14 Amendments of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the increasing prevalence of interim or precarious jobs is reducing contributions to pension systems and damaging the stability of those systems and the adequacy of future pensions,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sorely misses any mention of SMEs, which are one of the main sources of employment in the EU and can, must and wish to make a major contribution to the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems by creating intersectoral or territorial funds capable of establishing a link between SMEs; stresses that the creation of such intersectoral or territorial funds would make it possible to affiliate temporary workers and thus make them more fully involved in financing pension systems;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that sound economic and social policies make an important contribution to growth, notably by preserving social cohesion and consumption, to growth, job creation and stability;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particularly in the Stability and Growth Pact, and in the European Union’s financial and corporate governance legislation;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recommends the adoption of criteria for flexibility in women’s retirement from work which make it possible to acknowledge the value of caring work performed;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers adequacy to be guaranteed by means of the stability of State social security provision, its equity and solidarity between the genders and generations, by means of the contractual generalisation of the second pillar and by means of tax incentives for the second and third pillars with measures to be taken as the context requires;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies, at least maintaining pensions above the poverty threshold;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (second pillar) and individual pensions savings schemes (third pillar) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States toConsiders that in view of the current budgetary pressure social spending has played a significant economic and social role in softening the effect of the crisis; considers introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the this regard that pay-as-you- go schemes have demonstrated their fundamental role in creating solidarity within and between generations; also considers that the second and third pillar; notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structureve a supplementary role to play in this regard;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that tax evasion has become a worrying phenomenon and must be combated as effectively as possible, because it undermines the future adequacy and stability of pension systems;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Points out that the spread of interim or precarious jobs may have a harmful impact on the adequacy and stability of pensions, particularly for young people, who often have breaks in their careers and contribution paths;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to investigate how employees’ right to participate in the second pillar can be facilitated and to make proposals, through enhanced social dialogue, for developing such a pillar where it does not yet exist and a method of governance to ensure that it is managed jointly, particularly with regard to its savings investment strategy;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, w members of then pension provision is reublic must be promptly and fully informed, or when there is a changeover from a promisedf the consequences of a reform of pension to a promvised pension arrangemeion, particularly concerning the amount, or from a final salary to a mean salary system, the public must be promptly and fully informed of the consequencesf their own pension and the total number of years of pension contributions due;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, when pension provision is reformed, or when there is a changeover from a promised pension to a promised pension arrangement, or from a final salary to a mean salary system, the public must be promptly and fully informed of the consequences; considers that, in this case, the reform must provide for an effective transitional regime which can avoid drastic reductions in benefits;