8 Amendments of Thomas MANN related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unprecedented dimension of the current financial crisisinternational financial crisis is the result of a worldwide policy and regulation failure and whereas its dimension and the depth of the ensuing downturn requires an urgent need to rethink, at European Union and at an international level, the regulatory and governance framework of financial markets,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the consequences of the financial crisis on the real economy result in exceptional economic circumstances that require exceptional measures and decisions and whereas public intervention, although inevitable, drives a wedge between the gains of the private sector in the recent past and the losses of the public sec in this situation, should generally focus on long-term measures and thus confine itself tor in the present and near futurets role as a shaper of the economic framework,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the financial crisis has revealed the dilemma that on the one hand regulatory competence for economic policy is an essential matter to be tackled at EU level, and, on the other, economic stimulus plans are the business of Member States' authorities,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses that the top priority of the Recovery Plan must be to set up a stable financial framework through effective regulations and to protect citizens of the Union from the effects of the financial crisis, as they are the most strongly affected whether as workers, as members of households, or as entrepreneurs;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. considers that the European Central Bank (ECB) has a role to play as regards monitoring the macro-economic and financial stability in the European Union; considers that the ECB should be involved in EU-wide bank supervision;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. considers that credit rating agencies should close information gaps and reveal uncertainties as well as conflicts of interests;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. insists on the need for a revision and improvement of accounting policies;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. calls onfor the development of recovery instruments and policies both at European Union and at Member State level, capable of boosting demand and confidence across the European Union, in accordance with a common set of priorities within the Lisbon strategy, such as: investing in education, infrastructure, research and development, skills and lifelong learning, energy efficiency and green technologies, broadband networks, urban transport, creative industries and services, health services, and services for children and older people;