21 Amendments of Emilian PAVEL related to 2014/2237(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A a (new)
Recital –A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas greater political visibility should be given to fighting child poverty at the highest EU political level, if EU is to meet Europe 2020 strategy targets to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part- time workers and wage discrimination between men and women;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas large families with a single income are more at risk of poverty and social exclusion, which is due to degrading wage policies and social protection systems as a consequence of the financial and economic crisis;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. Whereas there remain financial, administrative and other practical barriers to education for marginalised groups of children; and whereas spending on education expenses, especially as regards school materials and transportation expenses, is essentially borne by households in most countries;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health and healthcare is enshrined in law, there are many children who do not have access to a family doctor or dentistdequate healthcare, and some children that have extremely limited access to services beyond emergency care;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Calls on the Commission to set a Europe 2020 sub-target on reducing child poverty and social exclusion and to make the reduction of child poverty and social exclusion visible and explicit in all states of the European Semester; also calls on the Commission to include a specific section with the binding target in each Annual Growth Survey on fighting child poverty and promoting their wellbeing;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Calls on the Member States to effectively integrate relevant aspects of Social Investment Package and Commission Recommendation 'Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage' in their annual National Reform Programmes and National Social Reports in a comprehensive way; calls on the Commission to ensure annual monitoring and reporting by Member States on the implementation of the Commission Recommendation;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Calls on the Member States to make full use of the available EU Structural Funds by ensuring access for all children to sufficient resources that would enable their adequate living standard and affordable quality services, in order to break the cycle of disadvantage early in life;
Amendment 129 #
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 direcCalls on the Commission and Member States to develop policies to fight child poverty that focus on correcting the main factors affecting child poverty: improving the labour market situation of the parents and strengthening the government intervention through income support and the provision of enabling services; also urges Member Stateds to children, but also to parents (such as unemploymentprovide for adequate living standards that are compatible with a life in dignity through a combination of benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security toensuring the quantity, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children and their families, and to fight precarious employment, in-work poverty and involuntary part-time jobs;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that Member States' national budgets contain visible andlaws and policies are translated into transparent, provisions for costsarticipatory and accountable national budgets, allocations and spending to combat child poverty and to fulfil their duty to protect childrenmote, protect, and realise children's rights;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introducemplement legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; and to safeguard the return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave; on this regard, strongly opposes the Commission´s intention to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive and calls on the Council to engage proactively with the Parliament and Commission in order to unblock the Maternity Leave Directive; stresses furthermore that reinforcing legislation on paternity leave which gives an important boost to combat gender and pay discrimination in work;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recommends that Member States develop and implement integrated child protection systems to protect children against violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect in a way in which all duty-bearers and system components work together across sectors and agencies sharing responsibilities to form a protective and empowering environment for all children;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on EU institutions, EU Agencies, Member State authorities and other stakeholders to develop clear roles, responsibilities, regular dialogue and procedures when children are in need of protection in cross-border situations;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. RecommendsCall on thate Member States to guarantee all children access to free, inclusive, quality public education atfor all ages, including early childhood, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios to reduce educational poverty, including early childhood education and care, formal and non-formal education; promoting their emotional, social, cognitive and physical development, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios in order to ensure that all children can benefit from inclusive high quality education and therefore maximise the education systems' impact on equal opportunities and breaking the cycle of poverty;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to developing affordable and accessible early childhood education and care (ECEC), regarding it as a social investment to address inequality and challenges particularly faced by children from disadvantaged families; also raise parents' awareness of the benefits of active participation in ECEC programmes;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recommends that Member States put in place mechanisms that promote and ensure children's participation in decision making that affects their lives; and enable and encourage children to express informed views, ensuring that those views are given due weight and are reflected in the main decisions affecting them;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of its Recommendation entitled 'Investing in Children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage' in the Member States through the design of a Roadmap; calls on Member States to use EU funding and all other available instruments to implement the Commission Recommendation;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a child guarantee so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition and calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a specific fund to develop the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and integrate the labour market;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Stresses the need to systematically assess the impact of policy measures, including macroeconomic ones on children, and recommends the Commission to call on Member States to carry out ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments of such measures to ensure that they do not negatively impact on children's rights and well-being;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends thatCalls the Commission and Member States to develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty, social exclusion, inequalities and discrimination and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, and the Indicators Sub-Group of the Social Protection Committee, going beyond the AROPE indicator; further indicators should be developed to assess better the quality of services, outcomes and access to services, e.g. in relation to the socio- economic status and background of parents (migrant or minority), gender, disability and geographical aspects;