9 Amendments of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. Points out that according to the Eurostat at-risk-of poverty indicator, in 2008 nearly 85 million persons in the European Union were at-risk-of poverty , and that according to the indicator ‘material deprivation’ it is estimated that the respective figure would rise to 120 million persons; considers that from the Council's decision on poverty-indicators there may arise ambiguities concerning the overall reduction target of lifting 20 million persons out of poverty and exclusion by 2020 (reduction of 23.5 % according to Eurostat at-risk-of poverty indicator, but only 16.7 % according to ‘material deprivation’);
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Points out that, according to the European Parliament's study 'Social protection as an Economic Stabilizer', social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side., and that evidence indicates that social spending may have a larger stabilising effect than the average of total government expenditure;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that, since equal and full participation in economical, political and social life should be realised as an individual right, active social inclusion policies should use a holistic approach to eradicate poverty and social exclusion, especially by ensuring full access to quality social services and services of general (economic) interest for all;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that only decent employment based on the International Labour Organisation's decent work principles and the principle of 'good work', including gender mainstreaming, together with the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace can help to lift people out of poverty and social exclusion, and thereby contribute to broad political and cultural participation in the European society;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
5 c. Remembers that the 'European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010' was supposed to be not only a media campaign, but to further stimulate multidimensional policies against poverty and more advanced poverty indicators; therefore asks the Commission to give a critical overview about new measures undertaken by Member States to overcome poverty and social exclusion in this context;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
5 d. Invites the Commission and the Council to take due account of Parliaments demands raised in its resolutions of 15 November 2007 on Social Reality Stocktaking[1], of 9 October 2008 on promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU[2], of 6 May 2009 on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market[3] and of 19 October 2010 on the role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an participative society in Europe when designing policies and measures for the next stage of the OMC on Social Inclusion and Social Protection, the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion, involving all stakeholders in a participatory process; ([1] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2007)0541. [2] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0467. [3] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0371.)
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission to closely examine obstacles for social participation such as energy poverty, financial exclusion and obstacles in access to information and communication technology (ICT);
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
5 f. Demands that measures to establish a greener and climate friendly economy should go hand in hand with all efforts to eradicate poverty; therefore expresses it's concern that in some Member States the costs for energy efficiency of housing shall be passed on to the tenants;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 g (new)
5 g. Remembers that the fight against poverty and social exclusion is to be pursued both within the European Union and externally, in order to fulfil the European Union's and the Member State's commitment to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015;