12 Amendments of Jessica POLFJÄRD related to 2023/2066(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
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Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas child poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon stemming from household poverty, meaning that low- income families, single-parent families – mostly made up of women and their children – and large families are at greater risk of poverty; whereas this phenomenon requires a multidimensional response, which necessarily includes improving employment and job security, guaranteeing and enforcing rights, increasing income and ensuring universal access to quality public services; as well as economic growth, reduced taxes, reduced administrative burden for companies and strengthened incentives for businesses to hire;
Amendment 86 #
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 15 million children in the EU would still be at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the principle of subsidiarity needs to be at the core of any social endeavor undertaken by the Union;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the number of children in child labour has decreased radically in recent decades2a; _________________ 2a https://data.unicef.org/wp- content/uploads/2022/01/Child-Labour- Report-1_24.pdf
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in universalensure adequate funding in policies that have a direct and indirect impact on children’s lives, by guaranteeing high- quality public services (especially care, education, health, housing, cultural and leisure activities), to promote the creation of work with rights based on robust collective bargaining and recruitment with decent and fair wages, to facilitate a work- life balance by, inter alia, reducing working hours and providing for maternity and paternity leave, and to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies; calls furthermore on the Member States to lower their general tax levels, not least the taxes on business and labour, as well as lowering the thresholds for employers to hire, stimulating entrepreneurship and putting economic growth at the center of political ambition, as this is the most effective way to gradually raise the standard of living for all people and thereby create social inclusion;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’ aiming to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements by 25 % for each of the green, digital and economic thematic areas, and the Commission’s presentation of a proposal for achieving this by autumn 2023; calls on the Commission to demonstrate this commitment swiftly, thereby improving the competitiveness of all undertakings in the EU, including small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), and enhancing the basic conditions for social justice and prosperity; recalls that SMEs are the backbone of our social cohesion;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 219 #
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 weakening of public administration in the Member States, aimed at promotio Member States which streng the relaxation of employment relationships and the privatisation of public services, which have ln economic growth, competitiveness and job creation, based ton the weakening and, in some cases, the undermining of the social and labour rights of children and their families; deplores 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 livingknowledge that this is the most efficient way to create social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Member States ensure that all children have access to formal and non-formal, public, free, inclusive and quality education at all ages;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, in view of the difficulties in accessing early childhood care in most Member States, the need for investment in early childhood education and care services, thereby creating or bolstering a public, universal and free response from the very beginning of the education process;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality healthcare for all children and their families; highlights the value of vaccinating children and the need to fight the hotbeds of misinformation with regard to the benefits of vaccination;