6 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2016/2064(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EFSI was launched to help resolve difficulties and remove obstacles to financing as well as to implement strategic, transformative and productive investments that provide a high level of added value to the economy, the environment and society to complement structural reforms in EU Member States to modernise their economies to create growth and jobs;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the role of Parliament as foreseen in the regulation, in particular in relation to the monitoring of EFSI implementation; acknowledges, however, that it is too early to finalise a comprehensive assessmentwelcomes the Commission’s evaluation on the use of the EU guarantee and the functioning of the guarantee fund; regrets however that its proposal for the extension of the funcdurationing of EFSI and its impact on the EU economy, but is of the opinion that a preliminary evaluation is crucial in order to identify possible areas of improvement for EFSI 2.0 and thereafterfor increasing the EU guarantee is not accompanied by a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment, which is in contradiction to better regulation guidelines;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that diversified investments with a geographical or thematic focus should be made possible by helping to finance and bundle projects and funds from different sources; notes with concern that the first investment platform was only set up in the third quarter of 2016; requests the EIB and the EIAH to promote the use of investment platforms as a way to achieve geographic and thematic diversification of investments;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Notes that the Commission has proposed an extension of EFSI, both in terms of duration and financial capacity, and that this would have an impact on the EU budget; recalls the Parliaments opposition to finance EFSI by making cuts to Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020 and expresses its intention to put forward alternative financing proposals for the proposed extension;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 13
Subheading 13
Complementarities with other EU financing sources and policies
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges that EFSI alone - and on a limited scale- will probably not be able to close the investment gap in Europe, but that it nevertheless constitutes a central pillar of the EU’s investment plan and signals the EU’s determination to tackle this issue; calls for further proposals to be made on how to permanently boost investment in Europe, such as completing the single market in services, digital and energy, and establishing a genuine Capital Markets Union;