8 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2014/2145(INI)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas economic governance in the Economic and Monetary Union necessarily, on the basis of solidarity, operates in accordance with national disciplines and the maximising of sustainable growth in all parties to the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Stability and Growth Pact is the organic text underpinning the entire structure of the European Semester; whereas its spirit of pacta sunt servanda and its interpretation, in particular in relation to the flexibility criteria, may not derogate from the fundamental requirements of solidarity and responsibility;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, on the one hand, according to the Commission’s autumnwinter forecast, investment in the euro area decreased by 3.4 after two consecutive years of negative growth, gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro area is expected to be 1.7% in 2012, by5 and 2.4 1% in 20136, and by 17 % since the pre-crisis period, with the expected rebound rate in 2014 (0.6 %) and that anticipated for 2015 (1.7 %) being very weak; whereas a lack of investment can be just as detrimental to future generations as excessive public debtwhereas, on the other hand, the combined impact of the fall in fuel prices, low interest rates and a monetary policy of quantitative easing are paving the way to accelerated economic recovery;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the current economic situation calls for urgent, comprehensive and decisive measures to face the threat of deflation or very lowstimulate inflation, low growth and high unemployment;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the absolute necessity of subjecting the collection and publication of statistical information gathered by the Member States to regular quality audits and of taking corrective measures where necessary to ensure that the measurement of social and economic indicators is accurate, transparent and sustainable;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to base their national budgets solely on the macroeconomic forecasts compiled by the Commission for the European Semester;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the Finance Committees of the national parliaments to systematically invite the European Commissioners responsible for economic governance to a public debate in their chambers before the draft budgets of the Member States are adopted;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for a public meeting to be held between the Finance Ministers of the Member States and the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs every third quarter before the adoption of the national budgets of the Member States;