Activities of Michel REIMON related to 2015/2326(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on monitoring the application of Union law: 2014 Annual Report
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the effectiveness of EU law is systematically undermined by its unsatisfactory application by Member States; notes that this lack of enforcement is at the root of a number of European criseplays an important role as regards a number of European crises and harms the European citizens;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Late Payments Directive is still not properly implemented well in 11 Member States, and that the situation is worst in Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Greece, where the delay in B2B2 payments is well above average3 ; __________________ 2 Business-to-business. Business-to-business. 3 See ‘Transposition and implementation of the Directive on Late Payments in Commercial Transactions’, European Parliamentary Research Service.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that non-compliance with the Maastricht criteria, and the lenientthe pro-cyclical and highly discretionary enforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact rules by the Commission and, the Council before 2010, contributed to the emergence of the European debt crisis that followed the global financial crisiand Member States before and after 2008 aggravated the European debt crisis that followed the global financial crisis; asks he Commission and the Council to adopt a more proactive stance as regards the enforcement of the macroeconomic imbalances procedure and in particular when it comes to the effective prevention of severe macroeconomic and financial imbalances such as excessive current account surpluses;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission for a closer monitoring of tax and customs related State aid cases as it is one of the four policy fields where most infringement cases were opened in 2014;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the Commission should, where possible and proportionate propose more regulations and fewer directives in order to ensure a level playing field among the Member States vis-à-vis legislation;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the opinion that financial penalties for non-compliance with EU law should include a multiplibecome more severe for those Member States for which several procedures are opene worst cases when it comes to late transposition of directives (LTIs) which remains a persistent problem;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the creation of a subcommittee of the Committee on Constitutional Affairsregular structured process within the European Parliament to focus on monitoring the application of EU law in the Member States.