25 Amendments of Corien WORTMANN-KOOL related to 2011/2071(INI)
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that until further notice, the European Semester is the valid contribution to the implementation of the EU strategy and of anframework for the effective economic government, notablyance of the euro area Member States that are linked by a joint and common responsibility, and that behind the wording a process over the full yearbringing together the multilateral surveillance of budgetary and macroeconomic policies and the implementation of the European Strategy for Growth and Jobs as embodied in the EU2020 Strategy, and that much is at stake for EU institutions and Member States;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the success of the Europe 2020 strategy depends on the commitment of the EU as a whole, and on ownership by Member States, and their national parliaments, local and regional authorities and social partners; recalls the importance of a strong and properly functioning social dialogue and collective agreements within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy, as well as the promotion of a genuine European social dialogue on macroeconomic policies and measurin Member States;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the introduction of the ‘European Semester’ and enhanced fiscal and economic policy coordination should leave enough scope and flexibility of to the EU Member States to pursue atheir own effective alternative counter-cyclical strategy and stability policy, geared to distribution and development andbudgetary, economic and social strategy, providing for an adequate level of public services and infrastructure for EU citizens,;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7.Notes that the European Semester is now the annual framework for ensuring sustained convergence of the economic performance of the Member States and closer coordination of economic and fiscal policies and, as such, including the formulation and surveillance of the implementation of the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union (Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, the submission and assessment of Member States' Stability or Convergence Programmes, the submission and assessment of Member States' National Reform Programmes supporting the Union's strategy for growth and jobs, the surveillance to prevent and correct macroeconomic imbalances), the formulation and examination of the implementation of the employment guidelines; recalls that the European Semester shall take place without prejudice to the powers of the European Parliament conferred on it by the TFEU; calls on the Commission to develop proposals establishing how these different instruments are differentiated, create spill- over effects across policy areas and fit together;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that steps needed to improve the European economic governance capacity should not lead to any deficit in democratic legitimacy and accountability; warns, therefore, against a set-up of the Annual Growth Survey as a bureaucratic act which lacks the approval of the European Parliamentbe accompanied by similar steps to improve the democratic legitimacy and accountability;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15.Calls on the Commission, when drawing up the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGrowth Survey, to draw upon heterodox broad scientific expertise to the greatest extent possible and to take relevant recommendations of the European Parliament into account;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission clearly to assess, in the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGrowth Survey, the main economic problems of the EU and individual Member States, and to propose priority measures to overcome those problems, and to identify the inienhance competiatives taken by the Union and theness and economic growth in Member States to supporthrough long-term structural reforms and investment, to remove obstacles to growth, achieve the targets laid down in the Treaties and the current economic strategy, implement the 7 flagships and reduce macroeconomic imbalances;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that policy guidance for fiscal consolidation and structural reforms are fully coheris complemented and consistentmpatible with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable developmen strategy for growth and jobs; reiterates that these inter linkages should not provide for exemptions to the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact; considers that, in defining and implementing the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGrowth Survey, the Union must take into account the impact of developments in micro-financial legislation, in particular prudential regulation, on long-term investment stimulating sustainable growth and job creation; believes that the country-specific recommendations need to be subject ofshould be accompanied by social impact assessments so as to ensure tha, taking into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training, retraining and protection of human health are met;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to identify explicitly in the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGrowth Survey potential cross-border spill- over effects of major economic policy measures implemented at the EU level as well as in Member States;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the commissioners responsible for the European Semester to come and debate the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGrowth Survey with the relevant EP committees as soon as it has been adopted by the Commission;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Council to come to Parliament to explain and justify any significant changes it has made to the Commission’s proposed recommendations; request the Commission to take part in this hearing to provide its views on the situation;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Council to step up the role of the macroeconomic dialogue introduced by the Cologne Council in June 1999 so as to improve the interaction among those responsible for wage development, and fiscal and monetary policy;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a
Paragraph 27 a
27 a. Takes note that the crisis and the developments especially inside the euro area call for an upgrading of the European dimension of the economic policies of its Member States, calls on the EP to adapt to this evolution;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Takes noteReminds that the EP has notis in the process of adapteding its structure to the evolution brought by the Lisbon treaty regarding the new role and powers of the President of the European Council and the Eurogroup, and intends to use its increased powers to their full extent;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is concerned abouReminds that the democratic legitimacy inof the introduction of the European Semester, maintains that the Parliament, NEuropean Semester at the European level should be ensured by the European Parliament, recognizes that national Pparliaments as well as local and Rregional elected representatives have a crucial role to play in establishing the necessary democratic legitimacynational ownership;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Intends to organise, from 2013, prior to the Spring European Council each year, an interparliamentary forum at the European Parliament for members of the competent national parliamentary committees, recommends that this meeting be an integrated part of the annual meeting organised by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for members of national parliaments; proposes that this forum include meetings of the political groups and the relevant committees, along with a plenary sitting affording an opportunity to adopt a joint resolution in preparation for the Spring European Council; instructs its President to represent it at the European Spring Council on the basis of the resolution thus adopted; invites the European social partners to participate in this meeting and provide their views;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. UnderlRemineds the need forat country- specific recommendations to be based onare subject to democratic procedures; warns against the establishment of any practice that lacks parliamentary approval at the European and national level; notes that this applies especially to recommendations which could undermine social regulation and parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Intends to conduct an audit hearing of the Union's macroeconomic situation in the autumn, having recourse to heterodox and international external independent advice and in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, and in particular the social partners, in order to foster debate and obtain a second opinion on economic issues in preparation for its discussions with the Commission prior to the drafting of the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Calls for the development of the concept of a European Treasury to strengthen the implementation capacity of the European semester and the economic pillar of EMUWelcomes the strengthening of the implementation capacity of the European semester and the economic and fiscal pillar of EMU; underlines that the EU should continue working on enhanced coordination and further strengthening of the independent role of the European Commission in multilateral budgetary and economic surveillance;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Underlines that the policy guidance to Member States partly concerns policy areas like wages and pensions that in line with Article 153 of the TFEU fall under the competences of Member States and social partners; eEmphasizes that democratic accountability needs to be ensured and the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue are to be respected in order to preserve the policy space required for National implementation; ; Or. eenen