15 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2015/2223(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the number of long-term unemployed exceeds 12 million, of whom 62 % have been out of work for more than two consecutive years; whereas the long- term unemployed are more likely to be affected by poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the renewal of the national building stock with the aim of improved efficiency of energy use will have a direct impact on the cost of energy, particularly for less well-off families, and will encourage the creation of employment;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
- ensuring thatcouraging the Member States provide everyone with accessible adequate income support, including minimum income above the poverty threshold throughout the life cycle, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, to provide accessible adequate income support;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to study the possibility of extending the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived beyond the programming period 2014- 2020, together with better co-ordination with other European Funds, in particular the ESF, and active employment policies, to facilitate the entry of the most deprived into the employment market;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to introduce mechanisms for recognising skills acquired informally rather than formally
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed at setting a European framework for a minimum income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislation;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that employment is the principal means of escaping poverty and social exclusion and urges that active employment policies be strengthened with the aim of returning the unemployed, and, in particular, the long-term unemployed, to the employment market
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Considers that poverty and social exclusion have an intergenerational component and, accordingly, stresses the need to provide children from households below the poverty threshold with access to education and advocates policies aimed at preventing early school leaving;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to create spaces for reflection and dialogue with those who are experiencing poverty, to ensure that they are able to contribute to the evaluation of policies which affect them;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a decent income is a fundamental element for being able to live your life in dignity; recalls that 16.7 % of the population in the EU 28 in 2013 were at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers; invites the Commission to present in 2016 in the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that where applicable, minimum income schemes should prevent and lift households out of severe material deprivation and allow for an income above the poverty threshold; recalls that a minimum income is a key instrument for delivering onobserve the principle of subsidiarity and contribute to households not suffering from severe material deprivation or, where applicable, lifting them out of that situation; recalls that Article 9 TFEU guaranteeing adequate social protection as well as on the fundamental right to decent living conditions, participating in society and protection of human health;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls that Directive 2012/27/EU emphasised the need to renew the national building stock, including housing; therefore calls on the Member States to evaluate poor households with special attention in their national energy efficiency plans;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Urges the Member States to ensure that any investment made, either in new homes or in improving existing homes, is based on energy efficiency;