Activities of Dariusz ROSATI related to 2014/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (debate) PL
Amendments (6)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission services’ spring' autumn 2014 forecast, GDP in the euro area fell by 0.4 % in 2013 after a decline of 0.7 % in 2012, and whereas the Commission services expect a recovery, with GDP rising by 1.20.8 % in 2014 and by 1.71 % in 2015;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the same forecast, unemployment in the euro area rose from 11.3 % at the end of 2012 to 121.9 % at the end of 2013, and may fall slightly to 11.86 % in 2014;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, according to the Commission services’ spring' autumn 2014 forecast, the average inflation rate in the euro area was 1.34 % in 2013, down from 2.5 % in 2012; whereas inflation in the euro area has continued to be on a downward path since the beginning of 2014, reaching a low of 0.3 % in September;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the size of the euro system’'s balance-sheet has declined steadily over the course of 2013, reflecting receding financial fragmentationimbursement of LTRO funds by banks;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses its concern regarding the continuous fall in the inflation rate below the level ensuring the price stability in the euro area since 20113; stresses that the important gap observed today, with the ECB’'s aim of keeping inflation rates below but close to 2% in the medium term, could lead to a disaentrenchoring in medium- to longer-term indeflationary expectations;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses its concern regarding the considerable fragmentation of lending conditions for SMEs across the eurozone countries, and by the existing gap between financing rates granted to SMEs and those granted to bigger companies; insists that these long-standing problems are not appropriately addressed by the recent measures announced by ECB to boost bank lending, and that the ECB should study the possibility of launching a specific programme to support SMEs access to credit;