9 Amendments of Birgit SIPPEL related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lowering of pension benefits in many Member States as a consequence of the severe escalation of the financial and economic crisis; emphasises that this represents the continuation of a liberal policy of cutting pensions initiated prior to the crisis; deplores the severe cuts in the Member States hardest hit by the crisis that have pushed many pensioners into poverty or put them at risk of poverty;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the likelihood of a long- term, low-growth economic scenario, which will require Member States to consolidate their budgets and reform their economies under austere conditions; subscrib and an increased risk of poverty for vulnerable groups; emphasises, therefore, tohat the view expressed in the Commission’s White Paper that people will need to build up complementary occupational and if possible private pension savingspriority must be to guarantee a sound first pillar in the long term;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that first-pillar pensions remain the most important source of income for pensioners; calls on Member States to implement reforms to their first-pillar systems aligning contributory years to the changing ratio between pensioners and people in working age, taking account of employment rates, also to prevent public pension costs crowding out other important government spending; calls on the Member States to ensure first-pillar pensions - if necessary complemented by minimum income provisions - to providguarantee a decent minimum incomliving standard and economic independence;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that most workers in the EU are not covered by occupational pension schemes and that most groups in society likewise have no access to third- pillar pensions;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i
Paragraph 4 – point i
i. a public, first- pillar, decent minimum pension which guarantees a decent standard of living;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that implementing structural reforms aimed at having more people work more and longer is the only feasiblein high-quality employment which is subject to social insurance requirements, and having them remain in such work for longer, can be a way tof generateing the tax revenues and social and pension premiums needed to consolidate Member State budgets and to fund adequate, safe and sustainable pension schemes; points to the risk of part-time work, marginal work and other forms of atypical employment leading to only partial pension entitlements, making poverty more prevalent in old age; calls on the Member States to put funds aside to combat the rising public costs of the retiring population;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that a rise in employment rates under the Europe 2020 Strategy can help to safeguard the funding of State pension systems, especially by enabling particularly vulnerable groups to find work and by means of active labour market policies which promote high- quality full employment;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the assumption behind early retirement schemes, whereby older workers are allowed to retire early so as to make jobs available for the young, has been proven empirically wrong as the Member States displaying the highest youth employment rates, on average, are also the ones displaying the highest employment rates for older workers; stresses that mentoring schemes can be a valuable tool for the purpose of keeping older employees in work for longer and exploiting their experience to help integrate young people into the employment market;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to act vigorously to realise the ambitions formulated in the EU Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) that focus on closing gender gaps and combat gender segregation and on promoting a better work-life balance for women and men; stresses that these objectives are key to raising female employment and to fighting female poverty in working and old age;Does not affect the English version.