Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2010/2162(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the face of female poverty in the European Union
Amendments (3)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council's decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicator agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the "jobless household" indicator may systematically neglect problems such as female poverty, in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion; urges Member States not to abuse the freedom to choose their indicator for achieving less ambitious anti-poverty targets;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of individually based social security and pension rights so as to guarantee economic independence for women and men;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a Underlines that adequately increased financing for and effective usage of the European Social Fund (ESF) should be ensured in order to provide adequate resources for measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment and measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, especially women, including those confronted with precarious and insecure contracts; stresses that ESF regulations should be revised and changed to reach those who need it most, that visibility and transparency should be enhanced, that the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and that further emphasis should be placed on the long-term sustainability of the projects; therefore calls for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social inclusion; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects; stresses that single parents are often alone in educating their children and demands that the Barcelona targets for childcare provision should be fully implemented;