Activities of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2015/0263(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 1305/2013
Amendments (6)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Articles 120 and 121 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provide that Member States shall conduct their economic policies with a view to contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Union and in the context of the broad guidelines that the Council shall formulate. Thereby, the coordination of the economic policies of the Member States is a matter of common concernUnfortunately, economic coordination has so far resulted in recession and economic stagnation in the Member States, while transferring the burden of reforms to those in the lowest income brackets.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and many are facing the challenge of low potential growth. The Union has identified the implementation of structural reforms among its policy priorities to setentire euro area has been affected by sluggish growth rates and public investment is the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential to strengthen the adjustment capacity, and support the process of convergencfore necessary to create new, decent and sustainable jobs, and reinvigorate the welfare state.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Member States may benefit from support in addressing challenges as regards the design and implementation of structural reforms. These challenges may be dependent on various factors, including limited administrative and institutional capacity or inadequate application and implementation of Union legislationand succeed in launching programmes strengthening the welfare state and promoting public investment for the creation of new, decent and sustainable jobs, social development and economic growth.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union has a long-lasting experience on providing specific support to national administrations and other authorities of Member States as regards capacity building and similar actions in certain sectors (e.g. taxation, customs, support to small and medium-sized enterprises) and in relation to the implementation of cohesion policy. The experience gained by the Union in assisting national authorities carrying out reforms should be used in order to enhance the capacity of the Union to provide support to Member States. Comprehensive and integrated action is indeed necessary in order to provide support to those Member States that are undertaking growth- enhancing reforms in social terms and request assistance from the Union in this respect.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Against this background, it is necessary to establish a Structural Reform Support Programme ('the Programme') with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States to prepare and implement growth-enhancing administrative and structureconomic and social reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. The Programme is intended to contribute to the achievement of common goals towards obtaining economic recovery, jobthe creation, boosting Europe's competitiveness of stable quality employment, boosting the welfare state and stimulating public investment in the real economy.