Activities of Dariusz ROSATI related to 2015/2210(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities PDF (253 KB) DOC (223 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission's new approach to streamlining the European Semester process, i.e. through placing a stronger focus on a limited number of most important priorities and challenges and publishing its country-specific and euro area analysis three months earlier than in previous years; taking into account the new time line of the European Semester, calls on Member States to involve national parliaments as well as local and regional authorities in a more structured manner while engaging stakeholders;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the varying degrees of commitment demonstrated by Member States to implementing last year's CSRs; stresses the importance of the implementation of the CSRs in order to ensure consistent and fair implementation of the economic governance framework across Member States; deplorunderlines in this context the non-binding nature of the recommendationat the Commission has some possibilities to sanction Member States not fulfilling the CSRs and should use them; calls on the Commission to consider a possibility to introduce a mechanism encouraging Member States to implement the CSRs;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the entry into force of the regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), aimed at boosting private investment in the EU, and calls on all relevant stakeholders to ensure its swift and effective implementation; calls Member States to closely involve their local and regional authorities in promoting project pipelines and investment platforms;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of access to finance for enterprises, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which constitute the backbone of the EU economy; points out the failure of currently low interest rates to boost investment; underlines the potential of the Capital Markets Union project to address these issues and calls on the Commission to duly take the needs of SMEs into account in the design of the future CMU;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to improve the EU's business environment as well as to raise productivity levels; stresses that the EU's economy is suffering from a lack of innovation while innovation is key to growth and productivity and that fostering innovation is thus crucial in order to improve the international competitiveness of the EU; welcomes in this context the proposal, in the Five presidents' report on completing the EMU, of establishing a euro area system of competitiveness authorities; recalls the importance of sound business regulation for the success of the EFSI; calls, therefore, for the removal of administrative barriers, cuttingthe reduction of red tape and a reform of Member States' tax systems;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for Member States to adapt their public finances by conducting a counter-cyclical policy when necessary and making full use of the existing flexibility clauses foreseen in the legislation; considers that Member States with high debt levels in particular must continue with growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and urgently implement the recommended structural reforms, while those with more fiscal space should use it to accelerate investment; stresses also the need for a better coordination between the EU, national and sub-national budgets;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores the fact that the CSRs suffer from lack of ownership at national level and from a democratic accountability mechanism; calls, in this context, for an increased role for national parliaments, as well as for local and regional authorities, in the preparation of the National Reform Programmes (NRPs); underlines that the implementation of CSRs in political, legal and economic terms could be enhanced by a transparent cooperation between the Commission and the Member State that should start during the preparatory phase of the Annual Growth Survey and continue until the recommendations for specific countries are officially approved; stresses that increased ownership is a crucial factor for the successful implementation of the CSRs and, in the longer term, for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to further streamline the European Semester and its current timetable in order to harmonise the mutual impact of national documents (NPRPs and Convergence/Stability Programmes) and documents prepared by the Commission (CSRs and Country Reports) so as to strengthen synergy and facilitate coordination of national policies;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of the position of the Commission's Chief Economic Analyst (CEA), whose mandate is to verify independently the implementation of the EU governance rules within the European Semester; calls, in particular, for the CEA's analysis to be made public and for the establishment of a regular dialogue between the competent committee of Parliament and the CEA; notes also in this context that the Five Presidents' Report on completing EMU proposes the setting-up of a European Fiscal Board (EFB); underlines that all EU countries should be engaged in each stage of completing the EMU, so that the openness and transparency of the EMU reform process is guaranteed;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. 'Welcomes the 5 Presidents' Report and the fact that the roadmap towards 'A More Integrated European Semester' is one of the main parts of the document; recognizes that the increasing interdependence among euro area Member States requires more coordination of national policies; admits that in order to successfully complete Europe's Economic and Monetary Union, the EU has to build four pillars of the Union - Financial, Economic, Fiscal and Political