13 Amendments of Chiara GEMMA related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one in six workers in the EU earns a low wage, consisting in a wage lower than two-thirds of the national median wage and this share is constantly rising; whereas low wages have not kept up with other wages in many Member States, thus worsening income inequalities and in-work poverty as well as deteriorating the capacity of low-wage earners to cope with economic difficulties;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas principle 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) establishes that in-work poverty must be prevented and that adequate minimum wages must be ensured, in a way that provide for the satisfaction of the needs of the workers and their families in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work; whereas under the EPSR, where a principle refers to workers, it concerns all persons in employment, regardless of their employment status, modality and duration;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas austerity measures increased in-work poverty, multiplied the precarious forms of work, undermined the full enjoyment of workers’ rights and imposed cuts to the funding of the social and healthcare systems;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas social protection systems are underfunded in many EU Member States and are affected by serious problems of coverage as well as inadequate levels of benefits and income transfers, resulting in a very low impact on poverty and socio-economic inequalities reduction;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that minimum wages set above the relative poverty threshold in all Member States are a key tool for preventing in-work poverty, help fostering upward social convergence, strengthen incentives to work, sustain domestic demand, contribute to closing the gender pay gap and to a better level playing field in the Single Market by ensuring a fairer competition; believes that the adoption of an EU directive on minimum wages is of utmost importance;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that statutory minimum wages to be fixed above the relative poverty threshold in all Member States must be complemented by adequate financial state transfers, in terms of, inter alia, housing benefits, child allowances, in-work benefits, considering that only an effective combination of these factors allows workers and their households to escape poverty;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers as paramount to adopt a holistic approach, encompassing the adoption of legislative measures aimed at ensuring minimum wages to be set above the relative poverty threshold, stronger collective bargaining systems and the highest levels of social protection, a strategic tools to help consistently implementing the provisions of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN SDGs and the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (UN CRPD);
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 l (new)
Paragraph 19 l (new)
19l. Stresses that the already existing inequalities have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic as the negative socio-economic consequences have disproportionately hit those already poor or at high risk of becoming poor and vulnerable;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines the need to ensure full protection of vulnerable groups, who are the most negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, by enhancing all structural social protection measures in addition to the temporary benefits allocated during the pandemic, including the increase of the duration and of the financial support under the social protection systems, the amount of minimum income benefits, housing benefits, child allowances, in-work benefits, thus preventing socio-economic inequalities from widening;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that extensive inequalities are the root causes of poverty and social exclusion and are worsened by the current low wages earned by workers and by the ineffectiveness of social protection systems, redistributive policies, social services, education, healthcare as well as essential services like decent affordable housing and energy services; highlights that during the COVID-19 crisis, poverty and social exclusion radically increased in many countries due to the sudden drop or lack of income of those who lost their jobs or experienced reduced income with increased costs;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to invest in new jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, and digital change and ‘green transition’.in line with the aim of boosting a socially just transition towards a fully renewables-based, climate-neutral and circular economy;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Firmly believes that the recovery in the EU from the unprecedented socio- economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be achieved by resuming the pre-existing macroeconomic regulatory framework, which already caused the deterioration of living standards of citizens, and exacerbating poverty and the socio-economic inequalities; underlines the need to stop austerity measures and to proceed with the immediate revision of the Stability and Growth Pact with a view to create a new macroeconomic regulatory framework enabling the adoption of an integrated multi-level public policy package fully in line with the aim of achieving full employment, the highest levels of social protection and a socially just transition towards a fully renewables-based, climate- neutral and circular economy;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Considers of paramount importance to make sure that the implementation of the Recovery plan for Europe aims at eradicating poverty and socio-economic inequalities and is based on an effective mechanism with targets and benchmarks that make possible a transparent measurement of all progress achieved; highlights that the European Parliament must be fully involved in both the ex-ante and ex-post scrutiny of the recovery plan and that all its elected Members must be given a formal role in order to ensure a fully democratic and transparent evaluation and implementation process;