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9 Amendments of Thomas MANN related to 2009/2090(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the average annual inflation rate was 3,3 %, peaking at 4,0 % in summer 2008, the highest rate recorded since the introduction of the euro, and whereas inflation has since fallen to negative rates in summer 2009ary pressures have now eased,
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon would give the ECB the status of an EU institution; believes that this increases the responsibility of Parliament, as the primary institution through which the ECB is accountable to European citizens;deleted
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the ECB continued to respond to the financial crisis by assisting Member States in maintaining and extending its liquidity provisions to credit institutions; by means of prompt cuts in its key interest rates; notes that an interest rate of only 1% is unprecedented in the eurozone countries;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the ECB has broadened its normal approach to monetary policy and taken a number of special measures, such as gearing the provision of liquidity to actual demand and making liquidity available for longer periods;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Shares the ECB's view that banks must consolidate their balance sheets; regards the strengthening of the banks' own capital reserves as essential, therefore;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the steps taken by the ECB to detail an 'exit strategy' proposal from its monetary easing; insists that timing and policy coordination between Member States are essential in this regard; in that connection, welcomes the fact that most of these measures will automatically cease to apply if the economic situation steadily improves;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new) (before subheading "Governance and decision making")
15a. Calls on all the Member States in the eurozone also to draw up specific exit and consolidation strategies;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Re-affirms its support for the quarterly monetary dialogue between Parliament and the ECB; adds that the dialogue is an important mechanism for scrutinising the workings of the ECB and contributing to its public accountability and transparency;
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the independence of the ECB, including the procedure for appointing members to its Executive Board; considers, however, that the new legal status that would be conferred on the ECB under the Lisbon Treaty and the existing ECB Statute should be used to increase the accountability of the ECB to Parliament, for example, if the candidates proposed by the Council were then subject to a vote of approval by Parliament;deleted
2009/12/02
Committee: ECON