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It is therefore necessary that", "Member States encourage the", "participation of social partners and non-", "governmental organisations in the", "implementation of the ESF." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 60, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) Efficient and effective implementation", "of actions supported by the ESF depends", "on good governance and partnership", "between all relevant territorial and socio-", "economic actors, in particular the social", "partners and non-governmental", "organisations. It is therefore necessary that", "Member States involve social partners,", "non-governmental organisations, local and", "regional authorities in the preparation,", "implementation, monitoring and", "evaluation of the ESF in a timely and", "consistent manner. High-quality", "partnerships should be forged at all", "political levels. 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Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges", "identified in the National Reform", "Programmes and the relevant Council", "Recommendations made under Article", "148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute", "to achieving the headline targets of the", "Europe 2020 strategy on employment,", "education and poverty reduction." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 174, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges posed", "by the transition towards environmental", "and social sustainable development, in", "order to contribute to achieving at least the", "headline targets of the Europe 2020", "strategy on employment, education and", "poverty reduction." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. 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Member States shall pursue thematic", "concentration according to the following", "modalities:", "(a) For more developed regions, Member", "States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1).", "(b) For transition regions, Member States", "shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1).", "(c) For less developed regions, Member", "States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1)." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 180, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. The involvement of the social partners", "and other stakeholders, in particular non-", "governmental organisations, in the", "implementation of operational", "programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of", "Regulation (EU) No [\u2026], may take the", "form of global grants as defined in Article", "113(7) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]. In such", "a case, the operational programme shall", "identify the part of the programme", "concerned by the global grant, including an", "indicative financial allocation from each", "priority axis to it." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 211, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. The involvement of the local and", "regional authorities, social partners and", "other stakeholders, in particular non-", "governmental organisations, in the design,", "in the implementation and the evaluation", "of operational programmes, as referred to", "in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...],", "may take the form of global grants as", "defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation", "(EU) No [...] and may take the form of", "technical assistance as defined in Articles", "108 and 109 of Regulation (EU) No [...].", "Member States shall make accessible", "global grants schemes for small NGOs in", "all ESF Operational Programmes. In such", "a case, the operational programme shall", "identify the part of the programme", "concerned by the global grant, including an", "indicative financial allocation from each", "priority axis to it. Technical Assistance", "resources shall be made available in all", "ESF Operational Programmes with a", "particular support for NGOs and small", "local and regional authorities - driven", "technical assistances services at EU and", "regional level." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 6 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The Member States and the Commission", "shall promote equality between men and", "women through mainstreaming as referred", "to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]", "and specific targeted actions as referred to", "in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the", "aim of increasing the sustainable", "participation and progress of women in", "employment, reducing gender-based", "segregation in the labour market,", "combating gender stereotypes in education", "and training and promoting reconciliation", "of work and personal life for men and", "women." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 227, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "The Member States and the Commission", "shall promote equality between women", "and men through mainstreaming as", "referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU)", "No [...] integrating gender perspective to", "actions under all thematic priorities and to", "all stages of planning and implementation", "of programmes. The Member States shall", "allocate funding for and specific targeted", "actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv),", "in particular with the aim of increasing the", "sustainable participation and progress of", "women in employment, eliminating", "gender-based segregation in the labour", "market, combating gender stereotypes in", "education and training addressing the", "feminisation of poverty, promoting equal", "sharing of care responsibilities between", "women and men and enforcing", "reconciliation of work and personal life for", "women and men." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 7 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Article 9", "Social innovation", "1. The ESF shall promote social", "innovation within all areas falling under", "the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article", "3 of this Regulation, in particular with the", "aim of testing and scaling up innovative", "solutions to address social needs.", "2. Member States shall identify themes for", "social innovation, corresponding to their", "specific needs in their operational", "programmes.", "3. The Commission shall facilitate", "capacity building for social innovation, in", "particular through supporting mutual", "learning, establishing networks, and", "disseminating good practices and", "methodologies." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 231, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Member States may select themes for", "transnational co-operation from a list", "proposed by the Commission and endorsed", "by the ESF Committee." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 243, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Member States may select themes for", "transnational cooperation from a list", "proposed by the Commission and after a", "consultation with civil society", "organisations and local and regional", "authorities and endorsed by the ESF", "Committee." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 10 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. By way of derogation from Article 87(1)", "of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026], operational", "programmes may set out priority axes for", "the implementation of social innovation", "and transnational cooperation as referred to", "in Articles 9 and 10." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 253, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. By way of derogation from Article 87(1)", "of Regulation (EU) No [...], operational", "programmes may set out priority axes for", "the implementation of transnational", "cooperation as referred to in Articles 9 and", "10." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 11 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. By way of derogation from Article", "110(3) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026], the", "maximum co-financing rate for a priority", "axis shall be increased by ten percentage", "points, but not exceeding 100%, where the", "whole of a priority axis is dedicated to", "social innovation or to transnational", "cooperation, or a combination of both." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 258, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. By way of derogation from Article", "110(3) of Regulation (EU) No [...], the", "maximum co-financing rate for a priority", "axis shall be increased by ten percentage", "points, but not exceeding 100%, where the", "whole of a priority axis is dedicated to", "transnational cooperation." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 11 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(b) to social innovation and transnational", "cooperation, as referred to in Articles 9 and", "10, where they are not covered by a", "dedicated priority axis." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 259, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(b) to transnational cooperation, as referred", "to in Articles 9 and 10, where they are not", "covered by a dedicated priority axis." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 11 \u2013 paragraph 3 \u2013 point b" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 281, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "Article 15 a", "Specific provisions on conditionalities", "Article 15 a (new)", "1. Article 17.5 of Regulation (EU) No [...]", "on ex ante conditionalities shall not be", "applicable with regard to suspending", "payments from the ESF.", "2. Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No [...]", "on conditionality linked to the", "coordination of Member States' economic", "policies shall not be applicable with", "regard to suspending payments from the", "ESF." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "\u00b7 migrants, people with a foreign", "background, minorities (including", "marginalised communities such as the", "Roma)**" ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 294, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u00b7 migrants, asylum seekers, refugees,", "people with a foreign background,", "minorities (including marginalised", "communities such as the Roma)**" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 301, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2022 People at risk of poverty", "\u2022 People suffering from severe material", "deprivation", "\u2022 Lone parents", "\u2022 Homeless people", "\u2022 People from poorest districts" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point 13 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-491.059%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "\u00b7 participants in employment 6 months after", "leaving" ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 324, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Lothar Bisky, Helmut Scholz, Younous Omarjee, Sabine L\u00f6sing", "date": "2012-05-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u00b7 participants in full-time, part time and", "self-employment 6 months after leaving\u2022", "participants with an improved labour", "market situation 6 months after leaving", "(nature of employment \u2013 full or part time,", "wages compared to minimum or national", "level, nature of contracts)\u2022 participants", "are actively involved in community and", "social networks\u2022participants in full-time,", "part-time and in self-employment 1 year", "after leaving\u2022participants with an", "improved labour market situation 1 year", "after leaving\u2022Participants lifted above the", "relative poverty line living above the", "relative poverty 1 year after", "leaving\u2022Participants lifted out of severe", "material deprivation remaining out of", "severe material deprivation 1 year after", "leaving" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 4 \u2013 point 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "D. whereas the partial failure of the Lisbon", "Strategy is due not to the inadequate", "implementation of cohesion policy but", "rather to the effects of the financial crisis,", "imperfect implementation of the single", "market, slack budgetary discipline and", "inadequate macroeconomic framework", "conditions in individual Member States," ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "xm", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "D. whereas the failure of the Lisbon", "Strategy is due not to the inadequate", "implementation of cohesion policy but", "rather to the effects of the financial crisis,", "its focus on \"competitiveness\", cost-", "cutting, dismantling of the welfare state,", "ever more flexible labour markets,", "liberalisation of markets, liberalisation of", "markets in general and its fuelling of a", "\"beggar thy neighbour\" policy of", "Members States; whereas the failure of", "the Lisbon Strategy is also due to working", "methods that allow ineffective", "implementation of this strategy by the", "Member States, and to weaknesses in the", "internal market, the lack of fiscal", "harmonisation, high inflation which", "continues to depress household budgets", "when salaries are not in step, and the lack", "of political will by the Member States and", "the Commission to pursue the goal of", "better labour rights and working", "conditions outside Europe and to strive", "for higher employment rates," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital D" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "H. whereas a comprehensive European", "cohesion policy continues to be essential,", "given the significant imbalances between", "regional economies and in social terms, as", "well as specific structural problems and", "geographical disadvantages, and it is also a", "requirement under the Lisbon Treaty," ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 52, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "H. whereas a comprehensive European", "cohesion policy in all regions continues to", "be essential, given the significant", "imbalances between regional economies", "and in social terms, as well as specific", "structural problems and geographical", "disadvantages, and it is also a requirement", "under the Lisbon Treaty; stresses in this", "respect that the contribution of cohesion", "policy to implementing the Europe 2020", "strategy must reflect the objectives set out", "in Article 174 of the Treaty on the", "Functioning of the European Union and", "the cross-cutting objective of economic,", "social and territorial cohesion laid down", "in Article 3 of the Treaty on European", "Union by the Treaty of Lisbon," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital H" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy", "programmes to place more emphasis on", "European added value; deems such added", "value to be achieved where EU projects", "bring about a lasting and measurable", "improvement in the economic,", "infrastructural, social and/or environmental", "status of a disadvantaged region and such", "improvement would not have been", "achievable without the European stimulus," ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy", "programmes to place more emphasis on", "European added value; deems such added", "value to be achieved where EU projects", "bring about a sustainable improvement in", "the economic, infrastructural, social and/or", "environmental status of a disadvantaged", "region and such improvement would not", "have been achievable without the European", "stimulus;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 65, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "1 a. 1. a) (new)", "Stresses that the European added value of", "cohesion policy is uncontested, as this", "policy sustainable growth as well as", "demonstrating European solidarity,", "aiming at reducing disparities between the", "levels of development of European", "regions, it constitutes a well-established", "mechanism of delivering growth and jobs", "and has been one of the Union\u2019s most", "significant, visible, and successful policies", "for decades; points out, however, that a", "modern cohesion policy must undertake a", "number of reforms, in particular the", "simplification of policy implementation,", "and promote synergies with other policies", "and instruments on the ground;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Sees the achievement of European", "objectives in accordance with the principle", "of multi-level governance as one of the", "major advantages of cohesion policy and", "thus as a form of added value in itself; calls", "for this partnership principle to be further", "strengthened;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 77, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Sees the achievement of European", "objectives in accordance with the principle", "of multi-level governance and shared", "management as one of the major", "advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a", "form of added value in itself; affirms that", "the partnership principle and, hence, the", "involvement of the economic and social", "partners and other regional and local", "stakeholders in all phases of Structural", "Fund support have proved successful in", "boosting acceptance of the measures and", "ensuring they are properly targeted; calls", "for this partnership principle to be", "mandatory;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Emphasises that the Union will be able", "to hold its own in the face of global", "competition only if its cohesion policy can", "tap the development potential of all the", "regions in response to the challenges of the", "EU 2020 strategy;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 109, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Emphasises that the Union will be able", "to hold its own in the face of global", "competition only if its cohesion policy can", "tap the development potential of all the", "regions in response to the challenges of the", "EU 2020 strategy; takes the view that", "cohesion policy is not subordinated to the", "EU 2020 Strategy, whereas it contributes", "to a great extent to the achievement of the", "EU 2020 strategy objectives. Believes that", "a sound autonomous cohesion policy is", "the prerequisite for successful joint action", "by the EU as it contributes to reducing", "disparities at regional and local level and", "allows for a consolidation of strategic", "goals and local needs with potential on", "the ground; stresses that the cohesion", "policy with its horizontal character is", "contributing to all EU 2020 objectives;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "13. Emphasises that support from the", "Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds", "must be more strongly oriented towards the", "educational and socio-political challenges", "of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view,", "however, that across-the-board", "\u2018Europeanisation\u2019 of the relevant policy", "areas would be a doomed endeavour", "purely on financial grounds; calls,", "therefore, for the further development of", "approaches that could serve as models,", "while retaining existing national and", "regional competences;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 190, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "13. Emphasises that structural funding", "must be more strongly oriented towards the", "educational and social policies;", "emphasises that the role of the ESF in", "improving workers\u2019 education, ensuring", "workers' lifelong training and skill", "enhancement must be strengthened; calls", "on the Commission to consider all", "possible policy options for boosting the", "contribution of the ESF in the context of", "the future architecture of the structural", "funds, in order to enhance the social", "model of the European Union; believes", "that there are considerable advantages in", "maintaining the ESF under the basic", "regulation on general provisions on the", "funds, but with its own rules;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 214, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "15a. Calls, in the light of increasing tasks", "in the field of social inclusion, i.e. the", "Four Employment Guidelines, the support", "of the Decent and Good Work principles", "(as projected by the ILO), the fight", "against precarious and undeclared work,", "combating poverty, achieving gender", "equality and appropriate conditions for", "the reconciliation of work and private life,", "for cohesion policy to make a greater", "contribution to these challenges;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "18. Takes the view that the development of", "basic infrastructure and support for", "conventional forms of energy should also", "be regarded as compatible with EU 2020,", "because only when they have competitive", "transport, energy and communications", "networks and waste-disposal", "infrastructure will the convergence", "regions be in a position to contribute to", "achieving the EU 2020 objectives \u2013 and", "that is precisely why the weaker and", "neediest regions must be given some", "leeway to interpret those objectives;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 234, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 18" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "19. Takes the view that GDP must be", "retained as the key criterion in the", "definition of areas eligible for maximum", "support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of", "the EU average) and, where appropriate,", "cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of", "the EU average); points out that the", "competent national authorities must", "continue to have scope for the use of", "additional indicators at the relevant", "decision-making levels;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 246, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jacky H\u00e9nin, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "19. Takes the view that GDP must be", "retained as the key criterion in the", "definition of areas eligible for maximum", "support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of", "the EU average) and, where appropriate,", "cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of", "the EU average); points out that", "supplementary indicators relevant for", "measuring social cohesion ( like", "unemployment rates, poverty, etc.) and", "territorial cohesion and continuity, as well", "as environmental indicators should", "applied; points out that the competent", "national authorities must continue to have", "scope for the use of additional indicators at", "the relevant decision-making levels;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "21. Calls for a dependable and appropriate", "phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly", "eligible for maximum support under the", "Convergence objective (convergence", "regions);" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 263, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "21. Calls for a dependable, appropriate,", "consolidated, reformed and while needed", "longer phasing-out arrangement for areas", "formerly eligible for maximum support", "under the Convergence objective", "(convergence regions) which ensures that", "former convergence regions do not face a", "drastic reduction structural funds'", "payments that could prejudice their", "previous efforts for development; thus", "calls on the Commission to propose a new", "phasing out arrangement framed with a", "strategy that would aim in helping former", "convergence regions to genuinely and", "successfully mainstream their changeover", "from \"objective 1\" to \"objective 2\", and", "so to pursue fruitfully their efforts for", "development;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 21" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.896%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "22. Calls for Objective 2 (Regional", "Competitiveness and Employment), which", "is based on a cross-cutting approach, to", "be upgraded; stresses that the proven", "system of innovation clusters and", "competition for funding needs to be", "developed further;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 274, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "22. Calls for maintaining of Objective 2", "(Regional Competitiveness and", "Employment) through its horizontal", "nature; stresses that the proven system of", "innovation clusters needs to be developed", "further;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "23. Takes the view that a general new", "funding category based on GDP/PE", "between the 75% and 90% rates would be", "at odds with the tried and tested principles", "of EU cohesion policy (to support the", "weakest and pool the inherent potential of", "the wealthier regions, taking a cross-", "cutting approach), and therefore rejects this", "intermediate category;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 285, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "23. Takes the view that a general new", "funding category based on GDP/PE", "between the 75% and 90% rates would be", "at odds with the tried and tested principles", "of EU cohesion policy (to support the", "weakest and pool the inherent potential of", "the wealthier regions, taking a cross-", "cutting approach), and therefore rejects this", "intermediate category; nevertheless recalls", "the necessity to establish a dependable,", "appropriate, consolidated, reformed, and", "while needed longer phasing-out", "arrangement framed with a strategy for", "areas formerly eligible for maximum", "support under the convergence objective;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 23" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented", "funds (for climate, energy and transport)", "would undermine the tried and tested", "principle of multi-level governance and", "jeopardise the regions' contribution to the", "achievement of the EU 2020 objectives;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 305, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Marie-Christine Vergiat, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented", "funds (for climate, energy and transport)", "would undermine the tried and tested", "principle of multi-level governance and", "jeopardise the contribution to cohesion's", "policy objectives;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 25" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "26. Calls for the ESF, as a component of", "cohesion policy, to continue to foster social", "integration, economic growth and", "employment; regards the ESF as the", "Union's most important labour-market", "and employment-policy tool; attaches", "particular importance to developing skills", "and mobility, enhancing equality of", "opportunity between the sexes, integrating", "people who are disadvantaged and", "supporting SMEs;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 309, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "26. Notes that the ESF plays a key role in", "social inclusion, labour-market and", "employment policy; calls for the ESF, as a", "component of cohesion policy, to continue", "to reinforce social inclusion, to improve", "employment and job opportunities, to", "promote the formation of workers and the", "adaptation of workers' skill to the demand", "of the labour market in a way workers can", "be better integrated in the labour market,", "to promote gender equality, to integrate", "people who are disadvantaged and to", "support the development of the social", "economy as well as of SMEs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "31. Welcomes the objectives of the", "development and investment partnership", "contracts between the EU and the Member", "States, which the Commission is", "proposing in place of the strategic", "framework plans previously prepared for", "individual Member States; calls for", "investment priorities geared to the", "implementation of the EU 2020 strategy", "and the achievement of other cohesion", "policy and structural policy objectives to", "be set at this stage; considers that the", "allocation of responsibilities between the", "various levels involved needs to be", "clarified, and calls for national and/or", "regional competences to be retained in", "accordance with the principle of", "subsidiarity;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 349, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "31. Stresses that it is important to involve", "regional and local authorities, social", "partners and NGOs to the greatest extent", "when determining priorities for cohesion", "policy; stresses the fact that multi-level", "governance is one of the key principles of", "Cohesion Policy and is fundamental to", "ensuring the quality of the decision", "making process, strategic planning and", "implementing the objectives; considers", "that the allocation of responsibilities", "between the various levels involved needs", "to be clarified, and calls for regional", "competences to be strengthened in", "accordance with the principle of", "subsidiarity;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 31" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "32. Supports retention of the operational", "programmes as the most important tool for", "implementation of the strategy papers in", "terms of concrete investment priorities;", "calls for clear and measurable objectives", "to be set in this respect;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 355, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "32. Supports retention of the operational", "programmes as the most important tool for", "implementation of cohesion policy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 32" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "34. Supports the system of thematic", "priorities that the Commission is", "proposing; points out that the lower the", "level of development in a Member State or", "region, the more wide-ranging the list of", "priorities there needs to be, taking into", "account specific regional development", "needs;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 366, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "34. Supports the general principle of a", "Community \"menu\" of broad thematic", "priorities to replace the current system", "whereby the Structural Funds are", "channelled towards restrictive expenditure", "categories; opposes, however, any", "excessive restriction of the number of", "priorities to be chosen in the context of the", "new national Development and", "Investment Partnership Contracts and", "operational programmes, so that local and", "regional authorities have sufficient leeway", "to implement the Europe 2020 objectives", "at regional level;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 34" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "37. Calls for the funding under investment", "partnerships to be made conditional on", "the implementation of reforms by the", "Member States, in order to ensure that it", "is used efficiently in areas directly related", "to cohesion policy; considers it fair for", "such conditions to include, in particular,", "full implementation of existing EU", "legislation (e.g. on price regulation,", "tendering procedures, transport, the", "environment and health) in order to", "prevent irregularities and ensure", "effectiveness; rejects, however, the", "imposition of conditions requiring", "Member States to undertake fundamental", "social and economic reform;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 394, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "37. Strongly encourages regional and", "local authorities to ensure the highest", "performance of their administrative and", "institutional capacity as well as to develop", "appropriate financial and human", "resources to cope with the complexity of", "EU funded projects, mainly in terms of", "administrative burden; stresses the need", "for appropriate levels of financing to be", "ensured in order to properly enable", "regional and local authorities to take part", "in major projects financed through", "Structural Funds;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 37" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "38. Welcomes the Commission's proposal", "for a stronger focus on results, to be", "achieved through the ex-ante", "establishment of appropriate objectives", "and indicators; stresses that such", "indicators must be few in number, that", "they must all be clearly defined,", "measurable and related directly to the", "impact of the funding, and that they", "should be established by agreement with", "the regions/Member States;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 410, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "38. Supports the Commission's proposal to", "move towards a more results-oriented", "approach by using clear and measurable", "targets and outcome indicators agreed in", "advance in line with the specific objectives", "of each region, rejects an assessment of", "performance solely in terms of progress", "towards Europe 2020 targets; underlines", "that progress has been made here in the", "2007-2013 programming period with the", "inclusion of ex-ante, ongoing and ex-post", "evaluations;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 38" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "39. Calls for the indicators to concentrate", "on areas of impact with European added", "value (increases in productivity, research,", "transport services, regional growth and", "relevant environmental improvements);", "calls for quantitative targets to be", "eschewed when measuring progress in", "areas where responsibility rests largely", "with national authorities (i.e. on", "educational standards, poverty thresholds", "and integration) and for assessment,", "instead, of projects' potential as models", "and of the degree of innovation they", "display;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 417, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jacky H\u00e9nin, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "39. Endorses the use of a limited number", "of common indicators, linked to the", "economic, social and territorial cohesion", "targets, such as employment, social", "inclusion, reduction of richness", "disparities, research, innovation, SSGI", "quality and universality, transport", "services, regional growth, improvement in", "terms of environmental management, as", "well as the objectives of the EU 2020", "strategy, to enable the Commission to", "conduct a comprehensive and continuous", "evaluation throughout the programming", "period, whereas most of indicators should", "be established at regional level taking into", "account the specific nature of each region", "and the priorities set; the indicators must", "reflect how necessary any proposed", "approach is for the region's development;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 39" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "40. Regards co-financing as one of the", "basic principles of cohesion policy; calls", "for a review of the percentage ceiling for", "EU funding \u2013 which should take more", "account of regional development levels,", "European added value and the types of", "measure funded and should be raised or", "lowered accordingly;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 424, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "40. Regards co-financing as one of the", "basic principles of cohesion policy; calls", "for maintenance of the percentage ceiling", "for EU funding;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 40" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "41. Considers that the maximum level of", "support must not exceed 75%, otherwise", "applications will be driven less by the case", "for the projects than by the prospect of the", "funding they can attract; calls for it to be", "made easier for regions to use private co-", "financing and market-oriented credit", "options to cover their share of project", "financing;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 430, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "41. Calls for maintaining the current", "maximum level of support;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 41" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "43. Recognises the leverage effect of new", "financial instruments and their potential to", "mobilise investment, supports increased", "financing from credit in principle, and calls", "for the use of revolving financial", "instruments to be extended to more areas", "eligible for funding (including research", "and infrastructure); calls for procedures to", "be simplified to that end and for a greater", "degree of legal certainty throughout the", "entire funding period; takes the view that at", "the end of a funding period, at the latest,", "responsibility for how the funds are spent", "should transfer to national level or project", "level;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 456, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "43. Recognises the leverage effect of new", "financial instruments and their potential to", "mobilise investment, supports increased", "financing from credit in principle, and calls", "for the use of revolving financial", "instruments to be extended to more areas", "eligible for funding; calls for procedures to", "be simplified to that end and for a greater", "degree of legal certainty throughout the", "entire funding period; takes the view that at", "the end of a funding period, at the latest,", "responsibility for how the funds are spent", "should transfer to national level or project", "level;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 43" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and", "structural policy as the decisive policy", "arena for cross-sectoral implementation", "of the EU 2020 strategy and therefore calls", "for it to be treated at least as generously in", "budgetary terms it has been as in the", "current planning period;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 488, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Elie Hoarau, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jacky H\u00e9nin, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and", "structural policy as the decisive policy for", "achieving economic, social and territorial", "cohesion; therefore calls for it to receive", "higher budget appropriations as in the", "current planning period;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 50" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "51. Calls, in respect of Member States that", "are falling significantly short of the EU", "stability criteria requirements and also", "have a poor record on the use of monies", "from the Structural Funds, for a proposal", "for the automatic application of more", "stringent rules in order to monitor the use", "of such monies in accordance with the law", "and the relevant objectives;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 497, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "51. Rejects the provisions on", "macroeconomic conditionality i.e.", "withholding Structural Funds available to", "regions and cities for errors and", "shortcomings of their national", "governments or if their national", "governments do not respect the stability", "and growth pact; underlines that there is a", "danger that financial sanctions and", "incentives linked to the Stability and", "Growth Pact, aimed at ensuring", "compliance with macroeconomic", "conditions, will primarily penalise local", "and regional authorities that are not", "responsible for the failure of Member", "States to fulfil their obligations in this", "area;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 51" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.689%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "60. Draws attention \u2013 with up-to-date", "figures in support of its contention \u2013 to", "the extremely severe financial", "consequences for cohesion policy of the", "accession of new Member States11 ;", "emphasises that, from a cohesion policy", "point of view, the Union's capacity to", "absorb new members would, on the basis", "of these figures, be severely overstretched;", "calls for use of the IPA to be extended to", "special preliminary forms of EU", "neighbourhood status or membership and", "reiterates its call for graduated cohesion", "policy arrangements for large candidate", "countries such as Turkey;", "__________________", "11.", "On the assumption that Turkey and", "Croatia, which are currently in accession", "negotiations, receive support during the", "2007-2013 programming period at the", "same average per capita level as the new", "Member States (the EU 12), the total", "financial requirement would be", "EUR 132.5 billion, of which Turkey's", "share would be EUR 124.9 billion (94.3%)", "and Croatia's 7.6 billion (5.7%). If", "support were given at a rate equivalent to", "the average (2006) level of EU transfers to", "the new Member States as a proportion of", "GDP, the additional financial", "requirement would total", "EUR 109.1 billion, of which Turkey's", "share would be EUR 99.8 billion and", "Croatia's EUR 9.3 billion. (Untiedt, G.", "(2011) Das Volumen und die Verteilung", "der EU-Strukturfondsmittel f\u00fcr die", "F\u00f6rderperiode von 2007 bis 2013 unter", "Ber\u00fccksichtigung der T\u00fcrkei und", "Kroatiens, opinion of Professor", "G. Untiedt, GEFRA GbR, commissioned", "by Dr Markus Pieper, MEP)." ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 562, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "REGI" ], "authors": "Cornelia Ernst, Elie Hoarau, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, Marie- Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-04-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 60" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.728%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "11. Stresses the need to boost the", "Partnership Instrument by over EUR 1", "billion to foster the new shape of", "cooperation with MICs and LMICs,", "ensuring that funds can be planned,", "quantified and scrutinised;" ], "reference": "2011/2286(INI)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2012-03-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.728%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "16. Recalls that the Association", "Agreements are a powerful incentive in", "regional integration; argues that the lack of", "coherence between policies jeopardises this", "process;" ], "reference": "2011/2286(INI)", "seq": 56, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2012-03-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "16. Recalls that the Association", "Agreements if correctly focused taking", "into account asymmetries may be a", "powerful incentive in regional integration;", "argues that the lack of coherence between", "policies jeopardises this process;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.728%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "E. whereas the EU, by means of the", "Association Agreements and its", "development aid, continues to provide", "significant support for the development", "and stabilisation process in the region;", "whereas the possibility that it may no", "longer do so when the results of this", "process are consolidated is a cause for", "serious concern;" ], "reference": "2011/2286(INI)", "seq": 119, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2012-03-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "E. whereas the EU, by means of the", "Association Agreements with Central", "America and through its Trade", "agreements with Colombia and Peru is", "not dealing adequately with the", "asymmetries of those economies and that", "of the EU, and is increasing the", "dependence of those regions on mining", "and agro exportation." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital E" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.847%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(5) Draws attention to the complex", "relationship between energy and food", "supply and security developments,", "particularly with regard to biofuels which", "may have a negative social and", "environmental impact on developing", "countries." ], "reference": "2012/2029(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "(5) Draws attention to the complex", "relationship between energy and food", "supply and security developments,", "particularly with regard to biofuels which", "may have a negative social and", "environmental impact on developing", "countries; the right to food has to take", "absolute precedence over the EU", "renewable energy target for biofuels." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-485.838%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0261(CNS)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Eva Joly, Catherine Gr\u00e8ze, Bart Staes, Ricardo Cort\u00e9s Lastra, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "(18a) In case no agreement amongst the", "EU 27 is found by September 2012,", "Member States willing to implement the", "FTT should advance by formally", "requesting enhanced cooperation", "under TFEU article 329. The EP should", "give its consent speedily, under the", "condition that the Member States in", "question commit to invoking TFEU article", "333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision", "stipulating that they will act under the", "ordinary legislative procedure." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Recital 18 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-485.838%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. This Directive shall apply to all financial", "transactions, on condition that at least one", "party to the transaction is established in a", "Member State and that a financial", "institution established in the territory of a", "Member State is party to the transaction,", "acting either for its own account or for the", "account of another person, or is acting in", "the name of a party to the transaction." ], "reference": "2011/0261(CNS)", "seq": 13, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Eva Joly, Catherine Gr\u00e8ze, Bart Staes, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. This Directive shall apply to all financial", "transactions, including spot currency", "transactions, on condition that at least one", "party to the transaction is established in a", "Member State and that a financial", "institution established in the territory of a", "Member State is party to the transaction,", "acting either for its own account or for the", "account of another person, or is acting in", "the name of a party to the transaction." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 1 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-485.838%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0261(CNS)", "seq": 14, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Eva Joly, Catherine Gr\u00e8ze, Bart Staes, Ricardo Cort\u00e9s Lastra, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "Enhanced Cooperation", "In case no agreement amongst the EU 27", "is found by September 2012, Member", "States willing to implement the FTT shall", "advance by formally requesting enhanced", "cooperation under TFEU article 329. The", "EP shall give its consent speedily, under", "the condition that the Member States in", "question commit to invoking TFEU article", "333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision", "stipulating that they will act under the", "ordinary legislative procedure." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.654%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(g) practical steps should be taken to", "increase EU vessels calls at Mozambican", "ports thus increasing local employment and", "business opportunities." ], "reference": "2011/0378(NLE)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "(g) practical steps should be taken to", "increase the number of calls by EU vessels", "at Mozambican ports, thus increasing local", "employment and business opportunities. In", "particular, efforts to support the", "processing industry and fleet capacities", "should be made in order to help", "Mozambique to exploit its fishing area on", "its own;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2, point g" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-483.654%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0378(NLE)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ga) the inclusion of the surface long line", "elements in the Protocol should be revised", "to ensure compliance with the principle of", "responsible fisheries and to avoid the risk", "of causing unsustainable mortality of", "non-target species of sharks, seabird and", "turtle populations;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2, point g a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.890%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2318(INI)", "seq": 1, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Isabella L\u00f6vin, Kriton Arsenis, Nirj Deva, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-02-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure", "that the SFAs respect essential and", "fundamental elements of human rights", "and democratic principles as provided for", "in Article 9 of the Cotonou Agreement;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.890%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2318(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Isabella L\u00f6vin, Kriton Arsenis, Nirj Deva, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-02-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "3a. Reiterates the request made by the", "LDRAC (the Long-Distance Fleet", "Regional Advisory Council) that a", "distinction be made between the cost of", "access for the EU fleet (to be covered at", "an acceptable level by ship-owners and", "representing a fair share of the value of", "the catches) and the compensation", "intended to help towards development and", "that that aid should reflect the importance", "of the fisheries sector in the fight against", "poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.890%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the", "integration of developing countries in the", "world economy and encourage investment", "and the development of the local private", "sector, including small enterprises and", "small-scale fisheries, by supporting", "processing and marketing activities;" ], "reference": "2011/2318(INI)", "seq": 7, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Isabella L\u00f6vin, Kriton Arsenis, Nirj Deva, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-02-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the", "integration of developing countries in the", "world economy and encourage investment", "and the development of the local private", "sector, with a particular focus on small", "scale fishing communities needs, and", "ensure that investments will not", "contribute to overfishing or to competition", "with local communities which depend on", "fisheries for their livelihoods;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.681%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "rights should not be neglected along side", "rights relating to liberal freedoms and", "participation in the democratic process.", "Rights set out in the UN Social", "Responsibility Pact, such as the right to", "appropriate nutrition, minimum social", "standards, the right to education, the right", "to health care, just and favourable", "working conditions and the right to", "participate in cultural life should be", "treated equally.", "The EU can only credibly and", "successfully promote the worldwide", "strengthening of human rights if it also", "deals openly and critically with the", "situation regarding these rights in its", "Member States." ], "reference": "2011/2185(INI)", "seq": 20, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "9. Human rights are indivisible. For this", "reason, social, ecological and cultural" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 9 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 1, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Whereas EIB's activity outside the EU", "has developed primarily in middle income", "countries, with limited staff resources", "particularly for upstream work and for", "project monitoring, as well as limited local", "presence compared to the level and", "complexity of financing activities outside", "the EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 2, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "1b. Notes that in 2010, the EIB lent EUR", "5 bn of the total 72 bn EIB lending to", "developing countries (1.2 bn to Asia and", "Latin America (ALA), EUR1 bn to ACP", "(973m) and South Africa (50m), EUR", "2.55 bn to the Mediterranean countries", "and EUR 328 mn to Central Asian", "countries) of which only EUR 467 mn for", "projects directly aiming at achieving the", "MDGs;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Calls on the EIB to link its financing", "projects more directly to poverty reduction", "and the achievement of the MDGs, human", "rights, corporate social responsibility,", "decent work and environmental principles", "and good governance, through the", "implementation of Decision No", "1080/2011/EU of the European Parliament", "and of the Council;" ], "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 4, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Recalls that a narrow focus on GDP-led", "growth does not automatically deliver", "inclusive and sustainable development", "and reduce inequality; in this context,", "calls on the EIB to link its financing", "projects more directly to poverty reduction", "and the achievement of the MDGs, human", "rights, corporate social responsibility,", "decent work and environmental principles", "and good governance, through the", "implementation of Decision N\u00b0", "1080/2011/EU of the European Parliament", "and the Council; accordingly, takes the", "view that adequate concessional finance", "and staff resource is necessary for", "enabling EIB to support more effectively", "EU development cooperation objectives;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Thijs Berman, Maurice Ponga, Gabriele Zimmer, Charles Goerens", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Calls on the EIB to actively support", "projects aimed at financial inclusion, i.e.", "facilitating equal access to financial", "services such as loans and savings and", "insurance schemes, for instance through", "supporting microfinance institutions;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. Welcomes EIB's commitments and", "policy developed regarding non-", "cooperative jurisdictions; however,", "expresses its concern about the lack of", "transparency regarding the way \"global", "loans\" are allocated and monitored in", "terms of tax governance; recalls that the", "EIB should ensure that recipients of its", "loans do not avail themselves of tax", "havens or use other harmful tax practises", "such as abusive transfer pricing which", "may lead to tax evasion or avoidance; in", "this context, calls on the EIB to request", "that financial intermediaries make public", "any use of the global loans they receive,", "including a report of their activities in any", "individual country in which they operate;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Deems that monitoring of global loans", "or loans for SMEs should be improved to", "ensure that financial intermediaries", "implement properly the EIB's", "requirements, and to ensure accountability,", "transparency and environmental", "sustainability in the use of funds granted to", "local SMEs;" ], "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 7, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Regrets that the EIB is not prioritising", "investment in local companies in ACP", "countries; Deems that monitoring of global", "loans or loans for SMEs should be", "improved, to ensure that financial", "intermediaries properly implement the EIB", "requirements, to ensure accountability,", "transparency and environmental", "sustainability in the use of funds to local", "SMEs; takes the view that the definition of", "SMEs used in each external region", "should be clarified, taking into account of", "the structure of the local economies;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.600%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "setting-up of an \"EU Platform for", "External Cooperation and Development\"", "and to guarantee transparency in the", "process;" ], "reference": "2011/2186(INI)", "seq": 8, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Bart Staes, Maurice Ponga, Thijs Berman, Charles Goerens, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-01-20T00:00:00", "new": [ "7a. Welcomes the initiative of concluding", "a Memorandum of Understanding on", "cooperation between the European", "Parliament and the EIB; in this context,", "stresses upon the need to involve closely", "the EP in the process of discussion on the" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "A number of upper-middle income countries are vulnerable and should continue to benefit\nfrom tariff preferences provided under the general preferential arrangement.", "old": [ "or" ], "seq": 14, "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "aa) it has been classified by the World", "Bank as an upper-middle income country", "during the three consecutive years", "immediately preceding the update of the", "list of beneficiary countries and it is not", "considered to be vulnerable due to a lack", "of diversification and insufficient", "integration within the international", "trading system, as defined in Annex VII;", "or" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point a a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "The potential negative effects of graduation should be reduced by providing appropriate\ntransition periods granting potentially affected producers enough time to adapt to the new\ncircumstances. Therefore tariffs must not be reduced at the day of graduation, but must be\nphased out slowly over a period of time.", "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "seq": 17, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ba) the removal a beneficiary country", "from the list of GSP beneficiary countries,", "in accordance with paragraph 3 and on", "the basis of Article 4(1)(a) and (b), shall", "happen in phases over a period of 10", "years." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 2 \u2013 point b a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "In order to guarantee more transparency and civil society implication the participation in the\nmonitoring process of these bodies should be clearly stated.", "old": [ "1. As of the date of the granting of the", "tariff preferences provided under the", "special incentive arrangement for", "sustainable development and good", "governance, the Commission shall keep", "under review the status of ratification of", "the conventions listed in Annex VIII and", "shall monitor their effective", "implementation by examining the", "conclusions and recommendations of the", "relevant monitoring bodies." ], "seq": 22, "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. As of the date of the granting of the", "tariff preferences provided under the", "special incentive arrangement for", "sustainable development and good", "governance, the Commission shall keep", "under review the status of ratification of", "the conventions listed in Annex VIII and", "shall monitor their effective", "implementation by examining the", "conclusions and recommendations of the", "relevant monitoring bodies. Third parties", "such as civil society and trade unions", "shall be part of the formal monitoring", "process for both the general and the", "incentive (GSP+) arrangement." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 13 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "It states in the \"Agenda for change\" that the EU should \"continue to back governance reforms\nthat promote the sustainable and transparent management of natural resources, including\nraw materials\". The EU GSP should remain a un- reciprocal trade scheme. GSP must not\nserve EU offensive trade policy interest which would be against the very nature of GSP.\nTherefore no Economic policy conditionality should be included.", "old": [ "(d) serious and systematic unfair trading", "practices including those affecting the", "supply of raw materials, which have an", "adverse effect on the Union industry and", "which have not been addressed by the", "beneficiary country. For those unfair", "trading practices, which are prohibited or", "actionable under the WTO Agreements,", "the application of this Article shall be", "based on a previous determination to that", "effect by the competent WTO body;" ], "seq": 30, "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 19 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point d" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "A number of upper-middle income countries are vulnerable and should not be treated the\nsame as high income or other upper-middle income countries.", "old": [ "(9) The general arrangement should be", "granted to all those developing countries", "which share a common developing need", "and are in a similar stage of economic", "development. Countries which are", "classified by the World Bank as high-", "income or upper-middle income countries", "have per capita income levels allowing", "them to attain higher levels of", "diversification without the scheme's tariff", "preferences and include economies which", "have successfully completed their", "transition from centralised to market", "economies. Those countries do not share", "the same development, trade and financial", "needs as the remaining developing", "countries; they are at a different stage of", "economic development, i.e they are not", "similarly-situated as the more vulnerable", "developing countries; and, so as to prevent", "unjustified discrimination, they need to be", "treated differently. Furthermore, the use of", "tariff preferences provided under the", "scheme by high-income or upper-middle", "income countries increases the competitive", "pressure on exports from poorer, more", "vulnerable countries and therefore could", "impose unjustifiable burden on those more", "vulnerable developing countries. The", "general arrangement takes account of the", "fact that the development, financial and", "trade needs are subject to change and", "assures that the arrangement remains open", "if the situation of a country changes." ], "seq": 42, "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) The general arrangement should be", "granted to all those developing countries", "which share a common developing need", "and are in a similar stage of economic", "development. Countries which are", "classified by the World Bank as high-", "income or upper-middle income countries", "have per capita income levels allowing", "them to attain higher levels of", "diversification without the scheme's tariff", "preferences and include economies which", "have successfully completed their", "transition from centralised to market", "economies. Some countries which are", "classified by the World Bank as upper-", "middle income countries however, are still", "vulnerable due to the lack of", "diversification and their insufficient", "integration in the world economy. High-", "income countries and non-vulnerable", "upper-middle income countries do not", "share the same development, trade and", "financial needs as the remaining", "developing countries; they are at a different", "stage of economic development, i.e they", "are not similarly-situated as the more", "vulnerable developing countries; and, so as", "to prevent unjustified discrimination, they", "need to be treated differently. Furthermore,", "the use of tariff preferences provided under", "the scheme by high-income or non -", "vulnerable upper-middle income countries", "increases the competitive pressure on", "exports from poorer, more vulnerable", "countries and therefore could impose", "unjustifiable burden on those more", "vulnerable developing countries. The", "general arrangement takes account of the", "fact that the development, financial and", "trade needs are subject to change and", "assures that the arrangement remains open", "if the situation of a country changes." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 9 - first paragraph" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-478.637%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "GSP should not be linked to the political cooperation in the \"fight against terrorism\". This\nterm is very vague and should therefore not be used as a conditionality.", "old": [ "(27) The Commission should report", "regularly to the Council and the European", "Parliament on the effects of the scheme.", "Five years after its entry into force, the", "Commission should report on the operation", "of the Regulation and assess the need to", "review the scheme, including the special", "incentive arrangement for sustainable", "development and good governance and", "temporary withdrawal provisions of tariff", "preferences, taking into consideration the", "fight against terrorism and the field of", "international standards on transparency and", "exchange of information in tax matters. In", "reporting, the Commission should take into", "account the implications for development,", "trade and financial needs of beneficiaries." ], "seq": 47, "reference": "2011/0117(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "(27) The Commission should report", "regularly to the Council and the European", "Parliament on the effects of the scheme.", "Five years after its entry into force, the", "Commission should report on the operation", "of the Regulation and assess the need to", "review the scheme, including the special", "incentive arrangement for sustainable", "development and good governance and", "temporary withdrawal provisions of tariff", "preferences, taking into consideration the", "field of international standards on", "transparency and exchange of information", "in tax matters. 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Is aware of the fact that although rapid", "economic growth in China has created vast", "wealth, especially for the urban population,", "it has amplified the disparities between", "urban areas and rural areas, where 50.3 %", "of China\u2019s mainland population live;" ], "reference": "2010/2301(INI)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-11-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Is aware of the fact that although rapid", "economic growth in China has created vast", "wealth, especially for the urban population,", "it has amplified the disparities between", "urban areas and rural areas, where 50.3 %", "of China\u2019s mainland population live,", "contributing to a process of urbanisation", "and flight from the land and creating a", "situation whereby in 2011, for the first", "time in China's history, more than half", "the country's population is living in towns", "and cities;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-475.912%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. 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Calls on the Commission to continue", "supporting China in the process of", "achieving its strategic development goals,", "but at the same time gradually to move", "away from traditional development", "cooperation and aid towards a more", "commercially oriented relationship with", "China in the interests of both sides;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-475.912%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2301(INI)", "seq": 45, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-11-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. 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Warns against the creation of a", "protectionist climate, as this would be", "harmful to the EU and Chinese", "economies in the long run and would go", "against EU development goals as defined", "in the EU 2020 strategy." ], "reference": "2010/2301(INI)", "seq": 54, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-11-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-475.912%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2301(INI)", "seq": 59, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-11-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a. 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Points out that implementing the", "human right to food should be the", "overriding political objective and must", "take priority over the specific interests of", "private and state investors, which", "undermine the implementation of this", "right;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Welcomes the coherence of the two", "Communications from the Commission on", "humanitarian food assistance and food", "security; calls for stronger coordination in", "order to better address the root causes of", "hunger and food insecurity;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 40, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Welcomes the two Communications", "from the Commission on humanitarian", "food assistance and food security; calls for", "the two Communications to be", "implemented in a coherent and", "coordinated way in order to better address", "the root causes of hunger, malnutrition,", "and food insecurity; calls on the Member", "States to support the process of the", "development of the implementation plan", "in support of the Food Security Policy", "Framework and to adopt it once", "completed;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "recalls that emergency mechanisms must", "not be a long-term solution ; expresses", "deep concerns about the negative effects", "of such mechanisms especially on local", "economies; emphasises that a sustainable", "development policy should be based on", "long-term and cooperation approaches ;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Calls on the EU to increase support in", "favour of agriculture in its development aid", "programmes and to invest in nationally led", "plans; emphasises the need for increased", "public investments in research for", "sustainable agro-ecological production", "systems;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 48, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Calls on the EU to increase support in", "favour of smallholder and peasant", "agriculture in its development aid", "programmes and to invest in nationally led", "plans which should be implemented on a", "local level in cooperation with farmers", "and their representatives, local and", "regional authorities and civil society", "organisations; emphasises the need for", "increased public investments in research", "for sustainable agro-ecological production", "systems;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "3a. Insists on the need for a partnership", "approach with the whole range of", "development stakeholders on food", "security, in particular local and regional", "authorities and civil society organisations;", "underlines that because of their proximity", "to the territories and local populations,", "and their capacity to coordinate actions", "from different actors, the local and", "regional authorities play an essential role", "as an intermediary and a development", "platform; emphasises that the Structured", "Dialogue between the Institutions and", "civil society organisations should be", "extended to food security issues;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes", "should focus on sustainable small-scale", "food production and that priority should be", "given to \u2018ecologically-efficient\u2019 approaches", "that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the", "degradation of fertile land, promote agro-", "ecological and low-external-input (LEI)", "practices, and excludes GMOs;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 58, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes", "should focus on sustainable small-scale", "food production, as recommended in the", "IAASTD report, and that priority should be", "given to \u2018ecologically-efficient\u2019 approaches", "that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the", "degradation of fertile land, promote agro-", "ecological and low-external-input (LEI)", "practices, and excludes GMOs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 69, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Calls on the Commission to take", "measures that discourage the import of", "soybeans and corn which have been", "grown outside the EU using large-scale", "monoculture farming, because imports of", "these crops often have direct and indirect", "negative consequences in the exporting", "third countries for local farmers, the", "environment - especially vulnerable", "ecotypes like forests and wetlands - and", "indigenous people." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 70, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "4b. Calls for the establishment of", "mechanisms that protect forests,", "indigenous people, wet lands and", "traditional agricultural practices in", "exporting third countries." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 71, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "4c. Calls for the establishment of", "mechanisms that discourage exporting", "third countries to use GM-technology in", "growing crops intended for the EU-", "market." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Stresses that the fair integration of", "smallholder farmers in the value chain", "context can only be successful if conditions", "are created to facilitate their access to the", "means of production, processing and trade", "opportunities;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 73, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Stresses that the fair integration of", "smallholder farmers, especially women, in", "the value chain context can only be", "successful if conditions are created to", "facilitate their access to the means of", "production, processing and trade", "opportunities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 77, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. emphasises the importance of scaling", "up both nutrition-specific and nutrition", "sensitive activities and policies and to", "better align donor interventions in this", "sector at country, EU, and international", "level;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Calls on the Commission to support", "agro-processing capacities in partner", "countries in order to reduce post-harvest", "losses, extend the shelf-life of food and", "create decent work for the local population;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 79, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Calls on the Commission to support", "agro-processing capacities in partner", "countries in order to reduce post-harvest", "losses, extend the shelf-life and", "preservation of food and storage", "capacities, improve local market access", "and create decent work for the local", "population;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Calls on the Commission to recognise", "the fundamental role of women, as", "smallholder farmers, in food security, and", "to invest in programmes which specifically", "support them;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 90, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Calls on the Commission to recognise", "the fundamental role of women, as", "smallholder farmers, in food and nutrition", "security, and to invest in programmes", "which specifically support them; reminds", "that women\u2019s importance in achieving", "nutrition security for themselves and their", "children has still to be properly", "acknowledged and, therefore, women\u2019s", "livelihoods have to be secured and", "knowledge about adequate nutrition has", "to be increased;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 91, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "insists on the fact that the EU strategy", "should also focus on the implementation", "of actions to ensure that the most", "vulnerable, especially in rural areas, can", "benefit from agriculture training", "opportunities, education on nutrition,", "good health and work conditions and a", "safety net in case it is needed ;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "11. Urges the EU to support the UN social", "protection floor initiative, which would", "help satisfy the basic food needs of", "impoverished populations;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 94, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "11. Urges the EU to support the UN social", "protection floor initiative, which would", "help satisfy the basic food needs of", "impoverished populations, since the", "poorest receive a basic allowance which", "enables them to obtain the most essential", "basic foodstuffs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "13. Urges the Commission and the Member", "States to take concrete action to effectively", "tackle financial speculation on grain and", "food;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 104, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "13. Urges the Commission and the Member", "States to take concrete action at EU and", "international level to effectively tackle", "financial speculation on agricultural", "commodities, in particular grain and food,", "and to permit only as many commodities", "futures as are necessary for price", "hedging;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 107, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "13(1) Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to commit themselves at", "EU and international level to setting up", "medium-term price corridors which will", "make forward contracts for price hedging", "unnecessary;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 111, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "14(1) Calls on the EU to commit itself to", "regulation of the agricultural markets and", "the relevant financial markets by means", "of:", "\u2013 standardising derivative contracts,", "\u2013 introducing position limits for", "individual traders and limiting the overall", "number of contracts for each raw", "material (aggregate position limits) and", "limits for the physical acquisition and", "possession of agricultural commodities by", "non-state firms or private individuals;", "\u2013 setting up monitoring bodies and", "disclosure obligations, including real-time", "reporting obligations;", "\u2013 introducing a minor tax on commodities", "futures in order to make speculating on", "serious price fluctuations unattractive and", "guarantee the balanced development of", "raw materials markets;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 112, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "14(2) Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to ban OTC trade in", "agricultural commodity derivatives and", "set up a European supervisory body for", "commodity futures specialising in", "agricultural commodities similar to that in", "the USA, giving it the power to take action", "against market abuse and extreme market", "situations; securities forming the basis of", "agricultural commodity derivatives should", "also be raised;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 \u2013 subparagraph 2 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 113, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "14(3) Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to introduce a traders", "register with compulsory registration for", "all players dealing in agricultural", "commodity derivatives; registration", "should only be possible for players", "involved in production, processing and", "distribution, whilst index funds should not", "be entered in the register;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 \u2013 subparagraph 3 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "15. Calls for the increase and better", "management of physical grain reserves to", "counter food price volatility," ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 114, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "15. Calls for the increase, better", "management and storage of physical grain", "and food reserves at national and regional", "level and a strengthening of international", "coordination and monitoring, thereby", "countering food price volatility and", "enabling a better and faster response to", "food crises;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 115, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "15(1) Takes the view that, in the interest", "of food security, agricultural commodities", "must be coordinated and monitored at UN", "level (for example, by the FAO and/or", "UNCTAD) and that action must be taken", "effectively to restrict or prevent existing", "and future monopolies in agricultural", "markets;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "16. Expresses deep concern regarding the", "large-scale land acquisitions that are", "currently carried out by foreign investors in", "developing countries to the detriment of", "local smallholder farmers that need to be", "better protected;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 117, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "16. Expresses deep concern regarding the", "large-scale land acquisitions that are", "currently carried out by foreign investors in", "developing countries, which is to the", "detriment of local smallholder farmers and", "to local, regional and national food", "security;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "17. Encourages the adoption of the FAO", "voluntary guidelines on land acquisitions,", "but also calls for strict binding national and", "international regulations on land", "acquisitions; stresses that contract", "negotiations should be made transparent", "allowing for the participation of civil", "society;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 123, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17. Encourages the adoption of the FAO", "voluntary guidelines on land acquisitions", "and ensuring their participatory", "implementation, but also calls for strict", "binding national and international", "regulations on land acquisitions; stresses", "that contract negotiations should be made", "transparent allowing for the participation of", "local people who are affected, civil society", "and local and regional authorities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 127, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17a. Calls for application of the principle", "of gender sensitivity and a fair share of", "the investment profits for local people", "when investments are made in the", "agricultural economy and in land;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 128, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17b. Calls on the Commission to support", "partner countries in land reforms which", "take into account cultural and local rules", "and principles such as informal and", "community land rights and rights of users", "and include the impact of reforms on", "smallholder structures, with particular", "regard to women, pastoralists and", "nomadic farmers; local and regional", "authorities should play a central role in", "land reforms, given their proximity to the", "people affected and their knowledge of", "local areas; furthermore, potential land", "reforms must be accompanied by", "measures enabling productive cultivation", "by smallholders, such as ensuring access", "to water, land and seeds;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 129, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17c. Takes the view that, under the EU\u2019s", "trade and investment policy, investment by", "European firms and financial institutions", "in agricultural production and land in", "countries of the South should only be", "protected if a study on the impact on", "human rights is conducted and the", "participation rights of the people affected,", "i.e. free, timely and informed agreement", "together with the possible right to object,", "are guaranteed;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 130, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17d. Calls on the Commission to ensure", "that direct foreign investment by", "European firms and financial institutions", "in land purchase and lease in countries of", "the South for more than 30 years is", "neither made possible nor supported by", "public credits and other public funding", "programmes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 131, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17e. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to stress, in all", "negotiations on economic and investment", "agreements, the issue of the acquisition of", "large areas of land and their negative", "effects on food security and to take", "appropriate measures to guarantee", "human rights through possible sanction", "regimes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 e (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 132, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17f. Calls on the Member States to ask the", "World Bank not to provide security for", "investment risks by firms purchasing", "large areas of land or leasing land for 30", "years or more in countries of the South;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 133, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "17g. Underlines the need for the EU to", "give comprehensive treatment to the", "subject of large-scale land acquisition in", "all relevant position papers and strategy", "papers and to commit itself to the binding", "pre-eminence of human rights;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 138, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "19a. expresses its deep concerns", "regarding the decline of natural resources", "and the maintaining of effective", "conditions for agricultural production,", "including soil quality, water access and", "the prevention of environmental", "pollution; insists on the fact that all", "stakeholders, particularly farmers, local", "and regional authorities and civil society", "organisations, should play a significant", "role in the development of a sustainable", "agricultural development strategy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 139, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "19b. emphasises the importance of the", "right of farmers to produce seeds from", "their own harvests, to re-sow and", "exchange them between each other for", "smallholder farming, the preservation of", "biodiversity and the fight against arable", "land degradation; calls on the", "Commission to develop concepts and", "mechanisms aimed at significantly", "decreasing high energy inputs in", "agriculture - which is usually the case in", "monoculture -, long transport routes and", "industrial crops that require chemical", "fertilizers and pesticides;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 148, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "urges the EU to establish a certification", "system in order to verify that imports of", "agro-fuel products from developing", "countries respect sustainability criteria,", "such as social, human rights and", "environmental standards," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 20 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "22. Calls on the Commission to carry out a", "CAP impact assessment that will analyse", "its external impact on international food", "markets and food security in developing", "countries;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 149, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "22. Calls on the Commission to carry out a", "CAP impact assessment that will analyse", "its external impact on international food", "markets and food security in developing", "countries and to set up a monitoring", "mechanism to enable any negative effects", "of the CAP on global food security to be", "recognised early and dealt with;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 150, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "22a. Calls on the Commission to", "recognise the problems inherent in", "Europe\u2019s dependency on protein feed", "imports and to propose ideas for their", "solution;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 151, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "22a. Urges the Commission to investigate", "the problem of food waste inside the EU,", "as up to 40% of the available food,", "including food produced in developing", "countries and exported to the EU, is", "supposed to be dumped, and to propose", "effective measures to tackle the problem", "and improve consumption patterns;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "25. Reiterates concerns over the EU\u2019s trade", "strategy which fails to provide a pro-", "development approach; calls therefore for", "fair and balanced trade agreements, as they", "are an essential element of a global food", "security response;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 162, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "25. Reiterates concerns over the EU\u2019s trade", "strategy which fails to provide a pro-", "development approach; calls therefore for", "fair and pro-development trade", "agreements, as they are an essential", "element of a global food security response;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 25" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "26. Urges the Commission to focus on", "development concerns in the ongoing EPA", "negotiations and to grant more flexibility", "to developing countries as to trade rules;", "demands that the Commission takes a", "strong pro-development position in WTO", "negotiations and works towards the", "completion of the Doha Round; calls on", "the Commission to apply a human rights-", "based approach to international trade", "negotiations and to apply human rights", "impact assessments to agreements with", "third countries;" ], "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 164, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "26. Urges the Commission to focus on", "development concerns in the ongoing EPA", "negotiations, broaden developing", "countries\u2019 room for manoeuvre with", "regard to trade rules and, in particular,", "apply safeguard clauses in order to", "achieve endogenous, sustainable", "development of economic capacity in", "developing countries; demands that the", "Commission takes a strong pro-", "development position in WTO", "negotiations; calls on the Commission to", "apply a human rights-based approach to", "international trade negotiations and to", "apply human rights impact assessments to", "agreements with third countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 168, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "26a. calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to push in the current", "FAC negotiations for an overall", "commitment to assist a certain number of", "people, expressed in quantity of food and", "not less than the current 5 million metric", "tonnes per year, and to take into account", "the advantages and disadvantages of", "financial commitments, especially in times", "of economic and financial crises, for the", "recipient countries and for people", "suffering from hunger;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 169, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "26b. calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to support a needs based", "convention in which the level of donors\u2019", "food assistance commitments are linked to", "people\u2019s needs and guaranteed local", "purchase volumes in recipient countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 170, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "26c. expresses its deep concern about the", "lack of transparency, of information", "provided and of participation of relevant", "stakeholders in the current FAC", "negotiations;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.250%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2100(INI)", "seq": 171, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Helmut Scholz", "date": "2011-06-23T00:00:00", "new": [ "26d. proposes to establish a EP permanent", "rapporteur for food security in developing", "countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Calls on the Commission to support", "developing countries in diversifying their", "domestic economies and building up local", "production and processing capacity, in", "order to reduce their dependence on raw", "materials exports and enable sustainable", "development;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "1b. Calls on the Commission to respect", "the rights of developing countries and", "accordingly allow export restrictions in", "their public interest, in order in particular", "to make the fight against hunger and", "poverty the top priority; calls, further, on", "the Commission to refrain, in all bilateral", "and multilateral negotiations, from", "pressing for an end to export restrictions", "by developing countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 13, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "1c. Points out with concern that, on the", "one hand, industrialised countries\u2019", "growing demand for agricultural raw", "materials and, on the other hand,", "developing countries\u2019 demand for foreign", "currency are leading to developing", "countries renting or selling their fertile", "arable land to foreign investors and no", "longer being able to adequately supply the", "food production needs of their own", "population;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 14, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "1d. Calls on the Commission to think", "more about the reuse of resources, to", "sharply reduce the use of resources within", "the EU and to put in place a sustainable", "economic model in order to prevent", "emerging worldwide conflicts which could", "result from developing countries\u2019 need for", "raw materials for their own independent", "development;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Calls on the Commission to take", "measures to strengthen European", "companies\u2019 direct liability and duty of", "care in respect of their actions in", "developing countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.033%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Calls for stronger international", "cooperation on strategic resources; takes", "the view that global initiatives in such a", "sensitive field may serve as confidence-", "building measures between the EU and", "emerging economies like China, Brazil and", "India;" ], "reference": "2011/2056(INI)", "seq": 38, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Calls for stronger international", "cooperation on strategic resources, with the", "launch of an open, inclusive, transparent", "process for discussing future worldwide", "raw materials use; takes the view that", "global initiatives in such a sensitive field", "may serve as confidence-building measures", "between the EU and emerging economies", "like China, Brazil and India;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.024%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2023(INI)", "seq": 4, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "3a. Calls for an increase in funding and", "the development of capabilities and", "resources in order to ensure that", "humanitarian aid and civil protection", "remain purely civilian tasks;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-465.024%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2023(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Reaffirms that a formal distinction", "needs to be maintained between the remits", "of military and humanitarian bodies;", "urges that only civilian disaster protection", "and humanitarian aid capabilities should", "be developed and expanded with a view to", "optimising the coordination and", "implementation of EU disaster", "management, so that effective civilian", "disaster and emergency aid can be", "provided;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 59, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "6c. Calls for a review of existing", "conventions and agreements with", "developing countries with a view to", "combating poverty and hunger, and calls", "for a moratorium on all EU agreements", "and conventions which impede the", "attainment of the Millennium", "Development Goals by 2015 and", "undermine campaigns against global", "poverty and hunger;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 77, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "9b. Recalls that growth strategies should", "incorporate a long-term vision and be", "geared comprehensively to developing", "various sectors of the economy in order to", "ensure sustainable development and", "protection against external crises; calls", "for economic growth to be based on the", "practical involvement of a majority of the", "indigenous population and have as its", "primary aim meeting internal needs", "rather than continuing with the export", "fixation which has prevailed hitherto;", "reaffirms that the overriding aim of", "growth strategies for developing countries", "must be to eliminate poverty and hunger,", "that the focus should be on individuals", "rather than the interests of corporations", "and that for this reason the social", "structure of the country concerned must", "invariably be taken into account;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 78, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "9c. Recalls that the Least Developed", "Countries (LDCs) require special support", "and attention and that the fixation on", "export industries, under the influence of", "the so-called Washington Consensus, has", "had a fatal impact on those countries;", "stresses the need for LDCs to protect the", "sectors of their economies against", "external competition in order in the first", "place to make growth possible which is", "sustainable and meets their own needs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Stresses that EU policies should", "facilitate growth in areas of the economy", "where the poor earn their livelihoods, such", "as agriculture and the informal sector; calls", "on the Commission and the Member States", "to favour measures which facilitate poor", "people\u2019s access to land, markets, credits", "and other financial services and skills", "development;" ], "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 82, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Stresses that EU policies should", "facilitate growth in areas of the economy", "where the poor earn their livelihoods, such", "as agriculture and the informal sector; calls", "on the Commission and the Member States", "to favour measures which facilitate poor", "people\u2019s access to land, markets, credits", "and other financial services and skills", "development, without aggravating existing", "inequalities and without consolidating", "asymmetrical dependence structures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 125, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "16d. Recalls that public investment in", "public goods, infrastructure and services", "is fundamental to sustainable growth and", "the effective reduction of inequalities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 130, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "17b. Stresses that the industrialised", "countries have a responsibility to provide", "more support for investment in, and", "technology transfer to, indigenous", "undertakings so that emerging sectors of", "the economy in developing countries can", "implement international social and", "environmental standards; calls for", "support for measures to facilitate", "monitoring of compliance by", "undertakings with international", "standards;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "22. Reiterates its position that the EU", "should focus its development assistance on", "promoting sustainable small-scale", "agricultural production; emphasises the", "need to ensure, in particular, access for", "small farmers to the means of production", "(land, credit, consultancy and advisory", "services), to processing and marketing", "opportunities and to local and cross-border", "markets;" ], "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 169, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Charles Goerens", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "22. Reiterates its position that the EU", "should focus its development assistance on", "promoting sustainable small-scale", "agricultural production in order to ensure", "food self-sufficiency of the population as", "the first objective and to implement the", "right to food; emphasises the need to", "ensure, in particular, access for small", "farmers to the means of production, to", "processing and marketing opportunities", "and to local, regional, national and cross-", "border markets in order to guarantee sales", "opportunities for their production;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 172, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "22a. Calls, in accordance with the", "IAASTD report, for support for a switch", "to organic and ecologically sustainable", "farming, which both takes account of the", "experience of small-scale farming and", "constitutes an effective means of", "adjustment to climate change;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 179, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Charles Goerens", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "23b. Underlines that facing food", "insecurity means the implementation of", "many actions, from diverse sectors, such", "as the management of local natural", "resources, the reinforcement of", "production and manufacturing, training,", "the structuring of professional", "organisations, the implementation of a", "safety net for the most vulnerable, the", "education on nutrition and also the", "diversification of rural jobs beyond", "agriculture to enhance the income of", "rural families, which are the first victims", "of hunger;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 23 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.861%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2047(INI)", "seq": 185, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "23h. Calls on the EU to advocate", "internationally binding regulations on", "land purchase which take into account", "indigenous traditions and arrangements", "such as the customary right to land use", "and confer effective rights to protection", "on occupants affected by land sales;", "stresses that speculation in food has a", "direct adverse impact on global hunger", "and that effective regulations and limits", "on speculation are therefore", "indispensable;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 23 h (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.737%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Emphasises democracy and human", "rights as interdependent concepts by", "acknowledging free elections as necessary,", "but not sufficient, for democratic", "consolidation," ], "reference": "2011/2032(INI)", "seq": 2, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Emphasises democracy and human", "rights as interdependent concepts by", "acknowledging free, equal and secret", "elections as necessary, but not sufficient,", "for democratic consolidation," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.737%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Emphasises the role that democratic", "political parties and movements play in", "safeguarding the public by serving as", "watchdogs to increase the transparency and", "accountability of governments," ], "reference": "2011/2032(INI)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Emphasises the role that democratic", "political parties, social movements and", "free press play in safeguarding the public", "by serving as watchdogs to increase the", "transparency and accountability of", "governments," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.737%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Calls for directed support to social", "movements, independent media and", "political parties working for democracy in", "authoritarian states and new democracies in", "order to promote citizen participation,", "support sustainable multiparty systems, and", "improve human rights." ], "reference": "2011/2032(INI)", "seq": 27, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Calls for directed and equally", "distributed support to social movements,", "independent media and political parties", "working for democracy in authoritarian", "states and new democracies in order to", "promote citizen participation, support", "sustainable multiparty systems, and", "improve human rights." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.737%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2032(INI)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "stresses that this support shall be spend to", "and equally distributed amongst all the", "actors crucial for an active and working", "democracy and must not be used to", "pursue particular political and strategic", "interests of the EU but to allow an", "endogenous and sovereign", "democratisation and development." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 24, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Points out that budget support must", "not be used to reinforce EU\u00b4s particular", "economic and strategic interests, but to", "reach development objectives of and for", "developing countries, especially to", "eradicate poverty and hunger;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 38, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Demands that parliaments\u2019", "democratic budget control in recipient", "countries should be crucial to receive", "budget support; asks for a broad", "participation of parliaments and civil", "society in partner countries in order to", "democratically decide about the use of", "budget support funds;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 55, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Reminds that public investments in", "public goods, such as education, social", "security, infrastructures and productive", "capacities, especially with regard to", "smallholder farming and support to local", "markets, are crucial for successful", "development strategies;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "12a. Calls the EU and its Member States", "to fulfil its commitments to spend 0,56%", "of GNI and 0,7% respectively until 2015", "in ODA and for the eradication of poverty", "and hunger; demands a moratorium of all", "agreements and contracts between the EU", "and third countries which do not", "contribute to or hinder the", "accomplishment of the MDGs until 2015;", "asks the EU and partner countries to", "significantly increase investments in", "agriculture and manufacturing capacities", "in order to accomplish the human right to", "food;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 12 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 65, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "13a. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to fulfil their objectives", "such as spending two thirds of ODA as", "budget support;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.826%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 67, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-12-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "14a. Reminds the Commission and the", "Member States to harmonise their", "development cooperation between each", "other and to improve its mutual", "accountability with recipient states;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.581%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to eliminate", "all export subsidies and to decouple direct", "payments from production, so as to create a", "level playing field between EU and", "developing countries' agricultural products;", "asks the Commission to finance transitional", "schemes for crops affected by this", "decoupling, aimed at promoting organic", "and sustainable farming practices;" ], "reference": "2011/2051(INI)", "seq": 20, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-29T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to eliminate", "all export subsidies and to decouple direct", "payments from production, so as to create a", "level playing field between EU and", "developing countries' agricultural products;", "asks the Commission to finance transitional", "schemes for crops affected by this", "decoupling, aimed at promoting organic", "and sustainable farming practices that use", "low external inputs and that take account", "of local natural conditions; also calls for", "investment in research into organic", "farming methods and for the provision of", "public services to smallholders to enable", "them to switch to sustainable organic", "production;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.581%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. To alleviate the accumulated negative", "impacts of CAP on developing countries,", "calls on the EU through its trade and", "development policies to promote", "sustainable farming practices and food", "sovereignty in developing countries;", "safeguarding food security for LDCs and", "Net Food Importing Developing Countries,", "eliminating land grabbing, securing the", "property rights of smallholders, indigenous", "farmers, ending seed monopolies and", "dependency on specialised pesticides are", "essential;" ], "reference": "2011/2051(INI)", "seq": 29, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-29T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. To eliminate the accumulated negative", "impacts of the CAP on developing", "countries, calls on the EU through its trade", "and development policies to promote", "sustainable farming practices based on low", "external inputs and food sovereignty in", "developing countries; safeguarding the", "right to food as a human right in LDCs", "and Net Food Importing Developing", "Countries, eliminating land grabbing,", "securing the customary and property rights", "of smallholders and indigenous farmers,", "ending seed monopolies and dependency", "on pesticides are essential;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.581%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Notes that food is not merely a", "commodity but access to food is foremost a", "universal human right;" ], "reference": "2011/2051(INI)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-29T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Notes that food is not merely a", "commodity but access to food is foremost a", "universal human right; calls on the", "Commission, in this connection, to carry", "out an assessment of the human rights", "impact of economic, free trade and", "investment agreements concluded by the", "EU with third countries, in order to", "ensure that there is no conflict with the", "EU's own values in the area of external", "policies;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.581%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Takes the view that, in the context of", "tackling international speculation in", "agricultural commodity prices, the new", "CAP should establish appropriate", "mechanisms and rules to govern trade in", "agricultural commodity derivatives and", "enhance transparency; believes that the EU", "should lead by example, by establishing", "within its territory local auctioning", "agricultural markets and local distribution", "systems, which increase the bargaining", "power of smallholders in the food supply", "chain;" ], "reference": "2011/2051(INI)", "seq": 39, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-29T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Takes the view that the EU must pursue", "its legally binding aims and principles,", "above all the elimination of hunger and", "poverty throughout the world, and that,", "consequently, in the context of tackling", "international speculation in agricultural", "commodity prices, the new CAP should", "establish appropriate mechanisms and rules", "to govern trade in agricultural commodity", "derivatives and enhance transparency;", "calls, therefore, for the example of the", "USA to be followed and position limits for", "agricultural commodities finance", "instruments to be introduced and", "effectively monitored; insists on the", "creation of central regulatory bodies in", "order to curb over-the-counter", "transactions in the agricultural sector and", "to create the necessary transparency;", "believes that the EU should lead by", "example, by establishing within its territory", "local auctioning agricultural markets and", "local distribution systems, which increase", "the bargaining power of smallholders in the", "food supply chain;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2101(INI)", "seq": 31, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-11-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "3a. Calls for an increase in funding and", "the development of capabilities and", "resources in order to ensure that", "humanitarian aid and civil protection", "remain purely civilian tasks;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "15. Reaffirms that a very clear distinction", "needs to be maintained between the remits", "of military and humanitarian bodies and", "that it is essential for military resources", "and capabilities to be used only in a very", "limited number of cases and as a last", "resort in support of humanitarian aid", "operations, in accordance with UN", "guidelines (the MCDA and Oslo", "guidelines);" ], "reference": "2010/2101(INI)", "seq": 69, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-11-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "15. Reaffirms that a very clear distinction", "needs to be maintained between the remits", "of military and humanitarian bodies; urges", "that only civilian civil protection and", "humanitarian aid capabilities should be", "developed and expanded with a view to", "optimising the coordination and", "implementation of EU disaster", "management, so that effective civilian", "disaster and emergency aid can be", "provided;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2101(INI)", "seq": 72, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-11-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "15a. Reminds the Commission and the", "Member States that humanitarian aid and", "civil protection must be regarded as", "purely civilian tasks and implemented", "accordingly;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.570%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Eligible for EU guarantee shall be EIB", "loans and loan guarantees for investment", "projects carried out in countries covered by", "this decision, granted in accordance with", "the EIB's own rules and procedures in", "support of the relevant external policy", "objectives of the EU, where the EIB", "financing has been granted according to a", "signed agreement which has neither", "expired nor been cancelled (EIB financing", "operations)." ], "reference": "2010/0101(COD)", "seq": 22, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Eligible for EU guarantee shall be EIB", "loans and loan guarantees for investment", "projects carried out in countries covered by", "this decision, granted in accordance with", "the EIB's own rules and procedures,", "including the EIB\u2019s statement on social", "and environmental standards, and in", "support of the relevant external policy", "objectives of the EU, where the EIB", "financing has been granted according to a", "signed agreement which has neither", "expired nor been cancelled (EIB financing", "operations)." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Article 1 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.570%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. The EIB shall carry out thorough due", "diligence on development-related aspects", "of projects covered by the EU guarantee.", "The EIB's own rules and procedures shall", "include the necessary provisions on", "assessment of environmental and social", "impact of projects and of aspects related", "to human rights, to ensure that only", "projects that are economically, financially,", "environmentally and socially sustainable", "are supported under this Decision." ], "reference": "2010/0101(COD)", "seq": 28, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. The EIB shall carry out thorough due", "diligence with regard to the impact on", "human rights, social, environmental and", "conflict issues and on development-related", "aspects of projects covered by the EU", "guarantee to ensure that only projects that", "are economically, financially,", "environmentally and socially sustainable", "are supported under this Decision." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Article 6 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-452.570%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of", "development-related aspects, the EIB", "should strengthen its monitoring during", "project implementation, inter alia, on the", "development impact of the project." ], "reference": "2010/0101(COD)", "seq": 29, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of", "projectswith regard to their impact on", "human rights, conflict dynamics, social", "and environmental indicators and", "development-related aspects, the EIB", "should strengthen its monitoring during", "project implementation. In the event that", "information is received that suggests a", "negative impact on any of these aspects,", "the EIB shall be obliged to interrupt or, if", "necessary, to stop an operation until the", "situation is adequately addressed." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Article 6 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.626%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "d) asks the Council and the Commission to", "clarify the arrangements for cooperation", "and coordination between the European", "External Action Service (EEAS) and the", "Commission for the management of a", "large-scale disaster response outside the", "territory of the European Union;" ], "reference": "2010/2096(INI)", "seq": 22, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "d) asks the Council and the Commission to", "set up strict and transparent rules", "cooperation and coordination between the", "European External Action Service (EEAS)", "and the Commission for the management", "of a large-scale disaster response outside", "the territory of the European Union;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 d" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.626%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "e) urges the Council to consider", "strengthening the EU's disaster response", "capacity as a high priority, especially in", "view of the discussions on setting up an", "EU Civil Protection Force (which have", "seen limited progress since the publication", "of the Barnier report in 2006);" ], "reference": "2010/2096(INI)", "seq": 26, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "e) urges the Council to strengthen the EU's", "disaster response capacity as a high", "priority, especially in view of the", "discussions on setting up an EU Civil", "Protection Force (which have seen limited", "progress since the publication of the", "Barnier report in 2006);" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 e" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.626%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2096(INI)", "seq": 27, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ea) calls for an immediate establishment", "of an EU Civil Protection Force which", "must be adequately equipped with the", "necessary technological and technical", "resources;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 e a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.626%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2096(INI)", "seq": 42, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-18T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ia) emphasises the need to build up", "permanently available civilian capabilities", "of the EU which operate independently", "from military structures and to identify", "areas in which Member States can pool", "their efforts and capabilities at EU level in", "this respect;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 i a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.658%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Recalls that the 1986 UN Declaration of", "the Right to Development confirms that", "\u2018the right to development is an inalienable", "human right by virtue of which every", "human person and all peoples are entitled", "to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy", "economic, social and cultural", "development\u2019; considers, therefore, that the", "EU has an obligation not to undermine this", "right and, indeed, to contribute to it", "through its international agreements;" ], "reference": "2009/2219(INI)", "seq": 1, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Recalls that the 1986 UN Declaration of", "the Right to Development confirms that", "\u2018the right to development is an inalienable", "human right by virtue of which every", "human person and all peoples are entitled", "to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy", "economic, social and cultural", "development\u2019; considers, therefore, that the", "EU has an obligation not to undermine this", "right and, indeed, to incorporate it into", "international agreements and use it as a", "guideline for European policies;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.658%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Welcomes free-trade agreements and", "all efforts to encourage trade with and", "between developing countries as a reliable", "route towards solid, sustainable", "development; particularly encourages", "regional free-trade areas as a means to", "promote, through tariff reductions, trade", "between developing countries, whilst", "respecting WTO rules;" ], "reference": "2009/2219(INI)", "seq": 4, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.658%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Notes that in many developing countries", "fisheries, particularly small-scale fishing,", "and related industries play a vital role in", "ensuring food security, creating jobs,", "generating government revenues and", "exports and maintaining local", "communities; is concerned that overfishing", "and illegal fishing can contribute to", "migration and seriously undermine", "sustainable development; calls therefore", "for EU fisheries agreements with", "developing countries to help foster", "domestic fishing industries, monitor fish", "stocks, combat overfishing and illegal", "fishing, protect biodiversity and upgrade", "hygiene and health standards;" ], "reference": "2009/2219(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Notes that in many developing countries", "fisheries, particularly small-scale fishing,", "and related industries play a vital role in", "ensuring food security, creating jobs,", "generating government revenues and", "exports and maintaining local", "communities; is concerned that overfishing", "and illegal fishing are contributing to local", "and regional unemployment and", "migration and are seriously undermining", "sustainable development; calls therefore", "for EU fisheries agreements with", "developing countries to help foster", "domestic fishing industries (focusing in", "particular on small- and medium-sized", "fishing operators and firms), monitor fish", "stocks, combat overfishing and illegal", "fishing, protect biodiversity and support", "and foster improvements in hygiene and", "health standards;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.658%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Calls on the EU actively to promote", "corporate social responsibility through its", "trade agreements, with a view to a more", "ethical global trading environment in social", "and environmental terms;" ], "reference": "2009/2219(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Calls on the EU actively to promote", "corporate social responsibility through its", "trade agreements and establish binding", "rules, with a view to a strongly ethical", "global trading environment in social and", "environmental terms;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-443.136%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "B. whereas the international community,", "including the EU, must focus its efforts on", "the implementation of this national policy," ], "reference": "2010/2070(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "B. whereas the international community,", "including the EU, must focus its efforts on", "the implementation of this national policy,", "whereby publicly funded health services", "accessible to everyone must be placed at", "the centre of these efforts," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital B" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-443.136%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2070(INI)", "seq": 28, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "9a. Points out that, through appropriate", "training measures, former female", "circumcisers can be trained as health", "educators who can then play an active", "role in providing information and advice", "to women, for there is a serious problem", "here which, in the long term, can be", "tackled only when people abandon this", "traditional occupation \u2013 and particularly", "when economic alternatives are made", "available \u2013 and when the public is made", "aware of the consequences of genital", "mutilation;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-443.136%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "37. Calls on the Commission to comply", "with the remarks and recommendations", "addressed to it by the Court of Auditors", "(Report 10/2008) with regard to the", "development aid it provides for health", "services in sub-Saharan Africa as part of its", "commitments aimed at achieving the", "Millennium Goals;" ], "reference": "2010/2070(INI)", "seq": 67, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-07-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "37. Calls on the Commission to comply", "with the remarks and recommendations", "addressed to it by the Court of Auditors", "(Report 10/2008) with regard to the", "development aid it provides for health", "services in sub-Saharan Africa as part of its", "commitments aimed at achieving the", "Millennium Goals, which must under all", "circumstances be attained by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 37" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.045%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Points out that any breach of the", "principle of impartiality which", "humanitarian actors invoke in their work", "makes the latter more vulnerable on the", "ground; takes the view, therefore, that", "military personnel should distribute", "humanitarian aid only in entirely", "exceptional circumstances, in recognition", "of the impartial nature of the work of", "humanitarian actors;" ], "reference": "2009/2217(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-04-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Points out that any breach of the", "principle of impartiality which civilian", "humanitarian actors invoke in their work", "makes the latter more vulnerable on the", "ground; takes the view, therefore, that", "military personnel should not appear in", "the guise of humanitarian actors in any", "circumstances, and that humanitarian aid", "organisations should not be forced to", "cooperate with the military, in recognition", "of the impartial nature of the work of", "humanitarian actors;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 1, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the UN report", "'Rethinking poverty-Report on the World", "Social Situation 2010'," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation ? 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Calls on all developing countries to sign", "up to the ILO\u2019s Decent Work Agenda and", "to guarantee satisfactory labour standards,", "high levels of social protection and genuine", "social dialogue;" ], "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 22, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Calls on all developing countries to sign", "up to the ILO\u2019s Decent Work Agenda and", "the UN Social Protection Floor initiative", "to guarantee satisfactory labour standards,", "high levels of comprehensive social", "protection coverage that reaches the", "poorest and marginalised persons and", "genuine social dialogue;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 27, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Reminds developing countries to", "respect local traditions of common land", "use for agriculture in order to facilitate", "and to protect existing small farming;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "11a. Asks for free and full access for all to", "educational systems, i.e. basic and higher", "as well as vocational education, in order", "to qualify the local population to become", "skilled workers;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 34, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "11b. Insists that both donor and", "developing countries have to fulfil their", "commitments to realize the Millennium", "Development Goals by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "12. Supports measures, such as salary", "subsidies, that encourage local doctors to", "remain and practise within their", "communities;" ], "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "12. Supports measures, such as salary", "subsidies, that encourage local doctors to", "remain and practise within their", "communities and that strengthen medical", "systems which are accessible for", "everybody;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 12" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 38, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "12a. Supports measures that invest in and", "build up public services in general in", "order to create jobs and strengthen state", "capacities, facilities and social cohesion", "as it is indicated in the UN Report", "'Rethinking poverty';" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 12 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "13. Calls for more emphasis to be placed", "on practical healthcare, i.e. distributing", "bloodanalysers and training local people", "to use them;" ], "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 39, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "13. Calls for more emphasis to be placed", "on practical healthcare and awareness", "raising among the population about the", "merits of medical treatments;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "14. Believes all development strategies", "should pay special attention to the most", "vulnerable, especially women, children and", "people with disabilities;" ], "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 41, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "14. Believes all development strategies", "should pay special attention to the most", "vulnerable and marginalised, especially", "women, children, older people and people", "with disabilities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 54, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "19a. Proposes a financial transaction tax", "to generate revenue in order to pay for", "employment creation programmes and to", "attain the Millennium Development Goals", "by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 56, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "20a. Emphasises that the EU has to", "abolish its subsidy policies, especially in", "the agricultural sector, in order to", "facilitate fair trade conditions regarding", "developing countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 20 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 63, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "27a. Calls on the EU to target its aid also", "towards building up social protection", "systems in developing countries as an", "important and effective means to reduce", "poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 27 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "28. Calls on the EU to provide education", "opportunities for developing-world", "students but to ensure they return home", "after their studies to benefit their own", "communities;" ], "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 64, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "28. Calls on the EU to provide more", "education opportunities for developing-", "world students;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 28" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.984%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 80, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Kartika Tamara Liotard, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "33a. Calls on the EU to support the UN", "Social Floor Initiative to extend or", "implement sustainable social protection", "systems in developing countries by", "ensuring greater coherence in external", "relations policies, developing a", "Communication on Social Protection in", "development cooperation as suggested in", "the Council Conclusions on Promoting", "Employment through EU Development", "Cooperation;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 33 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.417%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Considers that all EU policy areas with", "an external impact must be designed to", "support the fight against poverty as well as", "the fulfilment of human rights, including", "social, economic and environmental rights", "and gender equality;" ], "reference": "2009/2218(INI)", "seq": 27, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Considers that all EU policy areas with", "an external impact must be designed to", "support the fight against poverty and the", "achievement of the Millennium", "Development Goals as well as the", "fulfilment of human rights, including", "social, economic and environmental rights", "and gender equality; demands a", "moratorium on those treaties, negotiations", "and other agreements between the EU", "and third countries that are not conducive", "to the fulfilment of the Millennium", "Development Goals by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.417%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "7. Stresses that the Council\u2019s decision to", "select five broad areas for the PCD", "exercise in 2009 should not replace", "monitoring of the 12 traditional policy", "areas; furthermore calls on the Commission", "to identify incoherencies whenever they", "occur and suggest solutions;" ], "reference": "2009/2218(INI)", "seq": 50, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. Stresses that the Council\u2019s decision to", "select five broad areas for the PCD", "exercise in 2009 must not replace", "monitoring of the 12 traditional policy", "areas; furthermore calls on the Commission", "to identify incoherencies whenever they", "occur and suggest solutions; calls on the", "Commission to create mechanisms for", "including other policy areas on the", "existing list where necessary, should", "European policy have a negative impact", "on development;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.417%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Is concerned that the \u2018ODA-plus", "approach\u2019 entails a risk that the EU will be", "deprived of its roadmap to reach the 0.7%", "ODA/GNP target for 2015 and that it", "undermines the definition of ODA and its", "focus on poverty eradication because it", "exaggerates the role of other financial", "flows for development;" ], "reference": "2009/2218(INI)", "seq": 57, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Is concerned that the \u2018ODA-plus", "approach\u2019 entails a risk that the EU will be", "deprived of its roadmap to reach the 0.7%", "ODA/GNP target for 2015 and that it", "undermines the definition of ODA and its", "focus on poverty eradication because it", "exaggerates the role of other financial", "flows for development; is critical of the", "fact that the transfer payments in the", "\u2018ODA-plus approach\u2019 contain no legal", "commitment to poverty eradication or", "assistance in achieving the Millennium", "Development Goals;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.417%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2218(INI)", "seq": 58, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Is concerned that the capital outflow", "from developing countries into the EU", "caused by incoherent policies under the", "\u2018ODA-plus approach\u2019 are not mentioned", "and the damage inflicted on developing", "countries by unfair tax competition and", "illegal capital outflow is not taken into", "account;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Asks the European Union and the Latin", "American and Caribbean (LAC) countries", "to redirect their cooperation towards", "human rights protection as a solution to the", "crisis, including the three categories of", "fundamental rights: political,", "environmental and cultural rights;" ], "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 4, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Asks the European Union and the Latin", "American and Caribbean (LAC) countries", "to redirect their cooperation towards", "human rights protection as a solution to the", "crisis, including the four categories of", "fundamental rights: political, social,", "environmental and cultural rights;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Calls for the fight against climate change", "to become a key focus of the EU-LAC", "strategy; suggests developing a new", "economic model based on the conservation", "of forests and natural resources and on", "sustainable agriculture;" ], "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Calls for the fight against poverty and", "climate change, which hits the world's", "poorest people the hardest, to become a", "key focus of the EU-LAC strategy;", "suggests developing a new economic", "model based on the conservation of forests", "and natural resources and on sustainable", "agriculture;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Calls for the recognition of food", "sovereignty and an end to policies", "involving the exploitation of natural", "resources for export; calls, therefore, for an", "end to major hydraulic engineering, mining", "and forestry projects, biopiracy and the", "appropriation of land (especially for the", "purpose of producing biofuels, which are", "not a sustainable solution to climate", "change);" ], "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 19, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Calls for the recognition of food", "sovereignty and an end to policies", "involving the exploitation of natural", "resources for export; calls, therefore, for an", "end to major hydraulic engineering, mining", "and forestry projects, biopiracy and the", "appropriation of land (especially for the", "purpose of producing biofuels, which are", "not a sustainable solution to climate", "change); calls on the EU to devise", "mechanisms under which penalties can be", "imposed on EU-based transnational", "corporations for environmental crimes", "committed in third countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "7. Calls for an end to bilateral agreements", "and multilateral trade agreements that", "focus solely on free trade, to the detriment", "of human rights, or have the effect of", "fragmenting regional blocs such as the", "Andean Community;" ], "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 25, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. Calls for an end to bilateral agreements", "and multilateral trade agreements that", "focus solely on free trade, to the detriment", "of human rights and social and cultural", "rights, or have the effect of fragmenting", "regional blocs such as the Andean", "Community;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 26, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "7a. calls on the EU to oblige EU-based", "transnational corporations to apply", "ecological and social standards", "established by international agreements,", "such as the International Labour", "Organisation's Decent Work Agenda, in", "the LAC countries as minimum standards", "and not to circumvent these;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 7 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.310%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Calls, in the context of the strategy", "developed with a view to arriving at a", "global interregional partnership agreement", "by 2015, for agreements and investment to", "be redirected to the poorest countries in", "order to achieve the Millennium", "Development Goals;" ], "reference": "2009/2213(INI)", "seq": 28, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-02-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Calls, in the context of the strategy", "developed with a view to arriving at a", "global interregional partnership agreement", "by 2015, for agreements and investment to", "be redirected to the poorest countries in", "order to achieve the Millennium", "Development Goals by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Article 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.374%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2150(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the UNCTAD report", "'The Least Developed Countries Report", "2009: The State and Development", "Governance'," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 13 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.374%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "15. Calls upon the Member States, within", "the European Union Emission Trading", "System framework, to devote a fair share", "of the revenues generated from the", "auctioning of carbon emission allowances", "to support developing countries in coping", "with climate change, in accordance with", "Directive 2003/87/EC1;" ], "reference": "2009/2150(INI)", "seq": 51, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "15. Calls upon the Member States, within", "the European Union Emission Trading", "System framework, to devote a fair share", "of the revenues generated from the", "auctioning of carbon emission allowances", "to support developing countries effectively,", "using public investment, in coping with", "climate change, in accordance with", "Directive 2003/87/EC1;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.374%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "20. Regards trade as a main driver of", "economic growth and poverty reduction in", "developing countries and calls upon the EU", "and Member States to leverage their", "international influence for a successful, fair", "and development-oriented conclusion of", "the Doha Round, while enhancing the pro-", "poor focus of EU Aid for Trade policy;" ], "reference": "2009/2150(INI)", "seq": 60, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "Does not affect English version." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 20" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.374%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "29. Recognises the current mid-term", "review of the external lending activity of", "the EIB and cooperation arrangements, to", "be completed in 2010 and in which the", "European Parliament acts as co-legislator,", "as a major opportunity to increase the EIB", "role in development cooperation, ensuring", "priority for projects targeting poverty", "reduction;" ], "reference": "2009/2150(INI)", "seq": 77, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "DEVE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "29. Recognises the current mid-term", "review of the external lending activity of", "the EIB and cooperation arrangements, to", "be completed in 2010 and in which the", "European Parliament acts as co-legislator,", "as a major opportunity to increase the EIB", "role in development cooperation, with the", "priority objective of attaining the", "Millennium Development Goals by 2015;", "considers that in this connection priority", "should be assigned to projects targeting", "poverty reduction;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 29" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(2) The ESF should improve employment", "opportunities, promote education and life-", "long learning and develop active inclusion", "policies in accordance with the tasks", "entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the", "Treaty, and thereby contribute to", "economic, social and territorial cohesion in", "accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty.", "In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty,", "the ESF should take into account", "requirements linked to the promotion of a", "high level of employment, the guarantee of", "adequate social protection, the fight against", "social exclusion, and a high level of", "education, training and protection of", "human health." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(2) The ESF should improve employment", "opportunities, promote education and life-", "long learning, fight poverty and social", "exclusion and develop active inclusion", "policies in accordance with the tasks", "entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the", "Treaty, and thereby contribute to", "economic, social and territorial cohesion in", "accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty.", "In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty,", "the ESF should take into account", "requirements linked to the promotion of a", "high level of employment, the guarantee of", "adequate social protection, the fight against", "poverty and social exclusion, and a high", "level of education, training and protection", "of human health." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(3) The European Council of 17 June 2010", "called for all common policies, including", "cohesion policy, to support the Europe", "2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth\u201812 . In order to ensure the", "full alignment of the ESF with the", "objectives of this strategy, particularly as", "regards employment, education, and the", "fight against social exclusion, the ESF", "should support Member States in", "implementing the Council", "recommendations on broad guidelines for", "economic policies of the Member States", "and the Union and the Council decisions", "on guidelines for the employment policies", "of the Member States adopted in", "accordance with Articles 121 and 148(4)", "of the Treaty. It should also contribute to", "the implementation of the flagship", "initiatives, with special regard to the", "\u2019Agenda for New Skills and Jobs\u201813 ,", "\u2019Youth on the Move\u201814 , and the", "\u2019European Platform against Poverty and", "Social Exclusion\u201815 . It will also support", "the activities in the \u2019Digital Agenda\u201816 and", "the \u2019Innovation Union\u201817 initiatives." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 58, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(3) The European Council of 17 June 2010", "called for all common policies, including", "cohesion policy, to support the Europe", "2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth'12 . In order to ensure the", "full alignment of the ESF with the", "objectives of this strategy, particularly as", "regards employment, education, and the", "fight against poverty and social exclusion,", "the ESF should support Member States in", "their efforts to achieve those objectives. It", "should also support the implementation of", "the flagship initiatives, with special regard", "to the 'Agenda for New Skills and Jobs'13 ,", "'Youth on the Move'14 , and the 'European", "Platform against Poverty and Social", "Exclusion'15 . It should also support the", "activities in the 'Digital Agenda'16 and the", "'Innovation Union'17 initiatives." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(4) The European Union is confronted with", "structural challenges arising from", "economic globalisation, technological", "change and an increasingly ageing", "workforce and growing skills and labour", "shortages in some sectors and regions.", "They have been compounded by the recent", "economic and financial crisis, which has", "resulted in increased levels of", "unemployment, hitting in particular young", "people and other vulnerable groups, such", "as migrants. The ESF should aim to", "promote employment and support labour", "mobility, invest in education, skills and", "life-long learning, promote social inclusion", "and combat poverty. In promoting the", "better functioning of labour markets by", "enhancing the transnational geographical", "mobility of workers, the ESF should, in", "particular, support European Employment", "Services (EURES activities) in relation to", "recruitment and the related information,", "advice and guidance services at national", "and cross-border level." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 67, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(4) The European Union is confronted with", "structural challenges arising from", "economic globalisation, technological", "change and an increasingly ageing", "workforce and growing skills and labour", "shortages in some sectors and regions.", "They have been compounded by the recent", "economic and financial crisis, which has", "resulted in increased levels of", "unemployment, hitting in particular young", "people and other vulnerable groups, such", "as migrants. The ESF should aim to", "promote good work, high quality", "employment and support the phasing out", "of precarious employment, invest in", "education, skills and life-long learning,", "promote social inclusion and combat", "poverty. In promoting inclusive labour", "markets by facilitating the voluntary", "transnational geographical mobility of", "workers, the ESF should, in particular,", "support European Employment Services", "(EURES activities) in relation to", "recruitment and the related information,", "advice and guidance services at national", "and cross-border level." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(7) The ESF should contribute to the", "Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater", "concentration of support on the priorities", "of the European Union. The ESF should", "in particular increase its support for the", "fight against social exclusion and poverty,", "through a minimum ring-fenced allocation.", "According to the level of development of", "the supported regions, the choice and", "number of investment priorities for ESF", "support should also be limited." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 81, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(7) The ESF should in particular increase", "its support for the fight against social", "exclusion and poverty, through a minimum", "ring-fenced allocation." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(8) In order to ensure closer monitoring", "and improved assessment of the results", "achieved at European level by actions", "supported by the ESF, a common set of", "output and result indicators should be", "established." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 87, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(8) In order to ensure closer monitoring", "and improved assessment of the results", "achieved at European level by actions", "supported by the ESF, a common set of", "output and result indicators should be", "established. As gender is a universal", "additional risk factor of social exclusion", "and poverty for women, all data are to be", "broken down by gender." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(9) Efficient and effective implementation", "of actions supported by the ESF depends", "on good governance and partnership", "between all relevant territorial and socio-", "economic actors, in particular the social", "partners and non-governmental", "organisations. It is therefore necessary that", "Member States encourage the", "participation of social partners and non-", "governmental organisations in the", "implementation of the ESF." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 92, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) Efficient and effective implementation", "of actions supported by the ESF depends", "on good governance and partnership", "between all relevant territorial and socio-", "economic actors, in particular the social", "partners and non-governmental", "organisations. It is therefore necessary that", "Member States involve social partners,", "non-governmental organisations, local and", "regional authorities in the preparation,", "implementation, monitoring and", "evaluation of the ESF in a timely and", "consistent manner. High-quality", "partnerships should be forged at all levels", "of governance. 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Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges", "identified in the National Reform", "Programmes and the relevant Council", "Recommendations made under Article", "148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute", "to achieving the headline targets of the", "Europe 2020 strategy on employment,", "education and poverty reduction." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 288, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges posed", "by the transition towards environmentally", "and socially sustainable development, in", "order to contribute to achieving at least the", "headline targets of the Europe 2020", "strategy on employment, education and", "poverty reduction." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources", "in each Member State shall be allocated to", "the thematic objective \u2018promoting social", "inclusion and combating poverty\u2019 set out in", "Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 294, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. At least 30 % of the total ESF resources", "in each Member State shall be allocated to", "the thematic objective \u2018promoting social", "inclusion and combating poverty\u2019 set out in", "Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026].", "The investment priority \"Active", "Inclusion\" shall be included in all", "Operational Programmes. Prior to the", "drafting of partnership contracts and", "Operational Programmes, the", "Commission shall provide guidelines on", "how the ESF should deliver on the", "poverty reduction target through", "integrated and socially inclusive", "approaches." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Member States shall pursue thematic", "concentration according to the following", "modalities:", "(a) For more developed regions, Member", "States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1).", "(b) For transition regions, Member States", "shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1).", "(c) For less developed regions, Member", "States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF", "allocation to each operational programme", "on up to four of the investment priorities", "set out in Article 3(1)." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 299, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.537%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. The involvement of the social partners", "and other stakeholders, in particular non-", "governmental organisations, in the", "implementation of operational", "programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of", "Regulation (EU) No [\u2026], may take the", "form of global grants as defined in Article", "113(7) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]. In such", "a case, the operational programme shall", "identify the part of the programme", "concerned by the global grant, including an", "indicative financial allocation from each", "priority axis to it." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 322, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-07-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. The involvement of the local and", "regional authorities, social partners and", "other stakeholders, in particular non-", "governmental organisations, in the design,", "the implementation and the evaluation of", "operational programmes, as referred to in", "Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026], may", "take the form of global grants as defined in", "Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]", "and technical assistance as defined in", "Articles 108 and 109 of Regulation (EU)", "No [...]. Member States shall make global", "grants schemes accessible for small NGOs", "in all ESF Operational Programmes. 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The Partnership", "Contract should translate the elements set", "out in the Common Strategic Framework", "into the national context and set out firm", "commitments to the achievement of Union", "objectives through the programming of the", "CSF Funds." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 104, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic", "Framework, each Member State should", "prepare, in cooperation with its partners", "and in dialogue with the Commission, a", "Partnership Contract. The Partnership", "Contract should translate the elements set", "out in the Common Strategic Framework", "into the national context and set out firm", "commitments to the achievement of Union", "objectives through the programming of the", "CSF Funds." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(17) Member States should concentrate", "support to ensure a significant contribution", "to the achievement of Union objectives in", "line with their specific national and", "regional development needs. Ex ante", "conditionalities should be defined to", "ensure that the necessary framework", "conditions for the effective use of Union", "support are in place. The fulfilment of", "those ex ante conditionalities should be", "assessed by the Commission in the", "framework of its assessment of the", "Partnership Contract and programmes. In", "cases where there is a failure to fulfil an", "ex ante conditionality, the Commission", "should have the power to suspend", "payments to the programme." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 105, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(17) Member States should concentrate", "support to ensure a significant contribution", "to the achievement of Union objectives in", "line with their specific national and", "regional development needs. Member", "States should ensure that the necessary", "framework conditions for the effective use", "of Union support are in place, to be", "assessed by the Commission in the", "framework of its assessment of the", "Partnership Contract and programmes." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 17" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(18) A performance framework should be", "defined for each programme with a view to", "monitoring progress towards the objectives", "and targets set for each programme over", "the course of the programming period. The", "Commission should undertake a", "performance review in cooperation with", "the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A", "performance reserve should be foreseen", "and allocated in 2019 where milestones", "set in the performance framework have", "been attained. Due to their diversity and", "multi-country character, there should be", "no performance reserve for \u2018European", "Territorial Cooperation\u2019 programmes. In", "cases where the shortfall in the", "achievement of milestones or targets is", "significant, the Commission should be", "able to suspend payments to the", "programme or, at the end of the", "programming period, apply financial", "corrections, in order to ensure that the", "Union budget is not used in a wasteful or", "inefficient way." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 110, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(18) A performance framework should be", "defined for each programme with a view to", "monitoring progress towards the objectives", "and targets set for each programme over", "the course of the programming period. The", "Commission should undertake a", "performance review in cooperation with", "the Member States in 2017 and 2019." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 18" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(19) Establishing a closer link between", "cohesion policy and the economic", "governance of the Union will ensure that", "the effectiveness of expenditure under the", "CSF Funds is underpinned by sound", "economic policies and that the CSF", "Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to", "addressing the economic problems a", "country is facing. This process has to be", "gradual, starting with amendments to the", "Partnership Contract and to the", "programmes in support of Council", "recommendations to address", "macroeconomic imbalances and social", "and economic difficulties. Where, despite", "the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a", "Member State fails to take effective action", "in the context of the economic governance", "process, the Commission should have the", "right to suspend all or part of the", "payments and commitments. Decisions on", "suspensions should be proportionate and", "effective, taking into account the impact", "of the individual programmes for", "addressing the economic and social", "situation in the relevant Member State", "and previous amendments to the", "Partnership Contract. When deciding on", "suspensions, the Commission should also", "respect equality of treatment between", "Member States, taking into account in", "particular the impact of the suspension on", "the economy of the Member State", "concerned. The suspensions should be", "lifted and funds be made available again", "to the Member State concerned as soon as", "the Member State takes the necessary", "action." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 113, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 19" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(20) In order to ensure focus on the", "achievement of the Union strategy for", "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,", "common elements should be defined for all", "programmes. In order to ensure the", "consistency of programming arrangements", "for the CSF Funds, the procedures for", "adoption and amendment of programmes", "should be aligned. Programming should", "ensure consistency with the Common", "Strategic Framework and Partnership", "Contract, coordination of the CSF Funds", "between themselves and with the other", "existing financial instruments and the", "European Investment Bank." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 115, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(20) In order to ensure focus on the", "achievement of the headline targets of the", "Union strategy for smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth, common elements should", "be defined for all programmes. In order to", "ensure the consistency of programming", "arrangements for the CSF Funds, the", "procedures for adoption and amendment of", "programmes should be aligned.", "Programming should ensure consistency", "with the Common Strategic Framework", "and Partnership Contract, coordination of", "the CSF Funds between themselves and", "with the other existing financial", "instruments and the European Investment", "Bank." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 20" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(35) Ex post evaluations should be carried", "out in order to assess the effectiveness and", "efficiency of the CSF Funds and their", "impact on the overall goals of the CSF", "Funds and the Union strategy for smart,", "sustainable and inclusive growth." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 119, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(35) Ex post evaluations should be carried", "out in order to assess the effectiveness and", "efficiency of the CSF Funds and their", "impact on the overall goals of the CSF", "Funds and their contribution to achieving", "the headline targets of the Union strategy", "for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,", "in particular concerning the reduction of", "poverty and social exclusion." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 35" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(57) It is necessary to fix the limits of those", "resources for the \u2018Investment for growth", "and jobs\u2019 goal and to adopt objective", "criteria for their allocation to regions and", "Member States. In order to encourage the", "necessary acceleration of development of", "infrastructure in transport and energy as", "well as information and communication", "technologies across the Union, a", "Connecting Europe Facility should be", "created. The allocation of the annual", "appropriations from the Funds and the", "amounts transferred from the Cohesion", "Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility to", "a Member State should be limited to a", "ceiling that would be fixed taking into", "account the capacity of that particular", "Member State to absorb these", "appropriations. In addition, in line with the", "headline target on poverty reduction, it is", "necessary to reorient the scheme for food", "support for the most deprived persons to", "promote social inclusion and the", "harmonious development of the Union. A", "mechanism is envisaged which transfers", "resources to this instrument and ensures", "that these will be constituted from ESF", "allocations through an implicit", "corresponding decrease of the minimum", "percentage of the Structural Funds to be", "allocated to the ESF in each country." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 121, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "(57) It is necessary to fix the limits of those", "resources for the \u2018Investment for growth", "and jobs\u2019 goal and to adopt objective", "criteria for their allocation to regions and", "Member States. In order to encourage the", "necessary acceleration of development of", "infrastructure in transport and energy as", "well as information and communication", "technologies across the Union, a", "Connecting Europe Facility should be", "created. The allocation of the annual", "appropriations from the Funds and the", "amounts transferred from the Cohesion", "Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility to", "a Member State should be limited to a", "ceiling that would be fixed taking into", "account the capacity of that particular", "Member State to absorb these", "appropriations. In addition, in line with the", "headline target on poverty reduction, it is", "necessary to reorient the scheme for food", "support for the most deprived persons to", "promote social inclusion and the", "harmonious development of the Union. A", "mechanism is envisaged which transfers", "resources to this instrument and ensures", "that these will be constituted from ESF", "allocations." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 57" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(58) In order to strengthen the focus on", "results and achievement of the Europe", "2020 objectives and targets, five per cent", "of the resources for the \u2018Investment for", "growth and jobs\u2019 goal should be set aside", "as a performance reserve for each Fund,", "and category of region in each Member", "State." ], "reference": "2011/0276(COD)", "seq": 124, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2012-05-30T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 58" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.560%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(60) In order to ensure a genuine economic", "impact, support from the Funds should not", "replace public expenditure or equivalent", "structural expenditure by Member States", "under the terms of this Regulation. 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The programme", "should improve the social economy", "organisations' access to finance." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-487.817%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(17) In order to capitalise on the experience", "of international financial institutions, and", "in particular the European Investment Bank", "Group, action involving microfinance and", "social entrepreneurship should be", "implemented by the Commission indirectly", "by entrusting budget implementations tasks", "to financial institutions in accordance with", "the financial regulation. Using Union", "resources concentrates leverage from", "international financial institutions and", "other investors, unifies approaches and", "thus improves access to finance for micro-", "enterprises, including the self-employed", "and social enterprises. The Union", "contribution thus assists in the", "development of the emerging social", "business sector and the microfinance", "market in the Union and encourages cross-", "border activities." ], "reference": "2011/0270(COD)", "seq": 170, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2012-04-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "(17) In order to capitalise on the experience", "of international financial institutions, and", "in particular the European Investment Bank", "Group, action involving microfinance and", "the social economy should be implemented", "by the Commission indirectly by entrusting", "budget implementations tasks to financial", "institutions in accordance with the financial", "regulation. 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"accessibility of microfinance for", "unemployed, socially excluded and", "vulnerable people who wish to start up a", "micro-enterprise as well as for existing", "micro-enterprises, and by increasing access", "to finance for the social economy", "organisations;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point e" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-487.817%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at", "least 17% shall be allocated to promoting", "social experimentation as a method for", "testing and evaluating innovative", "solutions with a view to scaling them up;" ], "reference": "2011/0270(COD)", "seq": 259, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2012-04-26T00:00:00", "new": [ "(a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at", "least 60% shall 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Is very concerned that in the past decade", "progress has only been achieved very", "slowly, that the wage differential between", "men and women has remained persistently", "high in recent years and that, despite the", "legally binding principle of equal pay for", "work of equal value, women\u2019s hourly", "earnings in the EU27 were on average", "17.5% less than men\u2019s for the same work", "in 2009; notes that the flexicurity strategy", "is not of a nature to reduce existing", "disparities in employment protection and", "pay between women and men;" ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Is very concerned that in the past decade", "progress has only been achieved very", "slowly, that the wage differential between", "men and women has remained persistently", "high in recent years and that, despite the", "legally binding principle of equal pay for", "work of equal value, women\u2019s hourly", "earnings in the EU27 were on average", "17.5% less than men\u2019s for the same work", "in 20091 (up to 30% less in the private", "sector, equal merit and qualifications", "notwithstanding); is concerned at the very", "wide pay gap between highly-qualified", "women and men in some Member States;", "notes that the flexicurity strategy is not of a", "nature to reduce existing disparities in", "employment protection and pay between", "women and men;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 17, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "2a. Welcomes the Council Conclusions of", "6.12.2010 calling on the Member States to", "take wide-ranging measures to overcome", "the causes of this pay inequality;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Observes that statistics must be", "coherent, comparable, gender-specific and", "complete and must take account of new", "developments in the organisation of work;", "considers that, in assessing the pay gap, not", "only differences in gross hourly wages but", "also other aspects of individual pay and", "qualifications should be taken into", "account;" ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Observes that statistics must be", "coherent, comparable, gender-specific,", "complete and designed to take account of", "new systems of classifying and organising", "staff and reforming work organisation;", "considers that, in assessing the pay gap, not", "only differences in gross hourly wages", "must be taken into account but also other", "aspects such as individual pay", "supplements, professional qualifications,", "personal aptitudes and skills, work", "organisation, professional experience and", "productivity, which should be measured", "not only in quantitative terms (hours", "when the worker is physically present at", "the workplace) but also in qualitative", "terms and in terms of the impact which", "reductions in working hours, periods of", "leave and absences because of care", "activities have on automatic pay rises;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 68, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "7a. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to consider a legally-", "binding quota for the appointment of", "women in public and private enterprises \u2013", "in particular to senior posts \u2013 thereby", "stressing the positive impact of such a", "principle (as can be seen in Norway,", "where there is near parity between the", "numbers of women and men in the largest", "listed enterprises);" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Calls on Member States to adopt", "extensive legally binding rules in order to", "implement in practical terms the principle", "of equal pay for equal work and work of", "equal value;" ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 78, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Calls on Member States to adopt", "extensive legally binding rules in order to", "implement in practical terms the principle", "of equal pay for equal work and work of", "equal value; emphasises that the situation", "of women in insecure employment", "arrangements must urgently be improved,", "as they are hit particularly badly and are", "vulnerable at times of social and", "economic crisis;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 85, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Notes that the EU\u2019s concept of", "flexicurity is not well suited to solving the", "problems of gender-specific pay inequality", "and in-work poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Notes that the Commission\u2019s measures", "must be directly addressed not only to", "Member States and the social partners but", "also to equal rights agencies;" ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 90, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Notes that the Commission\u2019s measures", "must be directly addressed not only to", "Member States and the social partners but", "also to equal rights agencies, women\u2019s", "groups, women\u2019s initiatives and", "community and occupational equal", "opportunities officials who could provide", "training on gender issues \u2013 with special", "regard to the gender pay gap \u2013 in", "particular for social partners, lawyers,", "judges and ombudsmen;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(a) specific measures to make it possible to", "reconcile work, training and further", "training with family and private life," ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 109, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(a) specific measures to make it possible to", "reconcile work, study, training and further", "training with family and private life", "through access to care services (which", "must be affordable, easily accessible and", "independent of employment status and", "type of employment contract), through", "working-time patterns that are adapted to", "the needs of employed people, particularly", "single parents, and through maternity,", "paternity, paternal and family leave in", "conjunction with the possibility of smooth", "reintegration into work," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 13 \u2013 point a" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(b) appropriate fiscal and social security", "policies," ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 115, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(b) appropriate fiscal and social security", "policies, including measures to dismantle", "the significant disadvantages in", "retirement pensions owing to work", "interruptions and part-time work by", "parents, and gender-specific measures", "designed to compensate for unfair and", "unjustified pay differences, to enhance", "the quality of female employment and to", "provide for atypical services with regard", "to care within the family or its broader", "environment," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 13 \u2013 point b" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(c) practical measures to be implemented", "by the social partners and equal rights", "agencies (pursuant to Article 157(4)", "TFEU) to overcome the pay gap and", "exclusion at the various contractual and", "sectoral levels," ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 119, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(c) practical measures to be implemented", "by the social partners and equal rights", "agencies (pursuant to Article 157(4)", "TFEU) to overcome the pay gap and", "exclusion at the various contractual and", "sectoral levels, such as obliging social", "partners to conclude pay agreements, to", "undertake regular investigations in", "relation to equal pay, to ensure the", "implementation of companies' equality", "plans, the setting of qualitative and", "quantitative targets and benchmarking,", "and the exchange of best practice", "validated by the parties concerned and", "accompanied by accounts of the obstacles", "and difficulties encountered," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 13 \u2013 point c" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-480.870%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(d) inclusion of a clause on respect for", "gender equality and equal payment in", "public procurement contracts and creation", "of a special quality certificate," ], "reference": "2011/2285(INI)", "seq": 121, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2012-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(d) inclusion of a clause on respect for", "gender equality and equal payment in", "public procurement contracts and creation", "of a special quality certificate which would", "be awarded to undertakings and confer on", "them certain advantages in terms of", "access to national, local and European", "support measures and funding and", "increase their chances of securing public", "contracts, and consideration of the", "optimal application of those policies in the", "context of public procurement," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 13 \u2013 point d" ] ] }, { "src": 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Calls on the Commission to submit to", "Parliament an analysis showing which", "legal acts at EU and/or national level", "would be an appropriate means of", "bringing about a significant reduction in", "the pay gap in the shortest possible time." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-472.086%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "11. Acknowledges the need to assess the", "impact of EU funds in terms of achieving", "the poverty reduction target, even where", "this is not their primary objective;", "maintains that priority must be given to", "projects that combine employment targets", "and strategies with active inclusion;" ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": "P", "orig_lang": "fr", "compromise": [ "Compromise amendment replacing Amendments 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277" ], "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Roger Helmer, Veronica Lope Fontagn\u00e9, Konstantinos Poupakis, Gabriele Zimmer, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Mara Bizzotto, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Daerden, Marc Tarabella, Karima Delli, Jean Lambert, Jutta Steinruck, Evelyn Regner, Sylvana Rapti", "date": "2011-09-09T00:00:00", "new": [ "11. Acknowledges the need to assess,", "where possible, the effectiveness, impact,", "coordination and value for money of EU", "funds, especially of the European Social", "Fund (ESF) in terms of achieving the", "poverty reduction target, even where this is", "not their primary objective, reducing the", "economic discrepancies, prosperity", "imbalances and differences in living", "standard levels across EU Member States", "and regions, and therefore promoting", "economic and social cohesion; maintains", "that priority must be given to projects that", "combine employment targets and strategies", "with integrated active inclusion", "approaches, such as projects designed to", "strengthen intergenerational solidarity at", "regional and local level or which", "specifically contribute to realising gender", "equality and the active inclusion of", "vulnerable groups; stresses the", "importance of effective action for", "solidarity, including reinforcement,", "anticipation of transfer and reduction of", "cofinancing in respect of budgetary", "funding for creating decent jobs,", "supporting productive sectors and fighting", "poverty and social exclusion, rather than", "creating new forms of dependence;", "stresses the importance of supporting the", "combat of poverty and social exclusion,", "and access to quality employment and non", "discrimination, ensuring adequate income", "and promoting access to quality services;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-472.086%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a", "framework directive on minimum income,", "designed to prevent poverty and serve as a", "basis for people to live in dignity and make", "headway with finding employment or", "identifying training opportunities, with due", "regard for differing practices, collective", "labour agreements and legislation in the", "various Member States;" ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": "W", "orig_lang": "fr", "compromise": [ "Compromise amendment replacing Amendments 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376" ], "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Roger Helmer, Elizabeth Lynne, Veronica Lope Fontagn\u00e9, Jan Koz\u0142owski, Konstantinos Poupakis, Licia Ronzulli, Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Franz Obermayr, Gabriele Zimmer, Karima Delli, Jean Lambert, Jutta Steinruck, Evelyn Regner, Sylvana Rapti", "date": "2011-09-09T00:00:00", "new": [ "18. Wishes the Commission to launch, in", "full compliance with the principle of", "subsidiarity, a consultation on the", "possibility of a legislative initiative on a", "sensible minimum income that will allow", "economic development, designed to", "prevent poverty and serve as a basis for", "people to live in dignity, play their full", "part in society and make headway with", "finding employment or identifying training", "opportunities and playing an automatic", "stabilising role for the economy, with due", "regard for differing practices, collective", "labour agreements and legislation in the", "various Member States, the definition of a", "minimum income being the prerogative of", "the Member State; wishes the Commission", "to help Member States share best practice", "on minimum income levels and", "encourages Member States to develop", "minimum income schemes based on an", "average of 60% of the median income in", "each Member State;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 18" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-472.086%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "F. whereas employment alone is not", "sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and", "whereas the problem of the working poor", "has gained increasing recognition in recent", "years," ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": "FF", "orig_lang": "fr", "compromise": [ "Compromise amendment replacing Amendments 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77" ], "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Robert Rochefort, Karima Delli, Jean Lambert, Gabriele Zimmer, Veronica Lope Fontagn\u00e9, Konstantinos Poupakis, Evelyn Regner, Jutta Steinruck, Sylvana Rapti, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-09-09T00:00:00", "new": [ "F. whereas growth and employment, even", "in a decent job, alone are not sufficient to", "lift people out of poverty and whereas the", "segmentation of the labour market has", "increased, working and living conditions", "have very much worsened, particularly", "during the financial crisis, and work has", "become much less secure \u2013 a trend which", "must be combated; whereas the problem of", "the working poor has gained increasing", "recognition in recent years but is not yet", "being addressed to an extent", "commensurate with the challenges it", "represents for our societies; whereas the", "number of the working poor has grown", "considerably in recent years, with 8% of", "the working population suffering in-work", "poverty and where 22% of those at risk of", "poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of", "people having access to decent,", "egalitarian working conditions constitutes", "an advance in terms of reducing poverty", "and social exclusion among families and", "people living alone,", "__________________", "1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC", "Assessment of the social dimension of the", "Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)" ], "location": [ 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political and", "cultural participation in society and plays", "a key role in stabilising the economy by", "limiting the impact of crises and in", "redistributing resources at every stage of", "life, while also affording protection against", "social risks and preventing and alleviating", "poverty and social exclusion, throughout", "the life cycle," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital H" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 37, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ba. whereas the Lisbon European", "Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 agreed", "to end child poverty by 2010, and the Nice", "European Council of 7 to 9 December", "2000 agreed to make substantial progress", "in combating poverty by 2010, and", "whereas these undertakings failed", "because the policy focus during that", "period was purely on competitiveness," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital B a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 48, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ca. regrets that by 2020 in the EU only 20", "million people will have been freed from", "poverty which, depending on how it is", "calculated, is a quarter or one sixth of", "those affected by poverty, and is", "concerned that through the deliberate", "choice of one of the three resulting", "indicators, lack of comparability, and", "through statistical accounting tricks, it is", "impossible to know what each Member", "State\u2019s real contribution to the objective", "of combating poverty has been," ], "location": [ [ 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\u2018is unacceptable", "in 21st Century Europe\u2019 and therefore", "criticises the fact that the Commission\u2019s", "policy recommendations in the context of", "the European Semester and the Member", "States\u2019 conclusions in the Euro Plus Pact", "include a one-sided austerity policy,", "raising the retirement age, interference in", "wage bargaining policies and reducing", "workers\u2019 rights by making labour markets", "more flexible, and thus run counter to the", "aims of the European Platform against", "Poverty and Social Exclusion," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital D a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Db. sharply criticises the fact that the", "Commission\u2019s recommendations to", "countries - particularly to the Member", "States hardest hit by the crisis \u2013 de facto", "recommend reducing social expenditure", "and pensions, further liberalisation of", "services and privatisation of public", "services, constituting a serious threat to", "the welfare state and public service", "provision, which is not compatible with", "the Platform's objectives," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital D b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 62, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Dc. regrets that in the context of the", "European Semester, the Commission has", "called wage indexation systems and", "collective labour agreements into", "question, possibly leading to fewer rights", "and more 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up", "country recommendations for the next", "European Semester, setting out how the", "measures proposed in the Platform can be", "placed on a realistic economic and", "financial footing, for example by", "introducing an EU-wide financial", "transaction tax, harmonising the", "corporation tax base, minimum tax rates", "for enterprises, taxation of wealth and", "capital income, introduction of", "eurobonds, and measures to develop", "investment for the future and distribute", "society\u2019s wealth," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital D f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "F. whereas employment alone is not", "sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and", "whereas the problem of the working poor", "has gained increasing recognition in recent", "years," ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 74, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "F. whereas employment alone is not", "sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and", "whereas the segmentation of the labour", "market, indecent working conditions and", "the problem of the working poor have", "gained increasing recognition in recent", "years, which has to be followed by", "political measures tackling these", "problems;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital F" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "H. whereas social protection, including", "minimum income systems, plays a key role", "in stabilising the economy by limiting the", "impact of crises and in redistributing", "resources at every stage of life, while also", "affording protection against social risks", "and preventing poverty," ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 91, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "H. whereas social protection, including", "minimum income systems, is a basic", "element of modern democracies that", "substantially guarantees the human right", "to social, economical, political and", "cultural participation in society and plays", "a key role in stabilising the economy by", "limiting the impact of crises and in", "redistributing resources at every stage of", "life, while also affording protection against", "social risks and preventing poverty and", "social exclusion;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital H" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.322%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 153, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Calls for enhancing social and", "sustainable development, promoting 'good", "work' as well as active inclusion to", "guarantee access to decent work,", "available and affordable quality social", "services and infrastructures as well as a", "poverty-proof minimum income. This", "ambition must be reflected in the next", "Annual Growth Survey which should", "provide a long-term perspective and social", "impact assessment taking into account", "externalised social costs stemming from", "rigid budgetary discipline, harsh austerity", "policies, more flexible labour markets and", "wage cuts;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 232, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Supports the European Trade Union", "Confederation\u2019s \u2018Athens Manifesto\u2019 of", "May 2011, which calls among other", "things for an end to the austerity policy", "practised by the Commission and Council", "and for the European social model to be", "strengthened;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 233, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "8b. Refers to the report by the Director-", "General of the International Labour", "Conference at its 100th session held in", "2011, entitled \u2018A new era of social", "justice\u2019(i) which among other things calls", "for a move away from the current", "neoliberal growth model to a policy of", "income-led growth and public investment;", "underlines in this connection the", "recognition by the International Labour", "Organisation that so-called flexible", "labour markets are a strong indicator of", "inefficient growth, as they are", "accompanied by greater job insecurity,", "resulting in greater inequalities of", "income;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 264, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "10a. Calls for the social inclusion", "objectives of the EU to be reflected in the", "next Multiannual Financial Framework", "by dedicating a specific budget heading to", "them, integrating them into the other", "budget headings, and allocating adequate", "funding to ensure these objectives are", "reached;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "11. Acknowledges the need to assess the", "impact of EU funds in terms of achieving", "the poverty reduction target, even where", "this is not their primary objective;", "maintains that priority must be given to", "projects that combine employment targets", "and strategies with active inclusion;" ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 271, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "11. Acknowledges the need to assess the", "impact of EU funds in terms of achieving", "the poverty reduction and social inclusion", "target, even where this is not their primary", "objective; stresses the importance of", "supporting the combat of poverty and", "social exclusion, the access to quality", "employment and non discrimination;", "maintains that priority must be given to", "projects which specifically contribute to", "realise gender equality and the active", "inclusion of vulnerable groups;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 293, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "12a. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States further to develop the", "European Platform against Poverty and", "Social Exclusion into a \u2018European Social", "Stability Pact\u2019 to eradicate poverty and", "social exclusion and to anchor the pact", "firmly in the EU's economic and financial", "policy framework;", "(a) the pact should contain a social", "progress clause as an additional protocol", "to the EU Treaties, to ensure that basic", "social rights always take precedence over", "basic economic freedoms;", "(b) the pact should enshrine mandatory", "minimum social standards with regard to", "minimum income (at least 60% of", "equivalent national median income),", "universal access to good-quality housing", "and energy supply, availability of basic", "goods (according to the material", "deprivation indicator) free access to", "education, day care and training (from", "cr\u00e8che to university and vocational", "training), access to free health and", "personal care and social and psychiatric", "services, language courses and support", "services for immigrants, universal access", "to high-quality services (social services", "and services of general (economic)", "interest), always involving those living in", "poverty and the social partners and", "NGOs;", "(c) the pact should contain a target agreed", "with the Council and a timetable for", "implementation by all Member States, for", "the national minimum wage to be at least", "60% of the country\u2019s national average", "wage;", "(d) the pact should contain", "recommendations to the Council and", "Parliament on reducing the length of the", "working life and average weekly working", "hours;", "(e) the pact should contain proposals on", "how funding for the proposed measures", "can be implemented and how the social", "wealth acquired by the community can be", "shared out more fairly, for example", "through the introduction of a financial", "transaction tax, harmonising the", "corporation tax base, minimum taxation", "rates for enterprises, taxation of wealth", "and capital income, introduction of", "eurobonds, and measures to protect", "investment for the future;", "(f) the pact should contain proposals on", "how public investment and income-led", "growth can shape economic development", "to make it economically and ecologically", "sustainable and socially inclusive;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 12 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 315, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "14a. Highlights the importance of social,", "health, care and education services in", "bridging skills gaps, in promoting the", "social integration of people and", "combating poverty and social exclusion;", "recalls their potential to create new", "employment and calls for a strong and", "sustainable investment in and", "development of these key services and", "infrastructures; looks forward to the", "Commission\u2019s action plan to address the", "gap in the supply of health workers" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.344%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a", "framework directive on minimum income,", "designed to prevent poverty and serve as a", "basis for people to live in dignity and make", "headway with finding employment or", "identifying training opportunities, with due", "regard for differing practices, collective", "labour agreements and legislation in the", "various Member States;" ], "reference": "2011/2052(INI)", "seq": 374, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-06-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a", "framework directive on minimum income,", "designed to prevent poverty and serve as a", "basis for people to live in dignity, to fully", "participate in society and make headway", "with finding employment or identifying", "training opportunities, with due regard for", "differing practices, collective labour", "agreements and legislation in the various", "Member States;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 18" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms", "of learning at schools and stresses that this", "challenge must be addressed in particular", "by primary schools and in the early years", "of secondary schooling; takes the view that", "teaching staff should be qualified for this", "purpose;" ], "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms", "of learning at schools and stresses that this", "challenge must be addressed in particular", "by primary schools and in the early years", "of secondary schooling; takes the view that", "teaching staff, educational psychologists", "and educational social workers should be", "qualified for this purpose;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 83, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a. Stresses the connection between", "reducing rates of early school leaving and", "promoting social mobility through", "education, and the fact that targets in", "these areas are achievable only when", "sufficient funding is available; calls,", "therefore, for massive public investment", "in public education systems in order to", "guarantee free access to high-quality", "educational and care provision, from pre-", "school level to university or vocational", "education, irrespective of socio-economic", "or cultural background;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 84, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "6b. Draws attention, in this regard, to the", "OECD\u2019s PISA studies which establish", "that students in educational systems with", "a lesser degree of vertical and horizontal", "differentiation are less likely to repeat a", "year or to be expelled; highlights the", "OECD\u2019s finding that students from", "socially disadvantaged backgrounds", "suffer most from having to repeat a school", "year or from being expelled; highlights", "the OECD\u2019s finding that early selection of", "students for different educational", "pathways increases socio-economic", "inequality in terms of educational", "opportunities without effecting any", "improvement in average performance in", "the educational systems in question;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 85, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "6c. Draws attention, in this regard, to the", "OECD\u2019s finding that the comparative", "performance of school systems in the", "PISA studies is negatively affected by the", "practices of moving students from one", "school to another on account of poor", "results, behavioural problems or specific", "learning difficulties and of streaming", "students in all subjects on the basis of", "ability;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 86, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "6d. Points out in this regard that,", "according to the OECD, socio-", "economically disadvantaged students are", "often at a double disadvantage because", "they attend schools affected by various", "types of social-economic disadvantage, in", "which there are fewer and less well-", "qualified teachers;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-464.934%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "7. Urges that special individual careers", "advice be given to early school leavers to", "facilitate their entry into the world of work,", "and that they should be enabled by means", "of specially tailored measures to obtain", "skills and qualifications later;" ], "reference": "2011/2088(INI)", "seq": 90, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. Urges that special and timely individual", "careers advice be given to all pupils and", "especially early school leavers to facilitate", "their entry into the world of work, and that", "they should be enabled by means of", "specially tailored measures to obtain skills,", "qualifications and as many school", "certificates as possible later, while", "ensuring that these teenagers and young", "adults are not parked in a transition", "system, but that they are entitled to", "training places (in non-workplace settings", "where workplace training is not", "available);" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.007%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Calls for a better coordination of", "economic policies between Member States", "in order to avoid unfair competition and", "market distortion; urges Member States to", "respect the rules on budgetary discipline", "in order to diminish the risk of falling into", "excessive deficit and calls on the", "Commission for an effective budgetary", "surveillance;" ], "reference": "2011/2067(INI)", "seq": 88, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-467.007%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "16. Considers that a barrier-free and", "competitive single market has to be", "completed in order to facilitate free", "movement of workers; in this regard, calls", "on the Commission and Member States to", "work closely with social partners and to", "encourage sharing of best practice and", "experience in this area;" ], "reference": "2011/2067(INI)", "seq": 243, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-09-06T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Welcomes the Commission\u2019s fifth report", "on economic, social and territorial", "cohesion, which proposes directions that", "policy in this area might take in the", "future, in particular, linking it to the", "Europe 2020 strategy, with a common", "strategic framework which would", "translate the Europe 2020 objectives into", "investment priorities;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Notes the Commission\u2019s fifth report on", "economic, social and territorial cohesion;", "stresses that cohesion policy is a", "horizontally-aligned policy which is", "enshrined in the Treaty on the", "Functioning of the European Union and", "is not secondary to the Europe 2020", "strategy; underlines that an autonomous", "cohesion policy is essential for reducing", "discrepancies in regional development", "and achieving economic, social and", "territorial cohesion in the European", "Union;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 14, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Rejects the imposition of conditions on", "the payment of structural funds \u2013", "particularly the ESF \u2013 for implementation", "of the Europe 2020 strategy or other EU", "policies;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Approves the intention of developing", "new macro-regional strategies and calls for", "steps to be taken to identify and combat", "regional disparities, such as in access to", "employment and education;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 16, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Approves the intention of developing", "new macro-regional strategies for the", "necessary social and ecological", "reconstruction of the EU and calls for", "steps to be taken to identify and combat", "regional disparities, such as poverty and", "social exclusion, access to high-quality", "employment, reducing the average time", "spent working on a weekly and lifelong", "basis, education and free access to high-", "quality services;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides", "crucial support for employment market", "policies and plays an important part in", "boosting social inclusion;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides", "crucial support for employment market and", "social policies and plays an important part", "in boosting social inclusion and therefore", "calls for a significant increase in the", "funds available to the ESF;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Calls for the effectiveness of the ESF to", "be increased through more results-oriented", "action and to this end considers that ex ante", "setting of clear and measurable targets and", "outcome indicators is needed;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Calls for the effectiveness of the ESF to", "be increased through more results-oriented", "action and to this end considers that ex ante", "setting of clear and measurable targets and", "outcome indicators which measure, in", "particular, success in the fight against", "poverty and social exclusion and", "integration in high-quality employment is", "needed; stresses that result-orientation", "must not lead to small promoters being", "disadvantaged or exposed either to new", "barriers to access or to risks;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Asks the Commission to improve the", "visibility of ESF action and to make the", "ESF more accessible and capable of", "providing more support for integration into", "the job market, particularly by setting up", "lifelong training to help workers adapt", "their skills to the needs of the job market;" ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 55, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Asks the Commission to improve the", "visibility of ESF action and to make the", "ESF more accessible and capable of", "providing more support for integration into", "the job market, particularly by setting up", "lifelong training programmes which offer", "workers access to high-quality", "employment and thus help to eliminate", "the phenomenon of the \u2018working poor\u2019;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 62, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. Calls for full account to be taken of", "the experience of the social partners, in", "particular the trade unions, and social", "NGOs and for formal steps to draw on", "that experience to be made compulsory at", "all stages of the planning, implementation", "and assessment of the ESF and the other", "Structural Funds;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.830%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to simplify procedures and", "reduce excessive administrative costs and", "the number of other obstacles to achieving", "the EU\u2019s objectives for growth and job", "creation." ], "reference": "2011/2035(INI)", "seq": 89, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to simplify procedures and", "reduce excessive administrative costs and", "in general to eliminate obstacles to", "achieving the objectives in the area of", "social cohesion between the regions of the", "EU, such as the bias in EU policies", "towards growth and competition, austerity", "measures which involve the dismantling", "of established social rights, increases in", "the retirement age, longer working weeks", "and working lives, labour market", "deregulation and the abolition of social", "protection and wealth redistribution", "systems;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Stresses the importance of public", "services \u2013 publicly owned and managed,", "with democratic involvement of users of", "such services \u2013 in areas essential to", "people's welfare, such as health,", "education, justice, water, housing,", "transport, childcare and care for the", "elderly;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 48, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "2a. Stresses the importance of conducting,", "as a matter of urgency, an assessment of", "the social consequences and the impact", "on people\u2019s lives of liberalisation", "measures in sectors that are essential to", "social progress (transport, energy, water,", "postal services, telecommunications, etc.)", "and urges the Commission to prevent any", "further liberalisation measures from", "being taken until this assessment has been", "submitted;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 74, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a. Highlights the need to review", "liberalisation policies in order to promote", "a policy of social progress ensuring", "universal access to high-quality public", "services, with special consideration for", "disadvantaged groups, such as single", "mothers, women, elderly people, children,", "migrants and those with any kind of", "disability;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 98, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Considers that steps must be taken to", "address the current legal uncertainty as", "regards SSGI, making it clear that public", "goods, public services, services of general", "interest and the not-for-profit sector are", "not subject to rules on competition, public", "aid, public contracts and the internal", "market, but form a sector geared solely", "towards the public interest and that is", "organised in accordance with the", "principle of subsidiarity within the", "exclusive competence of the Member", "States and their respective regional and", "local authorities, with a view to ensuring", "its proper functioning;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 111, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "10a. Points out that the economic and", "financial crisis and the austerity policies", "imposed by Member States should not", "encourage disinvestment in SSGIs, but", "that, on the contrary, given their", "importance and absolute necessity, such", "services need to be consolidated in order", "to meet people\u2019s needs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 153, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "15a. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to respect the diversity of", "the methods of organising and managing", "SSGIs, of their resources and of the", "methods of funding these services; calls", "on the Member States to reverse \u2018reforms\u2019", "which have institutionalised market-based", "models of welfare provision, with", "competition and tendering obligations,", "and to cease promoting public-private", "partnerships or externalising social", "services to the private sector as these are", "misleading strategies for \u2018modernising\u2019", "social services; considers that taking care", "to promote the general interest and ensure", "the provision of efficient and high-quality", "services by both the public sector and the", "not-for-profit 'third\u2019 sector or the social", "economy is the most appropriate strategy", "for ensuring high-quality, integrated and", "inclusive social services;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "16. Calls for EU legislation to enable", "mutual societies, associations and", "foundations to operate on a transnational", "basis;" ], "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 154, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo,", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "16. Calls for EU legislation to recognise", "the specific nature of European models", "for the organisation and functioning of", "the social economy and to provide a", "specific framework for mutual societies,", "associations, cooperatives and foundations", "to operate on a transnational basis;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "19. Calls for reform of the criteria for", "classifying economic and non-economic", "SSGI in the framework of current EU", "legislation;" ], "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 184, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo,", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "19. Calls for reform of the criteria for", "classifying economic and non-economic", "SSGI in the framework of current EU", "legislation so as to remove them from the", "sphere of competition policy, which has", "the effect of jeopardising their intended", "aims;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.966%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2222(INI)", "seq": 185, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo", "date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "19a. Expresses regret that only certain", "SGI and SSGI are exempted from the", "scope of the Services Directive", "(2006/13/EC), calls for a pluralist and", "independent appraisal of the transposition", "of that directive to be performed as swiftly", "as possible, taking into account its partial", "exemptions and the impact in terms of", "practical access to SGI and SSGI;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Calls upon the Commission, to further", "promote labour mobility by presenting a", "long-term, comprehensive,", "multidisciplinary, mobility strategy to ban", "all existing legal, administrative and", "practical barriers to free movement of", "workers; requests a consistent, efficient", "and transparent policy focused on the", "requirements of the labour market and", "economic trends;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Calls upon the Commission, to further", "promote labour mobility by presenting a", "long-term, comprehensive,", "multidisciplinary, mobility strategy to ban", "existing legal, administrative and practical", "barriers to free movement of workers;", "requests a consistent, efficient and", "transparent policy focused on the needs of", "employees; any changes to policy, law or", "any other regulations should further", "strengthen the rights, pay, working", "conditions and living conditions of", "workers, the right of workers to form and", "join a trade union and for that union to be", "recognised by the employer must also be", "defended;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Insists, with a view to the possibility of", "further changes to the Treaty, on the", "introduction of a Social Progress Clause", "in EU primary law, stipulating that", "fundamental rights in general, the right to", "strike and industrial action, and to", "collective bargaining always have primacy", "over the \"fundamental freedoms of the", "internal market\" of the market;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Urges the Commission to promote the", "streamlining of administrative practices", "and administrative cooperation so as to", "allow synergies between national", "authorities;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Urges the Commission to promote the", "streamlining of administrative practices", "and administrative cooperation so as to", "allow synergies between national", "authorities whilst protecting public service", "jobs and protecting the data of", "individuals;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Notes that the right of free movement of", "workers cannot be viewed in isolation from", "other rights and basic principles of the EU", "and that respect for the European social", "model and the rights guaranteed in the", "European Convention on Human Rights, as", "reflected in the EU Charter of Fundamental", "Rights, will offer the possibility of decent", "jobs, adequate working conditions, social", "security rights, equal treatment, respect for", "family life and the freedom to provide", "services;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Notes that the right of free movement of", "workers cannot be viewed in isolation from", "other rights and basic principles and that", "respect for the rights under the 'welfare", "state' social model and the rights", "guaranteed in the European Convention on", "Human Rights, as reflected in the EU", "Charter of Fundamental Rights, offer the", "possibility of decent jobs, adequate", "working conditions, social security rights,", "equal treatment and respect for family life;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "9. Considers that both EU and Member", "State legislation should be bridged in order", "to prevent any types of barriers to", "implementation and use of the right of free", "movement of workers;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 55, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "9. Considers that both EU and Member", "State legislation should be bridged in order", "to prevent any types of barriers to", "implementation and use of the right of free", "movement of workers; this must not", "diminish the pay and conditions of", "workers or the right of workers to form", "and join trade unions and to strike; in", "Member States where minimum wage", "legislation exists or other minimum wage", "rates that are protected by a collective", "agreements, these must also be protected", "and under no circumstances considered a", "barrier to the implementation of the right", "to the free movement of workers;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Considers that, for the efficient", "implementation of all policies tackled by", "the free movement of workers, action must", "be coordinated, especially in the fields of", "completion of the internal market,", "coordination of social security systems,", "supplementary pension rights, protection of", "workers, education and vocational training,", "tax measures such as those designed to", "avoid double taxation, and anti-", "discrimination;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Considers that, for the efficient", "implementation of all policies tackled by", "the free movement of workers, action must", "be coordinated, especially in the fields of", "coordination of social security systems,", "supplementary pension rights, protection of", "workers, education and vocational training,", "tax measures such as those designed to", "avoid double taxation, and anti-", "discrimination; under no circumstances", "must this coordination lead to a", "diminishing of pay, pensions, or any", "social security measures including the", "right to strike;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "11. Takes the view that adequate social", "protection systems greatly facilitate the", "geographical and occupational mobility of", "workers and that the social inclusion of", "mobile workers and the social reintegration", "of returned workers must be included in the", "policy on labour mobility;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 64, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "11. Takes the view that social protection", "systems with a high degree of wealth", "redistribution greatly facilitate the", "geographical and occupational mobility of", "workers and that the social inclusion of", "mobile workers and the social reintegration", "of returned workers must be included in the", "policy on labour mobility;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "13. Considers that the SMEs can act as a", "trigger for economic recovery and", "development, being the primary source for", "job creation; therefore, reiterates the need", "for an EU commitment to supporting and", "developing the SMEs, particularly", "through labour policies and educational", "programmes;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 74, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "14. Calls on the Member States to eradicate", "the existing transitional barriers regarding", "free movement of workers for the Member", "States who joined in 2004 and 2007; takes", "the view that these barriers are", "counterproductive and represent", "discriminatory measures against European", "citizens, calling for the preference clause", "to be effectively enforced for the whole", "Union;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 83, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "14. Calls on the Member States to eradicate", "the existing transitional barriers regarding", "free movement of workers for the Member", "States who joined in 2004 and 2007; takes", "the view that these barriers are", "counterproductive and represent", "discriminatory measures against European", "citizens;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 87, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "14a. Calls on the Council to urgently", "agree an EU target for minimum wages", "(statutory, collective agreements at", "national, regional or sectoral level) to", "provide for remuneration of at least 60%", "of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.)", "average wage and, further, to agree a", "timetable for achieving that target in all", "Member States; collective agreements and", "minimum wage regulations have to be", "strictly applied for all workers in order to", "ensure that the free movement of workers", "cannot be easily used for wage dumping;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 89, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "14b. Stresses that a thorough revision of", "the posting of workers directive is needed,", "in order to ensure the application of the", "principle of equal pay for equal work and", "work of equal value at the same", "workplace and clarifying that its", "stipulations on minimum wages are", "minimum requirements that can not be", "interpreted as maximum levels, as has", "been done by the European Court of", "Justice;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 121, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "20a. Believes that the trade union", "movement has a vital role to play in the", "integration of migrant workers, in", "particular in terms of educating workers", "about their rights; calls for all workers,", "migrant and indigenous, to have the right", "to form, join and be active in trade unions", "including the right to strike and the right", "for bargaining rights and recognition by", "employers;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 20 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 133, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "22a. In welcoming the training of youth", "in the skills necessary for working and", "living in other countries; takes the view", "that people have a right to live and work", "in a country of their choice; migration", "should be completely voluntarily and not", "forced due to economic conditions, in", "particular mass unemployment;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 22 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "26. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to cooperate on achieving", "higher comparability of school and", "University curricula and more", "standardisation of European education;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 145, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "26. Calls on the Commission and the", "Member States to cooperate on achieving", "higher comparability of school and", "University curricula and more", "standardisation of European education by", "large-scale public investment in high", "quality education funded through", "progressive taxation systems, thereby", "preventing that education is reduced to", "economic utility;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.965%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "27. Takes the view that a better synergy", "must be found between programmes aimed", "at encouraging the free movement of", "students, persons undergoing vocational", "training and trainees and programmes", "specifically aimed at fostering the free", "movement of workers;" ], "reference": "2010/2273(INI)", "seq": 150, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-24T00:00:00", "new": [ "27. Takes the view that a better synergy", "must be found between programmes aimed", "at encouraging the free movement of", "students, persons undergoing vocational", "training and trainees and programmes", "specifically aimed at fostering the free", "movement of workers; the savings from", "any synergies should be used to improve", "the programmes and not to cut jobs or", "increase profits for private companies;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 27" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 21, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ba. whereas the universality and", "indivisibility of human rights and the", "associated protection of workers\u2019 rights", "mean that businesses must respect,", "comply with and protect them without", "exception or restriction, and that ways", "must also be found of bringing", "prosecutions for violations of human", "rights in the country of origin of a", "business, punishing the perpetrators and", "compensating the victims," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital B a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 23, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ea. whereas democracy and the rule of", "law require strong and free trade unions,", "workers\u2019 associations and social", "movements, and whereas these can only", "exist in a democratic community where", "the separation of powers prevails," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital E a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": 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"date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "Gb. whereas free trade agreements with", "partner countries whose degree of", "economic development is falling far", "behind that of some EU Member States", "exert strong pressure on the rights of", "employees, with the result that systematic", "and massive violations of these rights", "frequently occur," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital G b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "I. whereas there are strong voices stating", "that corporate social responsibility (CSR)", "codes do not sufficiently guarantee that", "actions and behaviour of multinational", "companies are in accordance with the non-", "binding CSR documents," ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "I. whereas there are numerous specific and", "demonstrable examples to show that", "corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes", "do not sufficiently guarantee that actions", "and behaviour of multinational companies", "are in accordance with the non-binding", "CSR documents," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital I" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "J. whereas the adoption of a directive", "regulating CSR and enforcing its respect", "should become a reality at EU level," ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "J. whereas the adoption of a directive", "regulating CSR in a binding manner and", "enforcing its respect should become a", "reality at EU level, making provision for", "penalties (e.g. withdrawal of subsidies 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"external borders, with police and military", "resources being deployed to keep migrants", "out at the EU\u2019s external borders as well," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital K" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "M. whereas unconditional respect for the", "right of association and effective collective", "bargaining should be recalled," ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 57, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "M. whereas unconditional respect for the", "right of association and effective collective", "bargaining should be recalled and should", "become a precondition for any", "international economic cooperation," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital M" ] ] }, { "src": 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Recalls that the EU aims to become the", "leading entity in the world regarding social", "policy by promoting social objectives", "globally; emphasises the important role of", "the European Parliament originating from", "the Lisbon Treaty, which strengthens its", "influence significantly;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 67, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Recalls that the EU and its Member", "States should aim to become the leading", "entity in the world regarding social policy", "by promoting social objectives globally", "rather than acting to the detriment of", "these objectives by continuing to impose", "free trade agreements, guarantee its", "access to raw materials in third countries", "by all possible means, tolerate food", "speculation and pursue a course of social", "dismantling by means of cuts in public", "expenditure, combined with an aggressive", "global competition policy; emphasises the", "important role of the European Parliament", "originating from the Lisbon Treaty, which", "did not sufficiently strengthen its", "influence;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Points to the practices in certain Member", "States that are incompatible with the core", "ILO conventions, especially regarding the", "creation of barriers against freedom of", "association and collective bargaining,", "either through the encouragement of bogus", "self-employment or by forcing individuals", "to renounce collective agreements;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 71, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Points to the practices in certain Member", "States that are incompatible with the core", "ILO conventions, especially regarding the", "creation of barriers against freedom of", "association and collective bargaining,", "either through the encouragement of bogus", "self-employment and temporary", "employment or by forcing individuals to", "renounce collective agreements;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Emphasises that the European social", "model offers equal opportunities in", "education and the labour market as well as", "equal access to social services as major", "pillars of economic success;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 73, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Emphasises that the European social", "model should offer equal opportunities in", "education and the labour market as well as", "equal access to social services as major", "pillars of economic success, which is", "incompatible with the massive", "dismantling of social welfare standards in", "most Member States, promoted by internal", "European and global competition between", "locations of economic activity, the", "worldwide crisis of capitalism and a policy", "of spending cuts driven by the Council", "and Commission;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Supports the creation of tools for a", "sustainable dialogue with partner countries", "that is based on mutual respect and seeks", "the development of partner countries\u2019 own", "resources;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 90, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Supports the creation of tools for a", "sustainable dialogue with partner countries", "that is based on mutual respect and seeks", "the development of partner countries\u2019 \u2013", "especially developing countries\u2019 \u2013 own", "resources and enables them to develop", "economic sectors with care;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "13. Underlines that the Union's expenditure", "in the framework of development", "cooperation, association or stability", "agreements and trade agreements brings", "about unique chances to assist the partner", "countries in putting in place viable", "education and social assistance structures", "for greater social security and,", "consequently, greater welfare;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 99, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "13. Underlines that the Union's expenditure", "in the framework of development", "cooperation, association or stability", "agreements and trade agreements brings", "about unique chances to assist the partner", "countries in putting in place viable", "education structures and social insurance", "systems for greater social security and,", "consequently, greater welfare if it is not", "subordinated to the strategic economic", "interests of the Member States abroad;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 13" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "19. Is of the opinion that Union policies", "should focus on individuals as well as on", "institutions regarding human capital", "development and labour market reforms;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 131, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.761%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 133, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "20a. 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Asks the Commission and the Member", "States to integrate employment and social", "policies as a priority in all negotiations", "regarding global economic governance", "structures and macro-economic dialogues;" ], "reference": "2010/2205(INI)", "seq": 147, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-21T00:00:00", "new": [ "23. Asks the Commission and the Member", "States to integrate employment, social and", "environmental policies as a priority in all", "negotiations regarding global economic", "governance structures and macro-economic", "dialogues;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 23" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.645%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(9) In the absence of horizontal community", "legislation, the rights of third-country", "nationals vary, depending on the Member", "State in which they work and on their", "nationality. They do not have the same", "rights as nationals of the Member State, or", "other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a", "further development of a coherent", "immigration policy, to lower the rights gap", "between EU citizens and third-country", "nationals legally working and", "complementing the existing immigration", "acquis a set of rights should be laid down", "in particular in the form of specifying the", "policy fields where equal treatment with", "own nationals is provided for third-country", "workers legally admitted in a Member", "States but not yet long term residents. Such", "provisions are intended to establish a level", "playing field within the EU, to recognize", "that such third-country nationals legally", "working in a Member States contribute to", "the European economy through their", "work and tax payments and to serve as", "safeguard to reduce unfair competition", "between own nationals and third-country", "nationals resulting from possible", "exploitation of the latter." ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 2, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelia Ernst, Rui Tavares", "date": "2011-02-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) In the absence of horizontal community", "legislation, the rights of third-country", "nationals vary, depending on the Member", "State in which they work and on their", "nationality. They do not have the same", "rights as nationals of the Member State, or", "other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a", "further development of a coherent", "immigration policy, to lower the rights gap", "between EU citizens and third-country", "nationals legally working and", "complementing the existing immigration", "acquis a set of rights should be laid down", "in particular in the form of specifying the", "policy fields where equal treatment with", "own nationals is provided for third-country", "workers legally admitted in a Member", "State but not yet long term residents. Such", "provisions are intended to establish a level", "playing field within the EU, to recognize", "third-country national\u2019s contribution to", "the European society and to fight against", "unfair competition between own nationals", "and third-country nationals resulting from", "possible exploitation of the latter." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Recital 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.645%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(b) covered by Directive 96/71/EC as long", "as they are posted;" ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 16, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Rui Tavares", "date": "2011-02-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2 \u2013 point (b)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.645%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(a) working conditions, including pay and", "dismissal as well as health and safety at the", "workplace;" ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 23, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Rui Tavares", "date": "2011-02-03T00:00:00", "new": [ "(a) working conditions, including pay,", "leave, working time and dismissal as well", "as health and safety at the workplace,", "taking into account general collective", "agreements in force;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point (a)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.645%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(a) by requiring proof of appropriate", "language proficiency for access to", "education and training. 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It is\nessential to include social indicators, in particular on inequalities since high and/or rising\ninequalities are a root cause for excess savings at the top of the incomes scale and excess\nindebtment at bottom or medium income segments.", "old": [ "2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an", "array of macroeconomic and", "macrofinancial indicators for Member", "States. The Commission may set", "indicative lower or upper thresholds for", "these indicators to serve as alert levels.", "The thresholds applicable to Member", "States whose currency is the euro may be", "different from those applicable to the", "other Member States." ], "seq": 65, "reference": "2010/0281(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-02-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an", "array of macroeconomic, macrofinancial", "and social indicators for Member States.", "These will allow to detect serious", "misalignments between aggregate demand", "and supply and between an economy\u2019s", "income and consumption. Social", "indicators will, amongst others, include", "indicators on inequalities, the incidence of", "low pay, the working poor, the share of", "labour income in overall GDP and unit", "profit rates." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.550%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. The Council, on a recommendation from", "the Commission, may adopt", "recommendations in accordance with", "Article 121(4) of the Treaty declaring the", "existence of an excessive imbalance and", "recommending the Member State", "concerned to take corrective action. Those", "recommendations shall set out the nature of", "the imbalances and specify the corrective", "action to be taken in detail and the deadline", "within which the Member State concerned", "must take such corrective action. The", "Council may, as provided for in Article", "121(4) of the Treaty, make its", "recommendations public." ], "reference": "2010/0281(COD)", "seq": 84, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-02-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. The Council, on a recommendation from", "the Commission, after consulting the", "European Parliament and the European", "social partners may adopt", "recommendations in accordance with", "Article 121(4) of the Treaty declaring the", "existence of an excessive imbalance and", "recommending the Member State", "concerned to take corrective action. Those", "recommendations shall set out the nature of", "the imbalances and specify the corrective", "action to be taken in detail and the deadline", "within which the Member State concerned", "must take such corrective action. The", "Council may, as provided for in Article", "121(4) of the Treaty, make its", "recommendations public." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 7 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.550%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "It is not conceivable that the new process of excessive imbalances would be operated in\ncontradiction with the European Treaty. Care should be taken to avoid the process of\nexcessive imbalances from becoming \u2018unconstitutional\u2019.", "reference": "2010/0281(COD)", "seq": 86, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-02-14T00:00:00", "new": [ "2a. The recommendations referred to in", "paragraph 2 shall comply with the", "objectives of the Union as defined in", "Article 3 of the Treaty on European", "Union. The recommendations shall take", "due account of Article 153 TFEU, as well", "as of the rights incorporated in the", "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the", "European Union. The recommendations", "shall also strictly respect the specificity of", "each Member State, in particular its", "model of industrial relations and social", "dialogue. Due attention shall be paid to", "the symmetry of recommendations,", "addressing excessive savings in a similarly", "intense way as situations in which", "economies are excessively indebting", "themselves." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 7 \u2013 paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.548%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0278(COD)", "seq": 17, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "The European Parliament rejects the", "Commission proposal." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "\u2013" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.548%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "The \u2018reversed quality majority voting\u2019, as proposed by the Commission, poses several\nproblems: a) It is fundamentally anti democratic: With the help of a (silent) consenting\nminority in the Council, this voting system provides the Commission, a non elected body, far\nreaching powers to intervene in individual member states and overrule national economic\nand social policy choice. b) It may worsen the de facto discrimination between big and small\nmember states. Whereas the bigger member states may work with their peers to find a\nqualified blocking majority, this possibility is excluded for smaller member states. c) It opens\nthe way for abusing \u201cEurope\u201d as an alibi to push through a liberal agenda of deregulation,\neven if this is against the preferences of national citizens. \u2018Deregulation\u2019 however will not\n\u2018save the euro\u2019 but will instead intensify both the crisis as well as inequalities. In the end, this\nwill feed into popular nationalist resistance against European integration as such. d) With\neconomic deregulation becoming subject to minority approval, whereas social Europe needs\npolitical unanimity, the European project will become totally unbalanced. It is a manipulation\nof the text and spirit of the European Treaty which is stating that \u2018qualified majority voting\u2019 is\nthe norm, not \u2018silent minority voting\u2019", "old": [ "1. If the Council decides in accordance", "with Article 126(8) of the Treaty that the", "Member State has not taken effective", "action in response to a Council", "recommendation within the period laid", "down, the Council, acting on a proposal", "from the Commission, shall decide that the", "Member State shall pay a fine. The", "decision shall be deemed adopted by the", "Council unless it decides by qualified", "majority to reject the proposal within ten", "days of the Commission adopting it. The", "Council may amend the proposal in", "accordance with Article 293(1) of the", "Treaty." ], "seq": 41, "reference": "2010/0278(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. If the Council decides in accordance", "with Article 126(8) of the Treaty that the", "Member State has not taken effective", "action in response to a Council", "recommendation within the period laid", "down, the Council, acting on a proposal", "from the Commission, shall decide that the", "Member State shall pay a fine. In respect", "of Article 153 of the Treaty, no fine will", "be levied if the fine is related to a", "recommendation concerning the issue of", "pay and/or collective bargaining in the", "public sector. The decision shall be", "adopted by the Council acting by qualified", "majority. The Council may amend the", "proposal in accordance with Article 293(1)", "of the Treaty." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.549%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0277(NLE)", "seq": 8, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "The European Parliament rejects the", "Commission proposal." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "\u2013" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "seq": 20, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "The European Parliament rejects the", "Commission proposal." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "\u2013" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "Recital 8 stands in contradiction with recital 7 as well as with article 126 of the Treaty (\u2018all\nother relevant factors are to be taken into account\u2019).", "old": [ "(8) In the establishment of the existence", "of an excessive deficit based on the deficit", "criterion and the steps leading to it there", "is a need to take into account the whole", "range of relevant factors covered by the", "report under Article 126(3) of the Treaty", "if the government debt to gross domestic", "product does not exceed the reference", "value." ], "seq": 23, "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Recital 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "Ensure that the focus of public finance consolidation is on both expenditure control as well as\nrevenue generation, so that no opportunities to achieve sound public finances are missed.", "old": [ "(11) The assessment of effective action", "will benefit from taking compliance with", "general government expenditure targets as", "a reference in conjunction with the", "implementation of planned specific", "revenue measures." ], "seq": 24, "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(11) The assessment of effective action", "will benefit from taking compliance with", "general government expenditure and tax", "revenue targets as a reference in", "conjunction with the implementation of", "planned specific measures." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Recital 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "Adding the rule of a specific rate of reduction of government debt will worsen the pro cyclical\nnature of the Stability Pact. In a downturn, with deficits being pushed up and nominal GDP\nbeing dragged down, it is extremely difficult to keep debt as a % of GDP under control since\nthere are both nominator and denominator effects. Enforcing such a \u2018debt reduction\u2019 rule will\ntherefore worsen and deepen the economic downturn which, in turn, will make it even more\ndifficult to reach the targets on public finances.", "old": [ "1a. When it exceeds the reference value,", "the ratio of the government debt to gross", "domestic product (GDP) is to be", "considered sufficiently diminishing and", "approaching the reference value at a", "satisfactory pace in accordance with", "Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the", "differential with respect to the reference", "value has reduced over the previous three", "years at a rate of the order of one-twentieth", "per year. For a period of 3 years from [date", "of entering into force of this Regulation -", "to be inserted], account shall be taken of", "the backward-looking nature of this", "indicator in its application." ], "seq": 28, "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. When it exceeds the reference value,", "and provided the economy has been", "operating over the past three years above", "its potential, the ratio of the government", "debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to", "be considered sufficiently diminishing and", "approaching the reference value at a", "satisfactory pace in accordance with", "Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the", "differential with respect to the reference", "value has reduced over the previous three", "years at a rate of the order of onetwentieth", "per year. For a period of 3 years from [date", "of entering into force of this Regulation -", "to be inserted], account shall be taken of", "the backwardlooking nature of this", "indicator in its application.'" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 2 \u2013 point b" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1467/97", "Article 2 \u2013 paragraph 1a" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. The Commission, when preparing a", "report under Article 126(3) of the Treaty", "shall take into account all relevant factors", "as indicated in that Article. The report shall", "appropriately reflect developments in the", "medium-term economic position (in", "particular potential growth, prevailing", "cyclical conditions, inflation, excessive", "macroeconomic imbalances) and", "developments in the medium-term", "budgetary position (in particular, fiscal", "consolidation efforts in \u201cgood times\u201d,", "public investment, the implementation of", "policies in the context of the common", "growth strategy for the Union and the", "overall quality of public finances, in", "particular, compliance with Council", "Directive [\u2026] on requirements for", "budgetary frameworks of the Member", "States). The report shall also analyse", "developments in the medium-term debt", "position as relevant (in particular, it", "appropriately reflects risk factors including", "the maturity structure and currency", "denomination of the debt, stock-flow", "operations, accumulated reserves and other", "government assets; guarantees, notably", "linked to the financial sector; liabilities", "both explicit and implicit related to ageing", "and private debt to the extent that it may", "represent a contingent implicit liability for", "the government). Furthermore, the", "Commission shall give due consideration", "to any other factors which, in the opinion", "of the Member State concerned, are", "relevant in order to comprehensively assess", "in qualitative terms the excess over the", "reference value and which the Member", "State has put forward to the Commission", "and to the Council. In that context, special", "consideration shall be given to financial", "contributions to fostering international", "solidarity and to achieving Union policy", "goals, including financial stability." ], "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "seq": 31, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. The Commission, when preparing a", "report under Article 126(3) of the Treaty", "shall take into account all relevant factors", "as indicated in that Article. The report shall", "appropriately reflect developments in the", "medium-term economic position (in", "particular potential growth, prevailing", "cyclical conditions, inflation, excessive", "macroeconomic imbalances, the private", "sector net savings position) and", "developments in the medium-term", "budgetary position (in particular, fiscal", "consolidation efforts in \u201cgood times\u201d,", "public investment, the implementation of", "policies in the context of the common", "growth strategy for the Union and the", "overall quality of public finances, in", "particular, compliance with Council", "Directive [\u2026] on requirements for", "budgetary frameworks of the Member", "States). The report shall also analyse", "developments in the medium-term debt", "position as relevant (in particular, it", "appropriately reflects risk factors including", "the maturity structure and currency", "denomination of the debt, stock-flow", "operations, accumulated reserves and other", "government assets; guarantees, notably", "linked to the financial sector; liabilities", "both explicit and implicit related to ageing", "and private debt to the extent that it may", "represent a contingent implicit liability for", "the government). Furthermore, the", "Commission shall give due consideration", "to any other factors which, in the opinion", "of the Member State concerned, are", "relevant in order to comprehensively assess", "in qualitative terms the excess over the", "reference value and which the Member", "State has put forward to the Commission", "and to the Council. In that context, special", "consideration shall be given to financial", "contributions to fostering international", "solidarity and to achieving Union policy", "goals, including financial stability, social", "and regional cohesion." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 2 \u2013 point c" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1467/97", "Article 2 \u2013 paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "See amendment on recital 8. It can also be argued that, if a Member states\u2019 debt exceeds the\nreference value, there might be all the more reason to look at all relevant factors, including\nfor example the private sector accumulated savings balance.", "old": [ "(d) paragraph 4 is replaced by the", "following:", "\u20184. The Commission and the Council shall", "make a balanced overall assessment of all", "the relevant factors, specifically, the", "extent to which they affect the assessment", "of compliance with the deficit and/or the", "debt criteria as aggravating or mitigating", "factors. When assessing compliance on", "the basis of the deficit criterion, if the", "ratio of the government debt to GDP", "exceeds the reference value, these factors", "shall be taken into account in the steps", "leading to the decision on the existence of", "an excessive deficit provided for in", "paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Article 126 of", "the Treaty only if the double condition of", "the overarching principle that, before", "these relevant factors are taken into", "account, the general government deficit", "remains close to the reference value and", "its excess over the reference value is", "temporary is fully met.\u2019" ], "seq": 34, "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 2 \u2013 point d" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1467/97", "Article 2 \u2013 paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(da) paragraph 5 is replaced by the", "following:", "\"5. 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In the case of Member States where the", "excess of the deficit or the breach of the", "requirements of the debt criterion", "according to Article 126 (2) (b) of the", "Treaty reflects the implementation of a", "pension reform introducing a multi-pillar", "system that includes a mandatory, fully", "funded pillar, the Commission and the", "Council shall also consider the cost of the", "reform to the publicly managed pillar when", "assessing developments in EDP deficit and", "debt figures. In cases where the debt ratio", "exceeds the reference value, the cost of the", "reform shall be considered only if the", "deficit remains close to the reference value.", "For that purpose, for a period of five years", "starting from the date of entry into force of", "such a reform, consideration shall be given", "to its net cost as reflected in deficit and", "debt developments on the basis of a linear", "degressive scale. Additionally, irrespective", "of the date of entry into force of the", "reform, its net cost as reflected in debt", "developments shall be given consideration", "for a transitional period of five years from", "[date of entry into force of this Regulation,", "to be inserted] on the basis of the same", "linear degressive scale. The net cost as thus", "calculated shall be taken into account also", "for the decision of the Council under", "Article 126(12) of the Treaty on the", "abrogation of some or all of its decisions", "under paragraphs 6 to 9 and 11 of Article", "126 of the Treaty, if the deficit has", "declined substantially and continuously", "and has reached a level that comes close to", "the reference value and, in case of non-", "fulfilment of the requirements of the debt", "criterion, the debt has been put on a", "declining path. Moreover, equal", "consideration shall be given to the", "reduction in this net cost resulting from the", "partial or total reversal of an above", "mentioned pension reform." ], "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "seq": 37, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. In the case of Member States where the", "excess of the deficit or the breach of the", "requirements of the debt criterion", "according to Article 126 (2) (b) of the", "Treaty reflects the implementation of those", "reforms that maintain existing jobs and", "create new and better jobs as well as", "reforms based on public investments, the", "Commission and the Council shall also", "consider the cost of the reform to the", "publicly managed pillar when assessing", "developments in EDP deficit and debt", "figures. In cases where the debt ratio", "exceeds the reference value, the cost of the", "reform shall be considered only if the", "deficit remains close to the reference value.", "For that purpose, for a period of five years", "starting from the date of entry into force of", "such a reform, consideration shall be given", "to its net cost as reflected in deficit and", "debt developments on the basis of a linear", "degressive scale. Additionally, irrespective", "of the date of entry into force of the", "reform, its net cost as reflected in debt", "developments shall be given consideration", "for a transitional period of five years from", "[date of entry into force of this Regulation,", "to be inserted] on the basis of the same", "linear degressive scale. The net cost as thus", "calculated shall be taken into account also", "for the decision of the Council under", "Article 126(12) of the Treaty on the", "abrogation of some or all of its decisions", "under paragraphs 6 to 9 and 11 of Article", "126 of the Treaty, if the deficit has", "declined substantially and continuously", "and has reached a level that comes close to", "the reference value and, in case of non-", "fulfilment of the requirements of the debt", "criterion, the debt has been put on a", "declining path. Moreover, equal", "consideration shall be given to the", "reduction in this net cost resulting from the", "partial or total reversal of an above", "mentioned pension reform." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 2 \u2013 point e" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1467/97", "Article 2 \u2013 paragraph 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.551%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Fines referred to in Article 12 of this", "Regulation shall constitute other revenue", "referred to in Article 311 of the Treaty and", "shall be distributed among participating", "Member States which do not have", "excessive deficit as determined in", "accordance with Article 126(6) of the", "Treaty and which are not the subject of an", "excessive imbalance procedure within the", "meaning of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026/\u2026],", "in proportion to their share in the total", "gross national income (GNI) of the", "eligible Member States." ], "reference": "2010/0276(CNS)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-10-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "Fines referred to in Article 12 of this", "Regulation shall constitute other revenue", "referred to in Article 311 of the Treaty and", "shall be distributed among participating", "Member States which have a economic", "trade deficit as determined in accordance", "with Article 126(6) of the Treaty, strictly", "linked to sustainable economic, social and", "environmental investments." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 14" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1467/97", "Article 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "seq": 64, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "The European Parliament rejects the", "Commission proposal." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "-" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "If fiscal discipline is considered to be crucially important, then all potential policy\napproaches enabling to reduce the public deficit and reaching the medium term objectives\nshould be mobilized and this on an equal basis. Past experience also shows that, in a\nnumber of cases, mistakes were made by using windfall opportunities on the revenue side\n(taxes from rising housing prices) to cut structural tax revenue (incomes taxation), with the\nexpenditure side playing no or little role in this. This amendment therefore seeks to broaden\nthe approach from an approach mostly based on the expenditure side to an approach based\non the expenditure and revenue side.", "old": [ "(9) Prudent fiscal policy-making implies", "that the growth rate of government", "expenditure does normally not exceed a", "prudent medium-term growth rate of GDP,", "increases in excess of that norm are", "matched by discretionary increases in", "government revenues and discretionary", "revenue reductions are compensated by", "reductions in expenditure." ], "seq": 74, "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) Sound fiscal policy making implies", "that public finances; over the medium", "term, adhere to a set of expenditure and", "revenue indicative guidelines. Growth in", "tax revenue (with temporary sources of", "revenue being excluded) should normally", "not fall behind the medium term growth", "rate o f GDP. Growth in government", "expenditure (with those social benefits and", "expenditure components being related to", "the business cycle) should normally not", "exceed a prudent medium term growth rate", "of GDP. Discretionary increases in", "expenditure or discretionary reductions in", "tax revenue are to be offset by", "accompanying other discretionary", "measures, either on the side of", "expenditure or/and on the side of tax", "revenues." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Recital 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "The wording of an economic downturn of a general nature is too restrictive. In fact, if a\nmember state is hit by a specific economic shock that does not involve the other members of\nthe single currency area, it is actually very sensible for national fiscal policy to be dealing\nwith this shock and not monetary policy since monetary policy needs to be set in line with the\neuro area\u2019s average situation.\nThe impact of an economic downturns is not necessarily limited in time. Certainly a severe\neconomic downturn will have the effect of unemployment remaining high and the economy\noperating below potential for several years to come. In this case, a too early start of fiscal\nconsolidation strategies will be premature and undermine the strength of the recovery,\nthereby risking to transform high unemployment into persistent unemployment. In general the\nprinciple should be to start full fiscal retrenchment only when unemployment is back down\nlong enough.", "old": [ "(10) A temporary departure from prudent", "fiscal policy-making should be allowed in", "case of severe economic downturn of a", "general nature in order to facilitate", "economic recovery." ], "seq": 76, "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(10) A temporary departure from sound", "fiscal policy-making should be allowed in", "case of a severe economic downturn,", "including the period in which the", "economy is operating below its normal", "potential, in order to facilitate a full", "economic recovery." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Recital 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "With a view to ensuring that the medium-", "term budgetary objective is effectively", "achieved and maintained, the Council shall", "verify that the growth path of government", "expenditure, taken in conjunction with the", "effect of measures being taken or planned", "on the revenue side, is consistent with", "prudent fiscal policy-making." ], "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "seq": 88, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "With a view to ensuring that the medium-", "term budgetary objective is effectively", "achieved and maintained, the Council shall", "verify that the growth path of government", "expenditure and the growth path of tax", "revenue, taking into account the possible", "compensating effects of offsetting", "discretionary measures, are consistent with", "sound fiscal policy-making." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 4" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1466/97", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 subparagraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "See ETUC amendment 1. Moreover, the argument that governments can control for\nexpenditure but not for revenue is not correct. Both expenditure as well as revenue strongly\ninteract with the business cycle with a downturn destroying tax revenue in the same way as it\nis pushing up government expenditure.", "old": [ "(a) for Member States that have achieved", "the medium-term budgetary objective,", "annual expenditure growth does not exceed", "a prudent medium-term rate of GDP", "growth, unless the excess is matched by", "discretionary revenue measures;" ], "seq": 91, "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(a) for Member States that have achieved", "the medium-term budgetary objective,", "annual expenditure growth does not exceed", "the estimate of medium-term rate of GDP", "growth, whereas growth in tax revenue", "does not stay behind the growth in", "government revenue unless the excesses or", "gaps are matched by discretionary", "measures in revenue or/and expenditure;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 4" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1466/97", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 subparagraph 4 \u2013 point a" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(b) for Member States that have not yet", "reached their medium-term budgetary", "objective, annual expenditure growth does", "not exceed a rate below a prudent medium-", "term rate of GDP growth, unless the excess", "is matched by discretionary revenue", "measures. 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The impact of", "unemployment benefits and other social", "expenditure related to the business cycle is", "not to be taken into account when in the", "calculation and assessment of the growth", "path of government expenditure.", "Deviations from these indicative", "expenditure and growth paths shall not be", "seen as a problem in case these deviations", "are matched by discretionary measures,", "either on the expenditure side or the", "revenue side or both. The size of the", "shortfall of the growth rate of government", "expenditure compared to a prudent", "medium-term rate of GDP growth, and the", "size of the excess of growth rate of tax", "revenue compared to medium term GDP", "growth are both set in such a way as to", "ensure an appropriate adjustment towards", "the medium-term budgetary objective;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 4" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1466/97", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 subparagraph 4 \u2013 point b" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "When defining the adjustment path to the", "medium-term budgetary objective for", "Member States that have not yet reached", "this objective and in allowing a temporary", "deviation from this objective for Member", "States that have already reached it, under", "the condition that an appropriate safety", "margin with respect to the deficit reference", "value is preserved and that the budgetary", "position is expected to return to the", "medium-term budgetary objective within", "the programme period, the Council shall", "take into account the implementation of", "major structural reforms which have direct", "long-term cost-saving effects, including by", "raising potential growth, and therefore a", "verifiable impact on the long-term", "sustainability of public finances." ], "reference": "2010/0280(COD)", "seq": 96, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "When defining the adjustment path to the", "medium-term budgetary objective for", "Member States that have not yet reached", "this objective and in allowing a temporary", "deviation from this objective for Member", "States that have already reached it, under", "the condition that an appropriate safety", "margin with respect to the deficit reference", "value is preserved and that the budgetary", "position is expected to return to the", "medium-term budgetary objective within", "the programme period, the Council shall", "take into account the implementation of", "structural reforms which are conducive to", "the achievement of the Union\u2019s objectives", "of growth, jobs and social and regional", "cohesion." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation \u2013 amending act", "Article 1 \u2013 point 4" ], [ "Regulation (EC) No 1466/97", "Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 subparagraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.552%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Special attention shall be paid to pension", "reforms introducing a multi-pillar system", "that includes a mandatory, fully funded", "pillar. 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The procedure for the application of the", "fines on the Member States which fail to", "take effective measures to correct", "macroeconomic imbalances should be", "construed in such a way that the", "application of the fine on those Member", "States would be the rule and not the", "exception." ], "reference": "2010/0279(COD)", "seq": 26, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "11. 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This Regulation shall apply to Member", "States whose currency is the euro." ], "reference": "2010/0279(COD)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. This Regulation shall apply to Member", "States whose currency is the euro. In", "respect of Article 153 of the Treaty,", "sanctions foreseen in this regulation will", "not relate to the issue of pay and related", "labour market institutions, in particular", "minimum wage systems and collective", "bargaining structures. In order to share", "the burden of adjustment between \u2018deficit\u2019", "and \u2018surplus\u2019 countries, this regulation", "will be implemented only with regard to", "Member States with an excessive surplus." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 1 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-458.555%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The decision shall be deemed adopted by", "the Council unless it decides, by qualified", "majority, to reject the proposal within ten", "days the Commission adopting it. 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Emphasises that life expectancy is", "contingent on multiple factors, that", "working conditions and safety at work are", "decisive, and that, therefore, special", "account needs to be taken of forms of", "employment involving a high degree of", "psychic and physical stress;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1c. Considers that, while birth rates are", "expected to decline, economic productivity", "is steadily increasing and is likely to offset", "future costs for pension schemes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 39, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1e. Emphasises that, not only in times of", "economic crisis, private pension funds", "and occupational pensions are subject to", "market developments and, as a result, face", "the risk of losses owing to market", "fluctuations and possible insolvencies;", "notes, further, that there is no evidence", "that better regulation can eliminate these", "risks;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 e (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 40, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1f. Points out that more and more atypical", "working arrangements and increasing", "levels of temporary employment are", "leading to extremely low wages, a state of", "affairs which simply excludes many", "employees from third-pillar pension", "schemes and makes them vulnerable to", "old-age poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 41, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1g. Points out that occupational pension", "schemes are almost exclusively offered in", "large enterprises and that employees in", "SMEs are mostly excluded from any such", "arrangement;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 42, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1h. Points out that occupational pensions", "can often not be transferred to other", "enterprises and to other Member States;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 h (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 43, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1i. Points out that the unemployed are", "excluded from occupational pension", "schemes and cannot afford to invest in", "private pension funds, making them", "extremely vulnerable to old-age poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 i (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1j. Points out that a shift from pay-as-", "you-go pension systems to contribution-", "based systems implies a shift of risk from", "the community to individual workers;", "notes that pay-as-you-go pension systems", "are safeguarded by the principle of", "'solidarity between generations' and", "hence safer than private pension schemes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 j (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 45, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1k. Notes that the impact of the economic", "crisis (increase in large-scale", "unemployment, dismissals of older", "employees and increasing prevalence of", "precarious working conditions) has", "undermined the sustainability of pension", "systems;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 k (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 46, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1l. Emphasises that, as part of the", "exchange of best practices under the", "Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in", "the employment sphere macro-economic", "differences between the Member States", "should be duly taken into account when", "dealing with micro-economic measures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 l (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1m. Explicitly rejects the assumption that", "national budget constraints caused by the", "economic crisis justify the cutting of", "pension entitlements; emphasises that", "only increased revenue can offset losses to", "state budgets generated by the collapse of", "the capital markets;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 m (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 48, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1n. Emphasises that pension schemes", "should not only prevent old-age poverty,", "but generally guarantee the preservation", "of a decent standard of living;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 n (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 49, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "1o. Calls on the Council to agree an EU", "target for minimum wages (statutory,", "collective agreements at national, regional", "or sectoral level) which provide for", "remuneration amounting to at least 60%", "of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.)", "average wage in order to enable more", "employees to secure individual pension", "entitlements above the poverty threshold;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1 o (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 72, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Points out that decent pension", "schemes should be a cornerstone of EU", "policy, as they can play a decisive role in", "achieving social progress and", "implementing the social market economy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 73, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "4b. Emphasises that decent, safe pension", "schemes which prevent poverty are vital", "elements in the fight against social", "exclusion and discrimination and in the", "promotion of social justice and social", "protection, gender equality, and solidarity", "between generations;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 149, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "10a. Invites the Council to agree on a", "guarantee for minimum pensions above", "the Union\u2019s at-risk-of poverty threshold of", "60% of national median equalised", "income, in order to prevent old-age", "poverty and to save elderly people from", "falling into means-tested minimum", "income schemes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 152, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "10b. Deplores the fact that the Green", "Paper does not take into account the", "challenges of social exclusion and social", "inequality;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 154, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "10c. Deplores the fact that the Green", "Paper does not offer specific solutions for", "vulnerable groups, such as women, the", "long-term unemployed, young people,", "people with precarious employment", "contracts, migrants, ethnic minorities,", "people with disabilities, or people who", "take on responsibilities as carers;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 215, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "15a. Recommends the deletion of Article 5", "(2) of Directive 2004/113/EC in order to", "rule out gender-related discrimination in", "access to pension schemes, and to", "promote gender-neutral payments;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 220, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "15b. Recommends the abandonment of", "lengthy contribution periods and", "minimum retirement ages in order to", "allow for the creation of decent pension", "entitlements for employees working part", "time, and for young employees from the", "first day of their working lives;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 243, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "16a. Rejects the automatic linkage of the", "statutory retirement age to life", "expectancy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 262, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "17a. Calls on the Member States to use", "the EU Year of Active Ageing, 2012, to", "engage in cooperation with the social", "partners and, with the support of the", "European Foundation for the", "Improvement of Living and Working", "Conditions, to develop recommendations", "concerning the creation of high-quality", "jobs and the reduction of physical and", "mental stress for employees, thus enabling", "them to work until existing statutory", "retirement ages and making it", "unnecessary to raise those ages further;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 264, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "17b. Calls on the Member States to", "provide employers with information and", "to offer them advice with the aim of", "reducing prejudices concerning the", "employment of older persons (for example", "advice concerning health training,", "ergonomic changes to working routines,", "and working conditions that safeguard", "older employees' health and their ability", "to work);" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 291, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "19a. Calls on the EU to make the", "adequacy and sustainability of pension", "schemes a part of the 2020 strategy so as", "to ensure that the employment and growth", "strategy supports the EU's efforts to", "achieve its social cohesion goals;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "24. Considers that, because of the diversity", "and complexity of the various second-pillar", "systems, conditions need to be laid down", "concerning the portability of acquired", "pension entitlements in the sense that", "portability begins when new contracts are", "concluded, an application for transfer being", "approved only if the actuarial sum", "transferred is to be placed in a fund whose", "purpose is payment of old-age pensions;", "considers that tax must be calculated and", "paid in the Member State where the", "entitlements have been accumulated;" ], "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 361, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "24. Considers that, because of the diversity", "and complexity of the various second-pillar", "systems, conditions need to be laid down", "concerning the portability of acquired", "pension entitlements in the sense that", "portability begins when new contracts are", "concluded, an application for transfer being", "approved only if the actuarial sum", "transferred is to be placed in a fund whose", "purpose is payment of old-age pensions;", "stresses that, first and foremost, the", "question of equal treatment in terms of", "the taxation of pension entitlements must", "be clarified;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 24" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "32. Is concerned about the inadequate", "information provided to the public by", "public authorities and bodies administering", "pensions concerning the necessity,", "possibilities, accumulated entitlements,", "likely results and actual state of affairs with", "regard to old-age pensions; calls on the", "Commission and Member States to launch", "campaigns to enable and encourage", "members of the public to take measures to", "ensure adequate pension provision for", "themselves;" ], "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 435, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "32. Is concerned about the inadequate", "information provided to the public by", "public authorities and bodies administering", "pensions concerning necessity,", "possibilities, accumulated entitlements,", "likely results and actual state of affairs with", "regard to old-age pensions; calls on the", "Commission and Member States to launch", "campaigns to enable and encourage", "citizens to take measures to ensure", "adequate pension provision for themselves;", "stresses that citizens have to be provided", "with information regarding actual costs", "and charges when concluding additional", "pension scheme contracts;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 32" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 459, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "35a. Recommends that the EU should", "develop a system of reporting for Member", "State national data that should also", "comprise medium-term and long-term", "developments and progress in the", "safeguarding of poverty-preventing,", "sustainable and adequate pension", "schemes; new indicators should give a", "differentiated picture of the social", "situation of people receiving old-age", "pensions and of the years before they", "retired (i.e. employees with a migrant", "background, employees from small", "enterprises, etc.);" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 35 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.538%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2239(INI)", "seq": 463, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "35b. Stresses that, should consideration be", "given to enacting an EU regulation", "governing occupational and/or private", "pension scheme, pension schemes should", "not be allowed to make high-risk", "investments, such as in leveraged", "products, private equity, naked short", "selling, and credit default swaps (CDS),", "that are not based on real business", "transactions;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 35 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "Aa. whereas at the present stage of social", "development in the European Union", "progress primarily means facilitating", "individual and collective political, social", "and democratic participation for all by", "eliminating social divisions and poverty," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Recital A a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 13, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ab. whereas poverty and social exclusion", "are affronts to human dignity and prevent", "political, social and cultural participation", "and whereas social progress is conditional", "on overcoming these affronts," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Recital A b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 14, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ac. whereas decommodification of work", "represents progress towards individual", "self-determination and opportunities for", "social participation," ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Recital A c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 21, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "1a. Considers that the Charter of", "Fundamental Rights, which is now legally", "binding, should be the yardstick for all", "European Union policies; deplores the", "fact that fundamental rights cannot be", "asserted individually at law; calls for the", "Charter of Fundamental Rights, in its", "entirety, to be valid in all Member States", "without exception, for all people living in", "the European Union, and for it to be", "made possible for individuals to bring", "legal proceedings in response to violations", "of it;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Underlines the need to measure quality", "of life in societies and notes that such", "measurement will require metrics from at", "least the following categories: health,", "education, employment, connectedness,", "political engagement, material wellbeing", "and environment;" ], "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 39, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Underlines the need to measure the", "individual quality of life in societies,", "particularly in the case of members of", "groups which are at particular risk of", "exclusion, and notes that such", "measurement will require metrics from at", "least the following categories: health,", "education, poverty, employment, leisure,", "connectedness, political and cultural", "participation, material wellbeing and", "environment;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Stresses the need to measure \u2018coping", "with income\u2019 and the degree to which", "people are living well in terms of financial", "and material assets, including minimum", "income, indebtedness, quality of housing", "and the adequacy of social security", "systems;" ], "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 49, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Stresses the need to measure \u2018coping", "with income\u2019 and the degree to which", "people are living well in terms of financial", "and material assets, including a guarantee", "that the minimum income will safeguard", "recipients against poverty and including", "indebtedness, quality of housing, energy", "supply, expenditure on education and", "culture, expenditure on information and", "communication technologies, the", "adequacy of social security systems and", "access to high-quality services and", "expenditure on child care, health and", "various other types of care;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 51, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a. Stresses the urgent need to have EU", "statistical data beyond monetary", "indicators on situations of extreme", "poverty such as homelessness which are", "currently not covered by EU-SILC;", "considers that details of these key", "socioeconomic indicators should be set", "out in an annual report forwarded to the", "Member States and the European", "Parliament for discussion and with a view", "to determining the scope for further", "action;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "7. Calls for indices to reflect distributional", "issues in society in order to monitor social", "inclusion;" ], "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 55, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. Calls for indices to reflect distributional", "issues in society in order to monitor social", "inclusion and social participation in the", "European Union and beyond;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Stresses the need to measure both unpaid", "and paid work;" ], "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 57, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Stresses the need to measure both unpaid", "and paid work and, in doing so, to take", "account of whether it is subject to the", "\u2018decent work principles\u2019 of the", "International Labour Organisation and", "the principle of \u2018good work\u2019 and whether", "it affords a guarantee against poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 60, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Calls on the Commission to introduce", "common indicators for the situation of", "children and to gather comparable high-", "quality data and long-term statistics", "covering all aspects of a holistic approach", "to combating child poverty and social", "exclusion, including housing, for children", "and families and to improve the provision", "of child care facilities in order to", "safeguard children\u2019s welfare;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "8b. Calls for the incorporation of a \u2018social", "progress clause\u2019 in the primary law of the", "European Union;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 8 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 65, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "9a. Takes note of the Council\u2019s decision", "of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member", "States to set their national targets for", "reducing the number of people at risk of", "poverty and exclusion on the basis of one", "or more of the three indicators agreed", "upon by the Council; considers that", "Member States using only the \u2018jobless", "household\u2019 indicator may systematically", "neglect problems such as in-work poverty,", "energy poverty, child poverty and social", "exclusion;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 9 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.738%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2088(INI)", "seq": 66, "orig_lang": "e", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-10-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "9b. Calls on the Council and Member", "States to measure the objective for", "combating poverty announced in the", "Europe 2020 Strategy using the relative", "poverty indicator approved by the", "European Council at its Laeken Summit", "in December 2001 (60% of median", "household income), because this indicator", "reveals poverty as a relative status, relates", "poverty to the situation in the Member", "State concerned and is also comparable", "throughout the EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 9 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 49, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "4 a. Points out that according to the", "Eurostat at-risk-of poverty indicator, in", "2008 nearly 85 million persons in the", "European Union were at-risk-of poverty ,", "and that according to the indicator", "\u2018material deprivation\u2019 it is estimated that", "the respective figure would rise to 120", "million persons; considers that from the", "Council's decision on poverty-indicators", "there may arise ambiguities concerning", "the overall reduction target of lifting 20", "million persons out of poverty and", "exclusion by 2020 (reduction of 23.5 %", "according to Eurostat at-risk-of poverty", "indicator, but only 16.7 % according to", "\u2018material deprivation\u2019);" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Points out that social protection and", "social policy make important contributions", "to lessening the depth and duration of the", "recession by stabilising labour markets and", "consumption, and that the social protection", "system is a stabiliser on both the revenue", "and the expenditure side." ], "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Points out that, according to the", "European Parliament's study 'Social", "protection as an Economic Stabilizer',", "social protection and social policy make", "important contributions to lessening the", "depth and duration of the recession by", "stabilising labour markets and", "consumption, that the social protection", "system is a stabiliser on both the revenue", "and the expenditure side, and that evidence", "indicates that social spending may have a", "larger stabilising effect than the average", "of total government expenditure;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 62, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 a. Points out that, since equal and full", "participation in economical, political and", "social life should be realised as an", "individual right, active social inclusion", "policies should use a holistic approach to", "eradicate poverty and social exclusion,", "especially by ensuring full access to", "quality social services and services of", "general (economic) interest for all;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 66, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 b. Points out that only decent", "employment based on the International", "Labour Organisation's decent work", "principles and the principle of 'good", "work', including gender mainstreaming,", "together with the principle of equal pay", "for equal work in the same workplace can", "help to lift people out of poverty and", "social exclusion, and thereby contribute to", "broad political and cultural participation", "in the European society;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 67, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 c. Remembers that the 'European Year", "for Combating Poverty and Social", "Exclusion 2010' was supposed to be not", "only a media campaign, but to further", "stimulate multidimensional policies", "against poverty and more advanced", "poverty indicators; therefore asks the", "Commission to give a critical overview", "about new measures undertaken by", "Member States to overcome poverty and", "social exclusion in this context;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 71, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 d. Invites the Commission and the", "Council to take due account of", "Parliaments demands raised in its", "resolutions of 15 November 2007 on", "Social Reality Stocktaking[1], of 9", "October 2008 on promoting social", "inclusion and combating poverty,", "including child poverty, in the EU[2], of 6", "May 2009 on the active inclusion of", "people excluded from the labour", "market[3] and of 19 October 2010 on the", "role of minimum income in combating", "poverty and promoting an participative", "society in Europe when designing policies", "and measures for the next stage of the", "OMC on Social Inclusion and Social", "Protection, the Social Inclusion Strategy", "and the \u2018Europe 2020\u2019 flagship initiative", "on combating poverty and social", "exclusion, involving all stakeholders in a", "participatory process;", "([1] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2007)0541.", "[2] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0467.", "[3] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0371.)" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 72, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 e. Calls on the Commission to closely", "examine obstacles for social participation", "such as energy poverty, financial", "exclusion and obstacles in access to", "information and communication", "technology (ICT);" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 e (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 75, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 f. Demands that measures to establish a", "greener and climate friendly economy", "should go hand in hand with all efforts to", "eradicate poverty; therefore expresses it's", "concern that in some Member States the", "costs for energy efficiency of housing", "shall be passed on to the tenants;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-450.611%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 76, "orig_lang": "n", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-07-10T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 g. Remembers that the fight against", "poverty and social exclusion is to be", "pursued both within the European Union", "and externally, in order to fulfil the", "European Union's and the Member", "State's commitment to reach the UN", "Millennium Development Goals by 2015;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 1 \u2013 point 5 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.919%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2027(INI)", "seq": 2, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-06-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to its resolution of 9", "October 20081 on promoting social", "integration and combating poverty,", "including child poverty, in the EU,", "1", "P6_TA(2008)0467, 9.10.2008" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 7 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.919%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2027(INI)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-06-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "2a. Considers that the perspective of", "shrinking populations by 2050 may", "implicate a lowering of the pressure on", "the environment and provide an", "opportunity for sustainable development,", "which in turn needs proactive policies to", "adapt spatial planning, housing, transport", "and all other kinds of infrastructures", "accordingly;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.919%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2027(INI)", "seq": 37, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-06-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "2b. Considers that sufficient productivity", "growth on a path towards sustainable", "development, a more egalitarian", "distribution of incomes and achieving full", "employment are the key economic issues", "for managing demographic change, as", "steady productivity growth can allow for", "producing an increasing value added with", "a decreasing workforce and provide a", "sound basis for a fair distribution of", "revenues between economically active and", "non-active persons (e.g. pensioner,", "children, young people in education);" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.919%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2027(INI)", "seq": 56, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-06-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. Considers that work organisation and", "working time arrangements must be", "adapted to demographic change; points", "out that improved stability of employment,", "social security and health and safety at", "the work place and shorter collective", "working time are necessary to enable a", "better integration of young and older", "workers alike to keep them in gainful", "employment motivated and healthily;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.919%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2027(INI)", "seq": 118, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-06-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "16a. Considers that demographic change", "will require new and enhanced", "educational and social infrastructure for", "young and elderly people alike, including", "increased facilities for life-long learning,", "childcare, nursing care and care for the", "elderly; points out the need for enhanced", "social infrastructures designed to promote", "old people\u2019s vitality and reintegrate them", "more actively into societal life, considers", "that demographic change thus will", "necessitate an expansion of public", "services with guaranteed equal access for", "all;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 16 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(1) The Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union stipulates in Article 145", "that Member States and the EU shall work", "towards developing a coordinated strategy", "for employment and particularly for", "promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable", "workforce and labour markets responsive", "to economic change and with a view to", "achieving the objectives set out in Article 3", "of the Treaty on European Union. Member", "States, having regard to national practices", "related to the responsibilities of", "management and labour, shall regard", "promoting employment as a matter of", "common concern and shall coordinate", "their action in this respect within the", "Council, in accordance with the", "provisions of Article 148 of the Treaty on", "the Functioning of the European Union." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 28, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(1) The Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union stipulates in Article 145", "that Member States and the EU shall work", "towards developing a coordinated strategy", "for employment and particularly for", "promoting education, vocational training", "and further training and integration of", "employees into labour markets, which", "have become \u2013 and will remain \u2013", "necessary because of economic change", "with a view to achieving the objectives set", "out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European", "Union." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(2) The Treaty on European Union", "stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall", "combat social exclusion and", "discrimination, and shall promote social", "justice and protection and provides for the", "Union\u2019s initiatives to ensure coordination", "of Member States' social policies. Article 9", "of the Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union provides that in defining", "and implementing its policies and", "activities, the Union shall take into account", "requirements linked to the guarantee of", "adequate social protection and the fight", "against social exclusion." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 30, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(2) The Treaty on European Union", "stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall", "combat social exclusion and", "discrimination, promote social justice and", "provide social protection; it is also", "expected to take initiatives to ensure", "coordination of Member States' social", "policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the", "Functioning of the European Union", "provides that in defining and implementing", "its policies and activities, the Union shall", "take into account requirements linked to", "promoting a high level of employment and", "to the guarantee of adequate social", "protection and the fight against social", "exclusion and linked to a high level of", "education and training and protection of", "health." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000,", "was based on an acknowledgement of the", "EU\u2019s need to increase its productivity and", "competitiveness, while enhancing social", "cohesion, in the face of global competition,", "technological change and an ageing", "population. The Lisbon Strategy was re-", "launched in 2005, after a mid-term review", "which led to greater focus on growth, more", "and better jobs." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000,", "was based on an acknowledgement of the", "EU\u2019s need to preserve its productivity and", "competitiveness, while enhancing social", "cohesion, in the face of global competition,", "economic interdependences and changes,", "technological change and a changing", "population. The Lisbon Strategy was re-", "launched in 2005, after a mid-term review", "which led to greater focus on growth, more", "and better jobs. Ultimately, the Lisbon", "Strategy failed to achieve its targets. With", "its focus on competitiveness, cost-cutting,", "dismantling of the welfare state, ever", "more flexible labour markets,", "liberalisation of markets in general and", "deregulation of financial markets in", "particular it aggravated inequality in the", "distribution of income and wealth, the", "growth of poverty, social exclusion, low-", "wage work and precarious employment. It", "is now time for an alternative strategy of", "the European Union for sustainable", "development, social justice and full", "employment." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(5) The Lisbon strategy for growth and", "jobs helped forge consensus around the", "broad direction of the EU\u2019s economic and", "employment policies. Under the strategy,", "both broad economic policy guidelines and", "employment guidelines were adopted by", "the Council in 2005 and revised in 2008.", "The 24 guidelines laid the foundations for", "the national reform programmes, outlining", "the key macro-economic, micro-economic", "and labour market reform priorities for the", "EU as a whole. However, experience", "shows that the guidelines did not set clear", "enough priorities and that links between", "them could have been stronger. This", "limited their impact on national policy-", "making." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(5) The Lisbon strategy for growth and", "jobs should help to determine the broad", "direction of the EU\u2019s economic and", "employment policies. Under the strategy,", "both broad economic policy guidelines and", "employment guidelines were adopted by", "the Council in 2005 and revised in 2008.", "The 24 guidelines laid the foundations for", "the national reform programmes, outlining", "the key macro-economic, micro-economic", "and labour market reform priorities for the", "EU as a whole. However, experience", "shows that the guidelines did not set", "sufficiently binding objectives for social,", "political and cultural participation by all", "residents of the European Union and for", "the sustainable ecological conversion of", "the economy. This limited their impact on", "national policy-making." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(6) The financial and economic crisis that", "started in 2008 resulted in a significant loss", "in jobs and potential output and has led to a", "dramatic deterioration in public finances.", "The European Economic Recovery Plan", "has nevertheless helped Member States to", "deal with the crisis, partly through a", "coordinated fiscal stimulus, with the euro", "providing an anchor for macroeconomic", "stability. The crisis therefore showed that", "coordination of Union's policies can", "deliver significant results if it is", "strengthened and rendered effective. The", "crisis also underscored the close", "interdependence of the Member States\u2019", "economies and labour markets." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 42, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(6) The financial and economic crisis that", "started in 2008 resulted in a significant loss", "in jobs and potential output and has led to a", "dramatic deterioration in public finances.", "The European Economic Recovery Plan", "has nevertheless helped Member States to", "deal with the crisis, partly through a", "coordinated fiscal stimulus, with the euro", "providing an anchor for macroeconomic", "stability. The crisis therefore showed that", "coordination of the Union's policies could", "have delivered significant results if it had", "been strengthened and rendered effective.", "In addition, the crisis also underscored the", "fact that the internal market urgently", "needs to be complemented by a social and", "ecological Union so that fewer people", "need suffer from the impact of impending", "crises of capitalism." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(7) The Commission proposed to set up a", "new strategy for the next decade, the", "Europe 2020 Strategy, to enable the EU to", "emerge stronger from the crisis, and to turn", "its economy towards smart, sustainable", "and inclusive growth. Five headline", "targets, listed under the relevant guidelines,", "constitute shared objectives guiding the", "action of the Member States and of the", "Union. Member States should make every", "effort to meet the national targets and to", "remove the bottlenecks that constrain", "growth." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(7) The Commission proposed to set up a", "new strategy for the next decade, the", "Europe 2020 Strategy, to enable the EU to", "emerge stronger from the crisis and also", "respond more effectively to future", "upheavals and crises, and to turn its", "economy towards viable, ecologically and", "economically sustainable and inclusive", "economic management. Headline targets,", "listed under the relevant guidelines,", "constitute shared objectives guiding the", "action of the Member States and of the", "Union. Member States should meet the", "national targets and remove the obstacles", "to a restructuring process accompanied by", "the creation of more, high-quality jobs." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(8) As part of comprehensive \"exit", "strategies\" for the economic crisis, Member", "States should carry out ambitious reforms", "to ensure macroeconomic stability and the", "sustainability of public finance, improve", "competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic", "imbalances and enhance labour market", "performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal", "stimulus should be implemented and", "coordinated within the framework of the", "Stability and Growth Pact." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 54, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(8) As part of comprehensive \"exit", "strategies\" for the economic crisis, Member", "States should carry out ambitious reforms", "to ensure an improved macroeconomic", "performance targeting socially and", "environmentally sustainable development,", "reduce macroeconomic imbalances and", "enhance high quality employment and", "social protection. The fiscal stimulus", "should be continued over the next three to", "five years to overcome economic", "stagnation and rising unemployment.", "Coordinated fiscal stimulus at Member", "State and EU level must be oriented", "towards economic recovery via targeted", "EU recovery plan which is streamlined in", "terms of gender-equality in all of its", "components, mobilising one per cent of", "EU GDP each year for investing in", "environmentally sustainable development,", "thus providing for an entry strategy for", "new quality employment." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy,", "Member States should implement reforms", "aimed at \u2018smart growth\u2019, i.e. growth driven", "by knowledge and innovation. Reforms", "should aim at improving the quality of", "education, ensuring access for all, and", "strengthening research and business", "performance in order to promote", "innovation and knowledge transfer", "throughout the EU. They should encourage", "entrepreneurship and help to turn creative", "ideas into innovative products, services and", "processes that can create growth, quality", "jobs, territorial, economic and social", "cohesion, and address more efficiently", "European and global societal challenges.", "Making the most of information and", "communication technologies is essential in", "this context." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 72, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy,", "Member States should implement reforms", "aimed at \u2018smart management of the", "economy\u2019, i.e. which is driven by", "knowledge and innovation. Reforms should", "aim at improving the quality of education,", "ensuring access for all, and preserving", "research and business performance in order", "to promote innovation and knowledge", "transfer throughout the EU. They should", "encourage economic activity which helps", "to turn creative ideas into innovative", "products, innovative - particularly socially", "valuable - services and processes that can", "create quality jobs, territorial, economic", "and social cohesion with a high level of", "comprehensive social protection, and", "address more efficiently European and", "global societal challenges. Making the", "most of information and communication", "technologies is essential in this context." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(10) Member States should also, through", "their reform programmes, aim at", "\u2018sustainable growth\u2019. Sustainable growth", "means building a resource-efficient,", "sustainable and competitive economy, a", "fair distribution of the cost and benefits", "and exploiting Europe\u2019s leadership in the", "race to develop new processes and", "technologies, including green", "technologies. Member States should", "implement the necessary reforms to reduce", "greenhouse gases emissions and use", "resources efficiently. They should also", "improve the business environment,", "stimulate creation of green jobs and", "modernise their industrial base." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 81, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(10) Member States should also, through", "their reform programmes, aim at", "sustainable development. Sustainable", "development means building a resource-", "efficient, sustainable economy, and", "developing new processes and", "technologies, particularly green", "technologies. Member States should", "implement the necessary reforms to reduce", "greenhouse gases emissions and use", "resources efficiently. They should also", "improve the business environment for", "SMEs, stimulate creation of green,", "sustainable jobs and modernise their", "industrial base. Particularly in the field of", "conversion to different products,", "sufficient funding must be made available", "to be able to perform the resultant", "restructuring processes and deal with the", "impact on employees." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(11) Member States\u2019 reform programmes", "should also aim at \u2018inclusive growth\u2019.", "Inclusive growth means building a", "cohesive society in which people are", "empowered to anticipate and manage", "change, thus to actively participate in", "society and economy. Member States\u2019", "reforms should therefore ensure access and", "opportunities for all throughout the", "lifecycle, thus reducing poverty and social", "exclusion, through removing barriers to", "labour market participation especially for", "women, older workers, young people,", "disabled and legal migrants. They should", "also make sure that the benefits of", "economic growth reach all citizens and all", "regions. Ensuring effective functioning of", "the labour markets through investing in", "successful transitions, appropriate skills", "development, rising job quality and", "fighting segmentation, structural", "unemployment and inactivity while", "ensuring adequate, sustainable social", "protection and active inclusion to reduce", "poverty should therefore be at the heart of", "Member States\u2019 reform programmes." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 88, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(11) Member States\u2019 reform programmes", "should aim at \u2018inclusive economic", "management\u2019. Inclusive economic", "management means building a cohesive", "society in which people are empowered to", "anticipate and manage change, thus to", "actively participate in politics, society and", "cultural life. Member States\u2019 reforms", "should therefore ensure access for all", "throughout the lifecycle to an income", "which prevents poverty and to service", "activities requiring skills, thus enabling", "them to pursue a dignified and", "autonomous life and reducing poverty and", "social exclusion, through removing barriers", "to labour market participation of", "employees' own choosing, especially for", "women, older workers \u2013 particularly", "women \u2013 young people, people with", "disabilities and migrants. They should also", "make sure that the benefits of sustainable", "and inclusive economic management", "reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring", "that labour markets are inclusive through", "investing in successful transitions,", "appropriate skills development, rising job", "quality in accordance with the 'decent", "work' principles of the International", "Labour Organisation (ILO) and in the", "light of the conclusions of the informal", "meeting of Ministers for Employment and", "Social Affairs in Berlin from 18 to 20", "January 2007 on the subject of 'good", "work', namely that Europe needs an", "improved, joint effort to promote \u2018good", "work\u2019, which covers workers\u2019 rights and", "participation, fair pay, security and health", "protection at work, and organisation of", "work which takes families into account, as", "well as working conditions which are", "favourable and fair and appropriate social", "protection, which are necessary if the", "European Union is to be accepted by its", "citizens, and fighting segmentation,", "structural unemployment and involuntary", "inactivity while ensuring comprehensive", "social protection which goes beyond", "preventing poverty and social and cultural", "inclusion should therefore be at the heart of", "Member States\u2019 reform programmes. At", "the same time, economic and social", "inequalities must be massively reduced." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 11" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 103, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(11a) In the light of the objective of", "'inclusive growth', Member States should,", "upon a proposal from the Commission,", "establish a legislative framework for the", "new forms of employment which places", "the employees concerned on an equal", "footing and facilitates employment which", "does not promote further fragmentation of", "the labour market and which guarantees", "comprehensive protection of the", "individual and collective rights of", "employees and affords them the requisite", "social protection." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 11 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(12) The EU's and Member States'", "structural reforms can effectively", "contribute to growth and jobs if they", "enhance the EU's competitiveness in the", "global economy, open up new", "opportunities for Europe's exporters and", "provide competitive access to vital", "imports. Reforms should therefore take", "into account their external", "competitiveness implications to foster", "European growth and participation in", "open and fair markets worldwide." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 106, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 12" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 118, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(13a) When programming and", "implementing EU funding, including", "from the European Social Fund and the", "Cohesion Fund, Member States should", "take account of the EU 2010 Strategy,", "particularly its employment policy and", "social policy aspects." ], "location": [ [ "", "Recital 13 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(14) While these guidelines are addressed", "to Member States, the Europe 2020", "strategy should be implemented in", "partnership with all national, regional and", "local authorities, closely associating", "parliaments, as well as social partners and", "representatives of civil society, who shall", "contribute to the elaboration of national", "reform programmes, to their", "implementation and to the overall", "communication on the strategy." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 120, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(14) While these guidelines are addressed", "to Member States, it is essential that the", "Europe 2020 strategy should be", "implemented in partnership with all", "national, regional and local authorities,", "closely associating parliaments, as well as", "representatives of civil society. Social", "partners at national level have a", "particular role to play here, because", "without their participation it would not in", "practice be possible to implement the", "employment strategy in businesses. All", "parties must be given equal rights to", "contribute to the elaboration of national", "reform programmes, to their", "implementation and to the overall", "communication on the strategy." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 14" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(15) The Europe 2020 strategy is", "underpinned by a smaller set of guidelines,", "replacing the previous set of 24 and", "addressing employment and broad", "economic policy issues in a coherent", "manner. The guidelines for the", "employment policies of the Member States,", "annexed to this Decision, are intrinsically", "linked with the guidelines for the economic", "policies of the Member States and of the", "Union, annexed to Council", "Recommendation [\u2026] of [\u2026]. Together,", "they form the \u2018Europe 2020 integrated", "guidelines\u2019." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 125, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(15) The Europe 2020 strategy is", "underpinned by a set of guidelines,", "replacing the previous set of 24 and", "addressing employment and broad", "economic policy issues in a coherent", "manner. The guidelines for the", "employment policies of the Member States,", "annexed to this Decision, are intrinsically", "linked with the guidelines for the economic", "policies of the Member States and of the", "Union, annexed to Council", "Recommendation [\u2026] of [\u2026]. Together,", "they form the \u2018Europe 2020 integrated", "guidelines\u2019." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 15" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(16) These new integrated guidelines", "reflect the conclusions of the European", "Council. They give precise guidance to the", "Member States on defining their national", "reform programmes and implementing", "reforms, reflecting interdependence and in", "line with the Stability and Growth Pact.", "These guidelines will form the basis for", "any country-specific recommendations that", "the Council may address to the Member", "States. They will also form the basis for the", "establishment of the Joint Employment", "Report sent annually by the Council and", "Commission to the European Council." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 129, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(16) These new integrated guidelines", "reflect the conclusions of the European", "Council. They give precise guidance to the", "Member States on defining their national", "reform programmes and implementing", "reforms, reflecting interdependence. These", "guidelines will form the basis for any", "country-specific recommendations that the", "Council may address to the Member States.", "They will also form the basis for the", "establishment of the Joint Employment", "Report sent annually by the Council and", "Commission to the European Council." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 16" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 130, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(17a) In the meantime the measures taken", "and their results should be analysed", "academically and reviewed critically." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Recital 17 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 143, "orig_lang": "xm", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "All policies and measures taken in the", "framework of the Employment Guidelines", "shall strongly promote equality for women", "and men and shall be gender", "mainstreamed. This includes affirmative", "action policies aimed at enhancing", "women\u00b4s rights and equality. Social", "protection systems should be reviewed", "with a view to abolish elements that", "generate gender inequalities, better", "working conditions should be secured in", "sectors where women work, involuntary", "part time employment decreased and", "gender equality in training and education", "ensured. In this framework, the EU sets a", "target to reduce the gender pay gap to 0-", "5% by 2020. Furthermore, the EU sets", "targets on increased provision of", "accessible, affordable, flexible and high-", "quality care services for all, in particular", "access to child care facilities by aiming to", "ensure 70% of necessary care for 0-3", "years old children and 100% of care for 3-", "6 years old children and will introduce", "over the time span of the EU 2020", "Strategy specific targets for the care of", "other dependents, including the elderly,", "on the basis of an ongoing assessment of", "actual and potential care needs." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 7 \u2013 paragraph -1 (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Member States should integrate the", "flexicurity principles endorsed by the", "European Council into their labour", "market policies and apply them, making", "full use of European Social Fund support", "with a view to increasing labour market", "participation and combating segmentation", "and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst", "reducing structural unemployment.", "Measures to enhance flexibility and", "security should be both balanced and", "mutually reinforcing. Member States", "should therefore introduce a combination", "of flexible and reliable employment", "contracts, active labour market policies,", "effective lifelong learning, policies to", "promote labour mobility, and adequate", "social security systems to secure", "professional transitions accompanied by", "clear rights and responsibilities for the", "unemployed to actively seek work." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 147, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "Previous empirical surveys of the EU's", "labour markets have shown that flexibility", "of employment has the most deleterious", "impact on employability, as flexible", "employment contracts (employment below", "the level at which social security is", "compulsory, temporary agency work,", "fixed-term employment contracts, project", "work etc.) are associated not only with", "poorer social protection and smaller", "incomes but also with a lack of", "opportunities for further training,", "professional development and lifelong", "learning, and that the more flexible", "employment is, the more precarious it is.", "The concept of GOOD WORK puts a", "strong focus on promoting quality in", "work, improved social security and social", "inclusion, enhancing existing workers'", "rights and introducing new ones,", "promoting health and safety at work,", "better social risk management and the", "reconciliation of work and non-work life.", "Strong measures for enhancing security", "by phasing out precarious employment", "and those atypical contractual", "arrangements related to such insecure", "forms of employment should be launched", "by Member States, with a view to", "restricting and reducing atypical forms of", "employment, the misuse of which should", "be penalised. Member States must", "therefore introduce a combination of", "secure and reliable employment contracts,", "active and integrative labour market", "policies, effective lifelong learning,", "policies to support the right to voluntarily", "chosen labour mobility, and effective,", "high quality social security systems to", "secure professional transitions", "accompanied by clear rights for the", "unemployed to adequate benefits and", "tailor-made measures for finding quality", "employment or training and upgrading of", "their skills and competencies." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 7 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Member States should step up social", "dialogue and tackle labour market", "segmentation with measures addressing", "temporary and precarious employment,", "underemployment and undeclared work.", "Professional mobility should be rewarded.", "The quality of jobs and employment", "conditions should be addressed by fighting", "low-wages and by ensuring adequate", "social security also for those on fixed", "contracts and the self-employed.", "Employment services should be", "strengthened and open to all, including", "young people and those threatened by", "unemployment with personalised services", "targeting those furthest away from the", "labour market." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 170, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "Member States should use social dialogue", "and tackle labour market segmentation", "with measures addressing temporary and", "precarious employment, discrimination", "against women, migrants, older people", "and people with disabilities,", "underemployment and undeclared work.", "Undeclared employment should be fought", "through fiscal measures for low earners", "and for trades and crafts and through", "more intensive monitoring by labour", "inspectorate services and social insurance", "bodies. Professional mobility should be", "rewarded by measures under employment,", "social and fiscal legislation. The quality of", "work and employment conditions must be", "addressed by fighting low-wages and by", "ensuring poverty-proof social security also", "for those with precarious and other forms", "of atypical contracts and the self-", "employed. Member States should agree an", "EU target for minimum wages (whether", "statutory or collectively agreed at", "national, regional or sectoral level) to", "guarantee remuneration of at least 60%", "of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.)", "average income and, further, lay down a", "timetable for achieving that target in all", "Member States. Employment services", "must be effectively strengthened and open", "to all, including young people and in", "particular those threatened by", "unemployment and appropriate measures", "provided within the context of active,", "inclusive labour market policies, with", "personalised services targeting those", "furthest away from the labour market." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 7 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "In order to increase competitiveness and", "raise participation levels, particularly for", "the low-skilled, and in line with economic", "policy guideline 2, Member States should", "review tax and benefit systems and the", "capacity of public services to provide the", "necessary support. Member States should", "increase labour force participation through", "policies to promote active ageing, gender", "equality and equal pay and labour market", "integration of young people, disabled, legal", "migrants and other vulnerable groups.", "Work-life balance policies with the", "provision of affordable care and innovation", "in work organisation should be geared to", "raising employment rates, particularly", "among youth, older workers and women, in", "particular to retain highly-skilled women in", "scientific and technical fields. Member", "States should also remove barriers to", "labour market entry for newcomers,", "support self-employment and job creation", "in areas including green employment and", "care and promote social innovation." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 187, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "In order to promote environmentally and", "socially sustainable development and raise", "participation levels, particularly for the", "low-skilled, Member States should adapt", "tax and benefit systems and increase the", "capacity of public services to provide the", "necessary support. Member States should", "increase labour force participation through", "policies to promote the concept of GOOD", "WORK, gender equality and equal pay for", "equal work or work of equal value, and", "labour market integration of young people,", "disabled, migrants and other vulnerable", "groups. In that respect a European Youth", "Guarantee securing the right of every", "young person in the EU to the offer of a", "suitable well-paid job in line with their", "qualifications and skills, an", "apprenticeship, additional training or", "combined work and training immediately", "upon facing unemployment is necessary.", "Work-life balance policies with the", "provision of affordable care and innovation", "in work organisation should be geared to a", "reduction of working time without loss of", "pay and thus raising employment rates,", "particularly among youth, older workers", "and women, in particular to retain highly-", "skilled women in scientific and technical", "fields. Furthermore, work-life balance", "policies should strengthen transition", "security based on good job protection by", "enhancing social rights and social", "protection to prevent income risks and to", "ensure the maintenance and acquisition", "of pension rights and health care", "coverage etc. during employment", "transitions, and also during leave periods", "(e.g. for caring for dependent persons,", "further training and education,", "sabbaticals etc.). Member States should", "promote the reconciliation of work and", "non-work-life also by a clear reduction of", "the average weekly working time as well", "as a clear lowering of the weekly statutory", "maximum working hours and a strict", "limitation of overtime hours. Member", "States should also remove barriers to", "labour market entry for newcomers,", "support self-employment and job creation", "in areas including green employment and", "high-valued, in particular, social services,", "and promote social innovation. Access to", "the labour market for young people and", "newcomers should be enabled by limiting", "effectively working life." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 7 \u2013 paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is of aiming to bring by 2020 to", "75% the employment rate for women and", "men aged 20-64 including through the", "greater participation of youth, older", "workers and low skilled workers and the", "better integration of legal migrants." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 208, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is of aiming to bring by 2020 to", "75% the employment rate for women and", "men aged 20-64 including through the", "greater participation of youth, older", "workers - especially older women - and", "low skilled workers and the better", "integration of migrants." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 7 \u2013 paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Guideline 8: Developing a skilled", "workforce responding to labour market", "needs, promoting job quality and lifelong", "learning" ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 215, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "Guideline 8: Improving the level of", "education and training and further", "training among employees and promoting", "lifelong learning" ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 8 \u2013 title" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Member States should promote", "productivity and employability through an", "adequate supply of knowledge and skills to", "match current and future demand in the", "labour market. Quality initial education", "and attractive vocational training must be", "complemented with effective incentives for", "lifelong learning, second-chance", "opportunities, ensuring every adult the", "chance to move one step up in their", "qualification, and by targeted migration", "and integration policies. Member States", "should develop systems for recognising", "acquired competencies, remove barriers to", "occupational and geographical mobility of", "workers, promote the acquisition of", "transversal competences and creativity,", "and focus their efforts particularly on", "supporting those with low skills and", "increasing the employability of older", "workers, while at the same time enhance", "the training, skills and experience of highly", "skilled workers, including researchers." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 221, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "Member States should promote a broad", "supply of knowledge and skills in order", "that workers, under the conditions of", "permanent processes of restructuring and", "change in all three sectors of the labour", "market, can obtain a permanent, full-time", "job, which ensures them a livelihood and", "enables social and cultural involvement.", "Quality initial education and attractive", "vocational training must be complemented", "with effective incentives for lifelong", "learning, second-chance opportunities,", "ensuring every adult at any time the chance", "to move one step up in their qualification,", "and by targeted migration and integration", "policies. Member States must develop", "systems for recognising acquired", "competencies, remove barriers to", "occupational and geographical mobility of", "workers, promote the acquisition of", "transversal competences and creativity,", "focus their efforts particularly on", "supporting those with low skills, and", "combat discrimination in connection with", "access to education and training and", "further training, while at the same time", "enhance the training, skills and experience", "of skilled workers, including researchers." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 8 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "In cooperation with social partners and", "business, Member States should improve", "access to training, strengthen education and", "career guidance combined with systematic", "information on new job openings and", "opportunities, promotion of", "entrepreneurship and enhanced", "anticipation of skill needs. Investment in", "human resource development, up-skilling", "and participation in lifelong learning", "schemes should be promoted through joint", "financial contributions from governments,", "individuals and employers. To support", "young people and in particular those not in", "employment, education or training,", "Member States in cooperation with the", "social partners, should enact schemes to", "help recent graduates find initial", "employment or further education and", "training opportunities, including", "apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly", "when young people become unemployed.", "Regular monitoring of the performance of", "up-skilling and anticipation policies should", "help identify areas for improvement and", "increase the responsiveness of education", "and training systems to labour market", "needs. EU funds should be fully mobilised", "by Member States to support these", "objectives." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 238, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "In cooperation with the social partners and", "business, Member States should improve", "access to training, strengthen education and", "career guidance combined with systematic", "information on, and appropriate measures", "to promote, new job openings and", "opportunities, promotion of business", "involvement in education and training", "and further training and enhanced", "anticipation of skill needs. Investment in", "personnel planning and development, up-", "skilling and participation in lifelong", "learning schemes should be promoted", "through joint financial contributions from", "governments and employers. To support", "young people and in particular those not in", "employment, education or training,", "Member States in cooperation with the", "social partners, should enact schemes to", "help young people with or without a", "school leaving qualification find initial", "employment or further education and", "training opportunities, including", "apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly", "when young people become unemployed.", "Regular monitoring of the performance of", "up-skilling and anticipation policies should", "help identify areas for improvement and", "make education and training systems more", "geared towards growth fields of work of", "the future. EU funds should be fully", "mobilised by Member States to support", "these objectives." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 8 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "In order to ensure access to quality", "education and training for all and to", "improve educational outcomes, Member", "States should invest efficiently in education", "and training systems notably to raise the", "skill level of the EU's workforce, allowing", "it to meet the rapidly changing needs of", "modern labour markets. Action should", "cover all sectors (from early childhood", "education and schools through to higher", "education, vocational education and", "training, as well as adult training) taking", "also into account learning in informal and", "non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim", "to ensure the acquisition of the key", "competencies that every individual needs", "for success in a knowledge-based", "economy, notably in terms of", "employability, further learning, or ICT", "skills. Steps should be taken to ensure", "learning mobility of young people and", "teachers becomes the norm. Member", "States should improve the openness and", "relevance of education and training", "systems, particularly by implementing", "national qualification frameworks enabling", "flexible learning pathways and by", "developing partnerships between the", "worlds of education/training and work. The", "teaching profession should be made more", "attractive. Higher education should become", "more open to non-traditional learners and", "participation in tertiary or equivalent", "education should be increased. With a view", "to reducing the number of young people", "not in employment, education, or training,", "Member States should take all necessary", "steps to prevent early school leaving." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 256, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "In order to ensure access to quality", "education and training for all and to", "improve educational outcomes, Member", "States should invest efficiently in education", "and training and further training systems", "notably to raise the skill level of the EU's", "workforce, allowing it to respond to the", "rapidly changing world of work. Action", "should cover all sectors (from early", "childhood education and schools through to", "higher education, vocational education and", "training, as well as adult training) taking", "also into account learning in informal and", "non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim", "to ensure the acquisition of the key", "competencies that every individual needs", "for success in a knowledge-based", "economy, notably in terms of", "employability, further learning, or ICT", "skills. Steps should be taken to ensure", "learning mobility of young people and", "teachers is facilitated. Member States", "should improve the openness and relevance", "of education and training systems,", "particularly by implementing national", "qualification frameworks enabling open", "learning pathways, including for those", "who are older, and by developing", "partnerships between the worlds of", "education/training and work. The teaching", "profession should be made more attractive.", "Higher education should become more", "open to non-traditional learners and", "participation in tertiary or equivalent", "education should be increased. With a view", "to reducing the number of young people", "not in employment, education, or training,", "Member States should take all necessary", "steps to prevent early school leaving. For", "people who, for various reasons, are", "unable to participate in these systems,", "social protection which goes further than", "preventing poverty should be guaranteed.", "For people who, because of illness and/or", "disability, are no longer able to practise", "their previous occupation, special", "vocational further training and/or", "retraining measures should be provided." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 9 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is to reduce the drop out rate to", "10%, whilst increasing the share of the", "population aged 30-34 having completed", "tertiary or equivalent education to at least", "40% in 2020." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 266, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is to reduce the drop out rate to", "10%, whilst increasing the share of the", "population aged 30-34 having completed", "tertiary education to at least 40% in 2020." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 9 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Member States\u2019 efforts to reduce poverty", "should be aimed at promoting full", "participation in society and economy and", "extending employment opportunities,", "making full use of the European Social", "Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on", "ensuring equal opportunities, including", "through access to affordable, sustainable", "and high quality services and public", "services (including online services, in line", "with guideline 4) and in particular health", "care. Member States should put in place", "effective anti-discrimination measures.", "Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower", "people and promote labour market", "participation, social protection systems,", "lifelong learning and active inclusion", "policies should be enhanced to create", "opportunities at different stages of people\u2019s", "lives and shield them from the risk of", "exclusion. Social security and pension", "systems must be modernised to ensure that", "they can be fully deployed to ensure", "adequate income support and access to", "healthcare \u2013 thus providing social cohesion", "\u2013 whilst at the same time remaining", "financially sustainable. Benefit systems", "should focus on ensuring income security", "during transitions and reducing poverty, in", "particular among groups most at risk from", "social exclusion, such as one-parent", "families, minorities, people with", "disabilities, children and young people,", "elderly women and men, legal migrants", "and the homeless. Member States should", "also actively promote the social economy", "and social innovation in support of the", "most vulnerable." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 271, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "To achieve this goal, Member States", "should intensify efforts to eliminate", "poverty, including working poor", "conditions. Efforts should be aimed at", "promoting full participation, of people\u2019s", "own deciding, in politics, society, the arts,", "and the economy and extending", "employment opportunities, making full use", "of the European Social Fund. Efforts", "should also concentrate on maintaining", "and bringing about both equal", "opportunities and access to affordable,", "sustainable and high-quality services and", "public services (including online services,", "in line with guideline 4) and in particular", "health care, specifically as regards social", "welfare, employment, health, and", "neighbourhood services. Member States", "should put in place active and effective", "anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to", "fight social exclusion, empower people and", "promote labour market participation, social", "protection systems, lifelong learning and", "active inclusion policies should be", "enhanced to create opportunities at", "different stages of people\u2019s lives and shield", "them from the risk of exclusion. Social", "security and pension systems must be", "modernised to ensure that they can be fully", "deployed to ensure income above the", "poverty threshold and access to health care", "\u2013 thus providing social cohesion. Benefit", "systems should focus on ensuring income", "security during transitions and reducing", "poverty, in particular among groups most", "at risk from social exclusion, such as", "minorities, people with disabilities,", "children and young people, elderly women", "and men, migrants and the homeless.", "Member States should agree on an EU-", "wide commitment to ending street", "homelessness by 2015 and seek to frame", "integrated policy measures offering access", "to affordable decent housing with the", "necessary energy provision for all. The", "Council should agree on an EU target for", "minimum income systems and", "contribution-based income substitute", "benefit systems, whereby the income", "support provided should be not less than", "60% of the national median equivalised", "income, and, in addition, on a compliance", "schedule. With a view to eliminating child", "poverty in the EU, Member States should", "undertake to achieve a 50% reduction by", "2012, on the understanding that such a", "cut should not be measured by economic", "indicators alone, and should make the", "necessary provision to attain that goal.", "The fact that a child, in particular for", "one-parent families, should constitute a", "poverty risk is incompatible with the aims", "of the EU. The parents concerned should", "be shielded from that risk by means of", "free childcare, social support, and tailor-", "made support from employment agencies.", "Member States should also actively", "promote the social economy and social", "innovations designed to address the", "different social risks which arise during", "people\u2019s lifetime, especially where the", "most vulnerable are concerned." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a decision", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 10 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-442.935%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is to reduce by 25% the number of", "Europeans living below the national", "poverty lines, lifting over 20 million", "people out of poverty." ], "reference": "2010/0115(NLE)", "seq": 292, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric", "date": "2010-06-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "The EU headline target, on the basis of", "which Member States will set their national", "targets, is to eliminate poverty and, as a", "first step, reduce by 50 % by 2015 the", "number of people in the European Union", "living below the national poverty lines." ], "location": [ [ "", "Annex \u2013 Guideline 10 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 1, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to the UN Convention on", "the Elimination of All Forms of", "Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)", "adopted in 1979," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 1 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "\u2013 having regard to the 1948 Universal", "Declaration of Human Rights, reconfirmed", "during the 1993 World Conference on", "Human Rights, in particular Articles 3, 16,", "18, 23, 25, 26 and 29," ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 2, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to the 1948 Universal", "Declaration of Human Rights, reconfirmed", "during the 1993 World Conference on", "Human Rights, in particular Articles 3, 16,", "18, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 29," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "\u2013 having regard to International Labour", "Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 26", "and 131 on minimum wage fixing," ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to International Labour", "Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 26", "and 131 on minimum wage fixing and No", "29 and 105 on the abolishment of forced", "labour," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 4, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the ILO report \"A", "global alliance against forced labour.", "Global report under the follow-up to the", "ILO Declaration on Fundamental", "Principles and Rights at Work. Report of", "the Director-General, 2005\"," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to Articles 34, 35 and 36", "of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of", "the European Union, which specifically", "define the right to social and housing", "assistance, a high level of human health", "protection and access to services of", "general economic interest1,", "1", "(OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1.)" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "\u2013 having regard to the report of the", "Committee on Employment and Social", "Affairs and the opinion of the Committee", "on Women's Rights and Gender Equality", "(A6-0364/2008)," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion", "are violations of human dignity and", "fundamental human rights, and the", "central objective of income support", "schemes must be to lift people out of", "poverty and enable them to live in dignity," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital A a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 23, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "Fa. whereas the risk of falling into", "extreme poverty is greater for women than", "for men; whereas the persistent trend", "towards feminisation of poverty in", "European societies today demonstrates", "that the current framework of social", "protection systems and the wide range of", "social, economic and employment policies", "in the Union are not designed to meet", "women's needs or to address the", "differences in women's work; whereas", "poverty among women and their social", "exclusion in Europe requires specific,", "multiple and gender-specific policy", "responses," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital F a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 24, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "Fb. whereas the risk of falling into", "extreme poverty is greater for women than", "for men, particularly in old age, because", "social security systems are often based on", "the principle of continuous remunerated", "employment; whereas an individualised", "right to a poverty preventing minimum", "income should not be conditional on", "employment related contributions," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital F b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "J. whereas account should be taken of the", "multidimensional nature of poverty and", "social exclusion, the existence of", "particularly vulnerable population groups", "(children, women and elderly people),", "which also include people with disabilities,", "immigrants, large or single-parent families,", "the chronically ill and the homeless, as", "well as the need to incorporate action to", "prevent and combat poverty and exclusion", "in other policies, with a guarantee of", "universal access to public services, high-", "quality jobs with rights and an income", "allowing people to live with dignity," ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 34, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "J. whereas account should be taken of the", "multidimensional nature of poverty and", "social exclusion, the existence of", "particularly vulnerable population groups", "(children, women and elderly people),", "which also include people with disabilities,", "immigrants, large or single-parent families,", "the chronically ill and the homeless, as", "well as the need to incorporate action to", "prevent and combat poverty and exclusion", "in other policies, with a guarantee of", "universal access to public infrastructure", "and services of general interest, high-", "quality jobs with rights and a poverty", "preventing guaranteed minimum income", "enabling people to social, cultural and", "political participation and a life in dignity," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital J" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "M. whereas the role of social protection", "systems is to ensure the level of social", "cohesion needed for development", "guaranteeing social inclusion, which also", "implies improving the level of training of", "those people excluded from the labour", "market and guaranteeing equal", "opportunities in the exercise of", "fundamental rights," ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 50, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "M. whereas the role of social protection", "systems is to ensure the level of social", "cohesion needed for development", "guaranteeing social inclusion, which", "implies a poverty preventing individually", "guaranteed minimum income, improving", "the level of education training of those", "people excluded from the labour market", "and guaranteeing equal opportunities in the", "exercise of fundamental rights," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital M" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Highlights the need for concrete", "measures to effectively and significantly", "reduce poverty and social exclusion,", "ensuring a fair redistribution of income and", "wealth and also giving meaning and", "content to the European Year for", "Combating Poverty and to the achievement", "of the Millennium Development Goals,", "including guaranteeing an adequate", "minimum income throughout the European", "Union;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Highlights the need for concrete", "measures to eradicate poverty and social", "exclusion, ensuring a fair redistribution of", "income and wealth, thereby giving", "meaning and content to the European Year", "for Combating Poverty and to the", "achievement of the Millennium", "Development Goals, including", "guaranteeing poverty preventing and", "socially including minimum income", "schemes throughout the European Union;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Calls for the promotion of social", "integration and inclusion, in order to", "guarantee protection of fundamental", "human rights, and clear commitments to", "draw up EU and national policies to", "combat poverty and social exclusion, by", "ensuring universal access to public health", "services, vocational education and training,", "housing and social protection, in addition", "to employment with rights, fair wages,", "decent pensions and an adequate income", "for everyone;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 102, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Calls for the promotion of social", "integration and inclusion, in order to", "guarantee protection of fundamental", "human rights, and clear commitments to", "draw up EU and national policies to", "combat poverty and social exclusion, by", "ensuring universal access to public health", "services, education, vocational education", "and training, housing and energy", "provision, and social protection, in", "addition to employment with rights, and", "wages, pensions and minimum income", "schemes for everyone that guarantees", "freedom from poverty and ensures social,", "cultural and political inclusion;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Notes that the European Commission, in", "its \"Europe 2020\" strategy document,", "announces that removing the risk of", "poverty for 20 million people is one of the", "EU's five headline targets; believes that", "this target should be at least doubled and", "made more credible with appropriate", "measures;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 123, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Notes that the European Commission, in", "its \u2018Europe 2020\u2019 strategy document,", "announces that removing the risk of", "poverty for 20 million people is one of the", "EU\u2019s five headline targets; reminds that", "this target falls behind the initial", "ambitions of the Lisbon Strategy", "(overcome poverty), believes that poverty", "and social exclusion must be eradicated", "by credible, concrete and binding", "measures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 129, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Calls on the Council and the EU", "Member States to base the \"Europe 2020\"", "headline target to tackle poverty on the", "relative poverty indicator (60% of the", "median income threshold), as endorsed by", "the Laeken European Council in", "December 2001, because this indicator", "sets the reality of poverty within the", "context of each member state, as it reflects", "an understanding of poverty as a relative", "condition;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 131, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Recalls, in respect of the poverty", "reduction target, its earlier proposals for", "the following targets:", "- The need to set up an EU target for", "minimum income schemes and", "contributory replacement income schemes", "providing income support of at least 60%", "of national median equalised income, and", "agreement on a timetable for achieving", "this target in all Member States;", "- The need to set up an EU target for", "minimum wages (statutory, collective", "agreements at national, regional or", "sectoral level) to provide for remuneration", "of at least 60% of the relevant (national,", "sectoral, etc.) average wage, and", "agreement on a timetable for achieving", "that target in all Member States;", "- The need for the EU to agree on an EU-", "wide target to end street homelessness by", "2015 and for all Member States to develop", "integrated homelessness strategies with a", "view to ending homelessness;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 134, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "4b. Calls for further real progress on the", "adequacy of Minimum Income Schemes,", "so as to be capable of lifting every child,", "adult and older person out of poverty and", "delivering on their right to a dignified life;", "calls on the Council to reach agreement", "on a common EU definition of adequacy", "and of common methods to establish", "adequacy, which should inform an EU", "Framework Directive on Minimum", "Income to achieve higher level social", "standards;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 135, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "4c. Considers that an explicit commitment", "must be made by Member States to", "implement Active Inclusion: reducing", "conditionality, investing in supportive", "activation, defending adequate minimum", "income and preserving social standards by", "outlawing cuts to key public services so", "that the poor will not pay for the crisis;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Believes that the various experiments", "with minimum incomes, accompanied by", "social integration measures, show that this", "is a further essential way of combating", "poverty and social exclusion; therefore", "calls on the European Commission to", "prepare an initiative supporting these", "experiments, taking into account best", "practices and ensuring an adequate", "minimum income throughout the European", "Union as a means to prevent poverty and", "guarantee social justice and equal", "opportunities for all, without calling into", "question the specific situations in each", "Member State;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 139, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Believes that the various experiments", "with minimum incomes, accompanied by", "additional social integration measures,", "show that this is a further essential way of", "combating poverty and social exclusion;", "therefore calls on the European", "Commission to prepare an initiative", "supporting these experiments, taking into", "account best practices and ensuring", "individually guaranteed poverty", "preventing minimum income schemes", "throughout the European Union as a means", "to eradicate poverty and guarantee social", "justice and equal opportunities for all;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Stresses the urgent need to define and", "use appropriate economic and social", "indicators in various areas (health, housing,", "education, income and employment),", "which will allow the progress made in", "combating poverty and promoting social", "inclusion to be monitored and measured;", "states that these indicators should be", "presented annually on International Day for", "the Eradication of Poverty (17 October),", "should evolve as necessary and should", "include gender, age ranges, households,", "disability situations, immigration, chronic", "illness and various income levels (60% of", "median income; 50% of median income;", "40% of median income) in order to take", "account of relative poverty, extreme", "poverty and the most vulnerable groups;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 161, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Stresses the urgent need to define and", "use appropriate economic and social", "indicators in various areas (health, housing,", "energy provision, social and cultural", "inclusion, mobility, education, income and", "employment), which will allow the", "progress made in combating poverty and", "promoting social inclusion to be monitored", "and measured; states that these indicators", "should be presented annually on", "International Day for the Eradication of", "Poverty (17 October), should evolve as", "necessary and should include gender, age", "ranges, households, disability situations,", "immigration, chronic illness and various", "income levels (60% of median income;", "50% of median income; 40% of median", "income) in order to take account of relative", "poverty, extreme poverty and the most", "vulnerable groups;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 166, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a. Calls on the Commission and the EU", "Member States to examine how different", "models of unconditional and poverty", "precluding basic incomes for all could", "contribute to social, cultural and political", "inclusion, taking especially into account", "their non-stigmatising character and their", "ability to prevent cases of concealed", "poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "7. Urges those people in a state of poverty", "and their representative organisations to", "participate in the preparation and", "application of policies, measures and", "indicators at European, national, regional", "and local levels;" ], "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 172, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "7. Calls for an integration of people", "experiencing poverty and their", "representative organisations and networks", "in the preparation, application and", "monitoring of policies, measures and", "indicators at European, national, regional", "and local levels;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 7" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 180, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "7a. Deeply regrets that some Member", "States appear not to have regard to", "Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC,", "which recognises the 'basic right of a", "person to sufficient resources and social", "assistance to live in a manner compatible", "with human dignity';" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 7 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 186, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "8a. Stresses that minimum income", "schemes must cover fuel costs to allow", "poor households affected by energy", "poverty to pay their energy bills;", "minimum income schemes must be", "calculated on the basis of realistic", "assessments of how much it costs to heat a", "home related to the specific household", "needs \u2013 e.g. family with children, older", "people and disabled persons." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-441.188%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2039(INI)", "seq": 187, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel", "date": "2010-05-19T00:00:00", "new": [ "8b. Points out that most Member States in", "EU-27 have national minimum income", "schemes, but several do not; encourages", "the Member States to provide for poverty", "preventing guaranteed minimum income", "schemes for social inclusion, and urges", "them to exchange best practice;", "recognises that, where there is provision", "of social assistance, Member States have a", "duty to ensure that citizens understand", "and are able to obtain their entitlements." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 5, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "3a. Calls for the implementation of the", "freedom of association for trade unions", "and the right to bargain collectively", "without exemption in order to enforce,", "improve and defend decent work", "conditions;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "3b. Calls for the implementation of the", "right to freedom from discrimination, i.e.", "the right to work and be treated equally", "regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age,", "disability or sexual orientation as a core", "principle in the fight against poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 7, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "3c. Calls for the implementation of the", "right to freedom from forced labour and", "especially from child labour without", "exception, as without education children", "are condemned to a life in poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "4a. Reminds that small and micro", "enterprises, especially in the agricultural", "sector, need adequate financing, e.g.", "micro credits, to conserve existing and to", "create new jobs;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 11, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "4b. Demands the European Commission", "and the Member States to enhance public", "financial support to small and micro", "enterprises and farmers in the developing", "countries including the informal sector,", "as demanded by the ILO Global Jobs", "Pact, in order to combat poverty and", "unemployment;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 20, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7f. Urges the European Commission and", "the Member States to promote in the", "schemes addressed to developing", "countries the Corporate Social", "Responsibility (CSR) business pattern as a", "legally binding principle for the", "integration of social and environmental", "concerns into business operations of", "companies and in their interaction with", "subcontractors and stakeholders;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 21, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7g. Calls for a better support of jobs and", "employment creation by coordinating", "employment and macro-economic", "policies, whereas the latter should not be", "restricted to controlling inflation and", "trade and fiscal deficits but also focus on", "the stability of real output, incomes and", "employment;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 22, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7h. Calls for a binding integration of ILO", "decent work standards as well as", "environmental standards into trade", "agreements;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7h (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 23, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7i. Calls for a rethinking of privatisation", "policies especially concerning utilities like", "water, sanitation and services of general", "interest, and to reconsider the social role", "of states in development governance,", "including the role of state owned", "enterprises as employers and social", "service providers;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7i (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 24, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7j. Urges the Member States and the", "European Commission to work towards a", "different interpretation of WTO Article", "XXIV to allow for the exemption of", "vulnerable manufacturing and other", "sectors from trade agreements where this", "is justified and emphasises the need to", "give more room to country specific factors", "for competitiveness in export markets,", "such as pre-trade employment patterns,", "social sector policies, levels of social", "development, landownership patterns and", "rural power relations, export supply", "capacities, technological skills and the", "existence of well-developed markets;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7j (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 25, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7k. Proposes to the European", "Commission, the Parliament and the", "Member States to check possibilities for", "import liberalisation for agrarian", "products from developing countries", "without maintaining mutual free trade", "agreements that could destroy regional", "markets in developing countries;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7k (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 26, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7l. Demands the Commission and the EU", "Member States to promote sustainable", "enterprises with decent jobs creation as a", "specific sector of development cooperation", "in line with the 2005 European", "Consensus on Development and to foster", "its integration in more traditional sectors", "of development cooperation such as", "infrastructure, rural development,", "governance and trade related assistance;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7l (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-439.872%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/2171(INI)", "seq": 27, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "7m. Reminds of the crucial role of social", "protection systems as mentioned in the", "ILO Global Jobs Pact and the United", "Nations Social Protection Floor Initiative;", "therefore calls for a stronger emphasis on", "social protection systems to prevent", "increased poverty and address social", "hardship, while helping to stabilize the", "economy and maintain and promote", "employability;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 7m (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-440.019%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(9) In the absence of horizontal community", "legislation, the rights of third-country", "nationals vary, depending on the Member", "State in which they work and on their", "nationality. They do not have the same", "rights as nationals of the Member State, or", "other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a", "further development of a coherent", "immigration policy, to lower the rights gap", "between EU citizens and third-country", "nationals legally working and", "complementing the existing immigration", "acquis a set of rights should be laid down", "in particular in the form of specifying the", "policy fields where equal treatment with", "own nationals is provided for third-country", "workers legally admitted in a Member", "States but not yet long term residents. Such", "provisions are intended to establish a level", "playing field within the EU, to recognize", "that such third-country nationals legally", "working in a Member States contribute to", "the European economy through their", "work and tax payments and to serve as a", "safeguard to reduce unfair competition", "between own nationals and third-country", "nationals resulting from possible", "exploitation of the latter." ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 17, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-25T00:00:00", "new": [ "(9) In the absence of horizontal community", "legislation, the rights of third-country", "nationals vary, depending on the Member", "State in which they work and on their", "nationality. They do not have the same", "rights as nationals of the Member State, or", "other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a", "further development of a coherent", "immigration policy, to lower the rights gap", "between EU citizens and third-country", "nationals legally working and", "complementing the existing immigration", "acquis a set of rights should be laid down", "in particular in the form of specifying the", "policy fields where equal treatment with", "own nationals is provided for third-country", "workers legally admitted in a Member", "States but not yet long term residents. Such", "provisions are intended to establish a level", "playing field within the EU, to recognize", "third-country national\u2019s contribution to", "the European society and to fight against", "unfair competition between own nationals", "and third-country nationals resulting from", "possible exploitation of the latter." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Recital 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-440.019%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(a) working conditions, including pay and", "dismissal as well as health and safety at the", "workplace;" ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 26, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-25T00:00:00", "new": [ "(a) working conditions, including pay,", "leave, working time and dismissal as well", "as health and safety at the workplace,", "taking into account general collective", "agreements in force;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 1 \u2013 point a" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-440.019%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(c) by restricting the rights conferred", "under paragraphs 1(h) in respect to public", "housing to cases where the third-country", "national has been staying or who has the", "right to stay in its territory for at least", "three years;" ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-25T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 2 \u2013 point c" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-440.019%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(d) by restricting the rights conferred", "under paragraphs 1(a), (b) and (g) to", "those third-country workers who are in", "employment;" ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 35, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-25T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 2 \u2013 point d" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-440.019%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(e) by restricting the rights conferred", "under paragraphs 1(e) to third-country", "workers who are in employment except", "for unemployment benefits." ], "reference": "2007/0229(COD)", "seq": 36, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-03-25T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive", "Article 12 \u2013 paragraph 2 \u2013 point e" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-431.178%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "justification": "Os condutores independentes est\u00e3o, desde Mar\u00e7o de 2009, inclu\u00eddos no \u00e2mbito de aplica\u00e7\u00e3o\nda Directiva 2002/15/EC. A proposta da Comiss\u00e3o vai em sentido contr\u00e1rio aos\ncompromissos assumidos anteriormente e das posi\u00e7\u00f5es do PE e do CESE1. Uma posi\u00e7\u00e3o\ninaceit\u00e1vel na medida em perpetua a discrimina\u00e7\u00e3o entre trabalhadores, prop\u00f5e a aplica\u00e7\u00e3o\nde condi\u00e7\u00f5es de trabalho mais desfavor\u00e1veis, por ex. no que se refere ao trabalho nocturno e\nlevanta s\u00e9rias preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es quanto \u00e0 sa\u00fade e seguran\u00e7a dos condutores, \u00e0 seguran\u00e7a\nrodovi\u00e1ria em geral e aos correspondentes perigos para quem circula nas estradas.\n\n\n\n\n1\n Resolu\u00e7\u00e3o do PE P_TA (2008)0475, de 9 de Outubro de 2008, sobre a implementa\u00e7\u00e3o da legisla\u00e7\u00e3o social no\ndom\u00ednio dos transportes rodovi\u00e1rios; e Opini\u00e3o TEN/367 - CESE 619/2009", "reference": "2008/0195(COD)", "seq": 18, "orig_lang": "pt", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Ilda Figueiredo, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Gabriele Zimmer, Patrick Le Hyaric, Georgios Toussas, Joe Higgins", "date": "2010-09-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "The European Parliament rejects the", "Commission proposal." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive\u2013 amending act", "\u2013" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk-", "taking may undermine the financial", "soundness of financial institutions and", "destabilise the banking system, it is", "important that the new obligation", "concerning remuneration policies and", "practices should be implemented in a", "consistent manner. It is therefore", "appropriate to specify core principles on", "sound remuneration to ensure that the", "structure of remuneration does not", "encourage excessive risk-taking by", "individuals and is aligned with the risk", "appetite, values and long-term interests of", "the institution. In order to ensure that the", "design of remuneration policies is", "integrated in the risk management of the", "financial institution, the management body", "(supervisory function) of each credit", "institution or investment firm should", "establish the general principles to be", "applied, and the policies should be subject", "to at least annual independent internal", "review." ], "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 41, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk-", "taking may undermine the financial", "soundness of financial institutions and", "destabilise the banking system, it is", "important that the new obligation", "concerning remuneration policies and", "practices should be implemented in a", "consistent manner. Furthermore, there is", "widespread concern that the", "remuneration of managers in the", "financial sector is excessive, often", "representing up to 300 times the salary of", "an average employee. Previously, the", "practice was that the remuneration of", "managers should not exceed 20 times the", "lowest salary of employees in the same", "sector. This development is entirely at", "odds with the traditions of the European", "social model and its aim of achieving a", "more equal distribution of income. A new", "model of corporate governance in the", "financial industry is necessary in order to", "promote long-term sustainability and", "social cohesion. It is therefore appropriate", "to specify clear principles on sound", "remuneration to ensure that the structure of", "remuneration does not encourage excessive", "risk-taking by individuals and is aligned", "with the risk appetite, values and long-term", "interests of the institution. In order to", "ensure that the design of remuneration", "policies is integrated in the risk", "management of the financial institution, the", "management body (supervisory function)", "of each credit institution or investment firm", "should establish the general principles to", "be applied, and the policies should be", "subject to at least annual independent", "internal review. Credit institutions and", "investment firms of a significant size", "should set up independent remuneration", "committees as an integral part of their", "governance structure and organisation.", "Such remuneration committees should", "cooperate with those responsible for the", "risk and compliance function in order to", "monitor the incentives created for", "managing risk, capital and liquidity." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Recital 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk-", "taking may undermine the financial", "soundness of financial institutions and", "destabilise the banking system, it is", "important that the new obligation", "concerning remuneration policies and", "practices should be implemented in a", "consistent manner. It is therefore", "appropriate to specify core principles on", "sound remuneration to ensure that the", "structure of remuneration does not", "encourage excessive risk-taking by", "individuals and is aligned with the risk", "appetite, values and long-term interests of", "the institution. In order to ensure that the", "design of remuneration policies is", "integrated in the risk management of the", "financial institution, the management body", "(supervisory function) of each credit", "institution or investment firm should", "establish the general principles to be", "applied, and the policies should be subject", "to at least annual independent internal", "review." ], "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 42, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk-", "taking may undermine the financial", "soundness of financial institutions and", "destabilise the banking system, it is", "important that the new obligation", "concerning remuneration policies and", "practices should be implemented in a", "consistent manner. It is therefore", "appropriate to specify clear and", "transparent core principles on sound", "remuneration, established with the", "involvement of staff members and their", "representatives within the firm, to ensure", "that the structure of remuneration does not", "encourage excessive risk-taking by", "individuals and is aligned with the risk", "appetite, values and long-term interests of", "the institution. In order to ensure that the", "design of remuneration policies is", "integrated in the risk management of the", "financial institution, the management body", "(supervisory function) of each credit", "institution or investment firm should", "establish the general principles to be", "applied, and the policies should be subject", "to at least annual independent internal", "review. Credit institutions and investment", "firms of significant size should set up", "independent remuneration committees as", "an integral part of their governance", "structure and organisation. Remuneration", "committees should cooperate with the risk", "and compliance function in order to", "supervise the incentives created for", "managing risk, capital and liquidity." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Recital 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(5) Remuneration policy should aim at", "aligning the personal objectives of staff", "members with the long-term interests of", "the credit institution or investment firm", "concerned. The assessment of the", "performance-based components of", "remuneration should be based on longer-", "term performance and take into account the", "outstanding risks associated with the", "performance. The assessment of", "performance should be set in a multi-year", "framework, for example of three to five", "years, in order to ensure that the", "assessment process is based on longer-term", "performance and that the actual payment of", "performance-based components of", "remuneration is spread over the business", "cycle of the firm." ], "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(5) Remuneration policy should aim at", "aligning the personal objectives of staff", "members with the long-term interests of", "the credit institution or investment firm", "concerned. The assessment of the", "performance-based components of", "remuneration should be based on longer-", "term performance and take into account the", "outstanding risks associated with the", "performance. The assessment of", "performance should be set in a multi-year", "framework, for example of three to five", "years, in order to ensure that the", "assessment process is based on longer-term", "performance and that the actual payment of", "performance-based components of", "remuneration is spread over the business", "cycle of the firm. The assessment of", "longer-term performance justifying the", "payment of deferred variable", "remuneration should include and", "adequately weight the criteria and targets", "in the European Foundation for Quality", "Management (EFQM) model for", "\u2018sustainable excellence\u2019 (as regards, inter", "alia, employee development, the", "enhancement of high-quality employment,", "customer satisfaction and management of", "resources), as well as corporate social", "responsibility targets." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Recital 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(5a) Payment of the variable", "remuneration component ought to be", "deferred over a period of no less than", "three years. That period may increase", "significantly along with the level of", "seniority or responsibility. Moreover, a", "substantial portion of the variable", "remuneration component should be paid", "in the form of shares in the credit", "institution or investment firm, or share-", "linked instruments other than stock", "options, subject to the legal structure of", "the institution concerned. In the case of", "non-listed credit institutions or investment", "firms, that payment should, where", "appropriate, be made in other non-cash", "instruments. In that context, the principle", "of proportionality is of great importance", "since it may not always be appropriate to", "apply those requirements in the context of", "small credit institutions and investment", "firms." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Recital 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 54, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ba) remuneration policy should", "emphasise the need for proportionality in", "respect of remuneration within the firm,", "linking increases in the total", "remuneration and pensions of", "management to the remuneration and", "pensions of staff." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1" ], [ "Directive 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financial as", "well as non-financial criteria are taken", "into account, including criteria related to", "the EFQM model and to corporate social", "responsibility;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1" ], [ "Directive 2006/48/EC", "Annex V \u2013 Section 11 \u2013 point 22 \u2013 point e" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 56, "orig_lang": "fr", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ea) the assessment of performance is set", "in a multi-year framework of at least three", "years in order to ensure that the", "assessment process is based on longer-", "term performance and that the actual", "payment of performance-based", "components of remuneration is spread", "over a period which takes account 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components of", "remuneration from stock options or", "similar instruments is prohibited;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1" ], [ "Directive 2006/48/EC", "Annex V \u2013 Section 11 \u2013 point 22 \u2013 point e a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(f) Fixed and variable components of total", "remuneration are appropriately balanced;", "the fixed component represents a", "sufficiently high proportion of the total", "remuneration to allow the operation of a", "fully flexible bonus policy, including the", "possibility to pay no bonus;" ], "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 60, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(f) fixed and variable components of total", "remuneration are appropriately balanced;", "the fixed component represents a", "sufficiently high proportion of the total", "remuneration to allow the operation of a", "restrictive policy on variable", "remuneration components, including the", "possibility of paying no variable", "remuneration component;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1" ], [ "Directive 2006/48/EC", "Annex V \u2013 Section 11 \u2013 point 22 \u2013 point f" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-438.471%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2009/0099(COD)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Patrick Le Hyaric, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2010-05-02T00:00:00", "new": [ "(ha) at least 50% of any variable", "remuneration component is subject to", "EFQM-model-related criteria and to", "corporate social responsibility or", "corporate social performance criteria and", "targets; variable remuneration", "components are subject to an appropriate", "retention policy designed to align", "incentives with the longer-term interests", "of the credit institution and to promote", "sustainable development;" ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a directive \u2013 amending act", "Annex 1 \u2013 point 1" ], [ "Directive 2006/48/EC", "Annex V \u2013 Section 11 \u2013 point 22 \u2013 point h a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.732%2b04%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 898, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "88b. Recalls that a separate budget", "heading for humanitarian aid is needed in", "order to ensure the necessary and", "unconditional independence of", "humanitarian aid from other areas of the", "EU\u2019s external policy; stresses that", "humanitarian aid funds must be increased", "and greater flexibility of this funding", "must be attained in order to be able to", "respond appropriately to the increasing", "numbers of crises and natural disasters;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 88 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.732%2b04%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "91. Reiterates that the Europe 2020", "strategy should be the policy reference for", "the next MFF; considers, as a consequence,", "that the structure should reflect and give", "political visibility to the Europe 2020", "dimensions of smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth; proposes, accordingly, to", "group under a single heading all Europe", "2020 related policies;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 921, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "91. Reiterates that the Europe 2020", "strategy should be a policy reference for", "the next MFF; reiterates that the cohesion", "policy with its horizontal character is", "contributing to all EU 2020 objectives;", "considers, as a consequence, that the", "structure should reflect and give political", "visibility to the Europe 2020 dimensions of", "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", "and economic, social and territorial", "cohesion; proposes, accordingly, to group", "under a single heading all Europe 2020 and", "cohesion related policies;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 91" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.732%2b04%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "92. Is, however, aware of the need for", "expenditure to develop in an orderly", "manner and that major spending policies", "are provided with a stable financial", "planning framework; proposes,", "accordingly, to establish under the Europe", "2020 heading three subheadings involving", "linked policies which should also favour", "better coordination and implementation", "synergies among them; proposes, thus, a", "subheading comprising knowledge related", "policies; a second subheading", "encompassing sustainability and resource-", "efficiency related policies; and a third", "subheading devoted to cohesion policy", "reflecting its horizontal nature and its", "contribution to all Europe 2020 objectives;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 929, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "92. Is, however, aware of the need for", "expenditure to develop in an orderly", "manner and that major spending policies", "are provided with a stable financial", "planning framework; proposes,", "accordingly, to establish under the Europe", "2020 and cohesion heading three", "subheadings involving linked policies", "which should also favour better", "coordination and implementation synergies", "among them; proposes, thus, a subheading", "comprising knowledge related policies; a", "second subheading encompassing", "sustainability and resource-efficiency", "related policies; and a third subheading", "devoted to cohesion policy reflecting its", "horizontal nature and its contribution to all", "Europe 2020 objectives;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 92" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.732%2b04%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "98. Proposes, therefore, the following", "structure for the next MFF:", "1. Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", "(Europe 2020)", "1a. Knowledge for growth and", "employment", "Including research and innovation,", "education and lifelong learning, internal", "market and social policies.", "1b. Sustainable development", "Including agriculture, fisheries,", "environment, climate change, energy, and", "transport policies.", "1c. Cohesion for growth and employment", "Including cohesion policy (economic,", "social and territorial).", "2. Citizenship", "Including culture, youth, communication", "and freedom, security and justice policies.", "3. Global Europe", "Including external action, neighbourhood", "and development policies.", "4. Financial Governance", "Including a link to the European Stability", "Mechanism.", "5. Administration" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 962, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-04-27T00:00:00", "new": [ "98. Proposes, therefore, the following", "structure for the next MFF:", "1. Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", "(Europe 2020) and Economic, Social and", "Territorial Cohesion", "1a. Knowledge for growth and", "employment", "Including research and innovation,", "education and lifelong learning, internal", "market", "1b. Sustainable development", "Including agriculture, fisheries,", "environment, climate change, energy, and", "transport policies.", "1c. Economic, Social and Territorial", "Cohesion", "Including cohesion policy", "2. Citizenship and Fundamental Rights", "Including culture, youth, civil dialogue,", "equality and non-discrimination, freedom,", "security and justice policies", "3. Global Europe", "Including external action, neighbourhood", "and development policies.", "4. Financial Governance", "Including a link to the European Stability", "Mechanism.", "5. Administration" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 98" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.729%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "26. Stresses that the improvement of the", "financial management in the Union must", "be supported by a close monitoring of", "progress in the Commission and in the", "Member States; insists that Member States", "should assume responsibility in the", "management of EU funds;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 254, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "26. Stresses that the improvement of the", "financial management in the Union must", "be supported by a close monitoring of", "simplification-progress in the Commission", "and in the Member States; insists that", "Member States should assume more", "responsibility in shared management, but", "that their administrative burden shall be", "reduced by substantial simplification of", "management and control procedures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 26" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.729%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "30. Believes that the Europe 2020 strategy", "should be the policy reference for the next", "MFF; maintains, at the same time, that", "Europe 2020 is not an all-inclusive strategy", "covering all Union policy fields; stresses", "that other Treaty-based policies pursuing", "different objectives will also need to be", "duly reflected in the next MFF;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 293, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "30. Believes that the Europe 2020 strategy", "should be a policy reference for the next", "MFF; maintains, at the same time, that", "Europe 2020 is not an all-inclusive strategy", "covering all Union policy fields; stresses", "that Treaty-based policies pursuing", "different objectives or following a", "different logic will also need to be duly", "reflected in the next MFF;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 30" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.729%2b03%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "38. Stresses the need to enhance, stimulate", "and secure the financing of research and", "development in the Union via a significant", "increase in relevant expenditure from 2013,", "namely for the Eighth Research", "Framework Programme; emphasises that", "this increase of funds must be coupled", "with a more result-oriented, performance-", "driven approach and with a radical", "simplification of funding procedures;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 363, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-04-13T00:00:00", "new": [ "38. Stresses the need to enhance, stimulate", "and secure the financing of research,", "development and innovation in the Union", "via an increase in relevant expenditure", "from 2013, for example for the Eighth", "Research Framework Programme, but with", "special regard to SME also for the", "cohesion policy; emphasises that this must", "be coupled with a radical simplification of", "funding procedures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 38" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "The right skills for tomorrow\u2019s workforce" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 422, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "Employment creation, fighting poverty", "and social exclusion and the right skills", "for tomorrow\u2019s workforce" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Subheading" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "45. Points to the importance of adequately", "funding education, mobility and lifelong", "learning programmes as this would make", "an important contribution to the fight", "against unemployment and towards", "reaching the Europe 2020 headline target", "of a 75 % employment rate;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 423, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "45. Points to the importance of promoting", "employment creation with quality in work,", "improved social security and social", "inclusion, enhancing existing and", "introducing new workers rights,", "promoting health and safety at work,", "better social risk management, the", "reconciliation of work and non-work life", "and adequately funding education,", "mobility and lifelong learning", "programmes; insists that Member States", "should take effective measures to phase", "out precarious and atypical employment", "and should promote the concept of Good", "Work (such as the ILO programme", "\u2018Decent Work\u2019) and working time", "reduction as a central pillar of", "employment strategies; notes that", "achievement of the early school leaving", "target requires on-going policy", "cooperation and coordination; stresses", "that the new focus on early childhood", "education and care should be", "strengthened as well as reinforcing on-", "going efforts on the promotion and", "recognition of non-formal learning, as", "important measures for prevention of", "early school leaving, the promotion of the", "principle of inclusive education for all", "should be applied ensuring that people", "with disabilities and people from different", "minorities are included in the mainstream", "educational systems with adequate", "support;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 45" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "46. Takes the view that the flagship", "initiative on new skills and jobs should", "allow wider focus on youth, early-school", "leavers, older people, disadvantaged and", "disabled people and migrants; emphasises", "that the European Social Fund (ESF)", "should provide adequate resources for", "measures aimed at improving labour", "market access, combating unemployment,", "and social exclusion;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 436, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "46. Takes the view that the flagship", "initiative on new skills and jobs should", "allow wider focus on youth, early-school", "leavers, older people, disadvantaged and", "disabled people, ethnic and religious", "minority people and migrants; emphasises", "that the European Social Fund (ESF) will", "have to cover a wider range of activities", "(new skills and jobs, education targets,", "poverty target etc.) than before and", "therefore will need increased resources;", "underlines that the ESF should provide", "adequate resources for measures aimed at", "improving labour market access,", "combating unemployment and", "discrimination in access to, as well as", "progress in, employment, and more", "resources for fighting poverty and social", "exclusion;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 46" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 487, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "49b. Points out that CAP as part of EU", "internal policies has negative impacts on", "third countries, particularly developing", "countries, and will have to respect,", "therefore, the principle of policy", "coherence for development in the future", "MFF;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 49 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "Cohesion for growth and employment" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 633, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Cornelis de Jong", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cohesion for social inclusion, employment", "and growth" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Subheading" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.730%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "", "structure of the post-2013 Multiannual", "Financial Framework;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 636, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cohesion for growth and employment", "62g. Takes the view that cohesion policy is", "not subordinated to the EU 2020 Strategy,", "whereas it contributes to a great extent to", "the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy", "objectives; believes that a sound", "autonomous cohesion policy is the", "prerequisite for successful joint action by", "the EU as it contributes to reducing", "disparities at regional and local level and", "allows for a consolidation of strategic", "goals and local needs with potential on", "the ground; stresses that the cohesion", "policy with its horizontal character is", "contributing to all EU 2020 objectives and", "that this should be reflected in the" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 62 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "63. Stresses that the EAV of cohesion", "policy is uncontested, as this policy", "constitutes a well-established mechanism", "of delivering growth and jobs and has been", "one of the Union\u2019s most significant,", "visible, and successful policies for decades;", "points out, however, that a modern", "cohesion policy must undertake a number", "of structural reforms, respond to the new", "challenges facing the Union, and promote", "synergies with other policies and", "instruments on the ground;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 637, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "63. Stresses that the EAV of cohesion", "policy is uncontested, as this policy", "facilitates the pursuit of modernisation", "and sustainable growth as well as", "demonstrating European solidarity,", "aiming at reducing disparities between the", "levels of development of European", "regions, it constitutes a well-established", "mechanism of delivering growth and jobs", "and has been one of the Union\u2019s most", "significant, visible, and successful policies", "for decades; underlines that cohesion", "policy is the core of European social", "policy; points out, however, that a modern", "cohesion policy must undertake a number", "of reforms, in particular the simplification", "of policy implementation, and respond to", "the new facing the Union, and promote", "synergies with other policies and", "instruments on the ground;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 63" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "64. Stresses the predominant role of", "cohesion policy for the accomplishment of", "the Europe 2020 objectives and takes the", "view that a sound autonomous cohesion", "policy is a prerequisite for the successful", "implementation of this strategy; stresses", "that, due to its horizontal character,", "cohesion policy contributes significantly to", "all three priorities of the Europe 2020", "strategy, namely smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 656, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "64. Stresses the predominant role of", "cohesion policy for the accomplishment of", "the Europe 2020 objectives and takes the", "view that a sound autonomous cohesion", "policy is a prerequisite for the successful", "implementation of this strategy; stresses in", "this respect that the contribution of", "cohesion policy to implementing the", "Europe 2020 strategy must reflect the", "objectives set out in Article 174 of the", "Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union and the cross-cutting", "objective of economic, social and", "territorial cohesion laid down in Article 3", "of the Treaty on European Union by the", "Treaty of Lisbon; stresses that, due to its", "horizontal character, cohesion policy", "contributes significantly to all three", "priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy,", "namely smart, sustainable and inclusive", "growth; is convinced that based on the", "predominant role of cohesion policy for", "the accomplishment of Europe 2020", "objectives, all regions must continue to be", "eligible for assistance after 2013 and", "appropriate transitional rules must be", "provided for those regions that from 2014", "will no longer be part of the", "\u2018convergence\u2019 objective in order to", "stabilise already achieved successes and", "grant a sustainable mobilisation of", "potentials;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 64" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 679, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "65a. Stresses that the Europe 2020", "strategy, which is more thematic in", "nature, must be linked to the cross-cutting", "approach of cohesion policy in order to", "secure broad-based participation and", "make it effective in every regional and", "local authority area;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 65 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "66. Requests that the Commission draws", "up concrete proposals to ensure a stronger", "thematic concentration of cohesion", "funding on the Europe 2020 priorities and", "considers that a more result-oriented", "system than the current \u2018earmarking\u2019", "should be put in place; welcomes, in this", "respect, the Commission\u2019s intention to", "agree with each Member State or region -in", "the context of the development and", "investment partnership contracts and", "operational programmes- on specific terms", "and conditionalities for the achievement of", "established targets;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 686, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "66. Requests that the Commission draws", "up proposals to ensure a thematic", "reference of cohesion funding to the", "Europe 2020 priorities; stresses that it is", "important to involve regional and local", "authorities and social partners and NGOs", "to the greatest extent when priorities for", "cohesion policy are determined; is of the", "opinion that measures including", "earmarking and good practices should be", "assessed and common problems and their", "solutions identified; welcomes, in this", "respect, the Commission\u2019s intention to", "agree with each Member State or region -", "in the context of the development and", "investment partnership contracts and", "operational programmes; stresses the fact", "that multi-level governance is one of the", "key principles of Cohesion Policy and is", "fundamental to ensuring the quality of the", "decision making process, strategic", "planning and implementing the", "objectives; stresses that a better defined", "partnership principle and transparency", "are essential elements for the correct", "implementation of cohesion policy and all", "EU policies and should be reinforced", "accordingly; locally and regionally", "adapted strategies that take different", "development needs into account must also", "continue to form the basis of cohesion", "policy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 66" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 694, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "66a. Stresses that cohesion policy must, in", "future, continue to focus on flexible", "programmes - adapted to local and", "regional requirements - that help attain", "economic, social and territorial cohesion", "by providing on-the-ground solutions to", "the very broad range of development", "needs at the level of local and regional", "authorities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 66 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "67. Considers of utmost importance using", "resources in the most effective and", "efficient manner possible, improving", "coordination and creating greater synergies", "among the ERDF, the ESF, the cohesion", "fund, the EAFRD and the European", "Fisheries Fund (EFF); believes,", "accordingly, that the creation of a common", "strategic framework setting out common", "investment priorities for all these funds", "represents an important step in this", "direction; is convinced that the ESF must", "remain an integral component of cohesion", "policy;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 703, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "67. Considers of utmost importance using", "resources in the most effective and", "efficient manner possible, improving", "coordination and creating greater synergies", "among the ERDF, the ESF, the cohesion", "fund, the EAFRD and the European", "Fisheries Fund (EFF); believes,", "accordingly, that the creation of a common", "strategic framework setting out common", "investment priorities for all these funds", "represents an important step in this", "direction; is convinced that the ESF must", "remain an integral component of cohesion", "policy under the general provisions on the", "funds, but with own rules and budget, as", "social cohesion in conformity with Article", "9 of the TFEU is a core objective of the", "EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 67" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 704, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "67a. Stresses that the ESF should be", "strengthened in view of the increasing", "tasks in the field of social inclusion, i.e.", "the Four Employment Guidelines, the", "support of the Decent and Good Work", "principles, the fight against precarious", "and undeclared work, combating poverty,", "achieving gender equality and appropriate", "conditions for the reconciliation of work", "and private life, and the (re-)integration", "in high equality employment; Reminds", "that the ESF has to adapt to specific local", "and territorial situations, therefore", "encourages a bottom-up approach in the", "identification of its aims;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 67 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 725, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "68g. Believes that not only cities but also", "rural suburban zones can play an", "important role in regional development;", "stresses the necessity for a more focused", "approach to rural suburban zones in", "cohesion policy;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 68 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "70. Stresses the need for a more results-", "oriented approach to cohesion policy and", "calls for an improvement to the monitoring", "and evaluation systems as regards its", "implementation; believes that the", "elaboration of concrete and measurable", "outcome indicators should be regarded as", "a prerequisite for measuring the actual", "progress achieved towards the agreed", "targets; welcomes the Commission", "proposals for an ex-ante, on-going and", "impact evaluation of each operational", "programme;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 738, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "70. Calls for an improvement to the", "monitoring and evaluation systems as", "regards cohesion policy\u2019s implementation;", "cautions against adding to the", "administrative burden of cohesion policy", "by introducing further reporting", "obligations that go beyond the current", "procedures; welcomes the Commission", "proposals for an ex-ante, on-going and", "impact evaluation of each operational", "programme;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 70" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "73. Encourages local and regional", "authorities to make as much use as", "possible of the innovative financial", "instruments;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 765, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "73. Encourages local and regional", "authorities to make use of the innovative", "financial instruments; underscores that", "loans or revolving funds can support", "more efficient use of resources,", "underlines that the use of grants should", "be preferential in certain policy fields and", "programmes;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 73" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "82. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for", "meeting the Millennium Development", "Goals (MDG), and the collective Official", "Development Aid (ODA) target of 0.7 %", "of gross national income (GNI), fall within", "the next MFF period; stresses, accordingly,", "that an appropriate overall level of", "development aid and funding is required", "for the Union to meet its international", "development commitments;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 836, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "82. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for", "meeting the Millennium Development", "Goals (MDG), and the collective Official", "Development Aid (ODA) target of 0.7 %", "of gross national income (GNI), neither of", "which has yet been attained, fall within", "the next MFF period; stresses, accordingly,", "that an appropriate overall level of", "development aid and funding is required", "for the Union to meet its international", "development commitments;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 82" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 846, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "82f. Calls therefore for the actual increase", "in Official Development Aid to be made in", "accordance with the phased plan for", "attaining the 0.7% figure, and stresses", "that these funds must not be used for", "other external-policy interests of the EU", "which do not accord with development", "objectives; stresses that funding to fight", "climate change in partner countries must", "be provided in addition to official", "development aid commitments and must", "not lead to a reduction of development", "funding in real terms, particularly in the", "case of measures to eliminate poverty and", "hunger;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 82 f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 847, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "82g. Recalls that combating global", "poverty and hunger is an overriding", "objective and that innovative additional", "funding instruments, such as a financial", "transaction tax, are needed in order to", "make a credible commitment to this", "objective and its attainment; is convinced", "that Official Development Aid should be", "geared to preserving and improving global", "public goods which are significant to most", "people, can be attained only by means of", "collective, multilateral action and can", "hardly be provided by individual States", "and stakeholders;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 82 g (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "83. Calls once again for the budgetisation", "of the European Development Fund (EDF);", "insists, however, that incorporating the", "EDF into the EU budget must not lead to", "an overall reduction in development", "spending and must guarantee", "predictability;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 855, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "83. Calls once again for the budgetisation", "of the European Development Fund (EDF);", "insists, however, that incorporating the", "EDF into the EU budget must not lead to", "an overall reduction in development", "spending to date from sources other than", "the EDF and must guarantee predictability;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 83" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.731%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 859, "orig_lang": "de", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, J\u00fcrgen Klute", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "83c. Recalls the necessity of implementing", "the Paris Declaration with a view to the", "effectiveness of development financing,", "and expects full transparency of payments", "relating to development policy; proposes", "that information on these payments be", "published and an independent audit and", "assessment system be established, not only", "in partner countries but particularly for", "the EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 83 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the three transversal", "clauses of the Treaty on the Functioning", "of the European Union 8, 9 and 10 and", "article 11 of the Treaty of the European", "Union," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 2 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the integrated guideline", "10 on promoting social inclusion and", "combating poverty," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 7, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the Strategy for", "Equality between Women and Men (2010-", "2015), the Youth Pact, the Disability", "Strategy, and the European Pact for", "Mental Health and Wellbeing, the EU", "Agenda on the rights of the Child," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 8, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the ratification by the", "European Union of the UN Convention", "on the rights of persons with disabilities," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 5 d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "D. whereas the challenges faced by the", "Union and its citizens, such as the global", "economic crisis, the rapid rise of emerging", "economies, the transition to a low-carbon", "society, ageing populations threatening", "the sustainability of its social model, the", "shift in the global distribution of", "production and savings to emerging", "economies, as well as the threats of", "terrorism and organised crime, require a", "strong response from the Union and its", "Member States," ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 18, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "D. whereas the challenges faced by the", "Union and its citizens, such as the global", "financial and economic crisis, the", "transition to a low-carbon society,", "demographic change, development of", "services of general interest, promotion of", "Good Work, gender equality,", "environmental and social sustainable", "development, aggravating global", "imbalances as regards savings and", "investment, current account positions,", "employment and income distribution as", "well as the threats of organised crime,", "require a strong response from the Union", "and its Member States; whereas remedying", "those imbalances both at global level and", "within the European Union necessitates a", "cooperative approach focusing on", "strengthening internal demand and", "domestic economies on a path towards", "social and environmental sustainable", "development, both within each global", "region and within the EU, instead of an", "ever harder quest for competitiveness", "which only will further aggravate the", "existing imbalances, including the", "perspective of a global currency war," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital D" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "G. whereas the Union budget can be a", "powerful agent for reform; and whereas its", "impact can be magnified if it mobilises", "additional sources of private finance to", "support investment, acting thus as a", "catalyst in the multiplying effect of Union", "spending," ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 38, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "G. whereas the Union budget will not be", "up to the tasks lying ahead if its ceiling", "remains at the mediocre 1.23 % of EU", "GNI; and whereas its impact can be", "magnified if it mobilises additional sources", "of finance to support social and", "environmental sustainable investment and", "increased high quality employment along", "the concept of decent and good work,", "acting thus as a catalyst in the multiplying", "effect of Union spending," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital G" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Points out that the crisis has highlighted", "the structural challenges which most of the", "Member States\u2019 economies must face:", "suboptimal productivity, structural", "unemployment, inadequate labour market", "flexibility, and outdated skills and poor", "growth;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 91, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Points out that the crisis has highlighted", "the structural challenges which most of the", "Member States\u2019 economies must face: de-", "regulated financial markets enabling the", "onset of the financial and economic crisis,", "aggravating macroeconomic imbalances", "within the European Union, suboptimal", "productivity caused by the EU\u2019s and", "member states policy to boost low wage", "sectors (\u2018make work pay\u2019), cyclical", "unemployment and rising poverty and", "social exclusion aggravated by austerity", "policies, the rise of precarious", "employment by enforcing ever greater", "labour market flexibility, growing", "inequality of the distribution of incomes", "and wealth, an ecological footprint 4 times", "as high as environmental sustainability", "levels require, insufficient investment in", "education, training and skills for", "sustainable development and poor", "economic and social prospects for the", "future;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Insists that the Union must tackle its", "demographic challenge; notes that the", "combination of a smaller working", "population and a higher share of retired", "people will place additional strains on its", "welfare systems and its economic", "competitiveness;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 116, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Insists that the Union must tackle its", "demographic challenge; notes that the", "combination of a smaller working", "population and a higher share of retired", "people might place additional strains on its", "welfare systems and its economic", "competitiveness if the whole wealth of", "diversity and talents of the European", "labour force is not fully harnessed;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 120, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. Notes, that age-related demographic", "trends are amplified by migration within", "the EU due to still existing socioeconomic", "disparities; believes that the European", "Union can make a significant", "contribution to reducing disparities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 127, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "5h. Notes that the combination of a", "smaller working population and a higher", "share of retired people can be managed if", "Member States can successfully maintain", "an average annual labour productivity", "growth of 1.1 - 1.4 per cent as in the past", "decades; emphasises that further", "productivity reserves could be mobilised", "by increasing energy and resource", "efficiency (factor 4 by 2020/25 and factor", "10 by 2050); stresses that such overall", "productivity growth can allow for", "producing an increasing value added with", "a decreasing workforce and provide a", "sound basis for a fair re-distribution of", "revenues between economically active and", "non-active persons (such as pensioners,", "children, pupils, students etc.) and an", "enhanced welfare state; underlines that", "pensions do not only create costs but", "stimulate domestic demand; underlines", "that the increasing number of pensioners", "creates more and new jobs in social", "services and health care;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 h (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-462.723%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "9. Is convinced that the Union, as a major", "political, economic and trading power,", "must play its full role on the international", "stage; recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon", "gives new tools to better project European", "interests worldwide; emphasises that the", "Union will add value on the global scene", "and influence global policy decisions only", "if it acts collectively; insists that stronger", "external representation will need to go", "hand in hand with stronger internal co-", "ordination;" ], "reference": "2010/2211(INI)", "seq": 154, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "SURE" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas", "date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00", "new": [ "9. Is convinced that the Union, as a major", "political, economic and trading power,", "must play its full role on the international", "stage; recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon", "gives new tools to better project European", "interests worldwide; emphasises that the", "Union will add value on the global scene", "and influence global policy decisions only", "if it acts collectively and in coherence", "with the principles set forth in the Charter", "of Fundamental Rights now applicable to", "all Union external policies; insists that", "stronger external representation will need", "to go hand in hand with stronger internal", "co-ordination; reminds that the different", "EU financial instruments have to respect", "the principle of policy coherence for", "development in order to achieve the", "overall objective of eradication of poverty", "and hunger within and outside the EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9" ] ] }, { "src": 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"benefiting children and youth and", "enhancing the role of children and youth", "as actors for development;", "(iii) promoting and helping on the", "implementation and development of", "policies, projects and programmes to", "eradicate child labour, trafficking of", "children and violence against children." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Annex 5 \u2013 part A \u2013 paragraph 4 \u2013 point e a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(2) The ESF should improve employment", "opportunities, promote education and life-", "long learning and develop active inclusion", "policies in accordance with the tasks", "entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the", "Treaty, and thereby contribute to", "economic, social and territorial cohesion in", "accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty.", "In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty,", "the ESF should take into account", "requirements linked to the promotion of a", "high level of employment, the guarantee of", "adequate social protection, the fight against", "social exclusion, and a high level of", "education, training and protection of", "human health." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 24, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(2) The ESF should improve employment", "opportunities, promote education and life-", "long learning, develop active inclusion", "policies and fight poverty and social", "exclusion in accordance with Article 9 of", "the Treaty and with the tasks entrusted to", "the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and", "thereby contribute to economic, social and", "territorial cohesion in accordance with", "Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance", "with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF", "should take into account requirements", "linked to the promotion of a high level of", "employment, the guarantee of adequate", "social protection, the fight against poverty", "and social exclusion, and a high level of", "education, training and protection of", "human health." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(10) The Member States and the", "Commission should ensure that the", "implementation of the priorities financed", "by the ESF contribute to the promotion of", "equality between women and men in", "accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty.", "Evaluations have shown the importance of", "taking the gender aspect into account in all", "dimensions of programmes, while ensuring", "that specific actions are taken to promote", "gender equality." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 34, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(10) The Member States and the", "Commission should ensure that the", "implementation of the priorities financed", "by the ESF contribute to the promotion of", "equality between women and men in", "accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty.", "Evaluations have shown the importance of", "taking the gender aspect into account in all", "dimensions of programmes including their", "preparation, implementation, monitoring", "and evaluation in a timely and consistent", "manner, while ensuring that specific", "actions are taken to promote gender", "equality." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "(17) The Member States and regions", "should be encouraged to leverage the ESF", "through financial instruments in order to", "support for example students, job creation,", "mobility of workers, social inclusion and", "social entrepreneurship." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 41, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "(17) The Member States and regions", "should be encouraged to leverage the ESF", "through financial instruments in order to", "support for example students, job creation,", "mobility of workers, social inclusion and", "social entrepreneurship. The provision of", "subsidies should always be retained as an", "option and it should be the responsibility", "of those involved on the ground to use the", "funding mix best suited to regional needs." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Recital 17" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. It shall do so by supporting Member", "States in pursuing the priorities and", "headline targets of the Europe 2020", "strategy for smart, sustainable and", "inclusive growth. The ESF shall support", "the design and implementation of policies", "and actions, taking account of the", "integrated guidelines for the economic and", "employment policies of Member States", "and the Council Recommendations on the", "National Reform Programmes." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. It shall do so by supporting Member", "States in pursuing at least the headline", "targets of the Europe 2020 strategy for", "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.", "The ESF shall support the design and", "implementation of policies and actions,", "taking account of the concept of 'good", "work' and ensuring that activities", "supported by the ESF contribute to", "implementing the UN and ILO Decent", "Work Agenda in all its aspects. All", "policies and actions supported by the ESF", "shall strictly respect International Labour", "Standards and ILO Conventions, and in", "particular the commitment to promote", "full, productive and freely chosen", "employment as laid down by ILO", "Convention No. 122." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 2 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "1. Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges", "identified in the National Reform", "Programmes and the relevant Council", "Recommendations made under Article", "148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute", "to achieving the headline targets of the", "Europe 2020 strategy on employment,", "education and poverty reduction." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 54, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "1. Member States shall ensure that the", "strategy and actions set out in the", "Operational Programmes are consistent and", "focused on addressing the challenges posed", "by the transition towards environmental", "and socially sustainable development, in", "order to contribute to achieving at least the", "headline targets of the Europe 2020", "strategy on employment, education and", "poverty reduction." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources", "in each Member State shall be allocated to", "the thematic objective \u2018promoting social", "inclusion and combating poverty\u2019 set out in", "Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]." ], "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 58, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. At least 30 % of the total ESF resources", "in each Member State shall be allocated to", "the thematic objective \u2018promoting social", "inclusion and combating poverty\u2019 set out in", "Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No [\u2026]." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-489.546%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2011/0268(COD)", "seq": 68, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "J\u00fcrgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Thomas H\u00e4ndel, Marisa Matias, Vladim\u00edr Remek", "date": "2012-05-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "Article 16a", "Specific provisions on conditionalities", "For the purposes of this Regulation:", "(a) by way of derogation from Article", "17(5) of Regulation (EU) No [...] , ex ante", "conditionalities shall not apply to the", "suspension of payments from the ESF;", "(b) by way of derogation from Article 21", "of Regulation (EU) No [...], conditionality", "linked to the coordination of Member", "States' economic policies shall not apply", "to the suspension of payments from the", "ESF." ], "location": [ [ "Proposal for a regulation", "Article 16 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Recalls that clearly defined, widely", "supported and closely monitored indicators", "are essential in order to demonstrate the", "concrete effects of budget support in third", "countries, and that the relevant budgetary", "authorities should be updated regularly on", "the indicators and guidelines that shape the", "decision-making process in relation to", "budget support; underlines that these", "indicators must be better tailored to the", "specific needs of partner countries in order", "to avoid the \u2018one size fits all\u2019 approach", "taken by the Commission, which is", "potentially counter-productive;" ], "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 3, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "Miguel Portas, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Recalls that clearly defined, widely", "supported and closely monitored indicators", "are essential in order to demonstrate the", "concrete effects of budget support in third", "countries, and that the relevant budgetary", "authorities should be updated regularly on", "the indicators and guidelines that shape the", "decision-making process in relation to", "budget support; underlines that these", "indicators must be better tailored to the", "specific needs of partner countries in order", "to avoid the \u2018one size fits all\u2019 approach", "taken by the Commission, which is", "potentially counter-productive; underlines", "that indicators must be focused", "particularly on combating poverty and the", "fulfilling of the Millenuium Development", "Goals (using the MDGs indicators)", "including crosscutting themes as gender", "equity and access to universal energy and", "potable water; stresses the added value for", "Europe of a successful development aid", "which might have as a result important", "savings of EU funds when migration", "flows are reduced at the place of origin;", "emphasizes therefore that EU", "developement funds should first of all", "finance small local and regional projects", "as economic and infrastructure", "developments that support people directly;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Takes the view that financing decisions", "on budget support must be driven not only", "by expected benefits but also by the short-", "and long-term risks incurred in both donor", "and partner countries; notes that the Court", "of Auditors, in its Special Report1 , is in", "full agreement with this assessment by", "highlighting that a sound risk management", "framework is still to be developed and", "implemented;" ], "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 6, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "Miguel Portas, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Takes the view that financing decisions", "on budget support must be driven not only", "by expected benefits but also by the short-", "and long-term risks, as for example, the", "possibility of political changes or", "consequences of climate change, incurred", "in both donor and partner countries; notes", "that the Court of Auditors, in its Special", "Report1 , is in full agreement with this", "assessment by highlighting that a sound", "risk management framework is still to be", "developed and implemented;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Considers effective mutual", "accountability to be a cornerstone of", "budget support and a prerequisite for its", "sustainability: not only should", "governments in both donor and partner", "countries be fully accountable", "domestically, but it is equally important", "that governments, parliamentarians and", "citizens on both sides are accountable to", "their respective counterparts, whether the", "latter be donors or recipients; takes the", "view, in this connection, that further efforts", "should be made to enhance public", "awareness in donor and partner countries", "of the scope and results of budget support;" ], "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 10, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "Miguel Portas, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Considers effective mutual", "accountability to be a cornerstone of", "budget support and a prerequisite for its", "sustainability: not only should", "governments in both donor and partner", "countries be fully accountable", "domestically, but it is equally important", "that governments, parliamentarians and", "citizens on both sides are accountable to", "their respective counterparts, whether the", "latter be donors or recipients; takes the", "view, in this connection, that further efforts", "should be made to enhance public", "awareness in donor and partner countries", "of the scope and results of budget support;", "and proposes therefore to install open and", "transparent mechanisms to ensure that", "every citizen, NSA or LA is able to", "monitor the budget during its realization;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Is firmly convinced that a thorough", "analysis of the future of EU budget support", "to third countries must address the issue of", "budgetisation of the European", "Development Fund; is aware of the", "historical and institutional background to", "the current situation, but believes that the", "time has come for the Council, the Member", "States and the ACP countries to", "acknowledge that this state of affairs is", "detrimental to the efficiency, transparency", "and accountability of EU budget support;" ], "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 12, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "Miguel Portas, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Is firmly convinced that a thorough", "analysis of the future of EU budget support", "to third countries must address the issue of", "budgetisation of the European", "Development Fund; is aware of the", "historical and institutional background to", "the current situation, but believes that the", "time has come for the Council, the Member", "States and the ACP countries to", "acknowledge that this state of affairs is", "detrimental to the efficiency, transparency", "and accountability of EU budget support;", "underlines the necessity of full", "transparency in order to ensure that EU", "development funds finance the intended", "programmes and to avoid that EU funds", "are turned aside; rejects fully that EU", "development funds are derived to support", "military actions;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-460.886%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "6. Calls on the Member States and the", "Commission, in line with the practice", "established in other policy fields, to", "improve the coordination of their", "respective budget support to third countries", "in order to avoid potential or existing", "overlaps, inconsistencies and", "incoherencies, which are all the more", "unacceptable in a context of scarce", "funding; maintains that a focus on specific", "areas offering the greatest added value", "should drive EU budget support throughout", "all phases of preparation and delivery;" ], "reference": "2010/2300(INI)", "seq": 15, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "BUDG" ], "authors": "Miguel Portas, J\u00fcrgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2011-03-15T00:00:00", "new": [ "6. Calls on the Member States and the", "Commission, in line with the practice", "established in other policy fields, to", "improve the coordination of their", "respective budget support to third countries", "in order to avoid potential or existing", "overlaps, inconsistencies and", "incoherencies, which are all the more", "unacceptable in a context of scarce", "funding; asks for a sound cooperation", "between the EP Committees to enhance", "the coordination of their policies", "concerning third countries to avoid", "inconsistencies as for example between", "trade restrictions, agricultural agreements", "and development aid; maintains that a", "focus on specific areas offering the greatest", "added value should drive EU budget", "support throughout all phases of", "preparation and delivery to create the", "personal, technological, infrastructural", "and financial capacity to eradicate poverty", "and start their (beneficiaries')", "independent sustainable development as", "soon as possible;;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 6" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.545%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 33, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "FEMM" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Eva-Britt Svensson, Cornelia Ernst, Ilda Figueiredo, Kartika Tamara Liotard", "date": "2010-12-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "H a. whereas diseases of poverty, such as", "AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria,", "negatively affect women and maternal", "health in particular," ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital H a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.545%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 61, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "FEMM" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Eva-Britt Svensson, Cornelia Ernst, Ilda Figueiredo, Kartika Tamara Liotard", "date": "2010-12-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "6a Points out that diseases of poverty,", "such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria", "prevent women from working both", "through the direct effects of these diseases", "on women and also through the added", "burden on women as traditionally having", "primary responsibility for caring for other", "affected family members; calls on the", "Commission to increase their efforts to", "eliminate these diseases and particularly", "via the development of efficient", "preventative measures;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 6 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-454.545%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2010/2162(INI)", "seq": 140, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "FEMM" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer, Eva-Britt Svensson, Veronica Lope Fontagn\u00e9, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Marije Cornelissen, Cornelia Ernst, Ilda Figueiredo, Kartika Tamara Liotard", "date": "2010-12-16T00:00:00", "new": [ "19a Underlines that adequately increased", "financing for and effective usage of the", "European Social Fund (ESF) should be", "ensured in order to provide adequate", "resources for measures to improve", "education and training with a view to", "improving labour market access and", "combating unemployment and measures", "and activities under the Social Inclusion", "Strategy and the \u2018Europe 2020\u2019 flagship", "initiative on combating poverty and social", "exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and", "vulnerable persons, especially women,", "including those confronted with", "precarious and insecure contracts;", "stresses that ESF regulations should be", "revised and changed to reach those who", "need it most, that visibility and", "transparency should be enhanced, that", "the monitoring of the social effects of the", "fund usage should be carried out", "thoroughly, and that further emphasis", "should be placed on the long-term", "sustainability of the projects; therefore", "calls for targeted funds to be earmarked,", "within the new budgetary framework, for", "job creation and social inclusion; urges", "the Member States to undertake more", "information campaigns on opportunities", "for participation in EU funded projects;", "stresses that single parents are often alone", "in educating their children and demands", "that the Barcelona targets for childcare", "provision should be fully implemented;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 19 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Observes that, since the beginning of the", "crisis, the unemployment rate for women", "has consistently been higher than that for", "men, which only adds to the existing", "challenges women are facing in the labour", "market, including direct or indirect", "discrimination, double discrimination of", "women with disabilities, gender pay-gap,", "part-time work, precarious working", "conditions, in-work poverty, high", "concentration in the informal sector with", "lower earnings, less social protection and", "insufficient pension rights; in this respect,", "asks the Commission to issue a", "recommendation to the Member States on", "combating labour market segmentation", "leading to women's insufficient access to", "quality employment with decent", "remuneration;" ], "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 11, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Observes that, since the beginning of the", "crisis, the unemployment rate for women", "has consistently been higher than that for", "men, which only adds to the existing", "challenges women are facing in the labour", "market, including direct or indirect", "discrimination, double discrimination of", "women with disabilities, gender pay-gap,", "part-time work, precarious working", "conditions, in-work poverty, high", "concentration in the informal sector with", "lower earnings, less social protection and", "insufficient pension rights; in this respect,", "asks the Commission to issue a", "recommendation to the Member States on", "combating labour market segmentation", "leading to women's insufficient access to", "quality employment with decent", "remuneration; addressing the root causes", "for the feminisation of poverty and", "identifying best practices and", "recommendations for Member States, as", "support for their national measures to", "integrate or re-integrate women in the", "labour force and, more generally, to", "eradicate poverty and social exclusion of", "women and children;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 18, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "2 a. Stresses the need for a gender impact", "assessment and gender budgeting in all", "measures taken and all funds used to deal", "with the economic crisis, in particular the", "ESF, in order to limit the negative effects", "on gender equality;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 2 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public", "expenditure resulting from the imposition", "of austerity measures, leading to severe", "cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services", "which are forcing many women to shift", "from paid to unpaid work, exposing them", "to a high risk of poverty;" ], "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "4. Is concerned about the deep cuts in", "public expenditure resulting from the", "imposition of austerity measures, leading", "to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and", "services which are affecting in particular", "women and forcing them to shift from", "paid to unpaid work, exposing them to a", "high risk of poverty;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 57, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "4 a. Maintains that measures need to be", "taken to reduce gender segregation in the", "labour market both horizontally, i.e. the", "over-representation of women in", "occupations with less income, and", "vertically, i.e. the under-representation of", "women in power and decision making", "positions; stresses that precarious", "working conditions remain a gender issue", "not only in low skilled and low qualified", "sectors but also occupations requiring", "higher education such as the so-called", "academic precarity with women being", "over-represented." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 4 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Draws the Member States' attention to", "the need for income-enhancing measures,", "including the development of minimum", "income schemes and social assistance", "programmes for persons having difficulty", "in meeting their basic needs, in particular", "persons with children, and especially single", "parents." ], "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 63, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Draws the Member States' attention to", "the need for income-enhancing measures,", "including the development of minimum", "income schemes exceeding the at-risk-of", "poverty threshold of 60% of national", "median equalised income and social", "assistance programmes for persons having", "difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in", "particular persons with children, and", "especially single parents." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 66, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 a. Invites Member States to act for", "reducing in-work poverty, of which", "women are especially affected, by a set of", "measures, such as minimum wages of at", "least 60% of the relevant average wage", "and continuing education at the work-", "place;" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 70, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 b. Points out that there is a need to", "promote the sharing of family and", "household responsibilities; invites", "Member States to set up or advance", "existing measures to overcome", "discriminatory gender stereotypes and the", "unequal assignment of roles such as", "encouraging men in their right to take", "care for children, sick or disabled", "relatives." ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-502.206%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "remuneration; therefore, stresses the need", "for more comprehensive official statistics", "which also include unpaid work in order", "to be able to fully evaluate the impact of", "the crisis and austerity measures on the", "labour market situation of women and", "men;" ], "reference": "2012/2301(INI)", "seq": 72, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00", "new": [ "5 c. Points out that in a time of crises", "many goods or services previously paid", "for are produced or carried out in the", "household by women without any" ], "location": [ [ "Draft opinion", "Paragraph 5 c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 16, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "- having regard to the Commission\u2019s", "Employment and Social Developments in", "Europe Review 2012 of 8 January 20131,", "__________________", "1", "http://ec.europa.eu/social/main/jsp?cat/d=738\u20aclar", "gId=en\u20acpubId=7315." ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Citation 43 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "A. whereas access to housing is a", "fundamental right that affects access to", "other fundamental rights and to a life in", "conditions of human dignity; and whereas", "guaranteeing access to decent housing is an", "international obligation incumbent on the", "Member States, to which the Union must", "have regard;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 21, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "A. whereas access to housing is a", "fundamental right that can be seen as a", "precondition to exercise and to access to", "other fundamental rights and to a life in", "conditions of human dignity; and whereas", "guaranteeing access to decent housing is an", "international obligation incumbent on the", "Member States, to which the Union must", "have regard;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital A" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 44, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ca. whereas increasing housing costs,", "rents and energy prices are the main", "reasons for growing poverty, social", "exclusion and homelessness;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 47, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cb. whereas speculation bubbles in", "private real estate markets are the root", "causes of the financial and banking crisis,", "leading to the Eurocrisis;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 50, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cc. whereas affordable, adequate and", "secure housing is a precondition for", "achieving better social inclusion, more", "social justice and cohesion in the EU;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C c (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 53, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cd. whereas there is a shortage of", "hundreds of thousands social housing", "facilities and an increasing need of", "affordable housing in most EU Member", "States;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C d (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 55, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Ce. whereas increasing real estate, rental,", "and energy prices lead to gentrification,", "power cut-offs, and evictions;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C e (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 57, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "Cf. whereas affordable rental housing is", "essential for young people in order to take", "up vocational training, university studies,", "internships or employment opportunities;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Recital C f (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 to", "the Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union, public authorities are free", "to determine how the social housing sector", "is organised and funded and what its target", "group is, with a view to meeting local", "needs; sees the intervention of public", "authorities here as a response to the", "shortcomings of the market, with the aim", "of ensuring universal access to decent,", "affordable housing;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 83, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 to", "the Treaty on the Functioning of the", "European Union, public authorities are free", "to determine how the social housing sector", "is organised and funded and what its target", "group is, with a view to meeting local", "needs of the population and the", "inhabitants; sees the intervention of public", "authorities here as a response to the", "shortcomings of the market, with the aim", "of ensuring universal access to decent,", "affordable housing; is concerned,", "therefore, about the restrictive definition", "of social housing by the European", "Commission, which only targets", "disadvantaged groups;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 2" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "3. Reminds the Member States and the", "Commission that spending on social", "housing enables urgent social need to be", "met and, as strategic social investment,", "helps in a sustainable way to provide non-", "relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the", "economy by preventing property bubbles,", "to counter climate change and to combat", "energy poverty; calls on Member States", "and the Commission to bring social", "housing investment within the scheme of", "the European Semester by including in it", "an evaluation of targets for combating and", "preventing property bubbles;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 96, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "3. Reminds the Member States and the", "Commission that spending on social", "housing enables urgent social need to be", "met and, as strategic social investment,", "helps in a sustainable way to provide non-", "relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the", "economy by preventing property bubbles", "and an over-indebtedness of households,", "to counter climate change and to combat", "energy poverty; calls on Member States", "and the Commission to bring social", "housing investment within the scheme of", "the European Semester by including in it", "an evaluation of targets for combating and", "preventing property bubbles;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 3" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "4. Emphasises the need for tighter", "monitoring of social investment as part of", "a social investment pact designed to", "strengthen the Union's economic and", "budgetary governance and including", "investment in social housing;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 103, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "deleted" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 4" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "5. Proposes the establishment of the", "European Housing Observatory to develop", "knowledge about the housing situation in", "the various countries, especially social", "housing, on the basis of reliable statistical", "indicators;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 125, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "5. Proposes the establishment of the", "European Housing Observatory to develop", "knowledge about the housing situation in", "the various countries, especially social", "housing, on the basis of reliable statistical", "indicators; demands that organisations of", "inhabitants and tenants are formally", "involved in the Housing Observatory;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 126, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "5a. notes that a definition of social", "housing and of the beneficiaries should", "be the result of a democratic discussion", "process in order to take into account", "different traditions of the Member States;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 131, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "5b. Calls on the Member States to define a", "maximum spending level for housing", "costs in order to prevent households to", "spend more than 30% of their income on", "housing and energy costs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 5 b (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "8. Advocates making priority investment in", "heat efficiency and in the use of", "renewables in social housing, as well as", "integrated projects for sustainable urban", "development, access to housing for", "marginalised communities and the", "promotion of social enterprises, eligible for", "Structural Fund support in the 2014-2020", "budgetary period;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 157, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "8. Advocates making priority investment in", "heat efficiency and in the use of", "renewables in social housing, as well as", "integrated projects for sustainable urban", "development, access to housing for", "marginalised communities and the", "promotion of social enterprises and", "housing cooperatives, eligible for", "Structural Fund support in the 2014-2020", "budgetary period;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 8" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "9. Encourages Member States and all the", "relevant bodies to give social housing", "investment a prominent place in national", "reform programmes and in the shaping of", "strategic priorities under partnership", "agreements for the period 2014-2020;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 164, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "9. Encourages Member States and all the", "relevant bodies to give social housing", "investment and a strengthening of the", "non-profit making housing sector a", "prominent place in national reform", "programmes and in the shaping of strategic", "priorities under partnership agreements for", "the period 2014-2020;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 9" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "10. Urges Member States to retain an", "ambitious budget for the 2014-2020", "multiannual financial framework,", "identifying cohesion policy as a driver of", "recovery; calls on Member States to", "facilitate and speed up the reallocation of", "unused monies from the Structural Funds", "to energy efficiency and renewable energy", "projects in the social housing sector during", "the 2014-2020 programme planning period,", "having regard to the conclusions of the", "European Compact for Growth and Jobs;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 173, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "10. Urges Member States to retain an", "ambitious budget for the 2014-2020", "multiannual financial framework,", "identifying cohesion policy as a driver of", "recovery; calls on Member States to", "facilitate and speed up the reallocation of", "unused monies from the Structural Funds", "to energy efficiency and renewable energy", "projects in the social housing sector and", "neighbourhood management in deprived", "communities to ensure a stable and secure", "environment during the 2007-2013", "programme planning period, having regard", "to the conclusions of the European", "Compact for Growth and Jobs;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 10" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "14. Points out that implementing the right", "to housing affects the implementation of", "other fundamental rights, including", "political and social rights;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 202, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "14. Points out that implementing the right", "to housing affects the implementation of", "other fundamental rights, including", "political and social rights; urges Member", "States, therefore, to include the", "enforceable right to housing in EU", "primary law;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 14" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 220, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "15a. Calls on Member States to facilitate", "the cooperation of social housing", "providers and tenant organisations in the", "elaboration and follow up of the", "Operational Programmes according to the", "new instruments ITI and CLLD;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 15 a (new)" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "16. Recommends that Member States draw", "up integrated policies for guaranteeing", "universal access to decent affordable", "housing, with aims including:" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 227, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "16. 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Recommends that Member States and", "the relevant authorities simplify the process", "of applying for housing and make the", "allocation of homes more transparent and", "impartial, with a view to eliminating", "discrimination and preventing any", "tendency on the part of particularly", "vulnerable groups to avoid applying for", "housing \u2013 a phenomenon which has the", "effect of aggravating residential", "segregation;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 281, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "17. Recommends that Member States and", "the relevant authorities simplify the process", "of applying for housing and make the", "allocation of homes more transparent and", "impartial, with a view to eliminating", "discrimination and preventing any", "tendency on the part of particularly", "vulnerable groups to avoid applying for", "housing \u2013 a phenomenon which has the", "effect of aggravating residential", "segregation; asks the Member States to", "guarantee that persons from different", "social milieus inhabit social housing", "estates in order to prevent the formation", "of ghettos and a growing gentrification;" ], "location": [ [ "Motion for a resolution", "Paragraph 17" ] ] }, { "src": "http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-506.094%2b02%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN", "old": [ "19. Calls on Member States to introduce a", "definition of energy poverty; points out", "that energy poverty cannot be considered", "simply in terms of expenditure on energy", "and energy prices, but that it also has a", "qualitative dimension in that it affects", "people's behaviour and patterns of", "consumption;" ], "reference": "2012/2293(INI)", "seq": 295, "orig_lang": "en", "meps": [], "committee": [ "EMPL" ], "authors": "Gabriele Zimmer", "date": "2013-02-28T00:00:00", "new": [ "19. 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