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Plenary speeches (3)
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (debate) ES
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (debate) ES
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (A8-0040/2016 - Tamás Meszerics) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs PDF (473 KB) DOC (188 KB)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the OECD report 'In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All' of 21 May 20151 a, __________________ 1ahttp://www.oecd.org/social/in-it- together-why-less-inequality-benefits-all- 9789264235120-en.htm
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. whereas the prices of essential goods and services, at certain times and in certain countries, have increased relatively rapidly, and, accordingly, family expenditure;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas the increase in family expenditure, associated with the cost of accommodation, food, utilities (electricity, gas, water), transport, medical costs or costs associated with education, makes it difficult to achieve the objective of reducing poverty laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas not having adequate heating has a negative impact on a person’s healththe difficulty for families of meeting the cost of those essential goods and services has a negative impact on a person’s health, education and social and employment inclusion, in particular for children and older persons;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas Directive 2012/27/EU calls on the Member States to develop programmes to raise awareness, and inform and advise individthe reduction of poverty and social exclusion is one of the specific objectives of the Union and of the Member States, and progress is made towards equality where all citizens have equals and households on energy efficiency; ccess to opportunities and basic resources;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Considering the situation of poverty of a family as indivisible, the effect which the energy aspect has on poverty must be highlighted;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt integrated frameworks to combat energythe various forms of poverty by linking energy andconomic, education, employment, energy and transport policy, among others, and social policy, particularly poverty/social inclusion policies with short-term effects more closely;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In many cases, the most important costs in this area are those of renting or buying housing. The social pillar should put forward decisive measures in relation to social housing and the treatment of homeless families.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating disconnection moratorium so as to ensure that during a defined winter period no household can be cut off from energy or that those who are must be reconnected to energy needed for heating that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperatureevaluate the measures adopted to comply with the World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperature, and in particular to move towards signing up to a European winter heating disconnection moratorium so as to take account of the minimum conditions to be met by the client to opt into such a benefit and the scheduling of outstanding payments between client and supplier and the public contribution. Energy companies will not be responsible for social policies, which will always be set by governments;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to presencarry out, in the context of the announced social pillar, an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income in 2016up-to-date study taking account of the economic and social circumstances of each Member State and funding options, including the possibility of setting up a European fund specifically for this purpose; in view of the results of the study, the Commission will evaluate the manner and the means of introducing a temporary minimum family income in the EU Member States in 2016, respecting the characteristics of each of them;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure a more efficient and targeted use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) by national, regional and local authorities in order to tackle enpovergty povertyand social exclusion within the Union;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
- prioritising decentthe livfting standards and reducingof families out of situations of poverty and extreme poverty and devoting a summit to it;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
- ensuring that the Member States provide everyone with accessible adequate income support, including minimum income above the poverty threshold throughout the life cyclefor as long as the duly documented situation of poverty persists;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 4
Paragraph 5 – indent 4
- targeting household expenditure so that disproportionately higher costs such as housing or energy spending can be reduced in a sustainable manner;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- guaranteeing financial compensation essential for the situation of poverty where costs cannot be lowered in the short term;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed atmay lead to setting a European framework for a minimumtemporary minimum family income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislation; the establishment of this European framework will require a prior up-to-date study taking account of the economic and social circumstances of each Member State, examining the possibility of setting up a specific European fund, and, where appropriate, supporting its implementation;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to aim for a social triple A score for the Union; finds regrettable that this is currently out of reach owing to increasing inequality, high poverty and social exclusion and less and less availability of quality and affordable social, health and care services; recalls that a social triple A must be based on Article 9 TFEU aimed at a ‘high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’; recalls that achieving a social triple A as a benchmark requires assessing both policies that hinder and work towards achieving the benchmark; finds regrettable that so far the latter has not been addressed at Union level;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a decent income is a fundamental element for beinglthough providing employment is the best way of escaping a situation of poverty, it is important to be able to lihave your life in dignitya minimum family income sufficient to help families to meet the basic costs of maintaining the home in the short-term; recalls that 16.7 % of the population in the EU 28 in 2013 were at- risk-of-poverty after social transfers; invites the Commission to presencarry out in 2016 in the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directive on adequate minimum incomeup-to-date study taking account of the economic and social circumstances of each Member State, examining the possibility of setting up a European fund specifically for this purpose, and supporting, where applicable, the implementation of a minimum family income in each of them;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that an EU framework directive on minimum income should specify which criteria Member States’ minimum income schemes would need to meet so as to lift people out of povertythe study which serves as the basis for defining the framework for the implementation of the minimum income should take account of the social and economic context of each Member State and affect the temporary nature of the instrument by examining funding options, including the possibility of creating a European fund specifically for this purpose; the aim of this minimum family income should be not only to lift people out of poverty but to equip them with a basis to stay out of it; considers that such a framework would need to be rights- based, address the level of income, the non-discriminatory, efficient and easy access and the take-up, targeting especially those groups, who currently are excluded from or at risk of exclusion from minimum income schemes;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that, as the introduction and strengthening of these minimum income schemes must be based on the temporary nature of the instrument, such schemes must be accompanied by general policies and specific measures such as active policies aimed at assisting the unemployed to return to the employment market, or training and employment creation programmes; it is also essential to have an adequate housing policy, healthcare and quality public services;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that minimum income schemes should prevent and lift households out of severe material deprivation and allow for an income above the poverty threshold; recalls that a minimum income is a key instrument for delivering on Article 9 TFEU guaranteeing adequate social protection as well as on the fundamental right to decent living condit, the reduction of social exclusions, participating in society and protection of human health and greater equality of opportunity;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that poor households spend the largest share of their income on housing, utilities and food; stresses that one dimension of household expenditure of poor households – the cost of energy and the related issue of energy poverty lacks an in-depth assessment at Union level; calls on the Commission to improve internal cooperation so as to better link the energy policy andcalls on the Commission to improve internal cooperation so as to better link its economic, employment, education, energy and transport policies, among others, and social policy, particularly the poverty policy;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that there is so far no definition of poverty or energy poverty at Union level and therefore it is very difficult to properly assess the seriousness, the causes and the consequences of energythis aspect of poverty of poor households in the Union; calls on the Commission to develop with stakeholders a common definition of energy poverty which should aim at assessing at least the following elements: material scope, difficulty fpromote the adoption of a European Commitment on Energy Security and Solidarity and, within that framework, the creation of a European observatory a household to gain access to essential energy, affordability and share of total household cost, impact on basic household needs such as heating, cooling, cooking, lighting and transpond the obligation to specifically allocate part of the previously suggested social aid fund to the eradication of energy poverty;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Targeting funding and policies towards energy poverty - a triple winwinning situation for all
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that targeting certain policies and Union funding towards reducing energy costs of poor households by investing in renewables or energy efficiency has multiplenabling poor households to be able to meet the pcositive effects: at household level, it improves living conditions and the health of those concerned ast of essential goods, including energy, weill as decreasing household costs and therefore provides budgetary relief for poor families; at regional and local level, funding will provide for local investment; at Union level it helps to both decrease poverty, improve energy efficiency and decrease energy emissionscontribute to achieving the objective of reducing poverty laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Insists on the importance of addressing poverty not just from a social or political, but also from an economic point of view, with effects in the medium term; the Commission must include in its priorities the need to tackle the dynamic of inequality which currently exists and seriously limits growth and has a very negative impact on cohesion and poverty;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Linking social aims and energyother European policyies
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating disconnection moratorium so as to ensure that during a defined winter period no household can be cut off from energy or that those who arevaluate the measures to adopt in order to comply with World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperature, in particular, signing up to a winter heating disconnection moratorium; in particular, to evaluate the adoption of a winter heating disconnection moratorium, taking account of the minimum conditions to be muset be reconnected to energy needed for heating that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperaturey the client in order to opt into such a benefit and the scheduling of outstanding payments between client and supplier and the public contribution. Energy companies will not be responsible for social policies, which will always be set by governments; points out that such a moratorium aims to decrease excess winter mortality, supporting the most vulnerable groups, especially young children, the elderly and permanently sick and disabled people so as to protect their health and well-being;