14 Amendments of Hiltrud BREYER related to 2008/2034(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. Whereas the Lisbon European Council in 2000 agreed to eradicate child poverty in Europe by 2010,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. Whereas the Nice European Council in 2000 called on the Member States to ensure a follow-up to the 1992 recommendation on minimum guaranteed resources to be provided by social protection systems,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. Whereas the risk of poverty in Europe is significantly higher for the unemployed, single-parent households (mainly headed by women), older people living alone (also especially women) and families with several dependants,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. Whereas in the absence of all social transfers, the poverty risk in the EU especially for women would increase from 16% to 40%, or 25% excluding pension payments,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. Whereas women’s shorter, slower and less well-paid careers also have an impact on their risk of falling into poverty, especially for the over 65s (21% or 5 points more than men),
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a more pragmatic political and institutional approach to combating extreme poverty, which does not mix the policies on equality between men and women, the fight againstpolicy to combat poverty and discrimination and promote active participation, but which clearly and fully promotes each goal in its own right, including that of partnership with families and with the poorest people;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the persistent trend towards feminisation of poverty in European societies today demonstrates that the current framework of social protection systems, and the wide range of EU social, economic and employment policies are not designed to meet women's needs and differences in women's work; underlines that women's poverty and social exclusion in Europe requires specific, multiple and gendered policy responses;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Advocates the use of the Open Method of Coordination for social protection and social inclusion; calls on the Commission, the Social Protection Committee and the Member States to set up specific gender equality objectives and targets to combat poverty and social exclusion, including a set of policy actions to support groups of women which face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion, such as non- traditional and one-parent families, migrant women, refugee and ethnic minority women, older women and disabled women;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call to Eurostat to develop indicators to measure the success of these policies, in close cooperation with associations experienced in fighting extreme-poverty and, particularly, with the poorest people themselves, along the lines of the ‘interaction of knowledge’ programmes; also calls on Eurostat and academic researchers to undertake studies to highlight the fact that the family, and the natural solidarity network between the generations, is the best safeguard against extreme poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that 20 million people, especially women, in the EU are affected by in-work poverty, i.e. 6% of the total population and 36% of the working population are at in-work poverty risk; calls on the Member States to agree upon minimum wage legislation as an integral element of active inclusion;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. States that adequate minimum income schemes are a fundamental prerequisite for an EU based on social justice and equal opportunities for all; calls on the Member States to ensure that an adequate minimum income is provided for periods out of or in between jobs, with particular attention to groups of women that have additional responsibilities;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop an Open Method of Coordination in the field of care services in order to formulate recommendations on how to meet the need for provision of care services in Europe (i.e. the organising and financing of care for children and other dependent persons), including setting precise targets and indicators with the aim of providing childcare facilities for 90% of children from birth until mandatory school age across the EU and a sufficient level of care provision for other dependent persons by 2015; underlines that all services should meet the criteria of affordability, accessibility and good quality so that bringing up children and caring for dependents is not any longer especially for women a 'poverty risk';