Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2010/2162(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the face of female poverty in the European Union
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Points out that, as a consequence of the economic crisis, unemployment and social hardship are still increasing in a number of Member States, and therefore calls on the European Union via Member States to reinforce itstheir commitment to eradicatingtake the appropriate steps to reduce poverty and social exclusion, particularly child poverty, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rights;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the "Europe 2020" flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusionnot be increased;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3
Paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Council to implement as a matter of urgency a strategy to halve child poverty by 2012, and emphasises in consequence the need to mainstream individual children's rights in all EU policies and measures to monitor and evaluate measures undertaken to end child poverty, to identify and develop priority actions, to enhance data collection and to further develop common indicators at EU levelaking into account the Council Conclusions of 17th June 2010 to encourage Member States to take the appropriate steps necessary to reduce poverty levels as set out in the EU2020 Strategy;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council'’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicator agreed upon by the Council; considerNotes that Member States usingare free to set their national targets only the "jobless household" indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusionbasis of the most appropriate indicators, taking into account their national circumstances and priorities;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5