Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2010/2239(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Does not consider it possible to set an adequate pension at European level, because the amount required is very dependent on specific circumstances in the Member States, but calls for minimum pension levels to be set above the poverty line at European level and for poverty- proof pensions;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Does not consider it possible to set an adequate pension at European level, because the amount required is very dependent on specific circumstances in the Member States; calls, however, on the Union to come up with criteria that make it possible for each Member State to establish a set of criteria to guarantee a minimum level of pensions;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Observes that budgetary consolidation in the Member States must not result in cuts in social security systems and pensions;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Observes that budgetary consolidation in the Member States must not result in cuts in social security systems and pensions;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure that 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 and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends, and the consequent need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, are not uniform throughout the European Union; but believes it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy, which requires a concerted effort in terms of combating unemployment, achieving a proper work-life balance and addressing immigration;
Amendment 252 #
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 longerwhich make provision for retirement on a flexible basis, for example by rewarding people for longer working lives and, in cases where they have performed arduous work, not reducing their pensions if they take early retirement;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age; observes furthermore that reductions in earned income, breaks in gainful employment, for example for purposes of education or to act as a carer, qualification measures and unemployment arising through no fault of one’s own, must be taken into greater account as prime causes of the risk of poverty in old age;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age; observes furthermore that reductions in earned income, breaks in gainful employment, for example for purposes of education or to act as a carer, qualification measures and unemployment arising through no fault of one’s own, must be taken into greater account as prime causes of the risk of poverty in old age;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that, if the 2020 Strategy is successful, this will mean that more people are in work and a strong labour market policy is pursued, this will mean that more people are employed in jobs which entail payment of compulsory social security contributions and are not precarious and that economic growth will benefit from this, thus enhancing the sustainability of pension systems;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that, if the 2020 Strategy is successful, this will mean that more people are in work and a strong labour market policy is pursued, this will mean that more people are employed in jobs which entail payment of compulsory social security contributions and are not precarious and that economic growth will benefit from this, thus enhancing the sustainability of pension systems;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well as the need for such mobility, but considers that it must not have any negative impact on national social security systems;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that, in the first pillar, pension entitlements are governed by the relevant coordinating Regulation, but that, for second-pillar pensions, simplified arrangements are needed to ensure portability;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar occupational retirement pension provision has been recognised, that responsibility for such provision stills rests with the Member States and that it must also be ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provision; points out that, as a matter of principle, the introduction of a second pillar must not lessen the responsibility of the welfare state for poverty-proof pension provision;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the establishment of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); stresses the need to equip it so that it can perform effectively the tasks entrusted to it and, in particular, can take appropriate account of the specificities and characteristics of occupational pensions;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls, too, for the development of new methods and indicators to gauge the effects of pension reforms on disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that, in the further debate on an adequate, safe and sustainable pension system, it would be helpful, while observing the principle of subsidiarity, to establish a pensions platform on which stakeholders are represented who contribute information about best practices and help to prepare policy initiatives;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that, in the further debate on an adequate, safe and sustainable pension system, it would be helpful, while observing the principle of subsidiarity, to establish a pensions platform on which stakeholders are represented who contribute information about best practices and help to prepare policy initiatives;