58 Amendments of Norica NICOLAI related to 2010/2017(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas every generation worries about its teenagers and fears for them or in some cases just fears them; whereas a society's moral values can be gauged simply by observing the way in which it treats its teenagers; whereas 'it takes a village to bring up a child', i; whereas the public perception is that juvenile delinquency is on the rise; whereas this matter affects a particularly vulnerable portion of ther words the necessary supervision sometimes has to be brought to bear while young persons are being brought up by population and has greater negative impact than adult crime; whereas many of the victims of juvenile delinquency are otheir parents within the familyyoung people,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas the above concerns are not new; whereas it should not be forgotten that juvenile delinquents are, according to the Member States, in the minority - given that most teenagers manage to make the transition from childhood to adulthood without too many problems; whereas attention should now be focused in addition on the increased variety of forms of delinquent behaviour while also taking into account the lack of awareness among adults and the yawning gaps in their knowledge in the minority,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas juvenile delinquency is no longer confined to acts of violence against others, theft, gang crime, smoking, drinking, taking socially accepted drugs such as cannabis, the influence of cults, or suicidal acts, but it now also extends to early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a prime vehicle, dangerous games such as the ‘scarf game’ (voluntary strangulation), Jackass, happy slapping, gang rape, substances which are smoked, drunk or injected, self-harm, or the glorification of anorexia, excesses of which teenagers can be both instigators and victims,deleted
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 18(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines the role of parents as the primary public measure for ensuring the best interests of the child and requires states to actively support parents;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. For the purpose of this resolution, the following definition of ‘juvenile delinquency’ shall be employed throughout the text: c. “A juvenile is a child or a young person who under the respective Member States legal systems, may be dealt with for an offence in a manner which is different from an adult, d. An offence is any behaviour (act or omission) that is punishable by law under the respective legal systems, A juvenile offender or delinquent is a child or young person who is alleged to have committed or who has been found to have committed an offence," (A/RES/40/33 UN Beijing Rules 29 Nov. 1985).
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas these excesses are particularly worrying because they are often made easier by new technologies, on account of the anonymity and hence impunity that they allow, and by the amount of spare time which so many teenagers have, bearing in mind the period termed ‘adolescence’ now starts earlier and sometimes ends after a person has officially come of age,deleted
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that these international institutions do not give adequate consideration to the socioeconomic aspects of juvenile delinquency and are not as explicit about the overall material conditions required in order to rule out direct or indirect discrimination against women and men on the labour market;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas girls in the juvenile system have unique mental and physical needs which require gender-specific programmes and services; since many of the girls in the juvenile justice system have experienced some form of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse; since many of the girls are mothers, which presents a unique set of issues, including the separation of young mothers from their children,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas assessments of the problem vary depending on the Member States concerned, individual or collective beliefs, trends in society the categories of oit is difficult to formulate EU- wide assessments of juvenile delinquency, due to Member States employing varying definitions of the issue, significant differences between juvenile justice systems, and difference, ors in the sample groups and methods used for researchages of juvenile criminal responsibility,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas political activities should not, therefore, be centralised at the Community decision-making level; whereas, however, the EU could do more to support national initiatives by providing budgets for projects set up by governments, NGOs, or networks for the exchange of best practices and information, with respect to individual Member State policies and legislation, a EU-level common strategy on combating and preventing juvenile delinquency is necessary in order to effectively target this issue; a strategy of this kind would incorporate existing EU programmes related to juvenile delinquency and it would also reunite national governments, NGOs and other relevant specialist networks in order to exchange information on best practices and to develop policy instruments aimed specifically at juvenile delinquency,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas combating juvenile delinquency should not be used as a pretext for restricting personal freedoms; whereas every person is a human being, regardless of his or her socio-economic status; and whereas every citizen should consequently be allowed to act for his or her own benefit and for the good of others nor to discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion and/or sexual orientation,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the development of a EU- wide common strategy would require the allocation of specific budget resources, such as the introduction of budget lines by the European Commission, to clearly assist juvenile delinquency programs,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the European Union and its Member States are still struggling to become the most dynamic knowledge- based economy in the world, whilst priorities have shifted to the need for a common-sense-based economy,deleted
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that juvenile delinquency now also extends to dangerous games, gender violence, rape or gang rape, early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a prime vehicle,; abuse of substances which are smoked, drunk, or injected, and eating disorders, excesses of which teenagers can be both instigators and victims;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas parental responsibility for building the human and social capacity of future generations should be viewed first and foremost in economic terms as a social cohesion issue, thus making for a better understanding of the interdependence of equal opportunities policies, effective parenting, and measures to combat juvenile delinquency,deleted
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas international institutions, in addition to focusing on parental responsibility for children’s development and for building their human and social capacity, also stress the importance of parental vigilance and involvement to combat lawless behaviour by young people and the violence that they inflict on others; where, however, those institutions are not as explicit about the material conditions required in order to make for effective parenting and rule out direct or indirect discrimination against women and men on the labour market and the disadvantages that they would suffer if national social security systems were to be covertly undermined, whether immediately or with a time lag not enough emphasis is placed on the relevance of the social cohesion aspect of the matter, in terms of the correlation between poverty and social exclusion and incidents of juvenile delinquency,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas companies naturally expect their apprentices or young professionals to have not only technical expertise and job skills, but also ‘flexible skills’ in terms of their human and social capacity; whereas political institutions, on the other hand, are less explicit about the direct or indirect financial cost entailed in investment in human and social capacity building for future generations, in spite of the fact that any other investment to serve the common good is normally factored into GDP,deleted
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the tendency to make men and women submit to the ever increasing demands of the inept flexicurity imposed by the labour market, because it supposedly improves performance, raises the question whether the goal to pursue within the EU should be a competition- driven social economy geared to human needs as reflected in social relations thus laying emphasis on individual and collective conscience, freedom and responsibility,deleted
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, mothers and children are entitled to special aid and assistance and whereas, parents, as a matter of priority, have the right to choose what kind of upbringing their children should have have the obligation to respect and uphold those stated rights,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the family is the first place where social interaction occurs for children and that an extended family circle nurturing home environment plays a vital role in prevention and rehabilitation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas although the family is unquestionably the first environment in which the children are socialised in terms of their perception of the world and their behaviour, it is no longer the only environment involved nor indeed is its role invariably the most decisive; whereas the family, traditional or not, is key in providing a healthy, safe and nurturing environment during a child’s formative years; whereas the family is also crucial in terms of the prevention and rehabilitation of a juvenile delinquent,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas although the family is unquestionably the first environment in which the children are socialised in terms of their perception of the world and their behaviour, it is no longer the only environment involved nor indeed is its role invariably the most decisive; whereas the family, traditional or not, is key in providing a healthy, safe and nurturing environment during a child’s formative years; whereas the family is also crucial in terms of the prevention and rehabilitation of a juvenile delinquent,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages social services, where appropriate, to monitor deviant behaviour while ensuring that this is not seen as stigmatising or restricting young people;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas it has been noted in numerous studies that the increase in juvenile crime has been reported in states with a particularly explosive mix of racial tension, poverty, drug abuse, broken families, unemployment, and alienation or in states dealing with the impact of rapid social and economic changes,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the concept of multiple discrimination - as including considerations of different ethnic minorities, socioeconomic factors, and gender - needs to be definreassessed at European level in the light of GDP indicatorand evaluated in correlation to income levels,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas teenagers need to be allowed their say and hence given the opportunity to articulate the expectations which they have of society, in order to avoid blind, unthinking law-and-order policy, as exemplified by 'Do you know where your child is now?', a European project set up by the Slovak Government to raise parental awareness as a means of prevention,deleted
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas the experience of the World Movement of Mothers demonstrates the usefulness of appealing to mothers in distressed areas in order to secure their active involvement for the purposes of framing, establishing, implementing, and assessing public policies to combat juvenile delinquency,deleted
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas this resolution relates specifically to the interdependence of the various national and Community equal policies and effective parenting and their impact in terms of personal freedom and responsibility, solidarity between generations, building the human and social capital of future generations, andits impact in terms of combating juvenile delinquency,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to support professional counselling networks for families, couples having difficulty parenting, and adolescents with problems relating to at-risk lifestyles and forms of dependency;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to spell outinclude in their national statistics wh, the state costs society has to pay in connection with juvenile delinquency when parents have failed to exercise their responsibility;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Eurostat to develop further indicators serving to illustrate the long- term contribution in invisible economic terms, beyond GDP, that activities aimed at combating juvenile delinquency make to social cohesion and to the well-being of Member States;deleted
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to publish a study on the impact, not least on the budget, of gender mainstreaming processes for the purpose of assessing their relevance, effectiveness, long-term viability, and usefulness in terms of cost- effectiveness/added value, following the rule applied to every other European policy;deleted
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, whenever it submits a policy or legislative proposal, to produce and impact assessment showing, in the light of a long-term cost-benefit analysis, what effects the proposal will have in terms of intergenerational fairness and the actual exercise of family responsibility;deleted
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the French G-20 Chair, in its approach regarding the social consequences of globalisation and congratulates the rapporteur, Christine Boutin, on the preparations being made for the report;deleted
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on national law-makers to widen cooperation with civil society representatives to include organisations representing women/mother and men/fathers, researchers, family or parents' organisations, youth workers, social workers, churches and religious communities recognised under current national law, charities or humanitarian organisations, the media and the police,;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on national law-makers to widen cooperation with civil society representatives to include organisations representing women/mother and men/fathers, researchers, family or parents' organisations, youth workers, social workers, churches and religious communities recognised under current national law, charities or humanitarian organisations, the media and the police,;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Invites the Member States and the, social partners to increase wages, and the private education sector to analyze the possibility of adequate remuneration in the early childhood and education sectors;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7. (a) new Calls on the European Commission to propose a Common European Strategy to combat juvenile delinquency; the Strategy would address the following points: a. a need for operational coordination and an interdisciplinary approach between all the European Union policies (justice and security, employment, social affairs, women and gender rights) involved in combating juvenile delinquency, b. incorporate all relevant NGOs, civil society organisations, networks, and specialists, in order to create a pan- European space where to exchange information and best practices;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onUrges the Member States to establish re-education and social reintegration programmes for juvenile delinquents and, as regards judicial matters, to apply a ‘zero tolerance’ policy to adults, irrespective of their social status, who encourage teenagers to commit crimes for example by helping them to obtain hard drugs, cannabis, or other substances to smoke, drink or injectrengthen and promote a three-way approach to combating juvenile delinquency: prevention, judicial measures and reintegration and rehabilitation; a. prevention measures would include: (i). facilitating the access of young people and parents to counselling provided by staff trained in child psychology; (ii). establishing special telephone 'hotlines' where, victims and parents of victims but also perpetrators, can call and seek guidance from specially trained staff; (iii). juvenile delinquency awareness campaigns conducted in schools;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onUrges the Member States to establish re-education and social reintegration programmes for juvenile delinquents and, as regards judicial matters, to apply a ‘zero tolerance’ policy to adults, irrespective of their social status, who encourage teenagers to commit crimes for example by helping them to obtain hard drugs, cannabis, or other substances to smoke, drink or inject; rengthen and promote a three-way approach to combating juvenile delinquency: prevention, judicial measures and reintegration and rehabilitation; a. prevention measures would include: (i). facilitating the access of young people and parents to counselling provided by staff trained in child psychology; (ii). establishing special telephone 'hotlines' where, victims and parents of victims but also perpetrators, can call and seek guidance from specially trained staff; (iii). juvenile delinquency awareness campaigns conducted in schools;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the institutions to recognisMember States and the institutions to analyse the possibility of taking the professional and extra- professional activity, notably that of women, in terms of ‘life cycle’ into the consideration of national social protection schemes;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the Member States and the social partners, to review the policies on work-life balance with a view to ensuring that the direct or indirect financial costs incurred in order to give effect to parental responsibility are borne not by industry but by the community as a whole, so as to stamp out discriminatory behaviour at the workplace and support effective parenting;deleted
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that family mainstreaming, which also approaches different policies (eg. social, education and financial policies as well as the crime laws etc.) from the family perspective, is a key instrument for coordinating efforts aimed at preventing youth crime behaviour;deleted
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages all Member States to allocate sufficient resources to confinement or rehabilitation centres, in order to provide for adequately trained staff which would include: multi-lingual training in the dominant minority languages, sensitivity training with respect to different cultures, ethnicities and religions (for example, to allow prayer during Ramadan);
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to promote fiscal policy framed in such a way as to allow for the financial obligations entailed, notablyin which to encourage the allocation of more resources for the costs inherent in the different types of childcare;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to support and promote the operational programmes launched by the Commission in connection with the European Alliance for Families; calls on the Commission to step up the development of tools providing a systematic basis for the exchange of good practice and research in this field;deleted
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the authorities to take the steps required to put women and men in a better position to choose how they wish to achieve work-life balance in order to exercise their parental responsibility to more fruitful effect;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the authorities to take the steps required to put women and men in a better position to choose how they wish to achieve work-life balance in order to exercise their parental responsibility to more fruitful effect;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Maintains that any employee wishing to take a break from work to work less in order to devote him-/herself to parenting should be allowed to work flexible hours; calls on small and medium-sized enterprises to cooperate more actively and on the authorities to bring greater financial flexibility to bear on their budget estimates as regards State aid;deleted
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to promote fiscal policy framed in such a way as to allow for the financial obligations entailed in parenting, including childcare costs, and to apply tax arrangements or a tax relief system to that end;deleted