Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2016/2064(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments
Amendments (9)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that most of the projects financed by the EFSI could have been launched with the support only of the EIB;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the methods of financing of projects established by the EFSI are extraordinarily complex and involve too much red tape for them to be readily accessible for SMEs;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Warns the Commission about the development of public-private partnerships, which have the effect of discouraging States from pursuing social welfare policies; observes that there is a danger that the programmed end of the welfare state in the interests of viability will harm the quality of public services and significantly reduce the number of people working in the sector;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that blackmail to compel reform is resolutely being introduced by means of the Investment Plan, as the release of funds depends on the degree of acceptance of the reforms recommended to Member States under the European Semester;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that investment primarily benefits businesses which have a good knowledge of the opportunities afforded by the EFSI, as well as particularly benefiting the countries which are the best informed about these measures, so that many Member States in Eastern Europe which need such investment are also those that apply for it least;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that wealth creation rather than job creation remains the prime motive for all investors, both private and institutional, which effectively penalises regions where growth is poor;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that job creation is a variable that is impossible to apprehend at the stage when such a plan is being launched, and does not constitute the Commission’s priority objective;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to review the principle of austerity which continues to prevail throughout the process of the European Semester; considers that allowing Member States more room for manoeuvre in their budgetary decisions would be the only way of establishing a genuine economic and social recovery policy in Europe;