Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2014/2157(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Central Bank Annual Report for 2013
Amendments (8)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decline in the EU unemployment rate, from 20.8 % in the first quarter of 2010 to 12.1 % in the third quarter of 2013; notes that these figures do not reflect the situation in all Member States and do not take into account the divergences among different regions and Member-states; points out that youth unemployment is still alarming: in September 2013 the youth unemployment rate was 23.5% in the EU28 and 24,1% in the euro area, highlights the worrying differences between Member- States (7,7% in Germany and 57,3% in Greece in July 2013);
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the slightly positive rate of job creation in some Member States in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the increase in compensation per employee in almost all non-euro area Member States; Stresses that euro area Member States should also benefit from this increase in order to boost the demand and enhance job creation; Stresses that austerity measures and the painful budgetary adjustments, is not the way to achieve this.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that monetary policy could be an important tool to boost the EU economy, believes that the ECB should make use of it in order to give liquidity to the EU real economy, increase demand and enhance quality investments and sustainable job creation;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the ECB’s call for continuous improvement of the institutional setting of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), and reiterates in this context its call for ex ante coordination of major economic reform plans; Stresses that this should only be done in a way that ensures democratic accountability and transparency;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the factNotes that the pattern of reduced working hours appears to have reversed by the end of 2013, indicating a possible gradual improvement in the labour market; stresses, nonetheless, that this development does not reflect the real situation on the labour market;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the results of the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey, and stresses the importance of this survey for the monitoring of the euro area’s economic and social structure. , in view of the imperative need to highlight the stagnation and crisis from which the internal market is suffering;