6 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas pension funds are important investors for EU economic growth and substantial contributors towards achieving the Europe 2020 strategic target, of 75% employment of both men and women aged 20-64 years old, and socially inclusive societies;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas pensions are the main source of revenue of older Europeans and are supposed to ensure that older people have a decent standard of living and enable them to be financially independent; whereas, however, around 22% of women over the age of 75 fall below the European Union's poverty threshold thus running the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas women take more frequent career breaks and part-time jobs than men for the purpose of fulfilling family responsibilities, and those periods are either not taken into account at all, or only partially taken into account, when their pension entitlement is calculated, and consequently women's pensions are often lower than men's and women are at greater risk of poverty;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that there is an urgent need to reform pension systems to take account of economic and demographic trends and; to improve Europe's growth prospects; and job opportunities by increasing the employability of vulnerable groups such as women, migrants and youths; to address pension adequacy and sustainability, through a mix of appropriate pension and employment policies aiming at tackling gender differences;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the need for Member States to take measures to eliminate the pay differential between women and me, gender inequalities between women and men in the labour market and to put funds aside to combat the rising costs of the retiring population;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of equalising the pensionable age for women and men, and improving employability for older women and men to stay in the labour market, which will make a significant contribution to boosting the labour force participation of older workers;