Activities of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2009/2090(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
ECB annual report for 2008 - Report on the 2009 Annual Statement on the Euro Area and Public Finances (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the financial and economic crisis has seen the worst global economic and social decline since the 1930s,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Point 1 a (new)
Point 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that membership of the European Union is a precondition for euro membership;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern that manythe commercial banks did not sufficiently pass on interest rate cuts to their customers when the ECB's interest rates reached their lowest levels;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the ECB to scrutinise the resumption of bonus payments by banks and the reimbursement of aid received in the light of the frequency and volume of loans actually effected;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Regrets that the ECB has not convinced the Member States of the need to make their bank support programmes subject to conditions jointly established at European level concerning dividend and bonus payments, support for economic activity, especially SMEs, and transactions effected in tax havens;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests the views of the ECB on the setting-up of a clearing house for instruments such as credit default swaps (CDS) within the euro area;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Draws the attention of the ECB to the risks of reflating speculative bubbles, particularly on the commodities market; urges it to warn governments without delay;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the steps taken by the ECB to detail an 'exit strategy' proposal from its monetary easing, to be implemented as and when necessary; insists that timing and policy coordination between Member States are essential in this regard;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on all Member States in the euro area to take note that, for genuine economic and monetary union to exist, participation in the euro area cannot be regarded as an end in itself, and stresses the need for structural reforms; adds that failure to make such reforms would jeopardise the credibility of the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new) (before subheading "Governance and decision making")
Paragraph 15 a (new) (before subheading "Governance and decision making")
15a. Urges the Member States belonging to the euro area to consider the possibilities of joint management of their sovereign debt;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the independence of the ECB, including which is substantially underpinned by the procedure for appointing members to its Executive Board ; considers, however, that that this could only be enhanced by use of the new legal status that would be conferred on the ECB under the Lisbon Treaty and the existing ECB Statute should be used to increase the accountability of the ECB to Parliament, for example, if thto make candidates proposed by the Council were then subject to a vote of approval by the European Parliament;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Undertakes to set up a parliamentary selection board made up of outside experts which would make it possible in 2010 to select a number of candidates for the post of Executive Board member; points out that those selected would then be summoned to a hearing by the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; this would lead to the adoption by the European Parliament in plenary sitting of a resolution to be forwarded to the Council before it issues its recommendation to the Member State governments;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Feels that Parliament should work with the ECB and with the other EU institutions in order to strengthen the role of the euro area on the world monetary and financial stage;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that, in expressing its vision for the future of the international monetary system, the European Union should draw inspiration from the process which made possible the adoption of the euro;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Considers that the ECB must introduce and comply with higher standards with regard to social relations; considers that the ECB , the national central banks and the Governing Council must recognise and fulfil their social responsibility towards their staff and the general public and take greater account of the memorandum on social aspects drawn up by the Standing Committee of European Central Bank Unions;