Activities of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2011/2052(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas any stringent budgetary policy needs to be intelligent, with scope for contracyclical investment in major policy priorities,
Amendment L #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocationalConsiders that a full and effective way out of poverty can only be found if the appropriate strengthening of social protection instruments is accompanied by significant reinforcement of education and training paths at every level; supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty; supports access to validation of acquired experience and life-long training, and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups; s a means of reducing poverty by securing access to employment, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to help them to access decent jobs; regards it as essential, therefore, for life-long learning programmes to be implemented properly and developed, and for Member States to cooperate in the fields of education and vocational training and personalised job-seeking assistance, and stresses that more measures of this kind must be taken to assist the most vulnerable sectors of the population; recommends the development of an EU strategy to tackle in-work poverty and create quality jobs, agreeing principles for quality work;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas the inability of people living in poverty to make use of basic banking services, such as withdrawals, transfers or standing orders, is a considerable obstacle to their re-entry to the labour market and reintegration into society,
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the three component strands of the European strategy for the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market set out in the Commission’s 2008 recommendation, namely: -sufficient income support: Member States should recognise the individual’s basic right to adequate resources and social assistance as part of a comprehensive and consistent drive to combat social exclusion; -inclusive labour markets: the Member States should provide persons whose condition renders them fit for work with effective help to enter or re-enter, and stay in, employment that corresponds to their work capacity; -access to quality services: the Member States should ensure those concerned receive appropriate social support to facilitate their economic and social inclusion;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocational training and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups; access to validation of acquired experience and life-long training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to help them to access decent jobs; regards it as essential, therefore, for life- long learning programmes to be implemented properly and developed, and for Member States to cooperate in the fields of education and vocational training;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that a full and effective way out of poverty can only be found if the appropriate strengthening of social protection instruments is accompanied by significant reinforcement of education and training paths at every level;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises that the European Social Fund remains the main instrument specifically intended to ensure social inclusion and considers that it must be strengthened in order to meet effectively the ambitious aims set in the EU 2020 Strategy and in the Platform against poverty;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for the establishment of wage equality between men and women and for equal treatment of EU workers and third- country nationals;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Agrees with the Commission that importance should be attached to promoting corporate social responsibility in the context of the combating of poverty and social exclusion, and calls on it to weigh up the possibility of adopting legislative measures in that respect;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to assess the role of high indebtedness in poverty and to promote an exchange of best practice within the Platform on the means to tackle high indebtedness;