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12 Amendments of Sander LOONES related to 2017/2226(INI)

Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas employment is expected to continue to expand, while some labour market indicators and the relatively high level of ‘involuntary’ part-time work, suggest persistent labour market difficulties aggravating inequalitiin some member states;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas both employment and unemployment rates are still higher than in 2008; whereas hidden unemployment (unemployed, willing to work, but not actively searching for employment) stood at 20 % in 2016;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the stability of financial institutions in the Eurozone is still a matter of grave concern; whereas there is slight progress on reducing non- performing loans; whereas this progress is clearly insufficient;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 69 #
F b. whereas close to zero interest rates severely distort the intertemporal allocation of capital; whereas a flat yield curve severely damages the traditional borrowing and lending business model of banks and drives them into riskier business activities;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas public debt levels have increased further in most member states and may be hard to sustain when interest rates return to normal levels;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/GDP ratios for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway for implementing sustainable, growth-friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which should be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU growth-friendly structural reforms do not require fiscal space but rather legislative and administrative efforts aimed at strengthening market forces and private sector initiatives;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of well- targeted public investment for raising competitiveness and boosting and leveraging investment in the EU; warns that boosting investment should not be seen as an alternative to productivity- enhancing reforms; considers that the policy mix proposed in the AGS 2018 should be further developed to remedy the current decrease in public investment in the EU; highlights that this decrease also affects local and regional authorities, threatening their ability to deliver quality public services;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines that economic policy and social rights fall in the exclusive competence of the Member States;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that the AGS 2018 acknowledges the need for efficient and fair tax systems to ensure sustainable finance and reverse the current fall in capital income taxation; recalls that high levels of taxation in Europa are a hindrance to investments and jobs; supports the Commission’s initiatives to achieve increased transparency, and a reformed VAT system and a common consolidated corporate tax base;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the tools available are not yet equal to the task of fully addressing the EU’s cyclical and structural problems, in particular the need to strengthen inclusive growth and productivity, to boost job creation, promote convergence, support sustainable investments and enhance resilience to shocks;deleted
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that woulddoes not fall undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – represents a necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence and to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocksEU’s competences as defined in Article 3 TFEU;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of an improved European Semester process, including the formalisation of the euro area aggregate fiscal stance as a key tool for policy formulation and implementation across the EMU; calls for a broader reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to improve its flexibility, to incorporate the differentiated treatment of investments and to introduce the concept of aggregate fiscal stance;deleted
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON