9 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2014/2255(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it essential that the initiatives launched as part of EY 2012 be followed up and transformed into a strong political commitment followed by concrete action to ensure social inclusion and the well-being of all generations; and furthermore that European legislation be checked every year to ensure compliance with intergenerational justice and that this review be published in order to combat and prevent discrimination in all spheres of life of both younger and older people;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it regrettable that older workers are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers; calls on the Member States, therefore, to correctly implement Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation; welcomes the European Commission push to adopt the long- awaited Equal Treatment Directive, blocked at the Council since 2008 and calls on the Member States to proceed with its adoption by the end of the year;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market; consideration should be given in this connection above all to programmes such as ‘generational mentoring’, in which exchanges are encouraged between older experts and the younger generation at work and in training;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market; in this connection, a bonus / malus system should be introduced for businesses in order to create incentives to hire more older workers or to keep them working for longer; as a matter of principle, older workers should not be treated less favourably than younger workers in vocational and continuing training;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that active and healthy ageing is one of the European Social Fund’s investment priorities for the 2014-2020 programming period, as stated in Regulation 1304/2013; calls on the Member States to use the resources allocated effectively; calls on the Member States to use the resources allocated effectively; recalls that funding for projects to promote active ageing is also available under programmes such as the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020, Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Health Programme, and calls, in line with the priorities of Horizon 2020, for a European research priority to be created entitled ‘Applied Health and Active-Aging Sciences’;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the targeting of funds for active ageing, together with the effectiveness of funds absorption; further calls on the Commission to explore the feasibility and added value of a new European financial instrument to address the problem of reintegrating dismissed middle-aged workers; in order to ensure this in the long term, it is necessary to flatten the life earnings curve by raising the wages of younger and reducing the wages of older people with the same total lifetime earnings;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it essential to support older people in living independently for as long as possible, and to develop and maintain people-oriented and demand-driven support and care services and to promote personal and individual responsibility for one’s own health, with a marked increase in the level of information on health care, national motivation campaigns and the introduction of a bonus system for complying with annual medical screening requirements;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes the view that older people should be a fully fledged part of society and that their participation in daily life should be supported; considers, furthermore, that a structured dialogue between young and elderly people should be actively encouraged; furthermore, the active political participation of representatives of the younger and older generations should be secured at all EU levels, wherever generation interests may be affected, on the Austrian model; i.e.: legal generation representatives with the rank of the social partners (the Austrian Council of Senior Citizens and Federal Youth Representation) with full mandatory inclusion in legislation with the right of legislative evaluation, as well as the right to make proposals and be heard;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to adopt a positive position at the UN Open-Ended Working Group on ageing to ensure older EU citizens can fully enjoy their human rights; invites the Commission to closely cooperate with the UN Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons and with older people's representative organisations in the EU;