19 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2014/2237(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 4 June 2013 on the Commission Communication 'Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020'1 b , __________________ 1b Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0266.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2011 on reducing health inequalities in the EU1 c , __________________ 1c OJ C 199E , 7.7.2012, p. 25.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
— having regard to the Save the Children (2014) report ‘Child poverty and social exclusion in Europe', Brussels, 2014, p. 5,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A a (new)
Recital –A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas greater political visibility should be given to fighting child poverty at the highest EU political level, if EU is to meet Europe 2020 strategy targets to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-A b. Whereas the majority of Member States so far have given little attention on using EU Structural Funds to fight the alarming and still growing rates of poverty among children in Europe as well as promote their social inclusion and general well-being;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas according to Eurostat the main factors affecting child poverty are labour market situation of the parents, which is linked to their level of education, the composition of the household in which the children live and the effectiveness of the government intervention through income support and the provision of enabling services;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas it is alarming that in countries such as Estonia, Greece and Italy,some Member States the percentage of children whothat cannot afford to eat meat, chicken or fish two days running has doubled since 2008;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part- time workers and wage discrimination between men and women;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health and healthcare is enshrined in law, there are many children who do not have access to a family doctor or dentistdequate healthcare, and some children that have extremely limited access to services beyond emergency care;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. Whereas all children have the right to be protected from abuse, violence and neglect and that research has concluded that financial pressures within families and, cuts in public services put children at greater risk and that so-calleand austerity measures are leading to greater violence against children;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Calls on the Commission to set a Europe 2020 sub-target on reducing child poverty and social exclusion and to make the reduction of child poverty and social exclusion visible and explicit in all states of the European Semester; also calls on the Commission to include a specific section with the binding target in each Annual Growth Survey on fighting child poverty and promoting their wellbeing;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the European Commission and the European Parliament to take the opportunity provided by the Europe 2020 mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework to increase the appropriations from the European Social Fund and the Food Aid Program for the most deprived groups and to check if children are a priority in the programming and implementation of regional and cohesion policies, as well as to create indicators to analyse child poverty;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to include a specific and binding indicator on children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introducemplement legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; and to safeguard the return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave; on this regard, strongly opposes the Commission´s intention to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive and calls on the Council to engage proactively with the Parliament and Commission in order to unblock the Maternity Leave Directive; stresses furthermore that reinforcing legislation on paternity leave which gives an important boost to combat gender and pay discrimination in work;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RecommendsCalls on thate Member States to develop proactive and integrated social policies that prevent poverty and the departureremoval of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a child guarantee so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition and calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a specific fund to develop the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and integrate the labour market;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends thatCalls the Commission and Member States to develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty, social exclusion, inequalities and discrimination and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, and the Indicators Sub-Group of the Social Protection Committee, going beyond the AROPE indicator; further indicators should be developed to assess better the quality of services, outcomes and access to services, e.g. in relation to the socio- economic status and background of parents (migrant or minority), gender, disability and geographical aspects;