17 Amendments of Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Title 1
Title 1
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – indent 5
Recital A – indent 5
– the importance of avoiding gender inequalities in pensions, resulting in particular from imbalances in the way men and women participate in the reconciliation of work and care;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in many EU countries fertility rates remain low, leading to a drop in the number of people of working age in the future;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Title 2
Title 2
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas falling employment and rising unemployment has hurt pay-as-you-go pension schemes, while funded systems are hit by disappointing financial markets returns;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reminds that the Pension Funds Directive applies only to voluntary pension schemes and does not cover any instruments being part of the obligatory public pension scheme.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the likelihood of a long- term, low-growth economic scenario, which will require Member States to consolidate their budgetpublic finances and reform their economies under austere conditions; subscribes, therefore, to the view expressed in the Commission's White Paper that people will need to build up complementary occupational and if possible private pension savings;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that first-pillarpublic pension schemes remain the most important source of income for pensioners; calls on Member States to implement reforms to their first-pillarpublic systems aligning contributory years and retirement age to the changing ratio between pensioners and people in working age, also to prevent public pension costs crowding out other important government spending, particularly social investments; calls on the Member States to ensure first-pillarpublic pension schemes −- if necessary complemented by minimum income provisions −- to provide a decent minimum income;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Title 3
Title 3
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i
Paragraph 4 – point i
i. a public, first-pillar, pension system, that would include either or both pay-as-you-go and funded component, with a guarantee of a decent minimum pension;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
Paragraph 4 – point ii
ii. a funded,widely accessible employment-related, mandatory collective second-pillar occupational pension funds, preferably governed by (sectoral) social partners;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii
Paragraph 4 – point iii
iii. an individual third-pillar pension based on privateprivate pension savings;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that to arrive at a comprehensive solution to the pension challenge, taking into account the need to work longer, to adapt working conditions and promote lifelong learning so as to enable people to work longer, consensus between governments and social partners is paramount;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the main thrust of the White Paper that suggests focusing on: balancing time spent in work and retirement; developing complementary occupational and private pension savings, and enhancing the EU's pension monitoring tools and pension literacy;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the social partners to adopt a life-cycle approach to human resources management and to adapt workplaces; calls on employers to create adequate working conditions and come up with programmes to ensure that employees can work longer; calls on workers to engage actively in available training opportunities and programmes that enable people to keep themselves fit for the labour market at all stages of their working life;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the call in the White Paper for developing funded, complementary occupational pensions and private savings; stresses, however, that the Commission should rather recommend collective mandatory occupational pension savings, as collective (second pillar)occupational pension systems −- usually governed by (sectoral) social partners −- allow for solidarity within and between generations, whereas individual schemes do not; stresses the need to start building up complementary occupational pension systems now, despite the crisis;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22