Activities of Tibor SZANYI related to 2015/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 (A8-0030/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) HU
Amendments (18)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way bunecessary and the first signs of it remains uneven between and within Member States, and whereas the recovery which is occurring in some places is partly driven by temporary factors;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that reducing external resource and energy dependence issteps further the Energy Union, the reduction of external resource and energy dependence and a move from nuclear and fossils to renewable energies are keys to achievinge long-term growth and will enhance the competitiveness of the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down and new strategic challenges are arising, to which the European Union must adjust appropriately;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester as a vehicle to fulfil EU commitments emanating from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to include in the process policies addressing climate change, sustainable production and consumption, food safety and labelling, and biodiversity;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the unemployment rate is improving, but not enough to signiand poverty are not decreasing sufficaiently curb un, and the employment and povertyrate is not improving to an adequate level either;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on domestic demand and convergence, complementing accommodative monetary policies; notes at the same time that structural reforms must in every case take into account social aspects as well;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes improvements in public finances in some places, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth as well;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towards the domestic economyEuropean Single Market and boosting investment;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is encouraged byViews labour market indicators with concern, particularly bearing in milnd improvements in labour market indicatorthe methods of calculation used for them by some Member States; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities and to increase employment;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation, improvements in the situation of young people and cohesion;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation at European level, promoting innovation and fair, quality-based competition in the European Single Market (including the Digital Single Market);
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular economy, developments based on economies and increases in the use of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration in the individual Member States and the European Single Market;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps, while at the same time not losing sight of citizens and their social rights;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflowimprovements to the situation of European youth and of people arriving as refugees;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilities; insists on full coherence between the euro area recommendation and country-specific recommendations; stresses furthermore that the requirement of convergence within the euro zone must not result in the creation of a two-speed Europe or further accentuate it;