23 Amendments of Krzysztof HETMAN related to 2023/2066(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 22 May 2019 on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to the Proposal for a Council Recommendation 2022/0263 of 14 September 2022 on the Revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care,
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, adopted in 2021, aims to reduce the number of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 5 million by 2030; whereas even if this target were achieved around 15t least 20 million children in the EU would still be at risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas early disparities in skills, in children’s sense of curiosity, security and confidence become difficult to compensate for and have grave developmental implications over time and throughout the lifespan;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas institutions with semi- inpatient and inpatient facilities, especially in times of crisis, need good, qualified staff with child-friendly staffing levels to ensure that children and their families are cared for as needed and to provide children with qualified educational opportunities in order to promote their social integration;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, particularly in times of crisis, the creation of high-quality jobs, through the expansion and promotion of companies, flexible, dynamic labor markets, the elimination of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, combating the shortage of skilled workers through a corresponding qualification offensive and a right to training, is an important preventive measure to reduce inequalities and promote the social inclusion of children and their families;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas playing gives children the opportunity to express themselves in a symbolic way and forms an essential basis of the way they think, strengthening children’s participation in society ;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas children belong in school and not in factories or fields;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the main cause for children having to work is poverty;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas child labour might be growing in the wake of the economic crisis and countries that were badly affected by austerity measures are countries at risk;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the best interests of the child should be the guiding principle, as stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the standards of the European Social Charter;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to establish policies (and practices) that empower parents to support their children outside the childcare setting throughout their childhood, and particularly during early childhood, when children are aged 0–3;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeplorNotes the fact that the governments of the Member States are moving away from universal policies and increasingly promoting policies based on the liberalisation of services and instruments whose availability depends on the resources of the beneficiaries; stresses for this reason, that universal and long-term policies offergive better protection against the multiple causes of poverty and social exclusion, by providing structural responses that can, if necessary, also be supplemented by immediate, one-offreinforcing necessary support measures;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to refrain from recommending reforms that lead to cuts in and the weakcommend a strengthening of public administrations and services in the Member States, aimed at in order to reduce inequalities and promotinge the relaxation of employment relationships and the privatisation of public services, which have led to the weakening and, in some cases, the undermining of the social and labour rights of children and their families; deploressocial inclusion of children and their families in times of crisis and to counteract privatisation; expresses its incomprehension with regard to the recent statements by the President of the ECB, who criticised the investments by national governments in social responses aimed at addressing the increased cost of living;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasizes that children in special life situations due to illness, care, disability and / or cognitive disorders need specific and targeted measures as well as special educational and care offers in order to preventively counteract inequalities in social security protection and a lack of social integration of their person and their families in times of crisis;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Moreover calls on Member States to pay specific attention to the problems of child labour in Europe, and to carefully evaluate the potential impact on child labour caused by budgetary cuts in the field of education and training as well in social policies and support to families;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Calls on Member States to more intensively fight and condemn child labour, to investigate and guarantee labour inspection agencies to be in a position to do their work adequately, to collect data and monitor child labor and to use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Social Charter as guidance for preventive and remedial action;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Member States ensure that all children halife-long learning involves access to formal and non-formal, public, free, inclusive and quality education at all ages, while children in particular require a needs-based design ;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the right to affordable comfortable housing that meets the needs of children and their families and ensures their well- being, privacy and quality of life; calls on the Member States to promote a public housing policy that tackles property speculation and guarantees this right;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Condemns all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect with regard to children; calls on the Member States to develop and implement integrated prevention and protection systems for children with a view to eradicating violencein order to eliminate all shortcomings and to strengthen, increase and promote the best interests of children;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to invest in support and, follow-up, care and education for children and young asylum seekers, as well as their families, and host institutionin the accommodation/reception centres, in order to reduce inequalities and promote the social inclusion of children and their families in times of crisis;