3 Amendments of Anni PODIMATA related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WBelcomesieves that the European Semester process, which is intended to achieve stronger economic governance should become a strong tool for enhancing economic and fiscal coordination, which should not be restricted to the supervision of fiscal programmes of Member States but should also assess the alignment of national budgets with the EU 2020 strategy commitments and goals; believes that successful implementation of the EU 2020 strategy requires substantial, coordinated and appropriate financial commitments to be made to meeting its priorities at both EU and Member State level and that any limitation in the relevant EU budget appropriations would undermine its achievement;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the idea of issuing project bonds to finance Europe's significant infrastructure needs and structural projects in the framework of the 2020 agenda, anticipated new EU strategies, such as the new Strategy on Energy Infrastructure Development, and other large-scale projects; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the European project bonds mechanism is in place as soon as possible, before 2014, which is the date stated as target in the Commission's relevant consultation document;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that clear goals in sustainable energy policy, energy efficiency and resource efficiency policy can deliver cost- efficient benefits for the European economy as a whole; calls for the allocation of EU and Member State public and private resources to investments in those priority sectors; welcomes in this regard the review of the Energy Taxation Directive, which can provide significant additional revenue and major incentives to shift towards renewable energy sources;