Activities of Ulrike TREBESIUS related to 2014/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (debate) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Central Bank Annual Report for 2013
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decline in the EU unemployment rate, from 20.8 % in the first quarter of 2010 to 12.1 % in the third quarter of 2013Recognizes that the EU unemployment level has reached a high mark in 2013 and that the general economic situation remains very difficult;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that the ongoing process of balance sheet adjustment in the financial and non-financial sectors, combined with high unemployment and ongoing fiscal consolidation, continued to dampen economic activity in the euro area in 2013;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that poor balance sheets not only affects banks, but also has a negative knock on effect on businesses and other private actors, as a lack of capital and finance inhibits a business’s ability to remain competitive, grow and ultimately maintain and create jobs;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that the transferring of bad debt to the ECB balance sheet is not an appropriate solution and unfairly burdens EU taxpayers; believes that this is not a sustainable solution to reduce the EU unemployment rate;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the acknowledgement by the ECB that all four programme countries made significant progress in reducing their economic imbalances by addressing structural rigidities, especially in their labour markets;
Amendment 55 #
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 plansat 2013 saw a continuation of intense cooperation among EU institutions and bodies including the ECB; highlights the point that experience with the 2013 European Semester showed that implementation of policy recommendations, in particular with regard to structural reforms, is still an issue that warrants stronger monitoring;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the ECB’s call on Member States to carry out the necessarypush ahead with labour market reforms, in particular throughorder to improve competitiveness, raise potential growth, generate employment opportunities in particular by increasing flexibility and optimising the conditions for businesses to create jobs;