13 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2015/2210(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fiscal outlook in the EU and the euro area continues to improve with a broadly neutral fiscal stance on aggregate, there are still substantial budget deficits in some Member States, however;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the varying degrees of commitment demonstrated by Member States to implementing last year’s CSRs; stresses the importance of the implementation of the CSRs in order to ensure consistent and fair implementation of the economic governance framework across Member States; deplorecalls ion this context the non-binding nature of the recommendationse Commission to submit proposals on ways in which the recommendations of the European Semester could be made more binding;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that many Member States, in particular in the eurozone, are faced with similar macroeconomic challenges, including most importantly high debts and, a lack of competitiveness and excessively low investment;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the persistently high unemployment rates across most Member States, in particular the youth and long- term unemployment rates; stresses the need to reform national labour markets in order to increase job creation rates; stresses that the dual-track training model has proved particularly valuable in combating youth unemployment;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the entry into force of the regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), aimed at boosting private investment in the EU, and calls on all relevant stakeholders to ensure its swift and effective implementation, so as to facilitate access to financing for SMEs in particular;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that further fiscal consolidation is still needed in many Member States in order to comply with the conditions of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP); notesexpresses concern regarding the Commission’s interpretative communication on flexibility in the SGP, aimed at clarifyingwatering down the scope of the investment clause and allowing for a certain degree of temporary flexibility in the preventive arm of the SGP;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that current account surpluses do not present the same major risks as deficits, and calls for due account to be taken of this when macroeconomic imbalances are being assessed;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the financial and national debt crises and lack of competitiveness will not be resolved by means of a more relaxed monetary policy and that this is no substitute for the necessary structural reforms;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for Member States to adapt their public finances by conducting a counter-cyclical policy when necessary and making full use of the existing flexibility clauses foreseen in the legislation; considers that Member States with high debt levels in particular must continue with growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and urgently implement the recommended structural reforms, while those with more fiscal space should use it to accelerate investment or to reduce existing national debts;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the fall in the number of Member States subject to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), from 11 in 2014 to 9 in 2015; notes, however, that the number is still relativelytoo high, and reiterates its call for the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) to be, where relevant, better coordinated with the EDP recommendations so as to ensure consistency between surveillance of the fiscal position and economic policy coordination;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels and lengthy labour disputes; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to otherat the same time emphasises that liberalisation must not lead to a lowering of quality standards and existing national systems shources of taxationld be retained in particular in the service industry, where they have proven to be of value;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores the fact that the CSRs suffer from lack of ownership at national level and from a democratic accountability mechanism; calls, in this context, for an increased role for national parliaments and for increased representation of the regions and regional administrative bodies in the preparation of the National Reform Programmes (NRPs); stresses that increased ownership is a crucial factor for the approval and successful implementation of the CSRs and, in the longer term, for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the destructive impact of high debt levels on economic growth in the EU; calls on the Commission to explore, with due regard for the principle of liability, innovative ways of speeding up and lessening the negative impact of deleveraging in the banking, private and public sectors;