Activities of Flavio ZANONATO related to 2015/2223(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (A8-0040/2016 - Tamás Meszerics) IT
Amendments (15)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas financially vulnerable groups, such as unemployed, students, single-parent families, low-income families, widowed, permanently ill, suffer particularly of high level on living costs;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. considering that energy poverty can be defined as the inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high energy prices and low quality housing stock;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. considering that energy poverty is becoming an increasingly widespread problem in Europe, and that the situation is likely to get worse in the next few years due to the forecast increases in energy prices, the corresponding increase in income inequality and in poverty in general, the lack of adequate heating systems and the general poor quality of housing insulation, in particular in Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. considering that the Energy Union must provide an effective response to energy poverty, which affects more than 100 million Europeans, through strengthening the position of the most vulnerable consumers, improving energy efficiency for the most vulnerable and developing corrective measures to provide access to affordable energy for people in need;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt integrated frameworks to combat energy poverty by linking energy and poverty/social inclusion policies more closely; invites the Commission also to present a Communication on energy poverty in Europe, accompanied by an action plan to fight against it, which contains a definition and indicators of energy poverty;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2.a. calls on the Member States to guarantee the quality and efficiency of primary care and other welfare services, given that inadequate social protection (provided in the form of benefits and service provision) increases the risk that those in poverty will require long-term support;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the problem of fuel poverty in the EU and support the Member States in developing planning;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
- taking measures to address extreme forms of poverty that currently fall beyond the scope of the target, namely homelessness;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
- ensuring that the Member States provide incentives in the form of bonuses for those with few or no professional qualifications who undertake basic professional training, in order to improve their chances on the job market and gradually lift themselves out of absolute poverty;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide information and help to people at risk of poverty and social exclusion to make educated choices regarding their energy consumption and support non-governmental actors working towards this goal;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Member States to oblige energy providers to include information in their energy bills to households regarding measures to reduce energy consumption and to increase energy efficiency with the aim to reduce energy poverty;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Member States, to introduce, according to national practices, minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion in order to ensure a minimum income to households and curb household poverty;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls the Commission to come up with a definition of vulnerable consumers; ask the Commission to gather impact assessments and collection of best practices of measures taken at national level to fight energy poverty;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption by undertaking efficiency improvements, stronger interconnections, higher market integration and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to access on equal conditions a single, sustainable, competitive and secure energy market and escape energy poverty, which in 2012 affected one in four EU citizens; invites the Commission to present a communication on energy poverty in Europe, accompanied by an action plan to fight against it, which contains a definition and indicators of energy poverty;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Considers that as part of any review of the retail energy markets, serious consideration should be given to further measures to protect consumers;