19. Asks for the creation, under Article 25 of the TFUE, of an EU Statute of Citizenship including citizen-specific rights and the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as social rights and the values established by Article 2 of the TEU as defining elements of the European ‘public space’, including among others the governance model relevant to that public space, dignity, freedom, the rule of law, democracy, pluralism, tolerance, justice and solidarity, and also including safety in view of to the current threats facing citizens;deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2111(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Asks for the creation, under Article 25 of the TFUE, of an EU Statute of Citizenship including citizen-specific rights and the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as social rights and the values established byEncourages the co-legislators to make use of Article 25 of the TEU as defining elements of the European ‘public space’, including among others the governance model relevant to that public space, dignity, freedom, the rule of law, democracy, pluralism, tolerance, justice and solidarity, and also including safety in view of to the current threats facing citizens;FUE to take measures that could facilitate the exercise of European citizenship on a daily basis.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the integration of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) into the EU Treaties by turning it into a full-fledged EU body, on condition that the Commission’s competences on economic policy coordination and multilateral surveillance are fully respected and strengthened;deleted

2018/10/09
Committee: ECON

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Requests a strengthened role for the European Parliament and the national parliaments in the ~~renewed~~ economic governance framework to reinforce democratic accountability;

2018/10/09
Committee: ECON

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance for convergence of the Cohesion, Structural and Investment Funds and of the EIB, welcomes programmes such as the Reform Support Programme to help Member States on their way to joining the euro and further conversion within the EU, and requests an increase in the budget allocation for such programmes.deleted

2018/10/09
Committee: ECON

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the proposal to integrate the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the legal framework of the Union.

2018/10/09
Committee: ECON

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Welcomes and strongly encourages the initiative from some Member States to consider joining the Banking Union.

2018/10/09
Committee: ECON

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that differentiated integration should always take place within the Treaty provisions, maintain the unity of EU institutions and should not lead to the creation of parallel institutional arrangements~~; reminds~~, but instead allow specific bodies to be established where appropriate, without prejudice to the competences and role of the EU institutions; points out that flexibility and adaptation to national, regional or local specificities c~~an and sh~~ould also be ensured via provisions in secondary law;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that ~~democracy should never be the price to pay for differentiation and that~~ differentiated integration should not lead to more complex decision-making processes that would undermine the democratic accountability of Union institutions;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Demands that opt-outs from the Treaty provisions should not be permissible, as they lead to negative differentiation in Union primary law and distort the homogeneity of Union law; considers, however, that given transitional periods could be authorised, on a case-by-case basis, for candidate countries, as has happened in the past

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Insists that differentiation should not be permissible when it comes to the respect of existing fundamental rights and values and in policy areas where non- participating Member States could create negative externalities, such as economic and social dumping; demands that ~~any potential~~the centrifugal effects~~, including in the long run, ar~~ be carefully examined by the Commission when ~~it submits a proposal for~~ enhanced cooperation is proposed;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that a step further would be to go beyond the existing Treaty limits and to initiate a change to the Treaty which would introduce two types of membership: full membership and associated membership;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Suggests that full membership would require full compliance with Union primary law and all the policy areas whereas associated membership would entail the participation in certain policies only and would not be fully integrated into the EU decision-making process; Believes that the associated membership should be accompanied by obligations corresponding to the associated rights, as for example a contribution to the EU budget and should be conditional to the respect of the Union’s fundamental values and to the four freedoms;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Acknowledges that some transitional periods can be necessary for full members on an exceptional and temporary basis only; insists that some clear and enforceable legal provisions should be introduced in order to avoid their perpetuation in time;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines that flexibility and differentiation should go hand in hand with a reinforcement of common rules in core areas in order to ensure that differentiation does not lead to political fragmentation; Therefore, considers necessary the existence, in a future European institutional framework, of European Pillars of Political, Economic, Social and Environmental rights that would not be possible to evade;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Suggests, when competences attribution allows it, permitting regions ~~to participate in cases of enhanced cooperation; also proposes opening enhanced cooperation to the participation of candidate countries~~and other EU local authorities directly concerned to participate in cases of enhanced cooperation;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2093(INI)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Suggests developing tools within the Union law and budget for testing trans- border initiatives within the EU on issues that represent an EU-wide interest that could eventually turn into legislative proposals or cases of enhanced cooperation;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

2018/2059(BUD)

Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that the financial contribution from the EGF targets the redundant workers in order to help them finding alternative employment and does not constitute a subsidy to companies;

2018/05/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Alain LAMASSOURE, Gabriel MATO, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the Commission’s 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSR);

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Dariusz ROSATI, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates the urgency of ~~carrying on the fight against the inequalities that hamper economic growth~~implementing these country-specific recommendations in order to improve the functioning of the European Semester process and thereby ensure sound fiscal policies, structural reforms to create more jobs and sustainable growth, and boost investment;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Alain LAMASSOURE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the Commission’s commitment to integrate the implementation of the SDGs within the European Semester; regrets the fact that this dimension is missing from the 2018 country-specific recommendations;deleted

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Insists on bringing expenditure on R&D closer to the EU2020 targets; calls on the Member States to set in place proper policies, and to provide investment to ensure equal access to lifelong education and training; recalls that only limited progress has been made in a majority of the Member States that received a recommendation on education reforms in 2017;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls the importance of efficient regulation of the banking and financial sectors to forestall any new crises; welcomes the European Council agreement to a common backstop for the Single Resolution Fund; calls for the step-by-step completion of the Banking Union, including a credible European deposit-insurance scheme; highlights that risk-sharing should go hand-in-hand with risk-reduction, especially reduction of non-performing loans and weakening of the doom-loop between banks and sovereigns;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Dariusz ROSATI, Alain LAMASSOURE, Gabriel MATO, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights the urgent need for a fully-fledged Capital Markets Union, as financial markets could provide for appropriate private risk-sharing and absorption capacities to counter future external shocks; thereby urges both the Commission and the Member States to move forward with the completion of the Capital Markets Union;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that the fight against tax fraud, tax avoidance, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning strategies isare essential to ensure the f~~air treatment of taxpayers, safeguard public finances, preserve social cohesion and fight inequalities;~~ unctioning of the social market economy, the fair treatment of taxpayers, collection of much necessary budgetary revenues, preserve social cohesion and fight inequalities, among many others; recalls the important role the OECD is playing in this regard;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission recommendation to review the tax systems of a number of Member States which are exploited by multinationals engaged in aggressive tax planning; ~~insists on the need to implemen~~with this regard urges Member States to effectively transpose Directives (EU) 2016/1164 laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market (ATAD) and Directive (EU) 2016/1164 as regards hybrid mismatches with third countries (ATAD 2), insists on the need to adopt an ambitious pCBCR (public country-by-country reporting) as adopted in the negotiating mandate of the EP and CCCTB (common consolidated corporate tax base) as suggested by EP reports;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Council recommendation and the Commission’s efforts to encourage Members States with ~~large~~ current account ~~surpluses to promote faster wage growth, strengthen investment and thus foster economic expansion; highlights the fact that real wage growth has, in recent times, lagged behind~~deficits or high external debt to aim at containing growth in unit labour costs and seek to improve their competitiveness; and to encourage Members States with large current account surpluses to promote appropriate wage growth in line with productivity growth, while improvements have occurred in the labour market; stresses, against this background, that there could be room for wage increases in certain sectors and areas to ensure good standards of living, taking ist respecting the role of social partners, strengthen investmento a~~ccount the need to tackle inequalities and boost growth~~nd thus foster economic expansion;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Shares the Commission’s concerns regarding developments in the housing market in some Member States; stresses that rising interest rates and housing prices are having an impact on household private debt; underlines that ~~this~~private debt plays a significant role in the financial stability of the euro area; recalls on the ~~Commission to take initiatives in this area in line with recommendation 19 of the social pillar~~need for appropriate macro prudential supervision;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

Investments ~~and cohesion fund~~

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Deeply regrets the proposed cuts in cohesion policy as set out by the Commission in its MFF proposal; insists on the fact that a decrease in structural funding runs counter to the EU’s objective of strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion, puts at risk the key importance of the ESIF in stimulating public and private investment, and would send a negative signal to citizens; recalls that the EU cohesion policy has a direct impact on citizens’ lives;deleted

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/2033(INI)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alain LAMASSOURE, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Regret~~Welcomes the fact that the Commission makes part of the allocation of European funds conditional on the European Semester and economic governance as the implementation of CSRs is key to the proper functioning of the European Semester and the monetary union;

2018/07/16
Committee: ECON

2018/0254(COD)

Jean ARTHUIS, Alain LAMASSOURE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital –1 (new)

(-1) Defence is considered to be a clear example of how a greater effectiveness could be achieved by transferring some competences and actions currently performed by the Member States and the corresponding appropriations to the European level; this would result in the demonstration of the European added value and would allow to limit the overall burden of public expenditure in the EU.

2018/10/11
Committee: BUDG

2018/0213(COD)

Alain LAMASSOURE, Ivana MALETIĆ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) In order to ensure that the reforms supported by the Programme address all the key economic and societal areas, both financial support and technical support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission, upon request from a Member State, in a broad range of policy domains, which include areas related to public financial and asset management, taxation system, institutional and administrative reform, legal system, business environment, the financial sector, markets for products, services and labour, education and training, sustainable development, public health and social welfare.