Activities of Antanas GUOGA related to 2016/2101(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities (A8-0309/2016 - Alfred Sant)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs; stresses that fragmentation of the single market is one of the major impediments to higher structural economic growth;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the large number of CSRs that support a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, including financing and investment opportunities which support businesses and help create jobs, e-government, public procurement and mutual recognition including mutual recognition of qualifications; stresses that enforcement is key if the impact from these policy areas is to be felt;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of ensuring consistency between ongoing and future Commission Single Market initiatives and the European Semester process, in particular those involving the Single Market and Digital Single Market Strategies; Calls on the Member States to fully cooperate in implementing the Digital Single Market and Single Market Strategies; urges the Commission and Member States to support the further development of the collaborative economy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment through innovation, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro-businesses, startups and SMEs;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the barriers which still exist that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law; recalls the Commission's promise to - if necessary - use infringement procedures to ensure full implementation of legislation on the single market of goods, services and in the digital sphere and to ensure structural reforms in product, services and labour markets in Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition principle including mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and welcomes the exercise of mapping regulated qualifications, which will create an interactive public database that can aid Member States’ National Action Plans;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation, de-bureaucratization and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens;