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12 Amendments of Emil RADEV related to 2017/2273(INI)

Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
– having regard to European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report No 17/2017 of November 2017 on the Commission’s intervention in the Greek financial crisis,deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the large number of infringement procedures in 2016 shows that ensuring the timely and correct application of EU legislation in the Member States remains a serious challenge and priority; considers that some of those infringements are the result of the lack of resources dedicated to public administration in some Member States, sometimes as a result of ill-advised austerity measures;
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the Commission has a duty to monitor and assess the correct implementation of Union law and respect for the principles and objectives enshrined in the Treaties by the Member States and all the Union institutions and bodies; recommends, therefore, that this task is taken into consideration within the policy cycle for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF policy cycle); recalls, in this connection, its resolution of 25 October 2016, advising the Commission to bundle, from 2018 onwards, its relevant annual thematic reports with the outcome of existing monitoring mechanisms and periodic assessment tools, to be presented in due time;
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to actively help Member States transpose and implement European legislation by preparing implementation plans for certain directives and regulations;
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that Memoranda of Understanding concluded between the EU institutions and Member States are not considered EU acts, even if Member States are obliged thereunder to implement fiscal and tax policies for severe cutbacks;deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the duties conferred on the Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) within the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), important as they are, do not entail any power to make decisions of their own, and that the activities pursued by those two institutions within the ESM Treaty commit the ESM alone and not the EU institutions9; _________________ 9 Idem, paragraph 51.deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that major decisions for the EU, the Member States and its people, such as decisions on national budgets and reforms, are usually prepared in almost complete opacity and taken by ministers without adherence to basic transparency principles, often after very limited discussions and with no formal rules10; regrets that there is no accountability to Parliament for those decisions11and encourages the competent institutions to change this situation; _________________ 10See, inter alia: http://www.pierremoscovici.fr/2017/09/02/ my-speech-at-the-ambrossetti-forum-the- future-of-the-euro/ 11 Ibid.deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern that the robust fiscal measures (including reductions in expenditure on pensions, the health system and public administration) and reforms of tax policy and tax administration envisaged in the structural adjustment programmes and imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions have had negative effects, inter alia on labour, pension rights and employment12, and on healthcare systems and the right to health and education13; _________________ 12See, inter alia: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/I EDebt/LabourRights/Greece.pdf; ECA Special Report No 17/2017. 13 See, inter alia: http://www.kentikelenis.net/uploads/3/1/8/ 9/31894609/kentikelenis2017- structural_adjustment_and_health_a_con ceptual_framework_and_evidence_on_pat hways.pdfdeleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to enhance, where possible and necessary, the portion of the European Social Fundfinancial resources dedicated to ‘enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration’ (Thematic Objective 11)14in order to promote social welfare and economic development, and to enhance the effectiveness of beneficial legislation; _________________ 14Article 3(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006; OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 470.
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to its control over the implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016 laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market15, and to launch the necessary infringement proceedings where necessary, being particularly vigilant with regard to incorrect or bad application; _________________ 15 OJ L 193, 19.7.2016, p. 1. OJ L 193, 19.7.2016, p. 1.
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attenticontinue to mon itor the implementation of measures adopted in the area of asylum and migration, so as to ensure thatincluding theyir comply with the principles enshrined in the CFREU, and to launch the necessary infringement proceedings where relevantiance with the CFREU, and to work with the Member States to overcome any difficulties they may encounter in that implementation;
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to respond effectively to the developing migration and security situations and to enforce the European Agenda on Migration and the related implementation packages efficiently; asks the Member States to implement the Return Directive (2008/115/EC)16 correctly and to report regularly on the implementation of the European Agenda on Migration; _________________ 16; asks the Member States to implement the Return Directive (2008/115/EC) including by seeking the assistance of Frontex for effective returns, and to swiftly reach an agreement on amending the EU asylum legislation; OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98.
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI