12 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2010/2115(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas one of the Union's primary objectives should be to afford competent and qualified women access to jobs that are currently difficult for them to obtain by removing the persistent barriers and gender inequalities that prevent women from advancing on their careers,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one of the Union’s primary objectives should be to ensure the equal opportunity of participation of women and men in decision making at all levels and areas, including in economic decision- making as women represent more than half of the European population and should be equally present when decisions that have an impact of the well-being of all are made,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the clear progress on women’s representation in Norway since the adoption in 2003 of legislation imposing a 40% threshold for female membershipthe representation of both women and men ofn the boards of listed companies with a workforce of more than 500;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States such as France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands in setting thresholds, which companies have to achieve, for women’s representation on management bodies, and is following the debate about women’s representation in other Member States such as Germany and Italy; notes that voicing a political will is the only way of getting binding measures adopted to help ensure meaningfuequal representation of men and women in corporate management bodies;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the measures announced by the Commission with a view to increasing the number of women on the boards of big companies and, in particular, the setting of realistic targets, namely 30% female representation by 2015 and 40% female representation by 2020;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the measures announced by the Commission on 1 March 2011, and in particular its intention to propose a European regulation in 2012 if companies do not increase the proportion of women on their decision-making bodies voluntarily;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that a policy of setting a minimum level of representation for men and women on corporate management bodies will not be fully effective without genuine and proportionate penalties for non-compliance;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that positions on corporate management bodies must not be given to women or men on an honorary basis, in order to achieve set thresholds, but must instead go to women or men who have proved themselves within the companies in question or in other fields;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point a
Paragraph 7 – point a
a. present comprehensive current data on female representation within companies in different economic sectors in the EU and on the measures taken by the business sector as well as those recently adopted by the various Member States with a view to increasing such representation,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point b
Paragraph 7 – point b
b. following this exercise and if the steps taken by companies and the Member States are found to be inadequate, to consider taking concrete measures forintroduce by 2012 the concrete measures announced on 1 March 2011 to increasing e female representation in corporate management bodies, while taking account of the Member States’ responsibilities and of their economic, structural (i.e. company- size related), legal and regional specificities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to draw up a road map settingfor the setting and implementation of specific, measurable, appropriate and realistic targets, with a timetable, for the achievement of balanced representation;