Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Tabled by Antonín Staněk, António Tânger Corrêa, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky, Tamás Deutsch, György Hölvényi, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, András László, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, Annamária Vicsek, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Vilis Krištopans, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Jaroslav Knot, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Majbritt Birkholm, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Valérie Deloge, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Jean-Paul Garraud, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Gilles Pennelle, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Laurent Castillo, Marie Dauchy, Mélanie Disdier, Angéline Furet, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Philippe Olivier, Séverine Werbrouck, Tomasz Buczek, Anna Bryłka, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Anna Maria Cisint

Added: 14b. Stresses that the organisation of and access to care services fall within the competence of the Member States; considers that, in a context of limited public resources and increasing pressure on social systems, Member States should be able to apply the principle of national priority in the allocation of such resources, without prejudice to the rights of citizens from EU Member States, through objective criteria based on genuine attachment to the country, such as effective residence and contribution to the system, with a view to ensuring, first and foremost, adequate support for their citizens and legal residents; further underlines the sovereign rights of the Member States to limit access to structural services for those who do not fulfil the criteria to demonstrate such a link, while fully preserving assistance in situations of vital emergency, and to take into account the impact of migration flows from non-EU countries on the sustainability of public systems; emphasises, moreover, that the application of these principles and the organisation of labour linked to care services must not lead to social dumping, unfair wage competition or the undermining of workers’ rights and social standards within the EU, nor result in a disproportionate outflow of workforce between Member States, particularly in sectors already critically affected by labour shortages and demographic pressures, which could also lead to the mass impoverishment of families;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.287