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11 Amendments of Siegfried MUREŞAN related to 2017/2226(INI)

Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas employment is expected to continue to expand, while some labour market indicators and the relatively high level of ‘involuntary’ part-time work, suggest persistent labour market difficulties aggravating inequalities;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the publication of the 2018 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal consolidationresponsible public finances, presented as a way to further promote higher growth levels and to strengthen European recovery and upward convergence;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of insufficient growth of potential output and productivity, flanked byas a result of too low a levels of investments, and wages, leading to persistentemphasizes the need for wage increases in line with productivity growth to be able to tackle social inequalities;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European level in order to boost private consumption as the main support for growth; emphasizes, however, that growth should not only rely on private consumption, which is effective in the short-term, but be based on productivity growth for a more sustainable growth in the long-term; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issues;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/GDP ratios for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway for given the improved economic situation across the EU and GDP growth in almost all Member States, the implementingation of sustainable, growth- friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which should be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU at national level should no longer be postponed;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that sustainable public growth cannot be built on monetary policy and recalls the importance of growth- enhancing structural reforms in line with Country-Specific-Recommendations;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets thatWelcomes the overall neutral fiscal stance proposed in the recommendations for the euro area, even though the fiscal stance is expected to be slightly expansionary in a number of Member St; urges Member States to implement the structural reforms proposed in the Country-Specific- Recommendations and foster public and privates in 2018, does not appearvestments to fully support the strengthening of economic growth and job creation;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the tools available are not yet equalstructural reforms are the necessary tools available to the task of fully addressing the EU’s cyclical and structural problems, in particular the need to strengthen inclusive growth and productivity, to boost job creation, promote convergence, support sustainable investments and enhance resilience to shocks;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that would undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – represents a necessarypotential tool for increasing incentives for convergence and to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocksto implement structural reforms and thereby foster convergence; underlines that access to funds of a fiscal capacity should be conditional on compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact and should be open to all Member States that request to join;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the completion of the Banking Union, including a credible European deposit-insurance scheme and a common fiscal backstop; emphasizes that risk sharing and risk reduction need to go hand-in-hand;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of an improved European Semester process, including the formalisation of the euro area aggregate fiscal stance as a key tool for policy formulation and implementation across the EMU; calls for a broader reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to improve its flexibility, to incorporate the differentiated treatment of investments and to introduce the concept of aggreg; calls for a stricter application of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to pursue sound public finances and coordinate Member States’ fiscal stancepolicies;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON