Activities of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2015/2210(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities
Amendments (11)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas these measures demonstrate the added value which the EU budget can provides, but also highlightnevertheless emphasises the prestrictions on EU political action imposed by a budget which does not consist of genuine own resources, which amounts to less than 1 % of EU GDP and which is constrained by a seven-year multiannual framework- eminent role of Member State actions in the implementation of these measures;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the annual cycle of economic and budgetary policy coordination is linked to the Budget Committee's responsibility to monitor the implementation of the EU budget; considers the European Semester an additional means of increasing budgetary rigour in EU spending;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the ideasNotes the proposedal to help strengthen parliamentary oversight, in particularthe scrutiny role of both the pEuroposal to adapt Parliament's structures to the specific nature of the single currencyean Parliament in advance of the publication of the Annual Growth Survey and of the national Parliaments more generally in relation to the European Semester;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the Commission's understanding of the crucial role national and regional authorities play in promoting necessary structural reforms, exercising fiscal responsibility and boosting investment in support of jobs and growth;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption of the regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investments as a means to boost private investment, and emphasises the role Parliament has played in minimising redeployment from Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments has only just begun to fund projects and will therefore reserve judgment on the efficacy of these investments;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the contributions of Member States to the Investment Plan for Europe;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the importance of fiscal responsibility following the crisis in Europe, and emphasises the importance of showing restraint in the EU budget in order to maintain the agreed ceilings in commitments and payment appropriations under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020;