Activities of Elisa FERREIRA related to 2012/2150(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2012 priorities (debate)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- Having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 28/29 June 2012
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the crisis and the increasing disparities in competitiveness since the introduction of the euro have highlighted the need for enhanced coordination of economic and employment policies and improved budgetary practices
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas there is a strong commitment of the European Council to mobilise at every level of governance in the EU all levers, instruments and policies to stimulate smart, sustainable, inclusive, resource efficient and job-creating growth by adopting the "Compact for growth and jobs";
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomAcknowledges the Commission's country- specific recommendations for the euro area; expects these recommendations to form the basis of the Spring Council's recommendations;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the European Semester allows for ex the ex-ante coordination in the euro area context, both via the transmission of draft budget plans and the discussion of major economic policy reform plans, in order to take into account of, and reduce, spill- over effects from national actions on other countries or on the euro area as a whole;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is confidentStresses that the measures proposed arshould be conducive to sustainable public finances, and targeted investment policies, leading to increased competitiveness, higher and more convergent growth and improved employment;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to present a European social and employment pact conducive to economic and inclusive growth;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need for increased coherence within and among the different Member States' Recommendations, a better use of the macroeconomic scoreboard and a deeper look into the spill-over effects of individual members' economic policies;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotUrges the Commission's insistence on conducting to foster and support growth-enhancing structural reforms to allow the EUfor Europe to get to grips with the crisis and regain its preeminent role in the world economy; supportscalls on the Commission's efforts to correct to deepen the work on the macroeconomic imbalances within the euro area;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to be more explicit, thorough and coherent in its recommendations and further to monitor recommendations made in the past, i.a. by providing morencluding detailed explanations and evaluations in those cases where the Commission thinks a country has only partially followed the recommendations;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to specifically evaluate the economic results of the Commission's recommendations, namely those embedded in the adjustment programmes associated with financial assistance; urges the Commission to allow for revisions and adjustments of specific recommendations when these prove inadequate to achieve defined objectives;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is concerned by the growing tendency of the Commission to infringe on the autonomy of social partners; notes, for example, that the Commission in this year's country-specific recommendations urges a number of Member States to restructure national systems for wage formation and/or to reduce national wage levels; stresses that this tendency is not acceptable and that it should be reversed; underlines that the autonomy of social partners is a crucial element of any well- functioning labour market and that it is protected inter alia in Articles 152 and 153.5 of the TFEU;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Urges the Commission to address both Members States showing persistently large current-account deficits and competitiveness losses and Members States that accumulate large current account surpluses; in the latter, recommendations should aim at strengthening their domestic demand without jeopardising their growth potential;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls upon the Commission to include in the European semester and to reflect in the country-specific recommendations, as one of the EU2020 Strategy sub-targets, policies tackling youth unemployment;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Welcomes the important Commission initiative of 27 June 2012 to reinforce the fight against tax fraud end evasion; stresses that enhanced efforts in this area – at the national and EU levels as well as in relation to third countries – should be a crucial element in programmes aimed at consolidating public finances; calls for the raised level of ambition signalled by the initiative to be fully materialised in future legislative proposals and to be clearly reflected in the continuous work within the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Member Sstates to strictly follow the rules set by the Stability and Growth Pact, such as modified by the ‘so-called six- pack’, in orderand to render public finances more resilient, and ensure that the European economy becomes more sustainable, ands well as reduceing pressure from the banking sector; expects the Commission and the Council to enforce these rules in a strict manner; firmly believes thatfirmly believes that the sustainability of fiscal discipline and fiscal institutions should be strengthened at both national and sub- national level should be strengthened and that government expenditures should be shifted towards long-term investment, which would foster sustainable growth;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the recommendations of the "Compact for growth and Job" for the implementation of the Country specific recommendations, notably the need to pursue differentiated growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and to pay particular attention to investment; Urges the Commission to monitor the impact of tight budget constraints on growth enhancing public expenditure an on public investment;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Recalls that the community method is the only one way to ensure efficiency and legitimacy;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that the recommendations by the Commission are a contribution to the Spring Council and that this procedure is not a legislative one;the result of each semester cycle