19 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2023/2115(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted, P9_TA(2021)0020
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
Citation 30 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 October 2020 on A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives1a. _________________ 1a COM(2020)662 final
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)
Citation 30 c (new)
– having regard to the report on the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive1a, _________________ 1a 2021/2077(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock1a, _________________ 1a P9_TA(2021)0240
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, in 2022, over 41 million Europeans were unable to keep their homes adequately warm; whereas energy poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, considered to be caused by a combination of low income, high energy costs and poor energy efficiency in buildings;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas buildings account for 40% of final energy consumption in the EU and 36% of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, and whereas 75% of EU buildings are still energy inefficient;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas rural areas are particularly exposed to the problem of energy poverty, due to the relatively lower incomes of households located in rural areas compared to those in urban areas as well as the specific energy needs of farmers’ households; whereas this problem is exacerbated for women due to the gender pay gap;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas houses in rural areas often have a lower market value and, consequently, energy efficiency improvements involving insulation and heating system upgrades can cost more than the value of the building;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
Recital K e (new)
Ke. whereas energy poverty is compounded by existing inequalities among men and women, particularly those relating to income: the gender pay gap; the gender pension gap; and women’s more limited possibilities to work;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections; stresses that increasing energy efficiency through housing renovation should be a priority across all Member States;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the burden placed on the most vulnerable consumers caused by variability in the energy markets can be significantly reduced by enhancing energy efficiency in buildings;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that with more than 50 million people affected by energy poverty in the EU, financial assistance should be provided to support low-income households in complying with minimum energy performance standards; considers it important that Member States guarantee access to electricity for vulnerable people;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy to develop a gender action plan that ensures that all EU energy legislation, including the right to energy sharing as mentioned in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, integrates the gender dimension and develops specific measures and targeted funds to combat the feminisationgender aspects of energy poverty;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls energy poverty affects women disproportionately throughout the Union and therefore Member States should dedicate the necessary support to alleviate energy poverty among women;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that Member States should make more effort to include gender-disaggregated data in their national building renovation plans in order to better target policies and measures;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that women have a strategic and beneficial role to play in the green transition, as they are key actors in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound consumption and production patterns, as well as in business and policymaking;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the fact that women are significantly under-represented in key policymaking positions on climate change and the environment, and calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure equal and diverse representation in decision-making positions across the EU institutions, government bodies and public authorities at all governance levels and associated public bodies;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that in order to ensure that the Union’s workforce is fully prepared to actively work towards the achievement of the Union’s climate objectives, Member States should aim to lower gender disparity in the construction and building sector, including through their national energy and climate plans;