15 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2010/2039(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission proposal of 27 April 2010 for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, despite the economic prosperity and all the statements on eliminating poverty, social inequalities have worsened and, at the end of 2008, 17% of the population (i.e. around 85 million people) were living below the poverty threshold, even after social transfers11 , while in 2005 the figure was 16% and in 2000 it was 15% in the EU-15,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the at-risk-of-poverty rate for children and young people up to 17 years is higher than for the total population, reaching 20% in 2008 in the EU-27, with the highest rates being recorded in Romania (33%), Bulgaria (26%), Italy and Latvia (both 25%), Spain (24%), Greece, Portugal, Lithuania and the United Kingdom (all 23%) and Poland (22%) of 33%,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas elderly people also face a higher risk of poverty than the general population, reaching a rate of around 19% of those aged 65 years and over in 2008 in the EU-27, while in 2005 the figure was 19% and in 2000 it was 17%,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the proliferationconstantly high level of precarious employment and low wages in certain sectors means that the percentage of workers at risk of poverty is increasingstagnating on a high level; whereas, in 2008, the at-risk- of-poverty rate for those in employment was 8% on average in the EU-27, with the highest rates being recorded in Romania (17%), Greece (14%), Poland and Portugal (both 12%), Spain and Latvia (both 11%)hile in 2005 the figure was 8% and in 2000 it was 7% in the EU-15,
Amendment 37 #
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- qualitydecent jobs with rights and an income allowing people to live with dignity,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a global objective needs to be established, prioritising economic and social and territorial cohesion and the protection of fundamental human rights, which implies a balance between economic, employment, social, regional and environmental policies and a fair redistribution of income and wealth,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for concrete measures to effectively and significantly reduce poverty and social exclusion, ensuring a fair redistribution of income and wealth and also giving meaning and content to the European Year for Combating Poverty and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including guaranteeing an adequate minimum income throughout the European Union: in other words, combating poverty begins with the creation of 'good' jobs - in particular for groups at a disadvantage on the labour market; emphasises that full- time employment must provide workers with a living wage, so that welfare policy is inseparable from an active labour market policy;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the differences in various areas (health, housing, education, income and employment) among the social groups living in poverty, calls the Commission and the Member States to take those differences into consideration in their targeted measures, emphasizes that the most effective way to reduce poverty is to make the labour market accessible to all;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, and highlights the social dimension and social sustainability of macroeconomic policies, as an integral part of the crisis exit strategy and economic and soc, social and territorial cohesion, and the fact this implies changing the monetary priorities and policies, among others, of the Stability and Growth Pact, and also competition policies, internal market policies, and budgetary and fiscal policies;
Amendment 101 #
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, human dignity in particular, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universal access to the labour market, public health services, vocational education and training, housing and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fair wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyone;
Amendment 107 #
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, vocational education and training, housing and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fair wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyone, in which connection access to education - from pre-school education to completion of undergraduate studies - should as far as possible be free;
Amendment 127 #
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; believes that this target should be at least doubled and made more credible with appropriate measuresis too low and that the objective of a poverty-free Europe must not be abandoned; appropriate measures should be taken to achieve that objective;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by 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 in order to provide decent life for all, taking into account best practices and ensuring an adequate minimum income throughout the European Union as a means to prevent poverty and guarantee social justice and equal opportunities for all, without calling into question the specific situations in each Member State;
Amendment 164 #
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, 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; details of these key socioeconomic indicators should be set out in an annual report forwarded to the Member States and the European Parliament for discussion and with a view to determining the scope for further action;