Activities of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2014/0091(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (A8-0011/2016 - Brian Hayes) ES
Amendments (8)
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that the Union recognises and respects the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Providing public pensions sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living should therefore be an objective of the utmost social and political importance for all Member States.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be specifically mentioned in this connection.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Action is needed to further develop complementary private retirement savings such as occupational pensions. This is important since social-security systems are coming under increasing pressure, which means that citizens will increasingly rely on occupational retirement pensions as a complement in the future. Occupational retirement pensions should be developed, without, however,Public pensions should be protected throughout the Union by altering the revenue of the public pension system through a reform of the tax system to make it fairer and more effective and by resolutely combating tax fraud. The development of private retirement pensions should not calling into question the importance of social-security pension systems in terms of secure, durable and effective social protection, which should guarantee a decent standard of living in old age and should therefore be at the centre of the objective of strengthening the European social model.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably, the right to protection of personal data, the right to conduct a business and where the elderly are concerned, in that it recognises and respects their rights to a high level of consumer protection, in particular by ensuring a higher level of transparency of retirement provisioning, informed personal financial and retirement planning as well as facilitating cross-border business of institutions for occupational retirement provision and businesseslead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life, as well as respecting the right to protection of personal data, the right to conduct a business and the right to a high level of consumer protection. This Directive must be implemented in accordance with these rights and principles.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Public authorities have to ensure, through sufficient pensions kept up to date, that citizens are economically properly provided for in their old age. To that end, the public pension system needs to have the resources necessary to pay pensions.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) It is necessary to break the link between the sustainability of the public pension system and the current crisis, in which the sharp fall in employment, caused largely by the economic policies being applied in the Union, is reducing revenue from contributions. It should also be explained that the alleged unsustainability of the public pension system is being used as a pretext for promoting private pension funds.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) It is necessary to ask why private pension funds, a form of savings, are being encouraged at the expense of public pensions. Pension funds (the term is a misnomer) benefit only the financial institutions in which invested money is deposited and which control the fund managers.