13 Amendments of Alain LAMASSOURE related to 2018/2033(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note ofWelcomes the Commission’s 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSR);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the urgency of carrying on the fight against the inequalities that hamper economic growthimplementing 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;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the fight against tax fraud, tax avoidance, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning strategies isare essential to ensure the fair 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;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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 implemenwith 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;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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 behinddeficits 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 account the need to tackle inequalities and boost growthnd thus foster economic expansion;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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 thisprivate 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 pillarneed for appropriate macro prudential supervision;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Investments and cohesion fund
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. RegretWelcomes 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;