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Committee Opinion | FEMM | BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Vilija ( S&D) | Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD ( Verts/ALE), Sylvie BRUNET ( RE), Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN ( ECR), Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ ( PPE) |
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The European Parliament adopted by 365 votes to 118, with 208 abstentions, a resolution on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty.
Members share the Commission's view that income inequality in the EU, as a world region, is lower than in some other major advanced economies, but remains a cause for concern. Women face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than men (22.8% in 2018 in the EU). In addition, one in two people with a non-EU migrant background is at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
Member States are invited to collect data on poverty in a way that reflects the reality of households and individuals, as well as relevant equality data, and to conduct gender analysis on statistics and policies to combat poverty.
Measures to combat inequality
Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence, to tackle growing inequalities within and between Member States and to increase solidarity.
Members also recommended:
- consolidating collective bargaining systems and guaranteeing minimum standards of social protection and a social security system for all age groups; the use of the European Social Fund plus (ESF+) should be encouraged in order to strengthen the capacity of the social partners;
- promoting access to affordable and quality services;
- supporting SMEs, which are the backbone of the European economy;
- strengthening education and training systems and improving their quality and relevance to the labour market, in particular with a view to facilitating access to lifelong learning;
- promoting investment in digital technologies in rural areas and targeted investment in digital reskilling and upskilling to enable workers to adapt to change and to ensure higher wages;
- ensuring an adequate level of education and training for young people and make use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and EU programmes to combat unemployment, enhance their employability, and encourage them to take up stable and non-precarious jobs.
Parliament called for an overarching European anti-poverty strategy, including ambitious targets to reduce poverty and end extreme poverty in Europe by 2030, in line with the principles laid down in the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Commission is invited to propose an EU strategic framework for national homelessness strategies.
Minimum protection of living and working conditions
Parliament invited the Commission to present an EU framework on minimum income. It stressed that the future directive aimed at ensuring that EU workers are paid a minimum wage that allows them to live in decent conditions should:
- provide clear safeguards in Member States where wages are generally negotiated collectively by the social partners;
- guarantee collective agreements and statutory minimum wages so that no worker or member of his or her family is at risk of poverty;
- ensure that the legal minimum wage, if it exists, is always set above the poverty threshold.
Parliament recommended, inter alia:
- putting in place a legislative framework to regulate teleworking arrangements across the EU to ensure decent working and employment conditions in the digital economy;
- implementing the legislative framework on minimum working conditions for all workers, especially those in precarious employment, including atypical workers in the gig economy;
- ensuring that labour relations between platforms and workers are adapted to the new realities of a digital society and economy and that they are clarified;
- taking action against bogus self-employment and exploitation of young workers, and strengthen the European quality framework for traineeships, to include the principle of remuneration for traineeships and training as a quality criterion, as well ensuring adequate access to social protection schemes;
- taking binding measures on pay transparency, in line with the commitment made under the EU gender equality strategy for 2020-2025.
Member States, for their part, should:
- phase out the use of ‘zero hour’ contracts and the practice of wages below the legal minimum for young workers;
- ensure that people with disabilities can exercise their employment and trade union rights on an equal basis with others;
- ensure that public employment services continue to offer as many quality jobs as possible;
- ensure the proper application of EU law on labour mobility and social security coordination and, in particular, that workers are informed of their rights, obligations and procedural guarantees in a language they understand before signing their contracts.
Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As the health crisis has had a significant impact on workers and disadvantaged people, Member States are called on to ensure adequate protection for all vulnerable workers during the pandemic. Members recalled, in this regard, that a sufficient proportion of additional resources under REACT-EU should be used to increase the availability of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) to help the most deprived; equally underlines the importance of ensuring that the ESF+ is allocated sufficient resources in the multiannual financial framework.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)247
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0044/2021
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0006/2021
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0006/2021
- Committee opinion: PE650.659
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE655.980
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE655.978
- Committee opinion: PE650.376
- Committee draft report: PE647.047
- Committee draft report: PE647.047
- Committee opinion: PE650.376
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE655.978
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE655.980
- Committee opinion: PE650.659
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0006/2021
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)247
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2019/2188(INI)
2020/05/11
FEMM
95 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. whereas equality between women and men and non-discrimination are founding values of the European Union,as expressed in the Treaty of the European Union and the Fundamental RightsCharter;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the average gender pay gap in the
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that the personal and professional objectives of women and men are often different, and that for the majority of posts efforts to achieve equal representation are counterproductive, as women and men do not always have the same aspirations, certain occupations attracting a majority of women or a majority of men;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for a joint effort to ensure equal access to jobs with rights for women; reaffirms that collective bargaining is a decisive factor in reversing and overcoming inequalities and that equal pay for equal work of equal value should be guaranteed;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Emphasises that the long term effects of the neoliberal policies imposed by the EU have a negative impact on the empowerment of women in all spheres of life, from an economic and social point of view, and in the achievement of equality between men and women, with rising unemployment, labour deregulation, increased precariousness and low pay affecting women in particular, while cuts in public services, especially in health and education, are further exacerbated, with social entitlements and benefits being targeted, thus further increasing the multiple forms of discrimination and inequality that women face;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women, and people who, by virtue of their tasks, are more directly exposed to risks, particularly carers and law enforcement officials;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing the rate of unemployment and poverty, especially among
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. whereas equal opportunities deriving from the above need to continue being promoted in order to reduce inequalities;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, workers with a precarious employment relationship, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service, tourism, hospitality and care sectors, the self-
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Points out that the current Covid- 19 crisis is showing that paid and unpaid care work is essential to the wellbeing and functioning of our societies and planet; stresses that women are leading in the provision of frontline and essential services and represent 70% of EU health care workers and 83% of the professional carers working with people with disabilities or older people, and that a significant proportion have a migrant background; Deplores that workers in this sector have been traditionally over- worked and underpaid, given low social recognition by our economic system and in the case of domestic care workers, often excluded from essential labour law protections; Calls on the EU for the adoption of a Care Deal for Europe, which would entail a massive investment in the care economy, strengthen policies to balance the work and care responsibilities across the life-cycle and fill labour shortages, in particular through training, skills recognition and decent work permit schemes, and provide better working conditions in these sectors;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges the Commission to refrain from promoting any political recommendation which promotes precarious employment relationships, the deregulation of working hours, wage reductions, an attack on collective bargaining or the privatisation of public and social security services;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming and tailoring the economic policy response to the COVID- 19pandemic to adapt it to the specific needs of women, to the structure of their economic activities, such as for example by boosting microfinancing for women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote proactive policies for gender equality and major investment in public services; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the provision of sexual and reproductive health care and the protection of motherhood and paternity, notably by increasing periods of leave, taking into account the six-month period recommended by the World Health Organisation for breastfeeding as an exclusive form of nutrition for the child, and ensuring that they are paid at 100 % without loss of pay; ensuring, after the end of maternity leave, the right to a reduction in working hours to allow for breastfeeding the child until it is at least two years of age and taking concrete steps to ensure such protection, alongside investment in the establishment of a free public network of childcare and education services; rejects the promotion of so- called 'flexible' employment relationships which promote the deregulation of labour, pushing women to stay at home, thus feeding the logic of discrimination against women;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the European Commission to integrate a gender perspective and the different experiences faced by women and the most disadvantaged groups in all initiatives and additional EU funds to combat the COVID-19 crisis and to come forward with a specific funding scheme to support women in precarious and informal work;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. whereas gender mainstreaming is an important tool in the integration of gender equality in all EU policies, measures and actions, thus including in labour market and social policies to promote equal opportunities and combat all forms of discrimination against women;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, there is a risk of poverty
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and women with children, single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that one in two people from a non-EU migrant background are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, that levels of precarious work are specially high among migrant and refugee women, and that those with dependent or irregular status face extremely high rates of poverty; Stresses that four out of five members of the Roma communities have incomes below the poverty threshold and that fewer than one in five Roma women (aged 16 and over) are in employment; highlights that discrimination in access and quality of education, training and employment contribute to this reality; calls on the EU to work with Member States to ensure full implementation of EU and national employment standards without discrimination of any kind, including through monitoring, complaints and redress mechanisms that are effective, independent and accessible to all worker;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different; Stress that women’s exposure to poverty is likely to be understated in avail-able data since current approaches to poverty measurement are typically collected at household level, assuming equal sharing of resources among men and women within households; Calls on the Member States to collect poverty data on an individual basis and not only on a household basis and to include further equality data and gender analysis into poverty statistics;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, which does not indicate whether its data predate Brexit, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different, those numbers show the scale of women affected and have to be examined together with other indicators (such as age, life expectancy, income inequalities, gender pay gap, type of household, social transfers) to understand their full significance and in order to find ways to address them in each of its components;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1 c. whereas recalling the recommendations of the European Pillar of Social Rights on gender equality, equal opportunities and active support to employment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers prostitution a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; calls on the Member States to adopt specific measures to combat the economic, social and cultural causes of prostitution and support measures for people who are prostituted to allow their social and professional reintegration;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; urges the Member States to implement specific measures to combat the risk of poverty for older women, by increasing pensions and boosting social benefits; considers it imperative to overcome pension inequalities and, at the same time, to improve the level of pensions and, in order for this to be achieved, to maintain public, universal and solidarity- based social security systems, ensuring a redistributive character and a fair and decent income after a lifetime of work, safeguarding the sustainability of public social security systems through the creation of jobs with rights and the improvement of wages;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; Deplores that many older women are forced to survive on inadequate pensions because pensions systems assume that contributions will be made throughout a working life and are insufficiently flexible to compensate for interrupted, atypical or part-time careers; Calls on Member States and the European Commission to work to ensure the establishment of a minimum income and to adopt a life-course approach to pension policy with specific measures to ensure pension coverage to atypical or non-standard workers that is on par with that of other workers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining a
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, and the average gender employment gap at 11.5%, that women are more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low- security contracts
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that poverty among women - like that among men - increases with age, with the
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that in work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training, care services which are determinant and have thus to be considered in policy making;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Points out the importance of promoting women’s empowerment through women’s education, training, life-long learning, which are of vital importance in order to fight stereotypes and combat persisting inequalities together with addressing women’s employment rate and underrepresentation in certain sectors like STEM and AI;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the undervaluation of work typically carried out by women, unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty, like male poverty, is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property,
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, due to the growing influence of Islamic law in political, social and societal terms, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, including with disabilities, caring for sick and dependent
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, jobs with rights, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the gender pay gap i
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, necessary career breaks due to the raising and care of children, but also caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. The Commission is called upon to provide an explicit and lasting acknowledgement of the essential role that this institution of the family has played, in all the Member States, as the primary support and guarantor of the legislative policies adopted as a result of the lockdown in the severe health crisis triggered by the Coronavirus and as the foremost institution affected and in need of support and of being taken into account in policies drawn up after the crisis;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the European Commission to introduce further initiatives that favours women’s job creation, especially for women facing multiple forms of discrimination, with a view not just to reduce poverty but to promote quality of employment and their financial independence, avoiding further flexibilization and precariousness of jobs;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is concerned that the COVID19 pandemic and the consequent economic downturn will disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups of women, including inter alia single mothers, migrant women and women with low- income, precarious and part-time and will put them at the risk of poverty, unemployment, social exclusion or homelessness;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that women are often on the front line in the COVID-19 crisis, which will lead to recognition and appreciation of the crucial role played by women in all segments of our societies;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Highlights the regular dialogue with women facing poverty and decision- makers through forums at national, regional and European level to monitor the effectiveness of current policies/services and suggest solutions;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes, on the basis of pre-Brexit data, that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women - with particular regard to mothers or women who are pregnant - are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low- security contracts;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Notes that 70% of the global health and social workforce like doctors, nurses and care workers are women; calls on the Commission and the Member States to target public investments to meet the needs of women health service providers such as protective gear including sanitary products and to level up significantly wages and working conditions in strongly female-dominated sectors;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission to promote the necessary measures in the preparation of reports or working parties emphasising this protection by society and the Member States of the family institution in order to safeguard its full and complete development;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Underlines the necessity to ensure adequate financing for NGOs and emphasize the need for them to access EU funds in order to deliver innovative and effective services to fight poverty;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Notes that shopkeepers, their employees and cleaners are in large majority women, often only paid the minimum wage and the COVID19pandemic has put them at even greater risk of poverty ; underlines the urgent need for extended rights to paid leave, teleworking, short time work and improved social protection for women in precarious employment or who have already lost their jobs and establishing socio-economic safety nets for women in precarious employment or with precarious contracts;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. The Commission is asked to include the concept of family as the social entity with the greatest benefits for society in order to reduce inequalities and in particular as a lifeline when workers are facing situations of poverty;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Underlines the need to ensure access to free childcare for all types of parents and family constellations working in essential services and increased support for vulnerable families including those caring for family members with disabilities;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Calls on the Commission for a European level response to extend support to small and medium-sized women-led businesses during and after the crisis;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Highlights the regular dialogue with women facing poverty and decision- makers through forums at national, regional and European level to monitor the effectiveness of current policies/services and suggest solutions;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6 g. Underlines the necessity to ensure adequate financing for NGOs and emphasize the need for them to access EU funds in order to deliver innovative and effective services to fight poverty;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, bogus self-employment, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap, while fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States' competence with regard to the labour market, and the autonomy of the social partners in all Member States.
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the European Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an ambitious post-2020 European Disability Strategy that includes proposals to ensure the awareness of legal rights, including the rights to work and employment, of persons with disabilities and measures to encourage their integration in the labour market and promotion of equal opportunities, with special attention to the situation faced by women with disabilities and the ways to address intersectional forms of discrimination;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women - particularly unmarried or single mothers - are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to promote appropriate safety nets to prevent social exclusion and neglect, in order to enable women in situations of adverse economic environments to maintain their livelihoods and income in times of crisis;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to effectively address inequalities women face, tackling their main components thus barriers in the labour market, as well as access to affordable and quality services such as child care and long term care service;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the EU legislation on gender equality with a direct impact on women participation in the labour market, such as the directive on work-life balance, is implemented and its progress closely monitored;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically examine and address women’s in-work poverty in all its forms and causes;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Calls on the Commission to prepare an EU strategy for carers, following the social impacts of the changes or loss of employment, particularly for those with caring responsibilities who are disproportionately women;
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2020/06/16
PETI
43 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity and calls for attention to the fact that poverty and exclusion from the labour market and society exacerbate inequalities and segregation, which can lead to polarisation and instability in society;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor, in particular
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, and posted workers, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights; calls on the Member States to take measures, in line with the Council recommendation of 2018, to ensure that all workers and self-employed persons have access to adequate social protection;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes that increasing digitalisation, robotisation, use of Artificial Intelligence and the development of the digital platform economy drive profound changes in the labour market, therefore invites Member States to promote life-long learning policies as well as skills and competence development throughout life, provide education and adequate training programmes for low-skilled workers to prepare them for the challenges of the changing labour market, while underlines in this respect that digital technologies can be better exploited to support employers, workers, labour inspectorates and in particular micro and small enterprises, in managing the changes in work organisation in the best interest of workers;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that these new forms of work, including platform work, present not only opportunities in terms of employability and access to the labour market, but also challenges in terms of fair working conditions and access to social protection; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to work to improve the working conditions of these workers;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set a statutory minimum wages to ensure a decent standard of living and fight against precariousness and in-work poverty, paying special attention to lower and middle-income groups;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Member States to abolish all forms of precarious work, including zero-hour contracts and bogus self-employment; calls on the Member States to abolish all forms of precarious work, including zero-hour contracts and bogus self-employment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity and to check that every worker has the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of paid leave;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s consultation with the social partners on a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present as soon as possible a legal instrument for upward social convergence in accordance with national traditions, so that every worker in the European Union benefits from a fair minimum wage; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers by guaranteeing their jobs and wages and also their working conditions;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 %
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Agrees with the Commission that income inequality in the EU as a world region is lower than in some other major advanced economies, but it remains a concern; stresses that high inequality raises concerns about fairness, as entrenched inequality may result in inequality of opportunity and reduce potential growth; underlines that relatively high inequality may be associated to a higher risk-of-poverty rate and more pronounced social exclusion as well as a higher incidence of financial distress and, as such, it may reduce social cohesion;3a _________________ 3aEmployment and Social Developments in Europe 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=8219
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Is of the opinion that more emphasis should be placed on values and policies that promote work in relation to improving the quality of life of people themselves, but also to making meaningful contributions to the general wellbeing of the social and physical environment they live in;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Member States to further strengthen Europe's social model by ensuring that all workers have the same rights, decent working conditions, including health and safety at work and receive decent wages;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highe
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity; recalls, also, that in implementing their policies the Commission and the Member States must take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of a decent standard of living and adequate social protection for all, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; likewise, women suffer higher rates of part-time jobs and are majority in sectors such as care, which are at the same time sectors highly undervalued and unpaid; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation with binding measures and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law; calls on the Member States and the Union to ensure pay transparency, including by introducing a wage equality index comparing women and men;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make fighting unemployment and insecure employment of young people a priority and to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes such as Erasmus+ in order to tackle youth unemployment and enhance the employability of young people;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that calculations of in- work poverty must take into account additional factors such as housing and childcare costs and urge the Commission to work on further improvement of the social convergence by introducing a fair minimum wage mechanism throughout the Union;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to review the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to consider reviewing the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to review the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Underlines that early school leavers and low-educated young people are expected to remain vulnerable in a future of work context, where wage disparities between low and medium-high skilled members of the labour force can be expected to increase, thus potentially generating in-work poverty challenges, therefore investment in early childhood education and life-long learning is a key for better employability, notes in this regard that Upskilling Pathways should offer further opportunities to boost the basic skills of adults and to progress towards the qualifications demanded by the labour market;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention on job precariousness, especially in the most vulnerable regions, by guarantying a swift and fair allocation of JTF and other available funds, including the ESF+ in order to help with the adaptation to economic transformations, where upskilling, reskilling and investment would be all vital and investments in new activities would be of utmost importance.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to launch a debate between employers and unions to make it possible for an in-depth analysis to be conducted in all Member States of the possible reforms needed in the European labour market to prevent workers continuing to be at risk of poverty;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take special care to ensure that the relevant labour legislation is adhered to with regard to online platform work, and that minimum quality standards apply to such jobs; urges the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to sectors with high numbers of contracts that fall into the category known as false self- employment.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission to address the aforementioned challenges in social situations, among other things, through measures aimed at employment increase and at more effective and efficient social protection systems. With respect of the competences as per TFEU, there is scope for more effective policy action by the Member States focused on principles of the Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses that the TEU sets as basic obligation for the Union to work for the sustainable development of Europe based, among the rest, on a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection; stresses that it should combat social exclusion and discrimination, and should promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the precarious nature and abusive use of fixed-term contracts in both the public1 and private2 sectors; calls on the Commission to examine these petitions and to provide a better response, in line with its competences and those of the Member States, in order to effectively tackle in-work poverty, social exclusion and precarious work; _________________ 1These include petitions 0240/18, 0328/18, 0365/18, 0374/18, 0396/18, 0419/18, 0829/2018, 0897/2018, 1161/2018, 0290/19, 0310/2019, 0335/2019, 0579/19, 0624/19, 0652/19, 0683/2019, 0737/2019, 1017/19, 1045/2019, 1241/2019, 1318/2019 and 0036/2020. 2These include petitions 1378/2013, 0019/2016, 0020/2016, 0021/2016, 0099/2017, 1162/2017, 0110/2018 and
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Takes the view that precarious work must be combated through an integrated, multi-level policy package that promotes inclusive and effective labour standards alongside effective measures to ensure that the principle of equality is upheld;
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2020/09/02
EMPL
180 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and its entry into force in the European Union on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the UN CRPD1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0012.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas 80% of Roma and their children live with an income below the respective national at risk-of-poverty threshold6a regardless of whether they are in employment or not; whereas employment has not proven to be a failsafe route out of poverty yet; __________________ 6a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2016-eu-minorities-survey- roma-selected-findings_en.pdf
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1 % (EU-28); whereas this figure
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas in-work poverty causes work to lose its basic sense of being able to provide a decent life for employees and their families, preventing them from becoming economically independent;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas Article 4 of the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe stipulates that all workers have the right to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas Article 4 of the revised European Social Charter stipulates that all workers have the right to a fair wage that ensures them and their families a decent standard of living;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the number of people living in poverty, also while working, is expected to increase significantly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic7a; __________________ 7a https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/pover ty/brief/projected-poverty-impacts-of- COVID-19
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas coverage i
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas coverage is declining in OECD countries, and in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80%16
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas coverage is declining in
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas employers very often exploit the employees, that working without a wage agreement and violating their working hours rights [1]; [1]as defined in the EU’s Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32 003L0088&from=EN
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas the increase was highest in EU-28, at 40%, and whereas in 68% of the countries
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 b (new) - having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities3a, __________________ 3a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0484.
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas the increase was highest in EU-28, at 40 %,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas workers in rural areas have more difficulties in exercising their labour rights and do not have access to trade union representation and negotiation of local and sectorial collective agreements;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Lb. whereas pay growth for the euro area between 2000 and 2016 was below productivity growth1a; whereas wage increases have not kept pace with the increase in value added, which has deepened existing inequality; __________________ 1aOECD (2019), Negotiating Our Way Up: Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work; 2019, OECD publishing, Paris, Figure 3.10, p. 125.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Lb. whereas strong social partners and collective bargaining have a positive impact on the overall wage levels in Europe including both minimum and median wage; whereas collective bargaining secures that workers are heard and respected at their workplace; whereas there is a clear positive correlation between workers’ participation at the workplace and company performance and revenue;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L c (new) Lc. whereas collective bargaining and sectorial collective agreements not only regulate wage levels but also working conditions such as working time, paid leave, vacation and upskilling opportunities;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L d (new) Ld. whereas the contraction of employment during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors and who have amongst the highest in-work poverty risk-levels17a; __________________ 17aEurofound (2017), In-work poverty in the European Union. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2017/in-work-poverty-in-the- eu
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 c (new) - having regard to the Gender Equality Index of the European Institute on Gender Equality,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing, a
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are, on the one hand, reducing job security, and on the other hand increasing stress and work anxiety, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas public administrations have too often relied on temporary workers to replace civil servants, although they usually have more precarious working conditions and are equally exposed to abuse and harassment from third parties;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas standard full-time open- ended contracts account for only 59% of total employment in the EU, with atypical and precarious employment continually on the rise17a; __________________ 17a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%2 82016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas making working time more flexible should protect workers from redundancies during downturns and make it possible to employ more workers;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18; whereas those working part-time and with temporary contracts are more exposed to such risk, i.e. in 2018, 16.2% of the employees with a temporary contract were at risk of poverty, compared to 6.1% of those with a permanent contract; __________________ 18
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 d (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18 ; whereas the numbers are declining in the aftermath of the euro crisis; __________________ 18
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage across Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60 % gross median) in only three Member States and does not
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage across Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60% gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty risk in other Member States; whereas some sectors, groups of workers and forms of work are sometimes not included or covered by minimum wage arrangements;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new) Oa. whereas precarious employment is particularly prevalent among the young and the elderly;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new) Oa. whereas in-work poverty can also affect young professionals with high educational level, in particular in those Member States with a high level of youth unemployment; whereas studies1a show that the percentage of young people with university degree in in-work poverty is lower than the one of young people with low-education, but remains significant; whereas these young adults often suffer from low wages, unfair working conditions, bogus self-employment, atypical work contracts or even undeclared work; __________________ 1aEurofond, “In-work poverty in EU”, 2017
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O b (new) Ob. whereas short-term employment is not conducive to investment in employee development, training and adaptation to the needs of the changing labour market;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 e (new) - having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2017 on minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted P8_TA(2017)0403.
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas cross-border and seasonal workers are at high risk of in-work poverty and social exclusion and are often employed in short-term work contracts with little or no job security or social protection; whereas cross-border and seasonal workers often come from vulnerable regions, minorities and disadvantaged social groups, which increases their risk of having their rights violated by recruiters, agencies or employers; whereas numerous cross- border and seasonal workers are exposed to risk from unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks, which can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect their future ability to work and earn an income;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment 7a; whereas persons with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage 8a; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; __________________ 7a Gender Equality Index 2019 8a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/ 2014_2019/documents/empl/dv/empl2014 1120-wss-people-disabilities- /empl20141120-wss-people-disabilities- en.pdf
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas the greatest fluctuations in the number of workers performing precarious work in the EU occur in wholesale and retail trade, transport, hotels and catering services; whereas in these sectors, the number of precarious jobs in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2019 increased on average by 30 percent.1a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20200511-1
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas deindustrialisation in certain EU Member States is contributing to the disappearance of millions of direct and indirect jobs, and whereas no adequate response has been implemented to prevent industries relocating within and outside the European Union;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established in July 2019 with the aim of supporting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility and social security coordination; whereas the ELA is expected to reach its full operational capacity by 2024;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P c (new) Pc. whereas the Commission announced its intention to launch a proposal for a European Social Security Number; whereas no concrete proposal has been launched to this day;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P d (new) Pd. whereas precarious employment affects some groups significantly more than others, with some populations, such as the Roma, being overrepresented in atypical, unstable and low-paid work;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 f (new) Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P d (new) Pd. whereas education level has a high impact on the risk of in-work poverty; whereas the risk of in-work poverty is significantly higher for low-skilled workers; whereas there is still a risk of in- work poverty in some Member States for higher-skilled workers1i; __________________ 1i Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P e (new) Pe. whereas the rate of adult learning in the EU was 11.1% in 2018 while the 2020 target is 15%1j; whereas technology and innovation have a great potential for unlocking opportunities; yet more than 40% of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills; __________________ 1j https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do ?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode =sdg_04_60&plugin=1
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P f (new) Pf. whereas Eurofound’s survey found that in the context of COVID-19, 16% of workers in the EU expect that they are likely to lose their jobs in the near future1k; __________________ 1kEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P g (new) Pg. whereas according to Eurofound’s survey, during COVID-19, 50% of the working population across the EU experienced a reduction of their working time; whereas more than one third (34%) of those in employment said their working time decreased ‘a lot’, and 16% said it decreased ‘a little'1l; __________________ 1lEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose s
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) - having regard to the reports of the European Anti-Poverty Network, and the relevant reports of the European Disability Forum and European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in SMEs and small craft industries and among small traders and cross-border workers; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas inflation is rising with the same speed as wages; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, especially in mountain, rural, insular and dispersedly populated regions;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis; and whereas some groups, such as the Roma, have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic and containments measures 9a; __________________ 9ahttp://ergonetwork.org/2020/04/eu- recovery-plan-the-case-of-roma/
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic will have significant social and economic consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among the most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in precarious positions such as temporary workers, seasonal workers, platform workers, etc. as well as in various economic sectors which will be impacted through job losses, wage and/or working time reduction during and after the pandemic; whereas 16% of workers in the EU consider that they are likely to lose their job in the near future and 40% of workers say their financial situation is now worse than before the pandemic20a; __________________ 20aEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas 75% of respondents in a Eurofound survey say their financial situation is now worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, while 68% report difficulties making ends meet and 68% are unable to maintain their standard of living for more than three months without an income1n; __________________ 1nEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the scale of the current recession and the economic crisis that lies ahead may require urgent responses, which the European Union will be unable to provide within a reasonable period, highlighting once again the divergence of views and the persistence of national interests in the negotiations;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have serious and lasting consequences for the labour market, particularly for young people, forcing them to accept precarious and atypical jobs, which will considerably increase existing inequalities;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated the need for a more inclusive social protection covering all types of workers, especially self-employed and platform workers;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 b (new) - having regard to the objectives laid down in the European Green Deal for the just and fair transition by providing access to reskilling programs and employment opportunities in the economic sectors,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q b (new) Qb. whereas low-paying and high- paying jobs continue to grow in numbers, yet the amount of middle-paying occupations is shrinking; whereas low- paying jobs do not imply low qualifications, particularly for platform workers; whereas there is an increasing demand for highly educated workers even in low paying jobs;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 c (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 14 January 2020 entitled ‘A Strong Social Europe For Just Transitions’ (COM(2020)14),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -Aa. whereas one of the EU’s strengths is its social model; whereas the technological change and the global trend of rising inequalities require that social model to be reassessed and adapted to the modern, fast-paced, complex and unpredictable global environment;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas there
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and the gap in net wealth between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20% in 2017, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the number of people at risk of poverty in the EU27 fell by 8.575 million people between 2008 and 2018;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas poverty should mainly be viewed in absolute, rather than relative, terms;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 —
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality in net wealth; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also exacerbates economic disparities within and between Member States;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas there is enormous variety of minimum wage practices across the EU and considerable gaps in terms of coverage and adequacy to ensure decent living;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the risk of the phenomenon of income exclusion among workers accelerating particularly affects not only low-skilled people, but also graduates (including of universities) entering the labour market; whereas the income gap between the highest and lowest earners is set to widen;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas income distribution spread measured against purchasing power (pps - purchasing power standard) is broad both within and between Member States; whereas median equivalised disposable income in the EU-27 in 2018 was 16 938 pps, varying from less than half the EU-27 figure in Romania (6 241 pps) to nearly double in Luxembourg (31 995 pps); whereas there is a clear geographical divide in that in the Nordic and western Member States, and in Austria and Italy, median equivalised disposable income was above the EU-27 level, while in all the Member States which joined the EU after 2004 (except for Cyprus and Malta), as well as in three southern Member States (Greece, Spain and Portugal), it was below1a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Quality_of_life _indicators_- _material_living_conditions&oldid=48267 3#Income
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas minimum pay levels in the Member States differ substantially, ranging from EUR 312 to EUR 21426a; whereas the percentage of those on minimum pay varies considerably between Member States; whereas, even if the minimum pay gap between countries is narrowed once price differences are factored in, purchasing power disparities remain wide6b; __________________ 6a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics 6b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics#Minimum_wages_expressed_in_pur chasing_power_standards
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas one in six workers in the EU earns a low wage, consisting in a wage lower than two-thirds of the national median wage and this share is constantly rising; whereas low wages have not kept up with other wages in many Member States, thus worsening income inequalities and in-work poverty as well as deteriorating the capacity of low-wage earners to cope with economic difficulties;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty often work in jobs with high risk, unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks; whereas bad working conditions can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect the future ability to work and earn an income1a; __________________ 1a Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation2a,, __________________ 2a OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the downturn in the labour market during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors at very high risk of in-work poverty;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8, 9.38% when adjusted for different causes9a; whereas the gender pay gap is generally much lower for new labour market entrants;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37 % gender gap in pension income, a situation that will persist for decades to come, and that creates an unequal level of economic independence between women and men; __________________ 8
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas the average gender employment gap stands at 11,5% with women more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work); __________________ 8
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15 % less than men on average8; whereas, in 2017, the risk of poverty and social exclusion was 23.3% for women, greater than for men, for whom the risk was 21.6%8a; __________________ 8
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the lack of fair valuation of work typically carried out by women, the impact of career breaks on promotion and pension advancement, and unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and domestic work; __________________ 8
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15%
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8 and whereas they face the greatest job insecurity; __________________ 8
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas principle 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) establishes that in-work poverty must be prevented and that adequate minimum wages must be ensured, in a way that provide for the satisfaction of the needs of the workers and their families in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work; whereas under the EPSR, where a principle refers to workers, it concerns all persons in employment, regardless of their employment status, modality and duration;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the number of people who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion continues to steadily decline to below pre- crisis levels, helped in particular, by improved labour market conditions and decreases in severe material deprivation and the share of people living in households with very low work intensity;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas there are numerous economic and social consequences of the existence of the ‘precariat’, such as the collapse of fertility, emigration, the spread of the economically dictated model of young people living with their parents, or stress resulting from a precarious existence, the rise in which significantly increases the risk of numerous diseases, crimes and social problems;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas women’s employment is considerably higher in the service sector than in industry, with women being mostly employed in the health and social sector and in retail, manufacturing, education and business activities with an increasing concentration of women working part-time and in casual jobs;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, in times of economic recession, people living in poverty or at risk of poverty are in a weaker position on the labour market;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the scarcity of affordable housing is turning into the biggest driver of inequalities in many Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the spread of the ‘precariat’ may be associated with a fall in work efficiency due to the associated short-term prospects of an individual's activity and lower loyalty to the employer, as well as low wages, and as a consequence may lead to an increase in the budget deficit due to a fall in revenues going to the pension system and public healthcare, as well as to a simultaneous increase in expenditure related to the implementation of social policy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas care responsibilities are still unevenly distributed in the EU with an overweight of women as primary care- givers in families; whereas limited access to childcare and elderly care facilities results in periods of absence from the labour market and thus in lower pay and in pension gaps; whereas only 4 in 10 children are in formal types of day care facilities1c; __________________ 1c https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2 995521/8681785/3-20022018-AP- EN.pdf/59fcfaa7-0c72-48a6-8603- 899b5b730773
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas austerity measures increased in-work poverty, multiplied the precarious forms of work, undermined the full enjoyment of workers’ rights and imposed cuts to the funding of the social and healthcare systems;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas young people struggle to find quality and stable jobs with permanent contracts and often experience periods of long-term unemployment; whereas many member states allow employers to pay a lower salary which discriminates based on the employee’s lower age; whereas young people often work in unpaid internships with no job prospects;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas social protection systems are underfunded in many EU Member States and are affected by serious problems of coverage as well as inadequate levels of benefits and income transfers, resulting in a very low impact on poverty and socio-economic inequalities reduction;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas persons with disabilities are often held back from taking up employment due to the risk of losing social benefits for a certain period of time; whereas persons with disabilities often need flexible and part-time work;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C f (new) Cf. whereas research8a shows that the amount a household receives from a minimum wage tends to be sufficient to protect a single adult against the risk of poverty, but it is often not sufficient to support more than one person; __________________ 8aEurofound (2020), Minimum wages in 2020: Annual review. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/minimum-wages-in- 2020-annual-review
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU has
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU has
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU has
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU has clearly missed its target of reducing the absolute number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 compared to 2008; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU has clearly missed its target set by the Europe 2020 Strategy of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 ; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by or at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10; __________________ 10
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new) - having regard to the Commission’s adjusted work programme for 2020,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the decent economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas in 2017, 36.0 % of the EU population aged 16 or more who had severe activity limitations were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared with 26.3 % with some activity limitations and 19.9 % of those with no activity limitations; whereas, despite large country differences, the risk-of-poverty-and- social-exclusion rate among people with activity limitations was higher compared to the overall population in all Member States; whereas the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market has proven to be especially difficult in the wake of the financial crisis 1; 1 Europe 2020 indicators - poverty and social exclusion, Statistics Explained (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexp lained/), 11/06/2020, p. 6
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty face significantly more social problems than the population as a whole; whereas in-work poverty is associated with lower levels of subjective and mental well-being, problems with accommodation, as well as poorer relationships with other people and feelings of social exclusion1f; __________________ 1f Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas overall part-timers, and in particular involuntary part-timers, have a higher poverty risk when combining different risk factors, including a low wage, unstable jobs, being single earners and having dependent household members1g; __________________ 1g Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6,1 % of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 ; whereas energy poverty is a widespread problem across Europe, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort11a; whereas 11% of the European households have no internet access11b; __________________
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811; whereas this share is likely to increase significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic; __________________ 11Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 and extreme poverty exists in numerous regions and communities; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas material poverty is not the only poverty affecting European citizens;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the level of wage is an important factor explaining the risk of poverty; whereas however, relevant other factors also come into play - specific household features, the institutional framework, and other policies such as housing and childcare;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas family poverty is
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas family poverty is
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single p
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion and thus trapped in an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ; whereas families with a child or other relatives with disabilities are at a particular risk of poverty; __________________
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the family is an agent of child poverty, social exclusion and extreme poverty;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-194a crisis, __________________ 4a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend approximately 38 % of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas rents are constantly rising, generally nominally, and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50-
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90 %13, as is the case in Denmark (68.7%), Germany (49.5%) and Greece (90.7%); __________________ 13
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas homelessness is increasing
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas homelessness is increasing
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas homelessness is increasing everywhere, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas homelessness is increasing everywhere, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people are homeless each night in the EU, 70% more than a decade ago14; __________________ 14
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas, in 2017, the percentage of young people aged 18-24 who, although in employment, were at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated at 11% and as much as 28.2% in Romania13a; __________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20190122- 1?inheritRedirect=true
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