Activities of Martin HLAVÁČEK related to 2023/2063(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination 2024
Amendments (22)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to Protocol No 12 to the TEU and TFEU on the excessive deficit procedure,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the Departmental Paper DP/2022/014 of the International Monetary Fund of September 2022 entitled ‘Reforming the EU Fiscal Framework: Strengthening the Fiscal Rules and Institutions’,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to decrease to 83.1 % in the EU (90.4 % in the euro area); whereas the debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to marginally decline in the EU to around 82.7 % in 2024 and 82.5 % in 2025; whereas there is a high variation in the debt levels of different Member States;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas according to the Commission’s autumn forecast, government deficit is expected to decline to 3.2% of GDP in 2023 and to further decrease to 2.8% of GDP in 2024 and 2.7% in 2025;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU funding has proven to be an essential tool to providecontributed to macroeconomic stabilisation at EU level and to increase of its internal and external resilience in times of crisis while supporting Member States in financing necessary investments in EU priorities to tackle current and future challenges;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses concern about the weak growth in the EU; notes the continuous impact of energy prices and inflation on the purchasing power of households and on the ability to perform of EU companies; calls on the Member States to take further steps to overcome those difficulties while not distorting competition on the single market;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a lack of public and private investments in certain Member States is hindering the potential of sustainable growth; highlights that these investments are crucial formay increase the EU’s ability to cope with existing challenges and increase the EU’s resilience and competitiveness during upcoming challenges;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the European Semester is the established framework for coordinating the budgetary, economic, social and employment policies across the Union in accordance with the Treaties, including the European Pillar of Social Rights, thereby safeguarding its macroeconomic stability and its social cohesion;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ICalls concerned about the deterioration of the social dimension of the European Semester resulting from the self-limitation of country-specific recommendations (CSRs) to the implementation of national recovery and resilience plans (RRPs) and about the declining number of social CSRs based on the Social Scoreboard; calls on the Commission to link the CSRs more closely to the respective country the Commission to link the CSRs more closely to the respective country reports and to efficiently monitor the implementation of the CSRs and the relevant repfortms;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Shares the view that the 2024 CSRs need to be focused on a limited set of challenges; underlines that CSRs must equally serve to enhance competitiveness, promote the green and digital transitions and ensure social fairness; stresses that CSRs nee and macroeconomic stability and to take account of social vulnerabilities;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned that the performance-based financing and verification system of the RRF delivers in practice too little in terms of results and creates too much bureaucracy; cCalls for more flexibility to adjust milestones and targets to take account of lessons learned during the implementation process;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports streamlining EU cohesion policy programmes with investment needs identified under the RRF and in CSRs; recalls that cohesion policy serves a broader set of objectives than the RRF; calls for a comparable incorporation of stakeholder participation in the drafting and implementation of national RRPs as it is for cohesion policy programmes;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it necessary to reform the EU fiscal rules and welcomes the proposals put forward by the CommissionHighlights the need to reform the current EU‘s economic governance framework in the wake of the deactivation of the escape clause; takes note of the proposals put forward by the Commission in order to ensure sufficient debt reduction and compliance with the EU Treaties; calls on the adoption of the review as soon as possible;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the reform must lead to a simplification of the framework, be more country-specific and strengthen its enforceability, and and to an increase of its enforceability; highlights that the new framework should be more country-specific and increase national ownership in order to ensure debt sustainability; notes that the review shall also enable Member States to meet the public investment needs for the green and digital transitions of among otheir economkey priorities without undermining the sustainability of government debt;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes that lessons have been learned fromTakes note of the design choices of the RRF in linking national fiscal, reform and investment commitments with EU financial incentives such as grants and loans; greatly regrets that, unlike the RRF,notes that the reform of the economic governance framework lacks the incentive mechanisms to support and promote necessaryincentivises national policy reforms and investments; is concerned that some Member States will not have the financial capacity to finance the just green and digital transition on their ownn key strategic areas through additional flexibility in the trajectories;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for granting Independent Fiscal Institutions the powers and the means to monitor the proposals for adjustment trajectories, medium-term fiscal plans and implementation reports submitted by Member States as part of the new framework; calls for the adoption of the European Fiscal Board that gives the body enough means and autonomy to develop its functions;
Amendment 191 #
12. DeploreHighlights that the interplay between macroeconomic imbalances and fiscal rules is not sufficiently addressed by the reform proposalnew fiscal rules should not undermine the necessary reforms of Member States´ public finances; underlines that the financial stability of the EU depends on the macroeconomic balance between Member States’ economies and that restoring such a balance may require public spending;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the need to avoid enduring excessive deficits and calls for common rules based on objective criteria as a way to achieve this goal; stresses that, in return, those rules should not preclude temporary deviations from the net expenditure path due to dedicated, exceptional, justifiable and strategically significant investments realising EU objectives;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges the differences between individual Member States regarding the sustainability of their debt and their capacity to reduce debt while still being able to invest; emphasises therefore the need to allow Member States to have different debt reduction paths;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the fact that the Commission negotiates with the Member States individual fiscal-structural plans; underlines that such an increase in discretionary power for the Commission must be accompanied by increased accountability toasks the Commission to take into account as much as possible the plans that Member States put forwards the European Parliamentmselves;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers the stronger involvement of national parliaments, taking into account the national legal framework, in determining the content and voting on fiscal structural plans to be a meaningful way to increase national ownership of fiscal structural plans;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises that the Economic Dialogue as part of the European Semester lays a useful foundation of accountability, but considers that proper accountability can only be achieved if the European Parliament has accountability instruments that allow it to apply consequences based on its assessment of the performance of the European Semester such as veto rights or holding Commissioners personally responsible;