Activities of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2008/0095(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Adoption by Slovakia of the single currency on 1 January 2009(debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas, for the first time, a delegation from its Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs visited Slovakia to assess the readiness of that country to enter the euro area,
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that the Slovak authorities set up an observatory to monitor the price of a selected number of basic goods on a weekly basis so as to fight false perceptions about price increases;
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Council and the Council to define a roadmap in close association with the government of Slovakia so as to ensure the sustainability of convergence through the continuation after the adoption of the single currency, of necessary structural reforms in the labour, services and product market, ensuring, in particular, increased labour mobility and investment in human capital; suggests that the roadmap should also emphasise the need for provisions to ensure competition, particularly in sensitive sectors like energy;
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the roadmap should call on the government of Slovakia to ensure a stable low inflation environment, which can be achieved through further fiscal consolidation, and a sufficiently tight fiscal policy with the aim of balancing the budget in the medium term and stresses that it should also appeal to the social partners in Slovakia to keep wage growth in line with productivity growth in the foreseeable future;
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that the roadmap should emphasise the fact that some taxation policies implemented by the government of Slovakia in accordance with its assessment of the needs during the catching-up period could, in the medium term, appear to be non-cooperative measures;
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CallPoints onut the ECBat it rejected as too clarify all the details regarding the voting modalities in its Governing Council that are to enter into force on the date on which the number of governors exceeds 15omplex the system of rotating voting rights applicable to decisions of the Governing Council as adopted in 2003; considers, with a view to future enlargements of the euro area, that a system should be introduced which combines fairness and effectiveness; recalls its resolution of 13 March 2003 in which it called for an enlarged ECB Executive Board of nine members, which would be in charge of monetary policy, thus replacing the cumbersome system existing now and avoiding the even more complex solution decided upon for the future;
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes note of the efforts undertaken by all parties to improve the conditions under which Parliament exercises its right of consultation under Articles 121 and 122 of the EC Treaty in terms of information and timing and welcomes the initiative of the Committee concerned to organise a study visit to Slovakia to make its own assessment of the situation;
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, Commission, the European Central Bank, Eurogroup and the governparliaments of the Member States;