10 Amendments of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2013/2277(INI)
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the lack of transparency in the MoU negotiations; notes the necessity to evaluate whether formal documents were clearly communicated in due time to the national parliaments and the European Parliament; calls on all the parties, when such negotiations are conducted in the future, to forward official documents of this kind to the national parliaments and the European Parliament in good time; further notes the possible negative impact of such practices on citizens’ rights and the political situation within the countries concerned;
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that far too little attention has been given to alleviating the negative impact of adjustment strategies in the programme countries; notes that, because of the adverse effects of the austerity programmes, innumerable borrowers have been hit very hard by the financial crisis, but only a minute fraction of lenders have been affected in the same way;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Troika’s mandate has been perceived as being unclear and lacking transparency; notes in addition that, as far as the Troika is concerned, the European Parliament has been bypassed; 1 By way of a legislative footprint see ‘Austeritätspolitik und Menschenrechte’, a legal opinion for the Vienna Chamber of Labour by Professor Dr Andreas Fischer-Lescano, LL.M. (EUI), Zentrum für europäische Rechtspolitik (ZERP), Faculty of Law, University of Bremen, 24 November 2013.
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Points out that due to its ad hoc nature there was no appropriate legal basis whatsoever for setting up the Troika on the basis of Union primary law; stresses, moreover that, the Troika’s intervention in the national economic and social systems of the Member States concerned, for instance by cutting minimum wages, is not permitted in Union law2; 2 By way of a legislative footprint see ‘Austeritätspolitik und Menschenrechte’, a legal opinion for the Vienna Chamber of Labour by Professor Dr Andreas Fischer-Lescano, LL.M. (EUI), Zentrum für europäische Rechtspolitik (ZERP), Faculty of Law, University of Bremen, 24 November 2013.
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Points out that the Troika is not sufficiently accountable at European level, as none of its three component bodies is subject to the necessary democratic control by the European Parliament;
Amendment 776 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that the ESM should evolve towards Community-method management as provided for in the ESM Treaty and demands that the ESM be made accountable toin future be under the obligation of full democratic accountability to, and scrutinised by, the European Parliament including with respect to decisions to grant financial assistance, in order to exert democratic accountability over the ESM;
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Notes that several international financial consulting firms have played a central role in the bailout in the countries being supervised by the Troika and that the countries concerned have spent a total of EUR 80 million to secure those firms’ services; calls on the Commission, therefore, to lay down a framework for the future selection of financial consultants entailing at least the obligation of transparency;
Amendment 840 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Is concerned, in particular, to improve the full accountability of the Commission to the European Parliament when it acts in its future capacity as a member of the Troika; requests thatsupervisory body; calls for it to be ensured that when recommendations are drawn up in future for the countries concerned, the Commission will play a central role in that work; requests that when the future oversight procedure is to be put in place, the Commission representative(s) in the Troika should be heard in the European Parliament before taking up their duties and should be subject to regular reporting to the European Parliament;
Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls for the European Parliament to be allowed to carry out checks, both beforehand and retrospectively, on all persons implementing the future oversight procedure;
Amendment 857 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Calls in addition for an arrangement to be established whereby, if a further crisis were to occur in one of the Member States, the European Parliament could decide to set up a future supervisory body and would exercise regular scrutiny over it thereafter;