8 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the financial crisis has led to a growth in unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, rising budget deficits in many Member States and problems in the financing of pensions (whether tax or otherwise funded),
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that greater attention should be devoted to the adequacy of women’s pensions, as they take career breaks more often than men in order to care for children and members of their family who are ill or aged, and – in view of their family obligations – have a stronger tendency than men to accept part-time or precarious work;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes that pensions must include a basic old-age allowance which ensures that people who have worked all their lives enjoy a dignified retirement; as the economic and financial crisis has led to a rise in poverty, particularly among older people, stresses the need to establish rules on insurance under which the minimum pension paid in the Member States would be linked to their respective poverty thresholds;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that it is important to take account of the health – the mental and physical capacities – of older workers and, in that light, to determine the duration and type of work which they can perform;
Amendment 304 #
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, members of minority groups and the long-term unemployed, young people, people with disabilities and the long-term unemployed; considers that illegal work and work which fails to comply with the requirements of legislation are still too widespread within the European Union and that such work violates the rights of workers, deprives Member States of budget revenue and weakens social policy strategies;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws attention to the fact that immigration within the European Union affects the whole market and destroys its equilibrium, in addition to which it affects pensions; notes that, because of immigration, demographic changes are not identical in the EU Member States and that it would therefore be desirable to institute financial arrangements to regulate the portability and mobility of pensions throughout the EU;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the second pillar must be available to all employees by right, without any discrimination on grounds of age, sex, sector and/or employment contract;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to support the development of a social and civil dialogue in the field of old-age pension provision; and to resolve the problems of temporary and precarious work, the lack of jobs and the existence of undeclared work; stresses that, in order to preserve their fundamental rights and social guarantees and to prevent their exploitation on the labour market, workers should be employed legally, on the basis of an employment contract and in accordance with all provisions of the law;