4 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2014/2059(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission has acknowledged that excessive austerity policies have had a negative impact on economic growth because they failed to take into account the effects of the fiscal multipliers, and that such austerity policies have resulted in tough cuts to social spending in fundamental areas such as education, health and pensions, resulting in unprecedented levels of inequality and poverty in the EU, with a particularly alarming increase of child poverty compromising children's chances to achieve their full potential and to contribute to societies' well-being in the future;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Furthermore regrets that, in the CSRs, the reduction of work taxation aimed to reinforce competitiveness and employment is proposed to be compensated only through rises in VAT or environmental taxation, and never through increases in capital taxation;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that, in its 2013 annual report on the EU employment and social situation, the Commission highlighted the importance of social protection expenditure as a safeguard against social risks; notes, however, that social policies and social standards have been widely used as adjustment factors by those EMU members experiencing negative economic shocks; considers it regrettable that the CSRs do not refer to European automatic stabilisers at European level, but do refer negatively to precise examples at national level such as wage price indexation systems; recalls the importance of such stabilisers in dealing with asymmetrical shocks, in avoiding excessive depletion of national welfare states and thus in strengthening the sustainability of EMU as a whole; reiterates its call on the Commission to produce a Green Paper on automatic stabilisers in the eurozone;
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets the fact that the Commission recommendations on pensions were made without taking into account Parliament’s position on the Green and White Papers on pensions; is concerned that reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pensions have focused solely on population ageing, without taking into account the importance of the employment rate, especially in pay- as-you-go systems; recalls that raising the statutory retirement age, without significant rises in senior and young workers employment rates only transfers the cost from pension schemes to other social security schemes and workers; recalls that guaranteeing decent pensions above a minimum level is an effective way to fight poverty and social exclusion;