8 Amendments of Juan Andrés NARANJO ESCOBAR related to 2007/2290(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, in the 1. Urges the Member States, in the light of light of the Lisbon strategy and the the Lisbon strategy and the need for action need for action to keep the social to keep the social security and pensions security and pensions systems systems sustainable, to make more sustainable, to make more progress progress in shifting from a social in shifting from a social expenditure to a social activation outlook expenditure to a social activation and to attract and retain more people in outlook and to attract and retain quality employment on a basis of greater more people in quality market transparency, increase labour employment, increase labour supply, modernise social protection supply, modernise social protection systems and increase investment in human systems and increase investment in capital through better education and human capital through better training throughout people's working education and training; lives;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its belief that EU labour law should reinforce employment contracts of inthe EU's policies and guideflinite duration as the general form of employment under which adequate social and health protection is provided and respect for fundamental rights is ensuredes and the Member States' laws should promote job security, since this is vital in order to advance economically viable welfare arrangements;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
6. Points to the ongoing development of individualisation, which should be accompanied by more strenuous efforts to individualise social rights in order to enable people, especially women and other groups at risk of social exclusion, to become more independent;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a decreasing work 7. Believes that a decreasing work force force will, if the present situation will, if the present situation continues, continues, lead to a decrease in the need to be offset by incentives total number of hours worked; encouraging gradual and flexible considers that it may be necessary retirement, better organisation and to compensate this development by management of working time, increasing the hours worked by performance-based pay and improved the remaining workers or reducing efficiency and productivity, as key the number of people who work instruments for achieving sustainable part-time; growth;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
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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 and to encourage older workers to opt to stay on the labour market;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that increasing public spending on pensions could be reduced by a partial switch to privately funded schemes; emphasises that a stronger focus on privately funded pensions would increase the need for appropriate regulation of private pension fundsmoderated by the greater development of privately funded complementary pensions, both collective and individual;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for the Member States to preserve Member States to preserve adequate levels of funding for adequate levels of funding for social security and pensions social security and pensions systems, the need to for them to systems, the need to for them to find alternative and robust tax bases find alternative and robust tax bases in face of increased competition in face of increased competition brought about by globalisation; brought about by globalisation; warns of the possible reduction of warns of the possible reduction of tax revenue caused by flat tax rates, tax revenue caused by flat tax rates, given the fact that they are strictly given the fact that they are strictly related to the total number of related to the total number of people in the labour force; stresses people in the labour force; stresses the importance of reducing reliance the importance of reducing reliance on labour taxation in order to on labour taxation in order to increase the competitiveness of increase the competitiveness of Member States economies and Member States economies and provide more work incentives; provide more work incentives; recognises the complexity involved recognises the complexity involved in shifting to a more capital in shifting to a more capital taxation, given the smaller capital taxation, given the smaller capital tax base and greater mobility of tax base and greater mobility of capital; suggests that increasing capital; suggests studying new the use of environmental taxes and forms of taxation which would greater reliance on consumption improve the financial as tax base be considered, and thus sustainability of social the need for greater expenditure, as well as other progressiveness, which would options which would reduce the reduce the pressure on lower tax burden on those with lower incomes; incomes;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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, unlike private health care, publicly funded health care is an effective contributor to equality, independently of the economic situation and the state of public health;