2023/2115(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply, driven primarily by the issuing of currency and restrictions on freedom during the pandemic and by high energy and food costs, and exacerbated by the lack of European energy sovereignty and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’s and their families' livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food;

Amendment 100 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that energy independence, security and social responsibility in supply, as well as the fight against exclusion and global warming, should go hand in hand and be priorities for Member States and the EU as a whole; considers that this can only be achieved by moving energy away from the current competition-based market approach and making energy an essential public service;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Union to promote an extraordinary package to support people struggling with skyrocketing costs of living, including €100 billion for families, especially the ones with single persons with dependant children -which the vast majority are mothers- most affected by energy poverty and at least €20 billion to sted up European Child Guarantee scheme;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to make use of the natural resources in their own territories to find energy sources that enable them to safeguard their energy sovereignty by establishing a self-sufficient and accessible energy mix;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is concerned about the lack of policy measures that genuinely address the imminent danger of energy poverty;

Amendment 104 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the steadfast committment of President von der Leyen and her actions for gender equality;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that an EU’s fiscal capacity requires a revision of the current economic and social governance, an adequate harmonised EU fiscal policy, including the extension of the clause allowing the maximum flexibility of the fiscal rules and the exemption of targeted measures related to the energy crisis from the calculation of the deficit within the fiscal rules;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Commends President von der Leyen for her actions in the wake of Russia´s illegal invasion of Ukraine, especially concerning her approach for a new market model for electricity, as well as striving towards energy independence from Russia, enabling a more secure future for women and girls within the EU;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Is appalled by the lack of imaginative policies to address foreseeable energy shortages and blackouts in the coming cold period, with the response mainly consisting of calls on citizens to prepare to endure the worst and refrain from protesting;

Amendment 108 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for a review of the entire framework of energy policies in order to ensure abundant energy, low energy prices and a prospering economy built on the efficient use of all technically available energy sources;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for an extension of the solidarity contribution required only from energy sector to all sectors benefiting from windfall profits and at least to banking, food distribution and pharmaceutical sectors;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, ~~and~~ exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and the slow response of the European Central Bank; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’s livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food;

Amendment 110 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Encourages the Member States to immediately address the situation brought about by skyrocketing energy prices; proposes that Member States make use of the reduced VAT rate on electricity, gas, petrol and oil bills and on the supply of heat to end users through district heating, as well as on supplies of thermal energy; is disappointed that some Member States favour a policy of targeted aid a posteriori rather than a reduction in energy taxation;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls on the Member States to take gender sensitive approach when reforming pension systems and adapting the retirement age, taking into account women’s underrepresentation in the labour market, as well as labour market segregation and gender based discrimination;

Amendment 112 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls to ensure an adequate minimum income, following the European recommendations of a minimum income scheme above the poverty line and with a wiew to promote gender equality, income security and economic independence of women;

Amendment 113 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Recalls for fair and adequate minimum wages in the Member States as a necessary safeguard to ensure fairer wage distribution and to guarantee a basic wage floor protecting women according to the new European law;

Amendment 114 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender equality into all policies in order to achieve the best response to energy crisis, which disproportionately affects women, taking into account that the impact of high inflation and energy costs are undermining public services, in which women are more likely to work, to rely on and to replace when these public services are cancelled;

Amendment 115 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections; stresses that increasing energy efficiency through housing renovation should be a priority across all Member States;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months ~~and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections~~;

Amendment 117 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households such as single mothers households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 119 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing ~~intersectional~~multiple discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, and exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’s livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food, as well as decent standard of living;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Member States ~~and the EU~~ to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of combating inequalities and injustices against women; calls on the Commission and Member States to take urgent action to address poverty and increasing inequalities among women, especially among vulnerable groups, including single mothers, women with disabilities, Roma women, LGBTQI+ women, migrant women and refugees, elderly women, women in rural or depopulated areas;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on energy companies to execute energy disconnections based on proportionality, taking into account the needs, challenges and other difficulties of women, single mothers, disabled women, older women, girls, as well as women living in rural and inland areas during a cost of living crisis, which is inherent to the energy crisis;

Amendment 123 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores the fact that the EU's ideological drift towards environmental extremism comes at the expense of staples for families, workers and businesses, such as hydrocarbons, which Europeans need from day-to-day to carry out their daily activities;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently ensure affordable utilities for women driven SMEs, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that women entrepreneurs should not pay the price of the green transition and international conflicts;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Expresses its solidarity with the citizens of Member States who are suffering from the consequences of failed energy policies of the past, in particular those who no longer have the means to access the energy they need;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the burden placed on the most vulnerable consumers caused by variability in the energy markets can be significantly reduced by enhancing energy efficiency in buildings;

Amendment 127 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls that with more than 50 million people affected by energy poverty in the EU, financial assistance should be provided to support low-income households in complying with minimum energy performance standards; considers it important that Member States guarantee access to electricity for vulnerable people;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for the Member States and the EU to promote regional enterprises and enterprises strongly linked with the surrounding territory in which women often find seasonal employment; Underlines that these women should not assume an unfair burden of economic speculation nor of the green transition;

Amendment 129 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recognises that female driven enterprises and local enterprises with a strong percentage of women workers are often a vital part of the production of goods essential in the context of the Mediterranean diet and therefore the health of EU citizens and should therefore be safeguarded;

Amendment 13 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas crises and energy poverty disproportionately affect women due to structural inequalities related to income distribution, including lower levels of savings and wealth and more debt, as well as lack of social security and public services; whereas women are over- represented in low paying sectors and more likely to work in public services, rely on public services, and become the providers of last resort when public services are withdrawn, due to disproportionate burden of unpaid care work; whereas the impact of high inflation and energy costs is leaving public services with few options; 1a _________________ 1a https://wbg.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2022/03/The-gendered- impact-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis.pdf

Amendment 130 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Recognises how rapidly falling renewable energy technology costs and new business models mean that decentralized energy solutions hold great promise to accelerate sustainable energy access for women in all their diversity;

Amendment 131 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, to the decent employment and to protect victims of gender-based violence;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to guarantee access to high-quality, free public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, and to protect victims of gender-based violence;

Amendment 133 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis ~~on women in all their diversity~~, to guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, and to protect victims of gender-based violence;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to protect victims of gender-based violence and guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing~~, and to protect victims of gender-based violence~~;

Amendment 135 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Member States to close the existing gender gaps in access to finance, information, technology, goods and services, and markets and ensure that women have equal access to business angels and adequate corporate funding;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Member States to adopt specific measures to combat the risk of poverty in old age and retirement by increasing pensions and boosting social benefits and services;

Amendment 137 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that the participation of women in all sectors must be increased; stresses that investment in public services and welfare provision is a means of ensuring access, on an equal basis, to healthcare, education, culture, social security and justice; urges the Member States to take specific measures to tackle the risk of social exclusion and poverty, focusing especially on access to affordable housing, transport and energy;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Member states to ensure that no artificial speculative bubble is created at the consistent detriment to the welfare of women;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls for a public transport policy that takes account of gender equality, in particular by expanding and improving the public transport service and offering effective mobility so that women can find work and participate more actively in the labour market (and achieve a better work- life balance);

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas before the COVID-19 pandemic began most women already had a precarious or part-time job; whereas the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have intensified a pre-existing systemic crisis, and inflation and the increasing cost of living cannot be attributed to the conflict alone;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and preschool activities, and carers, largely as a result of the so-called austerity measures that have been imposed on Member States by the European Union, have direct implications for women who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed; points out that this means that the public network of day nurseries, crèches and public recreational activity services for children needs to be expanded, along with the public support network for the elderly and people with special needs, and a public network of hospitals;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to counter the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordable;~~deleted

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to counter the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordable; calls on the Commission to adapt European rules for digital platforms to give cities more control over rentals via platforms; reminds that adequate housing is a fundamental right and must be seen as a precondition for the exercise of, and access to, other fundamental rights and for a life in conditions of human dignity;

Amendment 143 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to assess ~~and propose~~the situation in the housing market and, where appropriate, to propose new legislative acts to ~~counter the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordable~~help Member States lower prices in this area; draws attention to Member States’ good practices in this regard, such as low-cost state-funded housing loans, renovation programmes and financial assistance programmes linked to family allowances;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to ~~coun~~mitigater the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordable;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to refrain from promoting any policy recommendation that would lead to an increase in precarious working relations, the deregulation of working hours, a reduction in salaries, an attack on collective bargaining or the privatisation of public services and social security;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to temporarily apply a reduced form of value added tax on hydrocarbons with a view to relieving the burden on families, workers, the self-employed and businesses;

Amendment 147 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on member states to increase the social infrastructure in particular on care services, for people with care needs, prioritise social housing and the investment in retrofitting homes to reduce energy costs;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to stop speculators from making access to energy unaffordable for women;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that cuts in public budgets ensuing from the European Union’s macro-structural economic policies, in particular the implementation of ‘economic governance’ measures, are increasing and will continue to increase gender inequalities and female unemployment, women being in the majority in the public sector and the principal beneficiaries of social policies, and furthering yet more the feminisation of poverty, and therefore a change in policy is required;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas women and their families, workers, self-employed and businesses are suffering the consequences of environmental objectives that have caused us to lose our sovereignty and become dependent on third parties;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses that the current state of affairs requires solutions that guarantee access to housing at prices compatible with families' incomes and the protection of family homes, whether families are renting or have taken out a home loan, and to ensure that nobody's home is taken away from them; calls on Member States to take steps to protect the right to housing, regulate prices, increase the supply of public housing and fight speculation and the impact of interest rate hikes;

Amendment 151 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy; highlights that only a public service can assert common interests over private interests; emphasises that the quality and impartiality of a public energy and electricity service are conditions for equality and democracy;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring a full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy and that women play an instrumental role in the design of sustainable energy solutions at all levels, including the household, community, national and European levels; demands in this way their inclusion in the process of energy policymaking;

Amendment 153 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; ~~calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy;~~

Amendment 154 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU ~~and the Member States~~ to recognise the right to energy in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to safeguard energy supplies in areas far from urban centres so that rural areas provide the minimum comfort conditions for women and families;

Amendment 158 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the need to ensure that all Europeans especially those in vulnerable situations such as women in all their diversity have access to affordable energy as a means of guaranteeing the European way of life;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that electricity powered instruments and platforms have become indispensable in the overall process of providing formal education and training for women and girls in all subjects;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas energy prices began rising in the second half of 2021, partly as a result of EU Green Deal policies;

Amendment 160 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines the failure of the energy policies pursued by the vast majority of governments of the Member States and the Union in past decades;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Points out that the selection process for access to high education as well as to a wide variety of work positions is often partially or entirely carried out online or relying on electricity powered platforms; regrets the negative impact this has especially on young women;

Amendment 162 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recalls that energy abundance is a sign of progress in civilisations and of the wealth of societies; deplores the deliberate destruction of the energy sector in the EU;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Notes that the gender aspect of energy poverty may give rise to a disparity in access to technology and may hinder the digital literacy of women and girls, in all their diversity;

Amendment 164 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that women living in rural areas, inland areas and areas at high risk of depopulation are not disproportionately affected by energy poverty;

Amendment 165 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy to develop a gender action plan that ensures that all EU energy legislation, including the right to energy sharing as mentioned in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, integrates the gender dimension and develops specific measures and targeted funds to combat the ~~feminisation~~gender perspective of energy poverty;

Amendment 166 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of gender and intersectional dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty, emphasising the empowerment of women in energy-related entrepreneurship and recognizing the contributions of women- led initiatives to sustainable energy solutions;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of gender, territorial, geographical and intersectional dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty, in particular those living in disadvantaged and marginalised areas as well as excluded or isolated communities;

Amendment 169 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of ~~gender and intersectional~~different dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and ~~renewable~~ electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas economic speculation has contributed to the increase of energy costs;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Union and Member States to integrate in their definitions of energy poverty a gender and intersectional perspective, that enables the comparison and monitoring of this reality; and that goes beyond the general concept of “vulnerable households”, allowing a better understanding of the differentiated situations inside each households;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls energy poverty affects women disproportionately throughout the Union and therefore Member States should dedicate the necessary support to alleviate energy poverty among women;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Member States to take specific measures to tackle the risk of social exclusion and poverty, focusing on access to affordable housing, transport, justice and energy;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Believes that Member States should make more effort to include gender-disaggregated data in their national building renovation plans in order to better target policies and measures;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to request gender- disaggregated data on energy poverty from Eurostat; calls, in this respect, on the EU Energy Poverty Observatory to use such data to develop and select gender- specificEU Energy Poverty Observatory to develop gender indicators that would allow evidence-based policy development in that area, in consultation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Environment Agency;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to ~~require t~~help Member States to conduct gender, territorial and geographical impact assessments in national energy and climate plans, including when reporting on energy poverty;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to require the Member States to conduct mandatory gender impact assessments in national energy and climate plans, including when reporting on energy poverty;

Amendment 177 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to develop specific guidelines on how to ensure that Member States apply correctly gender mainstreaming and gender analysis when designing the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP), including measures and actions to alleviate energy poverty; considers that incorporating a gender analysis with an intersectional perspective in NECP is key to promoting a socially fair energy transition;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to require the Member States to implement the gender perspective on regional energy policies, considering the statistics and data produced by grey literature on gender in regional and local policy;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses that the principles of equal treatment and gender mainstreaming should lay at the core of the “energy efficiency first principle” and be reflected in policy, planning and investment decisions;

Amendment 18 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the COVID-19 situation has significantly increased the unemployment rate in Member States; whereas the consequences of that state of affairs are particularly serious for women, who are affected directly through loss of their jobs or job security and indirectly through budget cuts for public services and welfare assistance; whereas, therefore, if it is to be tackled, it is essential to address the dimension of female poverty in the handling of this situation and the search for solutions;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on gender aspects of the rising cost of living due to the energy crisis;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Calls on the Member States to foster programmes to monitor the prices of energy, transport and other essential goods and develop specific measures aiming at reducing the impact of the rise in the cost of living on women and their families;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that the green transition, with nuclear energy, is necessary to avoid severe future crises and increased poverty; recalls, furthermore, that the green transition will only be socially fair if it includes a gender perspective and guarantees equal opportunities for women and those experiencing intersectional discrimination; ~~calls, therefore, on the Commission to appoint an EU gender and climate coordinator with sufficient staff and funding,~~ and to introduce gender impact assessments in all EU policies and legislation, in particular in European Green Deal initiatives;

Amendment 183 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that the green transition is necessary to avoid severe future crises and increased poverty; recalls, furthermore, that the green transition will only be socially fair if it also includes a gender perspective and guarantees equal opportunities for women and those experiencing ~~intersectional~~multiple discrimination; calls, therefore, on the Commission to appoint an EU gender and climate coordinator with sufficient staff and funding, and to introduce geographic and gender impact assessments in all EU policies and legislation, in particular in European Green Deal initiatives;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that ~~the~~a just green transition is necessary to avoid severe future crises and increased poverty; recalls, furthermore, that the green transition will only be socially fair if it includes a gender perspective and guarantees equal opportunities for women and those experiencing intersectional discrimination; calls, therefore, on the Commission to appoint an EU gender and climate coordinator with sufficient staff and funding, and to introduce gender impact assessments in all EU policies and legislation, in particular in European Green Deal initiatives;

Amendment 185 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Highlights the immediate need to recognise the potential of women entrepreneurs in sustainable energy and the requirement to contribute towards the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Reminds that extending access to green energy and promoting its affordability is central to the achievement of more inclusive and sustainable development;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Reiterates its calls on the Commission, Eurostat and the Member States to further develop and improve the collection of gender-disaggregated and intersectional data, statistics, research and analysis, as this is the only way to ensure that specific situations are not overlooked and serve as basis for informed policy making;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that women have a strategic and beneficial role to play in the green transition, as they are key actors in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound consumption and production patterns, as well as in business and policymaking;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on private and public energy companies to ensure that the work place does not discriminate on a gender basis or any other grounds as set out in article 21 of the charter of fundamental rights;

Amendment 19 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the price of fuel affects families, workers and businesses in particular;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Regrets that according to the UN, the potential of women as entrepreneurs is under-utilized within the energy sector;

Amendment 191 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Commends local/national governments or private companies that are putting great efforts into addressing the social, economic dimensions of energy poverty and would urge them to continue this work by incorporating a gender perspective wherever possible and ensuring that the language/communication used is gender inclusive and offered in braille to those who need it;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Highlights how women entrepreneurs have enormous potential to lower customer acquisition and energy servicing costs and drive decentralised, pro-growth solutions;

Amendment 193 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Underlines that energy companies which choose to embrace tolerance represent more attractive working environments for all its employees and potential employees, as it represents both greater visibility and localisation of the energy sector and its wider implications for tolerance, respect for the dignity of the individual and gender equality;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Calls on the Commission to promote women sustainable energy entrepreneurs;

Amendment 195 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)

11d. Highlights women’s productive use of sustainable energy, particularly in agriculture and micro-enterprises, and recognises how their role will become ever greater with an increased take-up of STEAM related subjects;

Amendment 196 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)

11e. Calls on Members States to improve access to finance for women entrepreneurs, particularly by strengthening traditional and innovative financial intermediation services (e.g. direct and directed lending, credit enhancement mechanisms, capacity development for commercial banks, integrated web-based platforms and business venture capitalists);

Amendment 197 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)

11f. Calls on the Member States to partner with a range of financial institutions and ICT-based financial service providers which work with energy companies to promote financial innovation and deepen financial markets;

Amendment 198 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 g (new)

11g. Stresses the persisting need to support and promote appropriate training and awareness-raising courses for women to ensure the creation of a cohort of individuals capable of acting in an environmentally sustainable manner; Calls on the Commission to encourage the exchange of good practices and turbocharge the creation of positive cooperation in the field of the green industry;

Amendment 199 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 h (new)

11h. Calls on the Commission to encourage the participation of women, in all their diversity, in the STEAM sector; to this end, notes the need to create adequate training courses in STEAM subjects and to encourage the participation of women and girls in order to create a productive, positive and concrete link between acquiring knowledge and developing skills essential to foster innovation and progress in the fields of circular economy and sustainable business models and the regeneration of areas in need of rejuvenation;

Amendment 2 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)

– having regard the research from the World Economic Forum of 20231a, _________________ 1a https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01 /cost-of-living-crisis-women-gender-gap/

Amendment 20 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas Member States are free to choose their energy mix;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 i (new)

11i. Underlines the importance of fostering constant gender sensitive research and innovation in the renewable electricity industry;

Amendment 201 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the fact that women are significantly under-represented in key policymaking positions on climate change and the environment, and calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure equal and diverse representation in decision-making positions across the EU institutions, government bodies and public authorities at all governance levels, and ensuring gender-responsive policies and programs that take into account the differential impacts of climate change and energy crises on women and men;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the fact that women are significantly under-represented in key policymaking positions on climate change, energy transition and the environment, and calls for the EU and the Member States for positive action measures such as quotas to ensure equal and diverse representation in decision-making positions across the EU institutions, government bodies and public authorities at all governance levels;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 204 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the fact that women are significantly under-represented in key policymaking positions on climate change and the environment, and calls for the ~~EU and the~~ Member States to ensure equal and diverse representation in decision-making positions across the ~~EU institutions,~~ government bodies and public authorities at all governance levels;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on Member States and on the Commission to reduce the gender gap in the energy sector by tackling the under- representation of women in STEM careers;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to reduce the gender gap in the energy sector and to ensure that women have equal access to training courses on energy efficiency and sufficiency and to emerging job opportunities in the energy sector and to those skills and competences that are demanded by the green and digital transition;

Amendment 207 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Notes that in order to ensure that the Union’s workforce is fully prepared to actively work towards the achievement of the Union’s climate objectives, Member States should aim to lower gender disparity in the construction and building sector, including through their national energy and climate plans;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Welcomes one of the Commission’s key objectives within its EU solar energy strategy, which seeks to make EU solar energy systems more competitive and resilient; notes that this is of utmost importance to women who are disproportionately affected by the energy crisis;

Amendment 209 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Member States to identify any barriers which prevent women from working with solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy;

Amendment 21 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the increasing risk of poverty is closely and directly linked to the destruction of significant social functions performed by the state, as seen, for example, with the dismantling of public social security systems, along with, in a number of Member States, cuts to key social benefits (family allowance, unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, social integration minimum income);

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Welcomes the initiatives of private companies who are helping women become solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy entrepreneurs, which has endless benefits for the women involved, and the wider community at large;

Amendment 211 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Recognises how solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy is giving more women access to energy, particularly in rural areas;

Amendment 212 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)

13e. Recognises how with solar, wind, geothermal and hydroelectric powered light operating in hours of darkness, women’s perceived safety in the street increases, with greater visibility and illumination of potential aggressors;

Amendment 213 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)

13f. Calls on private companies within the energy sector to ensure that solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy technology, and its female innovators, are empowered to support the energy transition;

Amendment 214 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)

13g. Calls on the respective education authorities within Member States to encourage girls and give them confidence that the energy sector represents an exciting, prosperous career, and that they have the skills to develop and be productive in the energy sector as employees, leaders, innovators and pioneers;

Amendment 215 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)

13h. Recognises that the ultimate objectives of inclusion, equality and achieving gender balance remain unmet; in this regard, calls on the Commission to provide appropriate tools for the vocational training of women and their successful integration into the labour market, with particular regard to female entrepreneurship; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to develop effective awareness-raising campaigns on issues such as gender inequality and discrimination;

Amendment 216 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)

13i. Calls on Member States to promote gender-inclusive energy planning and policies by increasing women’s participation in policy formulation, including fiscal planning, developing targeted policy measures and linking energy policy-making with other sectors, such as the STEAM aspects of education;

Amendment 217 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)

13j. Welcomes the fact that UNEP and UN Women have joined forces, as the leading environmental and gender equality agencies in the United Nations system, to develop a Global Programme to promote Women’s Entrepreneurship for sustainable energy; Calls on the Commission and relevant EU agencies to take note of this programme and promote similar sustainable entrepreneurial energy objectives within the EU;

Amendment 218 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 k (new)

13k. Calls on the EIGE to collect data that will provide solid evidence to evaluate the impact of different entrepreneurial market transformation strategies for women in all their diversity within the energy sector;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Council to commit to gender budgeting and to ensure that it is applied to the entire EU budget, and that the European Court of Auditor’s recommendations are fully implemented, including in the mid- term review of the current multiannual financial framework and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;deleted

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the European Union, in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, adopted seven packages of sanctions against Russia, and whereas these are severely impacting the economies of all Member States;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ~~commit to gender budgeting and to ensure that it is applied to the entire EU budget, and tha~~fully implement the European Court of Auditor’s recommendations ~~are fully implemented~~, including in the mid- term review of the current multiannual financial framework and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Council ~~to commit to gender budgeting and to ensure that it is applied to the entire EU budget, and~~ that the European Court of Auditor’s recommendations are fully implemented, including in the mid- term review of the current multiannual financial framework and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the right to work is an essential precondition if women are to enjoy economic independence, professional fulfilment and effective equal rights; whereas precarious employment should thus be eradicated through the mandatory application of the principle that for every actual job there should be a permanent post, and by recognising and enhancing the right to work with rights;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas Member States should be allowed to leave the European electricity market in order to reduce citizens’ bills;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas Member States should have the possibility of reducing their VAT (from 20% to 5.5%, for example) on electricity, gas, fuel oil and fuel in order to restore citizens’ purchasing power;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas prices have risen, in general, 11.5 % in the European Union since October 2021 and food has been particularly affected, with inflation climbing to 17.8 % in October 2022; whereas, in line with the ECB's September 2023 macroeconomic projections for the euro area, average inflation for 2023 is estimated at 5.6 %, which is an upward revision of previous projections;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the economic and environmental policies that have been pursued following an ideological point of view have undermined the economic capacity of women and their families and of workers and businesses;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the energy crisis in Europe has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the European electricity market; whereas, by indexing electricity prices to gas prices, that market has created the possibility for considerable speculation, which poses significant difficulties to companies and households and especially people in vulnerable situations, including women, who are particularly at risk;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas the concept of public service is based on the fact that certain social activities deemed essential and strategic should be managed in line with specific criteria to ensure everyone has access and to contribute to solidarity and the social, cultural and economic cohesion of society; whereas, in order to achieve that, those activities should therefore avoid the market logic and the pursuit of profit, which is the case particularly when the following are needed: access for all, long-term investment, long-term management, safeguarding of a rare and precious asset, management of public spaces; whereas this is absolutely the case when it comes to essential goods like electricity and energy;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted, P9_TA(2021)0020

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas public control over the energy sector is essential to guarantee people's economic, social and environmental rights, combating global warming and ensuring everyone has access to electricity and heating;

Amendment 31 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

Be. whereas the rising price of essential goods (housing, food, energy, telecommunications) requires measures that protect families; whereas the difficulties faced by families contrast with the profits of the major economic groups;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in all their diversity are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are ~~highly represented in precarious jobs, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out~~presenting 70% of the 1.3 billion1a people living in conditions of poverty; whereas women are more represented in flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work, etc.) and in precarious jobs due to, among other factors, the disproportionate amount of time they spend undertaking caregiving responsibilities and domestic work1b, both of which are in most cases unpaid, not covered by social security and largely unrecognised; and still bear the b~~ulk~~runt of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves against the negative impact of the c~~risis;~~ost of living crisis; _________________ 1a https://www.gendersecurityproject.com/po st/can-70-of-the-world-s-poor-celebrate- international-women-s-day 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/662491/IPOL_STU(20 20)662491_EN.pdf

Amendment 33 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in all their diversity, and their families, are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, such as undeclared work and short-duration contracts, often work under poorer conditions, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out the bulk of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves and their family against the negative impact of the crisis;

Amendment 35 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas wsome~~n in all their diversity~~ women are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out the bulk of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves against the negative impact of the crisis;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the gender pay gap still stands at 12.7% across the EU1a; whereas the cumulative effect of these gendered wage disparities throughout a woman’s lifetime leads to women receiving a retirement income which, in the EU, is 35% lower than received by men; whereas considerable disparities remain regarding the gender pension gap across EU Member States, from 2.6% in Estonia to 46.1% in Malta; whereas the gender pension gap leads to women being at a higher risk of old-age poverty than men also impacting their physician and mental wellbeing; _________________ 1a https://commission.europa.eu/strategy- and-policy/policies/justice-and- fundamental-rights/gender- equality/equal-pay/gender-pay-gap- situation-eu_en

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women in the EU are more severely affected by poverty or social exclusion than men, being systematically placed at a disadvantage by structural and cultural factors; whereas their role as primary carers in the family puts a disproportionate amount of unpaid care and domestic work on women, who play an essential role in this regard;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas energy poverty remains a serious social problem in all EU Member States and throughout the world; whereas the state of affairs has deteriorated in recent years and, according to the latest reports, more than 700 million people all over the world – around 10 % of the population – live in extreme poverty and do not have access to electricity; whereas in Europe that figure is between 50 and 125 million people; whereas, in line with the most conservative estimates, more than 35 million people in Europe cannot afford to heat their homes in winter, according to 2022 EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), and that number is equivalent to the populations of Greece, Portugal, Hungary and Ireland put together, which means that those people have to choose between heating their homes and buying food; whereas it is estimated that the figure could be much higher, with the EU Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV) placing the number at more than 50 million households affected;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the EU gender pay gap is 16 %, with variations between the Member States; whereas the gender pay gap has a number of implications, including a 37 % gap in pension entitlements, which places elderly women at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the right to equal pay for equal work is not always upheld and remains one of the biggest challenges in efforts to overcome pay discrimination;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)

– having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 October 2020 on A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives1a. _________________ 1a COM(2020)662 final

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the disinvestment in and dismantling of public health, education and transport services has a direct impact on women's lives and steps need to be taken to counter that trend;

Amendment 41 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas the ECB's monetary policy and successive interest rate hikes are smothering families with the price of mortgage payments and those hikes need to be reversed; whereas the EU has responsibilities in the liberalisation of the rental market;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas climate change and climate-related disasters exacerbate the cost of living crisis and have a particular impact on women, since statistically women are more affected by the risk of poverty; whereas the groups already living on the margins are being hit the hardest by the volatility of the fossil fuel energy system, while energy and food companies are making record profits;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~climate change and climate-related~~ disasters exacerbate the cost of living crisis and the risk of poverty; whereas the groups already living on the margins are being hit the hardest by the volatility of the ~~fossil fuel~~ energy system, while energy and food companies are making record profits;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort; whereas even before the current crisis, in 2021, 6.9 % of all Union households were behind on their utility bills, and 6.4 % indicated that they were unable to keep their homes warm; whereas, in 2020, almost 15 % of all households lived in homes with leaks, broken roofs or rot1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat data on ‘Living conditions in Europe”, in 2022

Amendment 45 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort, which particularly affects families where access to employment and to the various infrastructure networks is inadequate or non-existent;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort, and whereas women, particularly in rural areas, are often the primary users of household energy and are disproportionately affected by inadequate access to clean and affordable energy;

Amendment 47 #

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Irène TOLLERET, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the European Committee of the Regions1a acknowledges that local and regional levels have an important role to play as well, since energy poverty disproportionately affects women due to structural inequalities in income distribution, their socioeconomic status and the gender care gap; _________________ 1a https://cor.europa.eu/en/our- work/Pages/OpinionTimeline.aspx?opId= CDR-2509-2021

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in 2022 more than one fifth of the Union population living in households with dependent children was at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas in late 2022, 44% of single mothers and 31% of single women anticipated difficulties affording energy costs over the coming months 1a; _________________ 1a Eurofound report ‘The cost-of-living crisis and energy poverty in the EU: Social impact and policy responses – Background paper’, October 2022

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas women, particularly single parents and those experiencing intersectional discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate gendered energy poverty in the EU;deleted

Amendment 5 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)

– having regard to the report on the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive1a, _________________ 1a 2021/2077(INI)

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas women, particularly single parents ~~and those experiencing intersectional discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age~~, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate gendered energy poverty in the EU;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas women, particularly single parents and those experiencing ~~intersectional~~multiple discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate ~~gendered~~pre-existing energy poverty based on gender and on place of residence in the EU;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the importance of combating discrimination between men and women in access to employment and work, and promoting equality in careers and professional categories, in vocational training and in salaries is essential, at the same time as strengthening work with rights and protecting collective bargaining and union rights;

Amendment 54 #

Lina GÁLVEZ, Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Carina OHLSSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas women tend to be the “shock absorbers of poverty” carrying the main responsibility for the purchase and preparation of food for their children and families and for the budget management of budget of poor households and are thus much more impacted by the rising cost of living and energy crisis;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas according to Eurofound’s reporting on minimum wages, the high increases in nominal wage rates in many countries for 2023 was in many cases not enough to maintain workers’ purchasing power; whereas women are overrepresented among minimum wage workers;

Amendment 56 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas women living in rural areas, inland areas and areas at high risk of depopulation are more susceptible to fall into energy poverty;

Amendment 57 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas rural areas are particularly exposed to the problem of energy poverty, due to the relatively lower incomes of households located in rural areas compared to those in urban areas as well as the specific energy needs of farmers’ households; whereas this problem is exacerbated for women due to the gender pay gap;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas successive crises have had negative impacts on women all over the world, stopping progress on gender equality; Whereas the higher share of energy costs in women's total income reduces their financial capacity to build an autonomous existence, an important issue for those who want to flee abusive partners;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)

Fc. whereas around one-third of people say they have given up on medical treatment in 2022, and more and more are reporting being forced to give up medical care due to rising costs, longer waiting times, and shortages of doctors and medication;

Amendment 6 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock1a, _________________ 1a P9_TA(2021)0240

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)

Fc. whereas increasing women’s access to sustainable energy and opportunities is a pre-requisite for poverty alleviation and women’s economic empowerment worldwide;

Amendment 61 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)

Fd. whereas women disproportionately bear the burden of energy poverty, as they face significant health and safety risks from household air pollution, and from a lack of lighting;

Amendment 62 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)

Fe. whereas according to a WHO study, women have a higher relative risk than men of developing adverse health outcomes due to exposure to smoke from solid fuels, including COPD and lung cancer (WHO, 2014);

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is little awareness or data available on the impact of energy poverty on women in the EU; whereas the EU Energy Poverty Observatory does not deliver gender-disaggregated data in its publicly accessible set of indicators; whereas only a few Member States have adopted definitions of energy poverty and energy poverty indicators, which usually do not take gender into account;deleted

Amendment 64 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the Commission has not delivered on its commitment set out in the Gender Equality Strategy to integrate a gender perspective into all major Commission initiatives, including the European Green Deal and related policies;deleted

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the existing gender gaps in access to finance, information, technology, goods and services, and markets translate into additional investment risks that could put off potential business angels and access to corporate funding; whereas addressing these gender-differentiated risks will unleash the potential of women entrepreneurs in sustainable energy and contribute towards the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

Amendment 66 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas women founders of enterprises are more likely to hire female workers, thus fostering a positive cycle of gender equality;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Commission is obliged to promote gender equality under the Treaties; whereas, however, the European Court of Auditors considers that a gender perspective has not been integrated into the EU budget since key elements, such as gender analysis, gender-related objectives, indicators and accountability through reporting, are largely missing;

Amendment 68 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas a study requested by FEMM committee shows that men are often favoured over women and other marginalized groups when it comes to the design of subsidies and support under the Fit for 55 package, as well as in other policies, programmes and funding for the green transition;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas according to the UN, women can be powerful agents of change in the clean energy transition, and this goes hand in hand with a market- oriented, business friendly economic approach;

Amendment 7 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)

– having regard to the report on ensuring European transportation works for women (A9-0239/2023),

Amendment 70 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas creating an enabling environment for women’s entrepreneurship and sustainable energy will require collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders from within the private sector;

Amendment 71 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. whereas achieving the transition to clean energy will require an integrated approach that links women entrepreneurs to a range of stakeholders to successfully scale up their sustainable energy ventures;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas a gender perspective is missing from the Member States’ and EU’s policies and measures aimed at countering and alleviating the effects of the cost of living crisis; whereas about two thirds of the measures introduced by Member States to mitigate rising inflation rates are not targeted at particular groups in vulnerable situations and only provide short-term solutions instead of responses that will contribute to a socially fair and green transition;deleted

Amendment 73 #