Activities of Tibor SZANYI related to 2016/2101(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities (A8-0309/2016 - Alfred Sant) HU
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities (debate) HU
Amendments (8)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s focus in its 2016 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) on the three main priorities to further strengthen economic growth: supporting investment, pursuing structural reforms and preserving responsible public finances; stresses at the same time the need to consider social aspects when implementing these priorities;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Fully supports the efforts made to ensure greater nationalMember State ownership in the formulation and implementation of CSRs as an ongoing reform process;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that Europe’s long economic crisis has shown that there is a strong need to focus equally on public and private investment, in order to enhance the EU’s competitiveness; underlines the need for increased bank lending in connection with private investment by SMEs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the still-too-high unemployment rates show that the capacity to create jobs in most Member States is still limited; emphasises that further action is needed, in consultation with social partners and in accordance with nationalMember States' practices, to make labour markets more inclusive overall; also stresses that job creation must in the first instance mean the creation of high-quality jobs;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s recommendation for three Member States to exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP); agrees with the Commission that large and consistent current account surpluses reflect a clear need to stimulate demand and investment in order to cope with the challenges of the future regarding transport and communications, the digital economy, education and research, climate change, energy, environmental protection and the ageing population; calls onasks the Commission to continue to support budgetary policies that underpin growth and recovery in all Member States and support sustainable structural reforms which also consider social aspects;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that further measures are needed to reduce non-performing loans (NPL) in the euro areaall the Member States and to increase the ability of banks to lend to the real economy, notably to SMEs;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to improve the EU’s overall capacity to create and sustain jobs and thus to tackle high levels of unemployment, while considering that migration, if properly handled, could play an important role in compensating for the negative effects of the ageing population; emphasises, however, that this alone cannot be the main response to address structural demographic, labour market or fiscal challenges but that it should be complemented with efficient public expenditure, especially in high-quality social and environmentally sustainable investments;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of better addressing the high tax wedge on labour given that high taxation diminishes incentives for the inactive, the unemployed, second earners and low-wage earners to return to employment, by promoting a growth-friendly tax shift towards consumption andother taxes such as environmental taxones;