10 Amendments of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2016/2270(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas structural labour market reforms and fiscal consolidation have backfired to the extent that they have widened the gaps among Member States as regards living standards and disposable household income, leading to disparity within the EU; whereas, for example, the median living standard of the poorest 10% of households in France is higher than that of the Portuguese population as a whole, and the median living standard of the richest 1% of Luxembourg households is 75 times higher than that of the poorest 10% in Romania;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas inflation in 2015, though low, was still higher than the increase in purchasing power, which stands at the dangerously low level of 0.3%;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the IMF in 2013, followed later by the OECD, admitted that fiscal multipliers were being underestimated and were very probably greater than 1; whereas, that being the case, minimum income policies are a tool for sustainable growth;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas minimum income policies act as an automatic stabiliser and whereas the recession has been less severe in countries which have solid systems to support disposable household income;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a European citizens' initiative calling for basic subsistence security was launched in January 2013;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate the following indicators into the European Semester: fiscal multiplier levels by country, the European Semester purchasing power trend, and interdecile and interpercentile household income ranges, and to translate them into targets in the country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that recent experience of reforms based on tax exemptions shows that it is preferable to finance minimum income policies using budget support rather than through tax incentives;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the implementation of universal basic income is being discussed in several Member States and that the French Senate has recommended that schemes of this kind be tested at local level; calls on the Commission to make an assessment once the current trials have been completed in Finland;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission to hold a public consultation on universal minimum income with a view to following up the trials now taking place and the European citizens' initiative launched in 2013;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests that the future fiscal capacity of the euro area, for the purpose of supporting automatic stabilisers, could be used to finance minimum income policies.