Activities of Lívia JÁRÓKA related to 2023/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply19, owing to wide-scale job losses caused by the pandemic, and since 2021, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, andprices, inflation, exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against UkraineRussian- Ukrainian armed conflict, has risen sharply; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’sthe livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing and basic services of women, people from low- income and unemployed families, single- parent families, large families, families living in disadvantaged regions and women from different ethnic or national backgrounds and their families, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in all their diversity, and their families, are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, such as undeclared work and short-duration contracts, often work under poorer conditions, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out the bulk of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves and their family against the negative impact of the crisis;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort, which particularly affects families where access to employment and to the various infrastructure networks is inadequate or non-existent;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women, particularly single parents and those experiencing intersectionalmultiple discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate genderedpre-existing energy poverty based on gender and on place of residence in the EU;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to deliver on the commitment made by President von der Leyen to promote gender equality in all policymaking; calls for athe implementation of the European Green Deal and a just and socially fair transition that works for all by developing a gender- transformative intersectionaland complex gender- equality strategy to address energy poverty, and by increasinge public investment in social, affordable and energy-efficient housing;
Amendment 119 #
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 intersectionalmultiple 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;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, and to protect victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to assess and proposethe situation in the housing market and, where appropriate, to propose new legislative acts to counter the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordablehelp Member States lower prices in this area; draws attention to Member States’ good practices in this regard, such as low-cost state-funded housing loans, renovation programmes and financial assistance programmes linked to family allowances;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of gender, territorial, geographical and intersectional dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty, in particular those living in disadvantaged and marginalised areas as well as excluded or isolated communities;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to request gender- disaggregated data on energy poverty from Eurostat; calls, in this respect, on the EU Energy Poverty Observatory to use such data to develop and select gender- specificEU Energy Poverty Observatory to develop gender indicators that would allow evidence-based policy development in that area, in consultation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Environment Agency;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to require thelp Member States to conduct gender, territorial and geographical impact assessments in national energy and climate plans, including when reporting on energy poverty;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the green transition is necessary to avoid severe future crises and increased poverty; recalls, furthermore, that the green transition will only be socially fair if it also includes a gender perspective and guarantees equal opportunities for women and those experiencing intersectionalmultiple discrimination; calls, therefore, on the Commission to appoint an EU gender and climate coordinator with sufficient staff and funding, and to introduce geographic and gender impact assessments in all EU policies and legislation, in particular in European Green Deal initiatives;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Council to commit to gender budgeting and to ensure that it is applied to the entire EU budget, and thafully implement the European Court of Auditor’s recommendations are fully implemented, including in the mid- term review of the current multiannual financial framework and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;