5 Amendments of Ieke van den BURG related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. calls on the Commission to produce a clear analysis of the impact of the rescue package on the competitiveness of the financial sector; and the functioning of the interbank market; calls on the Commission to establish interdisciplinary teams, including expertise from the Commission Directorates General for Competition, Economic and Financial Affairs, and Internal Market and Services, the three Level 3 supervisors, and the European System of Central Banks, in order to pool knowledge and know how and to ensure that there will be balanced impartial high-quality and timely judgements across the Member States;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. calls for the Council to approve the proposal to give all Member States the option to apply a reduced VAT rate for labour-intensive and locally supplied services; considering their potential employment and demand- boosting effect, encourages the Council to promote a common and coordinated reduction of the VAT rates on the labour-intensive and locally supplied services, as well as on energy efficient goods, in order to have a multiplier effect;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. calls on Member States to consider Eurobonds as a low-costn appropriate financing instrument for major European political priorities; stresses that issuing common euro area bonds would reduce the spreads and attract domestic and foreign savings; as they would contribute to the smooth financing of government action and render the euro area a more attractive and competitive location for international capital;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. stresses that issuing joint government bonds to cover public debt up to 60 % of the budget, as referred to in the revised Stability and Growth Pact, thus ensuring solidarity and surveillance, would reduce the spreads and allow the euro to play a stabilising role as a global currency; calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a task-force urgently in order to decide on an appropriate institutional framework to that end; strongly urges the Commission and the Eurogroup to consider such a proposal;