7 Amendments of Raffaele BALDASSARRE related to 2010/2027(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Given that civil society, the churches, and charities have a long and unbroken tradition of social support and development action, whether aimed at families or at every category of citizens in need, considers that their involvement in planning and carrying out measures of this kind will help to enhance policies centring on social and intergenerational solidarity, thus giving practical expression to the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for 2012 as the ‘European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations’ which will highlight the contribution that older people make to society and afford opportunities to get younger and older people working together; welcomes the fact that many voluntary organisations have declared 29 April a day of ‘Solidarity between Generations’;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that the family iCalls for the family to be accorded the recognition commensurate with its social value as the cornerstone of our society and isas the agency inherently associated with the transmission of values and with cooperation in a spirit of solidaritymoral values, with the upbringing of, and building character in, the young, with cooperation in a spirit of solidarity, and with the relationship to be fostered between generations; emphasises too that work and family life are rendered compatible in all the Member States through the provision of affordable, high- quality care and education for young children;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Member States to introduce measures to support parentsenter into permanent long-term commitments to the family, for example entitlement to additional allowances, measures to support mothers, and tax relief for in-company crèches and for voluntary, cooperation, and charitable organisations; likewise, encourages exchanges of proven good practice through the European Alliance for Families;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Maintains that the implementation of common immigration policies is just one of the key means required in order to tackle the demographic challenge and that such policies have to go hand in hand with policies in support of the family, which must be pursued resolutely and not by fits and starts;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Takes the view that migration, combined with successful integration, is one of the ways of coping with demographic change and, that too many people from a migrant background do not yet feel that they belong in the Member States where they live, and that a better balance needs to be struck between security policies and policies to promote the integration of migrants;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls attention to the severe regional imbalances apparent in terms of demographic change, and the fact that it sets in train processes of migration away from rural and peripheral regions, with the result that structural transformations in social and health care must be envisaged, funding must be made available for them and an intensive exchange of best practices must be undertaken, using a European network to be set up for that specific purpose;