Activities of Steven WOOLFE related to 2014/2059(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls, however, that Member States’ track record of implementing the CSRs is very low; believes that there is an inconsistency between European commitment and national implementation of the CSRs by Member States of the euro area; stresses the importance of ‘national ownership’ by the relevant governments of EU-level commitments;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the fact that a number of CSRs are based on EU legal acts and that failure to act upon them may result in legal procedures; in this regard reminds Member States of the euro area to deliver on their legal obligations under EU law;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission report on a quarterly basis in Parliament’s competent committee on the measures taken to ensure progress on the implementation of the CSRs and on the progress achieved thus far; invites Member States of the euro area to explain the reasons for non- compliance with the CRSs in Parliament’s competent committee;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the absence of a well functioning internal labour markets and of a positive approach to immigration hampers growth in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a common labour market and a modern immigration policymanaged immigration hampers economic growth;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is concerned about protectionist tendencies in certain Member States; points out that the Treaty does not provide for the restriction of the free movement of people, services or capital, and recalls that the Commission must safeguard and enforce these freedoms;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the fact that the European Semester must in no way jeopardise the prerogatives of the European Parliament or those of the national parliaments; underlines the fact that there should be a clear division between EU and national competences, and that Parliament is the seat of accountability at Union levelnational parliaments;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses the need to strengthen democratic accountability to the European Parliament and the national parliaments as regards essential elements of the euro area’s operation, such as the European Stability Mechanism, Eurogroup decisions, and the monitoring and evaluation of financial assistance programmes;