10 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Commission proposals regarding quantitative and qualitative precautionary measures are only of value if they lay stress on taking into accountmust identify the differences between the systems and comply strictly with the principle of proportionality in terms of the financial, administrative and technical burden involved;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is strongly opposed to Europe-wide harmonised requirements concerning own capital or evaluation; therefore fully rejects any review of the Pension Funds Directive (the IORP Directive) which aims to achieve this;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the application of quantitative Solvency II requirements poses a great risk to pillar 2 systems, since these may, as a result of increased costs, be forced in future to accept lower company pensions or to stop them altogether; emphasises that this is noteither in the interests of employees nor employers; therefore concludes that there must be no provisions at EU level aiming to apply Solvency II to 2nd pillar systems;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers theRejects any further development of variations tof Solvency II, such as the Holistic Balance Sheet Model (HBS), to be useful only if specific national requirements are complied with and if they are presented as recommendations; categorically rejects these as components of EU-level regulations;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that first-pillar pensions remain the most important source of income for pensioners; calls on Member States to implement reforms to their first-pillar systems aligning contributory years to the changing ratio between pensioners and people in working age, also to prevent public pension costs crowding out other important government spendingnd to align the statutory retirement age to the actual number of contribution years instead of a fix age; calls on the Member States to ensure first- pillar pensions −- if necessary complemented by minimum income provisions −- to provide a decent minimum income;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
Paragraph 4 – point ii
ii. a funded, employment-related, mandatory collective second-pillar pension, preferably governed by (sectoral) social partners;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the main thrust of the White Paper that suggests focusing on: balancing time spent in work and retirement; developing complementary occupational and private pension savings, and enhancing the EU's pension monitoring tools; stresses that such measures should always be in compliance with the principle of subsidiary to accommodate the characteristics of occupational pension systems.
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that implementing structural reforms aimed at having people work more and longer is the only feasible way to generate the tax revenues and social and plabour market reforms to create good employment is the only feasible way to create incentives for self-determined management of working life; draws attenstion premiums needed to consolidate Member State budgets and to fund adequate, safe and sustainable pension schemes; points to the risk of, in this context, to the importance of active, healthy ageing and lifelong learning; stresses the risk of unemployment, low-wage jobs and part- time work, which leading to only partial pension entitlementspoverty in old age; calls on the Member States to put funds aside to combat the rising public costs of the retiring populationunemployment and precarious terms of employment;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the social partners to adopt a life-cycle approach to human resources management and to adapt workplaces; calls on employers to come up with programmes to support active and healthy ageing and to ensure that employees can work longer on a voluntary basis; calls on workers to engage actively in available training opportunities and to keep themselves fit for the labour market at all stages of their working life;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the wide dispersion in characteristics and outcomes across Member States' occupational pension schemes as regards access, solidarity, cost- effectiveness, risk and return; welcomes the Commission's intention, in close consultation with the Member States, social partners, the pension industry and other stakeholders, to develop a code of good practice for occupational pension schemes, in compliance with the principle subsidiarity;