24 Amendments of Philippe LAMBERTS related to 2011/2319(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. Whereas the latest statistical evidence highlights rising inequalities and unemployment in the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. Whereas most Member States have lost track of the headline targets of the EU2020 objectives,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls its requests addressed to the Council and the Commission in its resolution of 1 December 2011 on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination and demands a public response to the elements contained in such resolution;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the spiritTakes notes of the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) 2012 as presented by the Commission; stresses that the solutions specifically targeting the current sovereign and financial crisis, and being worked on a daily basis by all the institutions, should go hand in hand with a major focus on the medium- and long-term growth-enhancing measures, as well as an overhaul of the general economic framework, in order to improve sustainability of the European Economy, the competitiveness, and ensure the long- lasting success, of the European economy;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Deems however the Annual Growth Survey falls short of what is necessary to restore confidence amid European households and enterprises as well as financial markets since it overlooks the need to take urgent action to support short term activity and employment in investing in the EU 2020 objectives;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Deems that National Reform Programmes should contain an investment chapter designed by Member States in consultation with the European Commission setting out investments to be gradually undertaken in order to bridge the gap between the commitments they took regarding the five headline targets and the current levels in those fields;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the lack of, or unevenness in, the implementation in the Member States of policies and actionguidelines agreed at the EU level within the necessary policy space of Member States, which prevent the agreed measureorientations from unleashing their full potential; welcomes the fact of this year's Annual Growth Survey's emphasis being put on the need for implementation as well as on growth-enhancing actions; underlines the fact that the national ownership of the changes which have been decided in terms of future economic governance needs to be substantially increased;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that the AGS should continue to lay the basis for building the necessary common understanding about the priorities for action at national and EU level for the next twelve months, which provided that it would be enhanced within the framework of the codecision procedure, believes the AGS should then feed into national economic and budgetary decisions, in line with the EU's country- specific recommendations;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the interdependence and therefore spill-over effects between Member State economies and fiscal policies; stresses that the growth prospects of all Member States, whether they are currently in the Euro area or not, are highly dependent on how decisively the private and the sovereign debt crisis is dealt with; urges Member States to correct their excessive deficits by the deadlines set by the Council provided that neither additional exceptional circumstances nor a renewed economic downturn could be invoked; urges Member States to implement with due diligence and as soon as possible the recapitalisation of their banking systems;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Takes note of the new legislative proposals on economic governance, believes that such proposals offer the opportunity to enhance the role of the European Parliament regarding the definition and implementation of economic policy surveillance procedures within the European Semester framework in conformity with the provisions of article 121 and 136 of the Treaty;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls that in the current context where several Members States are confronted with stringent and difficult choices in terms of allocation of public resources it is urgent to ensure the consistency of different economic policy instruments and in particular policies conducive to the respect of EU 2020 objectives and headline targets on an equal basis; deems that specific economic surveillance procedures could be created or enhanced with that purpose;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Recalls in that perspective the need to explicitly identify assess and address spill- over effects of Member States economic policies as well as to carry on social impact assessments of economic policy instruments included in the EU Semester framework;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that Member States should pursue differentiated strategies according to their budgetary situations and insists that Member States must keep their public expenditure growth below or equal to the rate of medium-term trend GDP growth provided that increased expenditure is not matched by additional discretionary revenue measures ; invites the Member States to explicitly identify and prioritise growth- friendly expenditure, such as education, research, innovation, infrastructure and energy, and to ensure the efficiency of such spending; urges the pursuit of the reform and modernisation of the pension systems and movement towards growth-friendly tax policieswith the close consultation of social partners and movement towards progressive and sustainable growth-friendly tax policies according to the polluter pays principle in the Member States and better tax coordination and harmonization in the EU; encourages the Member States to improve their domestic fiscal frameworks with a view to promoting efficient and sustainable fiscal policies4 ;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that a major overhaul of regulation and supervision of the financial sector is underway; believes that more diligent and ambitious measures are required in order to enhance the resilience of the EU financial system;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that restoring investor confidence will require a strengthening of the banks' capital positions and measures to support their access to funding; deems that a major overhaul of regulation and supervision of the financial sector will be necessary, which includes a strengthening of the capital positions of systemic banks; stresses that banks should not unduly restrict lendingthe EU banking system; invites the Commission to monitor bank lending and in particular of those institutions that benefited from crisis- related State aid and the support of ECB liquidity lines to the real economy, notably SMEs and make specific proposals in order to improve the lending capacity to the real economy;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is worried by the fact that many Member States, in particular those under market pressure, are falling behind in terms of productivity; insists on the role of structural reforms in tackling this problem in both deficit and surplus countries; is worried by the fact that the bulk of global growth is expected to come from outside the EU in the coming years, which will necessitate a strengthening of the export capacity of Member States;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the structural mismatch between supply and demand for labour will hinder recovery and long-term growth and therefore calls for structural reforms in the labour market, which would include revising the wage-setting mechanism in order to better reflect productivity developmentinter alia improving the lifelong learning participation rates; draws attention to the role and responsibilities of the social partners in the design and implementation of structural reforms;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for more efficiency in the delivery of public services as well as an increase in the transparency and quality of public administration and the judiciary, and further encourages reducing the unnecessary administrative burden and red tape;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that the involvement of the European Parliament in the elaboration of the BEPG (Broad Economic Policy Guidelines)/AGS is not formally foreseen by the Treaty, whilst Parliament's contribution to the employment topics is made under the consultation procedure (Art. 148.2 TFEU); very much expects that its role in the economic field will be enhanced and duly codified in the next Treaty revision;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the fact that the Council is expected either to follow Commission recommendations and proposals under the new economic governance framework or to explain its position publicly as part of the economic dialogue in Parliamentshould explain its position publicly as part of the economic dialogue in Parliament when it diverges significantly from Commission recommendations and proposals;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses in this regard that the Commission recommendations and proposals must respect and preserve Member State policy space required for implementation in conformity with the principle of subsidiary and the provisions of article 126 as several means can be conducive to the attainment of goals and target recommended;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Urges the Commission to explain thoroughly the reason why it assessed negatively the NRP or SCP and any other document the Member States have submitted in the economic governance framework; expects that by doing so, the Commission will provide the Member State concerned its detailed methodology and working hypothesis underpinning its assessment;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Applauds the Commission for having published its Annual Growth Survey by the end of November and expects this schedule to be made permanent so that Parliament has time enough to express its views and amend the text before annual orientations are decided upon by the spring European Council;