5 Amendments of Nikos CHRYSOGELOS related to 2013/2175(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that macroeconomic conditionalities have been introduced in Cohesion Policy and provide for sanctioning Member States by suspending European funds; fears that such conditionality prevents banks from contributing to financial instrument, thus further depriving regions from their much-needed, long-term investment opportunities;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the situation in many Member States where commercial banks continue to attach unduly tough conditions to investment financing for SMEs, thus preventing in particular micro and small entities from support;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the role the cooperative banks play in financing SMEs, social economy as well as regional or local small scale investments;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member States to raise obstacles and constraints that may prevent access of cooperatives and social enterprises to the European Structural and Investment Funds, and create an environment hospitable to sustainable investments in eco- and social innovation and job creation at local and regional level;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to speed up the promotion of the Banking Union, so that banks return to financing the real economy and facilitate private and public investment needs, taking into account the failure of many banks, recapitalized by public money, to afford financial assistance to SMEs and investments at regional and local level;