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8 Amendments of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2007/2290(INI)

Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas social security and pensions are based on the principle of solidarity and public responsibility;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. Whereas the trend towards individualisation of social security and pensions, as mentioned in the title of the report, is a consequence of changes in society but also of the neo liberal response of the EU to these changes by policy measures like the Lisbon strategy, flexicurity approach and deregulation of labour markets, liberalisation and privatisation of services of general interest thereby endangering the base of the Welfare state,
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, in the light of the Lisbon strategy and the need for action to keep the social security and pensions systems sustainable, to make more progress in shifting from a social expenditure to a social activation outlookactivation outlook forcing unemployed to accept low-wage and low- quality jobs to transitional security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and upwards mobility and thus to attract and retain more people in quality employment with rights, increase labour supply, modernissupportive social protection systems aiming at a public and universal social security based on the principle of solidarity and increase investment in human capital through better education and training;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a decreasing work force will, if the present situation continues, lead to a decrease in the total number of hours worked; considers that it may be necessary to compensateit is vital to increase the number of jobs with rights and to reduce working time without loss of pay, thius development by increasing the hours worked by the remaining workers or reducing the number of people who work part-ticontributing to enhanced job creation for the young and for women;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that it might be necessary for people to work past the age 65, remaining as long as possible in the labour force; stresses the need to discuss raising the legal retirement age;Deleted
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that increasingsolidarity is the base for the need for public spending on pensions could be reduced by a partial switch to privately funded schemes; emphasises that a stronger focus sion systems, the fundamental public responsibility for funding these systems, and the additional second privately funded pensions would increase the need for appropriate regulation of private pension fundillar pension systems under responsibility of the social partners and disagrees with a partial switch to privately funded schemes;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
on labour taxation in15. Stresses the need for the 15. Stresses the need for the Member Member States to preserve States to preserve adequate levels of adequate levels of funding for funding for social security and pensions social security and pensions systems, the need to for them to find systems, the need to for them to alternative and robust tax bases in face of find alternative and robust tax bases increased competition brought about by in face of increased competition globalisation; warns of the possible brought about by globalisation; reduction of tax revenue caused by flat tax warns of the possible reduction of rates, given the fact that they are strictly tax revenue caused by flat tax rates, related to the total number of people in the given the fact that they are strictly labour force; stresses the importance of related to the total number of reducing reliance on labour taxation in people in the labour force; stresses order to increase the competitiveness of the importance of reducing reliance Member States economies and provide more work incentives; recognises the complexity involved in shifting to a more capital taxation, given the smaller capital tax base and greater mobility of capital, but stresses the need for higher tax rates on capital-intensive enterprises; suggests that increasing the use of environmental taxes and greater reliance on consumption as tax base be considered, and thus the need for greater progressiveness, which would reduce the pressure on lower incomes;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Observes that public funding of health care contributes to efficiency and fairness by providing protection against financial risk and by not linking payments to the risk of ill health, whereas, in contrast, private contribution mechanisms involve limited or no pooling of risks and usually link payments to the risk of ill health and ability to pay; and regrets the proposals of the European Commission for more competition in and liberalising healthcare services;
2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL