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13 Amendments of Vincenzo IOVINE related to 2011/2052(INI)

Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Directive 2000/78/EC, of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment A #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Ccalls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on povertyboost the involvement in the development of a European strategy at all levels of governance (European, national, regional and local) of organised civil society and of all stakeholders, such as NGOs, social economy organisations, service providers, experts in social innovation and the social partners, as well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions and which have acquired experience and knowledge, particularly through the development of national platforms against poverty and social exclusion in each Member State; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between local, regional and national authorities and European Institutions, particularly the European Parliament; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs; calls for discussions with people living in poverty and social exclusion to be institutionalised, and to be extended at national level, and for their participation and contribution to be made a formal and central part of the annual convention on poverty and social exclusion, and calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment MM #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20% reaching a critical level in all Member States, which puts young people at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age; whereas this alarming situation calls for urgent political, economic and social responses and will, in combination with demographic changes, aggravate skills shortages; having regard to the vital role that vocational training can play in helping young people and low skilled workers to join the labour market; whereas, however, getting a job does not always mean escaping poverty, and whereas young people are especially susceptible to falling into the category of working poor,
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment T #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. AdvocatesRecommends the Member States to adopt a proactive decent housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housingquality housing at affordable prices or on preferential terms of purchase, and to prevent the loss thereof, with guaranteed access to services essential to health and safety, the lack of such housing being a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency in order to combat energy poverty; calls for more attention to be paid to housing for migrants, who are often exploited and forced to live in sub- standard housing; recalls Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon on social housing and calls for the provisions contained therein to be respected, in particular on the Member States’ freedom to organise social housing, including the question of financing; encourages the Member States to implement special housing programmes and opportunities for homeless people, in view of guaranteeing the most basic standards of living for the most vulnerable in society;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment U #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for Roma people, and the organisations that represent and work with them, to be actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of the national Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, so as to contribute to achieving the EU poverty target; calls on the European Union and the Member States to establish the European strategy to promote Roma inclusion as soon as possible, and calls on the Member States to propose, by the end of this year, measures to promote the inclusion of Roma in accordance with the European framework for coordinating national Roma inclusion strategies presented by the Commission in April 2011; stresses that, as with the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the inclusion and integration of the Roma will require greater effort to achieve, by 2020, their full inclusion and an end to the numerous forms of discrimination to which they are subject; 16a. calls for other marginalised communities such as immigrants to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusion;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, and low skilled workers has exploded in the EU since the crisis,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas family carers provide the greatest proportion of care in the EU,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to involveboost civil society at national and European levelinvolvement, and enhance cooperation with local, regional, national authorities and European Institutions and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for strong support to ensure the quality and accessibility of social services, especially in health, long-term care, education, transport, energy, water and communication.
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates a proactive housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housing with guaranteed access to services essential to health and safety, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for Roma and immigrants to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusion;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that austerity policies agreed with Member States do not conflict with or put into question the attainment of the EU 2020 targets of lifting 20 million people out of poverty;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on Member States to provide adequate support, training and respite services to family carers so that elderly people and those who need care can remain in their own homes and communities for as long as they wish to;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL