7 Amendments of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2015/0263(COD)
Amendment 32 #
(3) Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and many are facing the challenge of low potential growth. The Union has identified the implementation of structural reforms among its policy priorities to set the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential to strengthen the adjustment capacity, and support the process of convergencerequired by the troika of the Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to undergo structural adjustment processes in order to reduce their public deficits caused by the financial crisis and public bailouts of financial institutions, with devastating social consequences in those Member States.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The institutions of the Union have used the sovereign debt crisis in some Member States in order to enforce an agenda of privatisation of public services, and deregulation of labour markets and pension systems, alongside deflationary policies of fiscal austerity.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reforms are by their very nature complex processes that require a complete chain of highly-specialised knowledge and skills. Addressing sThe predecessors of the Structural rReforms in a variety of public policy areas is challenging since their benefits often take time to materialise. Therefore, early and efficient Support Programme in place since 2011 - namely, the Structural Reform Support Service and the Task Forces for Greece and Cyprus - have pursued an agenda of designing and implementation is crucial, be it for crisis-struck or structurally-weak economies. In this context, the provision of support by the Union in the form of technical assistance has been crucial in supporting the economic adjustment of Greece and Cyprus in the last yearsosing deregulation in labour and product markets in the affected Member States against the democratic will of their populations, and have failed to achieve economic growth and recovery.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Structural reform that is aimed solely at deregulating labour and product markets is based on the assumption that flexible prices and wages are the key to responding to economic shocks. However, empirical evidence shows that such reforms have failed to deliver growth and contributed to deflation. Such reforms have also failed to result in the mobilisation of private capital. In the absence of a programme of massive public investment, the Structural Reform Support Programme is bound to fail in its stated objective of contributing to economic growth and recovery.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Macroeconomic reforms that benefit society should be initiated and designed at the Member State, regional or local level, with guaranteed maximum input from the social partners and civil society.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission upon request by a Member State, in areas such as budget and taxation, public function, institutional and administrative reforms, the justice system, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, buspublic invess environment, private sector development, investment, competition, public procurement, privatiztment, development of quality, accessible public services including through renationalisation and remunicipalisation processes, access to finance, public investment, trade, sustainable development, innovation, education and training, labour policies, public health, asylum, migration policies, agriculture and rural development and financial sector policreception of asylum seekers, agriculture and rural development and financial sector policies. While a Member State should request such support, the process of initiating the request should take place in consultation with the social partners, civil society, and local and regional authorities.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Participation in the Programme should be strictly voluntary for Member States and should not include compulsory or punitive measures regarding implementation. Withdrawal from participation in the Programme should be able to occur immediately upon the request of a Member State.