Activities of Elizabeth LYNNE related to 2011/2052(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,
Amendment HH #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a compelling, helpful and necessary indicator, but where of relative poverty, but should be complemented by other indicators such as the concept and calculation of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as muchat national level (which does not constitute a direct response to the specific situation of people suffering from poverty) and those agreed at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in June 2010 (at-risk-of poverty, material deprivation and jobless households) as a matter of public policy needs,
Amendment O #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Rrecommends that the Member States introduce or further develop measures designed to help people with disabilities find jobs with private companiedevelop new measures designed to help vulnerable and socially excluded groups, especially people with disabilities, find jobs with enterprises, including social economy enterprises, or public bodies, so as to promote inclusion, not least in those regions that are economically weakest and socially more vulnerable, and recommends that they implement existing legislation, such as the 2000 Employment Directive; recommends that the Member States safeguard that people with disabilities participate in education from their early childhood by lifting existing barriers and assisting them; recommends that the Member States promote access to barrier-free environments for public bodies, so as to promote inclusioneople with disabilities and pay particular attention to the situation of early childhood education and care in order to prevent instances of children with disabilities dropping out irreversibly and hopelessly at an early stage; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up exchanges of best practices and to introduce multifaceted measures for the integration of the disabled into the job market;
Amendment R #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination; Urges the Member States to agree and adopt as soon as possible the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426); calls on the Commission to continue to support the overcoming of technical difficulties within the Council in order to ensure a swift agreement is reached, and to close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects, with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination; Note: A citation referring to the Kosa report will be added by oral amendment.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a helpful and necessary indicator, but whereas the concept of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as much a matter of public policy needs,; highlights that other indicators such as the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ and those agreed at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in June 2010 (at-risk-of poverty, material deprivation and jobless households) are also useful;
Amendment W #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomelaunch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes it is wrong for older workers to be forced to stop working because of an arbitrarily concluded compulsory retirement age; believes also that scrapping the compulsory retirement age will help achieve the Europe 2020 target of having at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on Member States to look again at the feasibility of scrapping compulsory retirement ages, which prevent people who want to carry on working from doing so, while maintaining a pensionable age so that those people who want to retire can do so and still receive their pension and retirement-based benefits;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States introduce or further develop measuresdevelop new measures and implement existing legislation, such as the 2000 Employment Directive, designed to help people with disabilities find jobs with private companies or public bodies, so as to promote inclusion;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directivecontinue to facilitate negotiations to help unblock the horizontal anti-discrimination directive currently being considered by the Council of Ministers with a view to further eradicating discrimination;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework direhelp Member States share best practivce on minimum income, designed levels to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of developing policy proposals at Member State level to tackle problems associated with poverty and exclusion, such as homelessness and drug and alcohol addiction. Calls for a more effective exchange of best practice in these areas between Member States.