# Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions

European Parliament procedure 2012/2234(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee ECON / EMPL / FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 513 committee amendments tabled by 51 Members between 2012-12-18 and 2013-01-28.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on an agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions. Amendments stress that first-pillar public pensions should be poverty-proof and that adequate retirement income is largely a Member State responsibility, debate linking retirement age to life expectancy and the principle of subsidiarity, address second and third pillars, occupational pension funds as long-term investors, the IORP directive and Solvency II-type requirements, and the financial transactions tax.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas HÄNDEL | Germany | GUE/NGL | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96851.md |
| Frédéric DAERDEN | Belgium | S&D | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97125.md |
| Heinz K. BECKER | Austria | PPE | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107041.md |
| Olle LUDVIGSSON | Sweden | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96673.md |
| Marije CORNELISSEN | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96726.md |
| Inês Cristina ZUBER | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111589.md |
| Jean LAMBERT | United Kingdom | Verts/ALE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4531.md |
| Minodora CLIVETI | Romania | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113597.md |
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA | Poland | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96781.md |
| Syed KAMALL | United Kingdom | ECR | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33569.md |
| Philippe LAMBERTS | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96648.md |
| Anthea McINTYRE | United Kingdom | ECR | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111011.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Kinga GÖNCZ | Hungary | S&D | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96832.md |

## Official source documents

- PE502.082: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.082+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE502.214: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.214+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE504.155: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-504.155+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2234-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2234-INI.json

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