20 Amendments of Jessica POLFJÄRD related to 2019/2211(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the improvement in the economic situation and low interest rates provide an opportunity to implement ambitious reforms, in particular measures aimed at encouraging public investfostering sustained growth, labour market participation, long-term employment to, tackle climate change and its social consequences and create full-time jobs;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality of income in the euro area has increased since the beginning of the financial crisis; whereas there are between 50 and 100 million people affected by energy poverty in Europe;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas material deprivation has decreased since the crisis;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas productivity growth in the EU remains significantly below that of global competitors;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the role of the European Green Deal as the EU’s new strategy defining ecological issues and the wellbeing of citizens as principal goals for the Union; notes, with regard to the scope of the European Semester, the inclusion of the SDGs and of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), which will require the adjustment of existing indicators and the creation of new onewhich will require the creation of complementary indicators to monitor the implementation of EU economic, environmental and social policies, as well as coherence between policy goals and budgetary means; notes the need to implement long-term planning to tackle climate change;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers achieving a fair transition to climate neutrality to be a major responsibility for the EU’s citizens and economy and its role in the world; calls for appropriate support and policies, with involvement for and of the public, the various sectors, regions and Member States with a view to benefiting from this transformation and making it a success; calls on the Commission to undertake an annual evaluation of the Union’s ecological debt, carbon budget and imported emissionsnvironmental footprint;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that economic growth and fiscal stability is a necessity to combine fight against climate change with a high level of welfare and public support for the transition;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that the euro area is going through a prolonged period of subdued growth (1.1 % in the euro area and 1.4% in the EU as a whole in 2019), with growth in the euro area in 2020 and 2021 forecast at 1.2 % and for the EU in 2020 and 2021 forecast at 1.4 %; also notes that the inflation rate is forecast to further slow down, to 1.2 % in 2019 and 2020, in a context of high uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions and Brexit; is concerned at the high level of private and public debt;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Endorses the conclusion of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) that the fiscal framework has not protected the quality of public expenditure, and welcomnotes the EFB’s proposal for a ‘golden rule’ to protect some public investment; calls, therefore, for the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of a limited golden rule aimed at implementing sound fiscal policy on an equal footing with certain growth-enhancing investment within the EU’s policy objectives; whereas this should cover the investment foreseen for the realisation of the Green Deal, the Digital Revolution, the SDGs and the EPSR Rights, including expenditure aimed at reducing poverty and inequality related to social protection, health services and long-term care, and education and training;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the problem of too low a level of public and private investment; calls on the Commission to assess the cost of not taking action in this area, in particular by evaluating the difference between the need for investment and the actual investments made;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need for a growth- friendly investment climate and structural reforms fostering private investments and labour market participation;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern that the debt levels of all the Member States are above the pre-crisis level and are expected to exceed 60 % in 2021; further notes that in six Member States the ratio will be higher than 90 %; highlights the fact that the fiscal rules have not contributed to bringing down the debt levels of highly indebted countries but have, rather, increased thempoints out that a stricter enforcement of the fiscal rules is necessary;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of the efficient regulation of the banking and financial sectors in order to prevent a new crisis; believes that such regulation must integrate the ecological situation; emphasises the importance of completing the Banking Union and the need to reform the European Stability Mechanismemphasises the importance of completing the Banking Union, under the right circumstances and without pooling existing risks;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for qualified majorStresses that the principle of unanimity voting in Council on tax matters should remain;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Agrees that national tax and benefit systems should be optimised to strengthen incentives for labour market participation, to increase fairness and transparency and to ensure the financial sustainability and adequacy of welfare systems in a changing world of work;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic inclusion of tax matters in the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs), with the aim of ensuring economic coherence across EU Member States as well as the fairness of EU tax systems; bBelieves that the CSRs could ensure a fair balance between sources of revenue and should also include innovative elements aiming at promoting the Green Deal; further believes that they should also support Member States in tackling tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the EU-28 employment rate currently stands at 73.1 % - the highest annual average ever recorded - while unemployment stands at 7.6 % in the euro area and 6.3 % in the EU as a whole; notes that significant differences between Member States remain;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes note of AMR 2020’s finding that wage growth at euro area level remains below what would be expected at the current levels of unemployment on the basis of historical data, and that this affects the inflation rate; highlights that the currently low productivity and inflation together with structural reforms transferring collective bargaining to the enterprise level are detrimental to wage growth and are leading to greater income inequality and an increase in the numbers of working poor, with in-work poverty affecting almost one in ten workers in Europe; accordingly advocates wage growthe importance of collective bargaining for sustained wage growth and flexibility for companies; Stresses that Union policies, including those implementing the Social pillar, must not undermine any labour markets dependent on collective bargaining, nor infringe upon matters subject to collective bargaining in these countries;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23