19 Amendments of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2018/2033(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is imperative to break with the neoliberal principles that have been governing the policies imposed by the EU on the peoples and workers of the Member States, bearing in mind that it will only be possible to boost the economy and promote social progress by achieving sustainable economic growth based on decent earnings, work with rights, public control of the strategic sectors of the economy and universal and free access to health and education and through the promotion and socialisation of innovation;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the only purpose of the European Semester and its instruments is basically to ensure that Member States, irrespective of their constitutional provisions and the will of their people, formally establish austere neoliberal economic policies;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the urgency of carrying on the fight against the inequalities that hamper economic growthinitiating a real fight against inequalities, precariousness and low wages, which have impaired economic growth and social progress, but that this is not possible within the framework of economic governance and the Lisbon Treaty; calls, therefore, for the European Semester to be revoked and an intergovernmental conference convened with the aim of establishing an institutional basis for the reversibility of the treaties, the immediate suspension of the Fiscal Compact and its repeal, and the repeal of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SupportsNotes the flexibility in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact as proposed by the Commission in 2015; but considers that much more flexibility is required to boost, however great the level of flexibility, the Stability Pact will always remain a barrier to investment and growth in the EU; calls, and therefore, for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of an aggregate euro area fiscal stance calls for it to be repealed;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the crisis affecting the EU has resulted from the framework established by the Lisbon Treaty and the preceding treaties, and that the situation cannot be overcome within this framework; recalls the need to provide for the reversal of the treaties regulating integration, with a view to repealing the Lisbon Treaty and, in particular, the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, the 'Six Pack' and the 'Two Pack'; calls for an intergovernmental conference to be convened by the European Council to address the reversibility and repeal of the treaties; stresses the urgent need for Member States to regain the ability to decide on the economic policies that best address their respective needs;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the EU institutions to initiate and uphold a process of renegotiation of public debt for the most heavily indebted countries (regarding amounts, terms and interest rates), considerably reducing and bringing back to sustainable levels their annual debt levels and charges, thereby ensuring a level of debt servicing that is compatible with economic and social development;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for support programmes to be set up for Member States should they wish – having realised that their participation in EMU has become unsustainable and intolerable – to negotiate their exit from the euro, bearing in mind that programmes of this kind should provide for the compensation necessary to make good such social and economic damage as the countries in question might have suffered because they adopted the single currency;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Objects to the fact that, despite the conclusion of the economic adjustment programmes, Member States that were subject thereto are facing serious economic and social problems and are still affected by the consequences thereof and the policies imposed by the Troika; calls, therefore, for the adoption of an emergency economic support plan for those countries that were subjected to Troika intervention, providing funding and making the exceptions necessary to the functioning of the single market and common policies;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the Commission’s's hypocritical commitment to integrate the implementation of the SDGs withinto the European Semester;, regrets the fact that this dimension is missing from the 2018 country-specific recommendationarding these objectives as being at odds with the neoliberal policies and social regression being imposed by the principles of economic governance and by the Commission on the peoples and workers of the Member States;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for the European institutions to respect the sovereignty of each Member State and the decision of citizens to pursue development, growth and social cohesion, ensuring that no country is penalised for stimulating its economy through either public investment plans or redistributive and progressive fiscal policies;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the importance of free and universal access to quality public services endowed with sufficient resources;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the importance ofPoints out that efficient regulation of the banking and financial sectors will not be sufficient to forestall any new crises and therefore calls for public and democratic control of these sectors;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the fight against aggressive tax planning strategies is essentialand tax havens must be accompanied by measures to encourage progressive tax regimes, so as to ensure the fair treatment of taxpayers, safeguard public finances, preservomote social cohesion and fight inequalities;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the European Pillar of Social Rights seeks to draw attention away from the neoliberal EU policies that were instrumental to the major economic crisis and have fuelled precarious employment conditions and inequality between women and men; declares that this pillar seeks to impose a low standard of social rights at EU level, eroding workers’ labour and social rights and seeking to further deepen the exploitation and impoverishment of citizens, while at the same time attempting to legitimise antisocial and undemocratic instruments such as the EU economic governance framework; asserts that progressive social policies can only be achieved by another Europe, one that breaks with the austerity framework and the policies of competitiveness, liberalisation and labour market deregulation that are undermining social and labour rights in the Member States and exerting downward pressure on earnings;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. RegretsObjects to the fact that the Commission makes part of the allocation of European funds conditional on the European Semester and economic governance; reiterates that cohesion policy should not be used as an instrument for the imposition of financial sanctions if a Member State decides to reject neoliberal policies;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26