22 Amendments of Matt CARTHY related to 2015/2052(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds in providing urgently needed investment for jobs, boosting jobs, reducing unemployment and gprowthmoting sustainable development for regions in the EU, alsoparticularly including those which are suffering most from the financial, economic and social crisis; welcomes the objective of making the use of these funds more effective and efficient by strengthening their link with the EU's economic governance framework;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Title
Title
on the European Structural and Investment Funds and soundin the context of economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the study for the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament entitled 'The impact of the crisis on fundamental rights across Member States of the EU'.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for a stable and predictable investment environment, not least with a view to attracting private investment; underlines the role of sound economic governance in the creation of this kind of favourable investment environment; emphasises the need for an overall investment framework in the EUexpresses its concerns about the negative impact that reprogramming might have on the aforementioned but also on the undermining of the effectiveness of cohesion policy; underlines the role of strengthening aggregate demand in the creation of this kind of favourable investment environment; emphasises the need for an investment framework in the EU that supports public and productive investment in order to contribute to social progress, to create full employment, reducing unemployment, strengthening quality public services and ecological sustainability;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there are evidences that CSRs are a total failure in the achievement of growth and jobs and imply measures against the objectives of the cohesion policy;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of cohesion policy instruments and resources in maintaining the level of European added- value investment and boosting demand, growth, jobs and social inclusion in Member States and regions;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission's intention to use its reprogramming powers carefully, preferring stability over too frequent reprogramming; expresses its concerns that the application of Article 23 CPR may lead to economic instability and uncertainty, deteriorating the situation in Member States and regions which confront problems and have been most affected by the crisis; stresses the need for a well-founded and detailed justification for reprogramming, with a detailed assessment of why it delivers more effective and efficient results and to ensure all the other possible available options;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that an increased emphasis on economic governance mechanisms cannot jeopardise the achievement of the ESI Funds' policy objectives and goalsIs strongly opposed to the principle of applying macroeconomic conditionality to the implementation of cohesion policy, and more specifically, to any links between the ESIF and economic governance;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the investment clause to be reviewed so as to enable regional and national investments co-financed through ESI Funds to be excluded from the calculation of national deficits in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses its disapproval for the institutionalisation of the principle of macroeconomic conditionality and the link between cohesion policy and Structural Funds on the one hand and Stability and Growth Pact, package of economic governance and any economic agreement of Member States, on the other; the assumptions underlying them are undeniably different and their objectives diametrically opposed; emphasises that the purpose of cohesion policy should not be to impose stringent macroeconomic and financial conditions necessitating austerity measures or to penalise Member States and regions; stresses that cohesion policy is designed to ensure balanced growth and eliminate inequalities with a view to achieving genuine convergence; indicates that funding for European regions cannot be suspended for non-compliance by Member States with macroeconomic conditions and suspending funding for Member States in difficulties will make the situation worse;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to give careful consideration to the economic and social effects on the regions affected by a suspension of payments; underlines the importance of the principles of proportionality and effectiveness when the Commission proposes such a suspension of payment but also the social and economic conditions prevailing in the Member State concerned before taking any decision; underlines that decisions to suspend payment should not be linked to the economic policies of Member States but only to the detection of serious infringements of the system of project management, control and monitoring and spending irregularities concerning Member States which have failed to take corrective measures;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Parliament to submit a proposal concerning the review of the implementation of Article 23 CPR as defined in paragraph 17 of this Article;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that any decision regarding reprogramming or suspension under Article 23 CPR must be exceptional, well- weighed, thoroughly justifwould unfairly penalise local, regional and national authoritieds and implemented in a swift way, in order to ensure transparency and allow for verification and reviewall beneficiaries; believes that such reprogramming or suspension are likely to happen to less developed regions and to Member States already suffering the most from the economic and social crisis and would thus exacerbate the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the partnership agreements and programmes adopted in the current programming period have taken account of the relevant CSRs and the relevantCSRs and Council recommendations, thus making any reprogramming unnecessary in the medium term;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the view that reprogramming should be avoided to the greatest extent possible in order not to disrupt fund management or undermine the stability and predictability of the multiannual investment strategy; welcomes the cautious approach of the Commission in this regard and its intention to keep any reprogramming requests to a minimum; believes that reprogramming or suspensions could have serious consequences on absorption of ESI funds;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to apply Article 23 CPR in line with the principle of proportionality, by properly takinge into account the real situation of those Member States and regions which are facing socio- economic difficulties and where ESI Funds represent a significant share of investment;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Expresses its disapproval for the institutionalisation of the principle of macroeconomic conditionality and the link between cohesion policy and Structural Funds on the one hand and Stability and Growth Pact, package of economic governance and any economic agreement of Member States, on the other; the assumptions underlying them are undeniably different and their objectives diametrically opposed; emphasises that the purpose of cohesion policy should not be to impose stringent macroeconomic and financial conditions necessitating austerity measures or to penalise Member States and regions; stresses that cohesion policy is designed to ensure balanced growth and eliminate inequalities with a view to achieving genuine convergence; indicates that funding for European regions cannot be suspended for non-compliance by Member States with macroeconomic conditions and suspending funding for Member States in difficulties will make the situation worse;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises the penalising nature of any suspension of payments, and asks the Commission to use its discretionary power to propose the suspension of payments with utmost caution and strictly in line with Article 23(6) CPR, after due consideration of all relevant information and elements arising from and opinions expressed through the structured dialogue;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Parliament to submit a proposal concerning the review of the implementation of Article 23 CPR as defined in paragraph 17 of this Article