13 Amendments of Jörg MEUTHEN related to 2019/0161(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Rejects the Commission proposal (COM(2019)0354).
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The coordination of the economic policies of the Member States is a matter of common concern, due to the mismatch between the introduction of the euro as a common currency and the economic realities in the different Member States. The Member States whose currency is the euro have a particular interest in and a responsibility to conduct sound economic policies that promote the proper funcavoid costly disintegrationing of the Economic and Monetary Union and to avoid policies that jeopardise it in the context of broad guidelines formulated by the Councilthe interests of other Member States whose currency is the euro.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union, Member States whose currency is the euro should take measures to enhance the resilience of their economies through targeted structural reforms and investment. The Euro Summit of December 2018 mandated the Eurogroup to work on the design, modalities of implementation and timing of a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence for the euro area. To ensure that Member States carry out structural reforms and investment in a consistent, coherent and well- coordinated manner, it is necessary to establish a governancesupervisory framework to enable the Council to provide strategic orientations on reform and investment priorities to be undertaken within the euro area by the Member States. Such a framework would enhance convergence and competitiveness ofin the euro area. The Council should also provide country- specific guidance on individual reforms and investment objectives of the Member States whose currency is the euro, which can be supported by the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. The Council should provide solutions to potential rent-seeking problems such as hold-out effects, in which Member States will block reforms until their demands from the budgetary instrument are met. Since such a framework is specific to the Member States whose currency is the euro, only members of the Council representing those Member States should take part in votes under this Regulation.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On an annual basis, the Council should set out strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities for the euro area, as part of the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area. The strategic orientations should be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majorunanimity on a recommendation from the Commission, and after the Eurogroup has discussed the reforms and investment priorities that it considers relevant and appropriate for inclusion therein. The annual Euro Summit will play its role.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform the Council and the European Parliament of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment in Member States whose currency is the euro, adopted by qualified majorunanimity, should be based on a Commission recommendation. This process should be without prejudice to the voluntary nature of participation of Member States whose currency is the euro in the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, and without prejudice to the Commission’s prerogatives as regards its implementation.
Amendment 87 #
(9) On the basis of an assessment by the Commission or based on request by a Member State, the Council, shall establish which Member States are experiencing a severe economic downturn for the purpose of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation], and without prejudice to the application of Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1467/97 as amended.
Amendment 94 #
(10) In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability in that economic dialogue, the competent committee of the European Parliament can invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the Eurogroup to appear before the committee to discuss the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. The competent committee may draw up a report assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and relevance of the measures taken.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In parallel to its recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall inform the Council and the European Parliament on how the strategic orientations of the preceding years have been followed by the Member States.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Where relevant, based on an assessment by the Commission or based on request by a Member State, the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 5 shall establish whether a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn, for the purposes of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation].
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the Eurogroup to appear before the committee to discuss the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. The competent committee may draw up a report assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and relevance of the measures taken.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 20232 and every fourtwo years thereafter, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation. That report shall assess the proportionality and the effectiveness of this Regulation.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall send the report to the European Parliament and to the Council.Council and to the European Parliament, where it shall answer to the scrutiny of the Regulation by the competent committee of the European Parliament ;