Activities of Edite ESTRELA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) As maintenance obligations between spouses are governed by Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations, they should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, as should issues relating to the validity and effect of gifts covered by Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I).

2012/04/02
Committee: FEMM

2011/0059(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Given the importance of choosing the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime, the Regulation must contain some guarantees to ensure that spouses or prospective spouses are aware of the consequences of their choice, including free legal aid when one of the spouses is in financial difficulties. This choice should be made in the form prescribed for the marriage contract by the law of the State chosen or by that of the State where the instrument is drawn up, and at least be in writing and dated and signed by the couple. Any additional formal requirements imposed by the law of the State chosen or that of the State where the instrument is drawn up concerning the validity, disclosure or registration of such contracts should be complied with.

2012/04/02
Committee: FEMM

2011/0059(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c

~~(c) gifts between spouses,~~deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: FEMM

2011/0059(CNS)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Silvia COSTA, Jutta STEINRUCK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

Such an agreement may be concluded at any time, even during the proceedings. If it is concluded before the proceedings, it must be drawn up in writing and dated and signed by both parties. Before the agreement is concluded, each spouse must be informed individually by a lawyer of the legal implications entailed and he or she shall benefit from free legal aid in cases of financial hardship.

2012/04/02
Committee: FEMM

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that innovation can play an important role in enhancing social cohesion by improving the quality of the services provided and that specific professional training programmes should therefore be set up;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Suggests as examples of priority fields on which greater efforts should be targeted in the context of developing capacities in science, technology and innovation (STI)): efficient resource use; resource scarcity; exploitation and disposal of waste; climate change; and natural disaster risk, the preservation of nature and biodiversity; food quality and safety; demographic change; and new epidemics;

2011/02/21
Committee: ENVI

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Draws attention to the fact that innovation is essential to economic development and that the European Union needs to recruit around one million additional researchers in order to meet the goal of spending 3% of GDP on R&D, as laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy; Believes that this goal can be more easily achieved by substantially increasing the number of women researchers, who account for only 39% of researchers employed in the public sector and higher education and 19% of researchers working in the private sector [1]; [1] She Figures 2009 - major findings and trends, European Commission, 2009.

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Silvia COSTA, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Insists that innovation must be a key component of public policy in such fields as the environment, water, energy, transport, telecommunications, health and education; stresses the need to promote the across-the-board dissemination and absorption of innovation, in the public sector, in private firms and especially SMEs, with particular reference to knowledge-based firms, and in the social economy;

2011/02/21
Committee: ENVI

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that R&D investment tends to drop in periods of economic crisis even though it has been proved that the companies and Member States which invest the most during such periods are the ones that gain the greatest comparative market advantage;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Silvia COSTA, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses the importance of supporting the establishment and development of innovative undertakings, combining public and private funding, supplemented by risk capital mechanisms and technical assistance in implementing projects;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rovana PLUMB, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses that most of the initiatives that will make innovation possible come from the business sector and that closer cooperation is therefore essential with universities and research centres;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rovana PLUMB, Silvia COSTA, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that, despite the increased involvement of women in the fields of research and technology, the latest figures provided by the Commission indicate that only 19% of senior academic posts are held by women, even though women account for more than half of university students; [1] She Figures 2009 - major findings and trends, European Commission, 2009.

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rovana PLUMB, Silvia COSTA, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers it particularly important that there should be specific guidelines that take account of gender equality issues in the creation and development of innovative products and services, and that this calls for appropriate training of human resources;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2245(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rovana PLUMB, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Considers that steps should be taken to support initiatives aimed at promoting scientific dialogue and the dissemination of findings among the widest possible public, in addition to the scientific community, increasing the role of civil society in research;

2011/02/21
Committee: ENVI

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that, given the shortage of higher education students in science and technology, steps must be taken to ensure that no students abandon their studies or are limited in their choice of educational establishment for financial reasons, and that it is therefore necessary to continue to promote access to bank loans which can be partially financed by the Member States;

2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas information, awareness- raising and education are key instruments in preventing and combating gender- based violence,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas women who are the victims of violence are three to eight times more likely to have sick children, to be unemployed or, if employed, fail to obtain promotion and to seek heathcare, and are more likely to commit suicide,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Eb (new)

Eb. whereas approximately one-quarter of women have been the victims of at least one act of physical violence during their lives, at least one in ten have been victims of sexual violence, and between 12 and 15% have been or are in marital relations in which they suffer domestic abuse,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E C (new)

Ec. whereas, according to the existing studies concerning Council of Europe member states, the annual cost of violence against women is estimated to be in the region of EUR 33 billion [1] [1] 'Combating violence against women – Stocktaking study on the measures and actions taken in Council of Europe member states', Council of Europe, 2006

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)

- creation of partnerships with higher education institutions with a view to providing training courses on gender- based violence for professionals in the relevant fields, especially judges, officials of the criminal police, health and education professionals and victim support staff,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)

– integration of specific identification and diagnosis mechanisms in hospital emergency services and the primary care network, with a view to consolidating a more efficient access and monitoring system for the victims concerned,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)

– closer dialogue among representatives of the law and the various stakeholders, with a view to preventing the crime of gender-based violence and its recurrence, with specific forms of intervention vis-à- vis the aggressors,

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to submit a study on the financial impact of violence against women, building on research using methodologies enabling the quantification in financial terms of the impact of this form of violence on health services, welfare systems and the labour market;

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8. Reiterates the need to work not only with the victims but also with the aggressors, with a view to enhancing the awareness of the latter and contributing to changing the stereotypes and socially determined beliefs which help perpetuate the conditions that generate this type of violence and the acceptance of it;

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Stresses that prevention policy should be grounded in the promotion of a culture of citizenship and non-violence, with a view to eradicating stereotyped representations of gender roles; this will require the involvement of various sectors of society (schools, local authorities, civil society organisations and employers);

2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that in countries where more progress has been made towards equal treatment of men and women in the employment market ~~has been achieved~~, it has had positive repercussions on economic and social development, and therefore equality policies ~~should not be abandon~~must be further developed in times of crisis; and that despite the stated intention of the Member States and the Commission, consistently equal conditions have not yet been achieved – indeed, in some cases the situation has even deteriorated;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Stresses that the new forms of organisation of work need to be grounded in a detailed analysis of forms and rhythms of work and leisure, ensuring the sharing of family and work responsibilities among family members;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that ~~extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly represent an important step towards maki~~important steps towards making it possible to combine work and family life include not only improving child care in terms of quality and quantity and professionalising home help for the elderly but also expanding maternity protection in Europe and unreserved social acceptance of the idea of mothers being employed; considers that this also requires a change i~~t possible to combine work and family life;~~ n corporate cultures with regard to the appointment and employment of women;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2b (new)

2b. Emphasises that the Commission and the Member States need to promote, support and reinforce the role of women in the social economy, in the light of the high level of female employment in that sector and the importance of the services it offers for the promotion of a fair work- life balance;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)

3b. Believes that, in the light of population trends in the EU, measures are needed to encourage people to have children, and that a fair work-life balance is a key condition for fighting population decline, as well as helping boost women's participation in the labour market;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that ~~almost everywhere~~, in many cases, women are ~~now~~ obtaining ~~a higher level of edu~~better final results at school and in higher and vocational ~~qualifi~~educations than men; regrets, however, that this hais not ~~led to a narrowing~~improving their situation ofn the ~~gender- related pay gap that is a factor in women being~~labour market, particularly as regards reducing precarious employment, eliminating wage disparities and reaching management posts, the result of which is at higher risk of unemployment and poverty;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses that the objective of the Europe 2020 strategy of achieving a 75% employment rate for the population aged between 20 and 64 will only be met if there is a major input from women in the form of a considerable increase in female employability;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Observes that part-time employment can have an adverse impact on the individual concerned, for example placing obstacles in the way of careers and leading to poverty in old age or alternatively, on account of smaller incomes, may require supplementary State assistance for purposes of subsistence or in the event of illness or unemployment;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Calls for taxation of employment in the Member States to be reviewed in order to establish the extent to which tax incentives discourage women from taking full-time employment, so that the traditional model of the family continues to disadvantage women;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Stresses that equality plans for businesses or sectors should be established, on a statutory basis, to combat gender injustice in employment in the Member States, which should be initiated and their implementation monitored by the two sides of industry; supports the introduction of gender quotas for managerial posts and in the supervisory bodies of businesses;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce strategies and programmes in the field of education and employment and to increase their efforts to interest boys and girls at school in ~~the whole spectrum of possible~~choosing a non-gender-specific occupations, to prevent segregation of job markets by gender and counter the trend for women often to work in ~~worse-paid~~relatively unskilled, worse-paid and less secure occupations;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in increasing the employment prospects of disadvantaged women and female immigrants and thus increasing their chance of leading an independent life, by improving their access to education and vocational training;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to update equality indicators, extend them to include the dimension of family status and use them to assess gender inequalities regularly;

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament to comply with gender budgeting criteria when drawing up budgets; encourages Member States to follow this example when drawing up national public budgets.

2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2010/2089(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)

- having regard to Article 184 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the 8 June 2010 Council Conclusions on “Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health",

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Council Conclusions on Common values and principles in European Union Health Systems (2006/C 146/01),

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and to the opinion of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Edite ESTRELA, Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

– having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ~~and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality~~ (A7-0000/2010),

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -1 (new)

~~1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2007)0019 2 Texts adop~~-1. whereas universality, access to good quality care, equity, and solidarity are common values and principles underpinning the health systems in the EU Member Stateds, ~~P6_TA(2008)0461~~Or. en

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, while citizens live, on average, longer and healthier lives than previous generations, the EU is faced with an important challenge, namely the large gaps in physical and mental health which exist and are growing between and within EU Member States,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Antonyia PARVANOVA, Philippe JUVIN, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas comparative measurement of health inequalities is a fundamental first step towards effective action,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a social gradient in health status exists, whereby people in lower educational, occupational and income groups tend to die at a younger age and to have a higher prevalence of most types of health problemsthe Commission has observed that there is a social gradient in health status in all the EU Member States (Commission Communication of 20 October 2010 entitled ‘Solidarity in Health: Reducing Health Inequalities in the EU’); and whereas the World Health Organization defines this social gradient as being the link between socio-economic inequalities and inequalities in the areas of health and access to healthcare,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas health inequalities are due to differences between population groups in a wide range of factors which affect health, including: living conditions; health related behaviours; education, occupation and income; health care, disease prevention and health promotion services; and public policies influencing the quantity, quality and distribution of these factorsnot only the result of a host of economic, environmental and lifestyle-related factors, but also of problems relating to access to healthcare,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas despite the socio-economic and environmental progress that has led to an overall improvement in peoples’ health status over long periods, a number of factors such as hygiene, living and working conditions, malnutrition, education, income, alcohol consumption and smoking are still having a direct impact on health inequalities,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas the dearth of medical professionals in certain areas of the EU and their ability to move to other areas of the EU is a real problem, and whereas this situation is resulting in major inequalities in terms of access to healthcare and patient safety,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. whereas health inequalities are also linked to problems in accessing healthcare, both for economic reasons (not as much for major treatment, which is dealt with correctly by the Member States, but rather for everyday treatment such as dental and eye care) and as a result of poor distribution of medical resources in certain areas of the EU,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2010/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Edite ESTRELA, Michail TREMOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Commission forecasts that unemployment is likely to reach 10.3% by the end of 2010, and whereas there is widespread concern that the present economic crisis, particularly its effect on unemployment, will adversely affect population health, according to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, unemployment across the 27 EU Member States reached 9.6% in September 2010, and whereas the Council of the European Union’s Social Protection Committee, in its opinion of 20 May 2010, expressed concern that the present economic and financial crisis will adversely affect citizens’ access to healthcare and the Member States’ health budgets,

2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI

Dorette CORBEY, Riitta MYLLER, Matthias GROOTE, Åsa WESTLUND, Edite ESTRELA, Dan JØRGENSEN, Evangelia TZAMPAZI, Giulietto CHIESA, Andres TARAND, Inés AYALA SENDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is convinced that science progresses by confronting accepted knowledge and hypotheses with competing ideas, and by applying peer-review procedures; praises the IPCC for its work and its ability to involve the work of thousands of scientists; believes that the IPCC should take new arguments seriously, in order to continue to guarantee the credibility and quality of its research;

2008/02/20
Committee: CLIM

2008/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Believes that more scientific research should be focusing on the impact and role of land use and forests and their possible contribution to offsetting GHG emissions, and on the impact and role of oceans and seas;

2008/02/20
Committee: CLIM

2006/0304(COD)

Annex I - point 1 - point (c)

Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I - paragraph 2 - table - new category - point (i a) (new)

(ia) flights between non-EU territories that stop over at outermost regions as defined in Article 299(2) of the Treaty

2008/05/08
Committee: ENVI

2006/0147(COD)