Activities of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2016/2269(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth (debate) ES
Amendments (12)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas measures to combat inequality must be enhanced in economic, social and regional terms to promote harmonious development across the Union;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas high iunequalitymployment curtails effective demand, frustrates innovation, increases inequality and can lead to increased financial fragility;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas inequalities increased in Member States between 2008 and 2014 in terms of household disposable income, mainly in Mediterranean countries such as Spain, Greece, Portugal, or Cyprus19; _________________ 19 Eurofound (2017) Income inequa, with changes occurring once the politcies and employment patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession.dopted began to take effect;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for European policies to take into account three factors, economic, social and territorial, in order to to guarantee equal opportunities;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density, island, cross-border and mountain regions mentioned in Article 174 TFEU, as well as remote and depopulated regions, have greater difficulty in providing access to public services such as healthcare and education and that, as a result, these services are frequently a greater burden on public finances and recipients need to travel further to obtain them;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reiterates the need to channel investment towards improved territorial cohesion, so as to enhance the industrial fabric of regions with severe and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, especially regarding access to broadband;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that the reduction of inequalities must be an institutional priority at the European level, not only in order to tackle poverty or to promote convergence, but also as the precondition for economic recovery, quality job creation and shared prosperity;economic recovery and resulting job creation are the lever for reducing inequalities, tackling poverty and promoting convergence.
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that regressive labour market reforms have weakened the representation and bargaining power of labour, undermined the fairness of collective bargaining relations, and increased the inequality of labour with respect to capital; expresses its concern at the repercussions of these labour market reforms on increased precarious working conditions and lower wagBelieves that labour market reforms undertaken in certain Member States have helped bring business models into line with new industrial and manufacturing developments, reversing job losses and achieving a return to growth, job creation and, ultimately, a reduction in inequalities;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that, in many countries,welfare and social protection systems have been severely undermined by austerity measures with huge consequences in European budgetary policies have ensured the sustainability of welfare systerms of income inequalitiesand social protection;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Affirms that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old-age pensions must be granted to all; calls on the Commission to support Member States in strengthening public and occupational pension systems to provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold and to allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate a common approach towards a National Child Basic Income to ensure that efor children living in poverty child receives a minimum incomeso as to guarantee equal opportunities, thereby helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy on reducing poverty and the risk of social exclusion;