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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

13.7.2007 PE 390.627v01-00

AMENDEMENTS 1-139

Draft report (PE 338.570v01-00)Elizabeth LynneSocial Protection and Social Inclusion 2007 (COM(2007)0063 – 2007/2104(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Amendment by Elizabeth Lynne

Amendment 1Citation 1

- having regard to the Commission communication entitled "Proposal for the Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion" (COM(2007)0013), and the Joint Report as adopted by the EPSCO Council on 22 February 2007,

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Amendment by Viktória Mohácsi

Amendment 2Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to Council Directive 200/43/EC and European Parliament resolution on the situation of the Roma in the European Union (25.4.2005),

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Amendment by Harlem Désir

Amendment 3Citation 2

- having regard to Articles 34, 35 and 36 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which define specifically the right to social and housing assistance, a high level of human health protection and access to services of general economic interest,

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Amendment by Richard Falbr


3a. having regard to the 1966 UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

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- having regard to the Commission Communication "Concerning a consultation on action at EU level to promote the active inclusion of the people furthest from the labour market" (COM(2006)0044) and the Synthesis Report on the outcomes of the consultation,

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Amendment by Mary Lou McDonald

Amendment 6Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas these objectives have been consistently subordinated to the objective of competitiveness,

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Amendment 7Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas progress towards this objective has been insufficient,

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Amendment by Evangelia Tzampazi

Amendment 8Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas over 50 million people and around 16% of the EU's total working population are disabled and the rate of unemployment among them is twice as high as among the able bodied,

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Amendment 9Recital D

D. whereas 78 million European citizens continue to live in poverty and 8% of the EU suffer from in work poverty and the gap between rich and poor in many EU Member States is increasing,

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Amendment by Ilda Figueiredo

Amendment 10Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas inequalities have steadily increased both amongst countries and amongst regions, communities and population groups, which makes it clear that current policies have not brought about genuine convergence;

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Amendment 11Recital F

F. Whereas the effects of inequality, poverty, social exclusion and lack of opportunity are interlinked, requiring a coherent strategy at Member State level focusing not only on income and wealth, but also on issues such as access to employment, education, health services, the information society, culture, transport and the life chances of future generations,

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Amendment by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

Amendment 12Recital G

G. Whereas poverty and unemployment have been linked to poor health due to factors such as poor diet, worse environments, (deletion), inadequate housing, stress, and the general living conditions of deprived communities principally in island, mountain and geographically remote areas and the EU inner cities, which often have poor access to healthcare,

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Amendment by Edit Bauer

Amendment 13Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas in most of the Member States children are at a greater risk of poverty and social exclusion than adults,

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Amendment 14Recital H

H. whereas poverty and inequality disproportionately affects women, whereas the average income of women is just 55% that of men, and elderly women have a more

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difficult access to labour market,

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Amendment by Jean Lambert

Amendment 15Recital Ha (new)

Ha. whereas poverty disproportionately affects poorly-educated persons, whereas Member States and Commission should come forward with a joint effort to improve access and right to education and training during the life course,

Or. en


Amendment 16Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas priority should be given under Community policies to the creation of jobs with entitlements, in particular for the benefit of the population groups which are most exposed to unemployment - especially young people, amongst whom the unemployment rate in several countries persistently exceeds 20%;

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Amendment by Marian Harkin


Ia. whereas carers, the largest unpaid workforce in the EU, deserve recognition for the central role they play in Community care,

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Ia. whereas services are increasingly inaccessible to poorer sections of society,

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Amendment 19Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas income inequality is on the increase in most EU countries,

Or. en

Amendment by Emine Bozkurt

Amendment 20Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practice and to follow each other’s lead in the area of social protection and social integration;

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1a. Believes that poverty and social exclusion can only be tackled by guaranteeing the social and economic rights of all;

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Amendment 22Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Regrets that the Lisbon Agenda has been used to drive down wages and undermine working conditions and job security;

Or. en


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Amendment 23Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that strengthening the social cohesion and the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must remain a political priority for the European Union;

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Amendment by Stephen Hughes


2. Stresses that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must remain a political priority for the European Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to specify and pursue an ambitious objective of reducing the number of working poor in Europe;

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2. Stresses that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must remain a political priority for the European Union; thus emphasises the need for full priority to be given to solving the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, for which purpose current economic and financial policies (in particular the Stability Pact, the Lisbon Strategy, the internal market and competition policy) must be revised and priority must be given to achieving a high employment rate and to creating long-term, high-quality jobs with entitlements, to investment and to high-quality public services which will foster social inclusion, particularly in the fields of education, public health, childcare, care for dependants, public transport and social services;

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2. Stresses that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must remain a political priority for the European Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to specify and pursue an ambitious objective of reducing the number of poor people, especially working poor, in Europe;

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2. Stresses that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must become a genuinepolitical priority for the European Union;

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2. Stresses that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion must remain a political priority for the European Union; welcomes in this regard the forthcoming proposal from the Commission to make 2010 the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion;

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2a. Welcomes the decision of the Spring Summit 2006 and 2007 where heads of states and governments concluded that EU Member States should take measure to rapidly and significantly reduce child poverty, giving all children equal opportunities, regardless of their social background;

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2a. Urges the Commission to facilitate the exchange of best practice between Member States in the area of combating discrimination on the labour market, including in the area of traineeships;

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3. Emphasises that stable employment, guaranteeing fair and decent wages and working conditions, must be viewed as one of the most effective safeguards against poverty and social inclusion, together with good social security systems and benefits; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively implement the Employment Directive 78/2000/EC which provides a legal framework for equal treatment in employment; therefore calls on the Commission to address in its report on the changing social reality in Europe (end 2007) the issues of ‘quality of work’, the rising incidence of precarious jobs and the extent to which these workers are trapped in ‘bad/low productivity jobs’;

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Amendment by Magda Kósáné Kovács


3. Emphasises that employment must be viewed as one of the most effective safeguards against poverty and social exclusion - bearing in mind that it is not, however, sufficient in itself to ensure the inclusion of certain social groups which are typically the most disadvantaged - and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively implement the Employment Directive 78/2000/EC which provides a legal framework for equal treatment in employment;

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3. Emphasises that employment as well as education must be viewed as one of the most effective safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively implement the Employment Directive 78/2000/EC which provides a legal framework for equal treatment in employment;

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3. Emphasises that employment can be viewed as an important part of the fight against poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively implement the Employment Directive 78/2000/EC which provides a legal framework for equal treatment in employment;

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3. Emphasises that employment must be viewed as one of the most effective safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively implement the Employment Directive 78/2000/EC which provides a legal framework for equal treatment in employment; welcomes the Commission's ongoing examination of the transposition of the Directive and encourages it to take necessary action in cases where this has not been properly done;

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3a. Points in particular to the need for support to be provided for less-favoured regions,

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for areas with permanent structural disadvantages, for extremely remote regions and for areas which have been affected by recent de-industrialisation or industrial conversion or by the closure of mines, in order to enable the necessary social and economic cohesion to be taken into account;

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3b. Stresses the need for support to be provided for manufacturing, for micro-businesses, for SMEs, for small agricultural businesses, for family farms and for the social economy, in view of the important role which these play in creating jobs and well-being;

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4. Stresses that access to Goods and Services should be a right for every EU citizen and therefore calls on the European Commission to bring forward specific directives for all areas not covered under Article 13 EC Treaty legislation to combat discrimination in access to goods and services including sex, racial or ethnic origin, disability, age, religion or belief or sexual orientation;

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4. Stresses that access to Goods and Services should be a right for every EU citizen and therefore calls on the European Commission to bring forward specific directives for all areas not covered under Article 13 EC Treaty legislation to combat discrimination in access to goods and services including disability, age, religion or belief, ethnic originor sexual orientation;

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4. Stresses that access to Goods and Public Services should be a right for every EU citizen and therefore calls on the European Commission to bring forward specific directives for all areas not covered under Article 13 EC Treaty legislation to combat discrimination in access to goods and public services including disability, age, religion or belief or sexual orientation;

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Amendment by Agnes Schierhuber


4. Stresses that access to Goods and Services should be a right for every EU citizen (deletion);

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4a. Points to the need for European legislation on Services of General Interest, and especially the need for a Directive on Health and Social Services, so that the values of those services is recognized at European level and so that competition legislation does not continue undermining Member States right and competence to provide, commission and organise services of general interest;

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4a. Believes that the liberalisation of Services, as embodied in the Services Directive, will increase inequality in access to services;

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4a. Stresses that corporate social responsibility is not limited to generating and sustaining employment opportunities but also encompasses - for example - quality of employment, equal remuneration and promotion of life-long learning;

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4a. Stresses that discrimination on all grounds should be given equal attention;

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4a. Emphasises the major role played by public services in promoting social cohesion, one which is recognised by the Treaty establishing the European Community, and the consequent need to provide public services with a high level of security and accessibility, equality of treatment and promotion of universal access and users' rights, as provided for in the draft protocol on services of general interest which should be annexed to the treaties, in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council of 21 and 22 June 2007;

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4b. Asks the Commission to set up a think-tank devoted to a holistic approach to discrimination based on Article 13 of the EC Treaty and the relevant directives;

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5. Calls on Member States to more effectively implement existing EU legislation in the Employment and Social Policy field; urges the Commission and the Council to examine in the Joint employment report 2007-2008 the question of how Europe can provide a social level playing field so that unfair competition in the European internal market on the basis of precarious work is eradicated; asks the Commission and the Council to translate the challenge of fighting precarious jobs into the new Lisbon integrated guidelines and the Lisbon Community action program to be decided at the upcoming Spring Council;

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5. Calls on Member States to more effectively implement existing EU legislation in the Employment and Social Policy field; urges the Commission and the Council to examine in the Joint employment report 2007-2008 the question of how Europe can provide a social level playing field so that unfair competition in the European internal market is eradicated;

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5a. Regrets that the Commission, in its Communication (2007) 63 on the Social Reality Stocktaking, gives the impression that many social policy initiatives would be outdated and stresses instead that social security and social policy are a force for productivity and innovation and essential as a basis to build a successful and broad knowledge economy;

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5a. Calls on the European Commission, in accordance with its resolutions on social services of general interest and on health services, and given the importance and the role of social services of general interest and of health services in social protection systems in the EU, to propose directives as soon as possible which will guarantee greater legal certainty and a specific, protective framework for such services;

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6. Stresses that people need to be equipped through education and training to (delete) adapt to the disappearances of traditional industrial jobs;

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6. Stresses that (deletion) education, life-long training and vocational training(including at the workplace) must help people adapt to (deletion) industrial change;

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6. Stresses that people as well as organisations need to be equipped through education and training to take advantage of these opportunities and adapt to the changes of the labour market;

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6. Stresses that people need to be equipped through education and training to take advantage of these opportunities and adapt to the process of creative destruction; insists on the fact that a successful agenda of access to training and access to opportunity in general should not be seen as contradictory to policies ensuring that the balance of power that employers tend to hold over workers is rebalanced; calls on the Commission and the Council to focus on ‘win-win’ approach in which existing workers’ rights are complemented and extended by new rights such as the right of access to training and lifelong learning, right to upwards mobility, right to work-family compatible working arrangements; reminds the Commission and the Council that the first-best option here is to develop and support good collective bargaining practice by autonomous and representative social partners;

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6. Stresses that people need to be equipped through education and training to take advantage of these opportunities and face the new challenges coming from globalisation and adapt to the disappearances of traditional industrial jobs;

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6a. Notes that tax reductions or the introduction of flat taxes causes state revenues to fall, which consequently leads to privatisation and to poorer access to public services;

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6a. Stresses that the disappearance of traditional industrial jobs must be tackled by a series of additional measures including support for the development of new industries, support for small and medium sized enterprises and the development of the social economy;

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6a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to focus on ‘win-win’ approach in which existing workers’ rights are complemented and extended by new rights such as the right of access to training and lifelong learning and the right to work-family compatible working arrangements;

Or. en



7a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate equality and disability issues more closely in all relevant policy areas,

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7a. Considers that the meaningful participation of those experiencing poverty in the development of policies and practical measures addressing the situation is essential in order to ensure more effective outcomes;

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7a. Takes the view that special attention should be paid to single women and single mothers, who are a particularly vulnerable group and are often the first to fall into poverty when there is an economic downturn;

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8. Recognises that in those Member States where individuals are provided with a safety net guaranteeing a decent income during transition, both professional mobility and acceptance of change amongst workers and the public in general are highest; believes that by exchange of best practice Member States who do not operate (deletion) can be encouraged to do so; regrets that the Commission, in its Communication (2007)0063 on the Social Reality Stocktaking, gives the impression that many social policy initiatives would be outdated and stresses instead that social security and social policy are a force for productivity and innovation and essential as a basis to build a successful and broad knowledge economy;

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9a. Calls on all Member States to ensure full gender equality in all state pension schemes;

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9a. Stresses that no-one receiving such support should be left with an income deemed to be below the poverty level for that Member State;

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10. Notes that a decent minimum wage, set at Member State level should be encouraged and can help to make work financially viable; but recognising that in many Member States that it is set below subsistence level;

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10. Firmly believes that in cooperation with the social partners a decent minimum wagemust be established at Member State level in order to make work financially viable(deletion);

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10. Notes that a decent living wage, set at Member State level should be encouraged and can help to make work financially viable; but recognising that in many Member States that it is set at a very low level;

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10a. Notes the tendency in certain sectors to push salaries down to minimum wage levels, sometimes in contravention of agreed wage levels in an industry;

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10a. Notes that in many Member States the minimum wage has been set very low; at the same time, rejects the argument that setting a minimum wage discourages employers from creating jobs;

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10a. Considers that Member States should aim to adapt their social security systems to help provide a transition between periods of paid work and / or training and unemployment, in order to avoid the so-called 'poverty trap' but also to reflect the changing nature of employment;

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11. Considers it vital that Member States help people (deletion) into work which is appropriate to their skills, experience and interest by ensuring that individuals receive personalised, targeted help and support to help people build confidence and learn new skills;

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11a. Believe that it is vital that Member States help those who become disabled whilst in employment to retain their jobs;

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Amendment 76Paragraph 11a (new)

11a. Considers it vital that workers are paid a living wage;

Or. en



12a. Points to the importance of collaboration among the various layers of government –local, regional, national and European – in fighting discrimination;

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14. Notes there is a strong and complex link between poverty and crime; that extremepoverty and social exclusion may lead to criminal activities and that imprisonment without adequate rehabilitation and education often only leads to further social exclusion and unemployment;

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Amendment by Marie Panayotopoulos-CassiotouAmendment 79Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the need to provide education, training and employment within correctional institutions, offering female prisoners activities which raise their morale, assist them psychologically and provide them with useful skills for their future return to the employment market;·

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14a. Considers that the Member States and the EU should place greater emphasis on the problems of addiction to gambling; points out that families of which one or more members are compulsive gamblers are highly likely to experience reduced living standards, social exclusion and poverty, which frequently affect children the most; calls, therefore, upon the Member States to help disseminate information concerning the dangers, the indications and the impact of compulsive gambling; calls also upon the Commission to ensure that the report on social reality stocktaking includes the problem of compulsive gambling and the effects which it has in terms of social exclusion and poverty;

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14b. Calls on the Member States to pay attention to growing indebtedness that leads to a higher risk of poverty;

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15. Believes that a lack of decent and affordable accommodation in all Member States is a great contributor to driving and trapping people in poverty; calls on the Commission to respect the prerogative of Member States to define and finance social housing, given the vital role played by the latter in social inclusion policies;

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15. Believes that a lack of decent and affordable accommodation in all Member States is a great contributor to (deletion) trapping people in poverty;

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16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, in cooperation with those representing disabled persons' organisations, to develop national, regional and local initiatives to promote employment opportunities for disabled persons capable of working; in this connection calls on the Commission and Member States to improve methods of collecting reliable and comparable statistics concerning the situation of disabled persons on the employment market;

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16a. Calls on all Member States to comply with their obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations;

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17a. Calls on the Member States to encourage the use of new communication and information technologies, which are of key importance in ensuring equal opportunities for the disabled, facilitating their access to education and employment, while reducing their dependence on third parties and promoting self reliance;

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17b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage the planning anddevelopment of innovatory forms of aid and equipment, facilitating access for the disabled and the elderly to goods and services;·

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19. Calls on the Member States, particularly in light of the ageing population, to address the issues faced by carers, including the right to choose freely whether they want to be a carer and the extent of such caring, the possibility to combine caring with paid work and employment and access to social security schemes and old age pensions in order to avoid impoverishment as a consequence of caring;

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19a. Takes the view that the atypical work done by family carers could be made eligible for allowances and for independent pension and welfare entitlements;

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19b. Calls on the Member States to examine means of providing recognition for atypical qualifications acquired in providing care for children and dependent adults as a form of previous training and work experience, thereby facilitating employment market access for those concerned;·

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Amendment by Ona Juknevičienė


20. Calls on Member States to encourage public sector employers to strive for workplaces that are more representative of the communities they serve, while at the same time considering all job candidates irrespective of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation;

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20a. Stresses the importance of active involvement of employers in combating discrimination and the positive effects of a diversity policy for the workplace;

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20b. Takes the view that discrimination against transgendered persons in the employment market and in the area of social security remains an insufficiently exposed problem, and calls on the Member States to address this form of discrimination also; calls on the Commission to have a study carried out on this issue;

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22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide adequate resources to facilitate access to lifelong learning programmes as a means to limit the exclusion of older people among others; (deletion)

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22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide adequate resources to facilitate access to lifelong learning programmes as a means to limit the exclusion of elderly people and the Roma among others from employment and to foster their continuous participation in social, cultural and civic life;

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23. Urges Member States, if they have not done so, to move towards the provision of free personal care for older people, people with disabilities and people with long term conditions;

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23. Urges Member States, if they have not done so, to move towards the provision of high quality and affordable personal care for elderly people and people with disabilities (deletion);

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23. Urges Member States, if they have not done so, to move towards the provision of affordable or free personal care for elderly people, people with disabilities and people with long term conditions;

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24. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practice to encourage pupils not to drop out of school (deletion) and to smooth the transition from school to work;

Or. en



24. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practice to prevent pupils from leaving school without gaining the necessary skills to join either the labour market or vocational and higher education institutions and to smooth the transition from school to work;

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24. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practice to prevent pupils leaving school early and to smooth the transition from school to work; especially in consideration of socially disadvantaged people;

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24a. Stresses that educational institutions could show greater flexibility in the matter of early abandonment of studies by young people and provide assistance for those, principally women, who, in addition to their studies, have family responsibilities;

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25. Urges Member States to ensure that its citizens are literate and have the skills and knowledge to gain useful employment and to participate fully in society;

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26. Regrets that despite welcome moves towards greater participation in higher education, people from less wealthy backgrounds are seriously underrepresented; Member States should be encouraged to maintain and introduce work-based apprenticeships;

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26. Notes that despite welcome moves towards greater participation in higher education, Member States should be encouraged to maintain, strengthen, introduce and invest in vocational training, work based apprenticeships and other applied training;

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28. Believes that more action should be taken to tackle all manifestations of domestic violence and the abuse of women, children and elderly people, protect victims and provide them with medical and psychological victim support;

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28a. Urges Member States to consider the adequacy and sustainability of their pension systems;

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28b. Calls on Member States to provide clearer guidelines and advice on pensions to ensure that people receive the information they need to plan their retirement and that national reforms are conducted on the basis of the broadest possible consensus;

Or. en


Amendment 110Paragraph 28 c (new)

28c. Notes that inequalities in health outcomes, both between and within Member States, are still wide and urges Member States to tackle them, notably by ensuring effective access to healthcare for all;

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Amendment 111Paragraph 28 d (new)

28d. Calls on Member States to provide more effective child protection systems which include protection and early intervention services to respond to the needs of vulnerable children and the provision of therapeutic services to help maltreated children overcome the effects of abuse;

Or. en



29. Calls on Member States to develop a more constructive approach to drugs policy with the emphasis on prevention, education and treatment for addiction rather than criminal sanctions;

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31. Calls on Member States to prioritise public health measures which seek to tackle head-on the inequality that exists in health and access to health-care; further calls on Member States to adopt specific measures targeting the needs of ethnic minority communities;

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32. Notes that in all Member States, alcohol and drug abuse can lead to crime, unemployment and social exclusion; further notes that poverty and social exclusion can lead to alcohol and drug abuse; it is unacceptable that for many people, their only access to such treatment and advice is through the prison system;

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32. Notes that in all Member States, alcohol and drug abuse can lead to crime, unemployment and social exclusion; finds it unacceptable that for many people the only access to such treatment and advice is through the prison system and calls on the Member States to exchange best practice to enhance programmes to combat and treat the phenomena;

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34a. Welcomes the Commission's plan to publish various studies on the needs of the disabled and children with special learning requirements, which will be of relevance

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to many aspects of life, including education and training;

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34b. Encourages cooperation between all the relevant authorities in obtaining the statistics necessary to provide a reliable general picture of the financial, social and educational situation and insurance cover provided in respect of each category of disabled person;

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35. Calls on Member States to actively pursue policies to reduce ill health caused by alcohol, tobacco and drugs, particularly illegal drugs;

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36a. Calls on the Member States to put in place strategies to tackle the increasing incidence of suicide, particularly among young people;

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37. Calls on Member States and the Commission to ensure more commitment to the goal of cutting child poverty;

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37. Calls on Member States to agree quantifiable targets for the reduction of child poverty and allocate adequate resources in order to meet these targets;

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37. Calls on Member States to ensure more commitment to the goal of eradicating child poverty;

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37. Welcomes the fact that child poverty and social exclusion have become a more important political priority across Member States in recent years, however calls on Member States to ensure more commitment to the goal of cutting child poverty by developing strategic and comprehensive strategies for both preventing and alleviating child poverty and social exclusion;

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37. Calls on Member States to combat the complex phenomenon of child poverty in order to prevent social exclusion from being passed down from one generation to the next;

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37a. Encourages the Member States who have not done so to establish clear overall objectives and quantified targets for reducing child poverty and social exclusion, in special consideration of abandoned children, street children and children in institutions;

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38. Believes that high quality education, health and social services, supporting children and their families, including affordable childcare and access to affordable housing are crucial for the prevention and reduction of child poverty, social exclusion and discrimination and to prevent poverty being carried on from one generation to the next;

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38a. Calls on the Member States to pay special attention to social protection of lone-parent families, being at higher risk of poverty;

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38b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that children have access to the services and opportunities that will ensure their present and future well-being and enable them to reach their full potential; therefore also calls on Member States to include into curricula basic financial education;

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Amendment 129Paragraph 38 c (new)

38c. Calls on the Member States to ensure collection of data on child poverty and working out of analysis on the situation of children at risk of poverty, mostly of those at high risk such as children with disabilities, Roma children, children in institutions, migrant children and street children; and to monitor and evaluate their policies in this field and ensure the systematic assessment of the impact of these policies;

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Amendment 130Paragraph 38 d (new)

38d. Calls on the Commission to develop further indicators which can be combined with existing income poverty indicators to give a deeper understanding of child poverty;

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39. Calls on Member States to increase the profile of credit unions to help offer individuals a safe and regulated environment for people to save and borrow money and to counter increasingly problematic personal debt; calls on the Member States to ensure that individuals have the right to open an affordable bank account as this provides an essential means to participate in both economic activities and society;

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40. Calls on Member States to enforce anti-trafficking and anti-discrimination legislation

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and in particular to sign, ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on action against human trafficking; urges Member States to prioritise the protection of victims of trafficking in particular child victims and the implementation of their fundamental human rights;

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40. Recognizes that human trafficking results in immense suffering and calls on Member States to enforce anti-trafficking and anti-discrimination legislation, enhance cross-border cooperation and in particular to sign, ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on action against human trafficking;

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40. Calls on Member States to enforce reintegration of victims of trafficking into society in accordance with anti-trafficking and anti-discrimination legislation and in particular with the Council of Europe Convention on action against human trafficking;

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41. Calls on Member States and the Commission to bring forward legislation and better implement existing European legislation to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable workers by gangmasters and to sign and ratify the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families;

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41. Welcomes the draft directive of the Commission on providing sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals and calls on Member States to bring forward legislation to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable workers by gangmasters and to sign and ratify, if they have not yet done so, the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families;

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42. Urges all Member States to safeguard human-rights based asylum policy in accordance with the UN Convention on Refugees and other relevant human rights law, whilst working to end asylum seekers’ dependence on benefits, by allowing them to work and to consider the development of more legal immigration routes; criticizes strongly the ongoing breaches of mentioned UN Convention and other human rights law by Member States of the European Union;

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42. Urges all Member States to safeguard human-rights based asylum policy in accordance with the UN Convention on Refugees and other relevant human rights law, (deletion) and to consider the development of more legal immigration routes;

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45a. Calls on Member States to eliminate the deficiencies in the provision made for social groups which cannot be integrated into the job market and in the services targeting them, and to ensure that these provisions and services are equitable, accessible to everybody and sustainable;

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