6 Amendments of Marek BELKA related to 2019/2129(INI)
Amendment 17 #
B. whereas according to Eurostat figures, the unemployment rate in August 2019 stood at 6.2 % in the EU and 7.4 % in the euro area, the lowest rates since July 2008; whereas the unemployment rate has remained uneven across the European Union; whereas a high youth unemployment rate remains a serious issue to be tackled in the EU;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas according to the December 2018 Eurobarometer, the popular support for the euro in 2018 rose to 75%;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the requirement for every EU Member State except Denmark and the UK to adopt the single currency once it has met the Maastricht convergence criteria; Calls on the ECB to continue a fruitful cooperation also with the non-eurozone EU states;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasising, however, that monetary policy per se is not enough to achieve a long-term economic recovery, calls on policymakers to pursue socially- balanced, ambitious structural reforms and fiscal policies within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact, also within the flexibility instrument it provides;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for thea fully-fledged capital markets union (CMU) project to be accelerated in order to deepboost economic growth, deepen and strengthen financial integration, with a view to improving resilience to shocks and making the transmission of monetary policy across the monetary union more effective; Recognizes, in this respect, the strong hitherto support of the ECB in establishing a real CMU;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the ECB to continue to pay attention to access to credit for small and medium-sized enterprises; Welcomes that according to the latest Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises , the availability and conditions of external financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) further improved in 2018; States, in this respect, however, a need for further stimulus for public and private investment in the EU;