Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2010/0242(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Amendments (8)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Title
Title
Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (2012) (text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Successive European Councils have recognised the need to tackle the effect of ageing populations on European social models. A keyOne response to this rapid change in the age structure consists in promoting active ageing and thus ensuring that the baby boom cohorts, who are, on the whole, healthier and better educated than any such cohort before them, have good opportunities for employment and active participation in society. Another response is to promote solidarity between generations.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe makes it more important than ever to promote healthy ageing. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer, improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems. In this context, reaching the pension age should be accompanied with a project aimed at allowing the ageing person to keep his/her skills active, by continuing to work or by carrying out voluntary activities, including those within the ambit of work
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
The year 2012 shall be designated as the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (hereafter referred to as ‘the European Year’).
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) to either introduce or strengthen structural fiscal policies in favour of non- profit organisations, so that they can plan and carry out their activities in support of ageing people and of the disadvantaged parts of the population continuously and not just occasionally.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- programmes for the participation of citizens in the objectives of the European Year.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
- measures to involve ageing and young people in common initiatives aimed at highlighting their typical features and the opportunities afforded by intergenerational exchange.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission and the Member States shall take account of gender mainstreamingthe need to integrate the specificities of the situation of women and men in the running of the European Year.