10 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2018/2033(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there are still significant economic and social divergences between euro area Member States with the EU objective to close the economic and social gap between Northern and Southern countries far to be reached;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the importance of efficient regulation of the banking and financial sectors to forestall any new crises; welcomes the Commission proposals to facilitate the SMEs access to financing through public markets and calls for the swift completion of the Banking Union;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Insists on the need for the CSR to take due account of the impact of the activities related to the coordination and management of migration flows on the euro area countries budgets;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages stronger coordination and harmonisation of taxation with the objective of reducing the differences among Member States over a ten-year period, thus making any possible company relocation unattractivtax transparency and coordination among Member States; notes that tax competition is necessary to enable EU Member States from the periphery or with limited endowments to stay in the competitive race;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Takes note of the set of proposals aiming at having online businesses contributing to public finances at the same level as companies with a physical commercial presence; assumes that these initiatives shall not constitute new European taxes; stresses that they shall establish complementary tools to traditional taxes and they shall be designed to support Member States in their collection process from digital companies operating on their markets;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the need to improve the definition of virtual permanent establishment in the Directive on the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence which currently favours large markets over small ones due to asymmetric thresholds; takes note of the short-term solution set up through a Digital Services Tax (DST) at EU level at a rate of 3% on gross revenue resulting from advertising and the transmission of data; asks the Commission for further clarifications regarding the specific rules to determine when a user is deemed to be located in a Member State;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the recent rise in oil prices which generally weakens growth and raises inflation; sStresses that, rather than relying on seasonal factors for its recovery, the only way to make the European economy an area of prosperity is to encourage public investment and promote domestic demand;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the need for stronger surveillance of the employment and social situation in Europe and appropriate and constant follow-up at every step of the European Semester in order to boost quality job creation and thus achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; in this regard an increased role should be given to social indicators in the European Semester; moreover, considers that the CSRs should give a more prominent place to the issues related to demographic change;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that the lack of administrative capacity of the public administration at local and regional level is an obstacle to the implementation of structural reforms and to the long-term investments needed to bridge the investment gap; urges Member States to remove existing obstacles which hinder private and public investment at local and regional level;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls the importance of a business-friendly administrative and regulatory environment to make it easier for companies, and particularly for scale- ups, to access finance and raise funds cross-border;