14 Amendments of Krzysztof HETMAN related to 2014/2237(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas decent, well-paid work for at least one parent constitutes the main factor protecting families from the threat of poverty;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas pre-school education may play a significant role in compensating for the low socio-economic status of children at threat of poverty and constitute a factor facilitating parents’ return to the labour market 1a; 1 a European Commission report entitled ‘Study regarding funds for implementing policy regarding child poverty’ 2008, p. 9
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. Whereas all children have the right to be protected from abuse, violence and neglect and that research has concluded that financial pressures within families and cuts in public services put children at greater risk; whereas so-called austerity measures are leading to greater violence against children ;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children, but also to parents (such as unemployment benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security to families and fight precarious employment;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the European Commission and the European Parliament to take the opportunity provided by the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework to increase the appropriations frommake better use of the European Social Fund and the Food Aid Program forund for European Aid to the mMost dDeprived groups and to check if children are a priority in the programming and implementation of regional and cohesion policies;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recommends that Member States move away from institutional care in favour of stable foster care systems which better prepare children and young people for an independent life, continued learning or work;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Urges Member States to conduct policies facilitating the creation and maintenance of decent workplaces as well as developing systems for training, increasing qualifications and amenities such as teleworking or flexitime facilitating parents’ entry or return to the labour market following a break in their professional career;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that Member States guarantee all children access to free, quality public education at all ages, including early childhood, particularly taking into account education for developing key skills, including enterprise, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Urges Member States to increase the quality of educational services offered by applying an individual approach and promoting cooperation among teachers, social workers and parents in order to prevent children and young persons from ceasing their education;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Urges Member States to provide universal and equal access to crèches and pre-schools to children from all social groups;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that Member States provide freeuniversal access to school materials and school transportation during school hours, as well as access to meals in educational establishments;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality access to health care with regard to prevention and primary care, access to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, guaranteeing women the right to sexual and reproductive health by ensuring health care for babies, maternity care in the pre- and post-natal care period, particularly in the case of premature birth, access to family doctors, dentists and mental health specialists for all children, and integrate these aspects into national and the EU public health strategies;;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States, particularly those where social inequalities are greater, to strengthen the effectiveness of the social rights that the state must guarantee, increasing the number of employees and technicians in social security services, and increasing the medical, psychological and social care of by directing them well at those most in need, in particular at children;