5 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2013/2277(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the economic adjustment programme measures in Greece (May 2010 and March 2012), Ireland (December 2010), Portugal (May 2011) and Cyprus (June 2013) have had a direct and indirect impact on employment levels and dire consequences for the social situationreduction of macroeconomic imbalances, which had accumulated over a long period in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus have had a direct and indirect impact on employment levels and dire consequences for the social situation; whereas the consequences would have been much worse without the solidarity of the euro area countries and the international community; whereas, although all the programmes were formally signed by the Commissionuncil and the governments of the concerned countries, they were designed, and their conditionality determined, jointly by the IMF, the Eurogroup, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Commission, the Commission and the national governments requesting financial support;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the available data show that in four countries the progress made towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets iwas rapidly declining (see Annex 1), whereas the major economic indicators are now pointing upwards, but not yet the social indicators;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU institutions (the ECB, the Commisresponsible for taking final decisions andre the Eurogroup) are fully co-responsible for the conditions imposed under the economic adjustment programmes, and therefore for their social consequences, the IMF and the Member State concerned, notes that these decisions were based on the expertise of the IMF, the Commission and the ECB;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that Parliament has been completely marginalised during all phases of the project: the preparatory phase, the development of mandates and the monitoring of the results achieved by the programmes and related measures; regrets that the whole procedure couldn't be based on the Treaty for lack of legal basis and an inter-governmental approach had therefore to be chosen, thus giving no role to Parliament;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the adjustment policies and structural reforms in the four countries have led toe dramatic unemployment rates, historically high rates of job losses and worsening working conditions; points out that the consequences for activity rates, in particular as regards the sustainability of social protection and pension systems, are even more serious because the gap between the Europe 2020 targets and reality is rapidly growing ever wider;