11 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2014/2145(INI)
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that in the wake of such cumulative structural reforms which in effect amounted to an internal devaluation, economic institutions and entrepreneurship at micro and regional levels have been weakened, not least due to an increase in general risk averseness, business pessimism about future prospects and greater prudence by lending institutions;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that there exists an inherent ambiguity regarding the formulation and design of Country Specific Recommendations, and this with regard to whether they should reflect the overall interests of the euro zone as a whole, or of the national entity to which they refer, or to a balance between the two, and if the latter, as to what guidelines should be followed to secure such a balance;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that since public accounts are not kept according to a coherent accruals systems, provisions under the SGP should give a differentiated weighting to all public investment commitments in the national budgets, so that such investment is not treated in the same light as recurrent expenditure.
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets however that to establish the EFSI, instead of drawing on fresh public and private money, recourse has been had to drawing on funds that had been earmarked for research, when research is a key element in laying the foundations for the investment of the future;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recommends consequently that further proposals for structural reforms should be accompanied by a social impact assessment, that estimates their impact on the lowest income strata of society, those that are at risk of poverty and the poor, while also proposing measures that would mitigate such impact.
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that fiscal and macroeconomic frameworks should also be worked out at regional levels, since economic divergence has increased not just between member states but also within them; that comprehensive regional data at par and in line with national data should be made available for such an exercise; and that a discussion of existing or emerging regional disparities should be a staple item of the 6 plus 2 pack review;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Believes that more attention needs to be devoted to how convergence or divergence between member states and between regions in the euro zone is defined, tracked and measured in both economic and social terms; that rules about how this is to be updated should be drawn up and published; and outcomes recorded on the basis of such established criteria should regularly be published as part of the European semester process.
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that that a social impact assessment should be carried out of the long term effects that internal devaluation as implemented since 2008 has had on European peoples, especially the lower income and poor categories, which assessment should be accompanied by proposals regarding possible remedial measures;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Requests that a reassessment of the Eurogroup’s decision-making process be conducted so as to provide for appropriate democratic accountability; bBelieves that in the long term the Commissioner for Economic Affairs should assume the role of President of the Eurogroup;, a high representative for the eurozone acting through the eurogroup should be appointed with functions equivalent to those of the high representative for foreign affairs as well as with senior Vice Presidency status in the European Commission, having powers to represent the eurozone at all relevant levels.
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Notes that due to inadequate structural arrangements that contributed to crisis. the European Central Bank has been assuming and implicitly receiving powers that go beyond its mandate and that create lack of transparency about how decisions need to be taken, while increasing the political powers of the Bank; that this is not conducive to the long term stability of the system while undermining its democratic accountability; and that therefore on the Bank's board there should be representatives whose remit is uniquely that of focussing on the state of financial health of the eurozone as a whole, rather than that of its component parts.
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes that there exist no arrangements for an orderly withdrawal by members from the eurozone, one which is democratically transparent, fair to all concerned, conscious of the need to protect the welfare of all European peoples, especially those who are less well off, and tuned to the exigencies of globalised financial, product and service markets; and therefore requests that such arrangements are discussed and eventually put in place.