6 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2014/2145(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is pleased withCalls on the Commission to put forward a review of the European economic governance framework, which, by coordinating Member States’ policies more closely in order to prevent major imbalances, fostcan delivers smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in line with the targets set by the Europe 2020 strategyby enhancing, at the same time, the democratic legitimacy and scrutiny of the system as a whole, including a revision of the Europe 2020 employment and social targets and the European Semester;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to conduct an initial review of the framework’s effectiveness with a view to assessing the effective and uniform application of governance rules by the Member States and by the Commission; also suggestconsiders that thesuch a review presents anthe opportunity for an exchange of v deep and inclusive re-evaluation of the overall prioritiews on the ways in which the framework could be deepenedand the adequacy of the economic governance instruments, with the aim of achieving a genuine fiscal union to properly run the single currency;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need to develop European automatic stabilising mechanisms to address asymmetric economic shocks, such as an EMU-wide unemployment benefit scheme, as a means to maintain social cohesion, support internal demand and strengthen the sustainability of the single currency; reiterates its call on the Commission to produce a Green Paper on automatic stabilisers in the Eurozone;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the European Semester to be strengthened and deepened as an effective way of preventing a crisis; with this in mind, welcomes the Commission’s proposal to focus its action not only on budget responsibility but also on investment, including social investment, high quality job creation and structural reform in order to link the market economy with social progress;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. So as to address the urgent situation with regard to youth unemployment, encourages Member States to use the available resoUrges the Member States to use at the fullest all available financial resources in the Youth Employment Initiative in an effective and focused way, so as to adequately address the urgent situation with regard to youth unemployment; with a view to this, considers it essential that Member States’ co- financing contributions to youth employment measurces in an effective and focused way via the introduction of the youth employment initiative, and recommends tha, such as the Youth Guarantee, are excluded from the calculation of national deficits; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to further support cross-border mobility, also bey supported via the development oftrengthening the EURES portal as an important vector for youth employment;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. With a view to stepping up democratic scrutiny, recommends that the European Parliament, national parliaments and management and laboursocial partners be more closely involved in economic dialogue between the Member States and the Commission.