poziva države članice, naj predstavijo nacionalne programe reform v skladu s ciljem platforme in cilji Unije na področju socialnega in trajnostnega razvoja, in poudarja, da je Komisija izjavila, da je revščina v Evropi 21. stoletja nesprejemljiva, zato jo poziva, naj ne spodbija sistemov indeksacije plač in globalnih kolektivnih pogodb ali nerazumno in neupravičeno omejuje njihovih zmožnosti vlaganja in socialnih izdatkov v okviru gospodarskega upravljanja, obenem pa naj zagotovi vzdržnost javnih financ in ustvarjanje plačanih delovnih mest, saj je za zmanjšanje revščine potrebna pametna, vzdržna in vključujoča rast; poziva k pojasnitvi statusa nacionalnih akcijskih načrtov za socialno vključenost, zlasti pa sprašuje, ali bodo vključeni v nacionalne programe reform za strategijo Evropa 2020; poziva Komisijo, naj izdela specifična priporočila za države članice, da bi dosegle cilj zmanjšanja revščine, predvsem v primeru neuspeha, saj zmanjšanje revščine zahteva večje prizadevanje in vključitev vseh strani in vseh sredstev, da bi srednjeročno močno zmanjšali revščino in hudo revščino in da bi se raven revščine najpozneje do leta 2020 leta znižala na ustrezno majhno raven ali bi bila celo povsem izkoreninjena; predlaga Komisiji, naj za države članice pripravi smernice na ravni EU, da bi zagotovila dejansko udeležbo ozemeljskih skupnosti ter drugih akterjev pri pripravi nacionalnih programov reform; ugotavlja, da so ozemeljske povezave, predvidene v petem kohezijskem poročilu, potencialno najcelovitejši in najcelovitejši mehanizem za vključevanje ozemeljskih skupnosti v ta proces; meni, da cilja strategije Evropa 2020, da bi za 20 milijonov zmanjšali število ljudi, ki jim grozi revščina, ne bo mogoče uresničiti, če pri varčevalnih ukrepih v Uniji ne bo posvečena ustrezna pozornost zaposlovanju in socialni zaščiti, predvsem v korist najbolj prikrajšanih;
Calls on the Member States to submit national reform programmes consistent with the aim of the Platform and with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development, and, supporting the Commission's recognition that poverty ‘is unacceptable in 21st-century Europe’, calls on them to refrain from calling into question wage indexation systems and collective labour agreements or restricting, in an unreasonable and unjustified way, their capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance, whilst ensuring the sustainability of public finances and the creation of well-paid jobs, bearing in mind that poverty reduction is an essential corollary of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; calls for clarification of the status of national action plans for social inclusion and, in particular, the question of their integration into national reform programmes under the Europe 2020 strategy; calls on the Commission to develop country-specific recommendations with a view to meeting the poverty reduction target, especially in the event that those programmes are not successful, bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires us to step up our efforts and mobilise all parties and all our resources to reduce poverty and extreme poverty significantly in the medium term, and to reduce greatly or eradicate poverty by 2020 at the latest; proposes that the Commission draw up guidelines at European level for the Member States so as to ensure that local authorities and other stakeholders participate effectively in the drafting of national reform programmes; notes that ‘territorial pacts’ potentially offer the most comprehensive and consistent means of involving local authorities in this process, as proposed in the Fifth Cohesion Report; believes that the Europe 2020 target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million can be achieved only if the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU, and those to be taken in the future, do not undermine employment and social protection, especially for the most disadvantaged people;