7 Amendments of Georges BACH related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the European Council in March 2001 already endorsed the three- pronged Stockholm Strategy aimed at: reducing public debt at a fast pace, raising employment rates and productivity levels and reforming pension, health care and long-term care systems;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas pension schemes within and across Member States significantly differ, e.g. regarding extent of funding, level of government involvement, governance structure, claim type, cost-efficiency, degree of collectiveness and solidarity, and therefore a common EU typology is not available;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
Paragraph 4 – point ii
ii. a funded, employment-related, mandatory collective second-pillar pension, preferably governed by (sectoral) social partners and with compulsory participation of employers and workers concerned;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the Lisbon Strategy 2000- 2010, in the context of which the Commission and the Member States, during a decade, exhaustively discussed structural reforms with regard to macro- economic, micro-economic and employment policy, resulting in Treaty based country specific recommendations to Member States, many of which directly or indirectly related to safeguarding adequate and sustainable pensions; deplores the lack of implementation of these recommendations which could, to an important extent, have alleviated the impact of the crisis;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the comprehensive and high-quality publications 2012 Ageing Report and 2012 Adequacy Report that explore the long-term adequacy and sustainability of pension systems in all Member States; deplores the fact that the adequacy and sustainability dimensions of pensions are covered in separate reports of a highly technical nature; urgently requests the Commission and the Council to publish an integrated, concise, non- technical citizen's summary, which allows EU citizens to assess the challenges facing their national pension system in a EU comparison;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the significant heterogeneity of pension schemes across the EU yet emphasises the importance for workers changing jobs within or outside their Member State not to have their mobility hampered by concerns about acquiring and preserving occupational pension entitlements; endorses the approach advocated by the Commission to focus on safeguarding the acquisition and preservation of pensions entitlements, aiming atnd calls on Member States to ensuringe that dormant pension rights of mobile workers are treated in line with those of active scheme members or those of retirees; is of the opinion that mobility on the labour market is hampered by long vesting periods and calls on Member States to lower those;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers the development that people in general lead longer, healthier and wealthier lives as one of the greatest achievements of modern society; calls for a positive tone in the ageing debate, on the one hand actively coping with the significant but surmountable challenge that ageing poses, on the other hand seizing the opportunities that ageing and the silver economy bring; acknowledges the very active and valuable role that the elderly play in our societies;