2 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2012/2256(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the efforts made to strengthen economic and budgetary coordination through the European Semester, allowing the monitoring of national budgets and economic policies in parallel during a six- month period every year; stresses that the cohesion policy ought to become a focal point of the Annual Growth Survey of the European Commission; regrets therefore that the AGS 2013 has not exploited an opportunity to commence a more meaningful debate on growth and jobs in the European Union notably through an overhaul of its guidelines.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy as a key instrument for Europe 2020; considers that a strong and well- funded cohesion policy is an effective and efficient instrument to implement Europe 2020 and prevent future economic and financial crises, owing to its long-term development programmes, budgetary dimension and decentralised administration system and the incorporation of the EU's priorities for sustainable development; points out that cohesion policy is an investment policy and should thus promote territorial, economic and social cohesion in all regions of the EU, keeping in mind the principle of solidarity; stresses, in this connection, the importance of involving regions in achieving the EU 2020 goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;