12 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2010/2027(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, as a consequence of their longer life expectancy, women women live longer than men and make up a growing proportion of the elderly population,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact that reconciling work and family life is possible only if accessible and affordable good-quality care services for families are provided, and that, if there is no encouragement for broadening the various services for families, the birth rate will fall, greatly exacerbating the ageing of European society;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that older women on the labour market often suffer direct or indirect discrimination, and indeed multiple discrimination, a situation which needs to be properly addressed;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores the fact that people’s patterns of employment are becoming increasingly uneven and insecure as a result of temporary work, the growth of short-term contracts, undeclared work, precarious and marginal employment and unemployment;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU to pursue an effective policy to ensure that older workers can remain available for work and are not subject to age discrimination;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that youth unemployment is one of our most pressing problems because it leads to denial of opportunities, exclusion, rising social costs and a waste of valuable human resources; it is therefore very important to ensure young people’s social inclusion, to provide them with the possibility of obtaining suitable employment and to support youth entrepreneurship;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises the need for young people to have long-term prospects, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to promote learning mobility and quality traineeships for young people, to create more employment opportunities for young people and to ensure that they participate fully in society, to invest in young people and to encourage youth opportunities so that the next generation enjoys its full rights and maintains its dignity;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Emphasises that particular attention must be paid to the start of young people’s careers and to doing everything possible to encourage their successful entry onto the labour market, because an unsuccessful start to a young person’s working career could have an impact on the rest of his or her life and on his or her activities on the labour market;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point ii
Paragraph 17 – point ii
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes the need for EU-wide measures to increase birth rates, without which it will not be possible to deal with the problems of an ageing Europe;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that, if the conditions for reconciling professional, family and private life are absent from the labour market, there will be no encouragement for the various services to families to be broadened, and the birth rate will fall, greatly exacerbating the ageing of European society;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Emphasises the need to take account of the practice in all Member States in this area of social policy because national pension systems differ between the Member States;