and financial crisis; considers that this impact assessment should be performed with the aid of precise indicators taking account of the specific context of the crisis and; calls on the other European institutions, such as the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, to addresspropose responses to gender issues in their ongoing work;
Amendment 40 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the bestrights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies, including access to affordable and accessible careuniversal access to quality public services, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively,
Amendment 95 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the need to prioritise action to tackle the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion; this will necessitate revision of the present economic and financial policies, especially the Stability Pact, internal market policy and competition policy, in order to put the emphasis on sustainable employment based on quality jobs with rights, investment, and quality public services guaranteeing social inclusion, especially in the fields of education, health, childcare, care of dependent persons, public transport and social services;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2120(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 4 #
2009/2120(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotWelcomes the Foundation’s claim to have taken measures in order to ensure the necessary transparency and assessment as to the regularity of recruitment procedures in the future and seeks reliable information in that regard;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2120(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. In view of the fact that some areas of interest are shared, seekswelcomes the close cooperation and synergies between the ETF and CEDEFOP and calls for information to be provided regularly in the Director’s activity reports of both agencies.
Amendment 1 #
2009/2116(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with regret the Court’s findings in relation to the carry-over of EUR 3.4 million 400 000 and hence the artificial decrease in the budgetary outturn, resulting in a reduction of the level of repayments to the Community budget; calls therefore, in the interest of sound financial management, for the budget forecasts to be adjusted to reflect the actual needs; expectswelcomes the further efforts in ensuring compliance with the principle of annuality and sound financial management in the future, particularly the undertaking to no longer commit significant funds at the year-end;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2116(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expects the Agency to resolve the existing problems with its public procurement procedurproblem of using a public procurement framework contract beyond its maximal value in order to give effect to European budgetary law;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the Court of Auditors’ confirmation that the annual accounts for a budget of EUR 21 million fairly presents the Foundation’s actual financial position as of 31 December 2008 and that its operations and cash flows for that financial year are in accordance with the Foundation’s financial rules; notes the change of accounting officers and the problems found by the European Court of Auditors;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 3 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 4 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets thatCalls upon the Foundation’s Director and supervisory board did not solve the problems arising from the change of accounting officers in a timely manner; calls upon the Foundation’s management to take appropriate stepmanagement to take steps, as part of its human resources management policy, and in keeping with the its obligations concerning implementation of the budget, to make better provision in advance for the departure of key staff members;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 7 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the findings of the ECA that EUR 4.9 million (55%) of operational expenditure was carried forward without sufficient justification; calls therefore forfor in-depth consideration to be given to ways of ensuring that the Foundation's specific needs in terms of multiannual contracts can be met in a manner consistent with programming and budget forecasts to be adjusted to reflect the actual annual needs;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 9 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the ECA has once again discoveredWelcomes the Foundation's readiness to correct the weaknesses in the procurement procedures; notes the shortcomings to which attention was drawn in the previous year; calls for anotes the stronger commitment to the structures and processes required for proper procurement procedures;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2111(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 1 #
2009/2110(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 2 #
2009/2110(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Centre employs 128 staff and introduced a performance measurement system in 2009; expects results from that system; draws attention to the continuing increase in staffing at the Centre;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2110(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. In view of the fact that some areas of interest are shared, requireswelcomes the close cooperation and synergies between CEDEFOP and the ETF and calls for information to be provided regularly in the Director’s activities report of both agencies.
Amendment 11 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, because of gender segregation by occupation and sector, and according to the data available, in general the crisis initially hit men harder than women, but the situation is different in some countries and in some sectors, especially in traditional industries employing large numbers of women, in which, in many cases, firms are shutting down and multinationals are relocating; whereas, however, the available data do not take account of part-time working, and the proportion of the female workforce in part- time employment is 31.1% as against a corresponding figure of 7.9% in the male workforce; whereas women occupy the majority of public-service jobs and account for two-thirds of the workforce in the education, health and social welfare sectors; whereas, therefore, they are likely to lose out on two fronts in the event of budget cuts with their adverse effect on public-service provision,
Amendment 45 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Congratulates the Commission for emphasising, in its 2009 report on equality between women and men, the importance of strengthening gender equality policies at a time of economic upheaval, but points to the need for further practical action and new policies;
Amendment 50 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the economic, social and financial crisis might offers an opportunity to make the Union, as an economy, more productive and innovative and, as a society, more egalitarian and more mindful of gender equality; , if the right policies and measures were to be put into effect;
Amendment 59 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the target of a 60% female employment rate by 2010, set at the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000, will soon be reached, but notes that a high proportion of the jobs concerned are, regrettably, insecure and poorly paid; deplores, however, the major disparities among the Member States, with rates ranging from 37.4% in Malta to 74.3% in Denmark; asks the Member States, therefore, to take the measures needed in order to apply Directive 2006/54/EC effectively;
Amendment 86 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Congratulates the Commission on the steps it has takePoints to the importance of certain steps taken by the Commission and particularly onf its proposals for revision of Directive 92/85/EEC in relation to maternity protection and Directive 86/613/EC in relation to self-employed workers and ‘assisting spouses’ in family businesses; highlights, once again, the need to address the issue of paternity leave and asks the Commission, therefore, to support any moves to introduce paternity-leave entitlement at European level;
Amendment 99 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Member States to scrutinise their policies on migration in order to putallow for the skills of highly qualified migrants to better use and to afford better protection for female workers in the social and domestic sectors, with a view to making migrants less vulnerable and promoting their integration by giving them access to education and training, especially vocational training and courses in the language of their host country;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that only by using an interoperable transport system will it be possible in future to combine most successfully the use of various transport modes and improve energy savings; stresses, in this regard, the importance of internalising the external costs of promoting stronger, high-quality public transport networks at prices that are affordable for the general population, in order to restore balance in the use of the various transport modes and to promote, where possible and necessary, the use of less polluting modes of transport;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises the importance of the public sector in improving public access to less polluting public transport services, in developing basic economic sectors, particularly the energy sector, in industry and tourism, in promoting economic, social and regional cohesion, and in strengthening the state's role in market regulation, participation and intervention in cooperation with users' organisations, taking the lead in supplying services of general interest; stresses that, in most cases, public-private partnerships in this sector serve only to make business easier for economic groups and provide cover for privatisations that harm the interests of the public and of public transport service users;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2068(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the Commission’s Action Plan for the Improvement of the Management of the Structural Funds is not yet ready for assessment; stresses that Italy and Spain accounted for 82% of the financial corrections in the ESF for the period 2000 to 2006; considers targeted efforts with the Member States concerned necessary, as well as a graduatedn information and sanctions system that would quicker eliminate errors and, with best and worst practice examples, support the proper utilisation of funds;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2068(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to hold all Member States fully to account through annual audit control reports and summary annual reports; calls for the examination of the reporting duty, to avoid information being sought twice; considers the non-provision of accountability reports, or incomplete reports, by national administrative and control bodies, as well as any contravention of the minimal requirements of the financial regulations, unacceptable and punishable; calls therefore on the Commission to develop proposals for the improvement and expansion of the existing reporting responsibilities incorporating a sanctions mechanism;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion will help to underline the EU’s commitment to eradicating poverty and fighting social exclusion, a goal requiring policies to safeguard and promote high- quality public services, more jobs with rights, and fair redistribution of income and of wealth created,
Amendment 1 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's intention to contribute to economic and social recovery, while recallingStresses that the principle of gender mainstreaming, as enshrined in the Amsterdam Treaty, should be accepted in the recovery planseconomic and social recovery plans announced by the Commission, meaning not only that a gender equality perspective should apply to measures designed specifically to promote equal opportunities, but also that it should be incorporated in all policies and at all levels of the budgetary process by means of gender budgeting;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. SupportNotes the proposal of the Commission to increase the appropriations of heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and employment) compared to the 2009 budget by about 9 % to enhance the key initiatives contributing to the European Economic Recovery Plan, the Lisbon Strategy and the Lifelong Learning Programme, but maintains that support has to be increased with a view both to creating employment with rights and to promoting micro-scale, small, and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the time of unemployment should be devoted to obtaining further qualifications with a view to enhancing employability and thus to minimising the impact of economic and social changes or of a crisis on individual workers; points out that the unemployed must, in every case, receive social support enabling them to maintain a decent standard of living while they are seeking employment with rights;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 7 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of the employment pillar of the PROGRESS programme for the coordination of employment policies at European level, in particular at this time of crisis, and, consequently, increases the payments of budget line 04 04 01 01 to enhance socially responsible management of change, for example concerning the necessary restructuring of the European car industry and other industries;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Moreover, underlines the importance of other employment-related pilot projects such as the Pan-European Coordination of Integration Methods for the Roma (13 03 21), and of a pilot project to enable precarious work to be turned into work with rights;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2002(BUD)
4. Calls for greater emphasis to be placed on the reconciliation of family and working life in the preparation of the preliminary draft budget with a view to facing demographic challenges and meeting the Lisbon targets on employment of women, to enable them to fully enjoy all their rights and, in particular, to combat wage discrimination;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater financial resources to be allocated to the combating of violence against women and stresses the need for effective measures to safeguard human rights and promote high-quality public services and employment rights, so as to combat social inequalities and the poverty which mainly affects women and children;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that special attention should be paid to trafficking in human beings, in particular women and girls, when examining strengthening of internal and international security, and reaffirms the need to provide greater support for the victims of this practice;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2330(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the increase in poverty, precarious work and inequalities; calls on the Member States to adopt policies for the recovery of wages and pensions, which will contribute to greater justice in the distribution of wealth, improved living standards of workers and pensioners - specially women - and economic recovery;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2330(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reaffirms its rejection of the draft directive of working time proposed by the Council and calls for the withdrawal of this proposal; furthermore, calls on the Council to make a strong commitment to working-time reduction, without lowering wages and on the Member States to coordinate efforts to gradually reduce working time to achieve the short-term objective of a 35-hour week; considers that the reduction of working time without lowering wages should be seen as another way to create jobs - specially for women - and stimulate economy;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2330(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that there is no response to the crisis and its consequences without the enhancement of public welfare; asks the Member States to strengthen the social functions of the state and social protection systems, strengthen public investment in equipment, particularly in nurseries and elderly homes, develop a housing policy that guarantees the right of everyone to housing, protect and develop the public health service and enhance public schooling;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the so-called European social model is structured mainly on a high level of services, goods and jobs generated byin which the social economy plays a significant role and with the support of forecasting and innovation capacities developed by its promoters,
Amendment 30 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that the social economy can only prosper and develop its full potential if it has the benefit of suitable political, legislative and operational conditions, taking due account of the wealth of diversity among social economy institutions and the specific features thereof, with different needs;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that there is a need for the recognition of European statutes for associations, mutual societies and foundations to ensure that social economy enterprises receive equal treatment in the internal market’s regulations; notes that the Commission has withdrawn the two proposals on Statutes for a European association and a European mutual society;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the social economy enterprises help to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit, facilitate better democratic functioning of the business world and incorporate social responsibilityincludes a wide diversity of institutions which contribute to strengthening economic and social development and greater democratic participation;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that, because they are strongly tied in to the local level, social economy enterprises and other bodies enable links to be created between citizens and their regional, national and European representative bodies, and are able to contribute to European governance thatgreater participation isn effective forconomic life and social cohesion; assesses very favourably the efforts of social economy enterprises and organisations to regroup within coordination platforms at European Union level;
Amendment 74 #
2008/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to continueConsiders that the social economy its work of dialogue and clarification with the parties concerned and to support the Member States with regard to services of general interest and social services of general intnot a substitute for the achievements and public management of public services, but may act as a significant complement theresto;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point (d) a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point (d) a (new)
(da) guarantee that representatives of public administration employees and employees in the public and financial sector enjoy the same rights to information and consultation as are granted to other employees,
Amendment 47 #
2008/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point (d) b (new)
Paragraph 8 – point (d) b (new)
(db) guarantee that employees' representatives have full access to information and the possibility of decisive intervention throughout the process of restructuring undertakings, particularly industrial undertakings, including the right to veto, in the event that undertakings fail to comply with their contractual obligations;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Union’s external strategy on children’s rights should be based on the values and principles defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular articles 3, 16, 18, 23, 25, 26 and 29, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to comply with the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, so as to guarantee the rights of children from migrant families;
Amendment 66 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Amendment 68 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the freedom to provide services is a cornerstone of the European project; however, this has to be balanced against fundamental rights and the possibility for governments and trade unions to ensure non-discriminaArticle 48 EC Treaty (freedom of establishment) and Article 50 EC Treaty (freedom to provide services) essentially ensure non-discrimination and equal treatment, namely that companies seeking establishment in a Member State other than that where they have their registered office must "be treated in the same way as natural persons who are nationals of Member States" and that in the framework of the freedom to provide services, service providers temporarily operating in the host Member State shall do so "under the same conditions and equal treatment; s are imposed by that State on its own nationals";
Amendment 76 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the prohibition of restrictions on the freedom to provide services in Article 49 EC Treaty "in respect of nationals of Member States who are established in a State of the Community other than that of the person for whom the services are intended" must be interpreted according to the non- discrimination principle as laid down in Article 50 EC Treaty;
Amendment 77 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the interpretations of the ECJ that posted workers of a service provider from another Member State should be treated differently than those working for companies established in the host Member State and that they are only entitled to minimum working conditions and minimum wages can not be justified as such by the relevant Articles of the EC Treaty, as these promote the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment;
Amendment 78 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that Article 137 (5) of the EC Treaty excludes the issues of pay, the right of association, the right to strike or the right to impose lock-outs from the scope of the Treaty; underlines its view that therefore the ECJ is not entitled to give judgements on whether strikes, blockades and other forms of collective action have been necessary or proportional with regard to achieving a certain objective (e.g. negotiations on a collective agreement);
Amendment 79 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Takes note of the complaint which the postal service provider TNT filed with the European Commission, claiming that the €9.80 German minimum wage in the postal sector is too high, violates the EC Treaty on competition and freedom of establishment and is an obstacle to the realisation of a single European postal market; also takes note of the supportive comments and actions of Commissioner McCreevy thereon; points out that Article 137 (5) of the EC Treaty excludes the issue of pay from the scope of the Treaty and emphasises that neither the European Commission nor EU jurisdiction have any competency to regulate on the amount of pay;
Amendment 85 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union stipulates that the Union shall respect fundamental rights "as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, as general principles of Community law" and that the Union "shall respect the national identities of its Member States"; emphasises that European jurisprudence therefore should respect the principle of "unity in diversity" and must avoid conflict with the exercise of fundamental rights as enshrined in Member States' constitutions and also with cornerstones of their national identities (e.g. the Nordic model of collective bargaining);
Amendment 86 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises that in the western tradition of democracy and fundamental rights, fundamental rights can only be restricted if the exercise of a specific fundamental right conflicts with the exercise of other fundamental rights and that the extent of the restrictions must be laid down by law; stresses that the "fundamental freedoms" of the internal market (free movement of capital, goods and services; freedom of establishment) do not constitute fundamental rights and therefore cannot serve as a justification to restrict the exercise of fundamental rights, and especially the fundamental social right to strike and collective action;
Amendment 87 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Insists that the European Union respect the right to cross-border or trans- national strikes and collective action and that these rights can not be restricted by recourse to internal market freedoms nor to their possible impact on the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 98 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Lisbon treaty and the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is made legally binding; this includesfact that the ECJ has recognised the right to strike as a fundamental social right; this includes respecting the autonomy of trade unions and the right of association, the right of trade unions to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at the appropriate levels and, in cases of conflicts of interest, to take collective action to defend theirand pursue workers' interests including strike action;
Amendment 103 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights does not change the hierarchy of norms established by the Laval ruling, which stresses the supremacy of the fundamental freedoms of the internal market over the right to take collective action; deplores in this context that the 'Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights' concerning Article 52 of that Charter point out that 'restrictions may be imposed on the exercise of fundamental rights, in particular in the context of a common organisation of the market';
Amendment 104 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union does not create any new rights and that the social and economic rights in the Charter do not give rise to direct claims for positive action;
Amendment 106 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that Article 3(7) of the PWD clearly states that trade unions should be able to demandMember States shall not be prevented from applying terms and conditions of employment which are more favourable to workers;
Amendment 110 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that with regard to Article 3 of the PWD, also the right and freedom of trade unions to take collective action with regard to employers of posted workers temporarily providing services in a host Member State where the union is active must be respected; the recognition of the right to strike and collective action includes efforts by the unions to improve the pay and working conditions of these posted workers above minimum standards, and to negotiate collective agreements;
Amendment 117 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that equal treatment, equal pay for equal work as well as Articles 39 and 12 of the EC Treaty form the foundation of EC law which needs to be restored and anti-discrimination as stipulated by Articles 12, 13 and 39 of the EC Treaty, and also equal pay for equal work or work of equal value as stipulated by Article 141 of the EC Treaty form the foundation of EC law which thus provides strong justifications for Member States to implement the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same territory or workplace;
Amendment 121 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that in the framework of the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment, the nationality of the employer, of employees or posted workers can not serve as a justification for inequalities concerning working conditions, pay or the exercise of fundamental rights such as the right to strike;
Amendment 172 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes note that case C-319/06 (Commission vs. Luxemburg) addresses issues such as the interpretation of the term 'public policy provisions' and the rights of Member States to control the compliance of companies that are posting workers within the very restrictive spirit of the Commission's 2006 'guidance' on posting; points out that Member States must dispose of all necessary means to effectively monitor and control undertakings posting workers and to apply sanctions;
Amendment 227 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –19 (new)
Paragraph –19 (new)
–19. Calls on the Council of the European Union to stop the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and to introduce a horizontal 'Social Progress Clause' to the Treaty with the aim of clarifying: - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in Member States, including the right to strike and collective action at national level and also to cross-border strikes and collective action; - that these rights also include the right or freedom to take other actions covered by specific industrial relations systems in Member States, including actions aimed at initiating the conclusion of collective agreements going beyond minimum wages and minimum standards; - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the industrial relations and collective bargaining systems as recognized in Member States; - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the competencies of Member States to adopt social policy legislation that provide for higher standards and requirements as those laid down in EU Directives stipulating minimum standards; - that wherever these rights as cited above and Member States social policy competencies or industrial relations systems might conflict with internal market regulation or the "fundamental freedoms" of the internal market, the former (fundamental rights etc.) must prevail over the latter;
Amendment 297 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Respects that some Member States, like Sweden, after the Laval ruling, may want to establish a legally binding exception from the Treaty in order to guarantee the continuity of their specific collective bargaining models;
Amendment 303 #
2008/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that the primacy of social rights over the freedoms of the internal market requires a profound revision of the treaties in order to open the way towards a Social Europe, considers that if the European institutions fail to deliver on this, the serious crisis of legitimacy of the current European economic and social model will deepen dramatically;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Considers it extremely negative that, as part of the current review of the CAP, no account is being taken of the need to reverse the trend of successive previous reforms, which encouraged absenteeism and led many small and medium-sized farmers to give up farming, thus favouring large landowners and the concentration of intensive production only in certain regions and in the hands of agro-industry, on which many farmers who are still in business now depend; takes the view that these factors are responsible for the abandonment of many rural areas, leading to the depopulation of vast areas of territory with the result that no work is carried out to maintain and clear forests or implement agricultural hydraulic projects, and having a clear adverse effect on water quality, supply and access for both farmers and public supply systems;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Takes the view that the production of one litre of agro-fuel consumes around 4 560 litres of water on average and that its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is zero or virtually zero; supports the ending of Community incentives for agro-fuels and considers that internal agricultural production for this purpose must not be replaced by imports after processing or of raw materials;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the environmental value of forests and agricultural production must be reassessed in a context of climate changes where it is absolutely vital to balance the increase in greenhouse gas emissions with an increase in forest cover, whose contribution as a carbon sink must be taken into account in all policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 26 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission and Council to take account of the need to create aid mechanisms for farmers affected by cyclical droughts, fires and water scarcity aimed at preventing fresh large-scale disasters resulting from climate changes and minimising their consequences;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in reforesting areas which have been affected by cyclical drought and fires on the basis of respect for their bio-climate and ecological characteristics, and hopes that rehabilitation of the rural and urban landscape will be treated as a matter of particular importance, having due regard to specific local features;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Urges the Commission and Council to create a public system of agricultural insurance, financed by the EU, with a view to guaranteeing a minimum income for farmers in the event of natural disasters such as drought, fire and floods, and to protect them from risks and crises such as those that recently occurred in the countries of southern Europe;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the need to develop policies for the effective prevention of forest fires, reaffirming that the Commission must support the Member States in monitoring and preventing fires, funding, in particular, appropriate forest fire prevention measures such as fire breaks, forest tracks, access points, water points and forest management programmes;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Takes the view that water scarcity and cyclical droughts have accentuated the scourge of fires and their gravity, increasing the fragility and risk of destruction of many species that are characteristic of forests in southern European countries, for which forests often represent the main natural resource;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 10 of Directive 2002/15/CE lays down that 'implementation of this Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection afforded to workers',
Amendment 4 #
2008/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas two years after the end of the transitional period for the transposal of Directive 2002/15/EC there are still some Member States which have not transposed all of its provisions or whose inadequate transposition has had serious adverse effects on workers,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that Directive 2002/15/CE establishes 'minimum requirements' and its transposition must not lead to a lower level of protection for workers or less compliance with more favourable conditions in individual Member States resulting from general employment legislation orcollective agreements,
Amendment 29 #
2008/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to adopt legislation penalising undertakings that make use of precarious forms of employment when the work to be carried out is permanent;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the consecutive under-utilisation of agricultural policy headings is largely due to the wrong directions taken by successive reforms of the CAP; calls, therefore, for the remaining CAP funds to be maintained and used for this same policy, giving priority to their redistribution to small and medium-sized farmers and the least- favoured regions;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 8 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers it unacceptable to limit the EU budget to less than 1% of GNI, while the way in which the debate within the Commission swings between upholding the own-resources limit and reducing it is a cause for concern and, with regard to agriculture, will not make it possible to tackle the challenges that have become urgent as a result of the food crisis, such as national food sovereignty;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Considers it vital to carry out a reassessment of financial requirements for the period 2007-2013, in such a way as to ensure economic and social cohesion and a type of agriculture that responds to the needs of an enlarged Europe, which implies an increase in the own-resources limit;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, as a result, new priorities within the current financial framework can only be funded by fresh funds or through a reprioritisation within existing programmes and levels of expenditure; stresses, therefore, the increased need to ensure sufficient margins under different categories of the initial budget figures in order to leave room for Parliament's priorities;
Amendment 24 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. PoMaints out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged undains that a different agricultural policy is needed, whose principle would be each country's right to food sovereignty and food security, and that the constraints that have led small and medium-sized farmers the Lisbon Treaty: increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; o give up producing need to be resolved, which requires that: - agriculture should be taken out of the WTO, and agri-food production should no longer be treated as a vulgar commodity; - the single payment scheme decoupled from support for production should be brought to an end; - the appropriations available in the Community budget should be increased and direct aid should be more fairly distributed, through the introduction of a ceiling on aid and increased modulation at Community level, taking account of the structures and size of farms and the number of people employed, with a view to redistribution to those farmers and countries who receive less aid from the CAP;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Warns against the threats posed by aOpposes the possible introduction of co-financing for the first pillar and the renationalisation of the costs of the CAP, since its compulsory character can most likely not be guaranteed if one of the national parliaments, is unwilling to authorise the funds for national co-financing, resulting in considerable distortion of competition and a de-facto dismantling of the CAP, as mentioned in the letter of the European Commission of 9 June 2008on equal terms by all the Member States.
Amendment 3 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Flexicurity Strategy raises expectations for a better reconciliation of the professional and private life of women and men urgently needs to be improved; whereas not all Member States will attain the Barcelona targets by 2010; whereas care facilities for dependent family members other than children are not yet incorporated in policy strategies,
Amendment 26 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that many of the jobs created in the EU are precarious, with fixed-term contracts, and women are particularly affected; calls, consequently, on the Commission and Member States to encourage the adoption of measures to combat labour precariousness, supporting the transition from the use of fixed-term contracts to the use of open-ended contracts;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of employers and trade-union organisations in creating a modernfair work organisation andwithout loss of rights and pay, and of Member States in providing accessible and affordable quality services in order to allow a better reconciliation of professional and family life;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to take effective measures to guarantee compliance with social standards and work with rights in the various sectors, ensuring decent incomes for workers, and in particular women, and the right to safety and health at work, to social protection and trade union freedom, and contributing to abolishing discrimination between men and women at work;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that women's economic independence is fundamental for their emancipation, and employment with rights is therefore a guarantee for their personal development and for social inclusion;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Finds it disturbing that women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in their unemployment rates, the more precarious forms of work in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to a higher risk of poverty and industrial accidents, and the greater difficulties that they encounter in terms of career advancement and very low pensions;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, even though the difference between the employment rate for women and for men has been reduced slightly, this difference still stood at more than 14% in 2006 and women's employment is more precarious, with increasing numbers of women working part-time and on temporary contracts;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the wage gap persists, with women earning wages that are on average 15% below those for men, that this gap was reduced by only 1% between 2000 and 2006, and that the percentage of women in management posts is still far lower than the percentage of men;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to guarantee full rights, including maternity and social security rights, for all working women, including women who are self-employed or who work on family farms;
Amendment 35 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers it important to look into the question of establishing a methodology for analysing exactly what jobs entail, that will guarantee the right to equal pay for women and men, give proper recognition to individuals and occupations and, at the same time, attach due dignity to work as a structuring factor, with a view to increasing the productivity, competitiveness and quality of undertakings and improving the lives of workers, both men and women;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses the need to encourage initiatives that contribute to setting up and implementing in companies human resources policies and positive measures promoting gender equality, and to encourage information and training measures making it possible to promote, transfer and incorporate practices that have been successful in organisations and companies;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas undeclared work is the main factor behind social dumping and is therefore one of the key issues as far as modernising Europeanhas adverse consequences both for the workers concerned, in terms of job security, welfare cover, the exercise of their rights as workers and citizens, and health and safety at work, and for workers in general, given that it is the main factor behind social dumping, casual labour, and laow is concernedpay,
Amendment 31 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas to combat clandestine employment effectively, it is vital to strengthen supervisory and sanction mechanisms with the assistanceby providing for the coordinated intervention of labour inspectorate services, tax administrations and the social partners,
Amendment 44 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, therefore, for European action to combat undeclared work to be more proactive and incisive, in order to prevent the modernisation of labour law in Europe from remaining on a purely theoretical level;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that practical steps must be taken to combat undeclared work, without, however, casting doubt on the employment of the workers involved, except where the activities in question are illegal;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 87 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly believes that bringing undeclared employment relationships into line with the law must always include an obligation to pay contributions, which, should there be a desire to facilitate matters for employers, could be charged to the Inland Revenue in advance, but which in any case must always be paidon the understanding that Member States could take steps to facilitate the necessary payment by employers;
Amendment 98 #
2008/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses a demand for contractors to be held liable for any irregularities, including contributory or fiscal irregularities, resulting from failure on the part of their subcontractors to comply with standards laid down by law or by contract;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights that poverty and inequality affect women disproportionately; points out that the average income of women is just 55 % that of men;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a more pragmaholistic political and institutional approach to combating extreme poverty, which does not mix the policies on equality between men and women, the fpoverty and social exclusion; points out that gender disparities in economic power-sharing are an essential contributing factor to the poverty of women and that equal rights against discrimination and active participation, but which clearly and fully promotes each goal in its own right, includnd empowerment of women are important for the eradication of poverty; underlines that gender equality and gender mainstreaming must be promoted as a cross-cutting issue ing that of partnership with families and with the poorest peoplee EU strategy to fight poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the primary right of a child is the right to live with his or her family; underlines the importance of the father and the mother in the child’s development whatever its age and regardless of the family’s socio-economic conditions; calls therefore for families living in extreme poverty to be helped as families in their effoe importance of a holistic approach to child well-being based on a child rights centred perspective as framed by the UNCRC, aimed at securing adequate incomes for families, adequate housing for children and families, single parents or children in migrant families; supports the Commission's view that a balance between targeting the diversity of modern family structures and targeting the rights of children achieves the best outcomes in combating child povertsy; calls on the Member States to put an end to putting children in care for socio-economic reasons and to help parents exercise their parental responsibility in the long term, even in difficult situations of extreme povertyfor integrated, holistic family policies going beyond active inclusion to address all aspects of child and family well-being and to eradicate child poverty and social exclusion in the EU;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 34 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a gender perspective to be developed in all policies related to children as a prerequisite to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child; urges the Member States to carry out systematic assessments on the impact of poverty and social exclusion on the girl child and to develop specific measures to address this in the context of European and United Nations policies, instruments and funding mechanisms on the rights of the child; underlines the need to address the different ways in which girls and boys experience poverty and social exclusion earlier in life so that gender mainstreaming children's rights will impact positively in the later stages of the life-cycle;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that all of these uncertainties prevent those directly affected from enjoying their fundamental rights; calls on national, European and international institutions to consider the multidimensional character of extreme povertypoverty and social exclusion, which affects all areas of human life;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 49 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, because social security systems are often based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; calls for an individualised right to an adequate minimum income, which is not conditional on employment related contributions;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that the share of part-time employment in the EU is 31 % for women and 7,4 % for men; underlines that part- time employment for women is often only petty and marginal part-time work with poor remuneration and insufficient social protection; points out that women are therefore at greater risk of falling into poverty, especially in old age, as pensions from part-time employment very often do not suffice to lead an independent life;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. A. whereas women earn on average 15% less than men in the European Union and up to 25% less in the private sector; whereas the gender pay gap varies between 4% and more than 25% in Member States and this gap does not show a significant narrowing trend,
Amendment 37 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it important to implement EQUAL projects aimed at giving proper status to work which promotes equality, and stresses the importance of supporting pilot projects seeking to analyse exactly what jobs entail with a view to guaranteeing the right to equal pay for women and men, and giving proper recognition to individuals and occupations;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out that collective negotiation and bargaining have an important role to play in combating discrimination against women, not least as regards access to employment, pay, working conditions, career advancement, and vocational training;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Member States to take effective action designed to enforce the rules on welfare and employment and to make jobs with rights available in the various activity sectors, thereby ensuring that workers (in particular women) earn decent wages and are entitled to health and safety at work, to social protection and to trade-union freedom, as a contribution to eliminating discrimination between men and women at work;
Amendment 30 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission Communication on “New skills for new jobs: Anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs” and the ‘Common Principles of Flexicurity’ adopted by the European Council on 14 December 2007 emphasise the objectives of fostering the continuous adaptability and employability of workers through better learning opportunities at all levels and through skills development strategies responsive to the needs of the economymodest implementation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – out of the annual allocation of EUR 500 million, the total out-turn was just EUR 65 214 850 in 2007 and EUR 14 624 972 in 2008 – demonstrates the need to revise various aspects of the Fund to enable it to achieve its aims.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Recent economic forecasts suggest that unemployment in the EU is likely to increase substantially, entailing potentially serious social consequences in various parts of the EU, especially those regions where the economic fabric is weaker.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a
“1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, tThe EGF shall also provide support to workers made redundant as a result of the global financial and economic crisies, provided applications comply with the criteria set out in Article 2(a), (b) or (c). This derogation shall apply to all applications submitted before 31 December 2010.”
Amendment 41 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
A financial contribution from the EGF shall be provided where major structural changes in world trade patterns lead to a serious economic disruption, notably a substantial increase of imports into the European Union, or a rapid decline of the EU market share in a given sector or a drelocalisation to third countries or to another Member State, which results in:
Amendment 42 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) at least 500 redundancies over a period of 9 months, particularly in small or medium-sized enterprises, in aone or more NACE 2 divisions in one region or, where the enterprises in question operate within the same production chain, or in two contiguous regions at NUTS II level, or
Amendment 44 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of the Commission, subject to a ceiling of 0.315% of the maximum amount for the EGF that year, the EGF may be used to finance preparation, monitoring, information, creation of a knowledge base relevant to the implementation of the EGF, administrative and technical support, audit, control and evaluation activities necessary to implement this Regulation.
Amendment 46 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
‘1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 5(5), particularly taking into account the number of workers to be supported, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, evaluate and propose as quickly as possible the amount of financial contribution, if any, that may be made within the limits of the resources available. The amount may not exceed 785% of the total of the estimated cost referred to in Article 5(2)(d).’
Amendment 48 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 49 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
‘2. The Member State(s) shall carry out all eligible actions included in the coordinated package of personalised services within 2430 months of the date of application pursuant to Article 5.’
Amendment 50 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 20 – new subparagraph
Article 20 – new subparagraph
Amendment 10 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities establishes minimum requirements in relation to the organisation of working time in order to improve the health and safety protection of persons performing mobile road transport activities, to improve road safety and to align conditions of competition. This Directive already establishes 'minimum requirements', since its transposition must not lead to a lower level of protection for workers or less compliance with more favourable conditions in individual Member States enshrined in general employment legislation or collective agreements;
Amendment 13 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the light of the Commission report and the impact assessment,t is also in the general interest that the rules governing working time and driving and rest periods should apply equally to all professional drivers, including self-employed drivers, should be excluded from the scope of Directive 2002/15/ECo as to ensure the safety of these professionals and road safety.
Amendment 15 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Nevertheless, iIt is desirable that Member States continue to alert self- employed drivers of the adverse effects on health and safety as well as of negative impacts on road safety caused by excessively long working hours, inadequate rest or disruptive working patterns. Likewise, it is important that Member States endeavour to combat sham self-employment and ensure that precarious forms of employment are not adopted when the work to be carried out is permanent;
Amendment 18 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive– amending act
–
–
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 20 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive– amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities establishes minimum requirements in relation to the organisation of working time in order to improve the health and safety protection of persons performing mobile road transport activities, to improve road safety and to align conditions of competition. This Directive already establishes minimum requirements, since its transposition must not lead to a lower level of protection for workers or less compliance with more favourable conditions in individual Member States enshrined in general employment legislation or collective agreements.
Amendment 22 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 1
Article 1
(-1) Article 1 reads as follows: The purpose of this directive shall be to establish minimum requirements in relation to the organisation of working time in order to improve the health and safety protection of professionals performing mobile road transport activities, notably as regards break times, rest times or periods of availability - without prejudice to their wages - and to improve road safety, with the resultant alignment of conditions of competition.
Amendment 23 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 − point a
Article 1 – point 1 − point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3(d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement. This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d)self- employed drivers..
Amendment 26 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the light of the Commission report and the impact assessment,t is also in the general interest that the rules governing working time and driving and rest periods should apply equally to all professional drivers, including self-employed drivers, should be excluded from the scope of Directive 2002/15/ECo as to ensure the safety of these professionals and road safety.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point b
Article 3 – point b
(a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deleted.The following paragraph is added to the end of point (b): 'This period shall be taken into account for wage purposes.'
Amendment 30 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point h
Article 3 – point h
(b) The following sentence is added to point (d): "'mobile worker' shall also include any person who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but: i. who does not have the freedom to organise the relevant working activities; ii whose income does not depend directly on the profits made; iii individually or through a cooperation between self-employed drivers, to havA point h) to read: (h) ‘night time’ shall mean a period of [...] as defined by national law between 8.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m. who does not have the frelations with several customers.edom,
Amendment 31 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Nevertheless, iIt is desirable that Member States continue to alert self- employed drivers of the adverse effects on health and safety as well as of negative impacts on road safety caused by excessively long working hours, inadequate rest or disruptive working patterns. Likewise, it is important that Member States endeavour to combat sham self-employment and ensure that precarious forms of employment are not adopted when the work to be carried out is permanent.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 –point c
Article 1 – point 2 –point c
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 - point e
Article 3 - point e
Amendment 35 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point f
Article 3 – point f
Amendment 39 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 –point e
Article 1 – point 2 –point e
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
Article 3 – point i
Amendment 44 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(a) In Article 5(1) the reference ‘Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85’ is replaced by the reference ‘Regulation (EC) No 561/2006’. (b) The following paragraph is inserted: 'This period shall be taken into account for the purposes of wages.'
Amendment 45 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(a) In Article 6 the reference "Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85" is replaced by the reference "Regulation (EC) No 561/2006". (b) The following paragraph is added: This period shall be taken into account for wage purposes.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 –point 6
Article 1 –point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall organise a system of appropriate and regular monitoring and controls in order to guarantee the correct and consistent transposition and implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. They shall ensure that the national bodies responsible for enforcement of the Directive have an adequate number of qualified inspectors and shall take whatever measures are appropriate. Directive 2002/15/EC already establishes 'minimum requirements', since its transposition and implementation must not lead to a lower level of protection for workers or less compliance with more favourable conditions in individual Member States enshrined in general employment legislation or collective agreements;
Amendment 51 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 3
Article 11 a – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that transport undertakings and mobile workers have access to information, assistance and advice in the field of working time rules and work organisation. Member States shall endeavour to combat sham self- employment and ensure that precarious forms of employment are not adopted when the work to be carried out is permanent;
Amendment 53 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 1
Article 1
(-1) Article 1 reads as follows: The purpose of this directive shall be to establish minimum requirements in relation to the organisation of working time in order to improve the health and safety protection of professionals performing mobile road transport activities, notably as regards break times, rest times or periods of availability - without prejudice to their wages - and to improve road safety, with the resultant alignment of conditions of competition.
Amendment 57 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3(d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement. This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d)self- employed drivers.
Amendment 65 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
(a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deletedThe following paragraph is added to the end of point (b): 'This period shall be taken into account for wage purposes.'
Amendment 70 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
(b) The following sentence is added to point (d): "'mobile worker' shall also include any person who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but: i. who does not have the freedom to organise the relevant working activities; ii whose income does not depend directly on the profits made; iii who does not have the freedom, individually or through a cooperation between self-employed drivers, to have relations with several customers.”(Point (h) to read as follows: “(h) ‘night time’ shall mean a period of [...] as defined by national law between 20.00 and 7.00.
Amendment 75 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 80 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 82 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint e
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint e
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 92 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(a) In Article 5(1) the reference “Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85” is replaced by the reference “Regulation (EC) No 561/2006”. (b) The following paragraph is inserted: “This period shall be taken into account for the purposes of wages.”
Amendment 93 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(a) In Article 6 the reference "Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85" is replaced by the reference "Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.". (b) The following paragraph is added: “This period shall be taken into account for wage purposes.”
Amendment 100 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall organise a system of appropriate and regular monitoring and controls in order to guarantee the correct and consistent transposition and implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. They shall ensure that the national bodies responsible for enforcement of the Directive have an adequate number of qualified inspectors and shall take whatever measures are appropriate. Directive 2002/15/EC already establishes minimum requirements, since its transposition and implementation must not lead to a lower level of protection for workers or less compliance with more favourable conditions in individual Member States enshrined in general employment legislation or collective agreements.
Amendment 105 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 3
Article 11 a – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that transport undertakings and mobile workers have access to information, assistance and advice in the field of working time rules and work organisation. Member States shall endeavour to combat sham self- employment and ensure that precarious forms of employment are not adopted when the work to be carried out is permanent.
Amendment 13 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – point 1
Article 10 – point 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to at least six months following the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1). Dismissal during that period shall be formally justified and shall be duly specified in writing, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition, which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 15
Recital 15
- 1) Recital 15 is replaced by the following: "Whereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 22 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least 16 weeks […] after confinement;"
Amendment 54 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1-C (new)
Article 1 – point -1-C (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 2
Article 2
Amendment 68 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 1822 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
Amendment 78 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 -point 1
Article 1 -point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory paid leave of at least six16 weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth. The compulsory period of 16 weeks shall apply to all workers, irrespective of the number of days for which they have previously worked.
Amendment 79 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 -point 1
Article 1 -point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. This period may, if the couple agrees and so requests, be shared with the father, in accordance with the legislation of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 88 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additional fully paid leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and, multiple births and mothers with disabilities. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. Member States shall also provide for a 12-week period of fully paid leave in the case of stillbirth.
Amendment 91 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave on full pay of at least sixteen weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth. The compulsory period of sixteen weeks shall apply to all workers, irrespective of the number of days previously worked.
Amendment 92 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Member States shall guarantee mothers’ and fathers’ rights by ensuring special working conditions so as to help children with disabilities.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1a (new)
Article 1 – point 1a (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8a (new)
Article 8a (new)
1-A. The following Article 8a is inserted: "Article 8a Paternity leave 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that male workers who have recently become parents are entitled to a continuous period of paternity leave, paid in full and not transferable, to be granted for at least four weeks, two of them being mandatory and after the worker’s spouse or partner has given birth; 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers are granted a period of special leave including the unused portion of maternity leave in case of death or physical incapacity of the mother;
Amendment 99 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers cannot, for reasons of their own convenience, interrupt maternity or paternity leave or leave to care for a child, and to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1), save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consentone year after the birth.
Amendment 102 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additional leave on full pay is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births, and where the mother has a disability. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. Member States shall also ensure a period of leave of twelve weeks on full pay in cases of stillbirth.
Amendment 108 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
1a. The following article is inserted: Article 8a Paternity leave 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers who have recently become parents are entitled to a continuous period of paternity leave, on full pay and non-transferable, of at least four weeks, of which two shall be obligatory and shall be taken after the worker's spouse or partner has given birth. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers can take special leave corresponding to any unused portion of maternity leave following the death or physical incapacitation of the mother.
Amendment 110 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent any interruption of maternity leave, paternity leave or special leave to take care of children on grounds of the employer's convenience, and to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period frombetween the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1), save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consentand one year after the birth.
Amendment 120 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 - point c
Article 1 – point 3 - point c
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequateivalent if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling may not be lower than the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in100% of the last monthly salary or the eavent of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker’s state of healthrage monthly salary of the worker. The Member States may lay down the period over which this average monthly salary is calculated.
Amendment 124 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – –point 3
Article 11 – –point 3
3. the allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequateivalent if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling may not be lower than the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in100% of the last monthly salary or of the eavent of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of healthrage monthly salary of the worker. The Member States may lay down the period over which this average monthly salary is calculated.
Amendment 128 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3(da) (new)
Article 1 – point 3(da) (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – paragraph 5a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5a (new)
(da) The following paragraph is inserted: "Member States shall encourage employers to provide, where necessary and where requested by the worker, assistance for the reintegration and training of workers returning to the workplace after a period of maternity leave."
Amendment 130 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3a (new)
Article 1 – point 3a (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11a (new)
Article 11a (new)
3a. The following article is inserted: “Article 11a Breastfeeding or nursing leave 1. A mother who is breastfeeding her child shall be entitled to leave for that purpose for as long as she continues to breastfeed. 2. Where the mother is not breastfeeding, and both parents are gainfully employed, either or both shall be entitled to leave for nursing purposes until the child has reached the age of one year. 3. Daily breastfeeding or nursing leave shall be taken in two separate periods each of which shall be not more than one hour. 4. In the case of multiple births, the leave referred to in the above paragraph shall be increased by 30 minutes for each additional child. 5. If either of the parents works part-time, the daily breastfeeding or nursing leave shall be reduced in proportion to the normal working hours, but may not be less than 30 minutes. 6. In the case referred to in the above paragraph, the daily leave shall be taken for a period not exceeding one hour and, where applicable, for a second period cover the remaining duration, unless another arrangement has been agreed with the employer".
Amendment 137 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additionalfully paid additional maternity leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, stillbirth, caesarean section, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave, mothers with disabilities, teenage mothers, multiple births or births occurring within 18 months of the previous birth. The duration of the additional maternity leave after confinement should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. Member States shall also ensure a period of leave of twelve weeks on full pay in cases of stillbirth.
Amendment 147 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a new
Article 1 – point 1 a new
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 148 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – point 1
Article 10 – point 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers cannot, for reasons of their own convenience, interrupt maternity or paternity leave or special leave to care for a child, and to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to one year after the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1). Dismissal during that period shall be presumed to have arisen on grounds of discrimination and shall be duly specified in writing, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0192(COD)
Council position
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17-A) The period during which self- employed workers and their spouses are eligible for maternity benefits shall be equal to that laid down in Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding.
Amendment 14 #
2008/0146(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The objectives of the CAP set out in Article 33 of the Treaty include the stabilisation of markets, assuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices. The provision of Community aid under a School Fruit Scheme to supply fruit and vegetable and banana products to pupils in educational establishments would meet these objectives. Further, the Scheme should bring young consumers to appreciate fruit and vegetables and therefore should enhancehave a highly positive effect on public health and the fight against child poverty, enhancing future consumption and thereby promoting earnings in agriculture, also an objective of the CAP. In addition, under Article 35(b) of the Treaty, provision may be made within the framework of the common agricultural policy for joint measures, such as a School Fruit Scheme, to promote consumption of certain products.
Amendment 30 #
2008/0146(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure sound budgetary management, a fixed ceiling of Community aid and maximum co-financing rates should be provided for and the Community financial contribution to t, in line with the circumstances and needs of each Member State. The scheme should be added to the list of measures eligible for EAFG financing set out in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy. Should one or more Member States not make use of the Community funding, the funds concerned may be transferred to other Member States for their use.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0146(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Regulation (EC) n° 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – section IVa – subsection IIa – Article 103g – Point 2
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – section IVa – subsection IIa – Article 103g – Point 2
2. Member States, at national or regional level, wishing to participate in the scheme shall draw up a prior strategy for its implementation. They shall also provide for accompanying measures necessary to make the scheme effective, taking account of the soil and climate conditions under which fruit and vegetables are produced. In this connection, Community preference shall apply to the products concerned. The same Member States shall also provide for accompanying measures necessary to make the scheme effective, with priority for pre- school and primary-school children, to whom fruit should be distributed free of charge on a daily basis.
Amendment 22 #
Amendment 24 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95s 42, 152 and 308 thereof,
Amendment 26 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Given that that the conditions for recourse to Article 95 of the Treaty as a legal basis are not fulfilled, the Community legislature shall rely on thise same legal basis even when public health protection is a decisive factor in the choices made; in this respect Article 95(3) of the Treaty explicitly requires that, in achieving harmonisation, a high level of protection of human health should be guaranteed taking account in particular of any new development based on scientific factsas Regulation 883/2004/EC on the coordination of social security systems, and also shall take Article 152 of the Treaty into account.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Some issues related to cross-border healthcare, in particular reimbursement of healthcare provided in a Member State other than that in which the recipient of the care is resident, have been already addressed by the Court of Justice. As healthcare wasAs health care was rightfully excluded from the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market it is still important to address these issues in a specific Community legal instrufor Member States to ensure the accessibility of their respective public health care systems for patients and to continue concluding bilateral agreements in order to achieve a more general and effective application of principles developed by the Court of Jusor improve cooperation which promotes and benefits the rights of patients for high quality health care and treatment according to Article on a case by case basis152 of the EC Treaty.
Amendment 34 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) This directive aims to establish a general framework forcomplement Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 and its successor Regulation(EC) 883/2004 with regard to the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare in the Community and to ensure patients mobility and freedom to provide healthcarethe application of patients' rights in the framework of patients mobility and a high level of protection of health, whilst fully respecting the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of social security benefits related to health and the organisation and delivery of healthcare and medical care and social security benefits in particular for sickness.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 42 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 44 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 45 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 47 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 55 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Realising the potential of the internal market for cCross-border healthcare requires cooperation between providers, purchasers and regulators of different Member States at national, regional or local level in order to ensure safe, high quality and efficient care across borders. This is particularly the case for cooperation in border regions, where cross-border provision of services may be the most efficient way of organising health services for the local populations, but where achieving such cross-border provision on a sustained basis requires cooperation between the health systems of different Member States. Such cooperation may concern joint planning, mutual recognition or adaptation of procedures or standards, interoperability of respective national information and communication technology systems, practical mechanisms to ensure continuity of care or practical facilitating of cross- border provision of healthcare by health professionals on a temporary or occasional basis. Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications stipulates that free provision of services of a temporary or occasional nature, including services provided by health professionals, in another Member State should not, subject to specific provisions of Community law, be restricted for any reason relating to professional qualifications. This Directive shouldall be without prejudice to those provisions of Directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a general framework foraims at complementing the existing framework on the coordination of social security systems (Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 and its successor Regulation (EC) 883/2004) with a view to the application of patients' rights in the context of the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare.
Amendment 70 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 99 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the provisions of this Directive, in particular Articles 76, 87 and 9, the Member State of affiliation shall ensure that insured persons travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare there or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State, will not be prevented from receiving healthcare provided in another Member State where the treatment in question is among the benefits provided for by the legislation of the Member State of affiliation to which the insured person is entitled. The Member State of affiliation shall reimburse the costs to the insured person, which would have been paid for by its statutory social security system had the same or similar healthcare been provided in its territory. In any event, it is for the Member State of affiliation to determine the healthcare that is paid f, according to the same mechanisms as provided for by Regulation (EEC)1408/71 and its successor rRegardless of where it is providedulation (EC) 883/2004.
Amendment 103 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided Member States must ensure that physicians and service providers which are working anos contract partners of their Member State shall be reimbursed by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the Member State of affiliation, without exceeding the actual costs of healthcare receivedrespective national health systems or statutory social security systems are obliged to accept the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), E-112 form etc. and treat patients showing their EHIC on the same conditions as stipulated by Regulation (EEC)1408/71 and its successor Regulation (EC) 883/2004 Member States must oblige service providers to post an EHIC symbol in the lobby of the service provider (e.g. in a similar way to credit cards in shops and restaurants) to indicate that the EHIC is accepted there in line with those Regulations.
Amendment 107 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State of affiliation may impose on a patient seeking healthcare provided in another Member State, the same conditions, criteria of eligibility and regulatory and administrative formalities for receiving healthcare and reimbursement of healthcare costs as it would impose if the same s must ensure that physicians and service providers which are working as contract partners of their respective national health systems or statutory social security systems are prohibited from treating patients from another Member State on a private basis or demanding upfront cash payments from them, in such cases that the patient can prove her or his status as an insured person of the respective statutory similar healthcare was provided in its territory, in soocial security system of the respective Member State of affiliation by virtue of, faor as they are neither discriminatory nor an obstacle to freedom of movement of personsexample, the European Health Insurance Card, and theE-112 form..
Amendment 108 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 113 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Patients travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare therereceiving healthcare in a Member State other than their Member State of affiliation or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State shall be guaranteed access to their medical records, in conformity with national measures implementing Community provisions on the protection of personal data, in particular Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.
Amendment 119 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 160 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State of affiliation shall ensure that administrative procedures regarding the use of healthcare in another Member State related to any prior authorisation referred to in Article 8(3), reimbursement.22.1 c) and Art. 22.2 of Regulation (EEC) 1408/71, coverage of costs of healthcare incurred in another Member State and other conditions and formalities referred to in Article 6(31), are based on objective, non- discriminatory criteria which are published in advance, and which are necessary and proportionate to the objective to be achieved. In any event, an insured person shall always be granted the authorisation pursuant to Regulations on coordination of social security referred to in Art. 3.1 f) whenever the conditions of Art.22.1 c) and Art. 22.2 of Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 are met.
Amendment 162 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall specify in advance and in a transparent way the criteria for refusal of the prior authorisation referred to in Article 8(3).
Amendment 59 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 7
Article 2 - paragraph 7
Amendment 77 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - paragraph 3
Article 3 - paragraph 3
3. This Directive is without prejudice to the responsibilities of Member States for the content of teaching, activities and the organisation of their educational systems, including the provision of special needs education, seeking in every case to guarantee the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs by means of public policies providing for specific means of support to help them learn. Member States may provide for differences in treatment in access to educational institutions basedon grounds onf religion or belief.
Amendment 2 #
2008/0107(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2
Article 2
Member States should make efforts to take the necessary steps to deposit their instruments of ratification of the Convention with the Director-General of the International Labour Office as soon as possible, preferably before 31 December 20121. The Council will review the progress of the ratification before January 20121.
Amendment 136 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1a (new)
Recital 1a (new)
(1-A) Reality has demonstrated the failure of the CAP and the need for an agricultural policy whose ruling principle is the right to food sovereignty and security and whose guiding orientations are: support for farmers as producers; action to contain the productivist mentality which leads to the concentration of property in the hands of big enterprises, the regional concentration of production excluding certain producer regions, and the accelerated disappearance of small and medium-sized farms; reversing the decline of the countryside and the desertification of numerous regions; and combating the instability in productive sectors arising from oscillations in consumption, in order to counter the pressure on the agricultural economies of third countries where agriculture and farming activity are crucial elements of the economy.
Amendment 138 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1b (new)
Recital 1b (new)
(1-B) The successive reforms of the CAP associated with the progressive opening of the markets, the weakening of the market regulation mechanisms for agricultural products and the integration of agriculture into the WTO, compounded by the application of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) decoupled from agricultural production, have led to the abandonment of agriculture by numerous small and medium-sized farmers and to rural depopulation, thus increasing instability on the agricultural markets and exacerbating the differences between productions, farmers and Member States.
Amendment 139 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1c (new)
Recital 1c (new)
(1-C) The recent crisis arising from higher food prices has pointed up the need to view agriculture as a fundamental strategic sector for ensuring individual countries' food security and sovereignty and the importance of ceasing to treat agriculture as a bargaining counter in the WTO to be exchanged for services and technology.
Amendment 140 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1d (new)
Recital 1d (new)
(1-D) The state of the countryside reveals the need to maintain the productive role of the land and of agriculture and to permit freedom to choose the options best adapted to the agricultural and environmental conditions of farming, including all agricultural and stockbreeding activities and not just those for which the CAP has historically offered support entitlements.
Amendment 141 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1e (new)
Recital 1e (new)
(1-E) The present circumstances of farmers, especially in the case of small and medium-sized farmers and family farming, call for the continuation of aids to production, which should, however, be accompanied by an obligation to cultivate and maintain under production the areas for which the aid is received, the aim being to put an end to the present injustice of some producers and small farmers receiving little or nothing.
Amendment 157 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development, a system of compulsory progressive reduction of direct payments (“modulation”) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This system should be maintained including the exemption of payments up to EUR 510 000 from its application.
Amendment 168 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of a large share of payments to a rather limited number of large beneficiaries. It is clear that larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently attained. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier to larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It therefore seems equitable to expect farmers with high amounts of support to make a particular contribution to the financing of rural development measures addressing new challenges. Therefore, it appears appropriate to establish a mechanism providing for an increased reduction of the highest payments the proceeds of which should also be used to deal with new challenges in the framework of rural development. To ensure the proportionality of this mechanism the additional reductions should increase progressively according to the amounts of the payments concerned. Also from the viewpoint of fairness, a maximum threshold should be established for the amount received in aids per holding, in the region of EUR 200 000 per farmer, other than for cooperatives. This upper threshold should, however, be modifiable where there is creation of jobs with rights.
Amendment 175 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The amounts resulting from the application of 5 percentage points corresponding to modulation reductions fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be constituted as a fund, to be allocated between Member States according to objective criteria. However, it is appropriate to establish that a certain percentage of the amounts should remain in the Member States where they have been generated. In view of the structural adjustments resulting from the abolition of rye intervention, it is appropriate to provide for specific measures for certain rye production regions financed with part of the amounts generated by modulation. However, the amounts raised by the application of any further modulation reduction should be made available to the Member States where they have been generated, such as land area, employment and GDP per capita.
Amendment 184 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18a (new)
Recital 18a (new)
(18-A) The administration of small sums could prove an onerous task for the relevant authorities in the Member States. The aid regimes make no distinction between farmers receiving smaller and larger amounts, and the eligibility conditions and administrative and control arrangements are identical. The creation of a simplified aid scheme of a voluntary nature for farmers receiving amounts of up to EUR 1000 could resolve this problem, on the basis of a fixed lump-sum annual payment for farmers participating in the scheme. All farmers receiving aid of less than EUR 1000 would be awarded a supplement until reaching that threshold.
Amendment 199 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Further to the integration of formerly coupled market support into the single payment scheme, the value of payment entitlements was, in those Member States opting for a historic implementation, based on the individual level of past support. With a growing number of years elapsing since the introduction of the single payment scheme and following the successive integration of further sectors into the single payment scheme, it becomes increasingly harder to justify the legitimacy of significant individual differences in the support level which are only based on past support. For this reason Member States that chose the historic implementation model should be allowed under certain conditions to review the allocated payment entitlements with a view to approximating their unit value while respecting the general principles of community law and the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy. In this context Member States may take into account the specificities of geographical areas when fixing closer values. The levelling of payment entitlements should take place during an adequate transition period and within a limited range of reductions in order to allow farmers to reasonably adapt to the changing levels of supportthe conditions for the single payment should include the obligation to cultivate and maintain under production the areas for which the aid is received.
Amendment 247 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point aa (new)
Article 2 – point aa (new)
a-A) "major beneficiary": an individual or collective person receiving more than EUR 200 000 under the payments referred to in Annex I;
Amendment 274 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introduction
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introduction
1. Any amount of direct payments to be granted in a given calendar year to a farmer that exceeds EUR 510 000 shall be reduced for each year until 2012 by theas following percentages:
Amendment 276 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) for sums between 10 000 and 19 999 EUR, 6% in 2009:, 7%, in 2010, 9% in 2011 and 10% in 2012;
Amendment 283 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) 2010: 9%,for sums between 20 000 and 29 999 EUR, 7% in 2009, 8% in 2010, 10% in 2011 and 13% in 2012;
Amendment 290 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) 2011: 11%,for sums between 30 000 and 49 999 EUR, 8% in 2009, 10% in 2010, 12% in 2011 and 15% in 2012;
Amendment 297 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) 2012: 13%.for sums between 50 000 and 99 999 EUR, 10% in 2009, 13% in 2010, 15% in 2011 and 18% in 2012;
Amendment 303 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point da (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point da (new)
da) for sums between 100 000 and 199 999 EUR, 13% in 2009, 17% in 2010, 21% in 2011 and 25% in 2012.
Amendment 306 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 341 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 357 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introduction
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introduction
2. The amounts corresponding to the reduction by 5 percentage points shall be allocated to the Member States concerned in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2)resulting from the application of modulation shall be distributed among the Member States on the basis of the following criteria:
Amendment 371 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The remaining amount resulting from the application of Article 7(1) and the amounts resulting from the application of Article 7(2) shall be allocated to the Member State where the corresponding amounts have been generated, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2). They shall be used in accordance with Article 69(5a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005shall be distributed among the Member States.
Amendment 419 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall not grant direct payments to a farmer in one the following cases: (a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted in a given calendar year does not exceed EUR 250, or (b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted does not exceed one hectare. However, Cyprus may set a minimum eligible area of 0.3 hectares and Malta of 0.1 hectares. However, farmers holding special entitlements referred to in Article 45(1) shall be subject to the condition referrDirect payments are guaranteed to all farmers. Farmers receiving direct support of less than EUR 1000 shall be entited to a complement until that threshold has been reached, to in point (a)be paid once a year.
Amendment 446 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. PaymentsThe total payment, divided at the most into two periodic payments, under support schemes listed in Annex I shall not be made before the controls with regard to eligibility conditions, to be carried out by the Member State pursuant to Article 22, have been finalised. The first periodic payment, of a maximum of 75% of the total payment estimated as owing, may be made before the conclusion of the controls.
Amendment 558 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
iii a) in order to compensate for specific disadvantages affecting farmers and/or farming systems in areas which are vulnerable in economic and social terms or are environmentally sensitive;
Amendment 14 #
2007/2290(INI)
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 #
2007/2290(INI)
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 #
2007/2290(INI)
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 #
2007/2290(INI)
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 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 79 #
2007/2290(INI)
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 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 116 #
2007/2290(INI)
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;
Amendment 40 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in creating a land bank on the basis of land freed up as a result of early retirement; takes the view that support should be introduced for the joint acquisition of expensive machinery and equipment which is used infrequently by each individual farmer;
Amendment 56 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the provision made for the granting of setting-up support to young farmers to be conditional on the submission of a business plfor the development of their farming activities; considers that aid should be introduced by granting soft loans for the development of their farming activitiesearly payment of rent, for a minimum period of five years or until investments are stabilised;
Amendment 83 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, in line with the new thrust of the CAP, the diversification of income sources should be encouraged and the focus should be placed on European agriculture's distinguishing features; considers that the introduction of the single payment scheme (SPS) and progressive decoupling of production aid are making the majority of new farms virtually unviable and support needs to be introduced for young farmers to acquire rights under the SPS;
Amendment 96 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, in respect of succession arrangements, that consideration should be given to introducing legislation that focuses more closely on keepisupport should be introduced for farms to be kept together and for young farmers together, with a view to achieving both economies of scale and economies of scope acquire land under the initial setting-up scheme, and that increased support should be introduced for setting up in mountain areas and other less-favoured regions, such as the outermost regions;
Amendment 121 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that young farmers should be placed in the best possible position to take advantage of the opportunities provided by a greater flexibility in demand for farming-related goods and services, together with a greaterand that the opening up of emerging markets around the world with a view to the conclusion of the multilateral negotiationshould be countered so as to support the emergence of more young farmers, countering rural exodus and upholding their right to produce at fair prices;
Amendment 168 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to bring special incentives to bear with a view to ensuring that, in connection with the granting of initial setting-up support, preference is given to company-based structures, with a view tosupport is granted to one of the heirs so that he or she can buy out the others, thereby limiting the breaking up of farms;
Amendment 173 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the necessary measures should be adopted to support, accompany and advise young farmers under the initial setting-up scheme with the aim of increasing the success rate and at the same time minimising or putting an end to situations where farmers give up or even become bankrupt;
Amendment 3 #
2007/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of maintaining quality public services in rural areas, including mountain areas and the outermost regions, in order to combat isolation and guarantee universal access to education, health, transport and communications, culture and a decent life for farmers and their families;
Amendment 7 #
2007/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it vital to ensure complementarity between various Community funds and programmes in these rural areas in order to guarantee their integrated development, including the multifunctionality of agriculture, forestry and tourism; takes the view that this will be the only way to maintain their populations, young people in particular, and protect the environment and biodiversity, preventing forest fires and other disasters;
Amendment 11 #
2007/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the need to boost support for farmers' associations, cooperatives, wine cooperatives and other local institutions in the field of crafts and other activities in addition to farming so as to facilitate the marketing of products, the creation of local markets and closer links between producers and consumers;
Amendment 10 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Title
Title
Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies guidelines of the Member States for good work and social progress (under Article 128 of the EC Treaty)
Amendment 12 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 – introductory part
Recital 2 – introductory part
Amendment 15 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 – indent 1
Recital 2 – indent 1
- attractingreducing unemployment and retaining more people in quality employment, increasing labour supply and modernisimproving social protection systems,
Amendment 17 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– Full employment: Achieving full employment with proper rights and decent wages, and reducing unemployment and inactivity, by increasing the demand for and supply of labour through an integrated flexicurity approach is vital to sustain economic growth and reinforce social cohesion and social advancement. This requires policies that address simultaneously the flexibility of labour markets,improvement of work organisation and labour relations, and employment security and social security.
Amendment 21 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 – indent 2
Recital 2 – indent 2
- improving adaptability of workers and enterpriseenterprises and improving security for workers, and
Amendment 22 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
– Strengthening social and territorial cohesion: Determined action is needed to strengthen and reinforce social inclusion, fight poverty - especially child poverty and poverty amongst women -, prevent exclusion from the labour market, support integration in employment of people at a disadvantage, and to reduce regional disparities in terms of employment, unemployment and labour productivity, especially in regions lagging behind. Strengthened interaction is needed with the Open Method of Coordination in Social Protection and Social Inclusion.
Amendment 26 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – guideline 17 – title
Annex – guideline 17 – title
Guideline 17. Implement employment policies aiming at achieving full employment, improving the quality and productivity at workthe security of employment, and also strengthening social and territorial cohesion and promoting a comprehensive approach encompassing problems relating to unemployment amongst women, women's working conditions, women's limited participation in the employment market and the unequal distribution of unpaid domestic tasks and chores.
Amendment 30 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 33 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 33 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – guideline 18 – indent 2
Annex – guideline 18 – indent 2
- resolute action to increase female participation and reduce gender gaps in employment, unemployment and pay, pay, vocational training and career advancement,
Amendment 34 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – guideline directrice 18 – indent 3
Annex – guideline directrice 18 – indent 3
- better reconciliation of work and private life and, including in particular the provision of support to single-parent families through the promotion of an equitable division of family responsibilities, through investment in and the use of public services and by offering parents (both men and women) the possibility of opting for part-time working without suffering any kind of discrimination vis-à-vis their full-time colleagues; the provision of accessible and affordable high-quality childcare facilities for 90% of compulsory- school-age children in all the Member States by 2010, and care for other dependants,
Amendment 42 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − paragraph 1 − indent 1
Annex − paragraph 1 − indent 1
- Full employment: Achieving full employment, and reducing unemployment and inactivity, by increasing the demand for and supply of labour through an integrated flexicurity approachjob and growth-friendly macro-economic policies, facilitated by the ´Good Work Agenda´, as promoted by the informal meeting of the Ministers for Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection in Berlin on 18 to 20 January 2007, is vital to sustain economic growth and reinforce social cohesion. This requires policies that address simultaneously the flexibility of labour markets,active labour market policies, improvement of work organisation an, good labour relations, and employment security andjob protection legislation and improvement in social security systems.
Amendment 43 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − paragraph 1 − indent 2
Annex − paragraph 1 − indent 2
- Improving quality and productivity at work: Efforts to raise employment rates go hand in hand with improving the attractiveness of jobs, quality at work, labour productivity growth, reducing segmentation andby improving supportive measures for easier access to work, stepping stones to assist progress into stable and legally secure employment, by promoting upward social mobility concerning transitions both in work and between jobs and reducing the proportion of working poor. Synergies between quality at work, productivity and employment should be fully exploited.
Amendment 47 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Guideline 17
Annex − Guideline 17
Guideline 17. Implement active employment policies aiming at achieving full employment, improving quality, security and productivity at work, and strengthening social and territorial cohesion. Policies should contribute to achieving an average employment rate for the European Union (EU) of 70 % overall, of at least 60 % for women and of 50 % for older workers (55 to 64) by 2010, and to reduce unemployment and inactivity. Member States should consider setting nat, reduce the proportion of working poor and ensure that more people are in stable and permanent labour contracts. Member States should consider setting quantitative and qualitative, national and regional employment rate targets.
Amendment 51 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 1
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 1
- attracreducing unemployment and retaining more people in quality employment, increaseing labour supply and moderniseimproving social protection systems,
Amendment 54 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 2
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 2
- improving the adaptability of workers and enterprises,enterprises and security for workers, and
Amendment 63 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex –- Section 1 – title
Annex –- Section 1 – title
1. AttracReducing unemployment and retaining more people in high-quality employment, increaseing labour supply and moderniseimproving social protection systems
Amendment 72 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – Title
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – Title
Guideline 18. Promote a lifecycle approach to workDirect the employment policy to the needs of people during different stages of life through:
Amendment 73 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 1
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 1
- a renewed endeavour to provide young people with high-quality and individually appropriate education and vocational training in order to build employment pathways for young people and reduce youth unemployment, as called for in the European Youth Pact,
Amendment 78 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 2
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 2
- resolute action to increase female participation and reduce gender gaps in employment, unemployment and pay and promoting of gender equality,
Amendment 79 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 18 –- indent 3
Annex – Guideline 18 –- indent 3
- better reconciliation of work and private life and the provision of accessible and affordable high-quality childcare facilities for 90 % of the children to mandatory school age and care for other dependants,
Amendment 80 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 4
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 4
- support for active ageing, including appropriate working conditions, improved (occupational) health status and adequate incentives to work and discouragement of early retirement,
Amendment 82 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 4 a (new)
- promoting new social rights with a view to a work-life balance approach, including the right to training and care leave, temporary working-time reduction and guaranteed right to return to full-time employment afterwards, long-term sabbaticals, and the guarantee of youth apprenticeships, training or employment 6 months after finishing full-time education;
Amendment 83 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 5
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 5
- modernimprovement of social protection systems, including pensions and healthcare, ensuring their social adequacy, financial sustainability and responsiveness to changing needs, so as to support participation and better retention in employment and longer working lives,
Amendment 86 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Section 1 – Guideline 18 − indent 5 a (new)
Annex − Section 1 – Guideline 18 − indent 5 a (new)
- strengthening transitional security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and social protection to prevent income risks and ensure, inter alia, the maintenance and acquisition of pension rights and health care coverage during employment transitions as well as leave periods (e.g. care for dependent persons, further training and education, sabbaticals) during the course of a person's life;
Amendment 94 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 19 − indent 2
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 19 − indent 2
- continual review of the incentives and disincentives resulting from the tax and benefit systems, including the management and conditionality of benefits and a significant reduction of high marginal effective tax rate, with a view to phasing out activation measures that force the unemployed into 'bad job traps' (subject to low pay, low quality, low social protection and low perspectives) and to keep the benefit system sufficiently generous, notably for those with low incomes, whilst ensuring adequate levels of social protection,
Amendment 95 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 19 − indent 3
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 19 − indent 3
- development of new sources of jobs in services for individuals and businesses, the not-for profit sector and the social economy, notably at local level.
Amendment 99 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Title
Annex – Section 2 – Title
2. Improve adaptability of workers and enterpriseenterprises and provide good security of workers
Amendment 107 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Section 2 − Guideline 21 − title
Annex − Section 2 − Guideline 21 − title
Guideline 21. Promote flexibility combined with employment securitythe Good Work Agenda with enhanced workers' rights (e.g. good job protection legislation) and reduce labour market segmentation, having due regard to the role of the social partners, through:
Amendment 126 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 1
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 1
- the adaptation of employment legislation, reviewing where necessary the different contractual and working time arrangepromoting stable and secure contractual arrangements based on permanent full- time employment as the EU's norm established by the social acquis, taking action against abusive labour practices especially in certain non-standard contracts in order to phase out precarious employment and poverty in work, and promoting upward social mobility by facilitating transitions into stable and secure high-quality employments,;
Amendment 133 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 3
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 3
- better anticipation and positive management of change, including economic restructuring, notably changes linked to trade opening, so as to minimise their social costs and facilitate adaptation,
Amendment 135 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 4
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 4
- the promotion and dissemination of innovative and adaptable forms of work organisation, with a view to improving quality and productivity at work, including health and safety,
Amendment 138 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 5
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 5
- support factive labour market policies to support transitions in occupational status, including training, self-employment, business creation and geographic mobility.
Amendment 145 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 1
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 1
- encouraging social partners within their own areas of responsibility to set the right framework for wage bargaining in order to reflect productivity and labour market challengper compensation for productivity increases, inflation and a redistributive component in wage increases at all relevant levels and to avoid gender pay gaps,
Amendment 148 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 1 a (new)
- since real wage moderation discourages firms to increase productivity, which leads to a slowdown of productivity growth, stopping repeated calls at a European level for wage moderation, which disrespects the responsibilities of social partners and only leads to a downwards spiral in salaries and purchasing power and to growing inequalities,
Amendment 149 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 2
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 2
- reviewing the impact on employment of non-wage labour costs like exorbitant company profits and top incomes and where appropriate adjust their structure and level, especially to reduce the tax burden on the low-paid.which can lead to a redistribution and greater share for wages especially the low paid with a view and to establish a system of progressively rising social security contributions or taxes of the employers, according to the principle ‘the lower the employment status (short period, weak perspectives, high risks), the higher contributions to social security’, in order to discourage insecure forms of employment,
Amendment 150 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – indent 2 a (new)
- fighting poverty and precarious employment by introducing an EU norm for the level of minimum incomes for social inclusion (60 % of the respective national GPD per capita) and the level of minimum wages (60 % of the respective average national wage).
Amendment 151 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – last paragraph following second indent
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 22 – last paragraph following second indent
Amendment 155 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 23 – indent 3
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 23 – indent 3
- efficient lifelong learning strategies open to all in schools, businesses, public authorities and households according to European agreements, including appropriate incentives and cost sharing mechanisms, financing, rights and entitlements to lifelong learning, with a view to enhancing participation in continuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled and older workers.
Amendment 158 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 24 – indent 1
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 24 – indent 1
- raising and ensuring the attractiveness, openness and quality standards of education and training, broadening the supply of education and training opportunities and ensuring flexible learning pathways and enlarging possibilities for mobility for students and trainees, guaranteeing, through the social partners and public authorities, investment in lifelong learning by agreeing on a 2 % benchmark as a percentage of the GPD (total public and private spending),
Amendment 160 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 24 – indent 2
Annex – Section 3 – Guideline 24 – indent 2
- easing and diversifying access for all to education and training and to knowledge by means of working time organisation, family support services, vocational guidance and, if appropriate, new forms of cost sharing,
Amendment 11 #
2007/0278(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 - subparagraph (c)
Article 2 - subparagraph (c)
(c) Cohesion — Promoting a more cohesive society by modifying social and economic policies which are the underlying cause of social inequalities and poverty (especially amongst women and children) and by raising public awareness of the benefits for all of a society where poverty is eradicated and no- one is condemned to live in the margins. The European Year shall foster a society that sustains and develops quality of life, social well-being and equal opportunities for all regardless of their background, ensuring sustainable development and solidarity between and within generations and policy coherence with EU action worldwide.
Amendment 12 #
2007/0278(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 - subparagraph (d)
Article 2 - subparagraph (d)
(d) Commitment — Reiterating the strong political commitment of the EU to the fight against poverty and social exclusion and, promoting this commitment at all levels of governance and modifying policies which cause poverty and social exclusion. Building upon the achievements and possible shortcomings of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, the European Year shall strengthen the political commitment to the prevention of and fight against poverty and social exclusion and give impetus to further development of the European Union’s action in this field.
Amendment 13 #
2007/0278(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4
Article 4
The European Year shall take into account the different ways in which women and men experience poverty and social exclusion and shall seek to make the various institutions aware of the causes of poverty and of the action which must be taken in order to reduce poverty, especially amongst women and children.
Amendment 2 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the absence of horizontal community legislation, the rights of third-country nationals vary, depending on the Member State in which they work and on their nationality. They do not have the same rights as nationals of the Member State, or other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a further development of a coherent immigration policy, to lower the rights gap between EU citizens and third-country nationals legally working and complementing the existing immigration acquis a set of rights should be laid down in particular in the form of specifying the policy fields where equal treatment with own nationals is provided for third-country workers legally admitted in a Member States but not yet long term residents. Such provisions are intended to establish a level playing field within the EU, to recognize that such third-country nationals legally working in a Member State’s contributeion to the European economy through their work and tax payments and to serve as safeguard to reducesociety and to fight against unfair competition between own nationals and third-country nationals resulting from possible exploitation of the latter.
Amendment 16 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Amendment 23 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) working conditions, including pay, leave, working time and dismissal as well as health and safety at the workplace, taking into account general collective agreements in force;
Amendment 32 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
Amendment 34 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Amendment 36 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
Amendment 39 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (d)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (d)
Amendment 42 #
2007/0229(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (e)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (e)
Amendment 4 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. ,whereas the biotechnology sector includes several fields of research concerning agriculture, the environment and food; whereas applied biotechnology also concernneeds to be an instrument at the service of humanity, and must therefore not be allowed to become a meany fields including the use of biomass from agriculture, forestry and organic waste or the development of innovative bio-molecules and microbial productss of creating monopolies or, still less, an instrument for the large-scale modelling of nature at the behest of private interests, with harmful consequences for the environment and human health,
Amendment 8 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development and use of agricultural biotechnology offers an opportunity to develop both economically and environmentally sustainable farming and food productionspread of large cultivated areas under crops with little genetic variation combined with the intensification of agri-food production will impoverish the genetic diversity which is the basis of life on the planet,
Amendment 21 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas developments in biotechnologies have the potential to yield many benefits for agriculture, such as increased yields, better product quality, reduced use of chemical fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and fossil fuels and reduced soil erosion and pollutionthe precautionary principle should also govern laboratory research and practical tests, since once released into nature genetic experiments unleash a chain reaction and become uncontrollable,
Amendment 26 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas advances made in biotechnology have the potthe meat, eggs, milk and dairy products from livestock fed with the millions of tonnes of genetical to create new openings for agriculture and sylviculture and to cly modified feedingstuffs which enter the EU every year are not labelled, while scientific studies have already demonstribuated to the better use of all biomass from renewable sources; and whereas these innovations concern the fields of green chemistry, food and healthhat where GMOs are used for feedingstuffs genetically modified elements can be detected in the food products, thus making it clear that the safety of such products is not in any way guaranteed,
Amendment 29 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the mid-term review shows that progress has been made towards achieving the goals set out in "Life Sciences and Biotechnology — A strategy for Europe"according to specialists there are some 1.4 bn farmers worldwide whose profitability is tied up with the use of their seeds at an annual rhythm, which would not be possible under a regime of patented seeds,
Amendment 36 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Communitythe EU legislation is sometimes interpreted differently by Member States and its implementation is therefore not always consistent across all Member Statregulating GMOs has proved unable to prevent a series of food scandals in the wake of recent cases; whereas there is a clear need to develop a common approach, particularly with regard to the coexistence of genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crop contamination with illegal varieties (e.g. StarLink and Bt 10 genetically modified maize) has which would provide the basis for choice for both farmers and consumerghlighted the existence of numerous severe failings,
Amendment 44 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the use of new technologies, for example in new crops for medicinal or other non-food purposes, offers new production opportunities, particularly in sectors where conventional production has ceased to be economically profitablere is no detection and protection mechanism in place for unauthorised GMOs; whereas the food chain may also be contaminated with additional illegal GMOs that remain undetected because the necessary analytic methods do not so much as exist,
Amendment 50 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas genetically modified products for use in agriculture necessarily have to pass very stringent assessments and the present authorisation process is slow and bureaucraticcertain brief preliminary studies have detected disturbing effects on human health; having regard to the risks posed to public health and the environment by technologies which have not been tested or evaluated by competent and objective bodies,
Amendment 61 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas bio-energy offersa number of studies, some of them by pro-GMO lobbies, have demonstrated the impossibility of increasing the share of renewable energy in overall EU energy consumptioncoexistence of GMOs with traditional or organic crops,
Amendment 66 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the success of the production of second-generation biomass-based bio- fuels is conditional on suppeds patented by certain companies will make them more expensive for farmers, especially in the cases of small and medium-sized ort for biotechnological research into processingamily farms, thus driving them off the land and encouraging concentration of production and the drift from the countryside,
Amendment 73 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 114 million hectares of genetit emerges from officially modified crops wer data, including those gprown worldwide in 2007 and this hectarage is very likely to be substantially increased in the following years, while the area under gvided by the US administration, as well as from various studies, that none of the GMOs on the market are higher-yield than the more advanced convenetically modified cultivation in the EU is comparatively lowonal varieties, including the most frequent ones such as soya and maize,
Amendment 77 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ka (new)
Recital Ka (new)
Ka. whereas data published by the US Department of Agriculture suggest that GMOs lead to more rather than less use of pesticides by comparison with conventional crops,
Amendment 78 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Kb (new)
Recital Kb (new)
Kb. whereas it is not acceptable for the European Food Safety Agency, as it has done hitherto, to base its decisions on introducing GMOs on risk data provided by the GMO-producing firms themselves,
Amendment 81 #
2006/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages efforts to develop biotechnologies in the EU as one way of making agriculture viable and capable of providing a living, andConsiders genetic engineering to be a technology full of shortcomings which cannot be properly controlled and is incompatible with sustainable agriculture; calls on the Member States to takes the view that these biotechnologies facilitate the development of sustainable methods of production,necessary measures to outlaw GMOs, withdraw the varieties already introduced, and declare the EU a GMO-free zone; urges the Commission to invest further inc reased yield, higher quality and more diverse products with reduced use of fertilisers and rational use of water; underlines the need for conventional and organic agriculture to remain successful on their marketsarch by objective public bodies with a view to deepening scientific knowledge on genetic engineering and its consequences, making the results public and promoting the necessary debate on the issue;
Amendment 20 #
2004/0209(COD)
The European Parliament rejects the Council common position.
Amendment 26 #
2004/0209(COD)
Recital 7
(7) There is a need to strengthen the protection of workers' health and safety and for greater flexibility in organising working time, particularly with regard to on-call time and, more specifically, inactive periods during on-call time, and also to strike a new balance between also to strengthen employees' rights to the reconcilingation of work and family life on the one hand and more flexible organisation of working time on the other.
Amendment 27 #
2004/0209(COD)
Recital 8
(8) Workers should be afforded periods of compensatory rest in circumstances where rest periods are not granted. The rules on determination of the length of the reasonable period within which equivalent compensatory rest is granted to workers should be left to the Member Statesstrictly applied in accordance with the rulings of the European Court of Justice, taking into account the need to ensure the safety and health of the workers concerned and the principle of proportionality, namely that compensatory rest must be granted immediately after a combined period of normal duty and on- call time.
Amendment 34 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 2a
Article 2a
The inactive part of on-call time shall not be regarded as working time unless national law or, in accordance with national law and/or practice, a collective agreement or an agreement between the social partners provides otherwise. The inactive part of on-call time may be calculated on the basis of an average number of hours or a proportion of on- call time, taking account of experience in the sector concerned, by collective agreement or agreement between the social partners or by national legislation following consultation of the social partners. The inactive part of on-call time shall not be taken into account in calculating the daily or weekly rest periods laid down in Articles 3 and 5 respectively, unless otherwise provided for: (a) in a collective agreement or an agreement between the social partners; or (b) by means of national legislation following consultation of the social partners. The period during which the worker actually carries out his activity or duties during on-call time shall alwaysentire period of on-call time, including the inactive part, shall be regarded as working time.
Amendment 41 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 2a a (new)
Article 2a a (new)
Article 2a a Calculation of working time In the case of workers having more than one contract of work, and for the purposes of implementation of this Directive, the worker's working time shall be the sum of the periods of time worked under each of the contracts.
Amendment 54 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 3 − point b
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
(b) in paragraph 2, the words "provided that the workers concerned are afforded equivalent periods of compensatory rest" shall be replaced by "provided that the workers concerned are afforded equivalent periods of compensatory rest within a reasonable period, to be determined by national legislation or a collective agreement or an agreement concluded between the social partnersimmediately following periods of time spent on duty";
Amendment 55 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 3 − point d - point i
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
(d) paragraph 5 shall be amended as follows: (i) the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: "5. In accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, derogations may be made from Article 6 in the case of doctors in training, in accordance with the provisions set out in the second to the sixth subparagraphs of this paragraph."; (ii) the last subparagraph shall be deleted.
Amendment 57 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 18 − paragraph 3
Article 18 − paragraph 3
In Article 18, in the third paragraph, the words "on condition that equivalent compensating rest periods are granted to the workers concerned" shall be replaced by "on condition that equivalent compensating rest periods are granted to the workers concerned within a reasonable period, to be determined by national legislation or a collective agreement or an agreemimmediately following periods of time spent concluded between the social partners duty".
Amendment 58 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 19
Article 19
Without prejudice to Article 22a(b) and by way of derogation from Article 16(b), Member States shall have the option, subject to compliance with the general principles relating to the protection of the safety and health of workers, of allowing, for objective or technical reasons, or reasons concerning the organisation of work, the reference period to be set at a period not exceeding twelve months: (a) by collective agreement or agreement between the social partners, as laid down in Article 18; or (b) by legislative or regulatory provision following consultation of the social partners at the appropriate level. In making use of the option pursuant to point (ba) of the first paragraph, Member States shall ensure that employers respect their obligations as laid down in Section II of Directive 89/391/EEC.".