18 Amendments of Aurore LALUCQ related to 2019/0161(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union, Member States whose currency is the euro should take measures to enhance the economic, social and environmental resilience of their economies through targeted structural reforms andpublic investment. The Euro Summit of December 2018 mandated the Eurogroup to work on the design, modalities of implementation and timing of a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence for the euro area. To ensure that Member States carry out structural reforms andpublic investment in a consistent, coherent and well-coordinated manner, it is necessary to establish a governance framework to enable the Council to provide strategic orientations on reform and investment priorities to be undertaken within the euro area by the Member States, especially the fields of health, public services and infrastructure connected to the ecological transition. Such a framework would enhance convergence and competitiveness ofan appropriate economic policy for the euro area. The Council should also provide country-specific guidance on individual reforms and investeconomic, social and environnemental objectives of the Member States whose currency is the euro, which can be supported by the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. Since such a framework is specific to the Member States whose currency is the euro, only members of the Council representing those Member States should take part in votes under this Regulation.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) At the Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework for the identification of national reform priorities of the Member States and for the monitoring of the implementation of those priorities. This Regulation addresses the need to establish coherence between the reform and investment priorities for the euro area as a whole and the reform and investment objectives of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro, and to ensure their consistency with the European Semester., taking into account the refocusing established by the Commission Communication of 17 December 2019. This Communication calls for "putting more emphasis on climate and environmental policies to reinforce the European Semester as a comprehensive economic and employment policy instrument"1a _________________ 1aCommunication of the Commission (COM(2019) 650) on December 17, 2020 on the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategyhttps://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf o/files/2020-european-semester-annual- sustainable-growth-strategy_en.pdf
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On an annual basis, the Council should set out strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities for the euro area, as part of the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area. The strategic orientations should be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority and by the European Parliament on a recommendation from the Commission, and after the Eurogroup has discussed the reforms and investment priorities that it considers relevant and appropriate for inclusion therein. The annual Euro Summit will play its role.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform the Council and the European Parliament of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Member States whose currency is the euro, and the European Parliament, can decide to submit proposals for reform and investment packages under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. To that end, the Council will adopt a Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment that can be supported under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness in Member States whose currency is the euro. This Council and European Parliament Recommendation should be consistent with the strategic orientations adopted under this Regulation, and with the country-specific recommendations that are adopted, in parallel, under the European Semester of economic policy coordination further to discussions, where appropriate, within the relevant Treaty-based committees. The Council Recommendation shall also duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 . _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council and European Parliament Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment in Member States whose currency is the euro, adopted by qualified majority, should be based on a Commission recommendation. This process should be without prejudice to the voluntary nature of participation of Member States whose currency is the euro in the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, and without prejudice to the Commission’s prerogatives as regards its implementation.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Member States should be allowed to invest without constraint within the framework of the objectives set by the Commission.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Since the objective of this Regulation to contribute to the proper functioning of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union and to the econvergence and competitivenessomic, social and environmental convergence within the euro area by setting out a governance framework for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective,
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down provisions for the governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness for the euro area within the Reform and Investment Support Programme under Regulation (EU) XXX/XX10 . _________________ 10 O.J.C , , p.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This instrument should not be conditioned by the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation shall contribute to the convergence and competitiveness of the economies of the Member States whose currency is the euro by defining a governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, which sets out:
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms andpublic investment relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness consistent with the country-specific recommendations.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. On a recommendation from the Commission and after discussion in the Eurogroup, the Council and the European Parliament shall establish, as part of the euro-area recommendation and on an annual basis, the strategic orientations for the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In parallel to its recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall inform the Council and the European Parliament on how the strategic orientations of the preceding years have been followed by the Member States.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Council and the European Parliament shall, on a recommendation from the Commission, adopt a recommendation addressed to all Member States whose currency is the euro providing, on an annual basis, country- specific guidance on the reform and investment objectives for the purposes of the reform and investment packages, which Member States may subsequently submit under Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform and Investment Support Programme Regulation].
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Economic and social dialogue
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the Eurogroup to appear before the committee to discuss the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. The implementation of an institutionalized social dialogue with the Commission, the social partners, local and regional authorities and civil society, both at Union and national level, will further strengthen the democratic legitimacy of this instrument.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2023 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation. That report shall assess the effectiveness of this Regulation. A review of this Regulation may be requested by the European Parliament or the Council.