16 Amendments of Udo BULLMANN related to 2013/2157(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes thate first signs of a slow economic recovery in the EU is under way; believes, however, that the recovery is still fragile and needs to be sustainedaccompanied by a European investment drive in order to deliver more growth and jobs in the medium term;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of continuing the process of deep and sustainable structural reforms; stresses that the EU cannot compete on costs alone, but needswarns that the solution to the crisis does not lie in unilateral and sharp reductions in wages and pensions and that, on the contrary, these measures exacerbate the crisis; calls for urgent action, at both national and European level, to invest more in research and development, education and skills, and resource efficiency, at both national and European level;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States, therefore, to pay particular attention, when devising economic policies and reforms, to the impact on the young generation of Europeans and on future generations, so as not to depriverob young people of opportunities from the starttheir prospects;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that EU financial assistance to certain Member States, being a combination of solidarity and conditionality, has proved to be successful when there is strong ownership and commitment to reform; urges the Commission and the Member StatesUrges the Commission and the Member States to bring financial assistance under the Community framework; notes that European crisis management with its intergovernmental structures has to date escaped effective democratic control and that the instruments and decision-making bodies created to deal with crises, such as the ESM rescue fund and the Troika, showever, to bring financial assistance under the Community frameworkuld therefore be brought under Community law and controlled by the European Parliament;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is far from complete, and remindsCalls on the Commission to put forward the proposals for the Ccommisspletion of its obligations and commitments to enhance economic convergence and strengthen competitiveness in the EU; believes that this could best be achieved if the Commission were to finally put forward proposals for the completion of EMU as outlined in its blueprint on a deep and genuine EMUEMU as outlined in its blueprint on a deep and genuine EMU, particularly with regard to the introduction of a debt redemption fund and financial incentives for economic reforms;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees with the Commission that the Member States need to continue to pursue growth-friendly fiscal consolidation; calls on Member States with sufficient fiscal space to reduce taxes and social security contributions with a view to stimulating privateprovide incentives for quality growth and new jobs through additional investment;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that structural reforms urgently need to be complemented by longer-term investment in education, research, innovation and sustainable energy; believes that public-private partnerships are more successful in delivering growth than public investment programmes alone;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that access to finance, particularly for SMEs, is one of the biggest obstacles to growth in the EU; believes that more alternatives to bank financing are needed, especially by improvingthrough the business environment for venture capital but also, more broadly, by improving the efficient allocation of capital through capital markete of development banks;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the importance of the completion of the Single Market for growth in the EU; believes that the Member States and the Commission are not delivering on their commitment to complete the Single Market and emphasises in this context that the fundamental social rights must be protected and strengthened;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that overall the AGS is not detailed enough and does not provide the means to achieve its objectives; considers that action to combat the social imbalance can, however, only be effective if the objectives of economic policy coordination are implemented with a degree of commitment that is comparable to the monitoring of fiscal policy; stresses that Member States should therefore commit to clearly defined objectives such as the reduction of youth unemployment or expenditure on research and development in the context of the European Semester; considers that the EU institutions should monitor the progress of reforms and accompany them with financial incentives;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the objective of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure is to prevent the effects of ill-designed national policies from spilling over into other euro area Member States; is concerned that the Commission, in its reading of the scoreboard, does not take sufficient account of the fact that or ill-designed European policies such as misguided decisions by the Troika from spilling over into other euro area and its Member States are open economies;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Invites the Commission to assess intra- EU imbalances in particular; points out that, so as not to undermine overall EU competitivenessthe smooth functioning of the EU with regard to the current account balance, the Commission needs to look atregard the current account surplus of a Member State relative to the rest of the euro area as just as problematic as current account deficits;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the European Semester must in no way jeopardise the prerogatives of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments; underlines the fact that there should be a clear division between EU and national competences and that the European Parliament is the seat of accountability at Union level European Parliament is the seat of accountability at Union level and that this principle should also be enforced in everyday political life;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the need to strengthen the democratic accountability to the European Parliament and to the national parliaments of essential elements of the euro area’s operation, such as the European Stability Mechanism, Eurogroup decisions and the monitoring and evaluation of financial assistance programmes with the aim of ensuring that the European Parliament and the Council are equal actors;