Activities of Renato SORU related to 2015/2106(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Stocktaking and challenges of the EU Financial Services Regulation (A8-0360/2015 - Burkhard Balz) IT
Amendments (13)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the crisis in the financial sector, which resulted in a sovereign debt crisis, has produced a serious and persistent recession and whereas, despite the outlook for growth in Europe having improved, full recovery has still not yet been achieved;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that increased supervision could lead to some financial activities moving away to the shadow banking system, as anticipated in the Liikanen Report; calls for reforms aimed at greater financial stability and already underway, including structural reform of the banking sector, to be completed;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that an effective and efficient EU financial services regulation should be coherent, consistent (also on a cross- sectoral basis), proportionate, and free of superfluous complexity; believes that it should enable intermediaries to fulfil their role in funding the real economy and serve savers and investors, at the same time preventing crises from occurring and the subsequent negative repercussions on the real economy; considers that it should contribute to the single market and focus on goals better achievable at European level;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the benefits of asset diversification; emphasises that the purpose of prudential regulation is not to favour certain asset classes; calls for a risk-based approach to regulation, with the same rules being applied to the same risksto prevent further financial crises and their transfer to the real economy; believes that a more granular categorisation of asset classes is appropriate, in particular by establishing categories such as infrastructure;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the achievements in establishing a banking union; stresses that the next step has to be its full implementation, including full capitalisation of national Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGS) and the Single Resolution Fund (SRF); emphasises the aim of avoiding moral hazard and ensuring that risk-takers bear the costs when their risks materialise; welcomes the analysis of the banking system carried out through the comprehensive assessment and the asset quality review, calls on the European Central Bank to continue such analyses and take them further;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges the traditional reliance of SMEs on bank funding due to their specific nature, different risk profiles and variety across Europe and wishes to see them participate in the creation of the single capital market, in particular in the proposals promoting high-quality securitisation; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the ECB, to analyse the obstacles to, and benefits of, the diversification of funding channels and how to enable banks to increase in SME funding, including via innovative instruments and methods such as crowdfunding; suggests that the initiatives for improved SME funding should be expanded to mid-cap companies;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes initiatives to raise the level of public and private investment, and in SMEs in particular, such as those initiated under the European Fund for Strategic Investments; calls on the Commission to expand and prolong such initiatives;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that efforts for a cultural change in the financial sector have to be pursued further; acknowledges the benefits of relationship banking for consumers and SMEs, thanks also to instruments available through new digital technologies;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Demands a stronger focus on the global competitiveness of the EU financial sectors, without detriment to financial stability, when making policy;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the objectives of the better regulation agenda; underlines the role of REFIT in achieving an efficient and effective financial services regulation; calls for the European Parliament to have a bigger role in the decisions and assessments intrinsic to this programme;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that the ESAs and SSM have a crucial role to play in achieving the objectives of better regulation and supervision; calls on the Commission to furnish the ESAs with resources and staff commensurate with their growing supervisory responsibilities;