Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2015/2256(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 PDF (455 KB) DOC (124 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EUvarious EU Member States faces diverse challenges at both global and domestic level, such as sluggish growth, high levels of unemployment, a widening gap between rich and poor, the exacerbation of social and income inequality, and intense international competition;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Semester aims to increase coordination of economic and fiscal policies across the EU 28 in order to enhance stability, promote growth and employment and strengthen competitivenessmake action by the organs of national sovereignty conditional on and subordinate to decisions taken at EU level, particularly the national parliaments, which are being positioned as mere implementers thereof;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is imperative to mobilise all potential avenuesbreak with the neoliberal principles that have been governing the policies imposed by the EU on the peoples and workers of the Member States; whereas only sustainable economic growth based on decent wages, on work with rights, on state control of strategic sectors of the economy, on universal and free access to all levels of education, on promotion and socialisation of innovation will make it possible to boost the EU economy and competitiveness of EU Member States;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a robust, efficient and inclusive Single Market, with enhanced governance, is a crucial instrument to boost investment andthe deepening of the Single Market has accentuated the dismantling of the sovereign instruments for regulation of economies; whereas it has not represented convergence, comopetitiveness and thus preserve theration or solidarity, but rather economic domination, divergence and uneven development; whereas tax avoidance and profit transfer at Member State level intensified confsidence of the business sector and consumersrably with the creation of the Single Market, showing it to be ineffective and exclusive;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas ongoing technological, societal and behavioural changes significantly impact business and consumer behaviour, creating many economic opportunities and challenges which the Single Market framework must addressMember States must address appropriately;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that effectivthe principal purpose of the coordination of microeconomic and fiscal policies must also encompass macro- and microeconomic coordination, and calls for the inclusion of coordination of current EU microeconomic policies in the European Semester procespolicies in force in the EU, particularly as regards wage and taxation changes, is to prevent wage increases and the promotion of any more redistributive and progressive taxation systems that may result from the wishes and struggles of the workers;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of advancing the SM to achieve structural economic growth in order to attract investmentstructural economic growth that attracts investment, nevertheless is alert to the fact that such attraction should not be based on privatisation processes, but rather on capacity for innovation and technological growth in the form of infrastructure and equipment, under decent working conditions, and in training and qualifications for workers;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the level of implementation ofTakes the view that the specific recommendations for each Member State resulting from the European Semester arecommendations for 2011-2014 was weak and even declining profoundly undemocratic;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stridently condemns the European Semester;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any review process of the European Semester must allow for proper involvement of the European Parliament, national and regional parliaments and all relevant stakeholders that may result from a review of the European Semester will not alter the undemocratic nature of this instrument, since neoliberal economic policies continue to be imposed on the Member States, regardless of the express will of the peoples and workers;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is ofRejects the view that the network of National Competitiveness Boards could play a more central role in developing commonalities as regards monitoring, performance measurement, benchmarks and exchange of best practicemake recommendations to the Member State governments in relation to measures to increase wages, taxation and competitiveness;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is of the view that the actual purpose of the network of National Competitiveness Boards is to deepen the imposition of neoliberal policies in the Member States and, therefore, to prevent any wage increases that may result from the wishes and struggles of the workers, and the pursuit of redistributive and progressive taxation policies;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. WelcomNotes the Digital Single Market Strategy as the right, but takes the view that the mandatory guiding principle of the approach to makeing the EUMember States fit for the digital age; calls for a speedy delivery and implementation of this strategy to ensure the EU regains lost gr should be defence of the public interest, which shounld in relation to the previously slow adoption and use of digital technologitake precedence over the mere profit motive under all circumstances;