18 Amendments of France JAMET related to 2018/0213(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Budgets, as the committees responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Article 175 of the Treaty provides, inter alia, that Member States should coordinate their economic policies in such a way as to attain the objectives on economic social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 174.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion fund, the European Social Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevantMember States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in line with their national interests and on the basis of the free exercise of their sovereignty and thus of their freedom to cooperate with each other if they consider this necessary.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Structural reforms can contribute to achieving a high degree of resilience of domestic economies and sustainable convergence among Member States, which is crucial for successful and smooth participation inshould be carried out in such a way that they do not aggravate the Eeconomic and Monetary Union. That high degree of sustainable convergence is particularly important for Member States, whose currency is not the euro, in their process of preparation to join the euro areasituation inherited from the crisis and should not lead to a diet of austerity which aggravates poverty.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Other Union instruments and programmes financed by the Member States also provide a significant contribution to improving conditions underpinning certain investments in Member States, which can be conducive to or be part of such reforms. In particular, the Union Funds covered by Regulation (EU) No YYY/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council [CPR] link investment to enabling conditions (formerly known as ex-ante conditionalities), foresee a macroeconomic governance mechanism and may finance costs of structural reforms linked to investments in policy areas relevant for cohesion policy. However, currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support that provides incentives for the Member States to implement reforms in all policy areas, in response to challenges identified in the European Semester. Moreover, there is currently no instrument providing specific and targeted financial and technical support to Member States whose currency is not the euro in their efforts to implement reforms that are relevant for joining the euro area.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Specific objectives should be set for each instrument of the Programme. With regard to the reform delivery tool, they should consist of fulfilling concrete milestones and targets set out in relation to the completion of reform commitments, which would trigger the release of the financial incentives. With regard to the technical support instrument, they should be to assist national authorities in their endeavours to design and implement reforms, by taking into account good practices and lessons learned from peers. Those objectives should be pursued indefined by all the Member States under those two instruments and, in the , taking into accountext of the convergence facility, by those Member States whose currency is not the euro and which have taken demonstrable steps towards adopting the single currency within a given time-frame respect for their national sovereignty.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processwith contributions from the Member States supporting climate objectives on the basis of free cooperation among the willing Member States.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the ownership of and a focus on relevant reforms, the Member States should identify the reform commitments in response to challenges identified in the context of the European Semester (including those challenges identified in country specific recommendations)The Member States should identify the reform commitments and propose a detailed set of measures for their implementation, which should contain appropriate milestones and targets and a timetable for implementation over a maximum period of three years. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Commission should assess the nature and the importance of the reform commitments proposed by the Member States and should determinesuggest to the Council the amount to be allocated on the basis of transparent criteria. To that effect, it should take into account the substantive elements provided by the Member States and assess whether the reform commitments proposed by the Member States are expected to effectively address challenges identified in the context of the European Semester, whether they represent a comprehensive reform package, whether they are expected to strengthen the performance and resilience of the national economy and whether their implementation is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State where relevant by strengthening the institutional and administrative capacity of the Member State concerned. In addition, the Commission should assess whether the internal arrangements proposed by the Member States, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators, are expected to ensure effective implementation of the reform commitments during a maximum period of three years.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to contribute to the preparation of high quality proposals and assist the Commission in the assessment of the proposals for reform commitments submitted by the Member States and in the assessment of the degree of their achievement, provision should be made for the use of peer counselling and expert advice. In addition, the Council for Economic Policy Committee of the Council dealing with the European Semester, in consultation, where appropriate, with relevant Treaty-based committees, should be able to provide an opinion on the proposals for reform commitments as submitted by Member States. In the interest of simplification, the reporting by Member States on the progress made in the implementation of reform commitments should be made within the framework of the European Semester.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) For the purposes of transparency, the reform commitments adopsuggested by the Commission should be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council and communication activities should be carried out by the Commission as appropriate.