8 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2016/2061(INI)
Amendment 86 #
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2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent public pension, and recalls that the Union recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age or dependency;
Amendment 99 #
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3. Calls for a public minimum pension not related to prevon the Member States to ensure that periouds working life; stresses the importance of shifting towards individual, rather than family- related,of time off work taken by individuals in order to care for family members are counted when these persons’ pension entitlements are calculated;
Amendment 118 #
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4. RegretNotes that the current freeze and cuts in pensions in some Member States is hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careerlow incomes or lengthy interruptions in careers can result in low pensions and thus to poverty in old age; deplores the fact that it is (most of themten women) hardest who are affected;
Amendment 141 #
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5. Asks the Member States to increaseadjust minimum wagincomes as an important tool for narrowing pension gapsreducing poverty in old age;
Amendment 160 #
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6. Calls on the Member States to introduce or reinforce pension credits for career interruptions resulting from caring, whatever the family and/or marital status;
Amendment 171 #
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7. Stresses that the sustainability of pension schemes can be reinforced by complementing social security with tax contributionways must be found of reinforcing the sustainability and long- term financial viability of pension schemes;
Amendment 188 #
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8. Asks the Member States to eliminate obstacles – such as the increase in the minimum contributory years necessary to be eligible for pension entitlements or the linking of pension benefits to lifetime contributions – to access to an adequate pension for people with interrupted careers (most of them wocount career interruptions in the form of parental leave and/or periods spent caring for family members when calculating pension entitlemen)ts;
Amendment 217 #
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10. Urges the Member States to reverse anyassess reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions (especially genderwith a view to eliminating gender-related imbalances).