Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2014/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Assessment of the 2012 European Year for active ageing and solidarity between generations (A8-0241/2015 - Eduard Kukan)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the work currently undertaken by the UN Working Group on Ageing towards a Convention on the protection of the rights of older people,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there are some 125,000 occupational pension funds operating across the EU, holding assets worth €2.5 trillion on behalf of around 75 million Europeans, which represents 20% of the EU's working-age population;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas older women represent 20% of the EU's population and this percentage will continue to increase according to the current demographic trends; in most EU countries older women have higher risk poverty rate than older men, on average 21% for women and 16% for men; whereas the gender pension gap in the EU is 39 %;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that reliable statistics on the situation of older people and demographic changes are needed to develop better targeted and effective active ageing strategies; calls on the Commission to ensure comprehensive high-quality data collection on the societal status of older people, their health, rights and standard of living;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to ensure affordable, accessible and non- discriminatory health care and to prioritize prevention in their health care policies; invites the European Commission to analyse the affordability of health care for older people, collect data on waiting times in health care systems across the EU and to propose guidelines for maximum waiting times;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Takes the view that a European strategy on dementia needs to be developed, which should include measures for assistance to the families of the patients, information campaigns, awareness raising and exchange of best practices between Member States;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it regrettable that older workerpersons are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers; calls on the Member States, therefore, to correctly implement Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation; welcomes the European Commission push to adopt the long- awaited Equal Treatment Directive, blocked in Council since 2008 and calls on the Member States to proceed with its adoption by the end of the year;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to use available ESF, ESIF, EaSI funding for financial assistance to self-help programmes of organisations of older people who are sharing their energy, knowledge, experiences and wisdom with each other and helping people in need, thereby contributing to active and healthy ageing, and living independently for a longer time;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to adopt a positive position at the UN Open-Ended Working Group on ageing to ensure older citizens can fully enjoy their human rights; invites the Commission to closely cooperate with the UN Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons and with older people´s representative organizations in the EU;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee individual and adequate pension rights for all to ensure a dignified life in old age– including those with justified career breaks, mainly women;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the importance of adequate supervision and independent audits of the occupational pension funds for safe and sustainable pensions;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that a UN Convention to protect the rights of older persons will improve the lives of older persons by guaranteeing them equal access to political, economic, health care and cultural rights and would represent an important platform to create an attitude shift towards ageing globally;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Regrets that the European Commission has not yet addressed age inequalities in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the Disability Strategy; calls therefore on the European Commission to raise awareness and address age discrimination of the rights of older persons with disabilities and ensure that the UNCRPD application does not leave older people behind;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of volunteering, which promotes intercultural learning and intergenerational solidarity, fosters active ageing and lifelong civic participation, and enables older people to make a contribution to society and earn recognition, thereby improving their quality of life, well-being and general state of health. In this context regrets the discontinuation of the Grundtvig programme which supported older volunteers;