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Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2015/2060(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (A8-0027/2016 - Sylvie Goulard) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2060(INI)

Amendments (17)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2010 with recommendations to the Commission on improving the economic governance and stability framework of the Union, especially in the euro area1 , __________________ 1Texts adopted on that date, P7_TA(2010)0377.deleted
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, with the crisis, the paradigms of economic and financial governance have collapsed;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for international regulatory cooperglobal coordination on financial regulation;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for clarification as to the remit of each organisation and, the legal nature of their decisions and, where applicable, the legal responsibility relating thereto, especially when binding recommendations, transposed in the form of rules, are imposed;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU could streamline its representation, with a view to increasing its influence and, promoting the legislation it has adopted through a democratic process and protecting the interests of its citizens, taking account of the diversity and specific characteristics of the 28 Member States;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regards as detrimental to the Union, in some cases, counterproductive to the Union, its strategic interests and its citizens situations in which representatives of a Member State or national organisation assume positions in international bodies that are contrary to European legislative or regulatory decisions adopted; points out, nevertheless, that not all Member States have adopted the euro and it is therefore normal for there to be positions which run counter to those adopted by majority vote at EU level;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the internal division of competences between the EU and its Member States, provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, does not limit the sovereign power of Member States internationally, even though the principle of sincere cooperation should be complied with, as provided for in Article 4 TEU;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that action taken to monitor compliance withthe implementation of recommendations on the part of the various countries involved is still insufficient to ensure the creation of a level playing field at international levelglobally;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
– Calls on the Commission to draw on existing best practices to draft a European code of conduct on transparency and democratic accountability designed to guide – indicatively – the action of European representatives in international organisations;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
RecommendSuggests, on the basis of the code, working towards global standards ofrecommendations relating to transparency and democratic accountability, regarding the statute, organisation charts, financing and operation of those organisations (including their relations with the sector concerned and the public, their communication and access to their documents) as well as their dialogue with the authorities;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2 a (new)
– Calls for the strengthening of transparency and democratic accountability in the areas in which the EU is present, in particular by providing public access to documents, details of the various positions adopted, of relations with lobbies and of any conflicts of interest;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3
– Calls for a formalised and regular ‘financial dialogue’ to be organised in the European Parliament for the purpose of establishing guidelines regarding the adoption of European positions in the run- up to major international negotiations, making sure that these positions are known and ensuring follow-up; the European institutions, the Member States and, where appropriate, the heads of the international organisations concerned would be invited to attend; the nature (public or in camera) and frequency of this dialogue would depend on practical requirements, while trying to focus on the public dimension, which is synonymous with transparency and democratic accountability;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 4
– Observes that, in areas where the European Parliament is co-legislator with the Council, the dialogue would serve, in certain cases, to define their negotiating remit, unifying European positions around the legislation adopted by majority vote or avoiding inconsistencies with legislation pending adoption; calls for particular attention to be paid to compliance by countries with the overall recommendations made by these organisations in order to create a level playing field at international leavoiding inconsistencies with legislation pending adoption; notes, however, that in other situations, it is not effective to have a single European voice, but rather a plurality of positions which can be more incisivel;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
– Urges that the Member States take seriously the coordination provisions of the Treaties;deleted
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 6
Urges the Commission to use, as things stand, to refrain from using its right of initiative to propose, in accordance with Article 138(2) TFEU and the undertakings given by its President to the European Parliament in 2014, appropriate measures to ensure unified representation of the Union within international financial institutions and conferences; considers it imperativstill premature to progress towards single representation of the euro area within the IMF, the first step being to group member countries within specific constituencies and then within a single constituency, without prejudice to the creation of a single European Union constituency in the long term; points out also that, under Protocol N° 14 of the Treaty, closer coordination between Member States is the responsibility of the Euro Group, an informal body which does not, therefore, have any specific rules or decision-making power;
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 7
– Calls for the provision of a single seat for the Council and Commission presidencies at G20 meetings, replacing the two separate seats currently allocated, something which detracts from Europe’s external credibility, particularly in view of the existence of a single market in financial services; considers that, to encourage the convergence of Member States represented individually, various improvements are possible, such as the designation of a single spokesperson on a rotating basis or leading spokespersons responsible for given subject areas;deleted
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 8
– Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to reflect on the practicalities of creating a global financial organisation with wide-ranging powers of recommendation, arbitration and, where appropriate, penalisation through independent panels;deleted
2015/10/15
Committee: ECON