24 Amendments of Jean LAMBERT related to 2018/0212(COD)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Strenghtening economic, social and territorial cohesion amongst Member States whose currency is the euro would contribute to the stability of the monetary union and to the harmonious development of the Union as a whole.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Member States should conduct their economic and employment policies and should coordinate them in such a way as to attain the objective of social inclusion, strengthening economic, social, and territorial cohesion and to deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) In defining and implementing its policies and actions, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The unprecedented financial and social crisis and economic downturn that hit the world and the euro area has shown that in the euro area available instruments such as the single monetary policy, automatic fiscal stabilisers and discretionary fiscal policy measures at national level are insufficient to absorb large asymmetric shocksprovide sustainable solutions, absorb large asymmetric shocks, or prevent the most vulnerable being hit disproportionately high.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) Climate change should be considered as a potential asymmetric shock for the EU economy. Climate change impacts EU regions differently and if no further action is taken, the EU's Joint Research Centre estimates that climate damages to the EU economy could amount to at least €190 billion, a net welfare loss of 1.8% of its current GDP. Sustainable and responsible economic, employment, social and climate policies would contribute to the prevention of further asymetric shocks.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to facilitate macroeconomic adjustment and cushion large asymmetric shocks in the current institutional set-up, Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) have to rely more heavily on remaining instruments of economic policy, such as automatic fiscal stabilisers and other discretionary fiscal measures, making the adjustment more difficult overall, and especially for the most vulnerable. The sequence of the crisis in euro area also suggests strong reliance on the single monetary policy to provide for macro-economic stabilisation in severe macro-economic circumstances.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The financial crisis has resulted in a pro-cyclical pattern for fiscal policies, which has been detrimental to the quality of public finances and in particular for public social investment. In turn, that shortcoming has contributed to widespread differences in macroeconomic performance between Member States, imperilling cohesion.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) EISF should be a Union instrument which complements national fiscal policies. It should be recalled that Member States should pursue sound fiscalinclusive and sound fiscal, social and employment policies and build up fiscal buffers in favourable economic times.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) At Union level, the European Semester of economic, employment and social policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development,, the EISF and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) EISF support should be given in case one or several Member States whose currency is the euro or other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) are confronted with a large asymmetric shock. Changes in unemployment rates and material deprivation are highly correlated with business cycle fluctuations in such Member States. Strong increases in national unemployment rates or material deprivation above their long-term averages are a clear indicator of a large shock in a specific Member State. Asymmetric shocks affect one or several Member States significantly more strongly than the average of Member States.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The activation of EISF support should therefore be determined by a doubtriple activation trigger based on both the level of national unemployment rate compared to its past average and the change in unemployment and material deprivation compared to a certain threshold.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Strict eligibility criteria based on compliance with decisions and recommendations under the Union's fiscal and economic surveillance framework over a period of two years before the request for EISF support should be fulfilled by the Member State requesting EISF support in order not to diminish the incentive for that Member State to pursue prudent budgetary policiesocially responsible and prudent budgetary policies, with full respect to the rights guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Member States should invest the support received under EISF in eligible public investment and also, with priority given to social investment, and maintain at least the level of public social investment and public investment in general compared, respectively, to the average level of public social investment and public investment in general over the five last years in order to ensure that the objective pursued by this Regulation is achieved. In that respect, there is the expectation that Member States should give priority to at least maintaining eligible investment in programmes supported by the Union under the social inclusion part of the European Social Fund Plus, the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion fund, the European Social Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development..
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) ‘eligible priority public social investment’ means: the public investment in support of policy objectives as defined in Regulation (EU) No [XX] of [XX] [insert reference to new European Social Fund Plus]
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
b a) the material deprivation rate increased above one percentage point in comparison to the material deprivation rate observed in the previous year;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
(-a) maintain at least the same level of its priority public social investment compared to the average level of its public social investment in the five previous years
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) maintain at least the same level of its public investment compared to the average level of its public investment in the five previous years.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The year following the disbursement of the EISF loan, the Commission shall examine whether the Member State concerned has respected the criteria referred to in paragraph 1. In particular, the Commission shall also verify the extent to which the Member State concerned has maintained (a) eligible public social investment in programmes supported by the Union under the European Social Fund Plus, (b) the share dedicated to social inclusion measures within the European Social Fund Plus, and (c) eligible public investment in programmes supported under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
If the Commission, after having heard the Member State concerned, concludes that the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 have not been complied with, it shall examine the underlying reasons and adopt a decision:
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The outstanding amount of loans granted to Member States under this Regulation shall be limited to EUR 3100 billion in principal.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) employment, unemployment rate, participation rates, indicators of part time employment, hours worked;in-work poverty, NEET* rate, hours worked; * The indicator young people neither in employment nor in education and training, abbreviated as NEET, corresponds to the percentage of the population of a given age group and sex who is not employed and not involved in further education or training.