5 Amendments of Birgit SIPPEL related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the financial organisation of pension systems and retirement schemes can also be improved if the Member States significantly increase the level of employment, by measures adapted to all social groups (young people, the elderly, women and the unemployed) and at the same time take steps to prevent job insecurity and combat undeclared labour;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Member States to consider whether the pension systems and retirement schemes in place can be funded solely by the groups of people at present involved and, if need be, to ascertain whether other forms of revenue, for instance from capital or rental income, should not be taken into account to fund social security systems;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States toConsiders that in view of the current budgetary pressure social spending has played a significant economic and social role in softening the effect of the crisis; considers introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the this regard that pay-as-you- go schemes have demonstrated their fundamental role in creating solidarity within and between generations; also considers that the second and third pillar; notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structureve a supplementary role to play in this regard;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends, and the consequent need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, are not uniform throughout the European Union; but believes it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy, which requires a concerted effort in terms of combating unemployment, achieving a proper work-life balance and addressing immigration;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to athe voluntary prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for longer and by penalising companies which make older workers redundant before the statutory retirement age; calls on the Commission to run information campaigns for citizens, and more particularly for management and human resource managers, to counteract the mistaken idea that experienced workers are less productive; calls for the maintenance of, if not an increase in, the funding for lifelong learning programmes in future proposals for the EU’s annual budget;